PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING

Hello Forumites! However well-intentioned, for the safety of other users we ask that you refrain from seeking or offering medical advice. This includes recommendations for medicines, procedures or over-the-counter remedies. Posts or threads found to be in breach of this rule will be removed.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

O/S Daily Friday 8 September 2023

2

Comments

  • Florenceem
    Florenceem Posts: 8,585 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Homepage Hero
    BleeBoop - 1950 was a good year - my Birthday is next week.
    Got up at 5.45 to get a room ready for the carpenter. It was my craft storage ROD. I had to move stuff out and into the other ROD plus some went in our bedroom. Carpenter T arrived at 7.50.
    Just before he arrived - I went into the bathroom where he fitted a door yesterday - I got locked in. Had to bang and call out to Mr F -  who is profoundly deaf. He managed to wiggle the handle and free me.
    I told T about my mishap - he said - really - that shouldn't happen - went in there and was locked in - this time wiggling the handle did not work. T shouted through the door - you will need to get a hammer and screwdriver to take off the door jamb. This I started to do - Mr F wouldn't have been able to do it as he is not practical. When we could see the door catch - T said - that isn't going to work. I said - my neighbour is a handy chap - I will go and get him - he wasn't in but I saw a workman up the road - about to get in his van and drive away. So this woman in slippers and her 70s ran along calling please came and help - the carpenter is locked in the lavatory - couldn't resist - sounded better than bathroom. This big burly chap covered in tattoos followed me home and tried to release T - no good - so he went to his van for a jemmy and some other tool.
    T had arrived early so he could fit 2 doors and finish early to get his weekly shopping. Splintering of wood filled the air along with a swear word which the workman apologised for. The catch was stuck - there wasn't room to use an angle grinder even when the door jamb was fully removed. Eventually T was freed and we had a battered door surround. Workman would not take the money I offered so we will put it in the collection on Sunday with our usual offering. 
    I then had to rush to get ready for a 9 am meeting at SA. I came home to find that the road workmen had dug an even bigger hole and needed to do a bigger repair than anticipated. 
    Water was turned off again and T finished hanging 2 doors and making good on the bathroom woodwork.
    There was a lot of cleaning to do - I did in the house and Mr F tidied in the back garden where T had been getting the doors to correct sizes.
    So it has been an eventful day.
    Decluttering Achieved - 2023 - 10,364 Decluttering - 2024 - 8,365 August - 0/45
    GC NSD 2023 - 242/365
    2023 Craft Makes - 245 Craft Spends 2023 - £676.03/£400
    Books read - 2023 - 37
    GC - 2024 4 Week Period £57.82/£100 NSD - 138
    2024 Craft Makes - 240 Craft Spends 2024 £426.80/£500
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.4K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.3K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.8K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.4K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599.6K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.1K Life & Family
  • 257.9K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.