A plumber has charged a lady of 79 £356.00 to put PTFE on a leaking pipe. The PTFE only costs 13p.
Later:
Wayne, the plumber, has been back to the property in Sabden. He gave her a full refund, and he has ordered a new filling loop. I will collect the part tomorrow and fit it, she is now happy. Wayne was really sorry, and a hug made it better.
While there's certainly a callout charge and labour ....... it's quite off. And it needs a washer, not tape. Here's another:
My dad of 77yrs got done by a plumber 2 weeks ago when his shower stopped working. Charged him £147 for call out then wouldn’t look at the job because he was allergic to dogs. My dad paid him because he was frightened. I will find this plumber and get his cash back!
Personally, I'm being heavied by the electricity supplier to fit a "smart" meter ... letters, texts, an email. If it involves putting any details online, I'm not doing it. If not, I'm still not doing it.
Educational choice
Let me say right off the bat that I was both LEA educated (nursery/primary), then eleven-plus, then did two years at a prep school which was attached to a "public school" as one of its "feeders", which I then attended to the bitter end.
Having experienced both those types but not a grammar school, still I'm all for grammar schools for political reasons.
To my mind, a bright, industrious child, male or female, should also have the option of independent if parents can afford it, grammar if worthy, technical if the aptitude is there, or otherwise LEA administered. I'm a big fan of tech and apprenticeships.
Furthermore, girls learn best in all-female, boys in mixed. Unlike many pro grammar school pundits I've read, with their inverted snobbishness against independent schools, independents do have their place ... they're not all Etons and Harrows. Often the parents scrimp and save so that their little spotty herbert can attend.
(I'm going to post this last part across the way as well.)
If you want to get the leccy company off your back regarding a smart meter, tell them that a resident, or regular visitor, has a heart pacemaker fitted and the wifi/microwave signals from the smart meter would put that person's life at risk.
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JH: Ta, shall remember. Sorted anyway.
DeleteThanks Penseivat. Very useful information.
DeleteSo-called 'smart' meters are desired by the supply companies, for their benefit, not ours. When it's a dark and windless night in the next few months, and oil/coal/gas-fueled electricity generation cannot cope with demand, those with these meters may be switched off remotely.
ReplyDeleteThey may not insist you change to one of these tricky meters.
Worse, if you get a day late in paying your bill, they can remotely convert the smart meter to pre-paid mode. Then, if you run out of credit and the power goes off, they claim they didn't cut you off; you self disconnected. Richard North has been very scathing. (Doubt many here need to be guided to turbulenttimes[dot]co[dot]uk/ ). This interesting site has links to Faraday cages tailored for different types of smart meter activiststoolbox[dot]com/.
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