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Finally, I have gotten off my widening backside to knock out a quick update! What's the bet this turns into a marathon post?! Well, Thursday finally saw my washer-dryer fixed for the umpteenth time: its only taken 4 weeks and 3 visits to achieve this ... this time. The reason? The engineer who came on the second visit didn't tighten the fan nut properly, so the collet didn't expand to secure the fan in place and it ended up breaking the system. Again. Numpty. I can think of harsher words, but they are not for publishing! All-in-all, its approaching a dozen separate visits to fix the problems with this machine and its barely two years old, yet they still won't replace it. Hotpoint have slipped off the bottom of my list of quality manufacturers now. * * * * * Friday night I popped into a friend's to drop off her birthday pressie and got some excellent news. My friend, unfortunately, has been suffering from Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) ever since an operati...

Since the Hotpoint engineer left on Thursday with that confidence-inspiring comment , I have to confess to not being overly eager to use the washer-dryer: at least, not the dryer part anyway. So, with two washes down and the airer laden with more underwear than M&S can stock, I decided to try a third load, this time using the dryer so I didn't have to start hanging clothes on the curtain rail or off the shelves. My shirts are now being used as a set of trendy curtains ... yes, the dryer packed up again with an F-13 error. I am not a happy chappie. Which begs the question: did the engineer who came on Thursday know that it was going to break again? Time to fight for a new one. * * * * * Despite the ongoing grief with the washer-dryer, the weekend hasn't been too bad, just a tiring one. Saturday saw me making my usual trek to Presence for a late lunch and to learn my lines, this time listening to them on my Rio rather than reading them: it helps to hear the cue. Unfortunat...