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Light duties
English: A selection of commercially available LED lamps (“light bulbs”) with Edison (screw-type) base/ Photo by Geoffrey A. Landis (Photo credit: Wikipedia) E and I live in a rather large detached...
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A fork?
A fork (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Some jobs I get are difficult, most are average or easy but once in a while I get one that is ridiculously easy and in fact could be done by the person calling me. I...
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First time
Street lamp. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I have my bedroom curtains open during the night for a couple of reasons. In the winter months when it is dark and there are no leaves on the trees my bedroom is...
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How stupid and annoying
Burglar alarm area indicator (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I went to another town late on Thursday morning to replace a light fitting for an elderly lady in a modern house just off a main road in that...
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Unbelievable
Fluorescent lamp (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What a day! Over the years I have come across many different problems in my line of work and I often say to myself that it never ceases to amaze me when some...
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Attitude problem
U.S. Patent by Thomas Edison for an improved electric lamp, January 27, 1880 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I had a phone call from an elderly lady on Monday evening asking, even pleading that I go along...
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You’re never!
I am surprised at my age that I am still working though not as hard and as long as I once did each day. These days my work is simpler in element (forgive the pun) than it used to be and that is totally...
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For later
The weather forecast for Saturday was rain for most of the day. Any work I might want to do outside would have to wait until late in the afternoon when it was supposed to become dry. I had gotten up...
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So it rained
I was supposed to be driving off to the job I had scheduled on Monday morning but it had begun to rain and the forecast was for rain throughout the day. So I stayed at home. The work was to be done...
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Well it certainly worked
The light shone through the trees Casting long fanned-out shadows across the lawn There was no hiding place for creature or man Until the breaking of the dawn. The lamp at the top of the lamp-post...
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She wouldn’t let me go
On Monday I had arranged to call at a customer’s house some 12 miles from home on Thursday and as usual I duly arrived on time. I have worked in her house many times in the past and when her husband...
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Down but not out
Year of the Gentleman (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I wasn’t feeling well later on Tuesday. It began soon after my return home from a walk. Though the walk was enjoyable I suppose the cold wind had gotten...
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A little bit
First thing Friday morning was slightly warmer than it had been on Thursday but I had a small job to do at nine o’clock about a mile from home. A regular customer had asked me a few days earlier if I...
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Slight detour
Work on the redecorating of the small lounge took a slight detour on Wednesday because I went to install a replacement cooker hob for someone. The job was easy enough but I ended up chatting with the...
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Everything has slowed down…….
……even me! I have not done any electrical work for quite some time now which in itself isn’t a great problem, it’s just that I have to look for other things to do. I have mentioned that I am thinking...
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