Let me tell you a story........

Once upon a time there was a freezer merrily freezing away, sitting in the same position, being emptied and refilled and feeling very useful.
One day the freezer stopped working and although the man tried his hardest to fix it, it was relegated to the Scrapman's truck.
So the man and his wife went off to Comet to buy a new one and while they were at the shop they decided to buy a new fridge as well.  They walked all round the display, opening doors and looking inside all the drawers.  Eventually they found THE ONES and went off to find a salesman. The salesman was very polite, made sure which ones they wanted and fetched his paperwork.  While the paperwork was being filled in, the wife had another look at THE ONES and found a small sign on the freezer which she did not understand so she asked the salesman what it meant - 'the freezer cannot be placed anywhere that the temperature will fall below -5C'
After much discussion it was decided that the freezer had to be kept in the house.  This meant that they were not THE ONES.  
The man and his wife left the shop, with the wife moaning and feeling very upset.

A few weeks later Comet went into administration so the couple thought that they would go back, see if THE ONES were still there and if so buy it but not say anything about storage.  So off they went and inside the store, much to their delight they found that THE ONES were still on display and ................ with a 10% discount!!
They quickly fetched a salesman and explained that they wanted to buy THE ONES.  He fetched the papers and when the wife (again!) asked when delivery would be ................................ she was told that they could not deliver because the administration firm had sacked all the transport department.  When asked how they could have THE ONES they were told they would have to transport them in their own transport - one car!!!!
The man and his wife left the shop, with the wife moaning and feeling very upset.

However there was another shop on the retail park, which they weren't very keen on using but needs be ..............
After walking round, and talking to a very nice young man - Jordan - they found another THE ONES.  They asked about transport - two weeks.  ok
So they paid for the freezer and the fridge and these white goods were delivered.  After letting them 'stand' the freezer was moved to its working position.

Now this is said in love - only a man could have arranged the packing!!!


After removing the cardboard and sheets of polystyrene the freezer emerged snowy white and shining in its paintwork.  Beautiful!  Elegant! (can you call a freezer that? It looked as though it was standing elegantly!)

So ......  this blue tape is across BOTH edges and, not remembering which side is the opening side, the couple began to remove the blue tape.

The only problem with it is that if you don't remove it in one go ............. it leaves tiny threads which have to be picked off with a great degree of dexterity - something neither the man or his wife had a liberal helping of!!

Now the couple needed to plug in the flex and set it up.  

ahaa!!!

Directions are needed.
A search of all the packaging now ensued ............ but
No instructions!


In love!

Only a man could pack the instructions INSIDE the freezer AND at the bottom!!!!

The man and his wife were soooo pleased to find this little booklet and managed to fit the freezer and switch on.  It hummed gently to itself.  

Lots of applause please!


So now to fit the fridge - no problem!
The fridge was encased in a box - just what was needed for the wife's excess stash that is going to Leigh -  http://www.charitycrafter.blogspot.com/ - the polystyrene removed and the fridge in place.  The instruction book!! duly removed, the fridge wiped out with Bi-carbonate of Soda diluted in water and there it stood................. not quite so elegantly!.......... but very happily humming to itself.

What a day the couple had ................. so the wife made a 'hotch potch' and they both sat down and hummed happily!!!


Hotch Potch is made of  meat, veg, cereals to thicken it, spices etc. put in a pot and cooked.   Looks like a thick stew and can never be repeated, as the whole point is not to weigh, just to add to the pot and cook it quick.