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CLOSED -Hooray Hall. Adventures of a Handyman.
Those who know me from the place next door will know of my Love Hate relationship with my employers The Hoorays. Well these days it's only Lady Hooray as His Lordship cashed in his chips last year. He had got to the bottom of his last bottle of Vintage Port, and I think the nagging had got too much for him.
Since then things have not been to bad. Then today.
Lady Hooray reverted back to type today.
She has had guests for a long weekend, for today to break up the tedium and after a 3 bottle's of red luncheon, she thought she would show them how to kick a Handyman.
So she wobbled into my workshop and say's You have made the Kennel too small, My terriers wont fit in. The terriers are the size of Corgi's. The Kennel 4 ft x 4 ft x 3.5 ft.
I said this morning you complained that the wood cost £160.00 and I told you that I only ordered it after you had approved the quote.
Now You were with me when I measured the gap it has to fit in, bearing in mind I have to fit it into an alleyway on my own and at the moment I would need 4 strong men to lift the thing with me. That's why I have made it sections and allowed 6 inches on each side to fasten it back together when I get it in place.
She waved a tape measure at me and said Well I've just measured the gap and it's 6 feet wide.
Best come with me then I said and I will use my tape measure, mines made of steel and not elastic.
Sure enough My measurement was a snug 4 ft 10 inches. When I looked over my shoulder she had her tape at 45 degrees trying to measure around a pile of logs and to the wall, she hadn't taken any account of the supports that come out from the wall every 5 feet.
My dog's won't use it she said, far too small. They were never likely to I replied, there like their owner to thick to come out of the rain.
No need to get nasty she said. Not being nasty just straight with you, you were there with me when I measured up and drew you a plan of how it would turn out.
This is why we can't get any local tradesmen to come here more than once, they quote for a job, do it, alter it, alter it again and then put it back to how it was in the first place. Then when the put in a bill for the weeks of extra work
She's a bit like watching the news reports of the Government cuts and Strategies.
Maybe they all went to the same public school.
Let's see what tomorrow brings.
Regards, Handy.
Since then things have not been to bad. Then today.
Lady Hooray reverted back to type today.
She has had guests for a long weekend, for today to break up the tedium and after a 3 bottle's of red luncheon, she thought she would show them how to kick a Handyman.
So she wobbled into my workshop and say's You have made the Kennel too small, My terriers wont fit in. The terriers are the size of Corgi's. The Kennel 4 ft x 4 ft x 3.5 ft.
I said this morning you complained that the wood cost £160.00 and I told you that I only ordered it after you had approved the quote.
Now You were with me when I measured the gap it has to fit in, bearing in mind I have to fit it into an alleyway on my own and at the moment I would need 4 strong men to lift the thing with me. That's why I have made it sections and allowed 6 inches on each side to fasten it back together when I get it in place.
She waved a tape measure at me and said Well I've just measured the gap and it's 6 feet wide.
Best come with me then I said and I will use my tape measure, mines made of steel and not elastic.
Sure enough My measurement was a snug 4 ft 10 inches. When I looked over my shoulder she had her tape at 45 degrees trying to measure around a pile of logs and to the wall, she hadn't taken any account of the supports that come out from the wall every 5 feet.
My dog's won't use it she said, far too small. They were never likely to I replied, there like their owner to thick to come out of the rain.
No need to get nasty she said. Not being nasty just straight with you, you were there with me when I measured up and drew you a plan of how it would turn out.
This is why we can't get any local tradesmen to come here more than once, they quote for a job, do it, alter it, alter it again and then put it back to how it was in the first place. Then when the put in a bill for the weeks of extra work
She's a bit like watching the news reports of the Government cuts and Strategies.
Maybe they all went to the same public school.
Let's see what tomorrow brings.
Regards, Handy.
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