Jul 31 2008
renovation rage
Builder: you must want to shoot me, let me explain …[5 minutes creative explanation]
I wonder why he assumed I would choose a gun in a country who’s weapon of choice this summer is the knife. That aside, his cute Reading accent, entertaining excuses, with the lack of urgency for the renovations made the whole situation mildly amusing.
renovation rage
Oh the delights of the building trade.
They tell you ‘what’, ‘when’, ‘how’ & ‘how much’.
You say. That will do nicely!
Some time latter.
They say. ‘When’ did not meen ‘When’. It now meens ‘When +’ .
You say. that will do nicely!!
Finally. ‘When’, ‘What’ & ‘How’ arrives.
‘How much’ streaches unless nailed down on award of Contract.
and you say ‘never again.