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mandragoraI'm now at The Parents in sunny Yorkshire, in preparation for driving up to Connotations tomorrow morning in Newcastle. Mum cooked my favourite (duck) for dinner. Ah, bless.
I've been catching up on LJ after a couple of days with no internet access and have just learnt that there will be an all-regions DVD player in operation at the con. Which means I could've brought my Highlander DVDs, or Hornblower, or Smallville, or Due South, or-- Oh well, too late now. And yes, I could've and should've checked with Tem or Claire before I left London but was too busy rushing around.
I've spent the past couple of days in the Midlands on business. Yesterday I was at a client's house taking instructions from him when I glanced out of the window... to see my car disappearing down the drive right past the window! I let out a screech of anguish, followed by "Oh my God!" leapt to my feet and rushed out of the door, leaving the bewildered client to follow. By the time I was outside the car had stopped. Well, actually it had been forcibly stopped. By the side of the client's house.
The score was House 1, Mandragora's car 0. The house was undamaged. The car... wasn't. It could have been worse. I have one smashed headlight and the front bumper is sufficiently dented as to be deceased. Miraculously, all 4 headlights are still working, even the one sans glass, although I could cope perfectly well with 3 lights if need be. Or even 2, the 1 that is smashed is one of the pair that is used for full beam only. And as I live a rather large city the amount of times I don't have my headlights dipped is negligible.
Why did the car decide to run away? Well, the client's driveway slopes downhill, you see. And yes, I had put the handbrake on but obviously not enough. The handbrake is rather loose at present. What's annoying is that I put the car into the garage just last week to have a leaking exhaust repaired and now it will have to go in again. Not to mention that I'll probably end up forking out for the cost of repairs because I have a nasty suspicion that if I claim on the insurance I'll lose my no claims bonus. I've got a £100 excess anyway.
And, I'm seriously thinking about buying a new car. So forking out to repair one I'm probably going to sell in the next couple of months is, hmm, rather annoying.
Ah well, there's the con to look forward to.
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uschickens. Really hoping you can make it to Atlanta, but hoping even more this will be at the weekend 'cos you'll be too busy working during the week. Sorry I haven't responded to your comment. Blame the Wilds of Shropshire, where I have been watching my car going off frolicking the past few days.
I've been catching up on LJ after a couple of days with no internet access and have just learnt that there will be an all-regions DVD player in operation at the con. Which means I could've brought my Highlander DVDs, or Hornblower, or Smallville, or Due South, or-- Oh well, too late now. And yes, I could've and should've checked with Tem or Claire before I left London but was too busy rushing around.
I've spent the past couple of days in the Midlands on business. Yesterday I was at a client's house taking instructions from him when I glanced out of the window... to see my car disappearing down the drive right past the window! I let out a screech of anguish, followed by "Oh my God!" leapt to my feet and rushed out of the door, leaving the bewildered client to follow. By the time I was outside the car had stopped. Well, actually it had been forcibly stopped. By the side of the client's house.
The score was House 1, Mandragora's car 0. The house was undamaged. The car... wasn't. It could have been worse. I have one smashed headlight and the front bumper is sufficiently dented as to be deceased. Miraculously, all 4 headlights are still working, even the one sans glass, although I could cope perfectly well with 3 lights if need be. Or even 2, the 1 that is smashed is one of the pair that is used for full beam only. And as I live a rather large city the amount of times I don't have my headlights dipped is negligible.
Why did the car decide to run away? Well, the client's driveway slopes downhill, you see. And yes, I had put the handbrake on but obviously not enough. The handbrake is rather loose at present. What's annoying is that I put the car into the garage just last week to have a leaking exhaust repaired and now it will have to go in again. Not to mention that I'll probably end up forking out for the cost of repairs because I have a nasty suspicion that if I claim on the insurance I'll lose my no claims bonus. I've got a £100 excess anyway.
And, I'm seriously thinking about buying a new car. So forking out to repair one I'm probably going to sell in the next couple of months is, hmm, rather annoying.
Ah well, there's the con to look forward to.
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uschickens. Really hoping you can make it to Atlanta, but hoping even more this will be at the weekend 'cos you'll be too busy working during the week. Sorry I haven't responded to your comment. Blame the Wilds of Shropshire, where I have been watching my car going off frolicking the past few days.
