Minimal furniture in a rented property?

Glad

britonsarah wrote: »

my kids school must be one of the fortunate ones they have the police and the fire service visit every year group once a year and they also at the summer fair in a fire engine and a police van to tell us parents good advice i think its great, all schools should so it

so does our school, they also turn out for careers days

I live in a town with a large Hospital and a fire station which has 4 engines, I don't see reports of numerous fires every day in the town so I assume that the firemen could spend a fair amount of time 'on call', 'at the station', 'sitting around,' and obviously being paid for it, that isn't a problem for me as thank God they are there when we need them, but I think it's great that during some of this time they go out into the community helping make people aware and safe, that will never be a waste of tax payers money

neverdespairgirl

Premier wrote: »

If you were a bit older, you'd remember when the fire service used to offer a free lock out service - that was stopped due to free-loaders abusing their service rather than paying for a locksmith.

They still did it a couple of years ago. Personal experience :embarasse:embarasse

cillitbanger

!!!!!! 2 whole pages of absolute drivel between 2 grown men
The OP hasnt even been back to tell us what happened, and still you witter on :mad:

Tim_Deegan

Premier wrote: »

Yeah, but have you seen how long the waiting list to get one is? :rolleyes:

The kids would be left school and renting theoir own property by then!!!

That's why you now need to go around each house because we can't get the service to teach the kids in school, because they are over-run with requests for free smoke alarms from free-loaders who can't be bothered to get off their backsides and go out and buy one themselves.

I'd love to know where you get your information from?

Tim_Deegan

Premier wrote: »

I'm not, but I'm outraged at the state our fire service has been allowed to decline to, apparently due to lack of funding, yet they still have money to swan around in their engines fitting free smoke alarme to all amd sundry at the frop of a hat.

Target the money where it's needed and use it most efficiently!

Btw, was there anything factually incorrect in my post or are you now just posting in an arguementative manner for the sake of it?

Yes, most of your posts have been factually incorrect......if you read through my posts you will see that.

Tim_Deegan

Premier wrote: »

I don't think you'll sell many beds this time of night :rolleyes:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=14539765#post14539765

And your point is??

I was on nights last night 6pm to 9am this morning. Do you have a problem with that?

Tim_Deegan

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

They still did it a couple of years ago. Personal experience :embarasse:embarasse

We will do it for humanitarian reasons, for example a mum with small children is locked out in the freezing cold etc. We will also do it if there is a fire risk, or any other safety risk. But we won't do it free of charge for someone who has lost their keys because they are drunk when they get home from the pub.

When someone calls with a lockout, they are advised by control that it may be chargable. Believe me, it is far more expensive than a locksmith.

neverdespairgirl

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

We will do it for humanitarian reasons, for example a mum with small children is locked out in the freezing cold etc.

In my case, I was heavily pregnant, and at home on my own. OH was in Israel. My parents, who have a set of keys, were away on holiday. I was in that hormonal daze of floating around cheerfully, and floated downstairs to put the rubbish out, and the door banged behind me. It was raining, and I had no shoes / money / phone and as it was a Sunday, the shops were all shut.

So I walked to the police station, and they got some nice firemen to climb up to the flat, shimmy through a window, and let me in.

I felt a proper fool, but they were very nice about it.

Tim_Deegan

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

In my case, I was heavily pregnant, and at home on my own. OH was in Israel. My parents, who have a set of keys, were away on holiday. I was in that hormonal daze of floating around cheerfully, and floated downstairs to put the rubbish out, and the door banged behind me. It was raining, and I had no shoes / money / phone and as it was a Sunday, the shops were all shut.

So I walked to the police station, and they got some nice firemen to climb up to the flat, shimmy through a window, and let me in.

I felt a proper fool, but they were very nice about it.

Well yours was one of the cases where we wouldn't usually charge.

neverdespairgirl

The most awkward thing was that I recognised the policeman I spoke to. He'd been a witness in a case I prosecuted a few months' earlier.

I was hoping like mad that he wouldn't associate the idiotic, bare-foot pregnant woman in front of him with Miss NDG of counsel, suited, booted, wigged and gowned.

If he did recognise me, he didn't let on (-: