Ethel put sparkly balls on her Christmas tree
She stood back and admired it - a real sight to see

Ask crabby what he thinks. He was a miner.... 

She moved us to become a service economy and pretty much buggered manufacturing. Of course net zero and associated high energy costs would have buggered them from the start rather than just finishing them off anyway.

Now if we still had coal fired power and steelmaking...

I have seen it. Only on TV obviously.

It's the same with fire alarms too. The sensors wear out. Some come with non replaceable batteries which is a good idea really to make you replace something that is becoming unreliable.

Actually I got it wrong it's the dishwasher. There are only 3 programs on the panel which is one more than I ever use. Lots more options and use counters so it can tell you to clean filters, rotating arms and probably top up the salt etc. from the app but you do need to connect to it first which involves button pressing on  the machine. Washing machines do have it too though.

Incase I'm not the only one who didn't know this 
My alarm has been sat on a shelf for 10 years, the little green light blinks reassuringly every few seconds.  As far as I knew that meant it was still working, but maybe it's reached retirement age as apparently you need to change your CMA after 7 - 10 years, depending on the model.   If it needs changing it will beep every so often, or digital models will show Err for error.

Looking at mine it says on the back to replace after 7 years.

It's an easy one - What number is this car parked in  ?

Why does a washing machine need to be on Wifi in the first place? None of my household goods are nor will they ever be.  What are the makers trying to do?

I remember Crossroads too, was it Benny the odd job man ?

Sounds like a good idea, might have to get a couple.