The wife took a day off travelling to work at home today which meant she was here to pick up the car with me. We thought some of the time she usually spends on the train could be put to better purpose so off we went. Car was ready of course, but did I get … More Back comes the car.
Well ok this was the local equivalent of rent-a-wreck but the cars aren’t a lot cheaper. I rang around a couple of car hire companies and discovered they had nothing available… a long weekend is in the offing, (Queens Birthday I think?) and people want to go away. Eventually I got a couple of quotes … More Rent a Wreck Rules!
So I rang Chrysler ‘Customer Care’ on their Toll Free number (1800-814-440) and told them the Voyager had broken down again and that bearing in mind it had only been ‘repaired’ a week ago I was less than happy. Naturally there is nothing they can do to help other than try to get it fixed … More Chrysler Customer Care
The week started off so well too. The oldies were home in the UK, I’d recovered my bag with all it’s necessities, and I’d started clearing up and rearranging the furniture in the house. I was even feeling more or less ok. Yesterday it all went wrong when the jinx yet again reared its ugly … More One of those weeks
Instead of making dogs smoke tobacco to see if they get a cough, or making them wear lip stick and make-up, why don’t researchers do something that has more practical uses? For example, why don’t they investigate why dogs seem to deliberately wrap their leads around a post and are then unable to work out … More Animal Research
Maybe that *should* be ‘winter drawers on’ cos it’s getting pretty chilly here in the mornings with the temperature dropping to 4ºC this morning when I took the wife to the train station. Apart from the chill in the air there was a lot of fog about… not quite a pea-souper but enough to make … More Winter draws on
This is going to date me pretty severely but it’s something I’ve been mulling over for some time. My basic question is… “Where did it all begin to go wrong?” What is ‘it’ you ask? Let me explain. When Adam and I were still young lads, what constituted a ‘workday’ and ‘conditions of employment’ were, … More The Good Old Days
Well well… would you believe I finally got in!! Seems the last posts I made were on May 14th 2005… over 2 years ago. Anyone with the slightest interest in the old blog can see it here. Actually, whilst it may not be rivetting reading for most, I found it interesting if only because right … More Update on Blogger access
I have, or rather had, a Blogger account. Oddly enough, when I visit other peoples blogs, like The Phantom’s the Blogger system recognises me as ‘skyrider’ and lets me post. However, when I try to access the blog itself it won’t accept the password! Easy as you might think… get then to reset it and … More Bugger Blogger and their lack of support!
It’s bad enough I’m allergic to the dogs, but they compound things by being generally gross around the place. You might be able to forgive them licking themselves in all sorts of exotic places at inappropriate times. You can even understand the constant scratching and the smells emanating from various parts of their body… including … More Who'd have dogs?
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