Number crunching

stickywicket

I wasn't going to put this up but, as many of you know, I can resist everything except temptation

My bath lift failed, yet again, last night. It left me, clean, but only halfway up. It has form on this so we now have two batteries on permanent charge. Mr SW was despatched to fetch the second one. That one didn't want to get me out either. So, in a move we have now almost perfected, I swung my legs, inelegantly, over the edge of the bath and Mr SW hauled. And grunted. Unnecessarily loudly, I felt :oops:

So, this morning, I dialed the Bath Lift Helpline number.

Alas, this is no longer the number to ring, I was given the number of my local Social Services which I duly dialed.

Ah, I needed number number three for their Disability Helpline.

At number number three, the chap I needed to speak to wasn't there. He'd ring me back.

He did. While I was on the phone to a friend. He left me number number four to ring.

I rang number number four and found nothing happened. No ring tone. Nothing.

I checked the number he'd given me. I'd dialled it correctly but it did look odd. As in, one digit short.

So I dialled number number three again. (Please try to keep up with me :roll: )

They connected me to the nice man at number number four who said someone would ring me back. Next week.

Everyone I spoke to was kind and helpful. I'm sure they will deal with it as promised. I just seem to be besieged by numbers. And I have that old Flanders and Swann song running through my head – Twas on a Monday Morning When the Gas Man Came to Call

maria09

Hi SW
At least it failed half way
I keep imagining you stuck in the bath with the firemen grabbing an arm and a leg pulling you out
Sorry :oops: but just tickled me
I know what you mean about going round the houses to get to the right person used to drive me nuts at work especially when I ended up back at the same person I started with
Maria

DebbieT

I have no knowledge of the song but I got the gist

How annoying!! It sounds as tho ul be bathing in the kitchen sink until it fixed then!! :shock: Please be careful unless ure aim is to have sexy firemen pulling you out, hopefully more elegantly than Maria's imagery

xxx

DebbieT

I have no knowledge of the song but I think I've got the gist

I'm sorry you got stuck half way & how very dare Mr SW make noises out of all proportion

I think bathing in the kitchen sink will be safer unless, of course, you fully intend to use the opportunity to get hunky firemen in to rescue you? I hope it would be more elegantly than Maria imagined tho :shock:

I hope you don't have to wait too long for it to be fixed.xxx

DebbieT

I've tried posting on here twice SW, it keeps going to a MOD to be checked :shock: :roll:

I hope ure lift is fixed asap for you.xxx

dreamdaisy

Ooooh crikey, Sticky, it strikes me that you need some 'rude mechanicals' - maybe Mig and I can rustle some up (with or without Lycra). DD

stickywicket

maria09 wrote:

I keep imagining you stuck in the bath with the firemen grabbing an arm and a leg pulling you out :

That was very nearly what happened first time round, Maria, when I was down at the bottom. Unfortunately MR SW threw in some bags of concrete (missing my foot by about 1") and I managed to use them as a lever while he hauled. My own plan was the firemen

DebbieT wrote:

I've tried posting on here twice SW, it keeps going to a MOD to be checked :shock: :roll:

It's all the swearing, Debbie You really must stop

dreamdaisy wrote:

Ooooh crikey, Sticky, it strikes me that you need some 'rude mechanicals' - maybe Mig and I can rustle some up (with or without Lycra). DD

DD, I've read that last bit several times. You will know exactly what I'd like to reply but will also realise why I can't :oops:

villier

That sounds just as bad as these automated calls when you have umpteen options before you get to a real person. Errrrrm Flanders and
swan :oops: the 'rude mechanicals' personally I would rather have without.
Hope you get your lift fixed soon xx

hileena111

Hi SW
What is it with you and bath lifts
Hope they do ring eventually

Love
Hileena

maria09

SW
How about getting on that works by pumping air into it as a back up
Has MR SW got a lot of puff? Breathes I mean 8)
Maria

barbara12

SW...I hope they have been in touch..I should think Mr SW will be pleased has well as you....sorry but you do make me laugh...

dibdab

Maybe a supply of large helium balloons and a cylinder stored in the corner of the bathroom for such emergencies would fit the bill? :?