The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: GROWLER on June 13, 2007, 01:02:58 PM
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Look you load of festering unreliable lying promise breaking shit. If you can't do what you say you can and will do, DON'T say it in the first place. OK?
Garage. "We'll sort all your car problems to your satisfaction sir"
No. You haven't. You've just lied and tried to fob me off. See you in court twats. evil:
Window blind company. Shit job, shite blinds, wrong sizes, scruffy installation, and now complaining to ME that they'll have to make some new ones for us! eeek:
Get it sorted within the next week, or I'll see you in court too.
Web site maker.
"Yea, I'll sort that out for you, no problem".
Unbloodybelievably I've been promised not once, not twice, but THREE bloody times now, by 3 so called totally different friends/aquaintances. Banghead
I'm the proud owner of 3 bastard domains or whatever you call them, all paid for, but none of them can I gain access to.
When I finally manage to get hold of one of these 3 muppeteers, I get the same pitiful crap....sorry, been too busy. I'll sort it tomorrow. The tomorrow that NEVER arrives.
Plumber? Ha! Don't make me laugh, They don't exist in real life.
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Look you load of festering unreliable lying promise breaking shit. If you can't do what you say you can and will do, DON'T say it in the first place. OK?
Garage. "We'll sort all your car problems to your satisfaction sir"
No. You haven't. You've just lied and tried to fob me off. See you in court twats. evil:
Window blind company. Shit job, shite blinds, wrong sizes, scruffy installation, and now complaining to ME that they'll have to make some new ones for us! eeek:
Get it sorted within the next week, or I'll see you in court too.
Web site maker.
"Yea, I'll sort that out for you, no problem".
Unbloodybelievably I've been promised not once, not twice, but THREE bloody times now, by 3 so called totally different friends/aquaintances. Banghead
I'm the proud owner of 3 bastard domains or whatever you call them, all paid for, but none of them can I gain access to.
Plumber? Ha! Don't make me laugh, They don't exist in real life.
I would suggest you cancel that 'visiting massage' as well then. whistle:
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Look you load of festering unreliable lying promise breaking shit. If you can't do what you say you can and will do, DON'T say it in the first place. OK?
Garage. "We'll sort all your car problems to your satisfaction sir"
No. You haven't. You've just lied and tried to fob me off. See you in court twats. evil:
Window blind company. Shit job, shite blinds, wrong sizes, scruffy installation, and now complaining to ME that they'll have to make some new ones for us! eeek:
Get it sorted within the next week, or I'll see you in court too.
Web site maker.
"Yea, I'll sort that out for you, no problem".
Unbloodybelievably I've been promised not once, not twice, but THREE bloody times now, by 3 so called totally different friends/aquaintances. Banghead
I'm the proud owner of 3 bastard domains or whatever you call them, all paid for, but none of them can I gain access to.
Plumber? Ha! Don't make me laugh, They don't exist in real life.
I would suggest you cancel that 'visiting massage' as well then. whistle:
Done. She'll no doubt turn up now though. Bitch. ::)
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Look you load of festering unreliable lying promise breaking shit. If you can't do what you say you can and will do, DON'T say it in the first place. OK?
Garage. "We'll sort all your car problems to your satisfaction sir"
No. You haven't. You've just lied and tried to fob me off. See you in court twats. evil:
Window blind company. Shit job, shite blinds, wrong sizes, scruffy installation, and now complaining to ME that they'll have to make some new ones for us! eeek:
Get it sorted within the next week, or I'll see you in court too.
Web site maker.
"Yea, I'll sort that out for you, no problem".
Unbloodybelievably I've been promised not once, not twice, but THREE bloody times now, by 3 so called totally different friends/aquaintances. Banghead
I'm the proud owner of 3 bastard domains or whatever you call them, all paid for, but none of them can I gain access to.
Plumber? Ha! Don't make me laugh, They don't exist in real life.
I would suggest you cancel that 'visiting massage' as well then. whistle:
Done. She'll no doubt turn up now though. Bitch. ::)
She!
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We are all having bad days. Welcome to the club Mr G.
How is the swamp?
sad24:
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We are all having bad days. Welcome to the club Mr G.
How is the swamp?
sad24:
Dry and activityless (sp) and with no bloody website to advertise it. whistle:
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How difficult can it be to get a website up and running.
Go and sign up to typepad and create a working blog. $3 a month or something. Then you won't need a web master and you can be independant.
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I can sympathise with your rant on lack of service and probably add a few of my own.
However, Wenchy is absolutely right on the web site ? do it yourself.
If you get somebody else to do it they will invariably fuck it up and you will be beholden to them (at huge expense) every time you want to make a minor change.
A mate of mine bought a domain name and got a ?professional? company top set up his web site. Firstly, they stole almost the entire content from my site (which I didn?t actually mind although they should have asked permission) then they charged him ?2K for the privilege. When he refused to pay (the whole thing was worth no more than ?100) they changed the site so that it said something along the lines of ?web site closed due to non-payment of bills?.
He has subsequently gone out of business. Bastards.
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However, Wenchy is absolutely right on the web site ? do it yourself.
If you get somebody else to do it they will invariably fuck it up and you will be beholden to them (at huge expense) every time you want to make a minor change.
I wish I had the faith and belief to do it myself, but my I.T. skills are totally crap.
Had a look at a few of these DIY web site making web sites last night as you kindly suggested.
"Dead easy. No skill or I.T. knowledge required!!"....they claim.
Yea, sure. ::)
Wouldn't be wanting some money out of me before I completely bollox the whole thing up would you by any chance? crash:
As you rightly say though, you get someone else to do it, and they either DON'T or completely make a mess of it, as has happened already, plus I'll forever be at their mercy come ammendment time.
I'll have a go myself as suggested, the more I think about it. rubschin:
I could be away for some time. pcwhack:
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I'm sure that there are enough of us here to help you through any problems, check spellings, grammar and generally ensure that your attempts read the way you would want them to before you press the tit to send it out into the big bad world. We may be p*ss takers but we would not let you down. Build it a page at a time and email the pages to us. We can check them over and make suggestions and we are FREE. ;)
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I'm sure that there are enough of us here to help you through any problems, check spellings, grammar and generally ensure that your attempts read the way you would want them to before you press the tit to send it out into the big bad world. We may be p*ss takers but we would not let you down. Build it a page at a time and email the pages to us. We can check them over and make suggestions and we are FREE. ;)
I thank you for your kind suggestions, but would be very wary about publicising my new eeek: if eeek: web address in here tbh.
'Undesirable spies' that I suspect may be in here from 'another place' spring to mind.
I've only ever met Nick, so he is the only one that I know is who he claims to be, and he knows less about 'puters than I do...apparently. whistle:
Am I sounding a tad over cautious and wary? scared2:
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I like Miscro$oft FrontPage ? it?s a bit like Micro$oft Word if you use that and fairly easy to get into. You can also get inexpensive ?themes? on-line which just require you to fill in basic info but give your site a professional look.
Like Snoops says ? we?d be happy to assist you.
One thing to remember about web design is not to make it too complex. There is no need for hyperlinks-a-plenty and thousands of pages and pictures. Most people try to be too clever.
Think about what people want for your site ? basic information ? and present it in a clear and simple way. Nothing more frustrating than having a beautiful web site in front of you but being unable to locate simple stuff like a ?phone number.
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I'm sure that there are enough of us here to help you through any problems, check spellings, grammar and generally ensure that your attempts read the way you would want them to before you press the tit to send it out into the big bad world. We may be p*ss takers but we would not let you down. Build it a page at a time and email the pages to us. We can check them over and make suggestions and we are FREE. ;)
I thank you for your kind suggestions, but would be very wary about publicising my new eeek: if eeek: web address in here tbh.
'Undesirable spies' that I suspect may be in here from 'another place' spring to mind.
I've only ever met Nick, so he is the only one that I know is who he claims to be, and he knows less about 'puters than I do...apparently. whistle:
Am I sounding a tad over cautious and wary? scared2:
Click on the little world symbol under my avatar. That's my site.
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. . .give your site a professional look. . .
Why? All he needs is a picture of the scrap of paper he has in the chippy window saying "Cheap second hand car wheels and stereos" and a mobile number.
That is just what it needs, a bright and airy look to emphasise the excellent and reasonably priced service on offer. ;D
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. . .give your site a professional look. . .
Why? All he needs is a picture of the scrap of paper he has in the chippy window saying "Cheap second hand car wheels and stereos" and a mobile number.
That?s sooo low-tech. noooo:
His new website will allow you to select exactly which make/model you want stolen delivered. happ096
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Click on the little world symbol under my avatar. That's my site.
With local 'Attractions' like that I can see why those 1000 posts came round so quick! ;)
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Click on the little world symbol under my avatar. That's my site.
With local 'Attractions' like that I can see why those 1000 posts came round so quick! ;)
noooo: Unfair, the WC looks very nice.
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At least some of us have a site. whistle:
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At least some of us have a site. whistle:
I've got loads - www.cyprusbroadband.com being just one...
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At least some of us have a site. whistle:
I've got loads - www.cyprusbroadband.com being just one...
Me three, but I an not dumb enough to put them on here to be slagged off by every Tom Dick and Darwin! noooo:
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At least some of us have a site. whistle:
I've got loads - www.cyprusbroadband.com being just one...
Me three, but I an not dumb enough to put them on here to be slagged off by every Tom Dick and Darwin! noooo:
Oh go on... you know you want to! point:
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At least some of us have a site. whistle:
I've got loads - www.cyprusbroadband.com being just one...
Me three, but I an not dumb enough to put them on here to be slagged off by every Tom Dick and Darwin! noooo:
A point well made and mine would not be there if it were in anyway personal but since I sponsor the damn thing to promote the village economy I feel obliged.
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At least some of us have a site. whistle:
I've got loads - www.cyprusbroadband.com being just one...
Me three, but I an not dumb enough to put them on here to be slagged off by every Tom Dick and Darwin! noooo:
eeek: eeek: eeek: eeek:
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Look you load of festering unreliable lying promise breaking shit. If you can't do what you say you can and will do, DON'T say it in the first place. OK?
Garage. "We'll sort all your car problems to your satisfaction sir"
No. You haven't. You've just lied and tried to fob me off. See you in court twats. evil:
Window blind company. Shit job, shite blinds, wrong sizes, scruffy installation, and now complaining to ME that they'll have to make some new ones for us! eeek:
Get it sorted within the next week, or I'll see you in court too.
Web site maker.
"Yea, I'll sort that out for you, no problem".
Unbloodybelievably I've been promised not once, not twice, but THREE bloody times now, by 3 so called totally different friends/aquaintances. Banghead
I'm the proud owner of 3 bastard domains or whatever you call them, all paid for, but none of them can I gain access to.
When I finally manage to get hold of one of these 3 muppeteers, I get the same pitiful crap....sorry, been too busy. I'll sort it tomorrow. The tomorrow that NEVER arrives.
Plumber? Ha! Don't make me laugh, They don't exist in real life.
We live in Britain do you expect something different?
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We live in Britain do you expect something different?
Sadly no, not any more.
However, my faith has just been slightly re-instated with a visit to a local Indian takeaway that I hadn't visted before.
Greeted with a genuine and cheery smile and hello. The 7 lads that run the place all seem genuinely happy, talking and laughing in their own tounge and excellent English too. All smartly dressed and working damned hard churning out some damned good scran.
Don't know which part of India they come from, but they get my vote for being pleasant, hard working and delivering a damned good service.
The English could well learn from these lads on ow to run a business properly instead of the usual ignorant bad mannered false promised crap that we usually have to endure
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Scran?? You are an ex squaddie, possibly Montgomery and I claim my five ackers!
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Scran?? You are an ex squaddie
I wish. ::)
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ahhh.. the plot thickens...not ex rubschin:
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ahhh.. the plot thickens...not ex rubschin:
Nah, not at all, or ever for that matter sadly. I really wish I had done a spell in the forces now though tbh. MOST ex service men I've met seem to have an air of enviable confidence and get up and go about them.
Bring back national service I say, and see many of our problems with todays yoof disappear eventually but that's an entirely different grump/discussion
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Good grief... a friendly civilian.. a rarity in these days of NuLabour and certainly worthy of an applaud.
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At least some of us have a site. whistle:
Good grief!
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....and so it goes on and on and on.
People say to me, keep your head up. If you think things will go wrong, they probably will. THINK POSITIVE, O.K.? happy088 happy088 happy088
Yea, right ,O.K., if you say so.
So, I try and do as these wise and successful people say. whistle:
So today, I have been let down YET again by yet another bloody contractor who PROMISED he'd have the graphics I've ordered, delivered and fitted within 2 weeks.
Well that was just dandy wasn't it ey? I rings them up this morning and the gaffer answers the phone to tell me that the request/order was still sitting on his desk. The bloke that took the order has gone away on his holidays.
Well, I hope it fckin pisses down on him and he gets a swarm of man eating locust down his Y fronts, cus he's just wasted ANOTHER 2 weeks of my life, TOSSER! evil:
I can't go anywhere else...as much as I'd liked to have said so this morning, because these are the useless idiots that my main sponsor use, and as they are paying, I have to use them.
2 hours later, I receive a 'phone call of GROWLER jnr.,snr., who kindly informs me...Nick wont want to read this bit....that he's been speaking to 'this bloke', and that 'this bloke' who knows the landowner I'm renting The Swamp' off, is not to be trusted and will probably turf me out at a moments notice when he's had enough of me, that's assuming the local council don't turf me out before hand, but that is another totally different tale of possible woe. Hopefully that bit won't happen, but with the way things are going so far.....god loves a tryer, thats for sure.
As for the web site, well you all know my tales of woe on that one. Let down comprehensively by 3 arse holes.
Next please. ::)
Your own personal punchbag awaits you.
I shall however, persevere in the face of adversity, as much as i really want to simply run away and hibernate. scared:
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We ought to have a chat then! What bloke?
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eeek:
We ought to have a chat then! What bloke?
A pissed off PM awaits you for a more in depth explanation.
Quite frankly, I'm rather pissed off with the human race presently.
Must be my bastard bio bloody rythms or such shite, either that or I must have been one evil BASTARD in a previous life.
Some say I am in this one too. evil:
A glass of my finest single and a blimp at her bloody ridiculous nose light thing MIGHT just cheer me up. ;)
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We live in Britain do you expect something different?
Sadly no, not any more.
However, my faith has just been slightly re-instated with a visit to a local Indian takeaway that I hadn't visted before.
Greeted with a genuine and cheery smile and hello. The 7 lads that run the place all seem genuinely happy, talking and laughing in their own tounge and excellent English too. All smartly dressed and working damned hard churning out some damned good scran.
Don't know which part of India they come from, but they get my vote for being pleasant, hard working and delivering a damned good service.
The English could well learn from these lads on ow to run a business properly instead of the usual ignorant bad mannered false promised crap that we usually have to endure
Hate to be the one to point this out G, but they were quite probably born here. Like my local Indian food emporium - all born/bred in the UK.
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No actually MG. I've been back since, and they are from Bangladesh apparently.
Bloody good lads they are, hard working in hot conditions, full of fun, laughing and polite, albeit all in broken English.
At least they try, and should be applauded for that. happy088
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Anyway. Bollux to all these tits that let me down and pass on messages of doom and gloom. ::)
I will NOT be defeated.
The FULL British Bulldog Bear in me will stride on. evil:
Oh. Forgot to mention it. Couldn't gain access to my web site properly last night, and couldn't edit at all. eeek:
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Anyway. Bollux to all these tits that let me down and pass on messages of doom and gloom. ::)
I will NOT be defeated.
The FULL British Bulldog Bear in me will stride on. evil:
Oh. Forgot to mention it. Couldn't gain access to my web site properly last night, and couldn't edit at all. eeek:
One of my web sites is down at the moment ? renewed all the services on the expiry date last Saturday (had been trying for two days) and received confirmation that the order had been processed.
I worked out this morning that the site was dead ? no web site, no e-mail no business?
Called ?customer service? and spoke to Melissa who thought it quite amusing that while they had processed the order they hadn?t taken the payment from my (pre-approved) credit card ?because they had a backlog?? Therefore all my services had been cancelled because of their bleeding backlog! cussing:
Have politely explained how unhelpful this is to my business and was assured that the order would be processed immediately and we?d be back on-line ?in an hour? which of course we are not and will undoubtedly involve many more international calls ?til I lose my temper and have to shout at whoever is unfortunate enough to answer the ?phone on that occasion.
Its not good enough? noooo:
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Well I am sitting here waiting for a call froma cleint who wants a job done URGENTLY. Fine, premium rate for me. But what she has sent me in the way of raw materials is complete crap!! It just doesn't make sense (which is why she is unlaoding it onto me to sort out) Just caught her on her mobile and have told her I need a one hour conversation with her when she gets back to the office.
Silly moo!
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Melissa didn?t sort it out in an hour as promised so I called back ? spoke to Ali?
Ali can?t sort it out without speaking to his supervisor as he is new but he will call me back!
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Blessed are they that expecteth little ~ for they shall not be disappointed.
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Blessed are they that expecteth little ~ for they shall not be disappointed.
You don't think he'll call? doh:
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Blessed are they that expecteth little ~ for they shall not be disappointed.
You don't think he'll call? doh:
Well let's think...
noooo:
DIY time.
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Just found out that the woman who is meant to be calling me is going to be sacked on Friday. She doesn't know this yet point:
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point:
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Just found out that the woman who is meant to be calling me is going to be sacked on Friday. She doesn't know this yet point:
We need to know why please. Could do with a bit of juicy tit bits. eyes:
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UPDATE:
Surprisingly Ali didn?t call me back ? I can scarcely believe it? noooo:
Anyway, called back and the billings department overflowed to the reception. The lovely receptionist lady listened to my story and suggested that I ?raise a ticket?. I explained that I had raised a ?critical? ticket at 6am which had been ignored by the billings department which was why I was speaking to her on an expensive international call ? she said ?May I invite you to call back then?? evil:
Called back ? Ali answered. ;D
Explained that I had a critical issue and that his colleague Melissa had let me down and that he had promised to call me back but had not done so. He explained that there was a problem with their system and my order couldn?t be processed ?til the problem was fixed.
I explained that that was simply not good enough. noooo:
He explained that the last time they had this problem it took a day to fix.
I explained that it was not good enough and I needed to speak to his supervisor or a senior manager that could override their broken system which was causing me significant business difficulties through no fault of our own and manually get me back up-and-running. noooo:
He put me on hold and then moments later ? bingo the problem was fixed! whistle:
The most frustrating thing is I could probably have written the script for today?s events at 6am this morning and it would probably have worked the same with just about every UK based company we seem tot have the misfortune to come into contact with. cussing:
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Next? ::)
Car electrician.
Supposedly fitting some emergency cut off switches for me last week.
He couldn't do it there and then, suprise suprise, ::) but promised he'd be in touch to arrange a mutualy suitable time early this week. It's wednesday now, and I've, as expected, heard sweet f.a. Angry9:
B & long Q.
Saw a suitable picnic table bench thing for 'The Swamp' up for grabs in there on monday night.
Special offer. last one, already assembled ?43 reduced from ?70.
The bloke I spoke to said I could have it for ?35, even better.
Told him I'd be back in last night to collect it as I'd need the trailer to shift it.
Went back in last night, no bloke to be found, stupidly I hadn't taken his name, and the knobs in there wouldn't let me take it for the agreed price of ?35.
I'll go back in there today to see if I can find him, otherwise it'll have to be ?43 if I can't pursuade the store manager to reduce it without threatening him with death.
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Saw a suitable picnic table bench thing for 'The Swamp' up for grabs in there on monday night.
Special offer. last one, already assembled ?43 reduced from ?70.
Whats up, some scally beaten you to all the ones in pub gardens already? ;)
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Saw a suitable picnic table bench thing for 'The Swamp' up for grabs in there on monday night.
Special offer. last one, already assembled ?43 reduced from ?70.
Whats up, some scally beaten you to all the ones in pub gardens already? ;)
'ave a slap, turkey twiddler. evil:
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You are all, by now, bored to death with my tales of woe concerning the kitchen ceiling problems but this is a classic.
When the insurance people assessed the damage they called in an electrician to make the lighting safe, prior to them pulling the old ceiling down and etc...... The same contractors provided the demolition men, the ceiling erectors (who turned out to be the same fellas) the electrician and the decorator.
Ceiling removed with electrician in attendance ('cos nobody had told him to come the day before to ensure H&S)
After two weeks the ceiling was replaced, plastered and left to dry over the weekend. This was last Thursday. On Friday the decorator turned up and declared he could not paint the ceiling as the plaster had not yet "gone off". ::) But we had already agreed that it could not be done until after the weekend.
He returned on Monday and satisfied with the dryness of the plaster painted the ceiling. Today (Wednesday) I have telephoned the contractors to ask when we might expect some illumination in order that we may enjoy our newly replaced, plastered and painted ceiling. The electrician is "on holiday" evil:
Having told the contract manager his fortune cussing: he has just called back to ask if it would be OK for a "Subby" to do the job tomorrow.
You really can't get the staff these days.rubschin:
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You really can't get the staff these days.rubschin:
In a word,NO! Angry9:
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Latest update on auto electrician search. ::)
1st one...alledged 'friend' STILL hasn't contacted me. Ahh well, only 2 weeks late, musn't give up hope. ::)
2nd one, another 'alleged friend', PROMISED, after hearing my tales of unreliable people, that he'd be at 'The Swamp' on saturday morning to do the jobs requested.
" Yea, I'll soon box that off for you, no problem" happy088
Needless to say, saturday has been and gone with no sign of him. ::)
I give up. I'll have a go myself. eeek:
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Don't go near Mealors Mowers then!
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Don't go near Mealors Mowers then!
Why? Does he NOT fix car electrics too? ::)