Gas pipe leagage. I hate my house...

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2, A friend while looking after the property as the owners were on holiday ,and didn’t realise the gas fire was not lit & left the gas on , then lit a cigarette .... the friend lived but only after spending three weeks in hospital .

Unfortunately, friends willing to put themselves through a gas explosion just to make our insurance claims more plausible are rare indeed.
 
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Gas leak is no joke. A few weeks ago a building near my home had a gas leak and blew up. It threw folks out of their bed for miles away. it is a busy building with stores in it. Had it been later in the day or the next day, the building would have been packed. As it happened early in the morning, it blew up after the few folks around were evacuated so there were no injuries

https://patch.com/maryland/columbia/gas-explosion-columbia-business-building-draws-emergency-crews
 
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Gas leak is no joke. A few weeks ago a building near my home had a gas leak and blew up. It threw folks out of their bed for miles away. it is a busy building with stores in it. Had it been later in the day or the next day, the building would have been packed. As it happened early in the morning, it blew up after the few folks around were evacuated so there were no injuries

https://patch.com/maryland/columbia/gas-explosion-columbia-business-building-draws-emergency-crews

Didn't a McDonalds or Kentucky Fried Chicken blow up recently?

Nope - Pizza place and also a KFC

https://www.foxnews.com/us/at-least...t-pizza-restaurant-in-florida-shopping-center

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/kfc-restaurant-explodes-in-north-carolina
 
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So today the plummer came by with a elderly guy who was in his 70's. Typical Amsterdam construction workers who talk more than fixing things. Conclusion: they will come back a third time and than they will fix it. I called another plummer. Good news is that the sun will return to Amsterdam. This weekend 25 degrees...😁
 
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So today the plummer came by with a elderly guy who was in his 70's. Typical Amsterdam construction workers who talk more than fixing things. Conclusion: they will come back a third time and than they will fix it. I called another plummer. Good news is that the sun will return to Amsterdam. This weekend 25 degrees...😁

What do they plan to do the second time they come?

I'm guessing 1st visit talk, 2nd visit take measurements, 3rd visit fix things, 4th visit do it right.
 
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What do they plan to do the second time they come?

I'm guessing 1st visit talk, 2nd visit take measurements, 3rd visit fix things, 4th visit do it right.
Haha. Yes. Something like that!
 
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In Amsterdam are house boats cheaper than houses or not really? Always been curious about that
 
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In Amsterdam are house boats cheaper than houses or not really? Always been curious about that
Not really. Sometimes houseboats are even more expensive because of their location. It's really about location what sells.