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Topless Kate 18th September 2012 12:02 AM
I'm no more into royalty than I am into the Olympics, after all no one is better than myself, only my equal. The only time I ever bow is to either do up my shoe laces or pick up one of my cats. I'm no more convinced that this marriage will last any longer than her father in laws did after all commoners and royalty just don't gel together.
As to the subject of her being topless, well firstly it's not as though she has got much on top to start with, secondly when it comes to the naked body the British really are still stuck in the Victorian time warp of when everything had to be covered up...... Who cares? We all know what the human body looks like, it's no big deal it only becomes something of nothing when someone wants to make it pornographic and smutty. I don't get what the big deal is all about and what I get even less is, why if Kate dosen't like her breasts to be plastered in the paper is she happy to pose with women, who like me couldn't really care less about who sees their breasts and actually do have something up top worth showing
Customer Satisfaction Issues 17th September 2012 11:17 PM
You'll never please all of the people all of the time, that is why any major work we do is put in writing, whichever rooms we are working in will be photographed before and after we have started especially wooden flooring. Any plumbing fixtures like showers, taps and toilet flushes, boilers will be tested before work starts, regardless of what is being worked on, anything that dosen't work correctly will be notified to the owner. This prevents serial complainers from thinking their going to get work done for free by using the excuse 'it was alright till you started. Any work we do is first put in writing, any damage that we cause we will repair at our expense providing it is within reason. Any serial over the top complainers are dealt with by the other half due to her being more diplomatic than myself as I tend to end most sentences with the word OFF or so I've been told....
Facebook results - Oh dear, $157m loss! 17th September 2012 12:29 AM
I can't see how facebook will make money from advertising revenue, when 90% of the users predominantly go on there for no other reason than to say hello to their family and friends..... Might be the same reason why businesses struggle to get 'likes' it is not what people go on Facebook for, however much the site is popular....
No breakfast, no lunch, no dinner...... just 2 shredded wheat for my supper....
Poorest plumber in London!
I enjoyed reading this thread....
Music License Scare Mongering? 11th September 2012 7:42 AM
So if I'm sitting in the back of a taxi and the driver is listening to the radio and I can hear it, is he/she suppose to have a license?
Email Etiquette 11th September 2012 7:38 AM
Why is it that people sign off their emails with terms like 'regards' and 'kind regards' as in the real world we very rarely use such words?
Online Shopping slows during August 10th September 2012 12:35 AM
Maybe as it is August, the online shoppers have gone away on holiday....You never know..... I'm betting that online shopping is up in December....Cos it's Christmas again
Recession Strategy 29th August 2012 9:11 PM
Heres one for you Barney - heard quite a few stories about heating engineers/plumbers turning up on site - then going off to get parts, meanwhile the meter on the hourly rate is ticking.

Whilst i accept you cannot carry every single part for every single job is it fair to charge whilst out collecting parts?

Think i read one story that was a fairly simple case of a small part being required yet the travelling time exceeded the actual fitting time!

I guess it depends on how cold you are as to whether it is fair If your paying for someones time, then that is what you are paying for. In Central London spare stockists are few and far between, also again to do with the recession many of them will not have their shelves filled with all known parts. I tend to ask the customer for as much information about the boiler i.e make / model as possible before going and the nature of the fault. The amount of people that reply with the answer "I dunno" even though they are looking at it is quite amazing. I generally don't charge for visiting suppliers, however if it requires a part I will normally return the following day rather than mess up the rest of the days appointments and this will suit most customers.
I could also turn this question on its head and ask do you think it is reasonable to charge someone to clear access, empty cupboards, garages and loftspaces to gain access to the boiler? After all we're there to fix a problem, not shift furniture or rubbish what 90% of the Brittish public hoard, and they stand back and watch you shifting their crap and smuggly say "Oh sorry about the mess" Or should we do it for the love of it? The funniest part of it is, when you've actually repaired whatever it is that you went their to do, they then expect you to put all the flipping rubbish back!
Recession Strategy 29th August 2012 8:44 PM
Will confess to trying to second guess tradesmen via Google, but that's a good argument, not taking into account all the extra's.

Guess so many of us (just like SEO and the online world!) have been burnt so many times with rogue tradesman.

A sparky that fitted our house fusebox years ago did such a botch job, that it was wired incorrectly and eventually burnt through the earthing strap and nearly took us and the house with it. Another sparky screwed up the electrics on our extension, (his excuse was marital problems) and the plumber managed to break 2 sink pedastols and took 3 weeks to fit a small bathroom

Chippy was a half job bob, but the brickies were great

Doing any major work on a house these days, for people not in the know is a minefield. Even more frustrating when you deliberately don't go for the cheapest quotes as you don't want to cut corners! Next time I'm recruiting Sarah Beaney and she can project manage

Sarah Beeny is cheap Had to turn down their offer of appearing on the television. All for a possible weblink, I still find it funny after nearly a year