Pavel's eBar

[PTAO?]

Still more water under the sink this morning and spoke with plumber who asked me to identify exactly where the leak is so he can reduce the time in our house. If I find it, I'll bloody fix it!

Super glue and duct tape should sort it out.

Got any food dye?

[overseasTOON]

Woke up this morning;
There was a flood again.
Got down on my knees
Ooh the pain it sends!

Spoke with landlady, sent pictures and a 1000 word essay on what I've tried to do to find the problem and I quit. Send a plumber!

On the plus side; my washing machine is sparkling clean.

[overseasTOON]

Worse than I thought. Waste water is mixing with internal water and needs a load of work. Essentially everything we've drank,cooked with water wise has been contaminated with waste water.

[Hjl]

Worse than I thought. Waste water is mixing with internal water and needs a load of work. Essentially everything we've drank,cooked with water wise has been contaminated with waste water.

Wow definitely need to get that fixed. Do you have any leeway to have the land lady set you up in a hotel while it's fixed? I'm pretty sure the house isn't considered habitable if it doesn't have potable water.

[overseasTOON]

Worse than I thought. Waste water is mixing with internal water and needs a load of work. Essentially everything we've drank,cooked with water wise has been contaminated with waste water.

Wow definitely need to get that fixed. Do you have any leeway to have the land lady set you up in a hotel while it's fixed? I'm pretty sure the house isn't considered habitable if it doesn't have potable water.

No hotels etc are open so sort of stuck.

Father in law is heading to the supermarket now to pick up as many large water bottles as possible to cover drinking and cooking.

Guess we have to just live with it for a while.

[bodacious benny]

Worse than I thought. Waste water is mixing with internal water and needs a load of work. Essentially everything we've drank,cooked with water wise has been contaminated with waste water.

If none of you have been getting ill then hopefully it’s not too much mixing in? And good job you rent and don’t have to fork out the cost yourself!

[overseasTOON]

Worse than I thought. Waste water is mixing with internal water and needs a load of work. Essentially everything we've drank,cooked with water wise has been contaminated with waste water.

If none of you have been getting ill then hopefully it’s not too much mixing in? And good job you rent and don’t have to fork out the cost yourself!

We only noticed the issue 3 days ago so god knows what we've absorbed as likely been going for while. I think gin has been our saviour. Honestly!

[Hjl]

If none of you have been getting ill then hopefully it’s not too much mixing in? And good job you rent and don’t have to fork out the cost yourself!

We only noticed the issue 3 days ago so god knows what we've absorbed as likely been going for while. I think gin has been our saviour. Honestly!

Worked for the officers in the British army in India

[overseasTOON]

The missus was saying let's have a dry night.

Medically I responded, let's not.

Gin a hoy!

[biggeordiedave]

I love Donald Trump's logic. Responding to riots caused by the murder of an unarmed black man by Police by essentially threatening to murder more unarmed black men using the Military if the violence escalates.

[Blue & Maroon]

I love Donald Trumps logic. Responding to riots caused by the murder of an unarmed black man by Police by essentially threatening to murder more unarmed black men using the Military if the violence escalates.

I cannot understand their culture at all, how you can look at your country with a militarized police force, everyone and their mam packing a firearm and such massive, shocking and in my experience downright odd racial divide and think yes, yes, this is ok is completely beyond me. Even with Bojo and Brexit I wouldn't consider moving there.

I've only been to America once and I loved DC, don't get me wrong but the racial divide is just so weird. So many ethnic minorities in low paid shitty jobs who almost seem to treat you like you're in a servant master relationship. It's just bizarre and deeply unsettling.

[bodacious benny]

Trump clearly has psychological problems, there's no doubt about that. He's a complete liar and narcissist amongst other things, and being in such a position of power and probably functioning on minimum sleep magnifies his issues x1,000,000.

I've been to the US 6 times to different places and being honest I didn't notice a racial divide. In restaurants, cafes etc the staff were black, white, SE Asian - lots of different people. The 'servant master' thing you mention might be a case of when you're eating out places they are way OTT at being nice and helpful to you, but to me that's because they essentially get paid in tips only, so they go way overboard for that reason - probably even more so with tourists as they'd probably be likely to tip more. I know when I go out over there I always leave a decent tip as it's crap how they don't get a basic hourly rate.

[Blue & Maroon]

Yeah my brother said the same about the server stuff. Maybe it was just my own "bias".

[bodacious benny]

Some of them are so OTT it gets a bit nauseating

[Blue & Maroon]

Mrs' dad lived and worked in America a fair bit, he treats wait staff here like they do over there. I thought he was just flirting with them all the first time I went out with him.

[Colback's Orange Tufts]

I know we have poor areas in UK cities, dominated by one ethnic group. But I went to Chicago and we were walking down the front and ended up in the South Side (poor and majority African American). The stark divide in two blocks in terms of the general state of the city is breathtakingly awful. Similar in DC too. Its stark.

[bodacious benny]

I know we have poor areas in UK cities, dominated by one ethnic group. But I went to Chicago and we were walking down the front and ended up in the South Side (poor and majority African American). The stark divide in two blocks in terms of the general state of the city is breathtakingly awful. Similar in DC too. Its stark.

I loved Chicago (never saw that bit though, but I know there are stark contrasts).

Was it New Orleans that was decimated by Hurricane Katrina a few years back? The 'poor' areas were just completely left to go to ruin and nothing done. Disgraceful really.

[Colback's Orange Tufts]

I know we have poor areas in UK cities, dominated by one ethnic group. But I went to Chicago and we were walking down the front and ended up in the South Side (poor and majority African American). The stark divide in two blocks in terms of the general state of the city is breathtakingly awful. Similar in DC too. Its stark.

I loved Chicago (never saw that bit though, but I know there are stark contrasts).

Was it New Orleans that was decimated by Hurricane Katrina a few years back? The 'poor' areas were just completely left to go to ruin and nothing done. Disgraceful really.

Chicago* was a great place to visit, but then you see this and think "oh wow I'm only seeing the really nice, and lets face it, white parts"

* the city not the sprawling suburbs. Spend some time in Batavia/Geneva, Illinois and its soulless and not great

[Sir Bobby]

Last September I took some edibles and went to Skid Row for a walk. A good activity if you wanna see the stark contrast between the rich and poor, whilst simultaneously getting your heart racing

[Don Sholeone]

Anyone watching the SpaceX launch?