16th September 2019
I had a lot of crap to get rid of down the recycling centre in Trowbridge.
With the bookings coming in I needed to clear the slope of the bags of wood and stones I had been accumulating.
I took the opportunity to dispose of a sack full of old curtains that had sat in the shed for years.
I finally finished the shoe rack, not a work of art by any stretch of the imagination, but something that will do the job.
The lady turned up to collect the lawn mower, another satisfied customer.
I decide to do some laundry (sorry, that’s what the Americans call it) I had bought a new box of Fairy non bio pods, so all I had to do was pop one in the machine.
The box was clearly marked “ Child-lock system” I think they should add “and pensioners” to that list. There are instructions on the lid which of course no-one reads. That’s an admission of failure for a man to follow instructions, so I tackled the problem freestyle. The design of the packaging consisted of a plastic tub, a top rim and a hinged lid. I managed to completely remove the top rim, although it is not meant to be removed because there are a number of locking tabs that have to be all depressed at the same time. Somehow I managed to do this with a couple of spoons and a fork. I was now looking at an open tub half full of Non-Bio pods. I then noticed two more plastic tabs that held the lid into the top rim, now that it had been removed from the tub,it was easy to release the lid from the rim.
This took me fifteen minutes and a broken nail to get to my pods, they should use this product for a Mensa test, no bloody kids would ever get through it.
Please note I did manage to get the lid open using the approved opening method, but you do need finger nails which was unfortunate that I broke the one I needed. Just as well I don’t do much washing.
Another Lifetime to go 