On the down side:
- Start to mow the lawn. New-ish (somewhat underwhelming) electric mower seizes up, stops. When the receipt comes to light, Bunnings say:
“No, too late, you can’t bring it back and get a different one, you have to take it to the manufacturer.”
The manufacturer will give us a new one, so, not so bad. - Diconsolate, I go prod the power switch on my computer: there is happy in Teh Internetz. Nothing happens! Frowning, I turn the big switch at the back off and on again. There is an audible poof, and ribbons of dense oily smoke stream out. No warranties on that anymore. 🙁
- Frustrated, but it’s time to pack my work stuff for the week anyway. My wonderful (if horribly expensive) Deuter laptop-backpack has unzipped iself and spilt its guts on the floor during the night. *sigh* I yank on the zip… and it comes off in my hand!
…fortunately, when I get my gruntle back sufficiently to think straight, this turns out to be fixable with patience and Very Large Pliers.
…Still. *grumble*
On the up-side:
- E gave me the most magnificent watch of all time!
It’s a ‘daybird’ self-winding all-mechanical watch with elegantly exposed workings. The spinning, glittering parts are powerfully hypnotic.
The back is transparent:
Which enables you to see the self-winding weight turning as the watch moves.
It ticks in a hypnotic way too. Fabulous!
