Recent content by Russ77

Sounds like a complete nightmare for you Dale! Whilst there are a lot of good, honest tradesmen, sadly there are some truly shocking ones who's work puts people in danger. My Brother's a plumber and worked for a guy that would constantly ask him to cut corners. There was one job in particular...

I ordered a load of bits from Amazon last week which I wanted in a hurry and noticed Prime delivery would be 1 day and free, I also realised that Grand Tour was starting the following week so I started the free-trial. After speaking to the wife about it we agreed that the amount of stuff we...

My parents went on holiday this morning for 11 nights, my Mum's parting words to Rachael were "You are not to have that baby until we get home!" :lol: Ironically, when Evie popped into the World 4 weeks early, my parents arrived home from holiday whilst she was in labour.

Thanks....... Although if we make it to the 17th I'll be surprised, I think it's more accurate to say "if we make it to December" :lol: And before anyone else says it, there will be no Christmas related names involved!

People call me scrooge etc but my only issue with Christmas is it being in the shops and on the TV from Octbloodytober. As for people who are putting their trees up now, WHY?????? In most people's homes, space is at a premium and a lot of normal/everyday stuff has to be moved/displaced to...

I've watched documentaries about Brearley, very interesting bloke who as others have said, probably would have struggled to get into the team as a batsman but always managed to get the best out of every player. Whilst Strauss & Vaughan have better win percentages than Cook, they had far better...

It's something I'm now definitely considering, the house we're in is likely to be our "forever" house (provided we don't win the lottery :lol: ) so a few hundred quid spent now might be a good investment. However as you've said Steve, the noise would have to be a consideration before getting...

I would love to, however as they're still functioning there are other things that are waaaaaay higher on the priority list for repair/replacement that we don't have the money for :lol: I'd dread to think what replacing all the windows would cost :eek:

That pretty much sounds like our house and what we do to combat condensation! The only place the walls get wet are in the corner of the hall which is the north east corner of the house. Just started running the dehumidifier again and have it running whilst we're in the bathroom in addition the...

If I'm not mistaken, it was the wankpuffin's family that tried to sue....... At a very high level, we live in an increasingly litigious society where people try to sue for anything and everything, sadly things have deteriorated to a point where people will try their luck when they are blatantly...

I meant from the perspective of the person trying to sue...... i.e. the perpetrator pretending to be the victim

No, I'm talking about common sense...... if you were doing something you shouldn't have been doing (i.e. trespassing, burglary, acting like a complete wankpuffin when dared by others) then don't blame someone else if you get hurt.

At least that's something....... Still shouldn't have had any rights to bring about the action in the first place though IMVHO

The story I read just stated that it'd gone to court, I don't recall a follow-up, however I think any normal, reasonable human being would be outraged at the audacity of someone in this position even considering going to court about it. I did think it was pretty obvious in my original post what...

I think one of the most outrageous stories I heard were some youths that broke into a school to steal a load of computer gear. One of them tried to walk across a skylight and it gave way resulting in a significant fall and injury. The little scrote went to court for damages and the argument...