A little more to add on the bathroom situation. Yes there’s more. I just didn’t want to say it yesterday because:
a) I already had cramp from writing all that, and know there are published novels out there that are shorter and,
b) I was afraid if I made the post any longer some of you would look at it and decide: too many words, I’ll wait until Readers Digest bring out the abridged version. Yes Julie, I mean you…
I now know why Indian houses have lots of bathrooms. It’s not because Indians all want an en suite, it’s because they won’t all be fully working at the same time, and having lots of bathrooms means there’s a chance whatever you need will be working somewhere. See, our master bathroom has the best bath. Actually, it has the only bath. This worked even when we had no hot water, because we could carry a couple of buckets of hot water through from the kitchen. But the shower was cold, so Rod would use the shower in Keir’s bathroom, which is the best shower in the house. But Rod couldn’t use our bathroom to shave, because we had no hot water, nor could he use Keir’s bathroom for shaving, because Keir’s mirror is so bad you can’t see anything in it. That left Thalia’s bathroom for shaving. Thalia’s shower can be dodgy at the best of times, but she has the best mirror.
That of course was last week, when the master bath hot water cylinder was on the blink. Rod has had to go to London for 10 days, so at the moment, no one needs to be able to see their face in a mirror to shave. My hot water is now working perfectly (touch wood). Keir’s hot water cylinder worked last week, but now only gets to lukewarm. Keir had cold showers for a couple of days before he said anything. I know that cylinder was working last week because Rod would never have done that! And we don’t seem to be able to get any hot water out of Thalia’s hot water cylinder. Actually, we don’t seem to be able to get any water out of Thalia’s hot water taps at all, not hot, not cold. Fingers crossed my hot water cylinder lasts until Rod gets back on the weekend!!
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Good grief, Lana! I guess you can be thankful that the toilets work! One thing I know, is that you will appreciate all the conveniences of England when you return home.
Maybe you can pretend that you are doing some primative camping in a wilderness area, rather than living in a supposedly modern city. No? well, it was just a thought.
Hope you problems are fixed soon.
Kathy, we're always grateful when the toilets work. Of course, that relies on there being cold water available at the time...
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