rigsby:
it’s not bits falling off with me harry , it more bits the doc keeps tacking on . hearing aids , glasses , dentures , load of stents and a barrow full of pills every day . i ned a carrier bag to fetch the monthly pills home . i went for a heart scan last month , and all i got from the wife was " clever sods aren’t they scanning your heart , i’ve been trying 50 years and i havn’t found it yet " .
hiya,
Dave,
A young woman across the street from me, a paramedic told me I should
do the decent thing and croak she reckoned I was costing the NHS far too
much to keep me going, she was smiling when she made the remark and if
she was trying to upset me she didn’t succeed, like you good buddy also I
need a carrier bag to get my prescription home, but at least I’m still able
to lift the bag, when I can no longer do that she’ll most likely get to see my
obituary in the local rag, and here’s me thinking these people were given a job
to try and prolong life, how wrong can you be.
thanks harry, long retired.
rigsby:
it’s not bits falling off with me harry , it more bits the doc keeps tacking on . hearing aids , glasses , dentures , load of stents and a barrow full of pills every day . i ned a carrier bag to fetch the monthly pills home . i went for a heart scan last month , and all i got from the wife was " clever sods aren’t they scanning your heart , i’ve been trying 50 years and i havn’t found it yet " .
hiya,
Dave,
A young woman across the street from me, a paramedic told me I should
do the decent thing and croak she reckoned I was costing the NHS far too
much to keep me going, she was smiling when she made the remark and if
she was trying to upset me she didn’t succeed, like you good buddy also I
need a carrier bag to get my prescription home, but at least I’m still able
to lift the bag, when I can no longer do that she’ll most likely get to see my
obituary in the local rag, and here’s me thinking these people were given a job
to try and prolong life, how wrong can you be.
thanks harry, long retired.
You should have reminded that young woman of how much you paid into the system when you were working Harry.
If someone told me something like that I would jump down their throats with both boots on and tell them that I was injured at work ans still work part-time. Also tell her you are keeping the likes of her in a job,the cheeky cow.
Cheers Dave.
rigsby:
it’s not bits falling off with me harry , it more bits the doc keeps tacking on . hearing aids , glasses , dentures , load of stents and a barrow full of pills every day . i ned a carrier bag to fetch the monthly pills home . i went for a heart scan last month , and all i got from the wife was " clever sods aren’t they scanning your heart , i’ve been trying 50 years and i havn’t found it yet " .
hiya,
Dave,
A young woman across the street from me, a paramedic told me I should
do the decent thing and croak she reckoned I was costing the NHS far too
much to keep me going, she was smiling when she made the remark and if
she was trying to upset me she didn’t succeed, like you good buddy also I
need a carrier bag to get my prescription home, but at least I’m still able Aye & a bloody well paid job no doubt I have a few parasites living near me , They dont or wont work & get every thing thats is going on NHS, Except the plague that is, Regards Larry.
to lift the bag, when I can no longer do that she’ll most likely get to see my
obituary in the local rag, and here’s me thinking these people were given a job
to try and prolong life, how wrong can you be.
thanks harry, long retired.
You should have reminded that young woman of how much you paid into the system when you were working Harry.
If someone told me something like that I would jump down their throats with both boots on and tell them that I was injured at work ans still work part-time. Also tell her you are keeping the likes of her in a job,the cheeky cow.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave there’s an ah’ but to the above story Dave a long time ago the self same
younger then lady had a new extension put onto her house by a supposedly
reputable company and on their departure one evening two rather bad leaks
sprouted in the plumbing system both in hard to reach places, one under the
bath and the other behind the sink unit in the kitchen, asked me for help and
I of course obliged ( I had several months before re-plumbed her mum’s home
which was next door) I can’t take payment I don’t know what to charge but for
her mum’s house I did get two bottles of single malt and the cost of the bits
and pieces I purchased I was happy with that, it took me from teatime until
about 11 pm to fix the daughter’s place up ( bath out repair leak. bath back
sink unit out do repair unit replace) fortunately I didn’t have to buy any bits
I had enough left over from previous jobs, I did get profusely thanked for my
efforts but no “how much do I owe you” but had she asked my reply would have
been “nowt buy me a drink next time you see me out” that was my normal fee.
PS. now you can understand why my tools went in the skip, if you aint got the
gear you can’t do the job.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Dave there’s an ah’ but to the above story Dave a long time ago the self same
younger then lady had a new extension put onto her house by a supposedly
reputable company and on their departure one evening two rather bad leaks
sprouted in the plumbing system both in hard to reach places, one under the
bath and the other behind the sink unit in the kitchen, asked me for help and
I of course obliged ( I had several months before re-plumbed her mum’s home
which was next door) I can’t take payment I don’t know what to charge but for
her mum’s house I did get two bottles of single malt and the cost of the bits
and pieces I purchased I was happy with that, it took me from teatime until
about 11 pm to fix the daughter’s place up ( bath out repair leak. bath back
sink unit out do repair unit replace) fortunately I didn’t have to buy any bits
I had enough left over from previous jobs, I did get profusely thanked for my
efforts but no “how much do I owe you” but had she asked my reply would have
been “nowt buy me a drink next time you see me out” that was my normal fee.
PS. now you can understand why my tools went in the skip, if you aint got the
gear you can’t do the job.
thanks harry, long retired.
There was a farmer near here who most of us kids used to help at harvest time Harry,all we would get was a pocket full of thank yous.When his son-in-law took over we helped him,as by the we were all about 15 years old.He said I’m glad of your help boys,and me being the cheeky git,said OK,we get a pocket full of thank yous.About a week later he pulled up in his car and paid us cash at farm workers time and a half rate.Needless to say we helped him for several years,and others that paid.
I don’t rate people like that young woman who took advantage of your goodwill and plumbing skill Harry.I don’t blame you for getting rid of your tools.I will help anyone genuinely hard up,but not spongers.
Cheers Dave.
Bewick:
Is there any truth in the rumour that membership to the Aforementiond club has been suspended ! Cheers Anon1.
hiya,
No Anon just put your name and address on the white border of a £20 note
post to me “poste haste” and your membership card will be winging i’ts way
in your direction the moment I’ve held the note up to a bright light to make
sure of it’s legality, you can’t be too careful with all the duff notes about.
thanks harry, long retired.
Bewick:
Is there any truth in the rumour that membership to the Aforementiond club has been suspended ! Cheers Anon1.
hiya,
No Anon just put your name and address on the white border of a £20 note
post to me “poste haste” and your membership card will be winging i’ts way
in your direction the moment I’ve held the note up to a bright light to make
sure of it’s legality, you can’t be too careful with all the duff notes about.
thanks harry, long retired.
Get the Christmas merchandise out Harry,that will silence the doubters.
Cheers Dave.
not much chance of any christmas merchandise dave , harry will have supped it all . oh , i forgot you don’t sup single malt , you savour it so harry will have savoured it all .i don’t know about the membership card either , unless it says , entitles the holder to free drinks when passing the fan club base (harry’s gaff )cheers , dave
Regarding getting rid of tools, a mate of mine was an apprentice mechanic based at Nottingham in the early 1960’s and when the day came that the guy he was apprenticed to was due to retire they were coming back from a vehicle breakdown and came to a halt in traffic on Trent Bridge. The old guy duly got out of the van, opened the back doors, and chucked his tools and tool box over the parapet into the Trent! That made sure he wasn’t going to be doing any work during his retirement! 8
I have a plumbing job on tomorrow for an elderly neighbour, fitting some new taps, I wont expect payment from her as she looks after our house while we are away but for others then I would expect something in return. I would take iou’s but alas Sainsburys will not!
windrush:
Regarding getting rid of tools, a mate of mine was an apprentice mechanic based at Nottingham in the early 1960’s and when the day came that the guy he was apprenticed to was due to retire they were coming back from a vehicle breakdown and came to a halt in traffic on Trent Bridge. The old guy duly got out of the van, opened the back doors, and chucked his tools and tool box over the parapet into the Trent! That made sure he wasn’t going to be doing any work during his retirement! 8
I have a plumbing job on tomorrow for an elderly neighbour, fitting some new taps, I wont expect payment from her as she looks after our house while we are away but for others then I would expect something in return. I would take iou’s but alas Sainsburys will not!
Pete.
hiya,
I’m not a qualified plumber Pete just took several courses that was
on offer when I finally gave up long distance and worked round the
doors for the local water authority, I was taught to “wipe” lead to
lead joints which isn’t taught to present day plumbers whether I am
still able to do so is a different matter I haven’t got gear anyway so
can’t have a try and certainly don’t wish to, as for chargeing people
I never knew what the going rate was, I remember doing some work
for an elderly lady down our street (an outside tap and a dishwasher
connection) and when I gave her the bill from Screwfix for the bits
I had to buy her words to me still ring in the old lugs “if I’d known it
was going to cost so much I wouldn’t have bothered” I hadn’t billed
her for “my services” and had actually used “consumables” that had
been lying about my toolbag ie’ pipe clips, plugs and screws, PTFE
tape, never even got a “how much do I owe you” a mumbled thanks
was just about the only payment I received and the money she gave
me for the stuff I’d bought came to pounds and pence and she even
held her hand out for about 37 pence change, you live and learn.
thanks harry, long retired.
Harry my old mate, I do hope that any of the parts that are falling off is not too important and you have no use for them now! I can see you are a sucker for a pretty face. I had my daughter-in -law tell me it was difficult to get a plumber to do small jobs, I said phone three up and ask a price even if they can’t do it, she did and said that was a waste of time, no it was not, I will do the job, and you will not complain when I tell you how much, I went one morning for 2hours, and put a outside tap on the wall, a through valve and a non returnable valve, she said it looks proffessionable, I replied well I did three years training, before I pack it in and went in the army. She asked what the valves was for, I told her the non valve was to stop water traveling back if you have a hose pipe on and it’s left in a pond, if the waterboard turn off the mains and drain it, it can cause a vacuum and ■■■■ all your dirty pond water into the water supply, the through valve you can shut off the water under your sink, and drain off for the winter. £50 thats cheap she said and paid up, my wife said I thought you would have done it for nothing, I replied, if my son gets me parts for my car, I get trade price, I do not get them for nothing! Ask what the plumbers quoted for parts and labour, she did, and then said you did do it for nothing. If people want a job doing, they never condsider the cost of the material. I have refused many jobs, a few years ago a chap who hads a mansion, want a lead fancy hopperhead, I said yes my price is £250, get your builders to take it down, It was in a mess, but I knocked a new one up and put the old date on it, and the new one, rang him up and he was over the moon, he said he waited over two years to get that fixed, he gave me £350.
I must say I loved the lead beating, I made lead sinks, cow troughs, but then zinc was a cheaper material, I done my own conservatory when I built it.
rigsby:
it’s not bits falling off with me harry , it more bits the doc keeps tacking on . hearing aids , glasses , dentures , load of stents and a barrow full of pills every day . i ned a carrier bag to fetch the monthly pills home . i went for a heart scan last month , and all i got from the wife was " clever sods aren’t they scanning your heart , i’ve been trying 50 years and i havn’t found it yet " .
hiya,
Dave,
A young woman across the street from me, a paramedic told me I should
do the decent thing and croak she reckoned I was costing the NHS far too
much to keep me going, she was smiling when she made the remark and if
she was trying to upset me she didn’t succeed, like you good buddy also I
need a carrier bag to get my prescription home, but at least I’m still able Aye & a bloody well paid job no doubt I have a few parasites living near me , They dont or wont work & get every thing thats is going on NHS, Except the plague that is, Regards Larry.
to lift the bag, when I can no longer do that she’ll most likely get to see my
obituary in the local rag, and here’s me thinking these people were given a job
to try and prolong life, how wrong can you be.
thanks harry, long retired.
You should have reminded that young woman of how much you paid into the system when you were working Harry.
If someone told me something like that I would jump down their throats with both boots on and tell them that I was injured at work ans still work part-time. Also tell her you are keeping the likes of her in a job,the cheeky cow.
Cheers Dave.
SO IT’S OFFICIAL---------“H” has been classified by the NHS as “COFFIN DODGER”. Anon 1.
Trev_H:
Well all I hope is that I’m as fit as Harry is when I’m that age !
hiya,
It’s top show Trev, just below skin depth I’m well and truly knackered,
and Dennis they’ve cut my tablets/medication down to weekly doses
are they trying to tell me something ie’ should I croak before they are
used up there won’t be too much waste.
thanks harry, long retired.
Trev_H:
Well all I hope is that I’m as fit as Harry is when I’m that age !
hiya,
It’s top show Trev, just below skin depth I’m well and truly knackered,
and Dennis they’ve cut my tablets/medication down to weekly doses
are they trying to tell me something ie’ should I croak before they are
used up there won’t be too much waste.
thanks harry, long retired.
Well at least I’m still on monthly prescriptions “H”,but I recall the Quack telling the wife when I was diagnosed as only having “half a ticker working” that I could be here to-day and gone to-morrow !! My interpretation of that statement is,“here to-day and in Tenerife to-morrow” a far better ring to it wouldn’t you say “H”,well it sounds a lot better to me any-road !! But look here “H”,only the good die young so you, my Son, will definitely still have many more miles to put on the old clock,it’s just a pity we couldn’t all wind a few miles back on the “clock” so to speak ! Christmas is coming and the Goose is getting fat etc.Cheers Dennis.
Trev_H:
Well all I hope is that I’m as fit as Harry is when I’m that age !
hiya,
It’s top show Trev, just below skin depth I’m well and truly knackered,
and Dennis they’ve cut my tablets/medication down to weekly doses
are they trying to tell me something ie’ should I croak before they are
used up there won’t be too much waste.
thanks harry, long retired.
Well at least I’m still on monthly prescriptions “H”,but I recall the Quack telling the wife when I was diagnosed as only having “half a ticker working” that I could be here to-day and gone to-morrow !! My interpretation of that statement is,“here to-day and in Tenerife to-morrow” a far better ring to it wouldn’t you say “H”,well it sounds a lot better to me any-road !! But look here “H”,only the good die young so you, my Son, will definitely still have many more miles to put on the old clock,it’s just a pity we couldn’t all wind a few miles back on the “clock” so to speak ! Christmas is coming and the Goose is getting fat etc.Cheers Dennis.
hiya,
Yep Dennis your interpretation of the Medics terminology sounds better too,
you’ve just got to keep her gannin Den, but not knowing whats around the
corner is better I suppose that on Monday you’re going to the yard knowing
full well you’ll be stuck with a bloody 80 thing for another week at least, in
my book a fate worse than being “brown bread”.
thanks harry, long retired.
Come on Harry cheer up man, S for Scania, But then we have the S for Single Malts, Which I dont doubt gave you more pleasure than the other S ever did & you are still here, I dont think there will be many old Scan80s still going if any at all , So fill your glass & toaste with me to the future years we have got left & enjoy the Ss, see you at the do, Regards Larry. PS. HFF.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Come on Harry cheer up man, S for Scania, But then we have the S for Single Malts, Which I dont doubt gave you more pleasure than the other S ever did & you are still here, I dont think there will be many old Scan80s still going if any at all , So fill your glass & toaste with me to the future years we have got left & enjoy the Ss, see you at the do, Regards Larry. PS. HFF.
hiya,
Larry in the words of someone or other “I’m as happy as Larry”, I just hope my
friend that is good enough for you “and still taking the medication” I still do
take the muck the Doctor prescribes as well, just wish the preferred stuff was
on prescription as well, I could be permanently under the influence of drink, I
think that would be better than only being a part-time ■■■■■■■■
thanks harry, long retired.
harry are you a bit of a ■■■■ head drinking in the masons in todmoden. and now drinking all the malts you can get down your neck as sum in this fan club like to say tut tut
That made sure he wasn’t going to be doing any work during his retirement! 8
