it never rains but it pours...

mark

mark

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soddin england game.

treat wor selves to new mattress, 400quid! went to pick it up 5pm. lashing down with rain (not good for matresses)

set off with aforesaid matress on roof rack 5pm

5.07pm cam belt breaks on car (ouch thats going to be expensive)

5.10pm calls AA

5.15 \"someone will be with you in 45mins\"

6.30pm calls AA

6.31pm \" we\'re really busy at the moment\" (still lashing down) \"some one from a third party garge will be with you in 15 mins\"

7.15pm calls AA

7.16pm \" someone will be with you within 10 mins they are stuck in traffic\"

7.45pm chap turns up with recovery truck

7.46pm \"your cam belt has snapped - you need a recovery truck I\'ll tell the AA\"

7.47pm chap departs hastily in his recovery truck

8pm calls AA

8.15pm AA calls me \"someone (not AA) will be there within 10 mins

9pm calls AA

for the next hour repeat the above 2 at 10 minute intervals

10.15pm 3rd party chap arrives in recovery truck

10.16pm \" I think all the AA/RAC chaps are watching the football\" he says with glee
this is my 18th call today

10.45pm arrive home.

10.50pm drag aforesaid expensive mattress up the raging torrent that used to be the track to the house

11.20pm discover that expensive matress is too big to go up the stairs

11.21pm start dismantelling staircase/banister

11.30pm give up the above pour large (pint) vodka/tonic

11.32 dog settles down on new luxury bed he thinks we have put in the kitchen especially for him

11.35 (the low point of the story) Realise I forgot to but any rizzlas on the way home, contemplate building a pipe from the handle bars of the bairns bike

I forgot to add that at 3pm the old matress went to the tip. so choices are :

sleep on the kitchen floor with dog on expensive matress

cry

run away and join circus or 4, all of the above

so does any one want to buy the worlds largest most expensive sponge, ready soaked with at leat 30 gallons of acid enriched rain, and liberally coated with dog hairs

I think I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue
 
This could turn into a \"remember what you were doing the night England got beat by Potugal in 2004?\" sort of thing.

We spent 5 hours in South Tyneside A&E Unit after Ian suffered a collapsed lung for the 2nd time in 2 years.
 
No that is not good at all Mark I know all about them mate. Not too good treatment from the A.A. either. Pretty disgusting that, hope you have them for it.

Jim.
 
Many thanks for all your comments,,,,,,I\'ll pass them on to Ian.

We had much the same treatment from the hospital, Mark.

Ian was rushed straight through to the treatment room and we had to go and \"book him in\". We were then told just to have a seat in the waiting area. 5 hours later, he came walking through the door and said that he\'d been told it was OK for him to go home.

Never once in those 5 hours were we told ANYTHING.

When he was discharged.....we were told NOTHING and seen by NOBODY.

We were told the 1st time that it wasn\'t an unusual thing in tall, slim lads in their late teens..........seems like they just treat it as a run-of-the-mill sort of thing.........BUT....it\'s still pretty worrying when you\'re sitting waiting for news for 5 HOURS and nobody has the decency to tell you ANYTHING.

He\'s still a bit fragile at the minute, but he\'ll be right as rain before you know it.
 
Only just read the thread Tony, Glad to hear Ian\'s going to be OK. Tell him to get well soon. (That\'s an order !!!!!)
 
Yep Tat (and everydody), thanks for your concern - he\'s right as rain again now.

Ell,
Thought I might aswell get this cleared up, now........just incase anybody elsse posted it..........this IS NOT me stabbing Ian with me filletting knife..... :D ;)

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[Edited on 29/6/2004 by TC]
 
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