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d000hg replied

30 March 2020, 18:13
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

Screwfix are asking that you use the home delivery service rather than click and collect.

They're selling sod-all too. They and B&Q have decided for us to only sell 'essential' things where they decide 'essential' basically means things for tradespeople to carry on working.

El Gov say we should buy online, our biggest online DIY retailers then decide not to sell. So I have to pop to my local hardware store in person.

Back OT: maybe he needed windows urgently because he was refitting and had a hole in his house
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ladymuck replied

30 March 2020, 13:38
Originally posted by Andy2 View Post

The man is a hero. Give him a medal or something.
if i asked my wife to sit in the boot I will be walking home

After you got out of hospital with two broken legs?
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Andy2 replied

30 March 2020, 13:37
The man is a hero. Give him a medal or something.
if i asked my wife to sit in the boot I will be walking home
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ladymuck replied

30 March 2020, 13:14
Screwfix are asking that you use the home delivery service rather than click and collect.
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SueEllen replied

30 March 2020, 13:04
Originally posted by xoggoth View Post

Still wondering if I can sneak to Homebase for DIY stuff. Why are hardware stores still allowed to open if not? DIY is an essential way to cope with isolation. If I go mad and run around shooting people I shall blame my mental state on a lack of latches for my cupboard door.

From the plethora of Homebase emails I'm receiving I think they may have shut up shop. You are better of going to one of the DIY places that have a trade counter as well as they will be open.
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ladymuck replied

30 March 2020, 11:15
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Good to know you have boundaries! Not to mention self esteem.

That and we all know how big the boot of my car is...
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scooterscot replied

30 March 2020, 10:45
Originally posted by xoggoth View Post

Still wondering if I can sneak to Homebase for DIY stuff. Why are hardware stores still allowed to open if not?

For the same reason they have speed cameras on the motorway.
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scooterscot replied

30 March 2020, 10:44
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

FFS

Why did his missus go with him in the first place? I totally wouldn't have accepted being put in the boot.

Good to know you have boundaries! Not to mention self esteem.
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xoggoth replied

30 March 2020, 10:41
Still wondering if I can sneak to Homebase for DIY stuff. Why are hardware stores still allowed to open if not? DIY is an essential way to cope with isolation. If I go mad and run around shooting people I shall blame my mental state on a lack of latches for my cupboard door.
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HoofHearted replied

30 March 2020, 10:27
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

I would hope that a trip to buy some £15 windows wouldn't necessitate guns.

How about if you were gagged and bound then?
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LondonManc replied

30 March 2020, 09:42
Who says a man can't pack?
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AtW replied

30 March 2020, 09:03
I guess his wife never seen Jackie Brown...
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BrilloPad replied

30 March 2020, 09:03
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

FFS

Why did his missus go with him in the first place? I totally wouldn't have accepted being put in the boot.

HWMBO has to put up with it...
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ladymuck replied

30 March 2020, 09:02
Originally posted by AtW View Post

Not even at a gunpoint?

I would hope that a trip to buy some £15 windows wouldn't necessitate guns.
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eek replied

30 March 2020, 09:01
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

FFS

Why did his missus go with him in the first place? I totally wouldn't have accepted being put in the boot.

I suspect he didn't realise / think about where in the car he would need to put the windows when he left on the outward journey.
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