Dog Poop, Plumbers & Wind Farms

Volvo stinks of dog poop. Why Dog decides that he has to poop in the back of the car as soon as we start moving beats me but poop he does and then walks around in it.

Number two plumber

I have to admit that I am impressed by number two plumber with a plunger's diagnostic skills. Since he turned off the water supply to the central heating header tank there has been no drip from the overflow pipe. He was obviously correct about the ballcock valve being faulty. The guy could have diagnosed a problem with the hot water cylinder and there is absolutely no doubt that muggins here would have paid for a new one.

I am pleased that I have been visited by an honest central heating engineer but absolutely gutted that I didn't/couldn't spot the ballcock valve problem myself but then neither did/could heating engineer/ plumber with a plunger number one who works for the same company as plumber with a plunger number two.

The faulty valve will not be fixed today as Mrs B has phoned them and postponed the visit until tomorrow as she has arranged for us to be out lunching with the anti windfarm brigade.

Anti windfarm brigade

I should point out here that the anti windfarm brigade were friends long before they became anti windfarmers. The truth of the matter is that they are not anti green, anti renewable energy, anti progress or anti save the planet. They are just anti "we're going to plant a forest of wind turbines at the bottom of your garden because it's in a beautiful and remote coastal area of Scotland that is not visible from anyone's office window in Glasgow or London so no one will notice the turbines except the small local community and you should be thrilled to bits to be making the sacrifice on behalf of the rest of the World and anyway tourists like looking at huge wind turbines so fuck you and your selfish whinging".