220/365 - A Big Truck ....

Took this photo on Wednesday afternoon, after the Welsh workmen had gone - but forgot about it - lol.  Wednesday wasn't a good day, weather wise (well, I suppose it depends on your point of view - Gardeners - loved it, Mums with School age children - Hated it, Me - I was indifferent 'cos I was busy doing indor stuff) because it rained off and on - and not just light showers either.

Just before the first downpour, the grounds maintenance contractors turned up to cut the communal grass and trim the shrubs - then the heavens opened.  Last time I looked, they were sitting in their van ....  When I went downstairs at about 5.45pm, said grass cutting persons were still in their van - then there was a load of rumbling and hissing air brake noises and this turned up .....

This being a very large Recovery Truck.  Said driver got out and the bonnet was opened of the sick van and after a few minutes of chin stroking (as blokes do) said van sparked into life - leaving huge Recovery Truck having to reverse back down the road - took him eight minutes.  I know - 'cos I stoood there and watched - lol

217/365 - And What's In Your Loft? ...

Today some workmen, all the way from Wales, came to visit.  After a bit of chat and a cup of coffee they set to and disappeared up in the loft.  After a while, they brought this lot down .....

This is a Heat Exchange system which has been in the house since the day I moved in - nearly 20 years ago (yikes - has it been that long).  I never really knew how it worked except that it would clear cooking condensation from the kitchen windows back in the days when I cooked and in the dead of night when all was still, you could hear this low pitched humming (so could my neighbour - lol).

There is 14 metres of that tubey stuff - loads and loads of ribbed aluminium, which could have been a crafting dream, but was razor sharp and surrounded in loft insultation and a type of nylon sock.  What I want to know is - how did it all fit in up there.  I have never been in my loft - bit of a scaredy cat on the loft ladder - lol - I just send the kids up there for the Christmas tree and whenever.

Nice workmen replaced the above with this ....

This time the tubey thing (which is in those four boxes) is all encased in a lightweight metallic looking sleeve - bit like what they wrap you in if you have hypothermia - not that I've ever had that - but I watch Casualty sometimes - lol.

I'm still not exactly certain what this thing does.  The new control panel on the kitchen wall looks very nice and only has three buttons to push - so it can't be that difficult - can it?

And the nice workmen - they didn't make a scrap of mess, asked to use the loo, only had two cups of coffee and were finished three hours ahead of time and have now headed off back to Wales - probably zipping down the M4 as I type .....

216/365 - Love It or Hate It ......

I found these in a well known supermarket - and I'm one of those who just LOVE Marmite - lol ....

Makes for a yummy snack ....