tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post5810358193597456517..comments2024-01-26T10:20:37.836+00:00Comments on Diary of a Goldfish: That Joke Isn't Funny AnymoreThe Goldfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-57903342057950535152008-10-16T00:36:00.000+01:002008-10-16T00:36:00.000+01:00Thanks for this link. You are a funny, smart, chee...Thanks for this link. You are a funny, smart, cheeky fish! This made me nod in recognition and laugh. Let me know if you get satisfaction from your petition. I'll have to draft my best letter...D Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525527107082626371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-66613708532858791662007-02-14T12:56:00.000+00:002007-02-14T12:56:00.000+00:00Thanks everyone.Good news for Wednesday - the car ...Thanks everyone.<BR/><BR/>Good news for Wednesday - the car is now running! So that's a plus. :-)The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-34789968652189099532007-02-13T19:05:00.000+00:002007-02-13T19:05:00.000+00:00I just stopped by to check in on BADD 2007. Clear...I just stopped by to check in on BADD 2007. Clearly, you have your hands full right now, so I'll check back. And yes, your horoscope should not include words like "unexpected". I'm sorry you're dealing with this right now!<BR/><BR/>I'm getting geared up and thinking about my post for BADD 2007! I hope by then this situation is all sorted out! Hugs!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17256371707801041596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-10841783929924327922007-02-13T18:11:00.000+00:002007-02-13T18:11:00.000+00:00Dearest,This is absurd. If I could change the pla...Dearest,<BR/><BR/>This is absurd. If I could change the planetary configurations I would, but hang in there. <BR/><BR/>Huge hugs. Hugest of hugs.<BR/><BR/>WCDWheelchair Dancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11981313345401954118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-21437637449837089112007-02-13T17:29:00.000+00:002007-02-13T17:29:00.000+00:00Big hugs to you, AJ and everybody else involved in...Big hugs to you, AJ and everybody else involved in this. Wish I could do something useful.BloggingMonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17767164739217269193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-19470225358591428792007-02-13T15:06:00.000+00:002007-02-13T15:06:00.000+00:00O Goldfish!Why is it that moving house seems to br...O Goldfish!<BR/><BR/>Why is it that moving house seems to bring all the gremlins out of the woodwork?<BR/><BR/>I read a fabulous account of a move on the C4 Property Forum once. This couple decided to move from one side of the country to the other, and to save money, they hired not a proper removal firm but a "man with a van" outfit.<BR/><BR/>They get up at 6am on The Day and are all ready to go by 8. Finally at about 2pm they get a call to say the mover had been "held up" by a job in London and "will be a bit late".<BR/><BR/>He eventually turns up some time after 5pm and by heroic efforts they are on their way by 7. Then the cat in his basket (again to save money, they don't put the pet in a cattery during the move) uses it as a litter tray and it's raining and blowing too hard to open the windows. So they endure this for some miles and then stop, take the cat out of the basket so he can be restrained while they empty it. Whereupon he is sick on the wife.<BR/><BR/>Then they get lost. Eventually arrive at about 1am at the house, everywhere pitch black, neighbours (not yet met) in bed. Then they find that the keys don't fit; estate agent has sent the wrong ones.<BR/><BR/>So they decide to sleep in the car. At which point they discover that the car roof leaks.<BR/><BR/>Next morning they eventually rouse an estate agent, get in, and discover that the previous tenants had had a chip-pan fire which had left the kitchen devastated, before they had done a moonlight flit.<BR/><BR/>Hope that makes you feel not alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-53811497880086549812007-02-13T13:44:00.000+00:002007-02-13T13:44:00.000+00:00Thanks folks. :-)Vic, it's a good point about what...Thanks folks. :-)<BR/><BR/>Vic, it's a good point about what jobs ought to be done by pros - I think we'll be okay with the plumbing but I will check out the law on such things. <BR/><BR/>As for the local CAB...<BR/><BR/>Trouble is, that whilst the situation isn't very fair on us, the only option other than making the best of it and doing as much of it ourselves as possible is to say, "Right, we're not living here."<BR/><BR/>If we did that, we have to move our stuff out somewhere (no idea where) and - since all our money has been spent on the deposit, advanced rent and the move itself - declare ourselves homeless whilst we sued the landlady.<BR/><BR/>If we believed our landlady was a crook at this stage or if we believed the problems at the house to be insurmountable, then we wouldn't have a choice, but that course of action would very much reduce the choices we had - we would be rehoused at the Housing Association's convenience, we might have to spend some weeks or months in B&B accommodation and it seems unlikely we'd get to live anywhere nearly so good for our needs and desires; not a road we want to go down if we can help it.<BR/><BR/>As it is, we should be able to move into the place within a few weeks - and we can probably cope better living with my folks than we could living in any other temporary home.The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1097324584743498402007-02-13T13:29:00.000+00:002007-02-13T13:29:00.000+00:00Been thinking about what happened when we had our ...Been thinking about what happened when we had our min-flood. I know it's tough on your landlady, but she really needs to get someone like ChemDry in to check the structure, electrics and that it's completely dry (otherwise could be unhealthy).<BR/><BR/>Might also be worth popping down to your local CABAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-48568092644645113342007-02-13T12:39:00.000+00:002007-02-13T12:39:00.000+00:00Wishing you better luck.Wishing you better luck.Disgruntled Ladyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13491335368029707188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-83911944875426942842007-02-13T11:29:00.000+00:002007-02-13T11:29:00.000+00:00OH buggery, buggery bugger....(a) Your landlady sh...OH buggery, buggery bugger....<BR/><BR/>(a) Your landlady should really sort you out alternative accomodation.<BR/>(b) <B>DON'T</B> let AJ fix up the electrics/plumbing - if anything goes wrong in the future he may well be liable. There's a new law that everything electrical has to be passed by the council or done by a specifically registered person.<BR/><BR/>TONNES of hugs to you bothAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-15661770259821267502007-02-13T10:37:00.000+00:002007-02-13T10:37:00.000+00:00Oh Goldfish...*hugs**new mugs*Oh Goldfish...<BR/><BR/>*hugs*<BR/><BR/>*new mugs*Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.com