Hate This Time Of Year

[lankeela]

Last year on Christmas Eve the ceiling fell in where the immersion had been leaking. Then my GSD died a couple of days later. Tonight was cleaning my fridge (as you do on Christmas Eve when you don't 'do' Christmas) and the door fell off. Now off to bed and going to turn the phone off so all those well meaning people don't text or message me first thing in the morning.

[Jackdaw33]

What's a GSD?

[sherrardk]

I have had the worst week ever topped off my himself losing the one and only key to our one and only working car. Can’t even order another one till Friday and I have to go because it’s in my name - so I will have to get a bus and probably walk to the garage (and my sense of direction is shocking) where I will have to fork out £120 plus vat because he has no sense of *** responsibility. It’s like having six kids with the oldest one being the hardest work (sorry for the rant, but do feel a bit better now).

[lankeela]

German Shepherd Dog - the one in my avatar.

[tonyav]

German Shepherd Dog.

[tonyav]

and the door fell off.

Bloody hell !
As it come of the hinges ?

[Theland]

Sorry for you Lankeela, sounds bad, but, there are a lot worse things that could have happened.
There is always light at the end of the tunnel, you will look back on this and laugh.

[lankeela]

One year we had three cars in our family and all three either broke down or something fell off during the Christmas holiday. I ripped the exhaust off mine going over the metal bolt holder on a double gate. I wish I had the money to go somewhere warm where they don't celebrate it!

[tonyav]

Blimey, proper rip of merchants these main dealers.

[jourdain2]

Oh! That was very, very sad for you (losing your dog at this time). Without that you'd have coped with the rest. 'Fridge door this year is at least better than that. Sleep well.

[lankeela]

Yes the bottom hinge has been dodgy for a while and tonight while cleaning it was sort of swinging and then just lurched and dropped off.
Now got it propped up by a broom handle on the opposite wall!

[chrissa1]

My daughter had come up with twins from the south for the week. They have got a holiday cottage about 15 miles away from me. Sadly, I have just been diagnosed with cataracts in one eye so, find it very difficult to drive in the dark. I can’t stay the night and so have to leave them all by 15.30. Not good :,(

[chrissa1]

* has

[sherrardk]

Tony, because we appear to live in the *** Middle Ages there are only two ‘local’ auto locksmiths in the area - one’s machine has packed up and the other will also charge us for coming from Worcester. The BMW garage is actually the cheaper option - on the upside, we have key insurance so we can claim it back (that’s a thought - I could claim for a taxi!).

[albaqwerty]

It's not even cold enough to put stuff out the back-door if anything goes wrong with a fridge.
Fill the bath with cold water. Any ice cubes in the freezer?

jeez, Sherr, that's bit pricey.

[tonyav]

Do you think that it is repairable ( fridge ) though, lankeela ?
On some fridges you can change which way the door opens, say from left to right or vice versa.

[douglas9401]

Fridge door fell off. Not cool.

[Jackdaw33]

Cataracts in one eye. You're lucky, I have them in both and am almost totally blind.

[tonyav]

I could claim for a taxi!).

Give it a try, sherr.

[albaqwerty]

Chrissa, would a taxi be out of the question to let you stay on a bit longer?

[margarettom]

Just remember lankeela there are lots of people like you in the real world. My only concern at Christmas is that I get through it without something dreadful happening, when most services are unavailable. Like you I hate this time of year and love the day after New Year's Day when things get back to normal.