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Post by ambersalamander on Oct 7, 2006 11:18:13 GMT
F*@#ING water heating device!  The bloody thing is getting worse and worse, and now I can almost never get hot or even lukewarm water in my flat. Except when I use the kitchen taps, oh that's all right, but I can't wash my feet in the kitchen sink can I?! I am SICK of washing in freezing cold water. It hurts! It is 12:15 and I have been attempting to run myself a bath since 10. I just became so frustrated that I hit the bloody thing so hard that the pilot light went out  I've told my landlord and he says he'll come to fix it, but that's kind of hard when I'm out of the house between 8am and 7pm every day, and we're both busy at weekends. If I get a bloody bath I'm going to ring him afterwards and tell him he can bloody well come round at a stupid time Rant over! |
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Post by amberaleman on Oct 8, 2006 19:21:52 GMT
What a pain, Sal. The joys of rented accommodation!
You could always come and live with me. Constant hot water - and a toilet that flushes properly! ;D
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Post by medibot on Oct 9, 2006 0:23:23 GMT
Mine is the same but unlike Sal i have the time to sit and refuse to move from the letting agency office until they get the point and get onto fixing it so i'm not moaning just yet.
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Post by ojiveojive on Oct 9, 2006 11:32:25 GMT
Sal, your landlord is obliged to send a repair person round at a time that is convenient to you, even if it is outside normal working hours.
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Post by malxscfc on Oct 9, 2006 16:16:56 GMT
Top tip. Save time and effort by mis-appropriating Gran's cat. Then drug it and glue it to your neck and shoulders to provide instant warmth, and a gentle feline burbling noise. Will also act as a float when in the bath. Works for me!  |
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Post by ambersalamander on Oct 9, 2006 21:32:20 GMT
She hasn't got one! My parents do though, and as a bonus they don't live in Newport like my granny does.
My toilet flushes perfectly well thank you Mr Aleman, if you're clever enough to figure out how!
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Post by amberaleman on Oct 9, 2006 21:42:50 GMT
My toilet flushes perfectly well thank you Mr Aleman, if you're clever enough to figure out how! Then I blame the Old Peculier! |
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Post by bh on Oct 13, 2006 9:36:32 GMT
AA are you saying Sal is old and peculiar.......................surely young!!
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Post by amberaleman on Oct 13, 2006 20:52:58 GMT
I think it was more of a self-reference, bh. ...and yes, compared with middle-aged blokes like me and you, Sal is definitely, err, young. |
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Post by ambersalamander on Oct 15, 2006 11:31:58 GMT
And peculiar, thank you!
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Post by medibot on Oct 15, 2006 14:44:59 GMT
Incidentally, is it only Brighton where Old Peculiar is springing up on handpumps again? I of course have indulged  |
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Post by DJhinckley on Oct 15, 2006 17:58:34 GMT
If it's any consolation... knowing that boilers always f*ck up only in time for winter, as I have been caught out before, I was well ahead of the game and tested mine mid september making sure the heating was OK. It's a 'combi' so hot water is OK all year round. Anyway, radiators all fine and 'bleeded out' ready for winter. I am the boiler king. When Boilers strike back- episode III set the timer over the weekend, and it's a dial timer not digital, only today do I find out that in 24 hours the timer slows by 3 hours. So tomorrow morning when the heating is set to come at 5, it wouldn't come on until gone 8 when I'm already having my first tea break in the monkey factory. Deep Joy. Now even though the boiler works absolutely fine, I have to fork out to have the bloody timer fixed. Even deeper joy...  |
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Post by ambersalamander on Oct 16, 2006 19:39:16 GMT
Yeah, my landlord said he'd send someone round first thing this morning, and then I find a voicemail from him saying "is it OK if they come wednesday?"
Course it is, dear chap, course it is. I love bathing in freezing cold water.
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Post by medibot on Oct 16, 2006 21:29:52 GMT
Course it is, dear chap, course it is. I love bathing in freezing cold water. What a happy coincidence! ;D Sorry... Mine is still f*cked too, washing in the sink is not fun  |
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Post by bonehead on Oct 17, 2006 9:11:15 GMT
Warm yourself up by doing some tap dancing first :-)
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