{"id":77,"date":"2019-02-05T08:26:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T08:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/?p=77"},"modified":"2019-02-05T09:27:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T09:27:59","slug":"some-way-gone-a-long-way-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2019\/02\/05\/some-way-gone-a-long-way-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Some way gone – a long way to go"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s still a lot of stuff – but yesterday was modestly successful – an Oxfam run, a tip run, and various things, including a dishwasher and a washing machine, on the way to the scrapyard. This inevitably involves a compromise. I like to hang on to things until every possibility of repair is exhausted – by me or someone else…. which usually means ‘for ever’, because I don’t get around to it. But this is no longer possible – things have to be got rid of.<\/p>\n

The dishwasher went out with the acrid smoke of finality – so no problems there. But the washing machine just refused to turn on one day a few weeks ago. It could be anything needs replacing – a circuit board, a power supply, even just an internal fuse – I just didn’t have the heart to look into it or get someone else to. So it’s on the way to the scrapyard.<\/p>\n

I worked in Sheffield before I came here. I’d just like to point out that in Sheffield, the scrapyard is the beginning. All the steel made there (yes, it still is) is recycled.<\/p>\n

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It’s been a lovely morning for a while here. Looking from near the Co-op in Marsh, I could see the grey crowns of trees further down the hill, their lower halves airbrushed into the gentle fog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s still a lot of stuff – but yesterday was modestly successful – an Oxfam run, a tip run, and various things, including a dishwasher and a washing machine, on the way to the scrapyard. This inevitably involves a compromise. I like to hang on to things until every possibility of repair is exhausted – … <\/p>\n

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