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Old 23rd Jan 2018, 7:32 pm   #17
The Philpott
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Default Re: Daily Mail today, is this Britains oldest working oven?

...Viz magazine and the Daily Mail run along such parallel lines- sometimes i wonder whether the latter actually play up to it!

White goods wise, my Hotpoint Iced diamond fridge (bought in 1996) almost got condemned at xmas- then i realised that it was just suffering a burst thermostat capillary and the new 'stat was still available for about £30 from espares- who incidentally delivered it the next day. Out of deference to the working range of the refrigerant i don't run it when the ambient is under 8C or over 35C (it's in the shed) however i cannot imagine how many times that little piston has gone up and down in 21 years. Quite impressed.
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