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Anyone fancy a guess what will break next?

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Tanaria · 23/09/2023 22:31

My car refused to start this morning and I needed to get the breakdown people out, who told me I'll be facing a £200-£1000 bill, depending on what the garage will find in the end.

I just wanted to go to bed a few mins ago, suddenly I couldn't shut my tap off anymore and it was all just pouring out. I shut off the main supply and am now waiting for an emergency plumber at £80 callout charge, plus labour and parts to fix this.

Since these things happen in 3s, what will break in the next hour and a half to completely bankrupt me?

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Tanaria · 23/09/2023 22:35

I mean, part of my roof has been replaced less than a year ago, so my money is on a window, or the ceiling in general.

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Tanaria · 23/09/2023 22:43

No one? I have an hour and 15min left before this day is over.

Someone could drive into my front gate.

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Jakethekid · 23/09/2023 22:46

Electronic stuff is always breaking down in my house !

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Tanaria · 23/09/2023 22:46

So I could drop my laptop or phone? I like it. Anything with water is currently out 😂

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TomatoSandwiches · 23/09/2023 22:47

I say your side of the bed, you'll get everything squared away with the tap and then be overcome with a wave of exhaustion and the second you set your bum on the bed to get in... Kaput!

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Tanaria · 23/09/2023 22:48

Ecxellent!

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declutteringmymind · 23/09/2023 22:48

I feel your pain.

My cars in the garage. Recalled and it's been there 4 weeks.

Apple Watch has just been replaced (FOC thank goodness but it was a faff).

Fireplace is being replaced next week (it's under guarantee).

Fed up of stuff breaking way before it's reasonable to do so.

My favourite frying pans handle fell off this week too but it's 16 years old.

DyslexicPoster · 23/09/2023 22:49

Washing machine. It's always my washing machine

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Tanaria · 23/09/2023 22:50

Can't be the washing machine. On account of no water flow in the house! Though I was an idiot and tried to get a glass of water and then remembered I can't use my tap 😂 Had the choice between whisky and Red Bull.

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Tanaria · 23/09/2023 22:51

My pets have free reign and constantly bump into things. Perhaps they can get the TV in the next hour or so?

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DanceMumTaxi · 23/09/2023 22:52

I’m going for fridge.

bluebeardswife7 · 23/09/2023 22:52

I thought you meant celebrity scandals and I was going to go for Chris Evans.

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Tanaria · 23/09/2023 22:53

Fridge is a good shout, though I have two, so unless both blow up at the same time it won't be a total catasthrophe.

Could the plumber completely wreck the stair carpet? Or perhaps smash my bathtub while they're at it?

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Mumdiva99 · 23/09/2023 22:53

As long as it isn't your heart then I'm sure you will survive.

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Tanaria · 23/09/2023 22:54

Mumdiva99 · 23/09/2023 22:53

As long as it isn't your heart then I'm sure you will survive.

Well, it can't be my account, that is already broken after today 😂😓

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 23/09/2023 22:56

Just saying...perhaps you should consider going up the stairs to bed on all fours?

Seems like the perfect evening for a cat or dog in Ninja Assassin Mode to lurk on the 7th step to me.

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Tanaria · 23/09/2023 22:58

Good shout, I hadn't thought of broken bones yet.

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Tanaria · 23/09/2023 22:59

Though my smart meter was acting dodgy earlier... perhaps my gas mainline is giving in?

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Divebar2021 · 23/09/2023 23:03

Well about a week ago ( at 04.00am) our shower screen exploded all over the bathroom. We have no idea why…. If it had been 10 minutes earlier I would have been flayed alive.

TroysMammy · 23/09/2023 23:04

Don't clean the bathroom like I just did at 10.30pm. I tried to take the toilet seat off and when I did it slipped out of my hands and fell on the floor breaking a corner off where the seat attaches to the lid. Why did I decide to clean the bathroom late at night and I don't even like cleaning!

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Tanaria · 23/09/2023 23:06

Late night cleaning is awesome. A broken toilet lid less so. I did the loo earlier today, though - that won't be it and thankfully I have a shower curtain.

But I have seen oven doors shatter like that; perhaps I shouldn't go near the thing anymore today.

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Tanaria · 23/09/2023 23:13

Keep them coming. Still waiting for the plumber (got told half an hour wait...) and would rather laugh than cry right now.

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PoseasRadicalActuallyMisogynistic · 23/09/2023 23:17

Better go to bed OP you don’t want to break any bones

fiddlesticksandotherwords · 23/09/2023 23:49

Divebar2021 · 23/09/2023 23:03

Well about a week ago ( at 04.00am) our shower screen exploded all over the bathroom. We have no idea why…. If it had been 10 minutes earlier I would have been flayed alive.

I see your shower screen and I raise you the bathroom lightbulb. I was once having a bath late at night, on my own in the house, and the lightbulb literally exploded, scattering a million shards of glass all over the floor, the towel, and me in the bath. So there I was, unclothed, soaking wet and in the pitch dark, surrounded by broken glass... That was a tricky moment.

easilydistracted1 · 23/09/2023 23:53

Well there's only ten minutes to go so I hope you have suffered no further disaster. I'm going for a glass of which you are reasonably fond just as you're trying to settle in. Inconvenient so counts but not too expensive

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