Broken Cooker but not Broken Hearts

 

It's been all go!

Or rather, no go!

Everything is falling down around me again.

The preparation for monday has not ended, though much has now been done. 

Energy is abundant, until I start work, then it fades rather.  

Good Friday was a 'spiritual' day, lots of pondering and happiness indeed.

Friday night was time for Inverness v Kilmarnock where Killie could ensure promotion by winning.

They lost. 

However, disruptions for me are abounding.  Twice the picture failed for no good reason.  'Cannot play' or some such warning came up, then suddenly it returned.  Why?  No reason whatsoever.

As it is I was already musing about another breakdown, the cooker.  The thermostat or whatever has failed.  It comes on, warms a wee bit and nothing else.  No grill at all, totally useless.

This with my niece on Monday approaching, looks like cold chicken for lunch!

Today saw me attend wearily to more items, the first job done, the second cleaning the broken cooker after fiddling with it for a while.  I had of course switched off the plug just in case.

After much failed engineering I gave up, switched on the kettle and it did not work! 

Thoughts of a new kettle, rushing about Tesco, faffing about once more.

Then I considered plugging the radio into the socket just to see what was what.

No radio sounded.

I wisely checked the main box, a switch was down, but not marked as to what it was.  I guessed it may help and returned indoors where the kettle now worked.

The cooker however, did not.

Enough now, that will have to wait until Tuesday.  The Hob works as does the microwave, but cooking plans have gone asunder.

 

 

Another Scottish Cup semi-final, another semi-final against the wee team Hibernian, another victory for the Heart of Midlothian!  This was of course not unexpected, History reveals the great gulf between the Heart of Midlothian and the wee team, just look at the record.

 

Edinburgh Derby

Games:  653
Heart of Midlothian wins:  286
Hibernian wins:   206
Drawn:    155
Abandoned when the Hibbys cried "It's ma ba," and went home while losing:  6.
 

Goal scored
Heart of Midlothian:  1102

Hibernian:   926

The 'Natural Order' prevails.

It was no surprise to find Hibernian players kicking Hearts men all over the pitch, this is what they usually do.  It was a surprise to see such an efficient referee allow them to remain on the pitch when other refs would have dismissed them!  However, inevitably Mr Newell got himself sent off for violent behaviour, something he knows all about.  

Once again the Heart of Midlothian approach a Scottish Cup Final.

Once again we have removed Hibernian from the game.

Once again the media will ignore us and talk about the sectarian Glasgow bigots.

Ah Well...