What's making you happy today?

[Carruthers]

I finally managed to finish cultivating the vegetable patch. Hooray!

It is a task of time consuming drudgery which I put off if at all possible. Having managed to complete the first half a couple of weeks ago, I did the rest yesterday.
The interregnum was due to the weather changing. The local earth becomes cloying with just the slightest of rainfall, or is turned to concrete when the sun shines.
Having hacked the grass and weeds out of it with a mattock, I finished off the job with a rotary cultivator, which eases the pain.

If any Dwellar, resident in Pennsylvania, is reading this, please would you call in at the Mantis factory in Southampton and relay my grateful thanks to them for helping to ease this Englishman's pain!


ETA: It isn't a contender for the 'Tilth of the Year Award' but it's respectable enough and, what's more, it's finished! Praise the Lord.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You can thank them yourself right here.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

You can thank them yourself right here.

[Lola Bunny]

I just got my new washer. Yay!!!! The old one broke 10 days ago. But now I've got to figure a way to bring it upstairs. Boo! Someone ordered it for me and dumped it in the courtyard. If I can't find 2 abled men by tomorrow, I'm gonna hire some Mexicans. :angry face: I would do it myself if I weren't so damn weak.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You only need one able bodied man... and the right incentive.

[limey]

But two is more fun, Bruce!

[Sundae]

New Summer clothes.
New to me anyway.
Hit the charity shops today.
When the sun came out last weekend I realised how little I had to wear in warm weather. I mean in a real Lady Godiva way. Got rid of my large Summer clothes in one of my pre-move purges. And if I still had them I wouldn't be able to wear them anyway, the skirts were literally falling off me.

So I got some nice new ice-cream colours in case the sun ever comes out on a day I'm not working again.
Not today.
Rain seems to be the default setting in Otley.

Also got a second hand copy of Game of Thrones.
It may have been an unwanted gift because it looks more lived in after I've had it half a day than it did when I bought it.
I've started my journey, people.
And as I know what happened to Sean Bean because of an interview he gave, I dont want to know which character he plays. Not all that hard to guess though... I will have to stay away from the thread from now on. The names will begin to mean more to me.

And again, so sorry for Mum, but bittersweet for me.
Had a letter from her saying again how she misses the way I calm her down and diffuse situations between her and Dad. Of course it only happened occasionally; most of the time I either hid or it backfired, making her even more angry. But she also added that I made her laugh every day. And that's not quite so wide of the mark.

[Lola Bunny]

Sundae: You know what they say, "You don't know what you have until it's gone." Your mom finally appreciates you and actually tells you. That's a good thing. I'm glad.

Bruce: I found two, and one of them actually knows how and connected the new washer for me too. And I didn't even have to offer incentives.

[lumberjim]

This made me happy when I found it hiding at the back of a row of black ones at target this morning:



Kind of mitigated when I got home to use it, and realized that I forgot staples. No starter strip in the package either, unfortunately. Oh well. This baby is coming to work with me today. I'll grab some there and bring the work one home.

[Nirvana]

My generator died almost 3 weeks ago and Sears sent it to be fixed. It had a 3yr warranty that cost me almost nothing. [YAY!] They called me this AM and decided they could not fix it and they are giving me a $599. credit towards a new one. [YAY!] The same model is now $120 more than my credited amount. The same warranty is now $109. Should I get the warranty too?

[glatt]

Sounds like with this generator, a warranty is a good idea.

[lumberjim]

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Lola Bunny

Bruce: I found two, and one of them actually knows how and connected the new washer for me too. And I didn't even have to offer incentives.

Limey sends her condolences.

[Nirvana]

No picking on the generator Glatt! It worked hard every day 4 hours a day at least, and double time and over nite when the lights when out, for 2 1/2 years. [/run on sentence] For whatever reason they did not want to replace the alternator. The engine still ran quite well.
'thought the warranty was a good idea just wondered what others thought.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

My generator died almost 3 weeks ago and Sears sent it to be fixed. It had a 3yr warranty that cost me almost nothing. [YAY!] They called me this AM and decided they could not fix it and they are giving me a $599. credit towards a new one. [YAY!] The same model is now $120 more than my credited amount. The same warranty is now $109. Should I get the warranty too?

Just wondering, what make is/was your generator?

At this end of the village, power comes by overhead line through the woods so we tend to get power cuts as a consequence of winter storms.

I've been contemplating buying a genny of about 2kw capacity, but they are terribly expensive in the UK so have yet to take the plunge.

I take it that you would recommend your current model, given the service it has shown?

Ta,

Carruthers.