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Title: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 15, 2008, 04:11:18 PM
As one door closes another opens  noooo:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Pastis on May 15, 2008, 05:57:17 PM
Well?

Eggshell or Vinyl Silk?   Matt or Gloss?
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Barman on May 15, 2008, 06:11:57 PM
Have you got the painters in then?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Darwins Selection on May 15, 2008, 06:27:23 PM
As one door closes another opens  noooo:
In my experience, neither of them will open afterwards.  redface:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Barman on May 15, 2008, 06:28:00 PM
As one door closes another opens  noooo:
In my experience, neither of them will open afterwards.  redface:
happy001
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 16, 2008, 08:42:02 AM
QUote number 1 (a friend of the roofer  rubschin:): £4000!! eeek: eeek: eeek:
Quote number 2 (a friend of ours and a friend of a friend) £1200

Number 2 starts tomorrow!

What can possibly go wrong?
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Barman on May 16, 2008, 08:50:35 AM
QUote number 1 (a friend of the roofer  rubschin:): £4000!! eeek: eeek: eeek:
Quote number 2 (a friend of ours and a friend of a friend) £1200

Number 2 starts tomorrow!

What can possibly go wrong?
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Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 16, 2008, 08:51:49 AM
 eeek:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 16, 2008, 10:13:48 AM
Well?

Eggshell or Vinyl Silk?   Matt or Gloss?

Masonry. 2 coats
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Miss Demeanour on May 16, 2008, 10:16:12 AM
QUote number 1 (a friend of the roofer  rubschin:): £4000!! eeek: eeek: eeek:
Quote number 2 (a friend of ours and a friend of a friend) £1200

Number 2 starts tomorrow!

What can possibly go wrong?

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Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 16, 2008, 10:19:11 AM
Come round! eyes:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Pastis on May 16, 2008, 11:04:56 AM

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 rubschin:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 16, 2008, 11:10:42 AM
 evil:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 20, 2008, 10:13:47 AM
Utterly uneventful. They turn up at 8.30, paint and then leave at 5.00.It doesn't feel right somehow noooo:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Pastis on May 20, 2008, 10:48:27 AM
D'you offer them tea and things?
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 20, 2008, 10:50:29 AM
They bring their own cos "We don't want to be any trouble."

All very odd.
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Darwins Selection on May 20, 2008, 12:51:22 PM
They bring their own cos "We don't want to be any trouble."

All very odd.

They bring lettuce?
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Pastis on May 20, 2008, 02:35:19 PM
 drumroll:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 20, 2008, 02:52:05 PM
I think DS's new medication is working well evil:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Snoopy on May 20, 2008, 02:52:46 PM
Painters gone yet?
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 20, 2008, 02:57:04 PM
Finishing tomorrow.They have a mate who will fit us a new TV aerial. Will this never end?
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Snoopy on May 20, 2008, 02:57:53 PM
Finishing tomorrow.They have a mate who will fit us a new TV aerial. Will this never end?


Does this mean the TV is getting out of its box?  eeek:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 20, 2008, 02:59:16 PM
Only while he fits the aerial.We may need the TV back one day.
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Snoopy on May 20, 2008, 03:00:20 PM
Only while he fits the aerial.We may need the TV back one day.

What ~ once the honeymoon is over you mean  eyes:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 20, 2008, 03:01:38 PM
 noooo:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 21, 2008, 10:57:46 AM
They have finished. Roofer has done the snagging work. Painters willreturn once the scaffolding is down to patch up the little scaffolding circles.


Everyone has been paid.

We are officially skint!
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Barman on May 21, 2008, 11:09:38 AM
They have finished. Roofer has done the snagging work. Painters willreturn once the scaffolding is down to patch up the little scaffolding circles.


Everyone has been paid.

We are officially skint!
Just the small issue of repairing the telly then?
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 21, 2008, 11:28:49 AM
No. Just the new aerial. The telly is in its box. A good thing too. The Boy has announced that he prefers reading to TV. He is devouring books at a rate of knots. We mayget it out for the Olympics (especially the Ladies' Beach Volleyball  eyes:)
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 22, 2008, 12:22:54 PM
Well the aerial man turned up. He looked carefully at the nature of the job and left. He assured us he would come back tomorrow rubschin:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Uncle Mort on May 22, 2008, 12:29:43 PM
That'll be after the scaffolding been removed then  ;)
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 22, 2008, 12:31:27 PM
I fear so.He claimed that the cable he had brought with him was "the wrong colour" rubschin:
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Uncle Mort on May 22, 2008, 12:34:28 PM
You could have offered to paint it for him.
Title: Re: Nick's all new PAINTER blog
Post by: Nick on May 22, 2008, 12:35:36 PM
 evil: