If things get tougher?

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I am still waiting for a joiner to ring back re coming to open up the floor, so we can get a plumber out. Brrrr it is already cold. This problem caught us by surprise and the insurance co is not nice to deal with. I was kept on hold for over half an hour, good job I got my dh to turn the water off at the stop !!!! and also the boiler switch etc. Never again will I get emergency cover via barclays insurance. What I am going to do is make an accessible list of good tradesmen who I can deal with direct. This is really really frustrating. My first thought was `oh heck something else to pay for`so it shows the importance of a having a little emergency fund

The house is a mess, books and furniture all moved, carpet up and so on. I am just so grateful that I looked up and saw the damp patches on the ceiling. They look as though they are drying too so probably no damage. I shudder to think if I had left the ch on while I went out, or for longer than an hour. I can`t settle to anything else today and my dh is water-leak phobic after putting nails into several heating pipes in the other house, while fixing squeaky floorboards. Good job I am cool and calm and have some basic knowledge of what to do in an emergency. He was like a headless chicken

caledoniaquine

Hope you get it fixed soon kittie

Fruball

Poor you Kittie - hope it gets sorted soon (((hug)))

I am a water leak phobic too after a couple of leaks here :eek:

champys

Icewytch - I live in chilly northern France and there are very few sheep around here. If you are selling handcrafted sheepskin warming products via Ebay I am very interested! Seat warmer, or body warmer - and I'm also looking for something fire-retarding to cover the wrought iron bench next to my kitchen open fire. I had been thinking cow hide, but sheep skin could do the trick just as well. Especially if padded a little like a cushion......
Believe you have potentially a very good product there, all it takes is getting it to the market!
Do let us know how to contact your e-bay shop or stall once you have it.
Take good care of yourself!

lauren_1

I am trying to find some simple sheepskin booties for ds and dd?

Does anyone know where i can find some?

Caterina

Kittie sorry to hear about the cold and mess in your home, and I would agree about never buying a repairs insurance with some big name, but get a list of good trademen instead!

On that theme, in the past we had a real horror story by buying plumbing insurance with British Gas! If it wasn't for me being a right stroppy cow and not taking no for an answer they would have left my family with an unusable toilet and a leaking sewer in the garden for over 3 days!

Hope it all gets sorted soon.

Caterina

ceridwen

BigMummaF wrote: »

Perhaps our resident Community Affairs officer--aka Ceridwen --can advice further on this little :idea: Have I dreamt it or is there a recognised method, for like-minded folk to order grocery in bulk to reduce costs? I'm thinking--again--of people like Icewytch who live in the more isolated communities, or even those of us who are just trying to keep our heads above the increasingly choppy waters....

Guess things like flours, cereals, root veg, meat & fish could be cheaper when bought in bulk :rolleyes: as long as you've very good neighbours & come to some arrangement where you take it in turns to have the best bits :dance:

From experience, I bought a 24 pack of loo rolls in MrA last week cuz they worked out cheaper that way, but now have the problem of storing the blummin things whereas if I was sharing with next door, we would both have the benefit & none of the ensuing hassle.

Being in the "affluent sarth" we are sadly lacking in places like Home Bargains, Farmfoods & Poundland & even our best attempts at farm shops leave a lot to be desired, but it may help others who have the resources closer to home.

So - I've found my "vocation" in life have I?:D :rotfl: Its food co-ops you are thinking of Big Mumma. I've never actually belonged to one myself - being a single person I only require smaller amounts of stuff. If my memory serves me aright - Kittie would be more the person for you to call on here....as I believe I am correct in recalling that she used to work for a food co-op some time back (1970s?) - Suma to be precise (errr.....but shes a bit tied-up just this minute.....drip...drip...drip.....water that is...not Kittie - LOL). Dont know if Suma still functions in that way. So's - you could ask her on t'one hand or google "how to organise a food co-op" on t'other hand. As I understand it - these are a worthwhile idea - but need a couple of people willing to do organisational work in running them.

ceridwen

BigMumma

I've been googling and found:

www.upstart.coop/page36.html

There's a Somerset Community Food one that looked promising too (more "standard" type food) - but the link I tried to put in didnt work - but it will be there under the items that come up if you put in the words I suggest below into Google Search Engine.

There are plenty of items out there about this if you just put "how to set up a food co-op Britain" into the Google Search Engine - you'll have your choice of entries to look at.

EDIT; The one that Kittie used to be involved in - ie Suma is on:

http://www.suma.co.uk/

mardatha

But there won't be enough people up on Sanday to organise into a co-op. People dont like to try new-fangled things in wee isolated communities...they are very conservative. Here they make the sign of the cross as they pass you if you dont wet yourself with excitement at the thought of a ploughing match..

ceridwen

Hi Mardatha

'Tis true....there are ways that I'm spoilt for choice living in an urban area as I do.....(thinks: would still like some peace and quiet and fresh air to breathe....hmmmm!!!).....but could be that BigMumma (who I think lives in an urban area) and others might like the idea of a food co-op.....

"Sign of the cross" eh at not liking ploughing matches...boy, they sure do know how to live...;) ......