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Oh and in yesterday's news, the handle on the toilet broke off. Totally corroded. I have to lift the lid on the cistern and pull the lever to flush. Thankfully, the landlady is pretty responsive and a plumber is coming at lunchtime today to sort it out.
Mine has a button. It's not the main reason I bought the place, but it helped
The plumber turned up 15 mins early!! Unheard of in my experience. He's busy replacing most of the innards of the cistern as it's all old and decrepit.
The plumber turned up 15 mins early!! Unheard of in my experience. He's busy replacing most of the innards of the cistern as it's all old and decrepit.
My old landlord did the plumbing himself, though after watching him at work on my cistern a few times, I figured he'd probably picked it up from a secondhand copy of The Reader's Digest Book of DIY he'd found at a jumble sale
Lunch has been Heinz chicken soup with white toast
The plumber refitted a few parts then ran off pretty sharpish. On inspection, I could see why. When pulling the new handle, the lever inside was bashing up against the lid of the cistern so you either had a pathetic flush or had to lift the cistern lid to get a full flush. Five minutes of investigation and two minutes with a junior hacksaw sorted the issue.
The plumber refitted a few parts then ran off pretty sharpish. On inspection, I could see why. When pulling the new handle, the lever inside was bashing up against the lid of the cistern so you either had a pathetic flush or had to lift the cistern lid to get a full flush. Five minutes of investigation and two minutes with a junior hacksaw sorted the issue.
Varying fortunes for the opal hunters tonight, but old Les was finally able to afford a new truck so he can visit his granddaughters
And then The Murder of Jill Dando which I didn't see when it was first shown in 2019. Reasonably interesting, though no exciting revelations
There's a meeting tomorrow about something, though I can't remember what; some aspect of the handover of the project. Lots of meetings like that this week, and probably next. But there's also a meeting between me and the delivery manager for the thing I'll be gradually moving on to, so I'll finally have some clue what that's going to be about - I literally know nothing at this stage
Grey start but the cloud seems to be thinning out quite rapidly, leading to some wan sunshine gilding the cedar tree next door. Currently 12°C and aiming for 20°, with the barometers up a little at 1004/1012mB. There's still a yellow warning of strong winds from lunchtime on, but we're right at the edge of the affected area so maybe it won't be too bad
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