Now we're cooking with- no, wait
Wait, we were always cooking with gas. Of course, it used to mean going outside, clambering down the side of the boat in all weathers (and at some funky/terrifying angles at low tide) and rummaging around in a dark cabinet. Not so much any more.
That baby right there is a gas alarm and remote trigger that lets us turn the gas on and off from the comfort of our own galley. Hidden behind is it metres upon metres of cable for power, sensors and a solenoid in the gas line, which we could never have hooked up if Dad hadn’t dedicated a couple of days to come out and help. And when I say help I mean “take charge and make it work while I held a torch.”
It may seem like a tiny thing but it makes a huge difference to our quality of life, especially in the winter. Eggs for breakfast on cold mornings!
And I must give a shout out to the guys at Technisol who made the alarm. I emailed about a lost instruction sheet and they had a PDF in my inbox less than 20 minutes later. Top service!
VallyP, 3 November 2009, 07:55:
So nice to see you here again Melissa! Glad you’ve been so productively busy in the meantime. Life on Hendrik seems to be getting increasingly civilised ;-)
VallyP, 16 April 2010, 08:55:
Hi Melissa, it’s been a while now, but it was so nice to hear from you. I would love to do the 10k in London in July! What a great excuse to come over! Still, I’ll have to see when it is as other commitments call ;-( I do hope you are well. I was wondering if anything was up, and you mentioned you’d been sick, but I wasn’t sure if that was recent or something from earlier times.
By the way, our friend Lise Autogena has joined the throng on the other side of the water from you now. You may have noticed there’s a new arrival called Zeldenrust III. She’s been here in Rotterdam for the past three years. We miss her already and I’m sure you’ll meet her sometime. A really special and lovely person. Looking forward to meeting you too one of these days, and who knows, if I get my running shoes on again, it might be sooner than later ;-)