philmayfield

I’ve heard about it but I prefer the KISS philosophy. Keep It Simple, Stupid.

I knew Swinglers when they were in the tarmac business and he was in to traction engines then. They did substantial work at the factory and also our drive at home. Absolutely first class - unlike a lot of the tarmac gypsies.

I suppose 15 years with only a change of the motor carbons is not bad for a washing machine but I don’t like to be beaten. The last washing machine was just collected from Comet in a trailer and the old one taken up to the tip. Now 15 years on someone else can do the lifting. Those Miele’s have a cast iron weight inside as opposed to concrete in ‘lesser’ machines and I don’t intend to bust a gut heaving one around. I don’t really want a German machine. Ever since Angela Merkel started making threats over Brexit, German goods are banned from our house. I even got rid of my German car! Looks lik

My cousin used to be the landlady of the Red Lion at Bicker - just sayin’

Miele are supposed to last for 20 years. Sadly I won’t.

It's stopped. Lovely blue sky. Emergency over.

Mini blizzard here at the moment. Can't see across the garden!

The good thing nowadays is you don’t have to try and diagnose a fault on an electrical appliance because some clever bugger has already done it and committed it to Youtube. I’ve still got to desolder the part from the circuit board but I have got all the necessary kit ‘somewhere’.

Thanks. That’s a relief. I thought I’d put on weight!

Last time I tried to get into my wet suit I was surprised how much it had shrunk over the years!

It’s already at Nottingham delivery depot. I wait in hope. We do have a spare washing machine so things are not piling up. We did look at new machines yesterday just in case my electronic skills have waned over the years!

There was also an Italian restaurant in the row called Luigi’s. You could see Luigi in the kitchen cooking - always with a glass of wine in his hand. By the end of the evening Luigi was totally ratted! The food was good though and we went regularly.

I ordered a small relay yesterday from RS Components to repair a circuit board on a washing machine (who says Miele products last for 20 years?). The price was £1.62 with free postage. The weight of the component is 7gm. It’s being sent by Parcel Force. I can’t wait to see the size of the box!

I can see boats out of the landing window. There’s a 200M floating pontoon along the Trent at Hazleford over a mile away but the river is so high they’ve floated up. I’d better inflate the dinghy just to be ready.

I think I'm normal but my wife thinks I'm a miserable, antisocial old bugger. I'm happy with that.

Ah but today’s normal is not the same as yesterday’s normal - apparently

The last time I had a tyre problem was about 3 years ago. I had just passed Newark and it felt a bit odd so I pulled into a filling station and put some air in a very flat tyre. It gave me enough to drive to nearby ATS tyres. Unfortunately it was Christmas Eve, the tyre was irreparable and a 20 inch tyre for a 911 was not the sort of thing they had in stock or could get quickly so I had to leave it with them. I called the AA, the first time I had called them since1965! and a van was promptly sent to take me home. The tyre was supplied and fitted the day after Boxing Day. All round I thought t

...... and they say the Scots are mean!

Neither of our cars have spare wheels. There is some sealing stuff and a compressor pump if you’re really stuck somewhere like the Highlands of Scotland. Otherwise you just press a button in the roof and apparently someone answers and sends help (if there’s a signal). I hope I don’t have to do that as I can foresee problems. I still keep my AA membership going. The AA and similar carry temporary wheel/tyre combinations which can be adapted to suit any car and will get you to a tyre depot where, of course, they won’t have your particular tyre in stock.

My car doesn’t have a dipstick. You just tab through the readouts on the dash to get the level. My previous 911 didn’t have one either. My wife’s car, which comes from the same manufacturer as mine, does have a dipstick, so there’s no consistency. I prefer to dip the oil as it gives more confidence than an electronic readout.

Very many years ago I found a wallet containing about £200 and credit cards in a phone box at the Midland Station. I handed it in and left my details with the Railway Police on Queen’s Drive. After about 2 weeks I received a cheque for £20 from a Jewish chap in London with a note saying ‘I had restored his faith in human nature’. It gave me a warm glow.

I get a monthly trade magazine called ‘British Plastics and Rubber’. I’m sure the postman thinks I’ve got a fetish.

I trust you handed it in to the police. There’ll be someone out there looking for that.

Our local news media are always alarmist about the weather and are invariably wrong. As far as I can see from the ‘proper’ forecasts the snow will be relatively light down the eastern side and the main roads should rapidly clear.

That’s what Twitter’s all about. I don’t follow it personally because I’m not interested in other people’s opinions and I’m pretty sure no one cares about mine either.