I had thought that this was going to be a short term thing - after all, things go in threes, don't they?

Car repaired OK. Non-fault confirmed.

Meanwhile, my dishwasher started to be unreliable, in many different ways, so it was a bit of a toss-up as to whether I got a new one or not - until Monday, when the reverse threaded thing holding the rotary arm split. Choice of two makes, Zanussi - Italian made in Sweden, or Bosch -German made in Spain. Bosch has better reviews and a better energy rating.

I ordered one, to collect myself (it's table top, so fits in the car and I can lift it) so I would get it today. On unpacking it - it's dented. Replacement can only get here next Wednesday.

And it isn't the doing the washing by hand that's the problem. I had to empty out the cupboard under the sink to get at the hose connections, and now I'm stuck with boxes of cleaning stuff on the floor - all the bottles would have to go back separately, and then come out again. (Still, I have inventoried them all, so I won't get any more washing up liquid, suface cleaning sprays or handwash pumps, which I seem to have been stock piling.)

And I have the offending dented thing in the garage on a table, so I can't put the car away.

Penny