OK, what's going to go wrong next?
Jun. 3rd, 2007 08:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janewilliams20This has not been a good weekend.
Saturday morning, drove down to Stevenage to get those blood tests done - maybe I'll be allowed back on alcohol again? Discovered that the Lister charges £2 minimum parking fee. And the machines do not take notes, nor give change, and reception is not manned, and the coffee shop is closed, and the little shop.... no, they won't give change, they say there's a machine outside. If so, it's hiding. Got to the right department to find it had closed 10 min earlier. I knew they were only open in the morning, I hadn't been told it was for less than 2 hours in the morning. So those blood tests will have to wait till my next free Saturday, which is.... August? I found a "comment card" and explained what I thought of this.
It was a good drying day. Therefore, it is a good washing day. Or it would be, if the washing machine would drain.... Dave and I argued with it, removed a filter, removed the water from the floor, replaced the filter, all became well.
Now we have a nice big patio, I can sit out with the laptop. Or I could, if the internet connection didn't keep dying. No reason why. Dave wonders if the modem's getting warm, because we're running it in a normal room, 24/7. Well, of course we are! That's what it's for!
Sunday morning, off for a drive around to get some MSH pictures. One of them is "farmers market". There's enough farm shops around, surely? Yes, there are. You try finding one that's open. Opening hours displayed: they only open at times when their customers are in work. And they wonder why the local community don't support them... how are we meant to do so?? So, off to Asda for my salad bits, because they're OPEN.
Open, yes. Capable of operating tills in a reasonably efficient manner, no. Plenty of staff standing around looking vacant, or using microphones to encourage you to buy things, but no, going and opening up another till would require a brain, or noticing what's going on around you.
Oh, and one plan for things to do on my drive was to drop into Matalan (yes, they're open, too) and take back a few bits that may have fitted, but in Dave's opinion looked hideous. But the receipt we'd put aside with them when I came to look, wasn't actually for those bits of clothing :(
So I got back at last, unpacked, went to unload the washing machine: it's displaying an error message at me. "F5". Well, that's informative. Went through the business with the filter again (yes, bending down, filling the small bowl that'll fit, getting up and emptying it, repeat, is NOT what I want on a bad-back day). After that, it decided it could cope with draining after all. So I did that, spun the load, put it out to dry, did NOT load the next lot.
Dave got back from work. This is a Good Thing.
Went for a bath, hairwash etc. Noticed the hot water into the bath seemed a bit slow. We'll check the tap, later. Hair full of shampoo, and the shower head started to splutter, then stopped producing hot water: or indeed, any water. No taps produced hot water, either. Dave investigated while I got the shampoo out in cold water. Header tank isn't filling, so the hot tank isn't filling. We have two taps connected direct to mains: they still work. Anything else may now be considered dry, and yes, that means the loos will flush once more each and then no more. We have an emergency home disasters number as part of the general "cover everything" thing from the bank. We called them. There will be a plumber here by 10pm tonight.
Checked the washing I'd put out to dry earlier. Looks like the machine hadn't done the rinse, either. Lots of white powder all over my favourite red dress. Dumped entire load in the basket for when we have some water and a washing machine again, except for the support stocking things that I need for tomorrow (I should be wearing them today, but they ahd to be washed, and the two things are not compatible). Washed them by hand.
My hair feels icky. Washing in cold water just doesn't work.
BBQ was nice... What's going to go wrong next?
Saturday morning, drove down to Stevenage to get those blood tests done - maybe I'll be allowed back on alcohol again? Discovered that the Lister charges £2 minimum parking fee. And the machines do not take notes, nor give change, and reception is not manned, and the coffee shop is closed, and the little shop.... no, they won't give change, they say there's a machine outside. If so, it's hiding. Got to the right department to find it had closed 10 min earlier. I knew they were only open in the morning, I hadn't been told it was for less than 2 hours in the morning. So those blood tests will have to wait till my next free Saturday, which is.... August? I found a "comment card" and explained what I thought of this.
It was a good drying day. Therefore, it is a good washing day. Or it would be, if the washing machine would drain.... Dave and I argued with it, removed a filter, removed the water from the floor, replaced the filter, all became well.
Now we have a nice big patio, I can sit out with the laptop. Or I could, if the internet connection didn't keep dying. No reason why. Dave wonders if the modem's getting warm, because we're running it in a normal room, 24/7. Well, of course we are! That's what it's for!
Sunday morning, off for a drive around to get some MSH pictures. One of them is "farmers market". There's enough farm shops around, surely? Yes, there are. You try finding one that's open. Opening hours displayed: they only open at times when their customers are in work. And they wonder why the local community don't support them... how are we meant to do so?? So, off to Asda for my salad bits, because they're OPEN.
Open, yes. Capable of operating tills in a reasonably efficient manner, no. Plenty of staff standing around looking vacant, or using microphones to encourage you to buy things, but no, going and opening up another till would require a brain, or noticing what's going on around you.
Oh, and one plan for things to do on my drive was to drop into Matalan (yes, they're open, too) and take back a few bits that may have fitted, but in Dave's opinion looked hideous. But the receipt we'd put aside with them when I came to look, wasn't actually for those bits of clothing :(
So I got back at last, unpacked, went to unload the washing machine: it's displaying an error message at me. "F5". Well, that's informative. Went through the business with the filter again (yes, bending down, filling the small bowl that'll fit, getting up and emptying it, repeat, is NOT what I want on a bad-back day). After that, it decided it could cope with draining after all. So I did that, spun the load, put it out to dry, did NOT load the next lot.
Dave got back from work. This is a Good Thing.
Went for a bath, hairwash etc. Noticed the hot water into the bath seemed a bit slow. We'll check the tap, later. Hair full of shampoo, and the shower head started to splutter, then stopped producing hot water: or indeed, any water. No taps produced hot water, either. Dave investigated while I got the shampoo out in cold water. Header tank isn't filling, so the hot tank isn't filling. We have two taps connected direct to mains: they still work. Anything else may now be considered dry, and yes, that means the loos will flush once more each and then no more. We have an emergency home disasters number as part of the general "cover everything" thing from the bank. We called them. There will be a plumber here by 10pm tonight.
Checked the washing I'd put out to dry earlier. Looks like the machine hadn't done the rinse, either. Lots of white powder all over my favourite red dress. Dumped entire load in the basket for when we have some water and a washing machine again, except for the support stocking things that I need for tomorrow (I should be wearing them today, but they ahd to be washed, and the two things are not compatible). Washed them by hand.
My hair feels icky. Washing in cold water just doesn't work.
BBQ was nice... What's going to go wrong next?