Boiler Service Day....

[gness]

...lovely lad....I'm upstairs when he calls......

Excuse me, Madam....bit of a problem.....

Oh heck...says I, trotting downstairs....what is it ....boiler ....radiators ....pipework?

No...they're fine...but I'm really sorry....I've just broken your catapult....☺

[Psybbo]

Speechless!

[-Talbot-]

Wine day, pancake day, save the gerbil day and now Boiler Service Day... it's getting bloody ridiculous!

[gness]

Talbot....you do know my gerbil died, don't you?... :-(

[-Talbot-]

That's what gerbils do best, gness.

[gness]

Rarely from an overdose of home make wine fumes though....still, I guess he went merrily..x

[melv16]

Servicing old boilers...mmmmm;-)

[gness]

Oh buzz off you, and find me some Waxwings to chase!...☺

[melv16]

Not many waxwings this year, gness. Went to see great grey shrike last week. It was a no show, only to return the next day:(

[gness]

Not many at all, Melv....none here. Seems to have stayed in Scotland and the East Coast....

Sod's law with the shrike....better luck next time....x

[tonyav]

Boiler man came to see to ours as well today, it's been broke down since Sunday tea time. Couldn't fix it he's got to come back on Monday, a circuit board has gone kaput ( not catapult ) and so he's got to order a new one.

[DaisyNonna]

What happened to the professionals who used to carry spares with them?

[tonyav]

The guy said that their not allowed to do that anymore, to much stuff getting stolen !.

[marval]

It begs the question, What was he doing with your catapult to break it?

[tonyav]

Yeah, what was he doing ?.

[DaisyNonna]

Cobblers! So anybody on a call to a home is incapable of locking a van. Or perhaps he/she is doing the stealing? Not someone you would want in your home. Vetted by the company worked for?
"Not got one with me."
Two visits, two charges.

[Hopkirk]

T'was on the Monday morning the gasman came to call

[Hopkirk]

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

[tonyav]

No charge, Daisy ( well not directly ) it's being fixed on insurance. The spare part stuff is down to the company he works for, it's their policy apparently.

[tonyav]

T'was on a Monday he had to come back again !.

[DaisyNonna]

You pay the insurance, insurance pays, your insurance costs rise. Boiler people get paid twice.