Comment from Realist101

Excellent

Hi Geoffrey! LoL! I had a bath redone once by someone that was very unprofessional. We paid out the nose and the tiles fell apart anyway! I wish you luck with your project and contest too! :) Nice to see you here. Susan

 Comment Written 27-Mar-2016

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reply by the author on 28-Mar-2016

Hi Susan. The job is over now. can't remember if I had this in a competition but thanks anyway.

Comment from BeasPeas

Excellent

I feel your frustration, having been there myself during
renovation projects. It does require a lot of patience
on everyone's part, but in your case your wife is disabled.
I hope everything is okay now. It's important for us to be
able to share our frustrations. Marilyn

 Comment Written 17-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 17-Feb-2016

Thanks Marilyn. Sorry no rewards left. Appreciate your great review. I said to my wife just this morning we have almost forgotten about all the dramas and seems like we never had them, now hehe. Thanks.

reply by BeasPeas on 18-Feb-2016

I'm glad things worked out with your project. Now you can enjoy it.
By the way, did you write a poem for this Picture This post? Marilyn

reply by the author on 18-Feb-2016

No I didn't sorry I have to get on and try and take part. I have so many projects.

Comment from seaglass

Excellent

He was blessed to have customers who could be flexible, The story reminds me of my father's experience of renovating a hundred year old house. Every project he started held a surprise that required more work than he anticipated. I learned patience watching him.

 Comment Written 13-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 13-Feb-2016

Thanks Sis. Actually we were very patient. It inconvenienced Louise greatly, and the delays were even more of an inconvenience. I have not talked about the temporary measures we had to take for her toileting etc. Technically these people should have done this repair free of charge as it was their fault it had the leak in the first place after they built the whole bathroom (was our third bedroom 10 years ago.)

Comment from Liberty Justice

Excellent

The repair man made some mistakes and got the measurements incorrect. He came back and made it right. He was real patient and curious and did a fair job. liberty justice

 Comment Written 11-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 11-Feb-2016

Hey NO! The repair man did NOT make it right! The tiler compensated in the pre-tiling preparation. Then the same thing happened at another job he had nothing to do with the people who made the boo boo on ours.Thanks for coming by.

Comment from Ben Colder

Excellent

Yes, it can be trying. I know. Especially, cutting a board too short or misjudge a distance. Yep, prayer for peace comes in handy. LOL. Good one Bro.

 Comment Written 11-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 11-Feb-2016

Thanks Bro Ben. Appreciate your lovely review.

Comment from William Ross

Excellent

Very good sort of fits in with the saying measure twice cut once, i was a cabinet maker. great job on this hope all goes well. great job on this thanks for sharing. Have a great day.

 Comment Written 11-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 11-Feb-2016

Thanks William get back to your stuff soon. I think my writing block has finally moved out hehe!.

Comment from Sandra du Plessis

Excellent

It is hard to get some one who knows his job he claimed to be an expert of. They mostly just take the job for the money and don't care about how they do the job.

 Comment Written 10-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 11-Feb-2016

Thanks Sandra. You are right about that. I just thought it was so funny the tiler copped two of the same thing on the one day and the other job was not done by the same people that did ours. ha.

Comment from Jacqueline M Franklin

Excellent

Hi, Geoff

= Poor Louise. I feel for here. This has been a long haul for her.
= Dealing with servicemen can be most frustrating, to say the least.
= Does he have to come and do more, or is finally through?
= Good luck in the contest.

* Cheers & Blessings *
Keep Smilin'... Jackie <> Jax (*<*)

 Comment Written 10-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 11-Feb-2016

Thanks sis no finally through just gotta pay for it now. Father in law has offered to help with that a bit too. planning on adding the story in my autobiography some where too.

Comment from ProSongwriter

Excellent

HI Geoff ...

So many horror stories about renovations gone wrong! And this is a perfect example. It is, indeed, so easy to lose patience ... particularly given the circumstances of your wife's impediments.

Your lines created good imagery and allowed the reader to "see" what was going on. Not easy to do, but you did a real nice jon with it.

Best to you and Louise ...

Alan

 Comment Written 10-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 11-Feb-2016

Thanks Alan appreciate you coming by. I need to get into more of these competitions.

reply by ProSongwriter on 11-Feb-2016

It was my pleasure! Best to you in the contest!

Comment from Pyrrho

Good

I know that the constraints on so-called free-verse are essentially non existent, but this one is a reason to write "essentially" before "non existent". I am incapable of accepting this series of couplets + a one-line satori as poetry.

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 Comment Written 10-Feb-2016

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reply by the author on 11-Feb-2016

Ah well I guess I have to have a critic come along every now and then thanks. As usual I don't expect to win anything. I am not one of the chosen few of the FS family.