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YOU CAN NOW LEAVE MESSAGES  AFTER MY BLOGS - if you feel the need.

Sadly, at some point, the message facility was disabled - don't ask me how, but it was. It's now fixed. If it isn't, let me know.

OH YEH, GOOD POINT, YOU WONT BE ABLE TO ....... LOL : )

Idiot Drivers - Monday 20.12.10

Coming back from the Turn Around House in a blizzard, I found myself in a small convoy.

We dribbled along at no more than 5 miles an hour; less usually. I could walk at this speed - most of us can! 

I know what you're thinking, Better safe than sorry, given the conditions.

Well, here are the conditions.

WET, SNOWLESS TARMAC. 

HOW DO THESE PEOPLE GET THROUGH THE DRIVING TEST?

I wondered if, at this speed, we'd end up snowed in, instead of getting to our destination as quickly and safely as possible.

Just thought I'd get that off my chest : /

Walk On The Wild Side - Sunday 19.12.10

Our walk was BUZZED by this jet. No wonder we're having such unseasonal weather.

In this era of mass, global communication, I asked myself, 

How many of those passengers NEEDED to be up there?

A Sign Of Wastefulness - Sunday 19.12.10

This BLOODY SIGN has been annoying me for a few years.

For a start pretty much EVERY INCH OF THE UK IS 'PRIVATE' with rights of way here and there, so that us plebs can travel from place to place. Why state the

BLEEDIN' OBVIOUS?

AND ANOTHER THING:

WHERE DOES THE FOOTPATH GO?

A SIMPLE, MASS PRODUCED, YELLOW ARROW WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE HELPFUL AND MUCH CHEAPER.

Please tell us what we don't necessarily know, not what we all know.

No wonder we're having to shut libraries and youth clubs. Our priorities are skewed.

Frost INSIDE our window Thursday 9.12.10

HELL FIRE AND BRIMSTONE 

this aint!!

In fact this is freezing INSIDE of our living room window, showing that Jack Frost has graced us with a visit.

These days some famous people, who are famously keen to stake a claim on their humble origins, keep banging on about, how, when they were kids, they were so poor that, in winter, they always had frost inside their windows . They shamble on about getting up on freezing mornings and washing (yep, not showering/bathing - no such fripperies in those days), all without the aid of that modern safety net - 

CENTRAL HEATING.

Welcome to my world, famous people.

WELL KIND-A

Our curtains are very heavy. The cold stays out there and the heat in here - just as it did in their day. Once the curtains are opened, the ice melts from the window pain and becomes the scourge of the modern home, condensation. We do have central heating, but use it very little - woodburner and a very small house = amazingly cosy.

Even when we have the lovely double glazing and shutters fitted, we will have condensation and I'll keep my condescension for those attention seeking slummers who demand our sympathy.

PRATS 

LOL

VW Camper Caper Saturday 30.10.10

Today we've had a really good day out, well, tail end of the day out! The day ended with us surfing, but began with us going off to Minehead on a DUB DUB GOOSECHASE. 

Our hunt is on for a VW Camper, preferably one from the 1970's, so imagine our pleasure when we found one on EBAY; and WON IT - YIPEEEEEE!!!!

Our parameter was/is straightforward: to have a Camper that will hold its' value until next summer, when we'll sell it. By that time it will have given us a  great time at GLASTONBURY and a week, or two surfing on the NORTH SOMERSET/DEVON/CORNWALL COAST. These little vans fulfil the bill perfectly.

Today we went to pick it up. With almost 4 grand in a plain brown envelope, a 4 hour round trip and 200 quid deposit given by pay pal, I guess that  demonstrates our real commitment to the purchase. It's a pity the vendor wasn't as committed as us to the sale, or maybe it's a scam. 

The Camper turned out to be a 'project' rather than a 'lovely' van, with much of the lower bodywork painted with a paint brush (yes a KNIFE AND FORK JOB), and RUST IN EVERY PANEL, some of it serious, which is considerably more than the two filled patches and few superficial bits of rust the owner had owned up to. The vendor wasn't there, having asked someone else to deal with us. So, no deposit returned. We are the second people in as many weeks to suffer this fate. That's the same income as some people receive for two weeks hard graft. Nice work if you can get away with it. 

I wasn't overly pleasant, rounding off with a mention of SOLICITOR if the deposit wasn't returned to us PDQ.

THIS MEANS WAR.

CRASH TEST DUMMY Thursday 6.10.10

When I took our car into the garage to have a wheel bearing replaced, they kindly GAVE me a car for the day.

My  whinge is, why did it have a big decal on its' doors telling the world that it was replacing my crashed car?

MY CAR WAS NOT CRASHED.

MY CAR HAD DEVELOPED A MECHANICAL PROBLEM.

WHY LABEL ME AS A CARELESS DRIVER?

I AM OFFENDED.

They could say, For all servicing and repairs.

That would cover all the bases, add a sense of mystery, and is a bit funny, in a double entendre kind of way.

And it's way better than CRASH REPAIR.