Online Supermarket Shopping

That is a brilliant idea, seasider. I just might do that.
henetha, did you ask your DS to explain the fuse box to you?

before I went on holiday I read in a magazine that time could be saved by doing an online shop to be delivered on your return from holiday. I did forget before I went but whilst I was away I sat in the sun and ordered my shopping. We arrived home late at night and the shopping was delivered the following morning. So nice not to have to rush out to the supermarket!

Just to let you know, it's all fixed now... yippee! My son came here, changed the light bulb, did something-or-other in the fuse box, and now all is well.
Today I am tackling the freezer.
Thanks folks.

And you'd been on the thread just before and I hadn't noticed . Glad that you're [sort of] ok. The S.O. is having to visit his mum who's in hospital at the moment, and he says he hasn't been able to get anything done for weeks due to all the travelling.

Tegan, I`ve just answered you on aforementioned thread!

Whatsgoingon Welcome it can be fun on here. I have been surprised to find people on here at 4am. We have Joan in Australia and Envious in the USA who must be in very different timezones.

Oh, glad you'd here, number! Had just read Tegan's post and was wondering...

Blow me; talk of the devil and all that..was just asking about you on another thread, number...thought you'd gone awol ....

Welcome Whatsgoingon! Our electrics trip like that now, but only since the fuse box set on fire, and we almost had a catastrophe, and they fitted us with a new box.

If it flips back down again immediately, you have an ongoing problem in the section served by that switch. It is probably the light-bulb you said had gone, so if that is replaced it will be OK. It is useful to keep a list near the switches of what lights/sockets/appliances each one serves, so that when one goes off without warning you have some idea where to look for problems.

Thank you, all of you for your kind helpfullness. I'm useless. But my son is
coming here this evening after he finishes work and will sort it out for me.
I have just opened the unit you mention and think you are right... one of the switches is down so I will try flicking it up.....
Thanks ever so much.

My downstairs lights invariably trip when a bulb goes in one particular light fitting, but it's easy to open the 'consumer unit' and press the right switch.

Galen-thanks for that tip. I did not realise that breaker boards had a shelf life of 15 years.

Circuit breakers are essential for us these days. I could never manage fuses. Reminds me, I need to replace my breaker board as its now over 15years old!

Henetha do you know how to check your fuses? Your lights will all come back on if you can just flick the trip switch, or if you need to, put some fresh fuse wire in the one that's broken. Essential for those of us who live alone!

In the past week or so it's been such a relief to go into a supermarket for the highly efficient air conditioning. On-line shopping just doesn't do that for you.

henetha for you. You've reminded me that I meant to defrost the freezer in the kitchen...maybe later, eh? Hope you get things sorted out.

Hello Whatsgoingon. Welcome....

Never done online shopping but thinking about it, so interested to read all
the comments. I don't like supermarkets, but use every excuse to get out of the house or else I get depressed! But maybe if next winter is rough it might be a good idea.
Two disasters yesterday. Left the freezer door slightly open and everything has defrosted. Oh calamity!!!! BIG shopping now needed!!!
A light bulb blew and now none of the lights work!!!! Hell's Bells!!!!!
I hate living alone .

Good to meet you whatsgoingon. Hope to hear a lot more from you. .

Hi whatsgoingon and welcome

Sorry!Got name wrong already !

Welcome Whatsgoing. Love the name !

I'm up, waiting to take delivery of the waitrose deliver entertaining for today's BRISTOL LOCAL MEET.
Tegan partying to that time at our age?
Whatsgoingon welcome!

Well I am up and it is a reasonable hour, but I have been doing my on-line shopping. I started yesterday, but got a bit fed up, so back again today. I find it almost as exhausting as walking round the shop! but we have done it in the past, and stopped because we now have a Sainsburys on our doorstep. However my tumble down the steps made us realise getting a big shop delivered was a sensible idea, and I can of course do it at my leisure, just seemed to need more than usual this time, that's probably got something to do with the weather?

Oh, and hi there, envious!