Good Morning Thread - Come say good morning, tell us what you've got on today. :)

We have this thread on TilersForums.com and it's just been restarted because the old thread had 20,000 replies and 500,000 views. And there were 700 pages. Started to lag a bit on slow connections.

I think we had a bash of this before, but I can't find the thread, so thought I'd start another one off.

If you have time in the mornings, come post in the thread before you head off to work, let us know what you've got on and what the weather is like in your area etc. Anything at all is fine.

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So GOOOD MORNING PEOPLE - WEATHER IS NICE TODAY IN STOKE. I'M THANKFUL IT'S FRIDAY, HAD A RUBBISH WEEK. THANK GOD IT'S OVER.

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[pc1966]

Young and common sense do not go together.

To be fair, middle aged and old + common sense do not go together much either!

 

[littlespark]

Young and common sense do not go together.

Is that aimed at my daughter or our Tel?

I should take that as an insult...

She hasn't been stupid with the rules... wears a mask in public... didn't go to parties and whatever... But when the government says nightclubs are allowed to open, then she is still following official guidelines... what's wrong with that?
She's supporting a local hospitality business.

 

[pc1966]

My nephew is at uni in Aberdeen as well, but not heard of any COVID problems yet. I think he has been vaccinated but unfortunately not fully up to date with the family.

 

[littlespark]

My nephew is at uni in Aberdeen as well, but not heard of any COVID problems yet. I think he has been vaccinated but unfortunately not fully up to date with the family.

My girl is all vaccinated and boosted. Was put down to the nightclub, but it could just as easily been someone without a mask in the supermarket.

I’m thinking there’s people going about without testing and carrying on as normal even though they’ve got it and spreading.

 

[nicebutdim]

My girl is all vaccinated and boosted. Was put down to the nightclub, but it could just as easily been someone without a mask in the supermarket.

I’m thinking there’s people going about without testing and carrying on as normal even though they’ve got it and spreading.

Quite possible, but it's equally likely that someone in a nightclub didn't even know they had it.

 

[brianmoooore]

Both my 23 year old son and his partner had it a couple of weeks ago, but neither would have thought they anything more than a mild cold, if it wasn't for close contact with a since confirmed case a few days before.

 

[LukeD]

Today... It went 'wrong" ! Friend called me as he was handing back his rental house (7 years ) to landlady .And she was been very very greedy expecting every thing to be MINT . Despite him showing her pics of the property when they moved in and also emails asking for repairs to be carried out that she refused to do .

I was asked to swap over socket plates as she provided nasty plastic and they had changed them over to nice crabtree ones. Looked at consumer and straight away asked her for a copy of the EICR . It was bad and bodged . Told my friend I was not touching anything as she had failed to ensure a EICR as required by law . She went off on one and called her son. He turned up and got shirty . Ended up with threatening me . Maybe i ground my coffee beans too much or something this morning. But i lost it ! We ended up walking out .Will report landlady to council for what ever its worth . Cant stand these types . Its disgusting that these people are not been find £5k in courts straight away . The scheme is a joke

 

[James]

HSE might be worth a quick email?

 

[littlespark]

Today... It went 'wrong" ! Friend called me as he was handing back his rental house (7 years ) to landlady .And she was been very very greedy expecting every thing to be MINT . Despite him showing her pics of the property when they moved in and also emails asking for repairs to be carried out that she refused to do .

I was asked to swap over socket plates as she provided nasty plastic and they had changed them over to nice crabtree ones. Looked at consumer and straight away asked her for a copy of the EICR . It was bad and bodged . Told my friend I was not touching anything as she had failed to ensure a EICR as required by law . She went off on one and called her son. He turned up and got shirty . Ended up with threatening me . Maybe i ground my coffee beans too much or something this morning. But i lost it ! We ended up walking out .Will report landlady to council for what ever its worth . Cant stand these types . Its disgusting that these people are not been find £5k in courts straight away . The scheme is a joke

Sure you weren’t watching that “scummy tenants, crooked landlord” or whatever the programmes called

 

[LukeD]

In 40 years of adult life mainly in London and working at middle class to high end homes / clients. I have seen easily MORE bad landlords than tenants . And so many of these landlords have a few things in Common .But thats all 'wacist " etc .

 

[littlespark]

In 40 years of adult life mainly in London and working at middle class to high end homes / clients. I have seen easily MORE bad landlords than tenants . And so many of these landlords have a few things in Common .But thats all 'wacist " etc .

Seems to be the other way round up here.

The landlords do their best… if there’s a problem, they get it fixed… not bending over backwards to avoid their responsibilities.
I’m sure there are some bad eggs… but the dodgy tenants outnumber the dodgy landlords.

 

[telectrix]

my son's landlord had a "new" bathroom fitted for him. he would not employ a plumber or barthroom fitter, but got his brother ( who is "handy") to bodge in a new bath and tiles. 3 months without a working bathroom, still not finished 2 years later, wooden door frame rotted. gues what...land lord originates from somewhere between India and Afghanistan.

 

[nicebutdim]

my son's landlord had a "new" bathroom fitted for him. he would not employ a plumber or barthroom fitter, but got his brother ( who is "handy") to bodge in a new bath and tiles. 3 months without a working bathroom, still not finished 2 years later, wooden door frame rotted. gues what...land lord originates from somewhere between India and Afghanistan.

Travelling west to east or east to west?

 

[Mike Johnson]

I remember one of my tenants complaining about a leak from the shower, I investigated and told them I needed to get a part in the morning and not to use the shower, on returning the next morning they had flooded the kitchen by using the shower and where now complaining about the kitchen cupboards being wet and the electrics kept tripping, I told then the place was now dangerous and they needed to move out.

 

[littlespark]

My daughters had a faint positive line on her lateral flow yesterday. Much better than the solid line she’s had on previous days, so fingers crossed she’s negative today, and negative tomorrow, she can then stop isolating.

My uncles funeral this afternoon, so not working this morning… need to catch up on paperwork.

Need to contact a few more customers to inform them of delays in getting battery heat detectors.
I don’t know if Fireangel, kidde etc are suffering the same shortages as Aico??

 

[pc1966]

My daughters had a faint positive line on her lateral flow yesterday. Much better than the solid line she’s had on previous days, so fingers crossed she’s negative today, and negative tomorrow, she can then stop isolating.

Hopefully!

My uncles funeral this afternoon, so not working this morning… need to catch up on paperwork.

My condolences for that

Need to contact a few more customers to inform them of delays in getting battery heat detectors.
I don’t know if Fireangel, kidde etc are suffering the same shortages as Aico??

No idea. Last time I was chatting to the guys in Holland House they had kind of given up on Fireangel after many of returns and many of the sparks concentrating on Aico instead.

 

[pirate]

Another assessment for smokes etc this morning, and another booked in for tomorrow morning, and several quotes accepted...but shortages mean no installations for a few weeks. Not sure of the likely dates for my orders to arrive, it seems to vary every time I place an order! So far, my usual supplier has a big wodge of my money but I have no units. Also, CO detectors in equally short supply, and limited to 2 per customer! I would need to do multiple orders on my account and hope they allowed me 2 per "my" customer, not just 2 for me.
It's madness. could have dome dozens during lockdown, and now I have a backlog due to low supplies, and for other reasons I need to get these nailed by April.
I'm going to suggest to the next folks that they just order the battery ones, stick them up with sticky pads themselves, and buy COs as and when.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Pirate you have a private message.

 

[Myserviceslimited]

small job on in afternoon. replacing under cabinet lights in kitchen and swapping some halogens for LED. then a swifty on way home. weather sunny but cold.

Nice sound easy

 

[Myserviceslimited]

How much you charge for this job