LATEST MOAN FROM YOU AND ME 2018

Up before dawn only to find the car boot sale has been cancelled for 3 months while they resurface the car park

Why they couldn't have done that in the 3 months it's been closed overwinter is beyond me.

Now got a car full of stuff to unload and won't be making any money

 

Been looking but it looks like the next nearest is closed pending a planning application

Not cost effective with petrol to go any further

 

I'll be down the South West for the weekend in 2 weeks and was thinking of going to that boot sale (heard that one seller has some unusual red cacti), but now think I'll stay in West Somerset.

 

Got a letter from the Inland revenue telling me where my tax and NI contributions go.
Never had one of these before so guessing its some kind of guilt complex that they have these days.
Apparently they send £31 of my money to the EU, and £49 to foreign aid, ok so that is pretty much £80 in foreign aid.

Surprised to see that £889 goes to health, so why do I have to wait so long to see the Doc?
And then get a 10 minute appointment, with him half listening.

Am I right in thinking the NHS is pretty much a bottomless pit?
I dont get much out for my money, but someone is I guess, you just need to be dying, before they act.

But on top of that I pay £1076 for Welfare, what the hell is that?

I'm paying £571 to state pensions, in addition to paying for my own state pension?

What the hell is going on????????????

 

When you book in future, say you need a double appointment - get your monies worth - that way, the first 10 minutes will be spent with him half listening and the second 10 minutes, the other half of him will listen. Result? 100% heard

 

Telephone Etiquette (more precisely, lack of! )

Received an incoming call yesterday:-

Caller: Hello, can I speak to Mr X?
Me: Sorry, who did you ask for?
Caller: Mr X
Me: You have the wrong number, there's no Mr X here.
Caller: That's strange!
Me: Erm, I can assure you that is not strange; "strange" would be if Mr X *was* here!

Since when did "That's strange!" become the automatic response to being told you've got a wrong number? Whatever happened to: "Sorry to have troubled you" ? after all, I was in the middle of cooking tea. I think next time, I'll just respond with: "I'll just get him for you .... " and carry on cooking tea!

 

I phoned Miele this afternoon. It'll be 24 days since I reported our faulty fridge/freezer, when the service call they booked happens on Tuesday.
I had to hang on for fifteen minutes before I got an answer. I guessed their office would be closed all over the Bank Holiday week-end and they confirmed it would.

I explained to them that as I'd provided comprehensive information about the fault, that if the engineer after looking at it says "I'll have to order a part," I'll go ballistic.

Having originally said they don't pay compensation, (they would say that, wouldn't they?) I was told if they can't fix it that day, they'll give me £70 to get a fridge from Argos or wherever to tide us over.
We've been getting by, as the freezer compartment has been holding -18c. I don't trust it though, most of our frozen food is now in the two table top freezers we keep in the shed. Consequently I'm shopping daily for her as it's a bit of pain having to go down to the bottom of the garden when we want something.

I've been keeping the fridge down to a reasonable temperature, by putting it on "factory re-set" and "fast cool." But I have to do it three or four times a day, as it will come down to about 5c or 6c for a couple of hours but then will start to climb. The display always says +5c but it'll climb to an actual +10C or higher.
My wife bought an ecoegg "fridge friend," a few weeks back. It's battery operated and as well as giving accurate temperature readings..............

also "helps to kill bacteria and reduce odours, purifying the air inside your fridge, while reducing levels of ethylene gas.".... So the blurb says...

"She'll buy anything."............ I don't mind.





However she does also use their detergent in our washing machine, has for years, it works well and works out a ridiculously low price for each wash.

 

My leccy golf trolley

(one of these)



It's a bit like "Trigger's brush" as after twenty years, only the frame is original.

It was making a bit of a "thump thump," noise today and I traced it to the front wheel.

When I got home I removed the wheel and examined it. The set of wheels are only five years old. I found that one of the ball races had completely disintegrated. Hardly surprising as the whole thing, including the ball bearings were made of naffin' plastic!

So I reassembled it packing out the race sockets, using just the axle bolt threaded through the sleeve, with a bit of grease for lubrication and it's working perfectly, the thump has completely gone.

 

Having contacted Miele on Thursday afternoon suggesting their engineer called today with a replacement controller, which I considered would be the problem, the guy turned up with, guess what? No controller! Which he also after checking the old one determined was the problem. He'd have to order a new one and he'd be back on the naffin' 20th of April to fit it!

He did his best to keep the fridge section at a reasonable temperature but wasn't confident of it holding. I thanked him for doing his best, it wasn't his fault the information wasn't given to him.

Fifteen minutes later I was in the middle of preparing a "ballistic e-mail" to Miele, when the phone rang. A young lady said she'd received the engineer's report and they had decided they would replace it.
Would it be OK if they came to deliver a new fridge/freezer and collect the other one on Thursday?

So. It'll be finally sorted.

 

My 'new' car went back to the garage for some warranty work - nothing major but I thought 'what the 'eck it's under warranty..let the garage do it.' I explained in some detail to the mechanic what was causing the fault and how he could rectify it. 10 mins later the job is done...the fault was nothing at all to do with my previous detailed diagnosis..how embarrassing .

 

Why is it that it take two goes to do somethings in this day and age,

glasses, second time to may be get it right

Tyres for car, twice, one right one wrong size

No wowder companys are loosing money, get it right first time will save you money

UK is getting very slap-dash

Come on people pull your socks up, put the Great back into Great Briton