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J phoned this morning, a quick call because they had so much to do


Their china cupboard fell off the wall yesterday evening!

The cat had been at her water dish which ended up underneath the cabinet, but something made her flee ........... J&M didn't realise she had fled, thought she was trapped underneath the cupboard. They don't know where she hid, but it was several hours before they found sitting beside a chair in the living room!

Everything in the cupboard was smashed ..... fortunately, only "every day" crockery, not their very expensive wedding set.

Seems the cupboard had been attached to the wall only by one screw, near the bottom.


They have gradually been finding that the renovations done by a previous owner about 4 or 5 years ago were not of the highest quality ..... now it seems some of them were downright shoddy!

Those owners sold after 9 months ................. probably what we call "reno flippers" here.


M and his father had been concerned about the attachments of the upper cabinets when they moved ...... and apparently they had given this one a particularly hard pull after being able to see only one screw. It had seemed very firm, so they just thought the other screws were hidden.



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Are they called Maesteg in the UK? Not sure about that

Toots


it is very edifying to look at which companies are owned or connected with which others!


So many of them operate like the M&S factory ......... a very high end appliance company will make appliances under other labels, which sell for a much lower price



so which is the correct price??

????

Maesteg is a town in Wales

Maytag is part of the Whirlpool conglomerate, and does sell into about 90 countries, including Australia and the UK, under the name Maytag International

Maytag was among the top three companies in the North American market, offering a full line of washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, cooktops, refrigerators, and ranges under the Maytag, Hoover, Jenn-Air, Amana, Magic Chef, Dixie-Narco, and Jade brands.

But it had some major quality problems around 2002 or so ............ it was acquired by Whirlpool in 2006.


Those quality problems seem to have all been resolved ..... certainly we have been very happy with our appliances.



One of my criteria for a stove is that the oven should be large enough to take a 15-17 lb turkey, with a bit of space left over .............. the model we bought has that large an oven.



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The china cabinet falling must have given them an awful fright Sylvs. How fortunate that no one was hurt. Think of the noise too...........


Yes...have heard of Whirlpool and they are known over here. Interesting about the 'other' label scenario though.......we don't know half of what goes on do we??

Mind you, I feel like that half of the time anyway........lol


Hoping to go and visit friends in Southport tomorrow.......just coffee, lunch and then home. Yippeee no cooking for me.

C


it did indeed give them a huge fright.


Have a great day tomorrow!


Going to Southport for the day was one of the things that we used to do in the 2-week pre-exam period at Liverpool


supposed to be studying of course :))))




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I use to love going to Southport. As a kid it used to be a real treat going to the beach and being sent to find the sea. We'd walk for miles and still didn't see it unless the tide was coming in. Then there was shopping in Lord Street and the fair. Brilliant.

Have a great time Cynthia

Breakfast


Tea, coffee, juices


Cold cereals:-
Corn Flakes, Almond Oatmeal Crisp, AllBran, Multigrain Cheerios, Grandma's Granola

Hot cereal:-
Porridge, Maple Sugar Instant Oatmeal


In the warmer:-

bacon, sausage patties, turkey sausages, chef's potatoes, omelettes, boiled eggs, fried bread


Pancakes, French toast, Maple syrup, Blueberry Fruit Syrup


Toast, Danish, croissants, crumpets


Jams, jellies, 3 fruit marmalade, Marmite, peanut butter






Have a good day!





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Sylvs.....look at this....now thats what I call a fridge!


http://www.maytag.co.uk/app.cnt/whr/en_GB/pageid/pgwpmaytagrefprddtl001/rqpg/ref4

Good morning everyone !

What a lovely breakfast - just what I need.

Just caught up with all last night's posts - my IE was 'playing-up' for some reason last night (well, I think that's what it was - I hope it wasn't my computer), every time I went from one tab to another my screen would go all white and freeze with that little blue circle turning around and then I would end up somewhere else - Very strange!!

It seems o.k. now so I hope it behaves.

I suppose I had better do a 'long-overdue' backup, just in case.

Dea x

Dea

Mines been doing that at work, I call it a white out....I have to turn off at the button too as IE wont shut down

Grrrrrrr

Morning all and thank you for breakfast Sylvs.

The thing is with Southport these days, is that it is where so many people go to retire. The place is full of 'golden oldies' and one takes one's life in one's hands as those little motorised scooters zoom up and down Lord Street. Bit like the dodgems really.......lol


We don't go shoppping when we go to see our friends.....we talk and eat and continue talking....:)) Don't know how I manage to fit so much talking in really........




Back later. ~~~~~~

I went to southport a couple years ago when went up to Liverpool for a couple of days.
Wish I had my motorised scooter then, would have felt right at home.

ja...x

Edit - Who has their census form then? Dont want to know much, HID is reading it out to me now, glad I cannot write anymore

You will be right at home in Southport then Cyns.....

Still feel like S***e
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Hopefully Fans the antibiotics will start doing the trick soon

One to leave with you please..

Mary Ann Simmons born 1845...Freebmd refs I have(will send for birth if cant find her on census)....Marriage cert to George says father Francis(labourer)

Scunthorpe should read Sculthorpe,Norfolk

I cant find her before 1871,she married George in 1870 in Sussex...

1881(minus loads of kids,one called FrankFrancis as well.!)

DENMAN, George Head Married M 35 1846 Painter
Crawley
Sussex
DENMAN, Mary A Wife Married F 35 1846
Scunthorpe
Norfolk

Registration District:
Horsham Sub District:
North Horsham Enumeration District:
Ecclesiastical Parish:

Civil Parish:
Ifield Municipal Borough:
Address:
New Tower, Ifield County:
Sussex

I believe I have father Francis on 1841 with parents and on 1851 as Widower with a cousin......But where is Mary Ann please?

Her parents marriage by the look of it.

groom's name: Francis Simmons
bride's name: Jane Balls
marriage date: 07 Nov 1844
marriage place: Sculthorpe, Needham, Norfolk, England
groom's father's name: Edmund Simmons
bride's father's name: George Balls

Probable mothers death as well

name: Jane Simmons
gender: Female
burial date: 19 Dec 1849
burial place: Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England
death date:
death place:
age: 32
birth date: 1817

"Please don’t post about the same person/family twice." that is a tough one. Especially if the 'person' has not bee asked about before and could even have been born in a different country form any previous posts - even though with the same surname and genes. Can I be forgiven?
Sorry - just had to add that one.

Hmmmm.
1851
Name: Mary Ann Simmons
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Relation: Granddaughter
Gender: F (Female)
Where born: Sculthorpe, Suffolk, England
Civil parish: Sculthorpe
County/Island: Norfolk
Registration district: Walsingham
Sub-registration district: Fakenham
Name Age
George Ball 58
Diann Ball 55
Daniel Ball 19
Arthur Ball 16
Mary Ann Simmons 15
Harriet Simmons 4

Def says age 15 on image...But....Harriet Simmons is a witness on Mary Anns Marriage cert to George Denman....

More digging to do then...

And 1861 Harriet is with father Francis...But no Mary Ann.
Name: Harriot Simmons
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Francis Simmons
Gender: Female
Where born: Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England
Civil parish: Sculthorpe
County/Island: Norfolk
Country: England

1871 Harriet is in East Grinstead reg district ..As a servant very near Sister Mary Ann......Father Francis is still in Norfolk...

So where is Mary Ann on 1861.....Grrrrrrrrrr

Thank you all for your help ....Not..

Who needs enemies with you lot..