Utilities
My final blog post – farewell!
And so, the end is here. It is just over 6 months since I posted my first entry, and we have been through so much together. We’ve had:
• snags galore (here and here)
• gadgets galore (here and here)
• near disaster (here and here)
• killer flies (here)
• and sexy lingerie (here).
I hope that my posts have informed and entertained [...]
Some good advice for everyone (apart from teenagers)
It has been a quiet week in terms of house activity, which gives me time to reflect on events of the previous few weeks. More specifically, it gives me time to consider the great stop cock flood of 2007 and pass on the lessons learned.
The best advice I can give to absolutely everyone living [...]
FLOOD! Ground floor flooded by faulty stop cock
When there is a leaking water pipe in your house, you should turn off the water supply at the stop cock. When the stop cock then snaps off in your hand, you should swear violently and prepare to get very, very wet . . .
Yesterday was a bizarre, twisted day. Those 6 remaining [...]
Broadband activated, over 200 snags remaining
Joyous occasions in my life: the day I left school; the day I graduated from University; the day I married my wife; and the day I finally had my broadband connection re-activated. Today is a very special day indeed. News, sport, online shopping, high definition pornography – it’s all now available at the [...]
22Jul2007 | Craig | 0 comments | Continued
Superb service from Bloor’s contractors
So far we have been incredibly impressed with the contractors on site here. Almost every single one of them will smile at you in the street and say ‘hello’, and most ask how our house is and if we have any problems. The electrician has gone out of his way to resolve some [...]
15Jul2007 | Craig | 0 comments | Continued-
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Hi Craig.,
Just loved your story about the disaster.
Regretably..its not that uncommom, stopcocks more ofetn seize up. so although they7 miught ...