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Had A laugh at this comment ;)

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Opened a pack of spuds only to find that one had liquefied. The stench was unbelievable. Washed the rest and they're OK.

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That is a disgusting smell, I had that in the summer. The smell took hours to go away as well, even though I sprayed Lynx liberally.

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Horrible when this happens

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I have two today.

1) My dog having dirty paws then walking through my living room leaving a trail of paw prints.

2) The price of trainers when you go into the men's size. The trainers for my my wee one has almost doubled in price just because he has went up a size.

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Yes that's when the prices jump up Weenie,

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l prefer comfortable mule shoes myself as many trainers are overpriced in my opinion.

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Childrens shoes are VAT free I believe although that should mean a 20% rise, but you know what retailers are like.

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Energy comparison sites. My energy plan is coming up for renewal so I looked at a comparison site and guess what I can save £250 per year by switching. I can even save that amount by staying with my current supplier. :mad:

Except I wont be saving money as all tariffs have in fact risen by about that much so it makes no difference whether I change or stay. :mad:

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I have a cold sore :(

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Put some aftershave on it before it gets any bigger.

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I went shopping yesterday with my mum, sister, nephew & niece.

They saw some trainers they like, so I bought them for them, but they can't have them until Christmas, they thought they were in a sale, but they weren't, but they only cost £150.:shocked::D:angel:

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The price of some trainers is truly ridiculous. Glad you had a nice day with your Mum, sister, niece and nephew Hom3r, hope your Mum took it nice and easy Hom3r.

I bet your Mum really enjoyed her day out with her family.

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Yes l cannot believe that some people pay over £100 plus for them.:shocked:

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No different to paying £160 for a pair of timberland boots though? got pairs that are three years old and still going strong, costs pennies per day in real terms

My pet hate, project managers that just cant manage projects then look for the fall guy when it all goes titsup (Total Inability To Support Usual Perfromance)

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Re PM's, I understand what you are saying, but PM's only co-ordinate, communicate, and chase up tasks, not complete them - it is up to the Task Managers to ensure work is being done, and communicating any issues/mitigations/alternative resolutions to the PM.

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We went to a certain supermarket this morning and well talk about going downhill since we last went in there as half their shelves were empty and they were dearer on quite a few things compared to their rivals so we won't be going back there in a hurry.

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I agree, sorry i should of been clearer PM's that overstate and over involved their role a £25k job would of cost £75k because the PM started making decisions they had no place to make.

Thankfully been able to reverse the issues, however I suspect when i get on site it's going to be a bit of a **** storm !

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It certainly pays to shop around den. I have to laugh at my Dad when I take him shopping 1st stop Asda, then Morrison's, then Sainsbury's, then Aldi and finally Farmfood's this adventure takes place every fortnight. We both look forward to our little shopping day.

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Try having large feet. I am a size 12.5, which is in the large but not particularly massive category (I have friends with 13, 14 and even size 15 feet). In most shops (apart from TKMaxx, oddly), I often have to specially order trainers as they don't carry them in stock.

I agree about the prices though (which is why TKMaxx being the only reliable supplier suits me down to the ground as they are relatively cheap).

Funny thing is, I remember a few years ago, I was working in Freight Forwarding, so had an idea of how much shipping things in containers to other countries costed. I had a day off, so I was sitting watching some talk show (Kilroy, I think). The CEO of Nike UK was on, and someone asked him about the high prices of trainers. His answer? High shipping (and particularly customs) costs.. At which point, I thought "bull" and giggled.. They would have paid a few thousand pounds (I don't know the exact costs, but I suspect it would have been the low thousands) per container, but think how many hundreds (if not thousands) of pairs of trainers they could get in a 40 (or even 20) foot container. The cost of shipping would be no more than a couple of pounds per pair, and I doubt it would have even been 1 pound per pair. Bear in mind those trainers were probably made for a few pennies in a sweatshop somewhere, and I suspect trainers attract quite a large profit..

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What no Christmas theme? Not good enough, I'm missing all the moaning already ! :D

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Ink for the printer as it seems to use it rather quickly.

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I really grudge the price of ink den.

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Its a cartel sadly.

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I always need to change it back as the white always feels too bright so i would be moaning. ;)

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Idiot drivers! Just got back from dropping Osem Jnr off at his primary school placement and found myself caught up in quite heavy traffic navigating its way along a narrow road with quite a lot of parked cars causing quite a number of pinch points. I could see my way ahead wasn't clear so pulled over to the left to allow an oncoming bus to clear the parked cars and pass by me before I carried on. To my astonishment as the bus was just a few feet in front of my car the lady driver behind me decided to overtake me for reasons best known to herself. Result? She was on the wrong side of the road face to face with a the bus with me on her left looking on with amazement. To make matters worse, she looked surprised to find that her stupidity had left us with nowhere to go. Luckily the driver behind her had left sufficient room for her to reverse back out of the way to allow the bus to pass and me to move on. You have to wonder what these people are thinking, if anything, when they get behind the wheel.

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Sadly some people who should never be let near a car are on the roads these days. Just thank your lucky stars that with my eyesight as bad it is I can never get behind a wheel. Apparently even laser surgery wouldn't improve my sight enough to be able to drive.

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At least she could reverse. When I'm down in Cornwall I've lost count of the number of people when confronted by a double decker in a narrow lane are totally incapable of reversing for even a few yards without making a bog of it. How on earth do these numpties ever get a licence?

Mind you as a passenger on the bus it's an entertaining sport especially as the hedges on the sides of the roads have granite cores.:D

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Yes, I suppose lol

I reckon a lot of these people drive with tunnel vision, fixated on the car in front and oblivious to anything else which might be going on. It's not the first time I've been overtaken by an idiot when I've been giving way to oncoming traffic either. :nutter:

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These are most annoying

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Just love your Santa, Den ;)

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My back's gone out. Happens now and then. Not too bad sitting unless I twist or standing but making the transition is a slow and potentially painful process. Only plus side (for the OH) is that it doesn't play up in bed.

Shoulder is also dodgy and painful at the moment, think it might be frozen. Couple of months ago I strained it cutting down some small trees at my mothers. Seems to have come back to visit me. Can't raise my right arm above that of a certain salute. :(

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Sorry to hear about your ongoing discomfort heero as l know exactly how you feel.

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beards shaving = eczema itching skin falling off

beards not shaving = itching skin then eczema skin falling off

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Sounds nasty.

Mine is being taken for a mug by someone who was supposedly in a relationship with me. Yeah which is why when she left her phone with someone over the weekend, they sent me screenshots of all the other men she'd been talking to. Turns out I was one of a dozen the little (insert appropriate term here) was in touch with, despite swearing I was the only one for her.

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The journey to hospital this morning with floods , accidents and total traffic gridlock wherever you go.

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/UPDA...ail/story.html

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Grid...ail/story.html

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Still waiting to get access to the building (three and a half days later than originally promised) due to the finance people screwing up. I'm now expected to work all hours to install the network and perform the fibre install

Little do they know that if I dont have access today I have the authority to pull the plug on the entire project !!!

idiots

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Weekly shopping..Everyone is a moron on the roads,in the car parks and in the aisles.:mad:

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Hope your back get's better soon heero.

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Thanks weenie and Den. It just keeps catching me unawares with sudden stabbing pains about midway up if I move the wrong way.

It first did it when I was a teenager and tends to come out of the blue every three or four years. Takes several weeks to get better. I try to avoid painkillers but sometimes I give in to it.

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My niece's pet rabbit, might have had a stroke as he cannot move his left hand side.

According to my sister he might not survive the night.

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Sorry to hear that Hom3r as its terribly sad when pets have serious health problems as one usually has to make a decision that's in the best interests of the pet and all the upset that they will cause to loved ones.

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RIP Bingo

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Hope it eases off soon, So demanding a back pain,

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I'm sorry to hear about your niece's pet rabbit. It is heartbreaking when a childhood pet passes away. Hugs and best wishes to your niece Hom3r.

RIP Bingo

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So sad when you lose a pet, R I P, , Hope your niece is ok

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Bingo

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People parking their ruddy cars in my garage block... why do they always park directly behind my garage door entrance.... dumb dumbs... yes people still use their garages to put their cars away... peed off writing polite letters and sticking them on their windscreens.

I think a need a proper sign made and placed at entrance to garage block.

PRIVATE
PARKING
RESIDENTS
ONLY

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Sounds like you need a good massage therapist. You might be surprised at what they can do.

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We could all come and massage your back, Now there is an offer haha

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It's OK, you don't need to come all the way down here. The OH is quite a good masseur, a few minutes of his ministrations with the baby oil and I feel better already. ;)

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It's more expensive than oil or other stuff

refills are so exorbitantly expensive that printer ink costs far more drop for drop than fine Champagne, vintage port or Chanel No 5 — a typical family running a busy printer can easily spend £200 a year on ink alone. But that, dear reader, is just the start of it.

If you think that you are getting through ink cartridges more quickly than ever, you are probably right. Over the past decade manufacturers have actually reduced the amount of ink inside them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...y-refills.html

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Buy a Laser printer.

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I honestly believe some people leave their brains behind when they get behind the wheel.

We have just had a one way system put in town because of the impending closure of the railway bridge going to the town centre. First during the roadworks to put the system in place, people were just trying to go around road closure signs which literally would see them bumping into roadworks and nowhere to go was a great start.

Now there is the One Way system in place, I saw 4 cars totally fail at noticing a big "One Way" sign and marker arrows on the ground as they went around the new islands in the road to go on what is now a One Way street. Brilliant work guys.

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Salvation Army advert asking for a minimum of £19 donation by text message.

so all them thousands of people who wanted to donate something. can't because they don't want nothing smaller than £19 apparently.

charities today are a bloody joke.

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The internets a marvelous place, anyone can go to
https://www.salvationarmyappeals.org.uk/site/Donation2?
and they'll see a fourth box that allows anyone to put in any amount they so desire..

Personally though what gets to me is when charities will not accept cash donations at their little stalls at supermarkets/shops/etc... Instead they only want you to sign up for direct debits.. I suppose that's come about due to a lot of people not carrying cash (like myself but often I do have a couple of quid that I would like to drop into a charity box)

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Yes I know that. but the TV advert wants a minimum of £19 by text message. they don't want whatever you can afford or would like to give. they want a minimum of £19 or nothing.


isn't the direct debit an ongoing donation every month?

charities eh?
they're not charities. they're businesses.

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No idea as I'll never do one but yes you are probably correctg

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Typical l had to go out for another appointment this morning and Royal Mail came when we were out with a to be signed for package so now l will have to wait until Wednesday for it to be redelivered.:(

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I like to give what I can afford and not be told Gary.

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+1

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Stupid inbred cousin humping yanks who think Obama is the problem in America and not guns.

There answer id GUNS GUNS GUNS GUNS, give kids guns a birthday/Christmas presents.:rolleyes:

I grew up thinking the USSR would start WWIII, but now it the stupid \ysnkd with their gung-ho policy.

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My Speeling is going down hill rapidly ATM

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Doesn't anybody check their car's brake lights anymore???

Recently noticed that around 10-15% of cars I've followed in this area have had at least one defective brake light; a taxi I followed this morning had both high level and offside not working and his indicators didn't seem to work either :-)

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Indicators wise, that doesn't shock me with taxis. They seem to think they can do what they want, and can use their own version of the highway code.

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I'd like to know how you.can drive a 7:30 am in December and fail to notice that you are the only person who doesn't have lights on their car.

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Hospital Admins.... Useless beyond words. Screw ups after screw ups, they are causing more problems than needed. Then it makes out that I'm a problem patient. So annoying.

And consultants that just don't bother listening to the patient.

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My company

I've been late the last few days, my journey to work normally takes 20-25 minutes, today it took me 1 hour so I was 1/2 hour late.

My idiot of a Quality Manager said "Leave earlier" I thought WTF are you on, I told him I allow 40 minutes.S

Roll on next year and I can start to look for another job.

The other thing is we are all still waiting to find out if Christmas Eve is a full working day or like every year it will be a 1/2 day, and I need to know asap as I have to work out how to do 2 days worth of Christmas stuff in 1 day.

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Yes. Addenbrookes are also irritating me at the moment.

The kidney clinic are not giving me all the information I want with regards dialysis unless I see a psychiatrist first :( what the hell is going on with that, it's up to me to choose to do it not them.

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A free tip from the other half - swap the unnatural baby oil for something like sweet almond oil or even grapeseed. Much better for you. ;)

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Over the years I've found explaining any problems or issues via the consultant's secretary has been very helpful. Can't say I've ever had a problem doing so either and it's often saved a whole heap of grief in one way or another.

Best of luck mate. :tu:

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Got there at half 9 to be told we have no beds for your operation so it's cancelled. Gutted, I'd got myself psyched up for it and now got to wait for a new appointment next year whenever that will be. Hardly slept last night, so now off to grab a short nap to sustain me until tonight.

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So sorry to hear that it was cancelled but sadly that is no surprise at all Mark.:(

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I had an odd letter from the hospital asking me to attend a pre-assessment clinic on the 9th January, but I have no idea what it's for. I called and left a message asking them to call me back but I'm still waiting.

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That's been my troubles as well, had 3 of them so far. I also got a text message to say if I'm attending for an op that I knew nothing about too.

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I had that - received a pre-assessment appointment for an operation nobody had bothered to tell me I was having. Maybe they thought I could read their minds?... :shrug:

Called the consultant's secretary who was very apologetic and arranged for a consultation a few weeks later during which it was all explained and the rest is history. I do think communication (or lack of) is a major problem in many hospitals and winds up causing all sorts of unnecessary hassle for everyone concerned.

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I woke up at 2:45 am, went to the loo, and then couldn't get back to sleet :(

Thank god Friday is a shorter work day.

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My flying lesson cancelled today. I just knew that would happen :(

Woudn't mind, the weather was great for it yesterday.

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Cyclists on roundabouts are invisible to most drivers.

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Just got a TV guide covering the festive season and Christmas day on all 5 main channels is wall to wall rubbish unless you like soaps, repeats or Saturday evening TV. :(

At least I'll have my portable HDD with plenty of blockbusters on it.

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The best stuff is in the new year.

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Websites changing homepage styles all the time. I disliked the new BBC Sport page when they made it yellow and black, and their new BETA layout looks like a kid designed it. Why mess with something is perfectly adequate?

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It's the M$ effect. Keep mucking it about until enough people complain and then backpeddle.

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The new BBC website is utter rubbish.

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Insurance (and specifically Corgi)

Back in December 2011, I had a new boiler (Valiant Ecotect Plus 831) installed and the rest of the system checked and power flushed. Until this year, apart from the odd pressure drop, it's been fairly reliable. It's insured with Corgi (on the original installer's recommendation) and has been serviced regularly.

Then, a few months ago, the pressure drops started occuring regularly, so I called Corgi. They sent three engineers in. All said how well the system was installed, two said nothing was wrong as the pressure drops were normal (they also told me to disregard the installer's warning about maximum pressure). The third cleaned the filter and said that should solve the pressure problem.

It didn't, so, having lost confidence in Corgi engineers, I attempted to contact the original installer. Every time I rang (or ring, even now), after several rings, the call would go to voicemail and he never got back to me. So, I found another engineer. He came highly recommended, so I got him in. He said how well the system had been installed, and cleaned the filter (again). He also asked if the installed had flushed a sealant through the system as a lot of the pipes are 20+ years old, so could be leaking. I said they hadn't (fairly certain I'd have been billed for it if they had), so he quoted me £200 for the service and putting the gel in the system. This was on a Saturday, so I didn't object too much and paid it. He also said that if the leaks came back or carried on, it was likely that the heat exchanger was leaking. He warned us this is not a cheap repair as the part itself is over £300, but should be covered by Corgi.

However, the Gel worked and for a few months, we had no problems. So, when the problems started again (this time accompanied by the hot water suddenly running cold), I called Corgi. The engineer came in, opened the boiler up, checked a couple of things, said that he thought the filter had been installed on the wrong pipe and left, saying he needed to check the Manufacturer's documentation to confirm this and would email me the next day with what he found and some advice on how to proceed.

Bearing in mind that 4 engineers (including 3 from Corgi) had looked at the system and said how well the installation was done, I found that a little suspicious, so I looked up Vaillant's installation manual, which appeared to say that the filter should be installed either on the pipe it was OR the one the last engineer had said depending on the type of heating in use. As I don't know what type of heating is in use beyond having a combi boiler attached to radiators, I can't say for certain whether the engineer was right or not. The manual is presumably meant for trained heating engineers, so is a little vague and makes no attempt to define the two types of heating.

The next day, after me hanging on the phone to Corgi for 45 minutes, I got through to someone who could help as the engineer had not made any attempt to contact me. He'd noted on my account that I would need, at my own expense, to get the filter installed on the correct pipe and to have the system flushed again.

So, I attempted (and failed) to get hold of the installer. When I failed to to this, I phone the last non-corgi engineer to have a look at it. He would not advise me one way or the other, but quoted me £500 to move the filter and power flush the system. I can get a new boiler for £800, and this one is only just over 3 years old.

So now, I am unsure what to do. Spend £500 with little or no real guarantee that either it will fix the problem (if the Corgi engineer was wrong, I don't think it will) or that Corgi will actually do anything if I do spend the money. What has made me unsure is that despite Corgi's assertion that it is difficult for an engineer to spot that the filter is on the wrong pipe, I find it hard to believe that four of them would miss it being installed on the wrong pipe, especially as they *all* checked the filter, and two of them opened it up and cleaned it.

In short ,the boiler is currently working, but needs to be powered off and on again regularly, and needs regular top ups, which it shouldn't.

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Because they can then spend loads more licence payers' money?

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Man! that was a long queue for the toilets.

What did I miss?

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I am having a moan, as I have had an upset tummy since Sunday, just eating very little and light meals, Hope it is better by Thursday as I am going to a Christmas party,

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A real moan from me - that I let someone annoy me and decide that it meant I needed a break from here - which meant I deprived you guys of my glory for the best part of 2 years.

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Glad your back bud :)

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Tell me who it was and I'll PM him that you are back for second helpings. :D

Sorry couldn't help myself. Lovely to see you back Mr LM, You have been missed.

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Welcome back Mr LM and please do one thing and that is don't let it happen again as they will think they have won if you do that again.:)

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Hope you didn't miss the bowl.

We aim to please. Will you aim too please?

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That's what the carpet around the toilet is for!

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Bloody Nugget :)

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Sorry to hear that nash, hope you are feeling better today :hugs:

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Had the most crippling back pain since Monday night. It's below my kidneys, so not too worried. Had a really bad backache there about 7 years ago but after a year of suffering with it and being dosed up on codeine it went as suddenly as it appeared.

Hoping this is just like that.

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If it continues Mark a visit to the doc might be the wisest option.

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Oooo hello sweetie I missed you :)

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Get your sights adjusted - you won't miss him next time... ;)

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Back still not better, taken some codeine about 5 minutes ago so let's see if that helps with the pain. I'm thinking it is muscular as I humped a few sacks of spuds about last weekend so thinking I've pulled a muscle there.

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Our train journey took a hour and a half longer then it would do because of delays.:(