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What have you been doing today?
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We get 'professional', maybe paid would be a better word - dog walkers around here, walking large teams of yapping dogs. With so many dogs to control, they cannot possibly pick up after them.
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I hate that. I always pick up after mine has done her stuff on the pavement. Letting your dog crap everywhere gives the rest of us that don't a bad rep.
Getting all ready for our free hour of power, courtesy of Octopus, 15:30 to 16:30. I have two electric heaters set up, the washer set up ready to so a wash, and the gas boiler set up to not heat the hot water cylinder today, the immersion heater can do that instead.
You should do a batch cook, charge up your car battery, leave all your lights on and get Avril to ring the doorbell for an hour. Get your moneys worth.
You should do a batch cook, charge up your car battery, leave all your lights on and get Avril to ring the doorbell for an hour. Get your moneys worth.
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Don't leave it that long, mate.
My step father had what he kept putting down to indigestion. My Ma persuaded him after a long time to go and see the Doc. He dropped down dead putting his coat on.
You should do a batch cook, charge up your car battery, leave all your lights on and get Avril to ring the doorbell for an hour. Get your moneys worth.
The doorbell runs on battery, and I don't have an EV
I've got my phone fully charged, so I can precisely monitor my current, second by second, using Octo-Aid - just to make sure I don't pop the cut-out fuse.
Time for some payback, after the high Tracker rates, since Christmas.
Interesting!
A is everything powered up, including the washer, whilst washer is heating the water, for around 12minutes. B is the ripple, from the washer cycling during the wash. C doing a second wash, which is a larger wash of heavy curtains, plus the immersion heater in the cylinder cycling on and off. D is the immersion heater finally switching off, and the washer up to temperature, doing it's wash cycle.
That seems to suggest the immersion heater takes around 40 minutes, to bring the cylinder back up to temperature, from it's luke warm start temperature. Washing machine takes around 12 minutes to heat it's water to begin it's main wash cycle.
A is everything powered up, including the washer, whilst washer is heating the water, for around 12minutes. B is the ripple, from the washer cycling during the wash. C doing a second wash, which is a larger wash of heavy curtains, plus the immersion heater in the cylinder cycling on and off. D is the immersion heater finally switching off, and the washer up to temperature, doing it's wash cycle.
That seems to suggest the immersion heater takes around 40 minutes, to bring the cylinder back up to temperature, from it's luke warm start temperature. Washing machine takes around 12 minutes to heat it's water to begin it's main wash cycle.
The Bloomfield household tonight:
Look after the pennies, and..
I’m just about to go and get the weekly shop. We've had more leaflets through the door offering incontinence knickers. Mrs Mottie always insists that I get them and pop them in the food bank collection box in the supermarket. I do a scan and shop but every time I get these, I’m pulled up for a spot check and I can’t help saying "They’re not for me, they’re for the Foodbank collection box". I’ll be more surprised if I’m not pulled up. Right, off I go…..
Edit: And again. I bought them, scanned the coupon at the self checkout but I had to call the lady over for it to be validated and checked that I had purchased the product. Again, I blurted out "They’re for the Foodbank collection box". "Oh, that’s nice of you" she said. She was OK about it. I should be used to it by now. Dunno why, but I have a hang up about buying feminine hygiene products! Probably stems from my mum would send me round the shop as a child for a pack of 'Dr Whites'. <shudder >
Edit: And again. I bought them, scanned the coupon at the self checkout but I had to call the lady over for it to be validated and checked that I had purchased the product. Again, I blurted out "They’re for the Foodbank collection box". "Oh, that’s nice of you" she said. She was OK about it. I should be used to it by now. Dunno why, but I have a hang up about buying feminine hygiene products! Probably stems from my mum would send me round the shop as a child for a pack of 'Dr Whites'. <shudder >
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A trip, fully laden, to a local charity shop, this morning, to drop a TV off, along with a range of other items, then on to Tesco, followed by Lidl to load up with more. Then this afternoon, as a replacement battery had arrived for my old Iphone, along with the tools to do it, I thought in for a penny....
So, having watched the 'how to' several times on Youtube, I got stuck in. I'd always assumed the front was glued into the case, but it sort of latches somehow. The job, once inside, was quite tricky, difficult to see, I ended up wearing my magnifying headset. It took me five goes to get it back in it's case, not realising the top edge needed to be fully snapped in first. Once together, it all worked, except it wouldn't at first charge, until I tried another lead.
I had never used the lead, I don't like the usual plug-in jobs, they eventually wear out either the plug, or the socket, so I always used a magnetic snap connection adaptor. Unnecessary now, with my latest phone, using direct magnetic charger, through the case back.
So, having watched the 'how to' several times on Youtube, I got stuck in. I'd always assumed the front was glued into the case, but it sort of latches somehow. The job, once inside, was quite tricky, difficult to see, I ended up wearing my magnifying headset. It took me five goes to get it back in it's case, not realising the top edge needed to be fully snapped in first. Once together, it all worked, except it wouldn't at first charge, until I tried another lead.
I had never used the lead, I don't like the usual plug-in jobs, they eventually wear out either the plug, or the socket, so I always used a magnetic snap connection adaptor. Unnecessary now, with my latest phone, using direct magnetic charger, through the case back.
Wallpapering: decided to go with a wall muriel and got around the chimney breast in one go without screwing up the pattern, swearing, pleading or the usual tantrums that accompany such a task...
for my next trick i shall do a somersault and paste the wall.
for my next trick i shall do a somersault and paste the wall.
