27-03-2025, 02:32 PM
My plans for the day went out the window around 7.30-ish. I went to start washing before I got dressed & had breakfast, turned on machine & loaded in washing, turned on tap - at which point the top of the tap came off & water showered everywhere - including the ceiling. And of course including me. Drenched. I tried to put the top of the tap back but it wasn't happening, so went out to turn water off at the main.
Couldn't find the wretched thing so went next door to the nice neighbours & he came & managed to turn it off for me, thankfully.
Plumber arrived ( obviously, this had to be the day when they're doing something or other to the power poles in our street,which means half a dozen trucks, makeshift traffic lights & several million road cones, some of which will no doubt be left behind) & managed to fix it with a new tap which looks extremely modern.
Managed to get washing eventually by which time I'd run out of energy & decided not to do the baking I'd intended to do; it can damn well wait till tomorrow.
Couldn't find the wretched thing so went next door to the nice neighbours & he came & managed to turn it off for me, thankfully.
Plumber arrived ( obviously, this had to be the day when they're doing something or other to the power poles in our street,which means half a dozen trucks, makeshift traffic lights & several million road cones, some of which will no doubt be left behind) & managed to fix it with a new tap which looks extremely modern.
Managed to get washing eventually by which time I'd run out of energy & decided not to do the baking I'd intended to do; it can damn well wait till tomorrow.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)