The saga of the Garage build ...part 5

To bring the story up to date ...so far










Feb 12 2010

Builder finally rang back ...

"oh sorry my phones been off, my van failed its MOT and i have no way of getting to you at the moment"

Thats no problem we'll pick ya up and you can do some bricklaying with the materials on site here

"ah Im just doin another job at the moment"

I knew it !!!

OK when can we expect to see you ?

"I'll get the van sorted and finish the job - dont worry"

what about this bloody skip in the yard, you said it was gonna be removed?

"They've not taken it yet ? - OK i'll sort it"

Sunday 14 Feb 2010 .... I ring skip hire firm directly and ask them to remove it :)

a couple of weeks pass .........

FRIDAY 26 FEB 2010

Still no builder and skip is still in yard ......


Ring Builder AGAIN
"im picking up a van on Saturday - then I will finish off the current job and be with you end of next week - promise"

OK I'll hold ya to that .....

rang skip hire firm AGAIN

"Move your bloody skip will ya"

"no problem we'll be with you either today or tomorrow"

Saturday 27 February

I await developments :)


**Update**  0920 27/2/10  yay skip man here and skip go bye bye :)

Pretty women .....and the guys who are tired of F***ing them

First there was this...

Tiger gate ...

I mean would you cheat in this ? >>>>>>>














then Ashley Cole cheats on this ..... >>>>>>>>>



Just goes to prove the old saying ....


Show me a beautiful woman ... and I'll show you a man whos
Tired of F**king her   :)

The Southampton trip 23 and 24 Feb 2010

My stepson decides he wants to check out Southampton Solent Uni so off we trot on the bIke in February ...brrr

first part of the trip cold but ok was down to Bristol to stop over night at a friends ...

the fazer got a nice warm alarmed garage to sleep in and some company :)





Then off to Southampton ...google maps said 60 miles ..yeah right actual mileage 124 ...and after a bit of messin' about in southampton town centre we finally located the uni ...

heres the fazer chillin with the students :)




Then came the nightmare of the trip homeward ...all was fine until Oxford when the heavens opened .....


and we ran into rush hour traffic on the M42



Between spray and traffic got very frustrating ...stopped at Hilton park services to dry off and post a fb update ..(modern times eh....) cleaned visor and we set off into the night ...within 2 miles visibility through visor was zero ... did usual bikers trick, pick a fast car and follow its taillights , this soon got us under the lights at Lymm, which resulted in a very quick blast over Thelwall viaduct and home
.

Bike screaming for chain lube at the end, but never missed a beat ...Yamaha reliability


and unlike its rider...it started first push of the button this morniing ..:)

Summary

Total Trip Mileage  475

Weds Mileage  313

3 tanks of fuel @£14

2 Burger meals each (cost more than fuel did !!)

and ...

Winter Biking is for the young or very foolish ...:)

Or Idiots like me who had no choice

The Saga of the Garage build part 4

After much messing around with the council planning dept. courtesy of the Owd git across the road, we got the go ahead to carry in the build  on January 10 ... with snow on the ground we rang the builder and told him he could carry on when he was ready and the weather cleared ...


when the snow finally cleared in mid January we called the builder to see when he would be coming back to finish the build ..he said I'm just finishing another job and then I'll be there ...we said fine thats OK


On January 22nd we got the builder around and politely enquired when the build was to resume

he said "I will be there 3rd of February"

and how long to finish the build ?

"7 days tops"  (thats Feb 10 for those of you keeping count)

I say "thats fine, and to allow for weather you can have 10 days - how does that sound?"

"Oh thats great - no problems at all then "

skip forward to February 3 ...

Builder TURNS UP (whoopee !!) drops off his cement mixer and says "I'm just gonna go pick up some materials"  ....then promptly vanishes for the rest of the day


Feb 4th ... No builder ...rang hiim  "Ive got to go to a funeral" - Oh OK thats fine see you tomorrow then

Feb 5th ... NO builder ..no answer on his phone

Feb 6 & 7 (weekend)  No builder

Monday Feb 8  ...No builder ...rang him ... "I was the worse for wear after the funeral Thursday and my van needs to be taxed today" .....GRRRR...Fine we'll see you tomorrow then ?

"oh for sure"

Tuesday February 9  - No builder ..message to his answer phone... "where are you and what is the excuse this time ?"

we await developments ......

The Saga of the Garage build part 3

By day 15 of actual work ...

this is December 20th by the calendar !!


the builder had put the supports in for the roof

then the snow fell just after christmas putting a hold on things ...

The Saga of the Garage build part 2

By Day 12 the brickie he'd employed had got this far

despite poor conditions (heavy rain) this had only taken 20 days to achieve

and we were fairly satisfied with the progress :)


By day 14 the brickie had finished his part,then due to interferance (see Old git across the road post) progress was halted for a while

The Saga of the Garage build part 1

This build started in November 0f 2009

this pic was taken on Day 4 and shows our elusive builder actually working




estimated time for completion of the build 14 days 21 at the outside

Dizzy the Miracle Cat !!

Pictured here is Dizzy Rascal our miracle cat ...

He went missing in November 2008 .....

On Sunday 7th February 2010 - he turns up at our back door miaows and comes in as if he's been gone overnight

Miracles DO happen sometimes ......