Friday, May 18, 2007

What's that on the map?

I was looking at a map of the city centre. I'm sure there is a cut-through to the library to avoid having to go down the main road and over the bridge. I wondered what the 'compass point with arrow' was on the screen. It was puzzling me because it was on a blank bit of map. A colleague suggested I move the mouse to see what happens. It was the mouse pointer. I felt so embarassed.

Sports Car

A friend of mine used to have a 2 seater sports car. He build himself based on ford cortina chassis. It was from a kit and designed to look like a lotus 7. It's not exactly the same but close enough. I used to get a lift with him he used to work in an electrical place near me. He finished about the same time I did, about 5pm or 5 past. You could hear him coming. He would turn up at about a quarter past, it took him about 10 minutes to do the drive. People would hear the car and turn to me and say 'Your ride's here!'

Monday, May 14, 2007

Fuses

B&Q had half price fuse boards, the ones with the residual currant trip switches. They had provision for up to10 double plug sockets. They were about £75. I need to replace our old one. We've got an old board but have the new circuit breaker detectors in it instead of fuses. I was speaking to one of the brothers-in-law and he said it was an ok price. The trouble is you need to get an elecectrician in these days. I don't think i'll bother changing it, I don't need to spend the money.

Friday, May 11, 2007

Gum

The joy of public transport. I was on the bus last night and sat down on seat like usual. I got up to find there was chewing gum on my pants. I got home and scraped most of it off. I then put my pants in the freezer to freeze the gum and managed to get more off. I then tried lighter fuel although any type of petroleum distillate will do. So don't come near me with a match or my trousers will catch light. No, actually put them in the wash after that.

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Poop

A bird had the cheek to poop on our new driveway. This was the bit under the porch. We've had problems with birds flying into windows before. It might have done that and frightened itself.