Penicillin

I was given penicillin 30 years ago, ampicillin I think it was. It was after my road accident, on my motorbike. My arm was broken and my leg broken in 3 places.

They didn't check whether I allergic to penicillin. I suppose that was the least of their worries.

The arm got torn off my leather jacket. It had double stitching. Maybe not top quality but it probably saved my life

Coppers

I used to lived next door to copper. We'd only just moved into the house and his dog dug up our lawn. It must have been looking for a bone it buried earlier.

Later on we were invited to his wedding reception. It was held in a bar in the jewelery quarter of town. During the do, lots of uniformed coppers turned up. Of course they were just his friends from the force who were on duty. They kept walking in and out during the event.

He was waiting for the divorce to finalise for the woman he was living with so they could get married.

Fruit Bowl

Last night I rescued a pear from the fruit bowl. I picked it up at the top of the pear. I had to cut the bottom half off. It had gone all soft. My wife had put another pear out which had gone mouldy. Another had liquified but hadn't quite gone mouldy.

Lift

Last night I got in to the lift and pressed the button for the lower ground floor. Someone else got into the lift and pressed the button for the ground floor. Both lights came on on the button panel. He got out at his floor but the lift went back up to the tenth floor. No-one got in there. I switched to the lift over to the service setting so it went straight back down without stopping.

I was already fifteen minutes late leaving the office. I lost track of the time. I only realised when someone else from the office got up to go home. I put it all down to being a monday.

Bin Men

Every monday at half past five I get woken up by the binmen. Not the actual bin men. Just the bin emptiers. They come around first to take all the bags out of the bins and put them in a pile. We don't have wheelie bins. Everything has to be bagged and put in the bin.

I usually manage to get back to sleep, a deeper slumber, only to get woken again at half past six, maybe six-twenty or quarter past. That is when the bin lorry arrives.

Day Off

I had a day off work yesterday. I think I was busier than when I'm in work. I didn't have chance for a proper lunch.

I started off cutting down the kitchen door at around half past ten. Then my son came back from college. We started to fit the car alarm. I didn't get a break til half past one. We tried the alarm but it would not work straight away. They have a telephone helpline to sort this sort of thing out. They have people who know how they work. I described what the problem was and they said it was a very common problem. It works now. We have it wired into the courtesy light circuit so it goes off if the light comes on. It also has a panic alarm where you just press the button.

Shopping and football

I went out to the supermarket last night. And while I was out went to to Halfords. My son comes in later and we have the one drive. My wife tends to park at the end of the drive. We would have to move the cars around so I might as well go out.

The roads were really quiet. Halfords was empty, the car park had hardly any vehicles in. This was while the match was on.

We were watching something else on tv. We switched over for some reason. Probably looking for the news. I said "I bet they'll score" and within 30 seconds they did.

I'm sure Sven was playing for draw.

Summer Cold

It wasn't a summer cold - summer only starts today. It must have been a late spring cold. Today is the longest day, officially the start of summer.

Cold

Got a runny nose. It doesn't matter how many anti-histamines I take. It looks like it isn't hay-fever. Must have a cold. Phoned work to let them know.

Air Conditioning

I remember seeing on holiday where taxi drivers had the air conditioning, on the continent. The taxi's door would be wide open with the driver sitting with feet out but the air con was running. This was a few years ago now.

Roof Rack part 6

They delivered the new feet for the roof bars. They were supposed to pick the wrong ones up from the office. The delivered them at home. It was only a coincidence my son was at home. He must have been to college earlier and was home. The couriers turned up at home but they should have come here to where I work. I had old feet here in my desk drawer. They shouldn't have left new feet at home without picking up the old ones. The label said don't leave them without exchanging. I've still got the old ones here.

I still need to drill holes in the top box. It has a different fitting, for a different set of bars.
The bars I have are excellent. The ones at halfords were twice the price.

College Security

When my son came out of college there were kids sitting around his car. He had to go and fetch the college security to get them to move. They were sitting on the bonnet or something. They had done something to his wing mirror. Tied a cable to it or something. Something to do with a cable anyway. I don't know. I wasn't listening.

Orange Juice

The bus floor was slippy this morning. Orange juice. It was also raining which didn't help. They never seem to clean the buses more than once a fortnight. There were half empty cartons of juice rolling around the bus. If you stepped on one you'd go arse over tit. The kids kick them around like footballs.

Roof Rack part 5

I still haven't got the roof bar feet. I rang the company on saturday. They can't deliver til next week. The delivery company will only deliver in the week. There will be nobody home. My wife will be in work. My son will be away at college. They will have to deliver here in work.

There was no problem with the delivery first time around. The ones I wanted should be cheaper than the ones they sent though. They sent the ones with the feet which clip round the door. The ones I want clip into the roof.

Quiet Roads

The roads are quiet at times. I wonder why. It's often when there's a football match on ;-)

Police

I rode down in the lift last night with 2 police. I knew one. His name was (deleted). He's retired. He now works for same company that I do. We was probably going for a drink with the other policeman.

As i said I know one, he's got a farm. Horses. Stables. I expect he gets as much money on pension as when he was working.

Roof Rack part 4

I was hoping my wife would be staying in today. She said she would not be using the car. Although she said she would be going out to renew her rail pass so won't be in all day. I'm expecting the replacement roof rack feet. It will be a pain having to collect from a depot.

World Cup

The World cup. If I choose Brazil for the fantasy league in work I'll have to choose Australia. It's in the rules. We've got relatives down under. I think I'll also have Trinidad and Tobago - is that 2 teams for the price of one! Who are Cote d'Ivoire. Not heard of them. I quite fance Sweden but only if they use the team that won Eurovision.

Roof Rack part 3

I got the roof rack last night. It was for the wrong car. They delivered the attachment for a peugeot 307. It has the clips which go on the roof and fit around the doorway. The number was only one different to the one they should have sent. Code number was almost the same. My car has the clips in the roof.

Roof Rack part 2

I ordered the roof rack from the web site. They are delivering it today but I won't be in. I expect I'll have to collect it from some courier depot on the other side of town. It would be ok if it was Royal Mail because their depot is just down the road.

Plastic Bumper

The paint had started to come off the front bumper on my son's car. There was a small dent and the paint was coming loose. He insisted on it being done just right so rubbed off all the loose paint and had it repainted properly.

Roof Rack

I need to buy a roof rack. I saw one make for £120 but that was too expensive. Looking on ebay I saw one which was for a c-max but the photo showed a different car. At least you can ask the seller questions. I don't want anything too heavy though. Want rigidity. One with a top box. But the photo was a ford focus not a c-max.