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On 28/01/2022 at 09:38, Aidan said:

Abode in Dundee is clearly using no washing up liquid, this was the monstrosity served yesterdayfe8a93492272e2a6b1aa34b9f0b54f74.jpg

That's what you get for drinking in the Abode! 

I thought you were a gentleman of refined taste. 

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On 30/01/2022 at 09:28, Mark Connolly said:

FTFY

They're not all made up, I sent in mine about the time I got the last copy of MW2 at the expense of a wee kid and it was posted.

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1 minute ago, Gaz said:

They're not all made up, I sent in mine about the time I got the last copy of MW2 at the expense of a wee kid and it was posted.

You should send in your driving test and see if old Frank is around on Twitter. 

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On 14/01/2022 at 11:14, scottsdad said:

Perhaps not a petty thing, but here goes anyway. My parents are elderly now, and my dad is in very poor health. 

During Storm Arwen their roof was damaged with tiles falling off (and hitting mum's car) and other damage. The day after the storm my folks tried to get a roofer to come out and look at the work, but they were all busy. Eventually they got one company to come out and look at it. 

As my dad was ill mum dealt with them herself. I did offer to handle it for her but she said no. Anyway, eventually the guy comes out and quotes £1500 to fix the roof.  Mum claimed that on insurance and the £1500 was paid fairly quickly.

Over the 2 months or so since, he has mucked my parents around. Not turning up when he was supposed to, then arriving unannounced. He left his deputy to actually fix the roof when the tiles arrived and he told my mum that they didn't fit. Worse than that, he then told mum that she needed a whole new roof. Given the week mum had, she was very, very upset. My neice was there at the time, luckily, and told the guy to just fix the roof as requested and no more.  The guy grumbled and did the job anyway - but finished by leaving my folks with a quote for over £11k for a new roof. 

Mum was upset, but the one thing she vowed was that if she were to get a new roof in the summer, it would be with a different company. 

The day after the roof was finished the guy showed up for payment. Mum got her chequebook out and said to the guy "Fifteen hundred pounds, right?"

"Aye, plus VAT. That's eighteen hundred," he replied. And she just paid him. 

She was very upset - £300 out of pocket. Had she been told that she would have claimed the whole amount from insurance. I was livid. I'm sure this guy has swindled my folks but mum won't let me know the name of the company so that I can speak to this dodgy fucker. I suspect this is because he knows he isn't getting to re-roof the house. 

 

Update: 2 weeks the repair lasted. Parts of the "fixed" bits of the roof fell off at the weekend. 

The roofer has been emailing mum* asking her to put a review on Trustpilot. She doesn't want to as she doesn't like to be mean. I said she just should. Now she needs to get a new roofer to fix the repair.

 

 

* just for @Hedgecutter

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15 minutes ago, Michael W said:

You should send in your driving test and see if old Frank is around on Twitter. 

I totally should! Well remembered :D

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4 hours ago, Newbornbairn said:

Stuck in 40 minute queues getting on the Edinburgh Bypass but the boy from Traffic Scotland on the radio is saying the roads are fine. Lying p***k.

That's normal for the bypass no? 

Piss poor design at both ends with multiple choke points 

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