since when is 13 years old "too old"

[poppa smurf]

my air con in the house stopped......it's a top of the line Daikin split system

phoned up the aircon mob to come and have a look see ($78 for the first hour)

mice had paid me a call sometime in the past and ate out one of my diodes from a circuit board....."no problem" says I stupidly... "just get another one"

"dunno mate, she's pretty old"..........

"whadaya mean old, I only bought it in 1999"

"yep doubt you'll get parts for it now"........and he was right......10c diode and the whole system will be thrown out......dont you love modern technology

thinking about going to reverse cycle ducted now to use a bit of our excess power (thank you solar)......

"ah! now that has gone up as well", quoted $8,500 12 months ago god knows what it is now

"we will redo a new quote for you"

thank you Mickey and minnie......your job here is done!