Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

michaels

Wheezy wrote: »

I voted the other way.
Can we still be friends? :grouphug::grouphug:

Good news is that I am voting the way I am because I believe in democracy and thus for your right to vote whichever way you choose and for you in future to still have a vote that lets you get rid of those who govern you if they become venal and/or incompetent. Sadly as each year passes and more power passes away from the UK parliament our ability to vote out those who make decisions that determine our lives diminishes and we are tied into a protectionist 'little europe' whether or not we have more international, free trade ambitions.

michaels

Apologies if I am tetchy, we have two competing megaphonists outside the office today and the local council will not allow double glazing on 'keeping the street scene in keeping' grounds

PasturesNew

Wheezy wrote: »

... the other way...

I hope that's not a decision your hairy furren friend forced you to make on his behalf as he's worried about his passport and fears he might be trapped here, only able to sniff the bottoms of hairy English dogs!

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Apologies if I am techie, we have two competing megaphonists outside the office today and the local council will not allow double glazing on 'keeping the street scene in keeping' grounds

Can you open the windows?
Often, doing that, followed by bellowing "WILL YOU !!!!!! YOU IGNORANT TW4TS" can help.

After all, it's "at work" ... they don't know where you live.

GDB2222

michaels wrote: »

Wonderful news gdb.

I guess the breaking it gently if there is a problem doesn't work if everyone knows that if there isn't a problem you will be told instantly...

Hopefully, that must be the reason, rather than watching X Factor too much. Some sort of half-way house ought to be achievable, though.

Thanks, everyone, for your good wishes.

Doozergirl

Pyxis wrote: »

I wasn't suggesting a General Surveyor or a Valuation Surveyor, but a Chartered Surveyor who has specialised as a Building Surveyor.

Yes, I've dealt with them on projects and I still think dealing with an absolute expert in each area is better. From an MSE perspective, good builders know as much as surveyors, but surveyors won't fix the problem for you.

GDB2222

michaels wrote: »

Apologies if I am techie, we have two competing megaphonists outside the office today and the local council will not allow double glazing on 'keeping the street scene in keeping' grounds

Tetchy, not techie?

My DW loves finding spelling mistakes. She scours restaurant menus and is rarely disappointed.

michaels

Doozergirl wrote: »

Yes, I've dealt with them on projects and I still think dealing with an absolute expert in each area is better. From an MSE perspective, good builders know as much as surveyors, but surveyors won't fix the problem for you.

I guess what I need is someone who is an expert but isn't someone who can fix it (or indeed someone who does any sort of work that might fix it and so has a vested interest)

michaels

GDB2222 wrote: »

Tetchy, not techie?

My DW loves finding spelling mistakes. She scours restaurant menus and is rarely disappointed.

Weirdly I do generally see spelling mistakes when I read anything back after I have posted/emailed but I can read things back a hundred times before posting and not spot anything.

PasturesNew

Re the diagnosis issues .... it's tricky isn't it. I'd probably crash the car on the way there panicking .... then, once there, NOTHING would go into my head that anybody was saying to me (so a waste of time as I couldn't recall a single word afterwards) .... and then I'd not realise/understand what the diagnosis was, so would ask them to repeat it 2-3x to make sure I HAD understood what they'd said.

After that, nothing they said would sink in .... and then I'd be out in my car, potentially to crash on the way home as I'd not be concentrating on driving.

It takes a lot of people more than an hour to get to a hospital, then an hour home again .... that's a lot of potential disasters being caused on the roads as those people aren't really concentrating.