For anybody wondering about the gas leak, I reported it and apparently the issue did not require that I be present at the house. Given my gas is off I can only assume that the leak is in their supply line and not past my meter, therefore the problem is an emergency as the gas leak cannot be shut of or isolated by me.
I went back today, still stinks like gas but apparently that's fine (Umm...?) and the front door frame fell out, dragging the already sagging porch roof about six inches closer to falling on my head as that and some PVC waste pipes are the only thing holding it up, problems I have told the council about since the start. The damp problem is also getting worse at an alarming rate and I discovered more holes into the wall cavity hidden behind paper and skirting boards. I also discovered the guttering is worse than first thought and the drain pipes actually aren't connected to the guttering, sitting several inches away so rain water just falls through the hole and onto the porous bricks. The council has now refused the repairs they said they would carry out, which is what they said in the first place but changed their mind; Apparently it's basically my fault the previous tenant appears to have a key. Eon (Energy company) now wants ~£150 out of me for gas and electricity I haven't used too and I discovered another patch of floor which is only held in place by the copper pipes for the radiators. I was also lied to about rent and it will cost almost £10 more a week than I agreed to (I cannot afford it).
I have decided that I am putting my foot down on this, I may as well be renting an allotment shed for £85 a week, the place is not livable. Unfortunately I am now constantly threatened with being thrown out of the old house as the houses surrounding me are demolished rapidly by a bunch of wankers. This whole plan undoubtedly dreamt up by some pompous southerner pieceashit who doesn't live in the real world and more than likely never set foot on the neighborhood, or even the city for that matter. All part of the grand scheme to prevent the common man living in a decent home and to needlessly inflate the rent.
To add insult to injury the handle broke off my hand drill, but only the bolt holding it on sheered off and it should be good to go again if I can find a bolt the same size. I knew that bolt was probably going to break eventually, I guess, given it never tightened up properly because of the thread being so worn out. Unfortunately, finding anything that isn't metric can be quite difficult now... Stupid, given nothing on this planet was ever made with metric measurements, at least in the UK.
More on topic... Err... Actually, I've been stuck there all day so I haven't done anything much. I did more testing of my benchmarking suite and will probably release it along with a YouTube video somewhere in the next 24 hours - I made a video out of the benchmarks Feipoa wanted me to run, especially given the interesting results displayed by Quake and PC Player. The Korg video will probably follow shortly afterwards, somewhere within the next week. Now though, I'm going to sleep.
Sorry about that, had to get it off my chest and there's nobody around to talk to about it, by all means ignore me.
"It's science. I ain't gotta explain sh*t" 
