Still being wildly extravagant

[watervole]

Some of you will remember that a couple of weeks ago, I celebrated Richard's new job by going out and buying a new doormat.

Well, today, I hit the real heights.  Not only did we renew our National Trust membership and venture into their tearooms after walking round the snowdrops at Kingston Lacy, but I also bought -

A replacement stair tool, a replacement crevice tool and a new filter for the vacuum cleaner!

Comments

[dmwcarol.livejournal.com]

woohoo! your decadence knows no ends!

[fifitrix.livejournal.com]

I feel that TWO vacuum cleaner accessories may be considered an extravagance.

Don't tell Lady Whiteadder or you'll have to sit on Nathanial's spike.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Posh! :-):-)

[pennski.livejournal.com]

You have restored the economy!

[beermat]

filters for the vacuum not an extravagance here, but an essential thingy else the dyson DC01 makes me ill if it has clogged or worn out HEPA filters...

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

You'll have to tell me about your filters, as I tried inputting a regexp into mine to stop it sucking up screws and coins but it just sucks in everything that fits!

;-P

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Filters are to stop dust getting out of the machine, not to prevent other stuff getting in, so sorry, can't help there.

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

luckily my vacuum doesn't blow out screws and coins!

A "regexp" is a computer term, a "regular expression" and is a little formula to say "filter this list or file of things to just those that match the formula", for example you might want a list that just has all the "David"s in it, so you'd create a regular expression (regexp) to look for those.

So it was a computer joke :-)

Yes, if you have to explain it, it's no longer funny ;-p

[beermat]

> it just sucks in everything that fits

Ahem!

giggles from woking

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Indeed. It was realising that I could smell the dust and was having to back away from the machine to avoid an asthma attack while we were cleaning a corner of the bedroom that made me decide to check the filters. (Turns out that one of them was supposed to be washed every six months and we'd just plain forgotten. Now about to be added to Google calendar)

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Cor. The economy may recover yet.

Seriously, I hope you enjoy using the new vacuum cleaner parts. I remember when I bought some replacement parts for mine last year(?), they were a huge boost - and they must be even more so, when I know the filter will be a special concern for you.