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My very expensive American Style Samsung Fridge started making a strange noise, about 10 days ago. Like the fan was rubbing against something, then about a week ago it stopped, hurrah, we thought, but no, it turns out it stopped because it wasn't doing anything, the top 2/3rds of the fridge are room temp! Cue lots of gone of meat, milk and stuff

Malc

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Malc

You should be able to claim for the cost of the food on your house insurance, you know

At 3:15am last night I got to where Bingley proposes to Jane, then skipped to the nasty snipy rebuke of the aunt, and then just kipped through to the return and confession of love of Darcy. Ahhhh :luv:

i don't even particularly like Austen (apart from Mansfield park, which is acebest). Tonight I will start upon reading the entire Sherlock Holmes collection (all the Holmes short stories collections plus the full length novels). I guess I will fall asleep when I need to. Better to at least use my time awake with books and knitting when I can than staring at the ceiling feeling sorry for myself.

Tiggy the one on top is 8 years old and had the mass removed.

Jake is 9.

But they should really have another 5 years each at least.

I can't recommend British gas homecare enough though.

May I also relentlessly suggest the Master & Commander novels, at least the first three - Master & Commander, Post Captain and HMS Surprise. They're not quite how you'd expect. A vast bulk takes place on dry land. The characters without exception are wonderful and plausible. The atmosphere is such that you can see yourself there and there is such a world packed between every line that the entire thing becomes almost a living, breathing reality. And it has the best friendship ever in novels. The first book is very good but a little tough at times when it comes to explaining rigging and what not, but it isoon settles down. The second is very much a romance with great comedy but a hard edge of rivalry as well. The third is pretty much a perfect nautical adventure.

Don't mind it being shit weather during work days.

Grey skies, rain and howling wind. What a difference a day makes!

Zardoz wrote:

Don't mind it being shit weather during work days.

Indeed not. But yesterday was like high summer, right now, it feels like the dead of winter again.

Are you one of those northern types? Currently 20 degrees, sunny and calm here.

We have rain... but I refuse to take my shorts and flip flops off!!

Damn you northerners, stop sending your shitty weather down here

Locusts here.

With occasional brimstone.

He stopped rustling after 5 minutes.

some kind of register.

It is now raining. I have neither coat, jacket, nor jumper. If it's still going when I leave, at least it's character-building.

Author:	Zardoz [ Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:25 ]
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Really sorry to hear that Nickachu.

Author:	Zio [ Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:47 ]
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Very sorry to hear that Nickachu.

Author:	KovacsC [ Tue Apr 05, 2011 21:02 ]
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I hope you get the results soon Mimi and sorry about the hounds Nic. Sorry I have not been on much.. Just had a mad week with my blood sugars, looks like my Wolverine healing powers have worn off,as my bloods hit 22 last Monday, well Sunday really but had to wait till Monday to check levels. I know it is minor, but it makes you feel shit having high blood sugars, plus the NHS are useless and have taken the best part of the week to do tests..

Author:	Malc [ Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:28 ]
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My very expensive American Style Samsung Fridge started making a strange noise, about 10 days ago. Like the fan was rubbing against something, then about a week ago it stopped, hurrah, we thought, but no, it turns out it stopped because it wasn't doing anything, the top 2/3rds of the fridge are room temp! Cue lots of gone of meat, milk and stuff continued in this post Malc

Author:	Trooper [ Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:32 ]
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Malc wrote: My very expensive American Style Samsung Fridge started making a strange noise, about 10 days ago. Like the fan was rubbing against something, then about a week ago it stopped, hurrah, we thought, but no, it turns out it stopped because it wasn't doing anything, the top 2/3rds of the fridge are room temp! Cue lots of gone of meat, milk and stuff Malc You should be able to claim for the cost of the food on your house insurance, you know

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Author:	Malc [ Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:36 ]
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Trooper wrote: Malc wrote: My very expensive American Style Samsung Fridge started making a strange noise, about 10 days ago. Like the fan was rubbing against something, then about a week ago it stopped, hurrah, we thought, but no, it turns out it stopped because it wasn't doing anything, the top 2/3rds of the fridge are room temp! Cue lots of gone of meat, milk and stuff Malc You should be able to claim for the cost of the food on your house insurance, you know My insurance company sucks, they will blame it on "wear and tear" and we'll get nothing, plus we've already thrown stuff away, so have no proof now. At first we just thought we'd been slack on eating stuff in time (we often eat stuff after the best before date with no ill effect) so didn't pay it much heed. Malc

Author:	markg [ Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:04 ]
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All insurance companies fucking suck. Fuming this morning, MrsG got her renewal premium through after having her car written off last year (it was parked outside at the time on a really icy morning, obviously a no-fault claim), it's jumped from £220 to £450. She phoned them up and they said it was due to the claim, even though it was an in-house claim as it was one of their drivers that hit her car. I naively thought that the point was you were meant to be compensated to the point where you were before the accident but apparently the extra few hundred quid it will cost you in higher premiums just doesn't count. Bunch of fucking gangsters

Author:	Trooper [ Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:07 ]
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You have been compensated to get you to where you were, but people who have 1 claim against them are statistically a higher risk, so have higher premiums. It sucks on a personal level, but insurance is just statistics...

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:09 ]
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I don't know if I missed something, but hasn't the price gone up because she's lost her no-claims bonus?

Author:	markg [ Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:10 ]
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No, because she hasn't had a claim on her insurance. It wasn't an uninsured driver or anything like that.

Author:	Decca [ Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:16 ]
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This winter I had a pipe burst in my kitchen and my mother had to call up an emergency plumber, I opened a letter addressed to my mother but sent here and the insurance people were demanding two written estimates for the repair along with the receipt. WTF? Sooo my mum should have left me with no water while she got out three plumbers and compared quotes should she? I'm fairly confident there is a law about landlords leaving tenants with no water for more than X amount of time anyway. I can't recommend British gas homecare enough though. My boiler has always been dodgy (the burst water pipe soaking it can't have helped) and a few days ago it died totally. They sent out a man within two hours, he looked at it, sucked his teeth and said he would need to come back the next day with loads of parts. He then asked what time I would like, the next day he turned up bang on that time and replaced about 80% of my boiler's insides. Apparently if we were not covered then the cost of the repairs would have been more than a new boiler. I'm more shocked about not having to wait in all day tbh.

Author:	NervousPete [ Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:30 ]
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Mimi wrote: At 3:15am last night I got to where Bingley proposes to Jane, then skipped to the nasty snipy rebuke of the aunt, and then just kipped through to the return and confession of love of Darcy. Ahhhh i don't even particularly like Austen (apart from Mansfield park, which is acebest). Tonight I will start upon reading the entire Sherlock Holmes collection (all the Holmes short stories collections plus the full length novels). I guess I will fall asleep when I need to. Better to at least use my time awake with books and knitting when I can than staring at the ceiling feeling sorry for myself. Sorry to hear about your recent woes, Mimi. I do quite like Pride & Prejudice and Northanger Abbey, the only two of hers I've read. I do find that immersing myself in old, beloved classics with wonderful locations, warm characters and genteel pace do cheer me up quite a lot during the dark, sleepless hours of the night. Sherlock Holmes an obvious mighty contender. May I also relentlessly suggest the Master & Commander novels, at least the first three - Master & Commander, Post Captain and HMS Surprise. They're not quite how you'd expect. A vast bulk takes place on dry land. The characters without exception are wonderful and plausible. The atmosphere is such that you can see yourself there and there is such a world packed between every line that the entire thing becomes almost a living, breathing reality. And it has the best friendship ever in novels. The first book is very good but a little tough at times when it comes to explaining rigging and what not, but it isoon settles down. The second is very much a romance with great comedy but a hard edge of rivalry as well. The third is pretty much a perfect nautical adventure. These books have gotten me through some tough times. Reading them is like being on holiday. I am transported. Hope you're feeling better soon!

Author:	NervousPete [ Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:32 ]
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nickachu wrote: Tiggy the one on top is 8 years old and had the mass removed. Jake is 9. But they should really have another 5 years each at least. Aw, man. Sorry to hear that Nikachu. I was gutted when my cat died from that sort of thing.

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:35 ]
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Decca wrote: I can't recommend British gas homecare enough though. It would cost me £2,200 to join Homecare. So I didn't.

Author:	kalmar [ Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:36 ]
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You do have about 6 boilers though

Author:	Squirt [ Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:59 ]
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NervousPete wrote: May I also relentlessly suggest the Master & Commander novels, at least the first three - Master & Commander, Post Captain and HMS Surprise. They're not quite how you'd expect. A vast bulk takes place on dry land. The characters without exception are wonderful and plausible. The atmosphere is such that you can see yourself there and there is such a world packed between every line that the entire thing becomes almost a living, breathing reality. And it has the best friendship ever in novels. The first book is very good but a little tough at times when it comes to explaining rigging and what not, but it isoon settles down. The second is very much a romance with great comedy but a hard edge of rivalry as well. The third is pretty much a perfect nautical adventure. And if you're not interested in ships as such, you can sort-of scan over much of the ship-talk without it really interfering, as long as you know that Jack knows about ships and Stephen doesn't. I've read a biography of Lord Cochrane, and it's amazing - much of the incredible, crazy sounding stuff that Jack gets up to, Cochrane actually did in real life.

Author:	sdg [ Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:56 ]
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Really really sorry about the dogs Nick, I hope you get to come back and see them

Author:	DavPaz [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:42 ]
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Grey skies, rain and howling wind. What a difference a day makes!

Author:	Zardoz [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:44 ]
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Don't mind it being shit weather during work days.

Author:	DavPaz [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:45 ]
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Zardoz wrote: Don't mind it being shit weather during work days. Indeed not. But yesterday was like high summer, right now, it feels like the dead of winter again.

Author:	KovacsC [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:45 ]
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DavPaz wrote: Grey skies, rain and howling wind. What a difference a day makes! My fault I was planning a BBQ after work..

Author:	Trooper [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:46 ]
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DavPaz wrote: Zardoz wrote: Don't mind it being shit weather during work days. Indeed not. But yesterday was like high summer, right now, it feels like the dead of winter again. Are you one of those northern types? Currently 20 degrees, sunny and calm here.

Author:	Zardoz [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:48 ]
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Trooper wrote: Are you one of those northern types? Currently 20 degrees, sunny and calm here. He's a Geordie Scouser, possibly the worst Northern hybrid imaginable.

Author:	Decca [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:39 ]
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Still summer here.... Housework though

Author:	Trooper [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 14:28 ]
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Damn you northerners, stop sending your shitty weather down here

Author:	KovacsC [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 14:31 ]
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We have rain... but I refuse to take my shorts and flip flops off!!

Author:	Malabelm [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 14:33 ]
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KovacsC wrote: We have rain... but I refuse to take my shorts and flip flops off!! You should do — the rain will feel lovely on your balls. And flipflops with no shorts on? Weirdo. Get 'em off.

Author:	DavPaz [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 14:41 ]
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Trooper wrote: Damn you northerners, stop sending your shitty weather down here Beautiful sunshine here. Cheers!

Author:	flis [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 15:23 ]
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Hailstones!? WTF!?

Author:	Zardoz [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 15:30 ]
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Locusts here. With occasional brimstone.

Author:	KovacsC [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 15:48 ]
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We have sun!!!!

Author:	flis [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 15:49 ]
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Zardoz wrote: Locusts here. With occasional brimstone. S'what you get for all that sodomising you've been doing. That a hedgehog rustling.

Author:	Zardoz [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 15:50 ]
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He stopped rustling after 5 minutes.

Author:	flis [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 15:52 ]
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Zardoz wrote: He stopped rustling after 5 minutes. I know this can't be the first time you've heard this but....you should be on some kind of register. ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!