Having turned the boat upside down and realising that I couldn't find the receipt for the inverter I decided to drop it off with Midland Chandlers anyway and try and blag the lack of proof of purchase. What a nice bunch of people they are!
Not only were they happy to help but one of their directors said he was driving past the manufacturer later in the day and would drop it off personally!
Now I just have to wait and see what they say about repair or replacement.
Shouldn't be too long.
S.
Friday, 30 October 2009
Thursday, 29 October 2009
How much?
It has boggled my mind to realise how much poo 7 people can generate in 4 days!
Having said that, we have proved that 7 people can live on Relativity and not kill each other - even if only for a short time. Ok, the inverter blew up, we lost the chimney, David broke his arm, Eddi fell in to the Thames many times, Josh fell in slightly fewer times, Zach got stung by wasps 3 times, Charli played SIMS endlessly (that music will drive anyone mad), Jill snored and Stuart just didn't stop!
On the other hand, everyone had a lot of fun, we built a huge bonfire and almost set light to half of Oxfordshire (yay), we ate endless cakes (thank you Jill) and the kids washed up (thank you all).
Happiness is a half term holiday that everyone enjoyed... and I am happy.
S.
Having said that, we have proved that 7 people can live on Relativity and not kill each other - even if only for a short time. Ok, the inverter blew up, we lost the chimney, David broke his arm, Eddi fell in to the Thames many times, Josh fell in slightly fewer times, Zach got stung by wasps 3 times, Charli played SIMS endlessly (that music will drive anyone mad), Jill snored and Stuart just didn't stop!
On the other hand, everyone had a lot of fun, we built a huge bonfire and almost set light to half of Oxfordshire (yay), we ate endless cakes (thank you Jill) and the kids washed up (thank you all).
Happiness is a half term holiday that everyone enjoyed... and I am happy.
S.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Kitchen utensils
There comes a point in a man's life when he realises that hacking the top off a can of tuna or soup with a pair of wire cutters or a hack saw isn't really quite what polite society is expecting. The end result is exactly what you'd expect... a can that looks like it has lost a fight with a hack saw and plenty of added metal filings in your soup :-)
Suffice to say that I stood in the utensils aisle at Tesco and wished for less choice. I just want a can opener. I'd like to be able to introduce the can and the opener and, once the initial introductions are done, have the top come off the can. How hard can it be? But ah, the ingenuity of mankind has produced 20 different kinds of can opener, each one promising to solve problems I'd never imagined existed let alone come across. Tesco, in their infinite wisdom have seen fit to offer this bewildering array of choice on the assumption that I actually care what colour the thing is or whether I need a little magnet so that the top of the can is held by the opener until I'm ready to drop it in the bin. Hang on... many cans are aluminium so that isn't going to be much use is it?
Finally, the choice was made. A white can opener that cuts the top off without leaving sharp bits at the lower end of the price range. Common sense and decency prevail again.
And then I realise that I've been ranting on about nothing more important than a can opener. Oh no, does that mean I'm turning into a gumpy old man?
Bah humbug.
S.
Suffice to say that I stood in the utensils aisle at Tesco and wished for less choice. I just want a can opener. I'd like to be able to introduce the can and the opener and, once the initial introductions are done, have the top come off the can. How hard can it be? But ah, the ingenuity of mankind has produced 20 different kinds of can opener, each one promising to solve problems I'd never imagined existed let alone come across. Tesco, in their infinite wisdom have seen fit to offer this bewildering array of choice on the assumption that I actually care what colour the thing is or whether I need a little magnet so that the top of the can is held by the opener until I'm ready to drop it in the bin. Hang on... many cans are aluminium so that isn't going to be much use is it?
Finally, the choice was made. A white can opener that cuts the top off without leaving sharp bits at the lower end of the price range. Common sense and decency prevail again.
And then I realise that I've been ranting on about nothing more important than a can opener. Oh no, does that mean I'm turning into a gumpy old man?
Bah humbug.
S.
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