The washing machine is now fixed, so the house is full of wet clothes. I also had to use up a full day's holiday because the repair man was here for three hours in the middle of the day so I couldn't just take a half day. The rest of the day wasn't exactly wasted, as I moved the bookcases in the front room ( Read more... )

More than one actually.
The washer repair man arrived again yesterday. He sucked his teeth and shook his head a bit, then said something vital was broken and needed replacing and the part wouldn't arrive till next week. He then put all the bits - broken and otherwise - back and said not to use it.

I shall be washing at Tom's this weekend.