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📢 CURMUDGEONS' CORNER XVI 📢

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The chap who condemned our very old Bosch recommended a Miele. It was the one he had himself. So that's the one I got. He advised not to go for the top of the range as It is padded out with useless programs like trainer washing cycle. It works fine and seems pretty solid. Very quiet too if that matters to you.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3 said:
    Is there really a company called Arcelik😅
    I used to work for Marconi, which previously was called GPT. When said in French it sounds like "j'ai pété", which means "I have farted".  :D 
  • I once met a truck driver who normally collects from a whitegoods manufacturing site on the continent. He often had to wait you be loaded.  While waiting it amused him to see the trucks containing washing machines with the brands emblazoned on their trailers. He said pretty much all the main brands left today factory. He did say then but I only recall Indesit, hotpot, zanussi, whirlpool. It was washing machines and fridgrs/freezers
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I've checked.  Bosch is still owned by Bosch tho they do now make some machines and parts in China so are a no-no for me henceforth.   This might help @Ergates
    https://www.expertreviews.co.uk/washing-machines/8039/best-washing-machines 
    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
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Does anyone know a good tree surgeon? My willow tree is getting out of control. I bought this back in 2017 and to be fair it did say 'slow growing' on the label. Last year it peaked at 21cm tall. This year it has finally crept over 22cm :|  Salix Boydii if anyone is interested. A vegetative clone of the only known plant in existence which was discovered in Scotland in the 1890s. The parent plant at the alpine nursery looked very sculptural but at this growth rate it must have been 50 years old at least.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    I don't know how old you are @wild edges but you may see it reach maturity in your lifetime.... the RHS says 20- 50 years!   :smiley:
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    The only difference being the badge isn't restricted to white goods.  Some years ago two car manufacturers had vehicles which looked suspiciously similar.  The only differences between the vehicles were the grill, interior trim and the name on the engine.  However one came with a 3 year warranty and the other with just 1 year!
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Why can't 'slebs' just allow the aging process to happen?  I saw a photo of Duncan, formerly of Blue, who is  going to be on Stricty. He had died his hair, beard and eyebrows jet black - his hair wasn't black when he was young.
    It scared the **** out of me I thought Pavarotti or David Guest had been reincarnated.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    floralies said:
    I don't know how old you are @wild edges but you may see it reach maturity in your lifetime.... the RHS says 20- 50 years!   :smiley:
    Do people write plants into their wills? I've seen a couple of posts on the British Cactus and Succulent forum where someone has died and left their family with the dilemma of what to do with a large collection of specialist plants. My dad's aunt turns 100 this week though so I might have the genes to outlive it.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited August 2021
    I thought Duncan was on Celebrity Masterchef!   If he's on Strictly too he's getting about a bit.  

    @wild edges I don't see why not.  I'd certainly not leave any plants to Possum or OH given their current levels of expertise and interest in caring for them.  Much rather they went to people who like them and know which way is up.
    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
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