Oh what a week, Tuesday I checked and renewed my Lotto entries, I found out I had won a bit of money for the first time in years, a nice little $1,480, I came home with the cash in my pocket after getting my fortnights groceries, stacked them into the pantry, fridge and freezer as always, had a nice hot cup of Coffee, then decided to have an extra shower to ease the aches from walking around and shopping.
Just a few minutes into the shower and all I was getting was very cold water on a very cold day, when I had dried myself and got re-dressed I went and checked the circuit breaker first, it was okay, then checked the Water Heater, it had sprung a leak, a big one, from the storage tank no less.
Rang the Plumbing Suppliers, got a price on a replacement, $999.75 for a new one, they delivered yesterday morning about 11.20 am, and I started removing the defunct one,
Thanks to having a very good friend who is a retired Electrician and my training in Gas Fitting and Plumbing on the Railways,
We had the new one in, filled and the electricity back on inside 2 hours, all I had to do after that was to wait until it had heated the 250 litres of its water capacity.
By 5.00pm I was again standing under a nice shower thanks to a touch of good fortune with the Lotto, otherwise I'd have to been digging into my smallish 'nest-egg' for the money to buy the replacement Heater plus pay for a Plumber and an Electrician to fit it.