Fuddled by Ruddles and a Fridge Too Far

On Friday evening I attended the leaving "do" of yet another ex-work colleague who has tired of the constant round of staff cuts and re-applying for her job. The meeting point for this and in fact for almost every leaving occasion was in licensed premises next door to the Job Centre, an appropriate site for such celebrations. A fine range of ales was available and we all availed ourselves in varying quantities. By the end of the evening one or two were fuddled, whether by Ruddles Best Bitter or other  liquors. We called at two other ale houses and suddenly it was time to hurry for the last train. Naturally it was persisting down by this time so it was a rather damp Kojak who eventually made his way home.

The next day, Friday's bumpy ride on public transport took it's toll on my neck & shoulder so very little was done once I'd managed to move my ageing carcase without too much pain. My previous search for a new fridge freezer having concluded with a hurried internet purchase there was a lot which should have been done as the new appliance was arriving the following Monday. The standard delivery times seem to be between 8am and 6pm regardless of where one purchases anything so today I had to set to and prepare a space. I had the current fridge & freezer mounted on an ingenious wheeled contraption which technically allowed me to move the fridge & freezer out when it became absolutely necessary to  attack the horrors that tend to accumulate behind it. My sainted friend Ian (he of the patio building saga) once again agreed to come to my aid, this time to move the old freezer and the precariously balanced fridge on top of it.  Fortunately or unfortunately as the case may be, Chez Kojak is open plan on the ground floor. So now I have a fridge and freezer squatting in front of the patio doors together with various items of kitchen paraphernalia, the kitchen floor is clearer and cleaner than it's been for some considerable time and the dining table has got me pinned to the computer keyboard. In contrast, a pristine space awaits the delivery of the new  cold storage machine. Due to the rather urgent requirement of a replacement I had no time to empty the freezer of it's contents so I'm stuck with the current arrangement until I can transfer the frozen goods.  Once again Fate's fickle frozen finger has blessed me, this time with an unseasonal period of warmish weather.  Others seem to be able to buy a fridge without much trouble but I fear that I have typically gone a fridge too far.