- Terry Duffy, see previous post
- Alison Barratt, some one I knew at Grittleton (not very well updated site at http://grittleton.org/), died of leukaemia the other day. She was in her forties I think. I've known her from Grittleton for most of the time I've been going there, so perhaps she was a bit older (I've been going since 1982)
- Ray Mangan had a stroke this week. He's also very young, about 49. It's too early yet to say how badly he's been affected.
2009-03-21
Bad news comes in threes
2009-03-11
Terry Duffy
The first of our generation has died.
Terry Duffy, husband to Bindy (Margie's oldest sister) had been suffering from what is called kol here, and I think is called emphysema, and had been having oxygen 16 hours every day. Whilst he was able to move about the house, he had to carry oxygen with him. This is the sad result of life long smoking, his lung capacity having been slowly destroyed to the point when he just couldn't survive on the amount of oxygen that is freely available and needed extra.
I last saw Terry at Anne's (Margie sister) 60th the year before last. We were surprised at how out of breath he was after just climbing one or two stairs. With 20/20 hindsight one could guess he had a good idea of what was coming.
Terry was just into his seventies I think.
Margie's going to the furneral which will be next Monday (16-March).
Terry Duffy, husband to Bindy (Margie's oldest sister) had been suffering from what is called kol here, and I think is called emphysema, and had been having oxygen 16 hours every day. Whilst he was able to move about the house, he had to carry oxygen with him. This is the sad result of life long smoking, his lung capacity having been slowly destroyed to the point when he just couldn't survive on the amount of oxygen that is freely available and needed extra.
I last saw Terry at Anne's (Margie sister) 60th the year before last. We were surprised at how out of breath he was after just climbing one or two stairs. With 20/20 hindsight one could guess he had a good idea of what was coming.
Terry was just into his seventies I think.
Margie's going to the furneral which will be next Monday (16-March).
2009-03-05
It works!
Well today two technicians turned up to fix the new cooker (both have been here before). We made a few jokes about them not daring to come here alone, which they took in good part. They actually both came so they could carry out the old cooker.
Well when their man delivered the new cooker only one side of the rings worked, and nothing at all of the oven. When these two, after measuring the voltage at the outlet, and checking the wiring, it worked perfectly.
My guess is that is must have got full of damp air on the way here, which condensed, causing the, hopefully, temporary fault.
We had some fun boiling up several pans of water (very quickly), and now the oven is going through the 'burning in' procedure as prescribed in the manual.
Lets hope this is a happy ending to this long story, and that I'll find something a bit more interesting to write about here. My English conversation class has started again, this time on Wednesday evening between 17 & 19.15. Perhaps that will provide something to write about.
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2009-03-09 09.30
One of the lamps in the oven doesn't work, the fan in the oven makes a lot of noise, and the lock position doesn't lock the rings. So I called Electrolux Service, and someone is coming on Tuesday to take a look. The story isn't over yet.
2009-03-10
A man from Electrolux Service came and fixed the lamp, and showed me how to turn on, and more importantly turn off, the lock for the rings. It isn't as stated in the manual, but that's not the only error in the manual.
We looked at the fan. He took off the cover, and you can see that it is eccentric, i.e. the whole where the pressed plate fan has been drilled to go onto the shaft of its motor isn't wuite in the middle, thus the noise. He's ordered a new one, but we can only hope that it'll be better made.
But progress is being made! I stayed at home all day since it was snowing, and Margie is away (with the car). I was able to do some useful work around our HAZ1508 software (http://www.haz1508.com/).
Well when their man delivered the new cooker only one side of the rings worked, and nothing at all of the oven. When these two, after measuring the voltage at the outlet, and checking the wiring, it worked perfectly.
My guess is that is must have got full of damp air on the way here, which condensed, causing the, hopefully, temporary fault.
We had some fun boiling up several pans of water (very quickly), and now the oven is going through the 'burning in' procedure as prescribed in the manual.
Lets hope this is a happy ending to this long story, and that I'll find something a bit more interesting to write about here. My English conversation class has started again, this time on Wednesday evening between 17 & 19.15. Perhaps that will provide something to write about.
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2009-03-09 09.30
One of the lamps in the oven doesn't work, the fan in the oven makes a lot of noise, and the lock position doesn't lock the rings. So I called Electrolux Service, and someone is coming on Tuesday to take a look. The story isn't over yet.
2009-03-10
A man from Electrolux Service came and fixed the lamp, and showed me how to turn on, and more importantly turn off, the lock for the rings. It isn't as stated in the manual, but that's not the only error in the manual.
We looked at the fan. He took off the cover, and you can see that it is eccentric, i.e. the whole where the pressed plate fan has been drilled to go onto the shaft of its motor isn't wuite in the middle, thus the noise. He's ordered a new one, but we can only hope that it'll be better made.
But progress is being made! I stayed at home all day since it was snowing, and Margie is away (with the car). I was able to do some useful work around our HAZ1508 software (http://www.haz1508.com/).
2009-03-04
More cooker news
Well this morning the new cooker was delivered. This time the young man at least checked the wiring of the existing one to make sure that the neutral was in the right place before plugging in the new cooker.
When I tried it out however it worked fine on the right hand rings, but gave an error E6 on the left hand ones, which didn't get warm. Neither did the oven work.
One has to presume that the last connection attempt broke something, even though they claim to have 'tested' it back at their workshops. Anyway this time it is still here, but the old one is back in place. A technician will visit tomorrow with some more spares!
The rings that did work, work very quickly I must say, so if this ever does get installed I'm sure it will be great!
Perhaps I should put some recipies on this page for cold food.
When I tried it out however it worked fine on the right hand rings, but gave an error E6 on the left hand ones, which didn't get warm. Neither did the oven work.
One has to presume that the last connection attempt broke something, even though they claim to have 'tested' it back at their workshops. Anyway this time it is still here, but the old one is back in place. A technician will visit tomorrow with some more spares!
The rings that did work, work very quickly I must say, so if this ever does get installed I'm sure it will be great!
Perhaps I should put some recipies on this page for cold food.
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