The grumpy thread

[strangeangel]

Cheers peeps. Whats worst was that I saw the DVD for Withnail and I in a charity shoppe in Worcester and I didn't buy it. Will have to make a visit there tomorrow.

 

If by chance it's gone, you can pick it up on Amazon for a couple of quid.

[chodweaver]

Avid* followers of the mixed fortunes at Chez Chod may remember this pic from the Nomad thread.

 

 

The reason for the grump:

 

Anyone like a guess at the quote to rectify it? (/rhetoric)

 

12

 

Grand

 

 

Twelve effing grand. My knee jerk reaction atm is anger.

 

 

 

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[dave21478]

Buy a case or two of 24 cans of expanding foam from B&Q.

Chuck them down the holes.

Shoot them with an air rifle. 

Put the carpet back down quickly.

Spend the next three hours stamping down any lumps that appear in the carpet.

Sell house.

[eddyramrod]

You're in for a treat there if you've never seen Withnail And I.

 

Get lots of booze in before you watch it.

 

Repeat 20 times.

I don't drink.  Does this mean I can never watch Withnail &I?  Not that I have much wish to, from what I've read and heard, but you know....

[loserone]

When I first watched W&I, I didn't get it at all and hated it.

 

When I DID get it, it wasn't because of alcohol.

 

I do think you probably do need to have a grasp of some of the effects of substance abuse on daily life.

[Rod/b]

 

Cheers peeps. Whats worst was that I saw the DVD for Withnail and I in a charity shoppe in Worcester and I didn't buy it. Will have to make a visit there tomorrow.

https://youtu.be/9GGc7KcvqtE

[D Spares & Tyres]

Cheers peeps. Whats worst was that I saw the DVD for Withnail and I in a charity shoppe in Worcester and I didn't buy it. Will have to make a visit there tomorrow.

I have it on DVD, you are welcome to borrow it.

[The Moog]

Will insurance cover that Chodweaver?

[Mally]

Avid* followers of the mixed fortunes at Chez Chod may remember this pic from the Nomad thread.

 

 

The reason for the grump:

 

Anyone like a guess at the quote to rectify it? (/rhetoric)

 

12

 

Grand

 

 

Twelve effing grand. My knee jerk reaction atm is anger.

 

 

 

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Assume the insurance blew you out?

Has the reason for dry rot been established? What is the plan to cure the problem?

Replacing the joists and floorboards is not a massive task, joists are heavy, but second hand timber readily available.

Floor boards or sheets are easy.

The expensive bit is probably treatment and rectifying the problem.

I'd price it up as a DIY. Or get it treated/cure the problem and do the timber yourself or mates rates.

How long have you lived there, should it have been picked up on the survey?

[anonymous user]

Did you get a breakdown of costs to see how the £12k was arrived at? If it's a gut job for the ground floor including removing/ replacing plaster (it can spread behind plaster) then £12k is probably not excessive. Has your damp-course been bridged or under floor vents been blocked up. Until the cause has been found and rectified it would not be wise to start repairs. You have my sympathy, it'll be a horrible job

[Keymaster]

 

 

12

 

Grand

 

 

Twelve effing grand.

Fark.

[chodweaver]

Insurance specifically excludes dry rot... (To be expected really, the lying, thieving charlatan bastards etc.)

Tbf the quote does include a re-render of a gable end wall - ground to eaves, (though the survey showed no sign of water ingress from there - it's just a suspect atm as the render is not in good condition); treat the dry rot, replace the timber floor in that room and a quarter of the timber floor in an adjoining room; put three vents into the house's three chimneys and six underfloor vents to reduce underfloor condensation (place turns out to be 112 years old and may only have a damp proof course in the extension, though the survey found no rising damp anywhere). Survey showed no evidence that dry rot was caused by sewer malfunction or chimney problems.

 

Dry rot treatment ~1k. Rendering ~6k. Timber floor and vents ~5k.

 

It's the house we used to live in about 10 years ago in south wales before we turned all pikey and went a-travelling. It's had tenants in for much of that time but they left without giving notice two months ago. They reported a problem with the sewers 6 months ago which we had sorted by dynarod - they cleared a blockage and surveyed it, reporting it as AOK. No further complaints from tenant, so we were a bit surprised to find one months rent not showing up and a letter from the council informing us that council tax would be waived as the property is empty. We have no desire to be long distance landlords again so just want it sold, but it won't cover the mortgage in its current state. Mrs CW wants to ask the chap quoting if he could put a concrete floor in instead and would it be cheaper.

 

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[Keymaster]

I said it once and I'll say it again.

 

Fark.

[JeeExEll]

I don't drink. Does this mean I can never watch Withnail &I? Not that I have much wish to, from what I've read and heard, but you know....

No, it doesn't mean you can never watch the film. But if you have no wish to watch it anyway then why ask?

Cult late 80s comedy film set in 69. Hope you enjoy it if you watch it.

[3VOM]

Did you get a breakdown of costs to see how the £12k was arrived at? If it's a gut job for the ground floor including removing/ replacing plaster (it can spread behind plaster) then £12k is probably not excessive. Has your damp-course been bridged or under floor vents been blocked up. Until the cause has been found and rectified it would not be wise to start repairs. You have my sympathy, it'll be a horrible job

This ^

IIRC you replaced or treated 1m beyond where you can see the dry rot is, as the spores spread that far.

[purplebargeken]

moviprep....... urrrgghhh. 

 

Another litre at 6pm. Fucking great

[Mally]

 

Dry rot treatment ~1k. Rendering ~6k. Timber floor and vents ~5k.

 

 

 

The concrete idea sounds good, but its not cheap and very heavy, could cause other problems.

I'd tend to do the treatment and timber floor, that has to be done.

Leave the Rendering for now, survey said it wasn't causing problems.

This cuts your bill in half.

House would then be fine to rent.

If you put it up for sale, rendering may get spotted on buyers survey, and they knock you down £6000, or may be accepted as is.

[purplebargeken]

Moviprep - second litre. I swear there is nothing actually left inside me. This includes internal organs. Please....... help........ me.

[omegod]

Moviprep - second litre. I swear there is nothing actually left inside me. This includes internal organs. Please....... help........ me.

 

I assume you've read the " Agent Picolax story" if not please do it's fuckin brilliant

 

 

http://singletrackworld.com/2009/02/the-picolax-thread-returns/

[cort16]

wrongthreadbums

[twosmoke300]

That agent picolax story had me in tears !

[purplebargeken]

^^ PMSL. I can totally relate. Thank fuck I never got the dates wrong.

[purplebargeken]

I now hate the taste of vaguely lemony.

 

Not sure if I am going to shit or puke. I may possibly do both. Simultaneously.

[The Moog]

It's like reverse K seal.

 

The agent picolax thread is why the internet was invented

[purplebargeken]

This fucking stuff is going through me like a fucking Bullet Train. My innards have gone and have been replaced by a straight through exhaust system, no cat, no baffles, no back box.

 

After the two scopes tomorrow I am stopping off at Tesco's to buy a loaf and a gammon joint. That will be the biggest fucking sandwich of ever.

[purplebargeken]

I swear I have lost 2 inches from my belly. I feel like my internal bits are fucking teflon coated, 'cos there is there is no way that anything is sticking around.

 

I really would quite like to pass out now. 

[richardmorris]

This is why no one makes up stuff about needing intestinal examination.

[omegod]

I'll tell you my own tale if I may, maybe as a precautionary warning , I attended Whiston Hosp for a bumscope a few years ago and didn't need the bowel prep as I was getting a little something on arrival. A very small tube of stuff was squirted up my hoop and I was told to keep this in for a minumum 15 minutes before using one of the many toilets that lined the corridor in the waiting area, I don't know how I managed 15 secs as the urge to release was like something I've never felt before or since. I sat in the waiting room with another half dozen blokes ,who it quickly became apparent, had been given the same bum potion as I could see them wince with every spasm , sweaty foreheads all round,and mucho belly burbling was going on, one by one we caught each others eye's and began to chortle at the absurdity of the situation , one guys belly made a massive rumble which we had a giggle over but one guy found it so funny he crucially lost focus for a millisecond and shat himself right there and then. I ran and locked myself in the bog for fear of doing the same.

 

Sure you'll be fine though! 

 

Godspeed PBK and enjoy the post scope farts, they are phenomenal. 

[danthecapriman]

I'll tell you my own tale if I may, maybe as a precautionary warning , I attended Whiston Hosp for a bumscope a few years ago and didn't need the bowel prep as I was getting a little something on arrival. A very small tube of stuff was squirted up my hoop and I was told to keep this in for a minumum 15 minutes before using one of the many toilets that lined the corridor in the waiting area, I don't know how I managed 15 secs as the urge to release was like something I've never felt before or since. I sat in the waiting room with another half dozen blokes ,who it quickly became apparent, had been given the same bum potion as I could see them wince with every spasm , sweaty foreheads all round,and mucho belly burbling was going on, one by one we caught each others eye's and began to chortle at the absurdity of the situation , one guys belly made a massive rumble which we had a giggle over but one guy found it so funny he crucially lost focus for a millisecond and shat himself right there and then. I ran and locked myself in the bog for fear of doing the same.

 

Sure you'll be fine though! 

 

Godspeed PBK and enjoy the post scope farts, they are phenomenal.

 

Thanks for posting that! Properly made me laugh!

 

 

 

Not sure if I am going to shit or puke. I may possibly do both. Simultaneously.

Been there done that.

I was rather violently ill one morning a while back. I got out of bed and instantly needed to go to the loo so I legged it in and sat down just in the nick of time only for the whole world to fall out my arse! At that moment my guts also started churning and I puked while sitting on the can mid shit!

It was literally pouring out of both ends unstoppabley, the floor around the toilet was just a huge puddle of puke, all over my feet and everything.

 

It was awful at the time but funny now. Anyway, best of luck Ken.

[Lord Sterling]

I'll tell you my own tale if I may, maybe as a precautionary warning , I attended Whiston Hosp for a bumscope a few years ago and didn't need the bowel prep as I was getting a little something on arrival. A very small tube of stuff was squirted up my hoop and I was told to keep this in for a minumum 15 minutes before using one of the many toilets that lined the corridor in the waiting area, I don't know how I managed 15 secs as the urge to release was like something I've never felt before or since. I sat in the waiting room with another half dozen blokes ,who it quickly became apparent, had been given the same bum potion as I could see them wince with every spasm , sweaty foreheads all round,and mucho belly burbling was going on, one by one we caught each others eye's and began to chortle at the absurdity of the situation , one guys belly made a massive rumble which we had a giggle over but one guy found it so funny he crucially lost focus for a millisecond and shat himself right there and then. I ran and locked myself in the bog for fear of doing the same.

Sorbitol in sugar free mints has the similar making you shit yourself very badly every 2 mins effect. Ask me how I know.