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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    edinburgher wrote: »
    I had a traumatic experience with the fish tank yesterday evening, will share once I get back from the pet shop! :eek:

    Not the babies...? :eek::eek::eek:
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  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,273 Forumite
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    edited 2 March 2014 at 5:40PM
    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    Not the babies...? :eek::eek::eek:

    Yup!

    The daft babies decided to have a pool party inside my external filter. Hanging out in the pitch black while 1000l/h of water rushes past you really does suggest that natural selection should be allowed to take its course.

    But I'm a big softy. One emergency trip to the pet shop, £42 and 3 hours later and I have a new emergency 24l tank up and running in our kitchen.

    Think I managed to rescue 14, there may be others in the main tank still to find.

    Next in the litany of calamities - went for a 6.5 mile jog and my iPod decided not to record it (despite the hour of spoken messages that clearly showed I remembered to start the damn thing!)
  • gallygirl
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    edinburgher wrote: »

    The daft babies decided to have a pool party inside my external filter. Hanging out in the pitch black while 1000l/h of water rushes past you really does suggest that natural selection should be allowed to take its course.
    :eek: I hope you're a more responsible parent when Edlet comes along :eek:.

    Glad you rescued the little things :D.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
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  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    Excellent baby rescue!
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,273 Forumite
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    Alchemilla wrote: »
    Excellent baby rescue!

    And just spent another £20.96 on aquarium crap. Right now I hate them :eek:
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    This is excellent practice.
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,273 Forumite
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    Spent over an hour on the 'phone to SP this morning, asking them to explain why I'm now being billed by *2* utility companies for my gas and electricity and raising a complaint. Absolutely !!!!ed off with them now, I'll be contacting Ofgem once the required 8 weeks is up :mad:

    Work was also heinous, I'm frazzled, I have a selection of weeping blisters from a new pair of Dr Martens and several fish babies died :(

    All first world problems, I know, really I do, but I'm frustrated and grumpy and the black mist has descended!
    • £3.44 to Freedom Fund
    • £11 to 2017
    • £5 to Baby Pot
    • Screened out of 2 surveys
    • NSD
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    So sorry for your loss E.
    Have you tried blister plasters?
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Blister plasters are great :T. I used to have my own dealer in them :rotfl:.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • PositiveBalance
    PositiveBalance Posts: 1,268 Forumite
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    I'm sorry to hear about the fish. Where are you?
    Debt: £11,640.02 paid in full! DFD: 30/06/20
    Starter Emergency Fund (#187): £1000/£1000
    3 month Emergency Fund (#45): £3300/£3300
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