oldbloke's mutterings

Just enjoying a pint as a small reward for carrying one microwave out of Comet to our car, upstairs from our garage to our kitchen, and the old one down from the kitchen to the garage.
The last two have been Sharps and have both had motor failures - won't turn the platter with any appreciable weight on it. One was replaced under warranty but the replacement just failed in the same way.
So we've got a Panasonic this time. 1000w combi with proper oven shelves.
Anybody who fancies trying to fix the old one by replacing the motor (nice removable panel for that in the base) can have it if they'll collect from our place or a suitable nearby handover point. It was quite nice - combi, though we never used the grill element that I can recall, 850W iirc, maybe 900.

Having bet England to win, a tenner at 1.88, when the market moved I decided to remove all risk and do the arbitrage, and laid eleven quid at 1.66. So, if England don't win I make 95p, and if they do, I make 1.46

But I can't lose, whatever happens. Which is nice. And this time it was just 2 bets instead of the 49 I used last time...

Do this often enough and eventually I'll actually make proper money.

No, really.