@slimfern posted:

Rubbish remakes!

Wurzel Gummidge as an example...Pertwee & Stubbs could never be bettered, so why bother.

Exactly !

I'll add Around the world in 80days - sanitised and ruined

@Saint posted:

I'll add Around the world in 80days - sanitised and ruined

Add to that: 'Dad's Army'..There'll never be a better Manwaring than Arthur Lowe.
Watching it now....still makes me giggle

Arthur Lowe in Oh Lucky Man       

You won't see that on telly again. Sometimes you've gotta lighten up but JK has been "cancelled".

Cancelled feck. Take me back to the Oxford Dictionary in 2000. It's bollocks.

@velvet donkey posted:

Arthur Lowe in Oh Lucky Man       

You won't see that on telly again. Sometimes you've gotta lighten up but JK has been "cancelled".

Cancelled feck. Take me back to the Oxford Dictionary in 2000. It's bollocks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRz_3pok1Og

@slimfern posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRz_3pok1Og

Thanks for the reminder     

That's what they should be putting on through midnight. Five star classic it is   

RIGHTIO gas engineers based in Birmingham are obviously brokers for local tradesmen.

How much to check a broken boiler switch?

"We charge £130 p/h"

Told him i wouldn't pay half that

@Saint posted:

RIGHTIO gas engineers based in Birmingham are obviously brokers for local tradesmen.

How much to check a broken boiler switch?

"We charge £130 p/h"

Told him i wouldn't pay half that

I have British Gas insurance Renton…it’s a bit expensive , but they do an annual service , and tbh just one call out usually makes it worthwhile .

@Saint posted:

RIGHTIO gas engineers based in Birmingham are obviously brokers for local tradesmen.

How much to check a broken boiler switch?

"We charge £130 p/h"

Told him i wouldn't pay half that

I wouldn't pay that either Saint ..
Maybe try someone local if you can.

It's ridiculous to charge £40-100 p/h - i'ts nothing but theft

We are often asked to take  out insurance on items like washing machines at £70 a year but our washer is 10yrs old and still going with zero repairs so it wouldn't pay to insure it. That would be £700 in insurance for a £300 machine - we could have bought two more for the cost of the insurance

@Saint posted:

It's ridiculous to charge £40-100 p/h - i'ts nothing but theft

We are often asked to take  out insurance on items like washing machines at £70 a year but our washer is 10yrs old and still going with zero repairs so it wouldn't pay to insure it. That would be £700 in insurance for a £300 machine - we could have bought two more for the cost of the insurance

It is nothing short of theft...you're right.

There are 'How to' videos on You Tube if you feel confident enough to check the boiler yourself.
Obviously be careful if you do

@slimfern posted:

It is nothing short of theft...you're right.

There are 'How to' videos on You Tube if you feel confident enough to check the boiler yourself.
Obviously be careful if you do

Not with electricals

However I did take me wing mirror to Toyota Newcastle who wanted to charge me £300 for a full unit replacement so I Googled and repaired it with a £5 tube of sealant - as new!!

@Saint posted:

Not with electricals

However I did take me wing mirror to Toyota Newcastle who wanted to charge me £300 for a full unit replacement so I Googled and repaired it with a £5 tube of sealant - as new!!

It could be as easy as changing a plug...

Well done on fixing the wing mirror...massive saving

People who allow their dogs to run free so they can jump up covering you in muddy paw prints

@slimfern posted:

People who allow their dogs to run free so they can jump up covering you in muddy paw prints

I second that Slim

Why on earth are Guide dogs for the blind researching impact injuries from scooters at 15mph?

Isn't that a Gov responsibility? If i gave £££ to Guide Dogs and it was spent on scooter safety research I would be livid

People who *walk* their dogs while riding a bike !

@Baz posted:

People who *walk* their dogs while riding a bike !

Hmmm - it might be the only way the dog can get enough distance and the owner can keep up?

The right-wing media getting all shirty about something they really shouldn't.  The removal of a tribute to Edward Colston, the mass-murdering slave trader. 

Laughable.

Once again BBC reporting  on how hard a children's nursery is struggling under COVID

Not a single word from a frontline nurse about how many people have died during her shift

When scumbags not only break in and rob a small independent retailer but they steal the charity donation box too!

@slimfern posted:

When scumbags not only break in and rob a small independent retailer but they steal the charity donation box too!

Barstewards

Texting fencing companies for quotes - one guy said they didn't use 'panel' fences like we need so told him someone was offering to do the job and I was just looking for another quote to see if the first quote was competitive. He told me if someone had agreed to do the fence I shouldn't be ringing around for other quotes!!

Never knew getting a fence built was a moral issue!!

@Saint posted:

Texting fencing companies for quotes - one guy said they didn't use 'panel' fences like we need so told him someone was offering to do the job and I was just looking for another quote to see if the first quote was competitive. He told me if someone had agreed to do the fence I shouldn't be ringing around for other quotes!!

Never knew getting a fence built was a moral issue!!

I thought we were always advised to get several bliddy quotes !

I'm starting to think bad luck follows me around

Was woken this morning by banging sounds - someone putting up a fence in the garden opposite at 8:22am

And then - our neighbour started cutting his grass (the second time this year) at 9am!!

No respect

@Saint posted:

Was woken this morning by banging sounds - someone putting up a fence in the garden opposite at 8:22am

And then - our neighbour started cutting his grass (the second time this year) at 9am!!

No respect

Funnily enough I heard someone cutting their grass on my walk this morning ….total madness !

People who leave their dustbins on the pavement days after collection day ….even when they have to drive passed them to put their cars in the drive !😡😡

@Baz posted:

People who leave their dustbins on the pavement days after collection day ….even when they have to drive passed them to put their cars in the drive !😡😡

Ours comes in as soon as it's been emptied....it gets nicked otherwise by the family next door with 8 children

That's a bedroom you're retrieving             

@slimfern posted:

Ours comes in as soon as it's been emptied....it gets nicked otherwise by the family next door with 8 children

So does mine Slim…not that I worry about it being nicked ….I just worry about people walking on the pavement ….it’s common courtesy imo .

@velvet donkey posted:

That's a bedroom you're retrieving             

@Baz posted:

So does mine Slim…not that I worry about it being nicked ….I just worry about people walking on the pavement ….it’s common courtesy imo .

And all these ruddy bins - where are we meant to put them? We have 3

@Saint posted:

And all these ruddy bins - where are we meant to put them? We have 3

Yes, we have three too Renton .

@Saint posted:

And all these ruddy bins - where are we meant to put them? We have 3

@Baz posted:

Yes, we have three too Renton .

2 black wheelie
1 green wheelie
tub for cardboard
tub for hard plastics & glass
kitchen composting bin

Wheelies have their spot at the bottom of the front garden...with their own gate.

@slimfern posted:

2 black wheelie
1 green wheelie
tub for cardboard
tub for hard plastics & glass
kitchen composting bin

Wheelies have their spot at the bottom of the front garden...with their own gate.

I have one for non recyclable , one for recyclable , and one for garden and food waste ….and they live in the back garden

@slimfern posted:

2 black wheelie
1 green wheelie
tub for cardboard
tub for hard plastics & glass
kitchen composting bin

Wheelies have their spot at the bottom of the front garden...with their own gate.

@Saint posted:

It's a little caddy bin the council provide for kitchen waste for composting.

Ring-ring, ring-ring   . . . here comes the marketing talk

"We're offering home owners the chance to cut their energy bill" Turns out it was for solar panels on yer roof. And as I told them I wasn't a home owner (lie) would they tell me how much said malarkey would set me back - or was it all free?

For a three bed semi it would set you back approx £5-7000  So i went and had a lie down