Although it was another overcast, grey day it didn’t actually rain very much for once, so I managed to finish the rendering in the shower. (Base coat only; we need some more sand before I can do the coloured finishing coat).
The aged FIL has been having issues with his wheelchair. The front wheels keep going flat (we’ve checked for punctures without success), and the location of the valves means it is very difficult to pump them up again. So LSS ordered some new wheels online, they arrived today, and have been fitted. These have solid tyres, so no more pumping will be required!
In the evening we had a thunderstorm, followed by two successive power cuts. Obviously this isn’t good for electronic equipment like computers, although I had carefully selected Asus motherboards with surge protection when I rebuilt them last year. LSS was on the phone to one of her cousins when the power went off. Of course because it’s an Internet phone it was a case of “‘Ello? ‘Ello? The line’s gone dead!”
The power came back on again after about 15 seconds, and the computers burst into life complaining that they had not been shut down correctly. I cleared the error messages, switched on the router, logged in, and the phone display came to life again. LSS re-dialled. “Yes, sorry about that, we had a power failure. As I was saying…”
Less than two minutes later the power went off again. “‘Ello? ‘Ello? Merde!” After this second power failure, the computers were just switched off, but LSS was able to finish her call. During the night the power went off yet again, as evidenced by the flashing digits on my bedside alarm clock.