Huge wrote:
On 2013-02-15, wrote:
We're busily clearing my 95 y/o MILs house, since she's had to go into a
care home. She was much the same - we've thrown away hundreds of poly
bags, foil pie trays, "TV dinner" plastic trays and the like. She never
threw *anything* away.
You have my sympathy....
MiL's combi boiler is upstairs, in the room she uses for airing. She
has a massive 'wing' type airer in there - as well as a spare bed
(used to pile rubbish on) and a cheap wardrobe (full of stuff she'll
never wear), the side of which faces you immediately on opening the
door. To get to the boiler (see below) she has to wriggle round the
door, past the wardrobe, then past the airer, to get to the boiler.
Entreaties to have the bed cleared of rubbish, dismantled, and got
rid of are met with the same incredulity as the suggestion to clear
the wardrobe and have it disposed of. The thought of being able to
open the door and walk straight to the boiler has no attraction at
all for her.
She checks the boiler pressure every day. Having discovered that
0.5 bar is the lower limit for the boiler to operate, and that 1.0 bar
is sufficient, she then assumes that 2.0 bar must be better and 3.0
bar the best of all. She's got though loads of pressure vessel
replacements (which she complains about) but firmly believes she is in
the right.
The same applies to microwave dinners, for the rare times she eats
one. The pack might say that 5 minutes on full power is the cooking
time, but MiL firmly believes that if 5 minutes is good, 10 minutes
must be better! The food is usually uneatable by then, but she won't
be told.
Doh!
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Terry Fields