@russclaydon Sorry to read this, Russell. Have enjoyed reading your stories over the years (still remember your Jimmy Carr encounter). Good luck with whatever comes next.
@xandvt Maybe there are some decent ones but ours is AEG and it's fine as an oven but awful as a microwave. No turntable so food doesn't cook evenly. Plus something blows evrry few months. Had engineer round about five times so far.
@alexmorrison81 After confirming his identity, all I could say was: "To be honest, we'd heard that you'd died. I can see you haven't, and I'm very pleased about that."
@alexmorrison81 News ed had heard a rumour that a local eccentric, who had been at the centre of a previous story some years before I joined the paper, had died. I was sent to check it out. Didn't expect him to open the door when I knocked, obviously.