Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Floppy Kettles

My son was in Manchester. He's back home again now. He went with his boss to the warehouse to pick up some computer bits for these controllers that their company makes.

My car was in the drive behind his. I had to move it otherwise I would have to get up at 7:30 to move it first. We've got a double length drive, the only house in our area to have one. It's good for new a house. We've got an area next to the drive to turn round. Some houses have a wide shared drive which isn't as good. You get the households with more cars and it causes trouble.

We've lost the kettle in the kitchen in work. The switch went floppy. You had to use the wall switch to turn the plug off or the kettle would keep boiling.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Scampi

I got home last night and turned the corner towards the house. I wondered why our car was on the pavement. It was another silver MPV, ours was still in the drive. It was the pool car our son had got from work, he'd left it there while he went up to scotland in his car. It was a vauxhall zafira, 1.8. similar shape but slightly lower than our c-max. This car was automatic, fitted with hands free kit etc. He's got it til he gets his own company car. The car shouldn't be on the pavement for too long. I can move it to my mothers house. She doesn't drive so we can keep the car there. There will be plenty of room.

Last time I drove an automatic was the brother-in-law's car. We were between cars, had sold one but not bought a new one yet. That one was a company car as well. It was leyland but with a honda gearbox, this was a few years ago, back in the 80s. Before the rover 200. Triumph Dolomite. I think that was it.

I got a text from my son in scotland. He's booked into a travelodge and had scampi and chips.

Monday, August 14, 2006

Tesco

We went shopping last night, to tesco. My son has finished college and he's sitting round the house doing nothing so we took him out with us. In the shop he met someone. "Hello joe" he said, my son said "hello richard". I asked if it was someone he knew from college but it was his new boss. It looked like a friend from college, he was only in his early 20s. He asked if my son had ordered his new car yet.

They've got a new Marks&Spencers there as well but we didn't go there this time, we were walking round tesco when this happened.

Friday, August 11, 2006

Donald Duck

I'm sure our driver has a mate in his van with him. When he phones up it sounds like donald duck talking. I think there's something wrong with the hands-free set in his van but he claims it's only when he talks to me, not when he phones anyone else in the office.

Monday, August 07, 2006

Walking Shoes

I bought some walking shoes from Lidl. I saw them advertised so I looked around the shop and eventually found them. They only seemed to have mens sizes up to 9. I chose a pair of size 9 and tried them on. They were too small, my toes went right to the end. My wife managed to find a pair of size 9.5. You don't often get half sizes these days. I discovered the reason they were left behind. The stitching around metal eyelet was loose, the threads were hanging. I bought them anyway and sewed them up when I got home. They are more comfortable than normal shoes. They only cost only £12.50.

I bought a pair of winter boots there last year. They're a good sturdy pair.

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Sandwich Projector

I think there might be free sandwiches in work later on. A bloke from further down the corridor was giving a presentation and I had to set up projector for it. It wasn't easy because power leads aren't long enough. There are plug sockets on wall but the projector has to be set up int he middle and the lead isn't not long enough to reach to centre of room. They have extension leads in reception so I had to borrow one from there. They have the 4 gang ones. We used to have some spare in the office but we got rid of ours recently when we moved to our current location. We didn't think we needed them anymore.

I wouldn't hold my breath for those sandwiches. When I walked past the room a few minutes ago he was still talking.