ali-s Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I've just been out to the freezer in the shed and everything has defrosted. It is a large chest freezer and it was full. Fruit and Veg from the garden. Homemade puds, ice cream, cakes and main meals, containers of soup, bread and rolls, the usual pizzas and oven chips etc and lots of raw meat. OH (I know it was him) was using a socket next to the freezer socket on Saturday morning when he was sawing up logs with his circular saw whatsit. He must have switched the wrong socket off. The freezer plug is still plugged in but the switch is off, the socket next to it is empty but the switch is still switched on. This is not the first time he has done this Just wait till he gets home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 So annoying I wouldn't like to be him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Can you claim on your house insurance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 We can claim on the insurance, we didn't last time as OH said it would put up the premium. I did think about sending him an email or text message about his stupidity but decided not to as I want to see his face when I tell him Looks like I will going to the dump with all the ruined food and then cleaning the freezer tomorrow, just what I want to do on my day off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickweed Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 The same thing has happened here a couple of times. I now put a strip of adhesive tape over the switch and also the plug. No more problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 Ten minutes to go and he will be home. I have dusted the rolling pin and I am cooking Broccoli to go with our meal. OH doesn't like Broccoli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Ten minutes to go and he will be home. I have dusted the rolling pin and I am cooking Broccoli to go with our meal. OH doesn't like Broccoli I do feel your pain, my children have left the freezer open more times than I care to remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 ......and I am cooking Broccoli to go with our meal. OH doesn't like Broccoli mwahaha I like your style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I'd be tempted to serve him a selection of melted icecream, defrosted meat and soggy rolls - with a helping of broccoli . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I am glad that I am not your OH We have tape over the switch too, it is all of the homemade and home grown stuff that hurts isn't it. I agree with ANH meals from the freezer for OH this week washed down with melted icecream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 So.... What happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Had this last year!! Same culprit... So annoying, and so so messy. I made mine clear it up(lots of raspberries, and rather a lot of trout.......) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Oh, so infuriating ... it is the home-made stuff that hurts worst, as said above, all that loving care growing/picking/cooking things. I hope you MADE him eat the broccoli! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 He denied it was him of course but no one else in the family had been near the socket. He has just phoned the insurance company but it closed at 8pm so something else for me to do tomorrow. I will list everything that was in the freezer for the insurance company but how do you value all the home made/ home grown food? I think I will base it against Tesco's finest range and organic fruit and veg which it was. He ate his Broccoli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucker1 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 NO NO NO NO... you can't base it against Tesco's finest!!!!!!!!! Yours would have been far finer than Tesco's. Try at a minimum on basing it on Waitrose's but you should really go for Harrods me thinks! I visited Harrods on Saturday for the first time in 25 years and very interesting seeing their prices...£2.50 for half a dozen eggs, £3 for a loaf of bread...ok it was organic, £6 for a tiny punnet of raspberries etc etc! Just think of all the LOVE and TLC you put into your food...Tesco's wouldn't have got that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 The same thing has happened here a couple of times. I now put a strip of adhesive tape over the switch and also the plug. No more problems Here too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammiboo Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 My OH has left for work and I have got home to find the house unlocked. (on more than one occassion) last time i came home his keys were still in the lock ON THE OUTSIDE!! i have no idea what goes through his mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Me ex used to do that, one night, when we lived in S E London, I got up to find the front door ajar and his keys still in the lock outside. I got new locks fitted asap. He also used to regularly leave his wallet on the dashboard of his car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 I emptied the freezer this morning, making a list of everything I was throwing away. Took 8 bin bags to the tip. I got a lecture from the worker there as to why I wasn't putting the food in the brown bin to be collected and recycled. We don't have any recycling collected here ( we take all the recycling to the tip ourselves) as we are too rural, so I said that if the Council provided me the bin and collected it on a regular basis I would be happy to recycle the food. I can't believe how many plastic containers, pyrex and oven proof dishes I have, all now empty Freezer now cleaned and switched back on with tape over the switch and the plug. Guess who will be coming with me with wallet in his hand to the shops to buy food for the freezer He hates food shopping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I think that's a suitable penance for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 He will probably suggest going to Farm Foods freezer shop which is perfectly acceptable as I shop there on occasion but I quite fancy going to M&S this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazmac Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I'd just put him in the freezer ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 Naaah, too quick a punishment. I can feast on this one for ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Dogmother Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 What's that about revenge being a dish best served cold....? I am enjoying this almost as much as you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
