Monday 4th Feb

Well it just goes to show you don't always see what's right in front of you, or put another way, you see what you expect to be there. Last week, Wednesday morning to be precise, after Mrs Perry had departed for work, me and the youngest were have a bit of pre-school sport in the hall. Now we have the same light fitting in the hall and on the landing, comes down on a short pole and then there are three seperate lights in three glass bowls. What happened was the ball in question took a quick edge and clean as a whistle knocked one of the glass bowls up and over its' light bulb and onto the floor, where it settled in about 100 separate pieces! "What are we going to tell mum?" was the first question out. To which I replied, "Nothing, don't mention it, she might not notice!" Unlikely I know, clutching at straws, possibly, given the time of year and the fact it's in use a lot at the moment. However, the bulb was still working, so the light wouldn't be any different, so there was a chance. In the meantime I visited the chap we'd bought the light from, only to find him no longer there. However, through a kind neighbouring company, who knew him I passed on my details, and he got back to me, and I ordered a replacement. You know at that point I wondered if we might just get away with it. Then this morning as Mrs P was hugging our eldest goodbye, she looked up! and despite attempts to distract her, she was not to be dissuaded. Two things played in our favour at this point. Firstly, I had a replacement ordered, and secondly, it had taken her the better part of 5 days to notice the glass bowl was missing from the light. I think we got away with it.

 

To update on the digital TV saga, (see Friday 1st Feb). Despite protestations from the supplier that all was now well, on Sunday evening as we settled down to watch Top Gear, the digital box turned itself off and restarted, mucking up a recording as it did so. So today once again I phoned, and once again a kind person in India reset the box remotely, and this time it is definitely sorted, again! They did though place an order for an engineer to come and fit a replacement box a week on Friday, as they seem to now accept there may be a problem. However, as the appointment is not for 2 weeks I now have the option to cancel it, if the digital service is ok up until then. I'm almost hoping it goes wrong again now, so I don't have to make that decision. It never ceases to amaze how often a thing has to go wrong before a large company will accept it is actually broken, and not just the customer who can't use it properly.

 

Yours having just about got away with it this time

 

Jay