Get a plumber next time....

[geoff]

In message , Brian Gaff writes

Err, sorry?

I thought best to snip the word logic there

[TheOldFellow]

The GOOD old days.

Now we elect (or not, it's a moot point) governments who plan (and I use the term loosely) to concrete over ours.

R.

[John Rumm]

I suppose since TMH had done work for them in the past, and presumably stuck to exactly the same published price list as then, was not expecting difficulties.

[John Rumm]

I went to school with a Nigerian lad. His father seemed to own half the country, and he was never short of cash - in fact he would normally have at least an order of magnitude more in his pocket than any of his peers. Tighter than a gnat's chuff he was as well! Perhaps its something in the national identity...

[Steve Firth]

Whatever, it's accurate.

[Derek Geldard]

They seem to be quite good with basic car fettling.It comes from running a stash of old cars in the family, back home in the village.

IME can't as a rule read or write English even after some years, BTW.

Derek G.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

My Pakistani neighbours don't own a car. The son carries out his business as a registered osteopath from the house.

Both he and his elderly parents speak excellent English. And given they have papers delivered I'd say it's safe to assume they can read too.

[Derek Geldard]

OTOH we've had 3 GPs with wives that clouldn't read/write English and my sister used to run a volunteer English language course for Pakistani women.

The wife of our local convenience store owner speaks no English and has to walk 2-3 paces behind him.

Your neighbours would appear to be very rich.

I bought a car valet voucher from Groupon, when I went to claim my valet I found that the Co. was 100% Pakistani, and only one (the boss) out of 5 could speak English despite them being in their mid-20s. This would appear to beg a lot of questions.

At least as far as women are concerned usually if they can't speak the language they don't learn, the husband simply wouldn't have it.

Derek G

[PeterC]

It's just African (and Asian). I was warned by an old girl friend to be wary of African women as they're interested only in money - my GF was born and raised in a village in Cameroon and she was no exception to this rule! An Indian friend of hers said much the same about Asians.

[Mark]

I doubt any plumber would have got out of bed for a job that cheap.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Not so in this case. The elderly parents always go out together, and will stop and chat to neighbours. Both of them.

[Dean Heighington]

That's what you'd think but then it's usually the one's you thought you had a good rapport with that f*ck you up down the line. I don't know why this happens but it does. Perhaps complacency on both sides plays a part. Who knows, but I've learnt to expect the worst but hope for the best :)