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In praise of PigletJohn

84 replies

Giraffeski · 29/03/2014 16:45

I would just like to say,
PIGLETJOHN, HOW DO YOU KNOW SO MUCH STUFF?

I am in awe of your amazing general knowledge and would just like to say thank you for all the amazing advice you give on these boards.
I always think, PigletJohn will know the answer to this. And lo and behold, you always do!

So, ThanksThanksThanksThanksThanks

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EthelDorothySusan · 29/03/2014 16:52

He is fab.

read this

PigletJohn · 29/03/2014 17:18

hee hee!

Optimist1 · 29/03/2014 17:31

He is to household maintenance what Cogito and AF are to emotional stuff!

somersethouse · 29/03/2014 17:32

He helped me fix my dishwasher once, he is indeed, invaluable!

BrandyAlexander · 29/03/2014 17:41

Ohhhh. I never realised he was a "he"Blush. PJ is fab.

MargotLovedTom · 29/03/2014 17:42

This is a bit random but I always picture PigletJohn looking like Chris from Eggheads!

Unmask yourself PigletJohn Grin.

ViviDeBeauvoir · 29/03/2014 17:45

Another distant admirer.

Never have domestic appliance threads been so interesting! :)

Caoilainn · 29/03/2014 17:47

I praised him on the other thread and since then he has helped me sort out my decking Grin

ASmidgeofMidge · 29/03/2014 17:47

He is the household maintenance oracle

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 29/03/2014 17:49

Every once in a while there is an All Hail PigletJohn Thread so I am happy to see another Grin

Always well deserved. I'm more of a lurker than a poster on DIY/Property, but have learned SO much.

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 29/03/2014 17:50

Wonder if we could ever get him to come to a meet up Grin

MNHQ should do a web chat with him Grin Grin

youmeandus · 29/03/2014 18:27

another admirer!

ConcreteElephant · 29/03/2014 18:35

I am very easily swayed by PigletJohn's opinions - underfloor heating, cavity wall insulation, hard-wired thermostats.... He could be a 90 year old genteel lady who's never been near a tool box in her life but I'm convinced and store up all the imparted knowledge for when I might need it in the future. He has recently surprised me by branching out into Russia/Ukraine/Crimea. Not just a pretty DIY/Property face ;)

cowsarescary · 29/03/2014 18:40

He is infallible on macerator toilets.

OuterFromOutersville · 29/03/2014 18:41

Grin I'm always surprised when I see PigletJohn on non-DIY threads too.

So, does anyone know what PigletJohn actually does? I thought he ran several businesses, then today he mentioned his work shirts being super-white. Although, I suppose these things aren't mutually exclusive, hmm.

OuterFromOutersville · 29/03/2014 18:42

cows, now you've got me imagining a MasterMind specialist subject of macerate toilets Grin.

OuterFromOutersville · 29/03/2014 18:43

*macerator

TheDoctrineOfSnatch · 29/03/2014 18:44

"He is infallible on macerator toilets."

Alter the tense and you've got one hell of an epitaph there... Grin

PigletJohn · 29/03/2014 19:01

I thought everybody knew I run a therapeutic massage service in Hull?

Mrscupcake23 · 29/03/2014 19:04

Ha ha piglet john you get even better.

helzapoppin2 · 29/03/2014 19:54

Adding my praise, PJ!

Quinteszilla · 29/03/2014 19:56

He is truly both Omniscient and Yoniscient. Wink

Hobbes8 · 29/03/2014 19:59

Another thanks from me. He gave me ever so helpful radiator advice, which led me to google some stuff, which led me to find more advice he'd given on an old thread! I was hugely pregnant at the time and was super happy to get my heating on before I popped.

Giraffeski · 29/03/2014 20:33

Can you pop over and sort our heating out though PJ, the wall thermostat is indecipherable and we have lived in our house now for two years without being able to fathom it.
Am on the verge of asking the plumber to rip it out and replace it with one of those clock thingies with bots that you click in and out.

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MilestoneMum · 29/03/2014 20:45

I have lurked him long time!

But I fear I have incurred his wrath as DH has recently had our boiler put in the loft...Wink