Biggest news of the day is that the phone and internet in the shop have finally broken. After some patchy service they started going seriously wrong yesterday and today, after limping along for a bit, finally downed tools. The phone is useless, on account of deafening noise on the line and the wireless hub spent all afternoon refusing to connect.
We think that years of damp have corroded the innards of the main socket, which is irreversable, inconvenient and probably expensive.
As the main business of the shop centres round our internet presence this a Bad Thing.
More cheerfully, after a couple of squirts of WD-40 into the door locks my keys operate as smoothly as if they were made from pure silk. Of course, if they were they would be useless, but I’m trying to make more use of interesting imagery in my writing, even to the point of talking nonsense.
After some discussion we decided not to adopt this approach with the socket in the shop.
We boxed up 70 coin covers this morning and the are nowwaiting for a courier to pick them up and take them to the USA, proving that with the reach of eBay it’s possible to sell anything.
Finally, my mistletoe arrived. We haven’t seen any around this year (apart from clumps that are so far up trees you’d need ropes and oxygen to pick it) so I ordered it on eBay. It only took a few days and it was lovely and fresh when it arrived. There was a lot of it too. The picture shows the box after I’d given four big sprigs away.
I’m very relaxed now, having obtained Julia’s mistletoe and done enough food shopping to see us through until the 27th.
I may permit myself a small sherry later…
We shall need your selling skills after Brexit. The mistletoe looks very healthy but I am sad not to have seen pictures of you climbing up a tree to get your own supply. I hope that you and Julia have a peaceful and relaxing Christmas and that both Santa and the telecoms engineer arrive.
Thank you. Happy Christmas to you and all the Tootlepedals. 🙂
It’s amazing to see mistletoe growing on a tree. Of course, you have to feel sorry for the tree, but…glad you got yours and hope the phone and internet get fixed soon.
We have a telecom engineer coming on Christmas Eve. Fingers crossed!
Phew! You deserve that sherry. Happy holidays!
Thank you – and to you and Clif.
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Thank you. Have a good Christmas.
I hope the shop troubles are sorted soon. Congrats on the mistletoe. Pure silk is better than a sow’s ear
That is a very profound daying sensei. Telecom coming out on Monday. so we will see…
Jackie has never let me forget that I once trained my 3 year old brother to go and tell Mum that Arthur Road was better than none
There is a streak of evil in you that isn’t noticeable at first. 🙂
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I feel as though I am alone on a desert island if I am without my internet connection!
Yes, we missed it today. 🙂