A different serviceman came today to fit the new heart and brains into my dishwasher. He put in the new part and set it going to test it. About ten minutes into its cycle it started beeping again and an error message again appeared. This serviceman interpreted the error message and said that the fault was in the pump and that I needed a new pump which he would order immediately ... but ... there had been the same problem with a dishwasher on Level 6 and there was a kickboard preventing the dishwasher from being removed and he didn't want to break it so would I please organise to have the kick-board , which is glued and silicone-sealed, removed as he knew from experience that it was not easy to do.
Looking at it, it looks as though it will need a jigsaw to cut down the sides and something to remove the silicone seal.
I phoned the man who is supposed to help with building faults and such matters but he said that the kickboard was not his responsibility and that there was a handyman who had done some work around the apartments from a company called 'Hire a Hubby'. so tomorrow I will be phoning him and hopefully he will be able to remove the kick-board without too much fuss and mess. And afterwards I suppose that it will have to be put back but this time, hopefully with something easily removable. I felt like sitting down and weeping with frustration and despair.
COTA is not much fun at the moment, either. The computers haven't been upgraded and do not support any server-provided mail system and the woman in charge simply shrugs and says "Open g-mail accounts for the clients". I am tired of lugging my own computers into town every week because COTA's computers are so bad.
Sorry about the rant; I get frustrated when things which I can't control keep on happening and this evening I seem to have reached a low point. Tomorrow will be better and I will phone Hire a Hubby and get someone to remove the kick-board and put it back again afterwards and hopefully I will not be washing up by hand for much longer using one of the dishwasher racks to stack the clean dishes because Multiplex, in its wisdom, didn't fit draining boards in the apartments.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Mon Lavevaisselle est Mort #3
The dishwasher repairman is coming on 23rd of this month to rejuvenate the dishwasher; it is all taking a long time.
I went to see a surgical podiatrist today about my sore toe. I used to know him when he was a humble ordinary podiatrist and we both worked at a hospital which is now a housing estate. He thinks, as I have come to do, that the pain is caused by an exostosis and has made me a little splint to straighten the toe which is all very well when I have shoes on but I can't wear it when I go barefooted which I prefer to do. I am to phone him next Tuesday and report progress. He said that the shape of my feet is an autosomal dominant gene and nothing to do with shoes, high heels or anything like that. I have my grandfather's feet and unfortunately D3 has inherited them from me but I guess that one out of three isn't too bad, except for poor D3.
I am persisting with trying to walk the babies in their harnesses and Poppy isn't too bad as long as she is on her own; even Parsifal will walk a few steps if he is on his own but both panic if they meet anyone in the corridor. However I bring a little bit of the outside in when I shop, which I have started doing most days, and I bring the groceries up in a shopping trolley. The babies give it a thorough going over with their little whiffling noses.
Yesterday I plied together all the remnants from my bobbins where one bobbin has had a bit left over after plying. I ended up with about 100metres of very colourful yarn - a mix of BFL and Polwarth - and I have freed up four bobbins. There is still a bit of red BFL on one bobbin and I will use it up when I have collected enough dregs again. I'll post a picture of it when I log onto Firefox; IE won't let me put pictures here.
Click on the picture to enlarge it ...
I went to see a surgical podiatrist today about my sore toe. I used to know him when he was a humble ordinary podiatrist and we both worked at a hospital which is now a housing estate. He thinks, as I have come to do, that the pain is caused by an exostosis and has made me a little splint to straighten the toe which is all very well when I have shoes on but I can't wear it when I go barefooted which I prefer to do. I am to phone him next Tuesday and report progress. He said that the shape of my feet is an autosomal dominant gene and nothing to do with shoes, high heels or anything like that. I have my grandfather's feet and unfortunately D3 has inherited them from me but I guess that one out of three isn't too bad, except for poor D3.
I am persisting with trying to walk the babies in their harnesses and Poppy isn't too bad as long as she is on her own; even Parsifal will walk a few steps if he is on his own but both panic if they meet anyone in the corridor. However I bring a little bit of the outside in when I shop, which I have started doing most days, and I bring the groceries up in a shopping trolley. The babies give it a thorough going over with their little whiffling noses.
Yesterday I plied together all the remnants from my bobbins where one bobbin has had a bit left over after plying. I ended up with about 100metres of very colourful yarn - a mix of BFL and Polwarth - and I have freed up four bobbins. There is still a bit of red BFL on one bobbin and I will use it up when I have collected enough dregs again. I'll post a picture of it when I log onto Firefox; IE won't let me put pictures here.
Click on the picture to enlarge it ...
Monday, September 8, 2014
Mon Lavevaisselle est Mort #2
The bad news is that I will have to wait for at least another two weeks before my dishwasher can be repaired as a new module is needed and here in the West parts are rarely available when needed and have to be shipped in.
But the good news is that Miele will pay for the replacement module and the serviceman's fee as a 'goodwill gesture'. Since it was going to cost me almost as much as a brand new Asko dishwasher it seems a sensible and helpful move on Miele's part.
Meanwhile, I am washing up by hand - a not too onerous job - but Multiplex, in its wisdoms (or lack of it and there are plenty of instances of that) saw fit to neglect to install a draining board so I am using the bottom rack of the dishwasher to drain and dry the dishes which then drip all over the bench top.
Herself's friend from schooldays, Daffodil, is arriving from England this afternoon and Herself intends, if Daffodil is not too jetlagged, to bringing her here for coffee, show her the Claremont Quarter, and watch me spinning on the electronic spinner - which is rather like watching paint dry but to add to the excitement I am using the bobbin known as The Kicker and which has been marked with nailpolish (not red as I don't have any) to designate it as dangerous when crossed. I decided that I had better go through the weary process of getting the bobbin started and The Kicker lived up to her name and the singles broke many times before I got it going; so fingers crossed for tomorrow.
The babies have decided that they should be allowed to walk in the passage and they do fine as long as I take them one by one and with just a collar and lead but that is not secure as they can back out of the collar which is designed to slip off if the wearer is in danger of being strangled. So today I took them out together in their harnesses and both lay down as soon as they got outside the door so I hauled them back again and removed the leads from the harnesses and they are going to have to get used to wearing their harnesses if they want to go walkies again. They are gorgeous and I love then dearly but their oriental voices when they want something are a bit much, especially as they consider me a captive audience when I am working at my computer.
Poppy, the chronometer kitten likes to make sure that I go to bed at a timely hour and starts in at about 9.30pm - I rarely get to bed before midnight. Bless their little black hearts; they keep me company and are very entertaining but I never realised just how much work indoor cats create.
But the good news is that Miele will pay for the replacement module and the serviceman's fee as a 'goodwill gesture'. Since it was going to cost me almost as much as a brand new Asko dishwasher it seems a sensible and helpful move on Miele's part.
Meanwhile, I am washing up by hand - a not too onerous job - but Multiplex, in its wisdoms (or lack of it and there are plenty of instances of that) saw fit to neglect to install a draining board so I am using the bottom rack of the dishwasher to drain and dry the dishes which then drip all over the bench top.
Herself's friend from schooldays, Daffodil, is arriving from England this afternoon and Herself intends, if Daffodil is not too jetlagged, to bringing her here for coffee, show her the Claremont Quarter, and watch me spinning on the electronic spinner - which is rather like watching paint dry but to add to the excitement I am using the bobbin known as The Kicker and which has been marked with nailpolish (not red as I don't have any) to designate it as dangerous when crossed. I decided that I had better go through the weary process of getting the bobbin started and The Kicker lived up to her name and the singles broke many times before I got it going; so fingers crossed for tomorrow.
The babies have decided that they should be allowed to walk in the passage and they do fine as long as I take them one by one and with just a collar and lead but that is not secure as they can back out of the collar which is designed to slip off if the wearer is in danger of being strangled. So today I took them out together in their harnesses and both lay down as soon as they got outside the door so I hauled them back again and removed the leads from the harnesses and they are going to have to get used to wearing their harnesses if they want to go walkies again. They are gorgeous and I love then dearly but their oriental voices when they want something are a bit much, especially as they consider me a captive audience when I am working at my computer.
Poppy, the chronometer kitten likes to make sure that I go to bed at a timely hour and starts in at about 9.30pm - I rarely get to bed before midnight. Bless their little black hearts; they keep me company and are very entertaining but I never realised just how much work indoor cats create.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Mon Lavevaisselle est Mort
The dishwasher repairman came today and pronounced a major organ failure and the dishwasher needs a heart/brain transplant which is going to cost almost as much as a new dishwasher - which would figure since it has total module failure. The Proud Man said that it has not run sufficient hours to warrant this and Miele is going to be asked to come to the party and replace the module free of charge; but I am not holding my breath on that one and will price Asko dishwashers while I wait for the verdict.
I have finished knitting the back of my Sloppy Joe and am about to start on the front but am debating with myself whether or not to knit the cupcake vest instead. Meanwhile I am spinning my Polwarth Pigtails because they are fun and quick to spin. I must say that I am enjoying spinning the Polwarth but will reserve judgement until it has been washed and fulled before I order any more.
I have finished knitting the back of my Sloppy Joe and am about to start on the front but am debating with myself whether or not to knit the cupcake vest instead. Meanwhile I am spinning my Polwarth Pigtails because they are fun and quick to spin. I must say that I am enjoying spinning the Polwarth but will reserve judgement until it has been washed and fulled before I order any more.
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Not a Single was Harmed
I have finished spinning the colourway 'Cupcake' which D3 generously gave me to supplement the two braids which I received and spun ages ago but realised that there was not really enough to knit anything meaningful. Today I plied it and tomorrow I will skein it off, wash it and see if it matches the first skein. It is always a worry that, especially when there is a time lapse between spinning the first and second skeins, that they will be of different thickness; although I am spinning much more consistently than I used to.
It takes me two hours to ply two full bobbins onto a jumbo bobbin and up until now I have always stood to do it; today I decided to sit down ... not a good idea. For some reason the bobbins kept on unwinding down onto the Lazy Kate and I would have to stop and unwind the singles. Then disaster struck and the plied yarn fell off the bobbin and into the bearing. I had to remove the jumbo bobbin and wind on the plied yarn by hand - until I came to an almighty tangle of singles. I thought that I would have to break one of the singles and spit-join it all up but, with much patience and swearing I managed to untangle it without breaking anything. I had a cup of coffee and plied the rest of the skein standing up. There is still quite a bit of spun singles on one of the bobbins and I might ply it with some remnants on another couple of bobbins and start knitting Granny Squares.
It hasn't been a good week; my dishwasher suddenly started screaming a couple of nights ago and then flashed a message "Technical fault: Call maintenance" . The next morning I looked at the book of words which said that I should wait for five minutes and try again and if the same message flashes up to do as I was told, so I tried again with the same result. I phoned the Miele maintenance people who can't come until next Friday - over a week. So I am washing up by hand and Multiplex, in its wisdom, neglected to give the apartments draining boards so I am having to take one of the racks out of the dishwasher to stack the dishes on. It is all very untidy.
I am decreasing for the raglan sleeves of the 'sloppy joe' sweater which I am knitting with the Rosewood colourway from GreenwoodFiberworks and I am going to have heaps over because I spun seven skeins and will probably only need half that amount - scarf, gloves and hat?
Here is a picture of the two skeins of Cupcake. Click on the picture to enlarge it.
It takes me two hours to ply two full bobbins onto a jumbo bobbin and up until now I have always stood to do it; today I decided to sit down ... not a good idea. For some reason the bobbins kept on unwinding down onto the Lazy Kate and I would have to stop and unwind the singles. Then disaster struck and the plied yarn fell off the bobbin and into the bearing. I had to remove the jumbo bobbin and wind on the plied yarn by hand - until I came to an almighty tangle of singles. I thought that I would have to break one of the singles and spit-join it all up but, with much patience and swearing I managed to untangle it without breaking anything. I had a cup of coffee and plied the rest of the skein standing up. There is still quite a bit of spun singles on one of the bobbins and I might ply it with some remnants on another couple of bobbins and start knitting Granny Squares.
It hasn't been a good week; my dishwasher suddenly started screaming a couple of nights ago and then flashed a message "Technical fault: Call maintenance" . The next morning I looked at the book of words which said that I should wait for five minutes and try again and if the same message flashes up to do as I was told, so I tried again with the same result. I phoned the Miele maintenance people who can't come until next Friday - over a week. So I am washing up by hand and Multiplex, in its wisdom, neglected to give the apartments draining boards so I am having to take one of the racks out of the dishwasher to stack the dishes on. It is all very untidy.
I am decreasing for the raglan sleeves of the 'sloppy joe' sweater which I am knitting with the Rosewood colourway from GreenwoodFiberworks and I am going to have heaps over because I spun seven skeins and will probably only need half that amount - scarf, gloves and hat?
Here is a picture of the two skeins of Cupcake. Click on the picture to enlarge it.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
I have finally signed up to paypal
... and not without difficulty.
I filled out the online form which paypal promptly rejected, telling me that I had left something out - it didn't say what I had left out but it zero'd my password so I tried changing it. Still paypal rejected my data.
I worked through, changing minor details while I looked for a field which I had missed but still it said 'no'. Finally I started tinkering with my postal address - I have seven of them, most with variations. Suddenly I was in and a message popped up to say that they had checked my address against the Post Office records and I had (finally) given them the correct one according to Australia Post. It is not my address according to the Claremont Council and not my address according to the Electoral Roll but it is the only one which paypay recognises.
I have been spinning a fibreclub offering which is basically red , green and yellow and white in between. I have an aversion to spinning red and green together as it ends up a sort of muddy brown so I laboriously separated the colours and used my blending board to make rolags of the different colours. I am not very good at spinning woollen and the tension on Roberta was playing up but I got it all done and the effect is wonderful. It is red at one end and graduates through pink, apricot, yellow and green. I will post a photo of it wound into a ball for knitting as it shows the colour gradient very well: then I will knit a scarf.
I am about halfway up the back of the Sloppy Joe which I am knitting with the Rosewood colourway and there is going to be a lot over so I might get a slouchy beanie and a pair of mittens to match but they will have to wait ... I have a lot of braids waiting to be spun before I branch out.
Oh - and I finally finished the Beastly Black jacket and it fits, is warm and very comfortable - and we are having the warmest August on record. *sigh*
Edited to add the promised photo. Click on the image to enlarge it.
I filled out the online form which paypal promptly rejected, telling me that I had left something out - it didn't say what I had left out but it zero'd my password so I tried changing it. Still paypal rejected my data.
I worked through, changing minor details while I looked for a field which I had missed but still it said 'no'. Finally I started tinkering with my postal address - I have seven of them, most with variations. Suddenly I was in and a message popped up to say that they had checked my address against the Post Office records and I had (finally) given them the correct one according to Australia Post. It is not my address according to the Claremont Council and not my address according to the Electoral Roll but it is the only one which paypay recognises.
I have been spinning a fibreclub offering which is basically red , green and yellow and white in between. I have an aversion to spinning red and green together as it ends up a sort of muddy brown so I laboriously separated the colours and used my blending board to make rolags of the different colours. I am not very good at spinning woollen and the tension on Roberta was playing up but I got it all done and the effect is wonderful. It is red at one end and graduates through pink, apricot, yellow and green. I will post a photo of it wound into a ball for knitting as it shows the colour gradient very well: then I will knit a scarf.
I am about halfway up the back of the Sloppy Joe which I am knitting with the Rosewood colourway and there is going to be a lot over so I might get a slouchy beanie and a pair of mittens to match but they will have to wait ... I have a lot of braids waiting to be spun before I branch out.
Oh - and I finally finished the Beastly Black jacket and it fits, is warm and very comfortable - and we are having the warmest August on record. *sigh*
Edited to add the promised photo. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Now I think that I have seen everything ...
I was wandering Coles Supermarket this morning looking for a showercap (sometimes they have them but mostly they don't) and my eye lit upon Caffeine Shampoo and Conditioner "To stimulate the roots of your hair". I think that beats 'Posturepedic" mattresses. Since Orthopaedic means "straight child" I assume that posturepedic means 'posture American child'. I need to come out of the closet at this point and admit that I am a member of a Pedants Group on http://librarything.com but posturepedic makes as much sense as buying a caffeine shampoo. Why not simply use a coffee rinse of you are gullible.
I moved into this apartment on 2nd August 2011 so I have now been here for three years, although it still feels new and strange. I lived in the last place for almost 50 years and although I did a major renovation it was always home. I haven't been back since the day I moved out; I don't want to see or know what has been done with it by subsequent buyers.
I am spinning the 'Minestrone' colourway from Kathy's Fibres and will make a quick-knit scarf as I will only have one skein and the spinning is very uneven while I teach myself to spin rolags on E.Roberta. I have had to increase the twist to prevent it from breaking and for some reason it is not winding on as consistently as it does when I spin tops with a short forward draw. With the rolags I am having to take advantage of the Irish tension and do a sort of modified long backdraw to keep firm tension on the singles.
I am wearing the BB in the evenings and it is lovely and warm and comfortable but I am not sure just how durable it will be. I'll know by the end of winter.
Here is the BB, modeled by D2. Click on the pictures to enlarge them.
I moved into this apartment on 2nd August 2011 so I have now been here for three years, although it still feels new and strange. I lived in the last place for almost 50 years and although I did a major renovation it was always home. I haven't been back since the day I moved out; I don't want to see or know what has been done with it by subsequent buyers.
I am spinning the 'Minestrone' colourway from Kathy's Fibres and will make a quick-knit scarf as I will only have one skein and the spinning is very uneven while I teach myself to spin rolags on E.Roberta. I have had to increase the twist to prevent it from breaking and for some reason it is not winding on as consistently as it does when I spin tops with a short forward draw. With the rolags I am having to take advantage of the Irish tension and do a sort of modified long backdraw to keep firm tension on the singles.
I am wearing the BB in the evenings and it is lovely and warm and comfortable but I am not sure just how durable it will be. I'll know by the end of winter.
Here is the BB, modeled by D2. Click on the pictures to enlarge them.
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