...well, a man and his wife actually.
As a compromise with The Old Girl, instead of having new bathrooms and a kitchen built (her idea) we are installing new toilet pans and cisterns and I put in a new mixer tap and replaced shelves in the kitchen. I thought that this was a good result.
Installing new toilets is a job too far for me so we contracted our local plumber to do the job. As he has some health issues at present his wife is acting as plumber's assistant for him.
They arrived first thing this morning and are busy with the installation. As expected this requires a bit of adjustment with new holes being cut in the floor and wall so there's a lot of electric saw noises. Luckily The Old Girl's away and not working in her office (my study) which I've temporarily reclaimed.
I don't have any photos to show you yet but, fear not, there will be a follow-up to this post.
When the saw noises stop I can hear them discussing the job and the problems. Being a very old house there are always problems and I cross my fingers hoping that all will be OK. My ears prick up when I hear them say "Damn - this doesn't fit" or "I was sure that the pipe would go that way". In these instances I'd rather be the one who is away and get back when the job is finished but ... sometimes you have to 'man up'.
Oops ... I have to go and fix up some extra lighting for them. My apologies to that old whingeing guy who doesn't like half posts ....
6 comments:
It's okay, I only read half of this one. New habits are hard to break.
New habits are hard to break" said the Mother Superior.
Why is there not a speech mark at the start of the quote Didn't they teach you that in 3P in 1966?
RBB
A jolly good post I say.
Shouldn't there be a colon and a couple if speech marks in your comment about the importance of speech marks?
She also said "Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it".
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