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Well the broadband is still not perfect due to the network problems in our area and yesterday l just politely said l was unhappy currently.

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So pleased that The Fruit Machine has finally been relased on DVD. I've only got a poor VHS tape of it from the one time it was shown on UK TV. Much of the filming was done just next door in Brighton.

Has Robbie Coltrane in a dress. If you can imagine....:shocked:

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Our upstairs lighting circuit failed a while back, and I've been looking for an electrician to repair it. Every electrician who quoted (and several have) said the consumer unit and supply line would also need to be replaced. I expected this as we had an old style fuse box. Several of the electricians said that the supply line to circuit had failed, but due to the age of the circuit (over 30 years), they recommended ripping it out and replacing it. Quotes ranged from £900 to £4,500. The electrician that quoted £4,500 decided (against my wishes) that he was going to quote for replacement of *all* the electrical circuits in the house, including adding an extra lighting circuit to bung a light in the loft (which, to be fair, I did enquire about). Even counting that, my research suggested his quote was on the high side.

Found an electrician that was able to replace the consumer unit and the upstairs lighting circuit for £630, and he did it in 6 hours instead of the eight he told me. So, I am quite happy. I will be replacing the other circuits in the house, but that will be as and when I can afford to do so.

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The job centre actually remembered to send me a letter in the right format!

A very rare event I tell you :)

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One minor downside to all this work. Obviously the electricity was off for a whie yesterday, and I'd forgotton to set up IP reservations on my new router. This has meant everything has come back online with different IPs, which has messed up a few things..

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Just finished cleaning the oven.:) Fortunately with an almost black interior I don't have to do too much to that so it's mainly getting the chrome grills and rails shining and the door glass clean. The rails come out easily just being held with a single knurled nut each side.

Demon tip here: Use one of those scrapers with a Stanley blade in, normally used to get paint off windows but the perfect tool for lightening removal of baked-on grease. Keep the blade shallow to avoid scratching the glass.

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Been meaning to clean mine for weeks now, must do it later after tea.

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Thankfully my partner does all that.

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Currently I'm not even allowed to lift the kettle let alone do the cleaning.

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Yes l know what you mean by that as because of my device they tell me not to move anything heavy as it might move the device in a untoward way.

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Just been onto the AA's website to get my car insurance sorted out as they were the cheapest of all the offerings and I'm also a member:

£98.60 fully comp, protected bonus (20+ years). '94 Metro GTi 16v That's what I call a bargain and they've thrown in a £20 shopping voucher and a free rental car if mine's off the road. They must think I'm an old duffer type of driver rather than the boy racer.:D

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I'm back :D

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Welcome stranger. :)

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Well, some good news from my job interview.

I have a trial on Thursday afternoon, apparently everyone goes in at level 1, which is marketing but after 12 weeks and progressing to level 3, you can then choose where in the company you would want to go so if all goes well on Thursday in my trial, I'm aiming to be in the warehouse after 13 weeks.

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Excellent news Marc, all the best for Thursday :)