Unreasonable expectations and gardeners

[Deleted member 9648]

Did an EICR 18 months ago, this week an external pumped water system packed up. Connection cooked on an FCU. Apparently I should have picked it up on the EICR.....despite the fact that it's been working constantly for the last 18 months......Oh, and the gardener has said it must be on it's own circuit (it's currently fed perfectly satisfactorily off a local ring)….so why wasn't that picked up? The 'effin gardener said it's a regulation so it must be right.
Does anyone else find people think an EICR is a guarantee that nothing will go wrong for the next 1000 years and that the gardener knows more about electrics than the electrician?

 

[MFS Electrical]

Give the gardener your regs book and tell him to point out the reg.

Mucky paw prints no thanks tell him to buy his own and point it out

 

[MFS Electrical]

Give the gardener your regs book and tell him to point out the reg.

Mucky paw prints no thanks tell him to buy his own and point it out

Did an EICR 18 months ago, this week an external pumped water system packed up. Connection cooked on an FCU. Apparently I should have picked it up on the EICR.....despite the fact that it's been working constantly for the last 18 months......Oh, and the gardener has said it must be on it's own circuit (it's currently fed perfectly satisfactorily off a local ring)….so why wasn't that picked up? The 'effin gardener said it's a regulation so it must be right.
Does anyone else find people think an EICR is a guarantee that nothing will go wrong for the next 1000 years and that the gardener knows more about electrics than the electrician?

dont forget the plumber the gas man the postman and the milk man they all know more about our trade than we do

 

[Pete999]

Were you working in China?

Got taken out for a meal whilst I was in Russia (1987) went to a Russian Government Restaurant on the menu, Uzbekistan Kebab, nice I thought, give that a coat of looking at, didn't realise the Uzbek's kebab ed Gristle and fat, feet what ever, worst meal I have EVER had but had to persevere for courtesies sake, nearly brought it up in the restaurant, Kebab my foot, well almost.

 

[Squid]

Were you working in China?

Lancashire....... they are an odd lot up there......

 

[rapparee]

Got taken out for a meal whilst I was in Russia (1987) went to a Russian Government Restaurant on the menu, Uzbekistan Kebab, nice I thought, give that a coat of looking at, didn't realise the Uzbek's kebab ed Gristle and fat, feet what ever, worst meal I have EVER had but had to persevere for courtesies sake, nearly brought it up in the restaurant, Kebab my foot, well almost.

Did you get any decent feeds over there.


My boss was in China, he was sick of eating chicken feet. Apparently it is an expensive delicacy, they were trying to treat him.


We had a few Chinese guys come over to install new machinery. I asked him what was the maddest thing he ever ate.

Apparently you can go to a market, select a still live snake. The vendor will slice it open pluck out the still beating heart and place it in a vodka shot.

Supposedly when you drink it, it will make you more virile.

He kept saying how good it is for men.

 

[Leesparkykent]

I once had a customer question some work I done.The chap that he often sees on the morning dog walk said what I had done was extremely dangerous and against regs.....I had picked up a feed for a flood light on a carport from an external socket nearby using an external switched spur

 

[Pete999]

Did you get any decent feeds over there.


My boss was in China, he was sick of eating chicken feet. Apparently it is an expensive delicacy, they were trying to treat him.


We had a few Chinese guys come over to install new machinery. I asked him what was the maddest thing he ever ate.

Apparently you can go to a market, select a still live snake. The vendor will slice it open pluck out the still beating heart and place it in a vodka shot.

Supposedly when you drink it, it will make you more virile.

He kept saying how good it is for men.

only from her in doors, and some other Brit Wives. My Mrs was renowned for her Curries at Embassy lunches, especially by the Nannies employed by the high ups, they used to collar Her in the Embassy shop for left overs, sorry to see her go when we left post.

 

[Squid]

Did you get any decent feeds over there.


My boss was in China, he was sick of eating chicken feet. Apparently it is an expensive delicacy, they were trying to treat him.


We had a few Chinese guys come over to install new machinery. I asked him what was the maddest thing he ever ate.

Apparently you can go to a market, select a still live snake. The vendor will slice it open pluck out the still beating heart and place it in a vodka shot.

Supposedly when you drink it, it will make you more virile.

He kept saying how good it is for men.

Weird as China had a one chid policy for years..........

 

[FatAlan]

Must admit Tichmarsh and go have a lot to answer for. I thought gardeners specialised in growing plants. Theses days they’re more more like up their own backsides architects who design fancy structures dressed in a small amount of vegetation that mere mortals can only dream of paying for. Those beers I just had were very nice

 

[Spoon]

Were you working in China?

No. It was just a Chinese restaurant.

 

[1Justin]

I came across a gardener-installed socket outlet for a pond pump a foot underground the other day! Recently fitted, then back-filled below the tulips. (Screwfix IP66 one.. so must have been fine eh?)