I had an ear thing, as did my neighbour. Just my left one. The doctor prescribed drops and an antibiotic (it seemed likely that my eustachian tube was blocked as well as something affecting my ear canal) and it cleared up in the five antibiotic days.

I've a definite buyer for a wooden storage bench, and a number of watchers for my knitting machine. One for a chair. I don't think I'll be able to set off the cost of the "new" machine, though.

And the new machine is not quite as it should be. (Couldn't fault the advertising - she didn't say it had the instruction books! Just didn't say it didn't.) I'm downloading the manuals from the internet, and will then have a go at setting it up.

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