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[NickFitz]

Lunch: a Pukka steak slice

The Royal Mail have thrown a spanner in the works by saying they'll deliver an item at teatime, between quarter to six and half seven. I suppose I can go shopping once they've turned up and have tea a bit later as, to the best of my knowledge, I'll still be getting another delivery some time tomorrow. Mind you, tomorrow's is by Evri, so if I'm out they'll probably just dump it in the big flowerpot by the front door anyway

[ladymuck]

Morning all, local time 1109

Sunny again. Currently 22 degrees ('feels like' 25) with a high of 29 expected. Barometer down to 1016 mBar.

Sunrise 07:45; Sunset 20:42 CEST

HWMBO has food poisoning. He just about made it through the day at work yesterday and then spent the rest of the day throwing up. Luckily he doesn't have work again until Monday and today was always planned to be a flumping day because we were expecting hangovers after a big night out (which had to be cancelled). He thinks he'll be well enough for our planned day trip to Toledo tomorrow but I think it's unwise. It'll be 31 degrees which is not a good temperature when you're already dehydrated. He's drinking the pharmacy recommended electrolyte sachets that also have probiotics to help rebalance the gut bacteria.

[WTFH]

Morning all

[DoctorStrangelove]

^^^ Unregarded NF OM.

Morning.

Wet. Remarkably wet. Stairrods just now.

Grey.

Sunless.

Cool in here at 19.6 deg, 20 in the kitchen, 18 in the leanto.

997 mBar, 29.44 in Hg, 747.8 Torr, 14.46 psi, (up from 996 last night), 70% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 14th of February 2020, NF, AndyGarbs, Brillo, BR14 and opm popped in, along with vetran.

Sunny.

Rainy.

Sunny.

Rainy.

Freecell score: 88%, running average: 84%.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Y&Y scam watch. The shape of things to come <click>

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It's cloudy out again, and the air feels a bit damp; I don't know if there's been any more rain overnight but there's definitely more on the way right now, circling towards us from the direction of Birmingham according to the radar, and expected to move on around lunchtime. It continues to get cooler, being 13°C with an expected high of 17°, while the barometers have bounced back to 991/999mB

It looks as if the appliance slider deliveries will take place tomorrow, so I might do the shopping this evening. It's new Viz day today, so I'll have to go to Big Sainsbury's for it

This also means I'll have to swap today's and tomorrow's meal plans, but that's fine as the one originally planned for today is a slow-cooked thing involving a bit of prep work, and it'll be easier to do that tomorrow

[NickFitz]

Read a couple more Rumpole stories. They're enjoyable enough; I may even try watching the TV version some time

Thursday tomorrow!

I realised earlier that there are three meetings back to back from two to five tomorrow afternoon. That'll help pass the time until the weekend

Goodnight all

[xoggoth]

Gawd. I lead a U3A art group and had a boring 2 hours this afternoon at the open day, sitting at a desk surrounded by loud nattering old farts.

[NickFitz]

Tea: pork cutlet, chips, and beans

And I found there were some new, or at least unwatched by me, episodes of the Gloucestershire police night shift thing, so I watched one of them

[NickFitz]

Leftover kebab for lunch

Word has come that the appliance slider things are on their way, though without any clear indication of when they'll arrive. On reflection, I've decided that rather than mucking around with tape, it'll be less hassle to wait for them to turn up. The machine's been in the way for a week now so another day or two doesn't matter, really

[NickFitz]

you paid for delivery and installation, and installed it yourself??

No, they installed it - but I had to tell them how

[sadkingbilly]

you paid for delivery and installation, and installed it yourself??

[NickFitz]

Rather hilarious that the approved Miele installer has never seen the items being installed. I hope you get opportunity to feed back to customer services.

Yes, I'm glad I'd prepared for it! I was thinking last night once I'd run all the hoses through, I could just install it myself and be done with it, if it wasn't for the bit in the warranty about making modifications. At least he had me there to tell him how to do his job

[ladymuck]

Rather hilarious that the approved Miele installer has never seen the items being installed. I hope you get opportunity to feed back to customer services.

[NickFitz]

I pointed out that the vinyl was a bit torn at one side, and though I'd tried to glue it back down, it would very likely still be troublesome. He said in that case they couldn't do it (what a surprise) but TBH I'd always thought that was a possibility or even a likelihood, and I was just happy to have the machine connected and functional!

So I said I'd deal with it; I've already got some things on the way for sliding appliances into tight spaces on, but TBH I think I can probably get away with just putting tape down over the few troublesome inches, then lubricating the feet with washing up liquid (as both the last lot and this lot suggested). So now I'm wondering whether to try with parcel tape, which I have right here, or go down and see if the gaffer tape is in the boot of the car, or pop round to the hardware shop and get some more. They did advise me not to run the machine until it's in situ, which makes sense as I could do without it wandering around the room

Ok, I have a plan!

• Gaffer tape over the dodgy vinyl - it'll be hidden once the machine's in place, so who cares what it looks like
• Use the air wedges I got off Amazon to raise each side of the machine in turn and lubricate the feet with washing up liquid
• Get the machine into the niche up to just before the back foot would reach the tape - I can check this with the endoscope camera
• Raise that side again - just has to be a couple of millimetres, and most of the machine will still be out of the niche at that point
• Slide it back another inch or two so it's over the tape and won't bunch it up
• Remove the wedge, and slide it the rest of the way!

Wonder if it'll work? If it seems to not be working, I can wait until the slider things are delivered, but I'm quite tired of this whole business now so sooner would be better

In fact, maybe run the tape all the way out across the kitchen floor, so I can get the foot on it right from the start? Then I can lift the front feet up and trim it back once it's in. That would also let me see if it's bunching up the tape rather than sliding over it, before it's unreachable. Anyway, I'm supposed to be in a meeting soon, but I might experiment at lunchtime

[WTFH]

Oh, and I've won £50 on the Premium Bonds!

Only £25 interest for me. That's £625 for the calendar year.