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The Pub / Re: Quote for works v Works carried out

« Last post by ElyDave on Today at 06:38:23 pm »

Definitely worth questioning that. One fewer person, I'd not quibble on 5 vs 8 hours if they have worked effectively, but saying its a two person job and doing it with one seems a bit off to me

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The Pub / Re: The RANT thread (often contains fruity language)

« Last post by Mr Larrington on Today at 06:36:11 pm »

O hai Mr Google!

Just because the word “Apollo” appears on this page does not mean it needs to be translated from Greek.  Sort it out u muppets.

Kthxbai

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Food & Drink / Re: What are you drinking right now?

« Last post by ElyDave on Today at 06:35:21 pm »

I got a "job" - celebration time

IMG_20230612_235157_745 by ian, on Flickr

I've had some of that,  very nice

Over the last week for me sampling birthday libations, Balvennie 14 yo carribean (rum) cask, Caperdonich 18 yo peated. Both wonderful in their own way. Mrs ED definitely doesn't like the latter.

Tonight I may broach the 1991 armagnac

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The Pub / Quote for works v Works carried out

« Last post by Blazer on Today at 06:30:50 pm »

Hi,

I was quoted £325 for some works which was broken down to include "2 men...one day". I was happy with the overall price compared to other quotes so proceeded.

When it came to the works, 1 man was on site for 5 hours (inc travel time for materials because it was sub'ed to someone else who had not come with any materials).

I was happy with what they did so paid. I deal with contracts all the time at work so just want an 'easy time' at home. But the fact that it took such less 'labour' than quoted has left a bit of a sour taste.

What would the collective have done in my position?

TIA

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Rides and Touring / Re: Friday Night Ride To The Smoke (Oxford-London) 27-28 August

« Last post by rogerzilla on Today at 06:28:24 pm »

I mean to do one this summer before moving to Shropshire.  It's only 67 miles, for goodness' sake.

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The Sporting Life / Re: Southend Football

« Last post by bobb on Today at 06:27:50 pm »

FFS. Braintree were 2 nill up right up until the 89th minute. Then Chelmsford scored twice to take it to extra time! Then Braino scored again to win 3-2 

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Food & Drink / Re: A random thread for food things that don't really warrant a thread of their own

« Last post by Tim Hall on Today at 06:21:42 pm »

Up in London's Famous London today, helping marshall The Tweed Run (great fun btw). We finish at Spa Fields. I go into The Bourne and Hollingsworth building to buy a pint of BEER. That'll be £7.13. <faints>. I know I'm in London and they need to pay for the streets to be paved in gold, but that made me wince. Delving further, it's £6.50 for the beer plus 12.5% service. I'm not quite sure what service was involved in pouring a pint of beer into a plastic glass.

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The Pub / Re: Confessions of a tool junkie

« Last post by Mrs Pingu on Today at 05:44:28 pm »

I'm on the Niwaki website...

In a fit of sense, I decided that the likelihood of me wiping and oiling a set of carbon steel secateurs every time I use them without fail was probably nil, so I didn't buy. Need to find a suitable lazy git's alternative.

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The Sporting Life / Re: County Cricket 2024

« Last post by Wowbagger on Today at 05:43:27 pm »

Yes, the Essex batsmen have done well. Given the state of the forecast, their best bet is to try to get maximum batting points if they can, but that's still a long way away.

Talking of extras, I was at a match a long time ago - Gooch scored 139 or thereabouts, and at the time it was his best first-class score - in which extras topped 50. There was a big round of applause for them. That was at Chalkwell Park, and I'm sure it was 1976, the last time Essex played at Chalkwell Park. Worcestershire were the opponents. I recall that Basil d'Oliveira and Imran Khan were in their team.

Edit: this one. I hope that's visible - google found that page straight away, but I have a login for the Wisden website.

Surrey look as though they are heading for another big win. They are being held up by rain at the moment, but I think their forecast, at the Oval, is for pretty good weather compared to Chester-le-Street.

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The Pub / Re: What have you fettled today?

« Last post by robgul on Today at 05:40:26 pm »

Fitted a new chainring to a customer's bike - the old one had virtually no teeth and he wondered why it kept throwing the chain.   Also fitted gear cables to the same machine . . .  don't you just love frames with internal cabling.