I am adrift!
Hello again. Remember me? Short, fat bloke with inappropriate fixations? Yep, that’s the one.
How’ve you been? I’ve been fairly busy, thanks.
I had an unpleasant surprise when I walked into the kitchen this morning – a layer of cold water rather took me by surprise and I soon found myself looking up at the ceiling and saying “ow” as my heels slid away from under my considerable frame.
Eek!
Mindful that Lyle’s suggested plumber was described as “good but slow”, I felt I needed someone “mediocre but speedy” and so asked my nice neighbours if they could recommend someone. They did, and Lazlo was here within 10 minutes. He was only here for 20 minutes, though, as he diagnosed that “ze fault eet ees wiz ze mainz below ze cock”.
Bugger, I thought to myself.
But then I remembered a previously-irritating piece of junk mail from Angular Water. As I recalled it said something about free mains cover for a couple of months. Now when did I get that?
Amazingly – truly incredidbly – I knew where said letter was and frantically scoured the text for dates and exclusions. Excellent – I’m within the free period!
So I’m currently waiting for someone to come along with a big drill, dig up my kitchen floor and fix the leak. Hopefully before I run out of towels. I’ll update you on the excitement later. Honest.
September 5th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Blimey Lionel… if you get something free out of Angular Water you deserve a medal.
September 6th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
….and I bet your first thought, apart from “OW!”, was to blame the poor cat!
September 7th, 2008 at 11:19 am
“Lionel d’ Lion builds worlds first indoor duck pond”!
May this be a short lived experience for you.
September 7th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Ooo, hope things are better by now!
As it has been two days, I suppose they must be.
Or maybe you’re going for that duck pond?
It could happen.