I've been in the flat since October and I'm gradually getting the place as I want it. It does take quite a while to adjust things so they are more how I like them, such as arranging the furniture to where the most used items in the kitchen are stored. There is a shortage of space, so I will need a new unit in the kitchen. I have to remove the stupid fridge/freezer which let me down when it defrosted a couple of months ago and as a result I had to throw away all the food in it. I will need assistance to take it in the car to the recycling centre in Bleak Hall. I intend buying some sort of unit to replace it which can take the microwave and have space to store kitchen equipment. I have seen the ideal unit on Amazon and will have to order it, but this can't be done until the fridge/freezer is taken out to make room.
When Carol and I lived at Golden Drive, we used a Vileda mop which had a build-in water supply which allowed you to mop and it had a built in spray system, meaning you didn't need to have a bucket of water when you were using it. So, I decided I would get a new one so I could keep the floors clean and sparkling in the flat. I went to look in Sainsbury's the other morning, as I imagine we purchased the original one from there. I was surprised by the price, so didn't buy it immediately from there until I'd done a search on the internet. To my surprise I didn't believe that the price could vary so much from one retail outlet to the other. Full price the thing costs in the region of £30, the lowest price being £14 at Dunelm. I decided to visit Dunelm, which is fairly close to Oldbrook, in the business estate at Winter Hill Retail Park, in Milton Keynes. I found the Vileda display, which had most of their range of cleaning products, including mops, but not the particular type I wanted. Yesterday (Thursday) I decided to go on the Dunelm website and found you could purchase items and then 'click and collect,' so I did this to buy the spray mop I wanted, using my Debit card. I was expecting it to be ready for collection in a couple of days, but barely an hour later I had a text message to say it was ready for collection, so I drove to Dunelm to collect it. All this is a rather crazy situation, that you can't pick it up within the store, but can buy it via the website. This would mean, surely, that they had the item I wanted in their warehouse at the store, and not on the store's floor. No doubt this is how retail is going to go. But I noticed they didn't have any staff on the floor of the store, who might have been able to assist me in checking whether the item I wanted was in stock.
(Saturday) I discovered that it was quite cold and frosty when I took Alfie out this morning. Ice on the windows of the car and I will definitely have to find my gloves and hat as the weather forecast is warning me that things are due to get even colder.
On a different matter. I was watching an item about social media on BBC Breakfast yesterday morning (it was about research being done by a university to find out how children use such sites as Facebook and the effects such things as bullying has on their mental health.) As a result I did a Google search (other search engines are available.) and found a list of some and one, called Nextdoor, which sounded as if it might be worth investigating. So I found it on-line and have signed up and find it works very differently to Facebook (which has far too much trivia and pointless stuff on it, including annoying advertising.) Having signed up and particularly the site for Oldbrook, I find a post about the lady I've mentioned in these blog posts who keeps stopping people and cars along Oldbrook Boulevard and asking for money. It would appear that other residents are concerned about her safety and why nothing is being done to deal with this issue.
A good deal later. I have been keeping a track of responses to the post on Nextdoor, regarding this woman who is constantly seen asking for money on Oldbrook Boulevard. Someone has reported the woman to Milton Keynes Council Safeguarding Department, so perhaps something will be done this time. At least if they report this matter and it's logged, at least there is something in writing (well, one would hope so.) and they can deal with it. One can only hope that is what will happen.
When Carol and I lived at Golden Drive, we used a Vileda mop which had a build-in water supply which allowed you to mop and it had a built in spray system, meaning you didn't need to have a bucket of water when you were using it. So, I decided I would get a new one so I could keep the floors clean and sparkling in the flat. I went to look in Sainsbury's the other morning, as I imagine we purchased the original one from there. I was surprised by the price, so didn't buy it immediately from there until I'd done a search on the internet. To my surprise I didn't believe that the price could vary so much from one retail outlet to the other. Full price the thing costs in the region of £30, the lowest price being £14 at Dunelm. I decided to visit Dunelm, which is fairly close to Oldbrook, in the business estate at Winter Hill Retail Park, in Milton Keynes. I found the Vileda display, which had most of their range of cleaning products, including mops, but not the particular type I wanted. Yesterday (Thursday) I decided to go on the Dunelm website and found you could purchase items and then 'click and collect,' so I did this to buy the spray mop I wanted, using my Debit card. I was expecting it to be ready for collection in a couple of days, but barely an hour later I had a text message to say it was ready for collection, so I drove to Dunelm to collect it. All this is a rather crazy situation, that you can't pick it up within the store, but can buy it via the website. This would mean, surely, that they had the item I wanted in their warehouse at the store, and not on the store's floor. No doubt this is how retail is going to go. But I noticed they didn't have any staff on the floor of the store, who might have been able to assist me in checking whether the item I wanted was in stock.
(Saturday) I discovered that it was quite cold and frosty when I took Alfie out this morning. Ice on the windows of the car and I will definitely have to find my gloves and hat as the weather forecast is warning me that things are due to get even colder.
On a different matter. I was watching an item about social media on BBC Breakfast yesterday morning (it was about research being done by a university to find out how children use such sites as Facebook and the effects such things as bullying has on their mental health.) As a result I did a Google search (other search engines are available.) and found a list of some and one, called Nextdoor, which sounded as if it might be worth investigating. So I found it on-line and have signed up and find it works very differently to Facebook (which has far too much trivia and pointless stuff on it, including annoying advertising.) Having signed up and particularly the site for Oldbrook, I find a post about the lady I've mentioned in these blog posts who keeps stopping people and cars along Oldbrook Boulevard and asking for money. It would appear that other residents are concerned about her safety and why nothing is being done to deal with this issue.
A good deal later. I have been keeping a track of responses to the post on Nextdoor, regarding this woman who is constantly seen asking for money on Oldbrook Boulevard. Someone has reported the woman to Milton Keynes Council Safeguarding Department, so perhaps something will be done this time. At least if they report this matter and it's logged, at least there is something in writing (well, one would hope so.) and they can deal with it. One can only hope that is what will happen.
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