Bloody tradesmen :-)

Jan 07, 2011 67 Replies

No it's not.

I don't recall any other country where you have to queue up once to pay for a little ticket for "whatever it is you want".

and then queue up again to exchange said ticket for the item(s).

tim

I'm afraid this has gone over my head

(and yes I do "understand" the value of Italian Lira)

tim

Posted by denizens of Ye Shedde. Think George Formby.....

The thread was originally in uk.rec.sheds and uk.d-i-y.

Mmmm, no, I'd rather not, thank you.

Used to be the case in Yugoslavia but that was in 1970. Dopiest arrangement I ever heard of.

And it turns out I was wrong, he wasn't hanged from a lamp post, it was an Esso garage, and posthumous anyway.

In message , tim.... writes

Ah - I was talking about paying at the till at the end

Hello Could you send me the details of the tradesman you used as I am in the Stourbridge area,just off the Thorns road,and am in need of someone to put some plugs in my house.

snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder2.co.uk

Remove the number two for proper address.

Kind regards MW

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