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That's the new ring fitted to the cooker hob. Mrs. L despaired at the state of the tiles behind the cooker and set about cleaning them. When the cooker is in place, you can't access the tiles, but they get grubby all the same.

Absolutely pouring down here too. At least it cleared the last of the snow. The boiler man came yesterday as planned, and did the annual service on the boiler. I'm now waiting for the bill. I'm off to replace a faulty ring on our cooker. It's the most commonly used of the 5 rings and this is...

In the UK we have a weekly magazine called 'Radio Times' which lists the TV and radio programs for the coming week . The most convenient and cheapest way to get the magazine is by subscription which includes postage to your home. This used to work well with the mag arriving in good time, but...

I'm having trouble getting Firefox on this laptop to use UK English instead of US English, in spite of specifying GB English in settings. I've got round it to a degree by adding UK spellings to the US dictionary.

Managed to deliver a load of books to the charity hub which was in the 'backside of nowhere' in rural Aberdeenshire. At least they were happy to take the books and gave us coffee and biscuits. That's the first load of books away, but I still need to find the courage to see what might be in...

Off to deliver a load of books to a charity that sells books to raise money for educational use abroad. It's a bit of a journey, but its an excuse to get away from the house for a change. We've just about got our late son's room cleared, and having been the biggest bedroom, we're dividing it...

Crowded House.

Same here. If I wanted to be rich, I would have been an electrician or a plumber. My daughter, who is a university professor, discovered this when she needed a plumber to fix a water leak in her house. Sensibly, she observed what he did and was able to replace a defective valve on my central...

I never wanted to be like my parents. I'm not unhappy about coming from a working class background, but what I couldn't understand was their lack of ambition and determination to do better for themselves and the family. It was up to us to improve our lot and along with neighbour's children...

If I bought Mrs. L flowers. she would probably think it was a bribe or that I had a guilty conscience. :LOL:

Loved to race sailing dingys at weekends. I used to be top of the class at school, but I became lazy and my grades dropped. Went to university and studied Electrical and electronic engineering. This was a mistake as it was mainly maths rather than practical engineering. After a number of...

In my teens, I used to play a short scale bass guitar (badly).

Find your happy. Please tell me what a 'happy' is.

With a few exceptions, dishes go into the dishwasher. That's what a dishwasher is for.

After the snow, now it's heavy rain and strong winds.