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polydigm
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I would have liked to be a fly on the wall when you called the garage guy to explain why you hung up on him.
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BBP
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 You don't want to be a fly on the wall in my house... though I prefer to
catch them in a container and usher them outside, I'm very good at swatting flies.
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We went to the grocery store by car today.
Our car had been having bad troubles, so Dad was given the option to either have it fixed for a lot of money, or buy another one.
He chose to have it repaired, and he came home with the car yesterday (after I hung up on the garage guy).
Our car had been giving us issues for over a month, and it became so bad at times that we could only get our food by bicycle.
Anyway, we went out for groceries... and when we wanted to go back, the car wouldn't start. After a few attempts we visited a nearby hardware and
gardening store to allow the engine to cool, but our Opel wouldn't start after that. Dad went out to call the garage, he was away for quite some time,
and when he came back finally, he told me that the garage was unable to pull us away from the supermarket parking lot.
We parted ways there, I went home by bus (lengthy, lengthy ride) carrying the bag with the fridge/freezer goods, and Dad was off to the nearby garage
to get help.
I came home half an hour ago. Dad isn't home yet.
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Huck_Phlem
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I do all my shopping by bike. I have to go often in order to have enough stuff for the two kids and I.
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If you could do all of your shoppings in one day of the week, you save money. Every time you go you buy more than really needed.
I planned to call a friend to help to get the car to the garage. When we arrive at my car fortenately he started!!
We drove back and this morning I went to the demolisher who always repairs my car with secondhand parts. ( new is not handy in a 15 year old car. It
was a search to find the problem but finally we found out that a pressureswitch was broken with a result that petrol was injected in the manifold. And
that was completely wrong. After changing the part everything was ok....for now.
[Edited on 4-9-2010 by DED]
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I'd go Batty. Broken shit just makes me insane.
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BBP
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 Well it's running now... and it sounds like the on-going saga of the past two
years of petrol problems is finally over.
In the mean time my sister and father are playing Scrabble. And arguing. I never know which they are enjoying more.
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BBP
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Bought a whistle in case I get another pervert phonecall.
It's hard to believe something as ordinary as a whistle could be so hard to buy.
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punknaynowned
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Hope your leg heals quick after your spill the other day B!
Glad the car works again for ya too. I wonder what it is like there as far as the ease of traffic with cars, cyclists, walkers, all on narrow
streets. I imagine narrow streets with shrubs and parked cars and everyone having to work their way around and through the crowded space. Or maybe
better in some areas with older areas connected by broader more open highways and the narrow streets are in older neighborhoods.
I ride my bike to the store as well but also have a friend who comes by and takes me for heavier canned goods and so on. I should mount a crate on
the back of my bike. I've not had any spills yet but gotten close with the one hand bound up in the plastic handle of sometimes HEAVY bag of
groceries and also needing in helping to steer now and then. I use mostly unused roads only and alleys to avoid traffic.
Today I'm going to finally order Philly'76 and Greasy Love Songs. Was hoping we'd get a notice of a new one. But No!!!
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polydigm
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| Quote: | | Originally posted by MTF: I'd go Batty. Broken shit just makes me insane. |
Sorry MTF, but there's
barely room enough for one Batty, let alone two!! Seriously though, I know what you mean about broken stuff. If it's not one thing it's another.
And this year, I'm the one that got broken and kept having to go back for repairs. Anyway, so far so good and it looks like I'll be back at work next
week. That's after having been away for four months.
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Also great to hear you're on the mend Geoff!!!
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BBP
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Oh I love Greasy Love Songs! It sounds so great!
I played it for my friend (the blind lady who sings Bend or Break on that vid I uploaded), she liked it! She sang Love Of My Life with her choir.
Either way my visit was very cosy. And I got a great amount of reading done on the train.
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BBP
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Taking a breather. We've put Gran's old closets in my sister's room, and now my room got my sister's closet extra. So more space!
Also found the old 9/11 newspapers I saved back in the day.
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polydigm
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| Quote: | | Originally posted by BBP: You don't want to be a fly on the wall in
my house... though I prefer to catch them in a container and usher them outside, I'm very good at swatting flies. |
You give mercy to flies? I've caught spiders using a jar and then releasing them, but flies? Never. The only good fly is a dead
fly.
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BBP
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Normally I am, but yesterday I had a fly in my bedroom. I'm sensitive about that ever since I had that banana fly trapped in my ear at 3AM.
I swatted it with my hand! How did I do that? Did it get stuck in the textile of my sweats or something?
Either way, it was badly hurt, so I grabbed it by its wing and put it outside. It looked alive to me.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BBP
Oh I love Greasy Love Songs! It sounds so great!
I played it for my friend (the blind lady who sings Bend or Break on that vid I uploaded), she liked it! She sang Love Of My Life with her choir.
Either way my visit was very cosy. And I got a great amount of reading done on the train. |
So tell us how Greasy compares with the '84 Ruben...
my copy is on the way next week
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BBP
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Oh it's much better! Sounds much less cramped!
I'm still going to write that review about it.
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Last week I had a fly stuck in my window. The next day there were 4 and then there were 12. It was hot and they just multiplied like crazy. The
best thing that worked was fly paper rolls.
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BBP
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Went on a trip as guide dog. My blind friend (who I went to visit earlier this week and who sings Bend or Break on my YouTube account) asked me to
help out at the annual weekend of the Blind and Vision Impaired Students. One of the people who agreed to help out couldn't make it. My sister went to
help out on Saturday (they went canoeing), and I accompanied them on their walk through the city of Haarlem. It was lovely! The guide seemed to have
an eye on me and gave me a chestnut. I saw the birthplace of Nicolaas Beets (who wrote Camera Obscura, the book I read last month), because of
Monument's Day we could visit an old church that is usually closed, and because it was also Choir Festival we saw a choir of 5 singers perform Happy
Together; and the local newspaper made a photo of our group!
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polydigm
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Successfully completed first day back at work.
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