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23 December 2008 10:46
Oil is not well
There are many Christmas traditions - the Nativity play, advent calendars and stir-up Sunday all spring to mind. But in my house we have another that we play out with monotonous regularity. In the run-up to each Christmas, we manage to run out of oil. I have no idea why we never learn from this, but each year without fail we come down to the kitchen and find the Aga cold.
Soon I'm going to replace our old but still fabulous oil Aga with a new 13-amp programmable model, which means that we'll never have this trouble again. Until then, though, I can reap the benefits of running out of oil. I know, it's quite odd, but there is indeed an upside.
Firstly I am reminded of how truly amazing my Aga engineer is. When I explained my plight this morning - which includes the fact that no oil company can deliver until January and my poor children may have to eat salad for Christmas lunch - he put his mind to the problem and came up with an ingenious solution.
Also, every friend I have told of the problem, offered us places at their lunch table and as the Aga won't be back in action until tomorrow night, I also have the benefit of having to go out for dinner tonight. A rare treat nowadays.
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