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Offline roberto

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burst pipes in canterbury after the big snow....
« on: June 09, 2012, 09:24:08 AM »
yesterday at 4pm I got a call to head up to hawarden to investigate some burst pipes at a elderly mans house (caused by the cold temperatures/snow) when I got there I found four leaks under the house, the man told me "I've had no water for three days and the only way I could get hot water was to collect some snow and boil it in the jug!"
 
So I thought "bugger that!!, Im not going to leave him (he lives on his own) with out any water for another two days" and there I was crawling under the house till 7pm in the freezing cold repairing burst copper pipes, after repairing the four burst pipes, I was exausted, we turned the water on and it was all fixed, the man said "thankyou very much!, now at least I can use the toilet!!!" and he gave me a leg of ham -Awesome!!!

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Re: burst pipes in canterbury after the big snow....
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2012, 09:43:31 AM »
Well done mate!!!
Have you learned lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you?  Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed the passage with you?  (Walt Whitman 1819-1891)  American Poet

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Re: burst pipes in canterbury after the big snow....
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2012, 10:23:45 AM »
primo man, thats what being a plumber is all about. helping people in times of need.

 good on ya mate.   8)
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Re: burst pipes in canterbury after the big snow....
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2012, 01:36:45 PM »
Well done alright!  a well deserved beer to go with that ham.
''Never have so many been fooled by so few''
Plumbing is not a career it is a disease....


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