I'm waiting for a guy to come and measure up for our new stairs.
Originally he was supposed to come last Tuesday week but rang that afternoon to say that one of his machines had broken down and he had to stay in the workshop to be with the electrician who was on the way to fix it.
Plausible enough I thought, OK.
So the next appointment was this afternoon and he rings to check that I am at home and says he is on the way, sounds to be in a vehicle when making the call so great.
Then 45 minutes later (about how long it should have taken to get here) he rings again and I expect him to say he is close by and needs directions, but no he says he has his dog in the van with him and it has started bleeding and he needs to turn around and head home to the vet with the dog.
Now I'm thinking that the dog is bleeding because he ate the son's homework this morning.
Will have to do better next time....
What's the best story you have been fed?
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I sometimes tell my clients I won't be in the next day as I'm off to drink free beer at the local brewery that evening and will therefore be of no use the following day.
They look at me as if I'm joking.?? :boogie:
I've no idea why he didn't just phone me ?
Still doing my brickwork 15 years later :shocked:
For anyone who missed that on the news...
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/workers-bought-sugar-from-supermarket-to-slow-cement-flood-farce-on-victoria-line-9081168.html
I never knew sugar could be used to stop concrete setting...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070425122237AA1Va4b
The actual question started something like "You're the last person on site on Friday evening." & ended with "What would you do?" My younger self managed to come up with a few ideas, but raiding the sugar bowl certainly wasn't one of them!
I spoke to a digger driver in late April about levelling our back garden and bringing in some topsoil etc.
He was to return the next week to agree a price and was ready to start the following week.
The week went past and so did the month or three...
His daughter lives directly across the road and today he was there working with a chainsaw.
Lo and behold over he comes when he is finished and tells me "I haven't forgotten about you". Laugh, I nearly wet myself!
Then went on to explain that he couldn't operate the digger as he has a piece of glass embedded in his hand since February and he has finally got an appointment for an operation to remove it.
I didn't bother to point out that the glass wasn't a problem when he was using the digger across the road in April or when he was operating the chainsaw 10 minutes previous.
An unspecified amount of time,
similar in meaning to manana, but definitely Cornish.. it means it'll happen .. . dreckly...
the boats will be back from fishing, dreckly.. '
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dreckly
Most though go for quinze jours - 15 days. All quotes will be ready in quinze jours - no, honestly!! Fat chance!
"It's like your mañana, but without the same sense of urgency."
Apologies for any national stereotypes that may have slipped in there.
Today, tomorrow, mañana -- never!!