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🐫CURMUDGEONS' CORNER 7. If you have a dose of the cameelious hump🐪

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Turnips @HouseFinch😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Not every drier is able to be positioned near the vent @Lizzie27, hence the length of hose. It should have been possible to fix it to the fitting for the vent end though.
    The condensing ones are certainly easier, although I had a really duff one years ago which put me off them for a long time.
    The problem with those boxes @Songbird-1, is - you still have to open a window, which defeats the purpose completely! Might as well stick the hose out of it  ;)
    My 'new driver' daughter is looking like a very good car parker. The dreadful parking you see everywhere always makes us laugh - or makes us furious. I had to be good at parallel parking from an early stage. Would never have got parked anywhere near my flat if I wasn't. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I remember just after I learnt to drive,I carefully backed into a very tight space in a car park. I was so proud!
    Then I tried to get out of the car. There was only about 6" either side. 😟
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Did you crawl out the back @B3?
    Which is fine nowadays when saloon cars are less common, and most are hatchback. I suppose if you have a sunroof that helps too  ;)
    When I was taking fairylet out in my car [ quite large]  she used to get annoyed if she didn't park it well.
    If only all the other folk did the same....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Nope. There was a wall. Vauxhall Viva. No hatchback. I drove out hoping nobody had seen me.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    You can only have so much length of ducting for driers or extractors before condensation starts to collect inside and cause problems.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Fair dos @Songbird-1. Glad it's working for you. Don't want you tripping. Luckily mine is near the window, and I thought of getting a vent put in, but the condenser heats up the kitchen too, so it's win, win :)

    I'm hopefully avoiding using mine today - the sun has managed to struggle through, so fingers crossed....
    @B3- I had one of those as my first car. It had belonged to the mother of a co worker, and had hardly been used. It conked out after about two months  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Ours lasted for many years and was even drivable onto the car hearse that took it away. The Stromberg carburettor was a pain though. I still have the special key for adjusting it.
    The best thing was, no electronics. My dad could always do the maintenance and repairs.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    One of the best things I ever did with a tumble dryer was give it away to the local battered wives shelter back in 1984.  Horrid, energy hungry machines.   We use an airer instead.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    I very smugly parked at right angles to the kerb in a Smart Car, as shown in the early ads to demonstrate how space saving and easy to park they were. Returned to find myself boxed in either side and couldn’t open either door. Fortunately it was the soft top version with a button on the key fob to open the roof. Was pretty embarrassing climbing in the roof through. I parked like everyone else from that day forward.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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