It's like all the important appliances talk to each other every seven to ten years.

'Hey dude, I'm over this. I think I might just give up'.
'Yeah man, let's do it together. Feeling tired, dirty and old. Shall we go out together?'
'Oh sister, yeah, let's. Do you want to go out gradually or just with a bang?'
'I might just hint I'm nearly fucked, and she'll ignore me for months, and then I'll quit JUST on Christmas. You with me?'
'Yeah!'

Dammit.

My induction cooker is seven years old and is now not working, so I've had to pull the camp cooker in from outside. We have to sand and re-oil the benchtop so I guess Jamie can have a better look at it then, if not, we'll have to spare the expense and hope the post Christmas sales offer up a bargain.

The oven has been screwed for ages. The seal is gone, and we can't find a new one. The fan is broken. It's also dirty. If I was rich I'd never clean an oven (wait - I'm poor and I never clean my oven), I'd just replace it. I mean it's not that bad as I don't cook meat in it, but still. So yeah. Hoping for an oven cooktop deal in the sales. I've looked for both on Marketplace but no joy as yet.

Last time this happened it was the fridge and the dishwasher. I'm hoping they'll last a few more years yet. It'll be the sensible thing to have a savings account just for this purpose.

To be honest, Jamie's really good at finding out what is wrong with something and fixing it. He's proper old school like that. I'm hoping he'll have time to do that after Christmas, as it WILL save us a pretty penny.