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[ladymuck]

^^ nearly! HWMBO had reason to replace his WM recently and I suggested he looked at a combined washer-dryer. His has reservoirs for the liquid detergent and fabric conditioner that you fill up and the machine determines how much to use based on the load. He did some tests and determined it was dosing appropriately so now he lets the machine deal with it. Next stop will be to automatically order when running low, I'm sure.



Morning all

Sunny with a mix of wispy and lumpy fluff. Breezy. Currently dry but damp from overnight rain. Currently 16 degrees with a high of 18 expected. There may be a shower later. Barometer down to 1007 mBar.

Sunrise 06:33; Sunset 19:20 BST

Slept well again, didn't hear the rain, woke about 7.30 am which isn't too bad.

Popped over to the farmers' market to see if the Carribbean sauce lady was there this week (she wasn't).

Then over to one of the grocer's to pick up some savoury pastries.

Then over to Argos-in-Sainsbury's to treat myself to a clothes steamer. I got rid of my ironing board and iron as I didn't use them but I do have a couple of linen dresses that would look a lot better for a bit of de-creasing every now and then. A steamer takes up much less room.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Sunny spells and big white fluffy bits out today. Not that warm though: 15°C now, soaring to a mere 16° later; the barometers are down a little too, at 994/1002mB

[NickFitz]

It goes shopping??

WlmS:

^^ nearly! HWMBO had reason to replace his WM recently and I suggested he looked at a combined washer-dryer. His has reservoirs for the liquid detergent and fabric conditioner that you fill up and the machine determines how much to use based on the load. He did some tests and determined it was dosing appropriately so now he lets the machine deal with it. Next stop will be to automatically order when running low, I'm sure.

Though it doesn't do the shopping, they sent me a load of the two kinds of stuff for free which is intended to last a family for six months, so it should see me through at least a year

I can still chuck a pod in if I choose, or even go old school and pour powder into the drawer. But the stuff it handles automagically works and smells OK, so why bother?

[NickFitz]

Then over to Argos-in-Sainsbury's to treat myself to a clothes steamer. I got rid of my ironing board and iron as I didn't use them but I do have a couple of linen dresses that would look a lot better for a bit of de-creasing every now and then. A steamer takes up much less room.

I've got one of those. They're very good, and all you need most of the time

[sadkingbilly]

Afternoon all
i'm glad I'm retired<sort of>. none of my stuff needs an I-ron or any fancy treatment whatsoever.
All cotton, no fancy dress/suits/ties/other nonsense.
jeans/shorts and Tshirts/track tops/fleeces. bliss.

Pleased with my continuing ability to make mainframes perform, though , Although I reckon I'll either go part time from now, or chuck it if the consultancy don't agree.
I've proved I can still cut it, and I don't really need the money*.


**oops, I'll upset the whingeing, greedy, tax avoiding Torys??
never mind eh?

[DoctorStrangelove]

I've got one of those. They're very good, and all you need most of the time

Wot? A linen dress?

That's a change from the board standard gingham version. .

[NickFitz]

Tea was brought to me from the Turkish place. Very nice as usual

I had a voucher for £8 off that needed to be used up, and there was also a promotion offering £7 off, so I ended up saving £15 on the whole deal

Lunch, for the record, was a sausage roll