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Old 12-03-2009, 05:25 AM   #6786
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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
A couple of years back my kids had ordered their gifts for everyone from Amazon and other places on line for last-minute UPS delivery. Turns out we had a terrible blizzard and the UPS deliveries slipped by one day. Christmas was on a Monday and UPS does not deliver on Saturday (at that time at least) and Saturday was a perfectly clear, driveable day!

They had to wrap up Pictures of the presents and put them under the tree for Christmas.

yep - Amazon did that to us one year - continually promising delivery by the 23rd ... leaving us too late to react when on the 23rd an e-mail arrived stating delivery would be in January !!!!

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My water heater is now fixed. It was a faulty diaphragm. This is a small circular disc of black rubber that costs an improbable £26.50, plus the plumber's time (total: £55).
So good - now you can enjoy the festivities without the worry. (ps to self need to order some oil).

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Well, at least now you won't have baby water heaters running around, when you weren't expecting them.....

Glad you have hot water!


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I'm lost here...
Try using a GPS you'll be even more lost ...
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