Month: December 2006

Songs of Praise

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I couldn’t think of any 80s children’s programmes that were shown on a Sunday and the only Sunday programme I could think of was Songs of Praise. Not that I used to watch it, you understand, but my brother was on it many many years ago singing in the choir. Ha ha, he had a choir dress on, or whatever you call them. V. funny.

Anyway, I couldn’t be bothered to go to the gym, so I went for a run instead. Along with continuing the 80s children’s programmes theme, I seem to be continuing the totally feeble theme. 1.5 miles, and I stopped three times. Yikes! But obviously it was v. important that I took a pic of this blackbird.

Next week I’m going to unfeeble myself.

I think it’s been a couple of days since I moaned about B and bloody Q so here’s a little rant.

Can someone tell me why I have to live with these two big boxes in my living room

just to get these four parts out of them?

Mad! I bet someone at B&Q thought they were being really clever thinking of that: “Hmm, the parts are from China, it’ll take ages getting them over here. Ooh, I know, we’ll send her a whole new sink and the fitters can take the parts out of that and then return the rest of the sink. That will be much easier than us taking the parts out of a sink we have here and posting them. I’m so clever, I think I’m going to ask for a promotion. Today teaboy, tomorrow CEO, yah!”

Twats.

Stats:
Miles: 1.51
Total time: 17:06
Average pace: 11:17 minute/mile
Average speed: 5.3mph
Max speed: 7.3mph
Total calories: 149
Weather: 51F
Birds sitting on fences: 1
Big boxes in my front room: 2
Music:
Eminem – Kill You
Courtney Love – All The Drugs
The Beta Band – Broke

Swap Shop

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Continuing the 80s children’s TV shows theme, this Saturday morning I swapped my bed for a run, although not as early as I was hoping I was going to wake up. My Garmin sprang into action this morning in the time it took me to think “I wish those bastards would stop chucking rubbish into my garden” and so off I went and bloody hell it was cold and windy, I almost gave up by the time I got to the bridge, but that would have been incredibly feeble – even for me – as it’s only about 20 yards down the road.

Thought going back for my parka and gloves wasn’t going to help my running so I carried on and decided to brave the marshes and took my camera with me, which was just as well, as I was a complete wimp today and did a lot of walking in between running a bit. The first photo opportunity was in the form of these birdies:

Then I stopped again a few yards down the road to take a pic of this sculpture, don’t know what it is, and can’t remember what it said. I’ll take a better look next time.

And here’s the Coppermill, it’s 200 years old. If you’re very bored, you can find out more about it here.

And just as I’m getting near the bridge where the girl was attacked, just to make me even more scared, there’s a big yellow sign there appealing for witnesses.

Should have worn my heart monitor today, would have found out my max rate at the speed I went through the bridge at that point.

Still, through the bridge and we get to a nice bit of scenery on the right.

Shame the view on the left’s not so pretty.

But then, hurrah, here are the cows. I like cows. It’s a shame there’s no penguins over the marshes as I like penguins even more than I like cows. Still, it’s probably best that I don’t get too excited, so maybe it’s for the best that there aren’t any penguins over there. Shame though.

And here’s the cow that’s always on its own. I want to know why it’s always on its own. Is it just a miserable old git, or did it piss off the other cows?

Here are the cows playing stare outs.

My legs aren’t this long, honest.

Then I got up to the horses.

And then chickened out and went back on to the road, therefore saving me going over the scary footbridge here

There you go. That’s how to train. Stop every few yards to take pictures of nothing in particular.

I promise to go running more next week. I didn’t go this week but in my defence, on Tuesday I went to see this play so at least it was about running, which is almost the same as doing it, right?

Stats:
Miles: 3.62
Total time: 48:03
Average pace: 13:17 minute/mile
Average speed: 4.5mph
Max speed: 8.6mph
Total calories: 387
Weather: 50F
Birdies: Lots
Sculptures: 1
Coppermills: 1
Signs appealing for witnesses: 1
Cows: 4
Horses: 2
Music:
Sultans of Ping – Psychopath
PJ Harvey – Teclo
OST 8 Mile – Battle
Hot Chip – Down With Prince
Half Man Half Biscuit – Bottleneck at Capel Curig
The Fall – The Knight, The Devil and Death
Daisy Chainsaw – Room Eleven
Cardiacs – All Spectacular
Blondie – Heart of Glass
Babyshambles – Fuck Forever
The Au Pairs – Come Again

B&Q bathroom installation – day 33

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It’s all very quiet on the B&Q bathroom installation front. Will have to kick some B&Q butt next week I think.

In the meantime though, it’s Friday, it’s five to five and you know what that means, don’t you? No, all you over 30 year olds, it doesn’t mean it’s Crackerjack, it means it’s BEER O’CLOCK, yah!!

I’m having pizza too 🙂

But I promise to go for a run in the morning, honest. Jogblog will be back.

(p.s. It’s not really five to five, it’s actually 6:18, but that wasn’t as catchy, nor was it the catchphrase of an 80s children’s TV show involving cabbages)

B&Q bathroom installation – day 32

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So now Parcel Force are lying to me too. The card I got on Monday definitely said they would try to deliver again on Tuesday or Thursday (there aren’t any other days beginning with a “T” that I’ve forgotten about, are there? I couldn’t really make out for sure what day it said but it definitely began with a “T”. Maybe it’s a special Parcel Force alphabet) but there was no card on Tuesday to say they’d called, and there was no card today, so where’s my bath panel?

They’re all in cahoots to piss me off 🙁

I don’t think I’ve said “cahoots” before though, I like it, I’m going to say it more often 🙂

Update
Thought I’d post some pics of what’s left to do. Even though I’m waiting for the end panel, why can’t they come round to finish off the sink, the floor and replace the ceiling light that they’ve left dangling? And get rid of the pipes they’ve left out in the garden. This is week six, it’s going to be going into week seven, ’tis not good.

Twats. I might ring them tomorrow, they’ve got complacent since I stopped ringing them every two minutes but I was getting fed up with being project manager, and at least I can actually have a bath now.

Update #2
Someone visited the site by searching for “should i pay up front for an bathroom installation”.  Ha ha, I reckon he/she has got their answer now!  🙂

B&Q bathroom installation – day 30

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At 9:50 I ring the installation centre and say Parcel Force tried to deliver the panel on Monday but I wasn’t in and they left a card to say they’d try again tomorrow but I still won’t be in, so can you organise a before 9am delivery please?  Man on phone says no, it’s coming from Parcel Force, I’d have to speak to them.  I say but I’ve been waiting for my bathroom to be finished for ages, this is the sixth week, can’t you send another panel out?  He says no, what Parcel Force will do is try to deliver three times and he can’t do anything until the delivery fails and they get the panel back, then he can arrange another delivery.

Twats.

B&Q bathroom installation – day 29

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Louise from the fitters rings at 11:25 and says have I got the end panel.  I say I couldn’t get the time off work to take delivery so it’s in transit.  Parcel Force tried to deliver it yesterday and left a card saying they’ll try again today or Thursday but I can’t read the writing on the card.

She says have I got the floor tiles?  I say yes, I’ve got the floor tiles and the edging.  She says and I’ve got a light suitable for the bathroom now?  I say yes, all I’m missing is the end panel.

She asks if I have a completion notice on site.  I say no.  She says if she sends me one can I sign it and tick box B to say the work’s not completed and that I need the end panel and floor tiles.  She says if I sign it then they can be paid for what they’ve done so far.  I say ok but what I really mean is get lost, I’m signing nothing, are you trying to be funny?

She says she’ll speak to her director and see if they can get an end panel from somewhere as they’d like to see the job finished.

I look on the Parcel Force website and see that they do a guaranteed 9am delivery and also Saturday deliveries, so if a neighbour hasn’t taken it in today, B&Q are just going to have to spend a few extra pounds and pay for a 9am or Saturday delivery.

B&Q bathroom installation – day 27

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I go to the store after work to pick up another piece of edging. I walk down the aisle thinking please, please, please, please, please be in stock and the positive thinking worked, hurrah, the colour I need is in stock. So I pick the right colour this time, pay for it and manage to get on the bus without snapping it. It arrives home in one piece, as does the bottle of wine I get on the way, yah!

All that’s stopping the bathroom being finished now (although I’m sure the fitters will think of something to delay it even more) is the end panel which I could get delivered on Monday if my boss hadn’t decided to be obstructive. Is he trying to get a job at B&Q or something? To be fair he has given me a lot of time off throughout this bathroom saga, but does he have to hold things up now at the very last stage? Aarrgghh!  Fingers crossed there’s a neighbour around on Monday to take delivery for me.

Oh well, Friday at last. And more importantly, beer o’clock at last, and a weekend without me having to go to B and bloody Q 🙂

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