It never rains...

My main computer wouldn't boot up this morning.  Looks like a power supply problem, but phoned the service company and it won't be fixed till next week.  Have to make do with the laptop till then.

And I'd just got off the phone when the washing machine started making a terrible noise.  Fortunately, that proved easy to fix.  Took the drain trap out and found a pyjama button in it.