I put in a few hours of Gardening and felt very satisfied with my work. I have a couple of water butts and use them with watering cans a lot of the time but this evening it was going to be much easier just to use the hose with a light mist from the thing I call a wand.
Plastic connectors are wonderful, and I shouldn’t complain - but then if I weren’t going to complain, I wouldn’t be writing this. I connected the hose to the tap and the wand to the other end of the hose. The minute I turned the water on the wand came off the hose! So, I trotted back to the tap, turned the water off and reconnected the wand. Then back to the tap (there’s a good reason why I don’t take the one near to the tap, in case you’re wondering) and this time when I turn the tap on the host disconnected itself from the tap. Tried again, and some water made it as far as the wand so I started watering. This time it disconnected in my hands and I got soaked. It has happened many, many times before but tonight I’m soaked, my back hurts, I’m tired, I’m hungry and did I mention that I’m soaked.
I used to be perfectly happy with Jubilee clips. Okay, the screws rusted every now and then, but at least I didn’t get soaked.
However … The watering cans are all filled ready for tomorrow, I have a wee dram in front of me and I’ve had my rant. Onwards and upwards.
Have you got to this stage of life ?
British Media. Let’s have a change please!
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