future slightly less bright

Re blog below, dunadan told the good lady (see comment) the dryer is making funny noises! Yeoow back to it! It's because it has this habit of shedding its drive belt or something from time to time, the time seemingly always around a holiday, as it is tomorrow, so delaying the call-out for the engineer to come for the nth time - he knows the route well. It and the washing machine have well justified their annual breakdown cover fees over the years, the only appliances for which we have taken the provision.