delthedriver wrote: » The bare cheek!:D
missjm wrote: » 800 euro for a see through dress. It truly is the Emperor's new clothes!
Howard Juneau wrote: » It's covered in Swarovski crystals, very blingy, might look well at a certain type of wedding.
Ciarrai76 wrote: » has anyone had a water meter installed at their property yet? Ours is being done tomorrow....yay....grrrr!!
kn wrote: » I have the shotgun in the hallway locked and loaded.
Ciarrai76 wrote: » I'm a bit concerned though... we have brick cobble stones in our drive which go right to the gate, then there's the public path, which has the water stopcock (?) just outside of gateway and I really hope they don't damage our brickwork on the edge of the driveway. I think I may have to go chat to one of them and make sure they don't do any damage to it.
Kerrydude1981 wrote: » They might just take up the public footpath and install the meter near the stopcock.
kn wrote: » Take some 'before' photos on your phone, or a digital camera, if one is handy.
Howard Juneau wrote: » I see a lot of cones were put out in Boherbee earlier today, still there now as I passed by & nothing had been done. Wonder if this is water meter related?
Ciarrai76 wrote: » yeah, that's what they appear to be doing. I just walked up the street to see what they are doing with others, and he said they won't be touching anyone's driveway. They have just burst a pipe by the looks of it outside someone's house though, water spraying everywhere!! I would love if they could put our stopcock deeper though, its far too close to the surface! I know they won't be doing that, but its a pity it wasn't done properly first day. A plumber was looking at it one day & couldn't believe how badly it was installed, its not even centred to the cover!
ongarboy wrote: » Funny you mention this, a Irish Water van pulled up on my folks estate this afternoon too so it looks like the installations are starting very soon in Tralee. As regards new businesses, I noticed today that a mobile phone accessories/parts shop has opened in the old Quinlans fishshop (next to new Quinlans fishshop). It looks like the cafe (Riordans?) that was on Russell St (up from Gamestop) is also being renovated (I glimpsed a salad bar type counter through the window so guessing it's another cafe or food style store)? One more for the boardsies to review!:P On a dud note, it's still officially September and Penneys have Christmas decorations for sale! :rolleyes:
delthedriver wrote: » Delighted to see the Water Board have employed professionals. I guess by the time they find my house, they'll have had plenty of practice installing meters.! Personally I don't have an issue with paying for water, it is a valuable commodity. Too much water is wasted around the country, in particular by the Water Board meter installers!:D
Howard Juneau wrote: » The mobile phone store is just a relocation of an old store that was in the Tralee Shopping Centre. The new opticians in Ryle & Nolans old store is coming along well, and Xtravision finally closed their doors last night.
Ciarrai76 wrote: » yeah!! Im not too happy to have an extra bill to worry about, but I guess we have just over a year to worry about that! At least they didn't charge us to install them, then the shotguns really would be coming out!:mad:
michael999999 wrote: » Buy yourself a big plastic barrel and place it at the end of the wavin pipe taking the waste water from your fascia and soffit at the back of the house. You can use that water for washing the car, yard or watering any plants. You could actually use it for showering aswell if you diverted it to the tank in your attic. Would probably need a plumber to do that for you. Lots of easy ways to save water if you think about it!
michael999999 wrote: » I thought you would have bathed in Evian!
Ciarrai76 wrote: » ah did they, that's a shame. I see that HMV are going to be incorporated into some of the XtraVision outlets around the country. It doesn't look like that will happen in the Tralee store in Manor, although saying that they do sell music CD's so they may just improve on what's there. If they had kept the store in Abbey Court, it would have been great to have HMV there! ah well, sad to see it close, its been in Abbey court for many many years, albeit not in that particular unit, but still!
kn wrote: » They will be recovering the installation cost from you through the 'standing charge' when the billing starts.
carchaeologist wrote: » Bate in with shovels in tho good ol tiger days. Often seen it done with the rush to get the paths down. Anyone get a pre pay electricity meter fitted? There is literature relating to them in every house you'd be in lately.
delthedriver wrote: » Sign of the times. Though I think there are some signs that things are improving. It is amazing travelling around the country to see building going on again. I always live in hope! Looking at newsreel from Syria, Kenya, Pakistan Iraq etc. perhaps things are not too bad here.
