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Old 14-03-19, 08:56 AM   #3837
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Default Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?

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Originally Posted by Littlepeahead View Post
Great idea isn't it Bill.

My brother in law is an electrician on tower blocks but absolutely definitely never does private work. He says his time off is too precious.

Except when my living room light packed up he said he'd fix it in return for one of my big, takes 3 days to make, lasagnes. The idea being that he spent time on my light, but in return a few days later he could 'make a home made dinner' for his wife that wasn't beans on toast and only required him to switch on the oven.

A fair exchange of labour, he got in the wife's good books, I didn't pay a fortune for a sparky.

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The best thing about the barter system is that the government does not get a slice ( of the lasagne either )..
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