One of those days......

You know the ones... we,ve all had them.
Started off as usual with me still suffering from a minor man flu:cnfs:
But then Noreen across the road (name changed for protection..bless her)
"Can we pop down to local B&Q to get a floor lamp for her second small room".
OK. off we go to find theres not a single floor lamp in store...
Right..so, Argos is near. lets check it out.
After a long catalogue search the decision is made.
Back home I start to unpack it to assemble and find one of the glass shades is bust.! There are three.
It was obvious that it had been out of store and returned broken..
So now we are heading back to Argos...
After rollicking Argos and recieving an apology we then found there was "no replacement in store but there is one we can reserve for you sir in the other store a few miles away"
Ok so off we go around the York bypass to the next Argos store.
In with the bust unit to do an exchange.
Ok sir. "first theres the paperwork."
I then insisted I do a visual on the item before exchanging.
Young lad served us with a sore throat and pumped up with lozengers. Trying to keep my distance with my man flu we finally managed to unpack the thing and guess what !
One of the three glass shades was broken..................
So. now we have the only two floor lamps of these style they have, both with busted glasses.
Solution is easy I say. lets just make up three good glasses from what we have!
"I shall have to go to the management" he says.
Can you believe that!!
"I shall have to go to the management"
Finally sorted, apart from a refund for the first lamp and then a re purchase for the now 100% complete item.
Anyhow because I was out for so long I was going to use my mobile to phone HID just to say why I am still out.
Guess what.. phone is bust. grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Finally after 3.5 Hours we arrive back home.
I did not have the heart to assemble the dreaded lamp yesterday but all went well today, and my phone is now unblocked and up and running
Happy Days................
Thanks for listening
robert

 

Many thanks for kind wishes re the man flu.
Feeling better today, and managed a trip out for some xmas goodies.
I also have three bottles of single malt awaiting my pleasure nearer christmas.
What I am really looking forward to this chirstmas is not going to, or being called out to work over the holiday period.
I lost count of the amount of christmas hols I was on call and called out at god forsaken hours to fix a treatment plant. I saw Santa fly over on several occasions during the big night.
Sorry. Im having a winge again
robert

 

Robert, I agree with Shiney, here. There is no such thing as MILD man flu. It is ALWAYS life threatening.:lollol::lollol::cry::cry::cry:

 

"MAN FLU"
A rare strain of flu so powerful and so deadly it can only be matched by the Bubonic Plague and Aids. A incurable virus which has adapted to only effect the "XY" gene found in men. The virus attacks the immune system 10,000 times harder than the average flu virus, causing excruciating pain for the victim. Man Flu has no cure and prayers can save the forsaken life of the infected. The often deadly virus is mostly laughed at by women who sadly cannot contract "Man Flu"

 

Its my bet that last post will get a comment or two !
robert

 

Robert, crack open one of those bottles of Malt Whiskey. Its medicinal after all (for said Man Flu)!

 

Its by far the best treatment I know of:gnthb:
Pity we cannot get it on the NHS