Decking stained.... Hooray !!!
 Every year I tell myself that it is all getting too much for me...
And every year I make myself do it..  
Tomorrow I will paint a retainer wall and steps .. White..
 The decking and wall are the two big jobs that I do yearly.. Once they are out of the way 
I feel chuffed with myself... 

March 20, 2026, 01:42:17 PM

Quote from: klondike on March 20, 2026, 12:18:16 PMIdleness wins.

I don't mind standing at the sink washing-up..
I watch the people go by.. The dog walkers.. People heading towards the park..
I have a very large window..  But people cannot see into the kitchen..
I have a bench under the window.. lovely to sit on for a coffee break..

Many years ago when the world was young I worked with a bloke as tight as tight could be. I found out somehow that he had a dishwasher. Dishwashing was my contribution to the household chores. I'm  sure you can work out the consequences. I've not been without one since. 

There is no doubt that I don't need one but when the old one bust I got another immediately. The current fault is that the inlet valve doesn't close 100% so I turned off the water to it and washed up. That didn't last long. I am currently using it on a shorter cycle rather than the energy and water efficient one which I set to come on during my cheap electricity slot and make sure its water is turned off as soon as it finishes. 

Idleness wins.

Just having a coffee before I stain my decking..

I barely use my dishwasher.. I rinse it through every so often.. 
I do my washing -up at the sink as I go along.. I don't like stuff sitting around in the dishwasher.. 

It's the not letting me know that's the annoying thing. Stuff can break even if new and there are lots of different parts - the engineer they send fixes various appliances from various manufacturers. I'm guessing either the bloke is off sick or more likely the part didn't arrive on time.

A lot cheat though - we don't play "hard mode"

Quote from: klondike on March 20, 2026, 10:10:11 AMWell that's 15 minutes of my life I won't get back. My new dishwasher had a problem. I wrestled with a talking contact system and got an engineer booked last week. He turned up and diagnsed which bit was needed, He didn't have one (predictable) and booked me in for today. Yesterday there was a text cancelling the visit and saying it would be rebooked, Still no details of when the new booking would be. Another 15mins with the damned robot.  A revisit is booked and they hadn't told me when. Unimpressed.

That is shocking service, especially for a new machine.   I would not be pleased. 

Well done.  There are some clever clogs here today . . . .  except me of course.  


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Well that's 15 minutes of my life I won't get back. My new dishwasher had a problem. I wrestled with a talking contact system and got an engineer booked last week. He turned up and diagnsed which bit was needed, He didn't have one (predictable) and booked me in for today. Yesterday there was a text cancelling the visit and saying it would be rebooked, Still no details of when the new booking would be. Another 15mins with the damned robot.  A revisit is booked and they hadn't told me when. Unimpressed.

Sally won 100 million on the Euro draw
She really had been hoping for a little more
Where will a hundred million go these days? 
As Sally was known for her expensive ways

Good morning all.
What a pretty picture on the home page this morning.  

I am off to my new exercise class later this morning,  and my computer man who should I have come yesterday is supposed to be coming this afternoon.    I phoned him last night and told him off.  He apologised profusely and said  he had completely forgotten what we had arranged before he went on holiday.  

My poorly shoulder is driving me nuts tdoay,  it really hurts.