It All Makes Work For The Working Man To Do

[poliphilo]

We have one of those showers which heats up its own water independent of the main boiler. You turn it on with  a cord that connects to a switch in the ceiling. Yesterday I pulled the cord and it came away in my hand.

I did try to fix it myself. There was a flash and a popping noise- and the fuses blew. I decided I'd better call in someone who knew what they were doing. 

This morning I showered by throwing water over myself with a saucepan.

This is going to be a week for having the workmen round. There's a plumber in the kitchen right now fixing the leaking pipe which brought down the kitchen ceiling- and this afternoon I'm expecting an electrician to fix the shower and a heating engineer  to give the boiler its annual overhaul. And then sometime today or tomorrow the builders will be arriving to start relaying the back yard.

Comments

[silverhawkdruid.livejournal.com]

My Favourite Flanders and Swann song. *g*

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I remember them being on TV when I was quite small. They were a class act.

[oakmouse]

ILU for quoting Flanders & Swann. *g*

Here's to getting it all fixed.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We're nearing the end of the working day and most of the work is done- except, of course, for the relaying of the back yard, which has only just begun.

[oakmouse]

Yay! I trust they all called you by the right name, too. ;)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Lovely people, all of them :)

...and you know, you can get such a lot from a wompom...

[jorrocks-j.livejournal.com]

...you can use every part of it, too...

Re: ...and you know, you can get such a lot from a wompom...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's remarkable how Flanders and Swann have survived. They seem so local, so 1950s, but they're as popular now as they ever were- and particularly well-loved in the States.