It led to a couple of chilly days in the BlueTower, but I'm glad we had the furnace serviced before firing it up for the season. I imagined the repair job last year sort-of qualified as an annual servicing, but that was just to get it going again. This cleaning turned out to be extremely overdue, with the inside of this thing filthy with soot and dust, but it cleaned up okay, and we're told we should expect the furnace to soldier on for years in spite of the neglect. Apparently annual servicing is probably overkill for a gas unit like this, but the at least 14 years since this was done was clearly negligence.

Negligent Links:	Thanks Ant and Acleacius.
Play:	Land of Enki 2. Solar System Defence. Why Am I Dead: Rebirth.
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