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Matt Inwood's avatar

Am feeling quite triggered reading about crippling costs on the same weekend that our boiler has just packed in, but know at least not to give Billy the Builder a call. Pricey stuff, this 2008 restaurant opening malarky. I didn't know that Carl Weathers anecdote: very good.

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Vanilla Black's avatar

So many interesting anecdotes from that Rocky movie. Hopefully that boiler is an easy fix, possibly the flux capacitor.

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Matt Inwood's avatar

It’s the pump, which has been replaced three times already. Time to put 18-year-old Bertha to sleep one last time. New boiler on Wednesday. New credit score low come Thursday.

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Vanilla Black's avatar

Tut! It’s always the pump.

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Giovanna S.'s avatar

some rogue robber from London 😆

Do you think those restaurants bought the cheese from the shops because those shops were popular, and so if they put their names on the menu they were able to charge more?

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Vanilla Black's avatar

Yes, exactly that. Good cheeses but you could find them elsewhere. Tag the fancy shop and add a few extra percent.

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Betty Williams's avatar

Ok, double cliff hanger this week! 🫣

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Vanilla Black's avatar

Hehe. Thanks for reading Betty.

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Vicki's avatar

You did so well battling through both of you, after each and every blow!! Proper grafters without ripping people off in the process

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Vanilla Black's avatar

Thanks Tricky, you’re the best.

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Giovanna S.'s avatar

Saved. Can’t wait to read this. Just woke up over here, and it’s way too early for a Sunday morning.

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Vanilla Black's avatar

Thank you and good day to you.

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Lisa McLean's avatar

Pow to the builder from York. I had a similar but totally different, yet the same experience with a builder.

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Vanilla Black's avatar

So annoying. But we learn.

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Dunk Parsonage's avatar

A builder, doubling their initial quote? Surely not..

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Vanilla Black's avatar

It happens.

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