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Great post. Nail on the head, methinks.

Ha! If the jobs had been done by Bert and his mates from the Frog and Gibbet for £50, I could maybe believe it. However it looks as though Bert and his mates from the Frog and Gibbet have got themselves proper employment, got web sites with testimonials, signwritten vans and have watched the odd...

Ah. Thanks for that. Just googled it, and yes, I think you're spot on. At least I know what to complain about now! Just shows you - these three jobs, roofing, guttering, render removal and then the new stuff - involved 4 different companies, all "well respected" and known. Just back in the...

I see you, and I raise you... ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXGddxDbOSU

And I am. "****ed off", I mean. First, it was a problem concerning a roofing job that wasn't finished properly, but only noticed after the scaffolding came down. Then it was some replacement seamless aluminium guttering that didn't get fitted, again post-scaffolding. Then the mess resulting from...

Caught something on TV recently - with the dreaded Maaaaaat Baaaaaaaaker - about the chair bodgers and pole lathes. Fascinating stuff.

Hey, everyone! Stuart's actually nailed one! Woo Hoo!

Thanks, chaps. I'll steer clear.

Always fancied having a crack at wood turning, and noticed that Lidl are restocking their Parkside wood lathe again soon. "Only" £90 or so, so interested... Should I be?!

Mississippi Queen, Mountain. Anything by AC/DC or Eric Gales.

Yes, that's exactly what Christine yelled!

Please, God... don't let me have to explain this one to Stuart....

Absolutely true story for you. It'll probably mean more to blokes of a certain age.... Now and then, it's suggested that ladies attend a certain clinic in order to make sure that...erm...certain of their parts are working as expected. Apparently it's fair from a pleasant affair - feet up in...

It's fairly obvious that The Guru doesn't buy his/her staff anything either. What's The Guru's motivation for buying (say) his/her spouse a present for an occasion? Does The Guru not think that's what folk do at Christmas?

He's usually a decent bloke, other than his habit of telling the adjoining workshop staff that if they don't like something, there's the door...

The odd bunch of flowers, the odd bottle that some business rep had given him but that he didn't drink, but always a card...

Careful of that halo of yours!

Too right...

Picked up Mrs.Cozzer from work for lunch on her first day back. She's been there for 10 years, working solely for her boss who's got to earn nearer £70k than £50k. Knowing that she forked out for a 5 mini-bottle set of Scotch whisky for him before Christmas, it dawned on me that she'd not said...