Wonga watch - the grand unexpected expense list 2015

Malc · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2015 20:36

£3,000 on a leaky roof
£150 on a dodgy engine
£100 on lighting in the bathroom

It's only the ducking 5th!

Malc

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2015 23:16

Ouch.

Morte · **Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:57

The 173 Manat Bill <approximately 150 GBP> bill from the HR department for changing my flights covering the Christmas and New Year period for the privilege of WORKING over Christmas and New Year!

Flights that will have to be moved again as the German consultants working on one of my projects have updated me that their deliverables (that need to be signed off by management) will now be ready for walkthrough in the last week of January (a delay of one week) as they are having an EXTENDED NEW YEAR BREAK.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22393

How is that your bill to pay?

Morte · **Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:26

Because I asked to change the dates...and the rules in this benighted place are if you change your flights then you are liable for the re-booking fee. My manager has escalated it and it should be sorted out by the big boss but you never know in this place, it's full of job worths.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:34

You asked to change the dates at the behest of your colleagues, from what I can see. Deffo claim that back.

Malc · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2015 21:03

Now my American style Samsung fridge freezer has broken and we've had to get the double glazing sorted in 5 rooms too...

!

Malc

Malc · **Posted:** Tue Mar 17, 2015 22:08

Looks like it would cost half the price of a new one to fix it. So new one it is then...

£700

Malc

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11898

here you go, £159. http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/household- ... 4-pdt.html

Malc · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2015 17:34

We need more storage than that. Did think about getting 2 of them but in the end it makes sense for us to have one large fridge freezer that dispenses ice and water too.

£699 was the cheapest we could get. 10 year warranty on the compressor, 2 year guarantee on everything else.

Malc

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22393

I'm going for separate fridge and freezer in the new place, I think. Ends up a similar price in total, but for double the storage, however it does mean the freezer will be in the utility room.
What i'd really like is a large fridge with a small ice compartment (for ice cubes), but nobody seems to make them anymore. I'm going to have to walk to the other room to get ice for my gin, which i'm sure you'll agree, is a travesty.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2015 17:56

Hire some one to fetch ice.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2015 18:09

Trooper wrote:

I'm going for separate fridge and freezer in the new place, I think. Ends up a similar price in total, but for double the storage, however it does mean the freezer will be in the utility room.

If you've got the space in the utility room, I highly recommend a chest freezer.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26100

Really? I have one and I a) cannot reach the bottom, b) struggle to find anything that is not within the top 15cm of the freezer.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2015 18:13

Yes but you can store bodies

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2015 18:19

Mimi wrote:

Really? I have one and I a) cannot reach the bottom, b) struggle to find anything that is not within the top 15cm of the freezer.

But when you need solid blocks of ice for the BBQ, accept no substitute.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26100

That's a pretty niche usage requirement. Especially as I live in a flat :DD

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Have more BBQs. I use so much ice.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26100

I live in a flat.

You've been to my flat.

It is a flat,

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

Mimi wrote:

I live in a flat.

You've been to my flat.

It is a flat,

Bohemian poetry is so beautiful.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Mimi wrote:

I live in a flat.

You've been to my flat.

It is a flat,

It's fine - just open some windows!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38664

I have a chest freezer.

The kids like ice pops.

They live in the freezer.

The pops, not the kids.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26100

Near the top or the bottom?

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11898

In a chest freezer
Barbecue ice is made best
the ice cools our drinks.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22393

In a chest freezer
All the best food is within
yet i can't find it

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26100

I hate you all.

X

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

I hate you all. But
Only because I am too
proud to use a step.

X

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26100

I hate you most

X

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

Mimi wrote:

I hate you most

X

Whatever, you and Stringer bell can go and have a love fest and eat all the freezer food you like.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26100

Deal.

The ice cream is near the top. This is all I am interested in.

Be Excellent To Each Other

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