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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6361 Post by ExSp33db1rd » Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:20 pm

Haven't been near a restaurant for over two years now, but have just been awarded a "Certificate of Thanks" - a voucher for our local restaurant !

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#6362 Post by G-CPTN » Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:50 pm

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Haven't been near a restaurant for over two years now, but have just been awarded a "Certificate of Thanks" - a voucher for our local restaurant !
What act of kindness did you perform to earn that?

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#6363 Post by llondel » Sat Aug 06, 2022 12:13 am

G-CPTN wrote:
Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:50 pm
ExSp33db1rd wrote:
Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:20 pm
Haven't been near a restaurant for over two years now, but have just been awarded a "Certificate of Thanks" - a voucher for our local restaurant !
What act of kindness did you perform to earn that?
Not going to the local restaurant?

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#6364 Post by ExSp33db1rd » Sat Aug 06, 2022 1:34 am

What act of kindness did you perform to earn that?
25 years voluntary service with the local Coastguard Air Patrol Unit, 12 as President / Pilot. The national body gave me a 25 year "pin", the local lot a $100 restaurant voucher.
Not going to the local restaurant?

Guess we will, can't throw away $100 food and wine.

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#6365 Post by G-CPTN » Sat Aug 06, 2022 1:49 am

What will NZ$100 get you at that restaurant? - a banquet or just a square meal?

52GBP would pay for a meal for two with house wine at a modest restaurant in the UK.

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#6366 Post by ExSp33db1rd » Sat Aug 06, 2022 5:24 am

What will NZ$100 get you at that restaurant? - a banquet or just a square meal ?
Dunno, haven't been for the last 5 years, found it very expensive last time. Probably only a main course each and a beer / glass of wine. Bottles its own wine, which it sells at eye watering prices.

Probably make it a Birthday Bash next month.

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#6367 Post by OFSO » Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:34 pm

No heating, no hot water. System pressure is under 0.5 bar. BIL, builder plumber, came round, opened every cabinet, heater etc, could not find any way to top up system. Flabbergasted. Never seen anything like it. Will return tomorrow to fit a T in water mains, flex coupling to heating system.

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#6368 Post by Woody » Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:47 pm

Don’t think that heating is going to be an issue for the next few days B-)

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#6369 Post by Pinky the pilot » Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:55 am

22C??? :-o :-\

I might take off my Jumper if it got to that here right now. Forecast max for Waikerie today is 17C.
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#6370 Post by llondel » Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:03 am

It was about 31C this afternoon at the dog show. Kepler was trying out her new green cool coat.

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#6371 Post by OFSO » Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:56 am

Not just no heating, no hot water for Mme's showers.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6372 Post by Woody » Mon Aug 08, 2022 9:08 am

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Not just no heating, no hot water for Mme's showers.
Not far from the river :-o
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#6373 Post by OFSO » Mon Aug 08, 2022 1:15 pm

BIL turned up. Put a T and tap in the cold water pipe, ran a hose thru the units to the boiler, topped it to one bar, I bled the radiators, and he left. Possibly fifteen minutes and cost £15 for parts.

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#6374 Post by TheGreenAnger » Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:26 pm

OFSO wrote:
Mon Aug 08, 2022 1:15 pm
BIL turned up. Put a T and tap in the cold water pipe, ran a hose thru the units to the boiler, topped it to one bar, I bled the radiators, and he left. Possibly fifteen minutes and cost £15 for parts.
Meanwhile they are building an ark in Islington!

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#6375 Post by PHXPhlyer » Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:32 pm

Would the water service be liable for property damage?

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#6376 Post by OFSO » Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:23 pm

IKEA really gone downhill. I've assembled many units (every day) since last Thursday. It used to be that pieces were jig-cut so putting cabinets side by side or beside drawer units meant the shut lines were perfect. No longer! Jigs worn, or more likely because the cabinets are made in Eastern Europe, the fronts in Italy, the hinges and slides in Germany, and various fixings who knows where. Everything used to be like a perfect jigsaw or an old Mercedes. Now it's more-or-less, like bodywork on an old Porsche. Many hours of fettling. . OK for the price but not for the perfectionist.

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#6377 Post by Woody » Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:41 am

Thankfully it’s been a few years since I had to do battle with an IKEA instruction sheet, not as popular nowadays, I believe that they’re closing one of their bigger London stores.
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#6378 Post by TheGreenAnger » Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:48 am

Woody wrote:
Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:41 am
Thankfully it’s been a few years since I had to do battle with an IKEA instruction sheet, not as popular nowadays, I believe that they’re closing one of their bigger London stores.
Your good wife is clearly slacking in enforcing her God given mandate to torment you through Ikea visits and the concomitant assembly hell! =))
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6379 Post by Woody » Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:57 am

Your good wife is clearly slacking in enforcing her God given mandate to torment you through Ikea visits and the concomitant assembly hell! =))
We still go, but fortunately don’t buy anything and just end up eating meatballs in the café :-o
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6380 Post by TheGreenAnger » Tue Aug 09, 2022 8:00 am

Woody wrote:
Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:57 am
Your good wife is clearly slacking in enforcing her God given mandate to torment you through Ikea visits and the concomitant assembly hell! =))
We still go, but fortunately don’t buy anything and just end up eating meatballs in the café :-o
Their meatballs are something else, probably suffused with some male mind bending narcotic, but so good! :)
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