Big Christmas for repairs

Yes,  the thing that stands out most  about this Christmas is the number of repairs I have had to do in the last month.

1. Early December I was backing up  Raspberry Pi images to my computer and it stopped - disk full. I made a bit of space and backed it up to my backup 500Gb disk. When I was disconnecting it I dropped it, and it wouldn't work any more. it just made a ticking sound. So Bought a new 1TB disk  and took the seagate backup unit apart and replaced the disk, then did another full backup. I took apart the broken disk and moved the head to the innner resting place, and then tested it. It now works again.

2. The glass in the Father-son lamp broke and I found it all over the sofa in the morning. I got a new piece from Tappers (free), but it alos broke. the problem was that the little light bulb was too close to the glass and the filament in it was against the glass, so I bought  some more bulbs and replaced that one.

3. Then the garage door  spring broke on Christmas Eve. I ordered a new hook and fixed it. I wrote an Instructable on that.


4. The Microwave combination oven broke down in the middle of cooking a meal. The next morning I went out and bought a new one.


5. One of the curly light bulbs in the trilight in the dining room went out. I needed to source  a new one. (Wilko)

6. A car headlight bulb was gone. I managed to get it out, but I couldn't get the clip in around the new one. I ended up having to take the bumper off to get the headlight out  so that I could see what I was doing.

7. Sophie picked up my play RC car and it hasn't worked since. That's an ongoing project.

8. 18 January 2018 The breadmaker is making awful grinding noises in the vicinity of the drive belt. Phoned Morphy richards and they are going to send a new one. The warranty ran out on January 27 - 9 days time.

9. 18 January 2018. The car failed to start when we were out for our afternoon tea. I think that we have only been doing short runs with the lights on and it had been run down, but I managed to get it changed under warranty at Halfords today- about 3 months short of the end of the four year warranty.

When I remember the rest I'll add them

Now it's early February and the sole has come off my shoe. The shoe isn't that old so I'll take them back to Clarks and see what they can do.