For a change of scenery we went to Le Gourmand Cafe, where we enjoyed great coffee and breakfast with our friends. New parking signs on the side street limit parking to two hours from 7 am, so we kept an eye out for parking officers.
Bluey had decaf froth and demonstrated the Christmas harness bought for our friend’s six kilo cat. I will make him his own harness using this one as a pattern.
At home I vacuumed the upstairs rugs and carpet with our 20 year old upright Dyson vacuum cleaner. Each fortnight our cleaner vacuums with her machine, but the turbo function on the old upright is very effective. This was collected today, so I do this every couple of months to keep Tilly’s fur under control.
I fitted a new plug in the basin because the spare part needed to repair the old plug wasn’t available. My next problem was the 40 mm waste pipe didn’t fit the new plug, so I went to Bunnings for a $2.84 waste adaptor.
There wasn’t one on the shelf, so I asked the staff to check where to find the adaptor. The computer indicated three should be in stock, but apparently the computer record is not accurate if it reports a stock holding of five items or less. Ten adaptors were in stock at the Nerang store, but to save time, I bought a 32 mm waste pipe instead for $16. Empty packets on the shelf suggest people have stolen plumbing parts instead of buying them.
The ends of the new waste pipe were the correct size, but it was a small fitting and would not quite reach the plug and drain pipe at the same time! I should have gone to Nerang! I drove to Mitre 10 before it closed to buy two 40 mm bends, priming fluid, and glue. If only I had realised the original fitting was 40 mm, not 32 mm! At least the job is finished and it doesn’t leak.
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