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Tea up!
For the past month or so, while having various jobs done around the house, I've been freelancing as beverage-maker to assorted carpenters, plumbers and decorators. Today, after a brief emergency which required the presence of an engineer from a shower company at 6.45am, everything is quiet for the first time in ages. There are still a couple of small things to be sorted, but with any luck it won't be necessary to shift the piano for at least a couple of years. I thought I'd commemorate the moment with a vintage commercial. Watching it again, I was gratified to discover that my kids share my puerile sense of humour. "You hum it, son, I'll play it..."
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