The mirror I'd ordered from John Lewis to go above the stairlift chair and new cupboard has just arrived. Most of it is down in the bottom...
The cupboard was scheduled for "first drop" today. That apparently is 6.55am. Fortunately, I was up already.[IMG] Calculations correct. Clear of...
I got a job done, I'm never fond of doing each year. Dead-headed our biggest rhodo. I find with jobs you don't like doing it's best to get them...
I've put it on my YouTube channel. [MEDIA] I've taken down that full length mirror. It'll look odd as quite a bit of it will be appearing to the...
Had an e-mail from stairlift company with a questionnaire about the installation. Said the install was fine, not so the admin. Lost order, told...
Oh.. The "special shoes" were an old pair of trainers.
A search of the internet found as replacement cupboard that would just fit. It needed a bit of A4 paper and an upright spirit level to confirm...
The stairlift is in and working. Only two irritations, caused by the numpty surveyor. He said that this shoe cupboard wouldn't be in the way....
My wife is presently in hospital, has been for nine weeks, she's had MS for decades and a couple of months ago had a fracture in her back, a form...
We have some garden furniture, four rattan effect chairs, I bought a few years ago, but we don't often use them. They've not been out at all this...
As I get older, I find that I'm getting increasingly intolerant with the behaviour of inanimate objects and mechanical and electrical appliances...
Had a further visit from United Utilities yesterday. They will arrange with the local council for a licence to dig out the old meter in the...
Job done! I got it mounted before the rain this morning. At 84, I didn't fancy clambering around up there if the roof was wet. What I was looking...
When I replaced the roofing felt on our tea-house fourteen years ago, I made a new decorative feature for the top. [IMG] [IMG]...
Thanks for asking, she's progressing, but it will be a few weeks before she's home.
Had a visit from an engineer from United Utilities today. He examined the water meter. He concluded that it had been positioned incorrectly. This...
I've had a bit of a love-hate relationship with this mimosa I planted up against the fence half-way down the garden. At one time it looked a bit...
As every year, many of the leaves of our two dozen or so rose plants, are affected to a degree by black-spot. I've sprayed them regularly with...
"It pays to complain." At the beginning of May, my wife noticed an advert in a magazine for a dozen begonias for £9.99, from Suttons Seeds. They...
This is part of the justification e-mail received today, for United Utilities' rip-off attempt. As I’m sure you’re aware that United Utilities...
