The Inner Child Keeps on Growing

The weather has turned a bit colder here over the last few days (okay, not Wisconsin cold, but still...). So what is the one thing you don't want to happen when we finally get some cold winter weather?

That's right, you don't want your central heating to break down.

Guess what's happened?

This contributes to my theory that the force that really runs the world is irony.

Today will be our third visit from Mr Gasman. The first day he thought he'd worked out what it is but didn't have the part. Yesterday he replaced the part and let it run for a bit and after half an hour announced that it was probably fixed. I did point out to him that it ran for about 2 hours the night before without breaking down, but he was airily confident.

Fifteen minutes after he left the house it stopped working again.

And it snowed last night.

So at the moment we are making do on one gas-filled radiator and and an electric fan heater that a friend lent us.

Sigh.