?????? To fit the narrow space you have Tom? Standard width is 600mm. If the width you have is less than 600mm then whoever fitted the kitchen washable cowboy. 

All fridge freezers are 600mm or wider, but there may be a couple which are around 540-560 wide but they're likely to be either a fridge or freezer to go side by side.

Maybe replan the kitchen layout, my landlord fitted me a new kitchen and i took the step of a better galley design that suited me more, giving more space and a airier feel

I do only have 550mm width available for one appliance.  It's just a small studio flat (previously known as a bedsit).  These places were designed for short term use by divorced middle aged men.  They aren't designed for long term living.  Been trying to get out of here for years, but it's not that easy unfortunately.

Don't like my Vax vacuum cleaner has packed up. Not had it that long. Only 31 years mainly to clean the car out (the last 28 years) . Don't make stuff to last any more. Forgot, it was second hand when I was given it. so maybe I'm being it bit harsh on longevity. 

6 hours ago, tazzman600 said:

?????? To fit the narrow space you have Tom? Standard width is 600mm. If the width you have is less than 600mm then whoever fitted the kitchen washable cowboy. 

All fridge freezers are 600mm or wider, but there may be a couple which are around 540-560 wide but they're likely to be either a fridge or freezer to go side by side.

All?

55cm is a pretty standard fridge size too. Might not be as much choice but I got a decent one for myself with that width. 
 

It used to be the most common size, so if a kitchen hadn’t been completely refitted in the last 20 years it’s quite likely to have a 55cm gap. 

Never thought that would cause so much controversy lol.  Must admit, I'm surprised there are so many with that width now.

Tbf, when I said 'new', I've since realised it was 2.5 years ago.  Mid-covid.  During chip shortages and factory closures etc.

There were only 2 different basic types in stock in that size at AO at the time.  (Though as with cars, they make different colours and different heights and with different branding which appears to bump up the numbers a bit).

The only other type that fitted was an old style Candy (same design used by Hotpoint and others) but needed manual defrost, which I was trying to avoid due to physical issues making that difficult with the old one.  Anyway, I did actually try one of those when I realised how poorly programmed this fridge is.  But it produced such a horrifically shrill high pitched noise that seemed to be piercing my brain every time the compressor kicked in, I had to return it within a week and just try to put up with the other one.

Possibly been said before, People that wear hats indoors as a fashion statement.

1 hour ago, Jimpster said:

Possibly been said before, People that wear hats indoors as a fashion statement.

Immediately thought of this.......

 

https://youtu.be/1p_BvaHsgGg?si=AI9mdhMIpo0S3b-N

thats gonna be a brain worm allday now, i loved that tune

33 minutes ago, Jimpster said:

thats gonna be a brain worm allday now, i loved that tune

Think I've still got the single somewhere. 

 Had to drive to north of Derby and back home yesterday. I wasn't paying attention sufficiently to the motorway road signs for M1 to a42/M42 junction midlands.  Drove straight past and only realised 40 miles later heading towards London. 🤣🤣🤣. Got home with 20miles range left. 

Reminds me of the time when I got onto the M4 instead of the M40, and wondered why a) it seemed to be a very long way to the Oxford junction and b) I was seeing signs to Bristol rather than Oxford. 

Decided I don't like the cold weather.

I remember when it didn't bother me to do jobs outside in the cold or wet but now it gets me straight away.

Five minutes outside this morning was enough, then I couldn't hold or feel my multimeter leads. Feeling old and beaten.

9 minutes ago, RayC333 said:

Feeling old and beaten.

Come on Ray! After your Ecoboost heroics you can't be beaten by the weather!😀

8 minutes ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

... you can't be beaten by the weather!😀

Buy a patio heater, heated gloves and body warmer?

Erect a gazebo around the car?

Call in a resilient auto-electrician and stay inside? 😀

High speed credits at the end of a movie, when you've been racking your brain as to the characters as they look familiar.

45 minutes ago, Jimpster said:

High speed credits at the end of a movie, when you've been racking your brain as to the characters as they look familiar.

Use IMDB app or website.

1 minute ago, MarksST said:

Use IMDB app or website.

Or, if it's taped on Sky, just play it back at half speed by pressing down the 'play' button for a few seconds, a little known feature...

5 minutes ago, MarksST said:

Use IMDB app or website.

i do after the fact

I'm convinced I've done this one before but I absolutely HATE Ticketmaster! 🤬🤬🤬

And especially the ticketless entry into gigs etc 

Flying down to Aberdeen (how many of you can say that?) 😀 on Wednesday for Madness on Thursday. Mrs Turvey bought the tickets. TM advised to download tickets to her Google wallet just in case of bad signal etc 

Had to download Google wallet first! Set up wallet and downloaded tickets,  can't open them correctly with barcode etc showing!

Transfer tickets to my TM account, forgot password so have to get one-time password and then reset password before I can accept transfer of tickets. 

Half an hour of faffing about just because TM  in their wisdom, don't provide proper tickets now! And don't get me started on the fact that a lot of us older lot like to keep gig tickets as a mommento. 

 

Rant over! Going for a beer! 🍺

2 minutes ago, Turvey said:

 And don't get me started on the fact that a lot of us older lot like to keep gig tickets as a mommento. 

I still have ticket stubs from 1970s gigs from Simon & Garfunkle, Leo Sayer etc, 1980s, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson etc you're right, you just don't get that from an APP!

17 hours ago, erictcleric said:

Reminds me of the time when I got onto the M4 instead of the M40, and wondered why a) it seemed to be a very long way to the Oxford junction and b) I was seeing signs to Bristol rather than Oxford. 

And that reminds me of traveling down m5  from midlands long , long long time ago. Was in an 12 month old Austin metro of the original design so probably around 1982. were going to st ives. Got off at Exeter junction and couldnt decide which turning we needed. Days of a map book and partner not proficient at map reading. Decided after 3 or 4 laps of the roundabout we needed to carry on further down m5. So got back on m5 ..... Back the way we came. Took 2 junctions to realise our mistake. 

1 hour ago, iantt said:

Decided after 3 or 4 laps of the roundabout we needed to carry on further down m5. So got back on m5 ..... Back the way we came. Took 2 junctions to realise our mistake. 

Made that mistake on the way home from Leicester way back in 1988. Called in at a services, the type where you leave the motorway and go to a large roundabout. Came out 30 minutes later and headed south where we had just come from. It took 20 miles before we realised our mistake and almost another 10 miles before we could turn round 🙄

We've all made these silly mishtakes. On a Friday early morning I got loaded to deliver to a fruit n veg wholesale market. By the way I got loaded early doors on the Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday but the market I went to on those 4 days was Sheffield. So Friday comes along and auto pilot sets in. Oh by the way it was the same customer. So I sets off to Sheffield along one of my favourite roads woodhead pass. About 45 mins into my journey my gaffer phones and asks "why are you going to Sheffield?". Oh *****. Sorry gaffer I must av been on auto pilot. I should have been going to Liverpool oooops. No rollocking as the gaffer (owner) saw the funny side.