Gransnetters, I could do with a bit of your lovely Humour.

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The good news is if it does ' see you out ' at least you had good value for your money

My electrician has just installed an exterior socket to charge my robot lawnmower. He informs me it was a very good make with a 20 year guarantee!

My exact words to him ‘that’ll see us out!’

Built-in obsolescence and the cost of repairs will see to it that the odds are heavily stacked in your favour.

“That will see me out.”
This is a running joke among my family and friends and it makes us hoot with laughter. Buy your oven and enjoy. As Dumpling says, it is an excellent excuse to spend money.

That thought never has and never will ever occur to me over anything.

I bought a new cooker three years ago and I have no intention of it lasting long enough to see me out. I really dislike it.

Don’t worry, it’s perfectly natural! Over seven years ago some poor soul was trying to sell us the benefits of solar panels. We put him right straightaway by explaining we would not live long enough to make panels worthwhile. Shut him up.
(I honestly think you would be very lucky to buy an oven nowadays which will last for 20 years. Not unless you never use it anyway so you may yet need another one!)

I’ve been saying “It’ll see me out” for the last ten years - except now I mean it a bit more. It’s an excellent excuse to spend money. After all, it needs to be bought now in order to see me out - and if it wears out in the meantime so much the better. I feel I’ve won. (I’m told I have apparently inherited an illogical way of thinking which makes perfect sense to me)

Anyway, if the last oven lasted 20 years and this new one has to see you out, that means you’ve got 20 years minimum. That’s ages and ages!

MIL was of that turn of mind , she wouldn't buy a new coat because she wouldn't wear it out lol , she lived another 20 years to 93

Put thoughts like that firmly on the back burner.