Current turnaround time on orders?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Time to put my electrician hat on next...

Flowers or charity donations ?

[Steve J]

Flowers or charity donations ?

Very good Ian . Electrics, gas and plumbing I leave to those in the know!

[Techno]

Under the wall cupboards in the kitchen, we've got three mini 'tube' lights.

They appear to be wired in...But we've never found the on/off switch for them, in fifteen years.

Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Phil, take the bulb out and put a metal handeled screw driver into the socket, that'll tell you if they are wired up.

[steve_holmes_11]

Something like that!  Today we discovered that they've taken two spurs from one kitchen plug socket and added two new double sockets, but then hidden both new sockets behind the cupboards where they can't be accessed.  And then another spur + socket on the other side which they've also blocked completely with a cupboard unit.  It's crackers.

The stairs are fixed now though, all of the weird back boards have come off and opened up the treads to the correct depth again.  Time to put my electrician hat on next...

I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time.

[mmcv]

Under the wall cupboards in the kitchen, we've got three mini 'tube' lights.

They appear to be wired in...But we've never found the on/off switch for them, in fifteen years.

Cheers - Phil

I had some of those, the coil of wires was taking up a fair amount of space in the cabinet so thought I'd cut them back and cap. Thought I'd turned off the most likely switches at the box, but rubber glove and rubber coated wire clippers just in case and right enough, clamped it down and BANG. No idea what the last guy had wired to.

Something like that!  Today we discovered that they've taken two spurs from one kitchen plug socket and added two new double sockets, but then hidden both new sockets behind the cupboards where they can't be accessed.  And then another spur + socket on the other side which they've also blocked completely with a cupboard unit.  It's crackers.

The stairs are fixed now though, all of the weird back boards have come off and opened up the treads to the correct depth again.  Time to put my electrician hat on next...

Six years later we're still finding odd things the last owner did. He tried to do a lot of stuff himself and just didn't do a very clean job of it. Spent most of last weekend in the roof space and bathroom rewiring the lights and fan he'd made a mess of which we realised when we went to put a new light up...

[Techno]

Phil, take the bulb out and put a metal handeled screw driver into the socket, that'll tell you if they are wired up.

'Knowing' how the chap that did a load of work to Techno Towers 18 + years ago....He's probably 'teed' things.

I'd never be surprised, if somehow the extractor fan over the hob, or something else, (The fridge, or washing machine sockets) acts as a breaker/'starter.'

Can't be bothered to investigate it anymore. Life's too short.

Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Life's too short.

Cheers - Phil

Certainly is at your age Phil   

[Techno]

Certainly is at your age Phil   

You're hardly a Spring Chicken, yourself, Ian.

You must be very close to Von's age..(From what you've previously posted).

I think you and Von will be getting your State Pensions, within days of each other..........HUZZAH ! Free money !

Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Been getting mine since 06/01/2020 

[Techno]

Been getting mine since 06/01/2020 

That means you're actually older than Von.  (You senile old Muppet  )

Two/three weeks and I can actually start relaxing......A little bit.

I'm going up the ladder to clear some 'poop' out of the gutters, this afto'......I may be some time.

I really AM way too old for all this 'poop'.

Cheers - Phil

[Ithoriel]

I seem to have spent the last month going,"I can't believe I'm 67!" Fortunately all the responses have been a variant of ,"You never are! You don't look anything like that!"

Flattery will get you anywhere

[fsn]

Is there a quite "look more like 97"? 

[jimduncanuk]

I seem to have spent the last month going,"I can't believe I'm 67!" Fortunately all the responses have been a variant of ,"You never are! You don't look anything like that!"

Flattery will get you anywhere

To me Mike you're just a boy.

[Ithoriel]

Is there a quite "look more like 97"? 

Got an Amazon delivery a week or so ago. Several individual packages. The young lady delivering them commented on the number of packages asked if it was my birthday.

I said that my birthday had been a couple of weeks before.

She wished me Happy Birthday and asked if it had been a significant number, to which I replied that it had been my 67th.

She laughed, then said,"What? Seriously?"

I assured her I was serious and she made a show of peering behind me before saying,"OK. Ground floor flat. No attic. Where do you keep the painting?"

[mmcv]

Got an Amazon delivery a week or so ago. Several individual packages. The young lady delivering them commented on the number of packages asked if it was my birthday.

I said that my birthday had been a couple of weeks before.

She wished me Happy Birthday and asked if it had been a significant number, to which I replied that it had been my 67th.

She laughed, then said,"What? Seriously?"

I assured her I was serious and she made a show of peering behind me before saying,"OK. Ground floor flat. No attic. Where do you keep the painting?"

What's your secret?

[Ithoriel]

What's your secret?

Good genes and bad living

[Leon]

Flowers or charity donations ?

Donations to the Darwin Awards please... 

I can turn my hand to most things but I've got a sparky mate who'll be coming to check that the old wiring isn't live before I start ripping it out.

[Techno]

Good genes and bad living

I got called "Young man," by one of the staff in Tesco's yesterday.
I asked him when he'd last been to the opticians.

Cheers - Someone who feels 20 years older than he really is.

[Raider4]

"OK. Ground floor flat. No attic. Where do you keep the painting?"

Okay, I'm impressed that she said that. Kudos to her.