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[ladymuck]

Morning all

No cloud but a gentle breeze. Currently 23 degrees ('feels like' 25) with a high of 24 expected. Barometer down to 1015 mBar.

Sunrise 05:24; Sunset 20:52 BST

On chatting with my brother yesterday afternoon in case our paths don't cross between me leaving and him getting back, I discovered that Mum's bedsheets needed changing so yet more laundry was done. This morning, I have stripped my brother's bed and put fresh linen on it and the stuff I've been sleeping in is in the WM. Glad it's good drying weather.

That bed is ancient, actually it's as old as my car. I bought it when I moved into a house I bought in Goring-by-Sea in 2004. Then I took it with me to London in 2014. In 2016 HWMBO and I started dating and I realised that a 6'4" bloke is never going to be comfy in a standard double so, when I moved to my second flat in Kensington, I bought a king size bed and my Dad claimed the bed as his one was knackered. And so it has remained in my parent's house ever since. I spent £1500 on it in 2004, I'd say we've had our money's worth.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s a sunny start with some bits of fluff hither and yon, and already building up to be a hot one. Currently 23°C, it’s expected to reach 29° for much of the afternoon, though after today it’ll slip back to the low-to-mid twenties for the foreseeable future (which is nine days, according to the weather app). The barometers are down a bit to 1002/1010mB

[NickFitz]

This morning’s grand accomplishment has been securing the washing machine drain hose to the back of the cupboard under the sink

The hose connects to the sink drain, which isn’t ideal but that’s how it is. The problem was that the way the hose wanted to lie would gradually turn the thing it’s attached to until the hose itself was sagging, meaning waste water would collect in there, leading to an unpleasant smell of drains filling the kitchen when the washing machine expelled water, especially if it hadn’t been used for a few days in hot weather

The thing it’s connected to turns reasonably freely, without compromising its watertightness, and when the machine was installed last year it was left pointing up but had gradually moved round. This also meant the drooping hose was in the way. So I bought some hose brackets off Amazon (I only needed one for this but they came in a bag of loads of them) and have been meaning to get around to sorting it out.

However, the place where I needed to drill to attach the bracket is at the far back of the cupboard. It’s not too hard to reach if you’re reasonably limber, which is how I discovered that if I ever was limber, I’m not now

But with some awkward contortions I eventually managed to drill in the right place and get the back of the bracket screwed on. And once I’d carefully turned the hose upwards to get it into position across the bracket, I was able to get the front of the bracket in place and bolt it on, so now it’s sorted!

The dishwasher’s on at the moment and I don’t trust my third floor water supply to handle that and the washing machine if they both ask for water simultaneously. But once that’s done, I’ll run a fluff-clearing cycle just to make sure I haven’t inadvertently introduced any leaks