Those of you Dear Readers who've been a'reading my Blog since I started telling my strange Tales of TomFoolery and other such Fooleries will surely remember reading about The Wizard.
He is not a mythical character but an extremely nice man who happens to be very clever in matters pertaining to building, computers, plumbing and wiring of all types of electrical machinery.
In short, he is a Wizard with a capital W!
Last week our washing machine blinked once, twice, then refused to work. As you can imagine, many rude words were uttered to this machine who displayed such bad manners and she thought much worse ones too!
She tried all sorts of tricks to trick the machine into working again but no, it did not want to.. grrr.
So she went to the shop who supplied it to us and told them the problem, Mark, the owner, said "the pump has gone, it will cost you £95.00 for me to come and fit it".
Gulp.. we can think of much nicer things on which to spend nearly a hundred quid on, so she said "ok, I'll call you next week to arrange a day".
She came home and thought about the £95.00, the machine is six years old, does she really need the dryer element, how much would a new washing machine without a dryer cost, etc, etc.
Today she woke up and thought 'Wizard, he could fit it, I'd much rather give him the money, plus he could collect the three lamps that need rewiring".
So she called Rob, aka The Wizard, and explained her sad story, he said,"it sounds as if you're right but it could be the filter is blocked".
FILTER!
She had forgotten about the filter.. situated right at the base of the machine.. with NO space for a bowl to be placed underneath to catch any water that might flow out.. grrr.
So that's what she has just done, she wedged a very thick towel under the trap, turned the filter, out came lots of water, then she pulled the filter out.
He was right, it was blocked. With a mass of small cotton threads, gungy soap, which is strange as she uses a liquid soap and a small nail!
She took a bottle of descaling powder from the kitchen, poured the stated amount into the soap compartment and turned the machine onto a short, hot wash.
All it took was a wave of our Wizard's wand. We bless Rob Leary and his knowledge of all things electrical.
GeeGee Parrot.
July 8th, 2014.
PostScript: How about this for a coincidence!
Claudia from Mark's shop has just called to say that she has an almost new second hand John Lewis washer / dryer for sale at a very good price of £150.00!
He is not a mythical character but an extremely nice man who happens to be very clever in matters pertaining to building, computers, plumbing and wiring of all types of electrical machinery.
In short, he is a Wizard with a capital W!
Last week our washing machine blinked once, twice, then refused to work. As you can imagine, many rude words were uttered to this machine who displayed such bad manners and she thought much worse ones too!
She tried all sorts of tricks to trick the machine into working again but no, it did not want to.. grrr.
So she went to the shop who supplied it to us and told them the problem, Mark, the owner, said "the pump has gone, it will cost you £95.00 for me to come and fit it".
Gulp.. we can think of much nicer things on which to spend nearly a hundred quid on, so she said "ok, I'll call you next week to arrange a day".
She came home and thought about the £95.00, the machine is six years old, does she really need the dryer element, how much would a new washing machine without a dryer cost, etc, etc.
Today she woke up and thought 'Wizard, he could fit it, I'd much rather give him the money, plus he could collect the three lamps that need rewiring".
So she called Rob, aka The Wizard, and explained her sad story, he said,"it sounds as if you're right but it could be the filter is blocked".
FILTER!
She had forgotten about the filter.. situated right at the base of the machine.. with NO space for a bowl to be placed underneath to catch any water that might flow out.. grrr.
So that's what she has just done, she wedged a very thick towel under the trap, turned the filter, out came lots of water, then she pulled the filter out.
He was right, it was blocked. With a mass of small cotton threads, gungy soap, which is strange as she uses a liquid soap and a small nail!
She took a bottle of descaling powder from the kitchen, poured the stated amount into the soap compartment and turned the machine onto a short, hot wash.
All it took was a wave of our Wizard's wand. We bless Rob Leary and his knowledge of all things electrical.
GeeGee Parrot.
July 8th, 2014.
PostScript: How about this for a coincidence!
Claudia from Mark's shop has just called to say that she has an almost new second hand John Lewis washer / dryer for sale at a very good price of £150.00!
Well, and did you take her up on it? Yes, isn't it amazing how a small thing can be the bummer that when tweaked just PRESTO! Everything works fine again. Know about such things...as a mom on a slim budget and a family of NINE!
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