Last night the bbq refused to light, although the click-click-click (repeat for 8-10 seconds) of the igniter was perfectly fine. This afternoon, even the clicker was gone. I can make burgers and hot dogs inside under the broiler, but they are not the same. I'd just as soon have tuna fish for lunch.
When I swam this morning there was no water draining from the spa into the pool itself like there usually is. It was a signal that there was something amiss, but the temperature was perfect and the sun wasn't over the roof yet, and my swim was wonderful (thank you for asking). When TBG got home, not only was the water still nowhere to be seen, the thermometer read 129 degrees.
The pool itself was certainly no where near that; it's delightfully brisk in these triple digit afternoons, and that suits me just fine..... as long as I don't think about kicking and pulling through unfiltered liquid which is potentially housing bugs and bacteria of all shapes and sizes.
The handyman has been requested and the pool guy informed of the disastrophe that awaits his weekly visit. It's unsettling when things don't work, but everything that can be done has been done. Anxiety is not helping, yet here it is.
Normally, I'd go out for a swim to recalibrate my emotions. That's not happening. I think I'll have that tuna fish now.
That is the way of things -- it's almost as if inanimate objects can make a pact and all self-destruct together.
ReplyDeleteLike lightbulbs....replace one, put the ladder away, sit down, and watch another go out as soon as you're butt hits the couch.
DeleteI want to renegotiate that pact!
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Matches?
ReplyDeleteWhen the clicker was clicking, I tried a torch to no avail. Without the igniter, matches would only be useful if I put charcoal and lighter fluid on it...... probably NOT a great idea!
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