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Good to hear they are ok..

Fuck. Must have been a right shock for you, but not as much as it was for them. Glad they're ok, though.

Glad everyone's ok, Dave. x

Bloody hell. Hope everyone comes out ok.

Thanks all. Dad's currently wrapped up in bureaucracy as both his driving license and insurance certificate are in Middlesbrough

Bloody hell! Glad they're OK, Dave.

Glad to hear they're both okay.

Can't the police access all of that sort of thing anyway?

Phew! I'd still be shaking now - maybe that accounts for the straps!

Also very glad Dave. Hugs x

I have a leak in my bathroom. There was a drip of water coming down the wall last night downstairs.

I'm hoping that if I reseal the bath, that'll fix it. I hope it's nothing more expensive than that! Pipes don't normally just start leaking do they? The water pipes have been under the bath for year. I don't see why they'd start leaking now?

Us getting in and out of the bath repeatedly caused the join between the plug and the pipes to break, leaking water through our floor into the flat below when the bath was emptied.

But yeah, pipes can just crack or erode, especially if there's been extremes of hot or cold recently. You might be best off calling a plumber in case it gets serious, or at the very least telling everyone in the house where the water shut off is, and checking it works.

If you have shower over the bath and the water is coming down more after you've used it then it might be the bath seal but otherwise it probably isn't. Can you take the panel off the bath and have a look?

I'm pretty sure it's not the plug as it's in the wrong place. I'm going to seal it tonight and tape an old shower curtain inside the shower, around the walls so that it can't leak.

I'll then be able to see if it's a pipe or the seal.

A true scientist.

A true process of elimination! This time next week, I'll be leak free.


I hope...

Speaking of leaks, I only found out last week that a leek is basically a big onion. I'd had it boiled to death so many times as a child it had no flavour left. Hated them then, love them now.

TAKE THAT WALES

Well it looks exactly like a huge spring onion, so not a great shock.

An allium, indeed.

Not exactly like.

I learnt that broccoli, cabbage, kale and brussel sprouts are all the same type of plant.

Sprouts are tiny cabbages! I didn't know about the others. I'm surprised cauliflower isn't related to broccoli, though.

That's the same plant as well! And collard greens and kohlrabi! The exact same type of plant!

How's the leak, TheVision?

Thanks for asking! I took the bath panel off last night and I'm 99% sure that it's not a pipe that's leaking. Everything seems sound under there and I ran the taps for ages and nothing seemed to be wet.

After that, I resealed around the bath tub and around the taps again with silicone.

Hopefully that's done the trick! I taped an old shower curtain around the bath to stop the silicone getting wet so I could just leave that there forever. There's no danger of any water getting through that... ever! It looks lovely too.

Well done.

Bah, abnormal cells found as a result of a procedure I recently had. I only went to get a test because of unexpected bleeding. So that's not the best news I've had this week! However, it's relatively common and doesn't always result in cancer - especially if treated early so that's something.

Best of luck, chick

Always better to know about it.

I suspect it's going to be fine. The screeners err on the side of caution from my understanding of the process. Still, not terribly pleasent but I hope you're ok.

That sucks, but always best to catch anything early. I'm sure you're in great hands.

Fingers crossed for you, flis. Don't forget there's also the small chance that they are abnormal mutant cells because you've been bitten by a radioactive spider and might become spiderwoman. I don't think the Isle of Man actually has any tall buildings to swing between, but I'm sure it would still be useful.

Clouded in secrecy is that place. Even the cats have no tales to tell of.

Fingers crossed..

I only came to complain about an abscess in in my mouth which is cause bad toothache, and that I might have damaged a rotator cuff in my shoulder...

So no beer or swimming for a while

I have some (obviously secondhand) knowledge of this. It's extremely routine, there's a quick and painless procedure they will do to remove the cells and that will be that. It's nothing to be worried about at all.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36458472

Fuck me, there are times when I wonder if we should have a death penalty.

He gets 22 life sentences and could still be out at 53 when he will be more than able to offend again.

Now, that's the very definition of a Freudian slip!

Just got a text message from the landlord, she's selling the flat.

So much for long term. Cunt.

She can't kick you out because she's selling up. If you've got a rental contract she's selling it with tenant in situ.

I think she's going to try doing that. I just pray the rent doesn't go up because we're already paying much more than we get for it and can't afford more.

Our initial contract was for a year and we don't have one now. So yeah hoping for the best ATM. It was hard getting settled here and I finally see it as a home. Typical.

They have to give you 2 months notice.

You should be on a rolling 1 months contract. Could be worth checking your agreement

We don't have any contract fella. We signed an initial one year contract and after the end of the year we didn't get another one because we agreed (over the phone) that we weren't about to go anywhere and she wasn't going to sell (instead keeping it until she retired or it was paid off etc) so yeah, no contract.

Maybe in the eyes of the law it is what you say, a one month thing. She has said that she's going to try and sell it with us in it so I guess the only thing I can really do is just hope that we can stay here. Otherwise I will probably end up doing another stint in the local nut house because already just after her text I am having terrible trouble coping.

Just spoke with housing. Apparently if you don't sign a new contract it means you basically just use the one you signed back when. So I don't know about that as it's been a while and will need to find it (Mrs JC should know where it is).

So yeah, let the stress commence.

Kovacs is correct.

At the end of the fixed term of an assured shorthold tenancy the tenants automatically move onto a rolling month-to-month contract unless a new fixed term is agreed. All existing tenancy terms remain in force (eg. any clauses about when rents can go up, covenants regarding pets, etc.)

During this month-to-month period, the tenants can end the tenancy at any time giving one month's notice, and the owner can end the tenancy at any time giving two month's notice.

Your contract is actually irrelevant here -- these rules around month-to-month are part tenancy law that sits outside your contract.

Thank you I really appreciate that. As much as it has broken my heart I have already realised that I need to get my arse in gear and gtfo of here. I don't want to pay her mortgage right up until she sells the place given her rather ignorant way of telling us so I need to be proactive.

I've already spoken to housing and they are looking at properties for people with disabilities. Living somewhere where you can be kicked out at any minute really hasn't been good for Mrs JC or I. Our landlady is incredibly callous any way and we've had a few problems since living here.

So as much as it saddens me (and it does, I'd finally settled here and felt safe) I think I need to get with the program and get out as quickly as possible. Maybe we can find somewhere where we don't pump heat out of leaky windows all winter.

Unfortunately it is the joys of renting.

I would do what you are doing and look, or get another fixed term contract for 1 year, to make you feel more secure.

Up and at 'em, champ. It's a speedbump, it hasn't caused a dead stop.

When we sat down and explained to her that we were both not very well and needed security she was quick to point out that she was 49 years old and would be renting the property until at least retirement age. That gave us what? about fifteen years. That was the only reason we accepted her terms (she charges £70 more than we are allowed per month for rent as an example to those terms and she fucking knows it too) and so on. We were homeless basically and desperate to find somewhere stable.

Mrs JC has been quick to remind me every time we pay her rent that she could kick us out at any minute but me being me I decided to just do an ostrich. What you can't hear doesn't matter and all that....

I don't know why she's selling. Maybe the latest news on property prices about to take a shit? maybe she's got financial difficulties? etc. Thing is this can not keep happening because neither Mrs JC or I are in a financial position to keep moving all the fucking time. It's fucking expensive and we don't have a large pit of money to dip into.

So the aim now is to get the fuck out of the private rental sector. It's full of fucking leeches any way who just want mortgages paid.

And of course we are discriminated against all of the time with gold like this one -

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to- ... ype%3DLIST

pets and housing benefit may be considered with an increased deposit

That's pretty mild actually, most just point blank refuse to rent to us.

I feel for you, but you really can't be kicked out at any time, you get 8 weeks notice.

Contact the council and see what can be done.

Are you renting direct?