Another thing that annoys me is everything we are expected to do online now.

My car insurance renewal is due soon,  so I fiddled about for over 3 hours this afternoon  going through quotes on one of those comparison websites.

When I finally found one I thought would be ok,  there was just a couple of things I wanted to clarify,  but it would probably have been easier to break into the tower of London than actually speak to someone at the prospective insurance company.    Nothing but those 'Quick Chat'   things where you have to write it down and wait for their reply from one of those robot things. 
It eventually answered but just said 'Could I rephrase my question'! 
So I wrote it out again.
Still nothing.  Eventually it said they would put me through to a person.   Yay . .  at last.
Only thing is,  'the person'  just let it ring, and ring, and ring . . .
And in the end yet another recorded voice comes on saying would I like a ring back  . . . .    and so it went on.

I decided to tell them to stuff it,  and tried a different company.   After about 30 mins of trying,  I still never got to actually speak to a human being there, either.     

All I wanted to know was could they send my documents through the post,  as I didn't want to only be able to access them on a computer.    Is it too much to ask for a proper letter and booklet nowadays?? 

 

The young boiler man finally got here this afternoon.   He only looked about 15,  but was a nice lad.
Anyway,  after he'd been fiddling out with it for a little while,  he asked me to turn the hot tap on and much to my delight,  hot water poured out.

The long and short of it was,  he said he couldn't find any faults!
I said if he couldn't find anything wrong,  I am not convinced that by the time he got a mile up the road, it wouldn't conk out again.   
He said if it did,  just press the 'Reset'  button and showed me which one it was.
If it went out again after that,  he said to ring them again,    even if it was over the  weekend,  and they would come back.

Most odd.   I am pleased in one way, (financially),    but  a little concerned because I still don't know what made it die yesterday.   Do I trust it I wonder?  I worry about a  possibly faulty gas appliance.

I don't know what they will charge me for the call out yet,  no doubt the boss will email me in a day or two with the bill.

That surprised me - even Vance is criticising it. This sort of thing stopped in the century before last in the civilised world.

Every day Bert had more aches and pains
Hair falling out and varicose veins
Of course he had the warmest heart

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 02:35:20 PM£50 sounds a bargain. Especially with an old one as it probably needs the burner given a clean and maybe the pilot light adjusting. All they do with a new combi is stick a gas analyser in the flue, turn on your hot tap and scratch their backside while preparing a bill for £100 and running up your gas and water bills. Nothing to take to bits. Money for old rope but needed to keep the warranty valid.

That sounds about right, Klondie.  

I think my boiler service last year was £90.  Bound to have gone up this year.

Every day Bert had more aches and pains
Hair falling out and varicose veins

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JB, I assume that I've missed previous posts (due to my 6 or so months sabbatical) about Marge's wrist damage.  Can you give me a clue as to where about on here they might be so I can get myself up to speed?

He's not wrong is he ?