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[ramtops]

Pete went to Finland last Monday (that’s 25 October) with his sister, to bury his mother’s ashes and see lawyers and bankers about her estate. He left me with a non-working boiler (see previous post).

Some friends popped in first thing Monday to take a look, but it was beyond their abilities, so I called the people who had fixed (if they did indeed

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[mrsrev]

Urgh, what a week! Bet you're glad that one's over, and here's hoping this one is better. We seem to be nearly over all our technofail, pending the purchase of a wireless repeater to make the router reach to the attic. If that doesn't work, I'm going to have one unhappy husband! Poor boy, even his stapler wouldn't co-operate this morning.

My user info has just alerted me to the fact that you have one of those interesting days on Wednesday and I have one on Friday :) I'll inbox you my mobile number (that being the one thing that has worked faultlessly throughout) and let you pick a non-coffee moment, but will have to be next week now (ie 8th onwards) as this one is filling up rapidly with appointments and visitors!

[veronica_milvus]

It certainly was a stressful week. Have you tried Jewson's for kitchens? They have some really nice ones and although they don't fit them themselves, they usually have the business cards of a number of companies they recommend.

[ramtops]

Thanks for that. We're currently at a choice between Ikea and a local company. All kitchen fitters seem to be sub-contract these days.

[mrsrev]

Will have to try West Bulls. We had roast and pud for £6.75 at the Priory Inn on Sunday and it wasn't too bad. The roast was average, but the Millionaire Shortbread Ice Cream Cake was fab!