Day 332/365: I think it might be New Boiler O'Clock

[nanila]

I could not have made this day up.

We got up extra early because the bloke had to get the first train in to New Street so he could get to London.

I had a day full of meetings and producing documents for stressed-out academics trying to meet deadlines.

I got on the train home. The train got stuck at a station (but not on a platform) behind another train that broke down because the high winds had damaged the overhead lines. My train was a diesel so it could continue to Home Station, but it had to wait for the broken train to be removed.

We waited for two hours. My childrens' nursery and school shut, and I had to activate my emergency network to have them rescued, separately.

I was standing up. I never get a seat on this service anyway because it's rammed. I was standing with a fellow parent whose children attend my childrens' school/nursery, at least, and we kept each other's spirits up for a while. It was a long enough wait that nearby passengers joined the conversation and people started sharing food, which in British terms means that everyone was convinced the end times were at hand.

I got in, picked up the children, and came home to find...

...the boiler is broken again! Same fault. I suspect we are looking at a New Boiler Situation. :/

Comments

[paw_prints]

Now that really is a crap day! I hope today has been a lot smoother and the next repair to your boiler is a permanent fix. That boiler of yours sounds very temperamental!

[nanila]

Thank you. I hope it can be permanently repaired by the next (fifth!!!) engineer, but I strongly suspect we are looking at a new boiler as our Christmas present if we want this to be resolved. When I asked the third engineer about boiler lifetimes, he instantly replied "ten years". Then when we asked him how old ours was, he squinted at it and said, somewhat sheepishly, eleven. :/

[marymac]

The small upside to shelling out for a new one is that the efficiency improves exponentially over a decade so you'll at least be getting a lower fuel bill in the long run.

Not that it helps in December when it doesn't work, of course.

[cmcmck]

It's true- the Greenstar we put in when we moved here has cut heating bills by around a third so the initial outlay is soon repaid. :o)