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Saw Happy Feet today with mum and sister. Awwww! Some really gorgeous animation and I so want a mumbles/gloria plush toy.
But I was reminded why I go to the movies so rarely. Apart from the price (for this one I had a ticket I'd been given by work (back in April) that needed to be used by the end of the year and an extra one for mum), and now the absolute annoyance of allocated seating (though mum said we needed an aisle seat as I'm claustrophobic (and if there were any problems with that request she was going to tell them that I'd scream down the cinema)).
I find it impossible to sit comfortably, I usually have trouble with hearing all dialogue (and mum had a lot of trouble), I hate all the other people and their talking and rustling and thumping seats and being generally annoying, you can't rewind if you miss something - give me a dvd in the comfort of my own lounge chair any day.
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Parents - let your children grow up to be plumbers so they can keep you in the lifestyle you wish to become accustomed to.
We have a sewer problem. Blocked up 15 months ago and then at the end of November, then 3 days later, then 3 weeks later...the last two were covered under the guarantee of the November fixing, but it's just going to block again. The plumber claimed that the bends near where it goes into the mains needs to be replaced, possible slippage and roots. We were wondering whether he was dudding us. He gave us a quote of nearly $2000 (which is extremely difficult for my parents).
Mum and dad decided to get a second quote from a bigger company. They came this morning (ringing at 7.10am and arriving 10 minutes later - we were impressed - NOT! we are not morning people, no one should ring before 9-10am weekdays and 11am weekends). And quoted $3000!
Dad said no thanks, we had a much better quote, and the bloke said pay peanuts you get monkeys doing the job... Since when has plumbing been brain surgery? All they have to do is dig a hole, take out the old bends, double check for roots in the remaining pipe, put in the new bends/pipe, join it up and put the dirt back on top. Dad had been trying to find if he knew anyone who was a licensed plumber just to oversee him doing it. Because apart from the fact it would do him in physically and there's insurance/workcover issues (it's out on the nature strip), Dad is quite capable of doing it.
Yes, it is hard work physically and they tend to have to retire early beause their bodies go kaput, but surgeons charge less than that and you're putting your life in their hands, not your shit (well some surgeons...) And the price difference between the quotes is past ridiculous - does the second plumber have some patented digging technique?
The first plumber has been called, he's getting the paperwork done (the ring before you dig to check where water/electricity/gas etc are - dad knows there's nothing there except for the stormwater pipes he layed, but it still has to be done). Hoping next week possibly.
But I was reminded why I go to the movies so rarely. Apart from the price (for this one I had a ticket I'd been given by work (back in April) that needed to be used by the end of the year and an extra one for mum), and now the absolute annoyance of allocated seating (though mum said we needed an aisle seat as I'm claustrophobic (and if there were any problems with that request she was going to tell them that I'd scream down the cinema)).
I find it impossible to sit comfortably, I usually have trouble with hearing all dialogue (and mum had a lot of trouble), I hate all the other people and their talking and rustling and thumping seats and being generally annoying, you can't rewind if you miss something - give me a dvd in the comfort of my own lounge chair any day.
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Parents - let your children grow up to be plumbers so they can keep you in the lifestyle you wish to become accustomed to.
We have a sewer problem. Blocked up 15 months ago and then at the end of November, then 3 days later, then 3 weeks later...the last two were covered under the guarantee of the November fixing, but it's just going to block again. The plumber claimed that the bends near where it goes into the mains needs to be replaced, possible slippage and roots. We were wondering whether he was dudding us. He gave us a quote of nearly $2000 (which is extremely difficult for my parents).
Mum and dad decided to get a second quote from a bigger company. They came this morning (ringing at 7.10am and arriving 10 minutes later - we were impressed - NOT! we are not morning people, no one should ring before 9-10am weekdays and 11am weekends). And quoted $3000!
Dad said no thanks, we had a much better quote, and the bloke said pay peanuts you get monkeys doing the job... Since when has plumbing been brain surgery? All they have to do is dig a hole, take out the old bends, double check for roots in the remaining pipe, put in the new bends/pipe, join it up and put the dirt back on top. Dad had been trying to find if he knew anyone who was a licensed plumber just to oversee him doing it. Because apart from the fact it would do him in physically and there's insurance/workcover issues (it's out on the nature strip), Dad is quite capable of doing it.
Yes, it is hard work physically and they tend to have to retire early beause their bodies go kaput, but surgeons charge less than that and you're putting your life in their hands, not your shit (well some surgeons...) And the price difference between the quotes is past ridiculous - does the second plumber have some patented digging technique?
The first plumber has been called, he's getting the paperwork done (the ring before you dig to check where water/electricity/gas etc are - dad knows there's nothing there except for the stormwater pipes he layed, but it still has to be done). Hoping next week possibly.