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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:38 pm
by lutonlagerlout
coldest day of the year and guess who's boiler has packed in?
fell asleep on the couch last night and woke up at 4 AM dry as ghandi's flipflop,had a pint of water and went to bed
9 AM and the house was like an icebox
Mrs and miss lout have deserted me while i wait for the cash cow that is a boiler engineer
he is due any minute and i know this is going to hurt 
anyone else got any xmas cheer stories?
LLL
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:45 pm
by flowjoe
It comes in threes Mr Lout 
Merry Christmas
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:48 pm
by flowjoe
and..... its Mrs FJs birthday, does me every year. Thats all the clan including boyfriends (daughters, not the wifes) out for a meal.
Guess whos paying for the lot a week before crimbo 
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:45 pm
by lutonlagerlout
well my dad's and my outlaws boilers are all NFG right now so would that count as 3 ?
just looked at the weather for luton and its not getting above freezing in the next 5 days
makes me wonder what the 2and a half grand was for lapland
had it all on our doorstep,just waiting to happen
LLL
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:39 pm
by rab1
what was it that went wrong?, thermal couple/high limit stat are the main two things that cause your boiler to cut out both of which cost under a tenner.
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:28 pm
by seanandruby
of course you do have boiler insurance....doncha ?
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:10 pm
by rab1
i could have flown down to luton, fixed the boiler and have few pints in the windmill before the flight home and it`s still cheaper than what lll would have paid for the gas board to fix his boiler.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:54 am
by lutonlagerlout
windmill is a thai run pub now rab,only a 15 minute walk from me
he rang 3 times with delays,couldnt fault him with the snow etc
anyway he got here at 7.15 PM from NW london and by the time i had made the tea he had sorted it
the fan had come off its spindle apparently,he put it back on and oiled it but strongly advised me to get a new fan monday from the plumb centre
total cost £20,but i give him £40 as i want him back,he had 2 more boilers to look at, i was his 5th of a busy busy day
just driving around at the moment is treacherous
LLL
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:02 am
by Bob_A
What a result!
I would've at least expected a minimum call out charge of say £60.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:31 pm
by rab1
last time i was in the windmill it was a mother and daughter that ran it, just thinking that was about 15yrs ago ??? .
that was a good result with the boiler, would have expected you to shell out a big note.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:08 pm
by Tommy
Had word today that the adjoining Semi next to my Granddad's house, which has been empty since the owd bag croaked it in the summer, ' boiler kicked it yesterday.
Tripped the electrics in my Granddad's house, and flooded the space beneath the floorboards.
When the family who own the house finally got in contact, they went for a gander, all the ceiling's are down, 8 inches of water on the floor etc. - Couldn't happen to a nicer family :p
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:02 am
by GB_Groundworks
lutonlagerlout wrote:anyone else got any xmas cheer stories?
LLL
i had quiet a good one, my boiler was fine though, i was just going for that extra bit of warmth hahahahah
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:23 am
by flowjoe
lutonlagerlout wrote:windmill is a thai run pub now rab,
Is nothing sacred, you will be telling me there are gay rugby players next
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:17 pm
by lutonlagerlout
well its the 21st century joe
its seems that the only pubs doing brisk trade now are the gay ones
a lot of old style boozers have been colonised by the pink pound (no kids,both earning= £££) ,in luton, the kings arms ,the oddfellows arms,the inkerman,and the wellington now have that rainbow sign above the door.
times are changing ,but having said that i have never worked with an openly gay builder, nor done a job for any (mind you with no kids they hardly need the extension)
its like a lot of things in modern life,if it doesn't affect me or my family ,then let it be
LLL
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:34 pm
by flowjoe
Each to their own and all that !
The rugby guy is a brave lad coming out while still playing, they reckon that on average there will be about 50 profesional footballers in the closet but due to contracts, sponsorship and a lack of support in the game they are uklikely to follow his lead.
Time will tell
