More Pooh!

It looks to me as though the fuel cut out switch is damaged. I tried to re set it this morning in a dryer car and it won't budge and seems pushed in too far to my reckoning. Anyway, the Galaxy is booked in to Vospers for a service and new switch on the fifth and they offered to have it in right away. If they get a cancellation, they have offered to do the work early......... nice thought.

The final bits and pieces have arrived from Hong Kong, very nice and thanks to the CE mark, legal in the UK. I had also ordered a 10 way multi type extension box for the attic and that has arrived as well so things are moving along again.

Oh Pooh!

Whilst not a very serious or expensive repair is involved, breaking down last night whilst taking Sal to work was not the most fantastic experience of my life. We only got as far as Cattedown roundabout and everything died. I immediately thought, "Cam belt" and started to worry. When the Green Flag man arrived, he immediately thought, "Cam belt" and checked it. We were both wrong, it was the fuel cut out switch. Someone up there still likes me.

Because I still can't trust the fuel cut out switch at present and Hazel is day off today, I caught a bus to work. As I wandered past the St Lukes Hospice shop, I saw a face I recognised. Ivy Ainsworth has written a book. Ivy is Bobs mother and I haven't seen her since my own illness in 1999 so I had no idea she was even still alive. I might just go and see her and get a copy.

I don't believe it! I just saw someone else from 1999 in Buffet City. Sarah from Ratio was there. She was the secretary and, by the time I returned to work after my health problems, she had left to start a family.

Let there be bandwidth.............

And lo, there was bandwidth and the added extra of more TV channels. I have to hand it to him, the chap from Virgin Media pulled out his thumb and handed me the plumb. As long as the price reduction comes through, I shall be well pleased.

All kinds of everything.........

Dana.

Hazel and I measured the windows for the new curtains last evening, we do need quite a lot of material. Also, the FON wifi arrived yesterday and I installed it and registered it. My private system works well but when I tried to use the public side, I got rejected on about eight occasions. Indeed, it still hasn't worked for me yet. I wonder if it will simply not work with the computer that normally uses the private side?

I'm not a big sports fan but it was good to see Tom Daly get his gold yesterday and even better to see his dad being so emotional this morning.

Samuel was at home when we got there and we had yet another happy family Wednesday evening.

What goes up......

............Comes down hard.

Oh I hurt myself yesterday. We went to The Water Dragon for Wendy's birthday and we were in the back room. I came out to eat and didn't see the step down. I came down on my right foot with a very severe bang and jarred my back badly. I also had pins and needles in my right foot for a while. I slept badly and still feel under the weather this morning. Worst of all, I woke at ten past three to the sound of dripping..... Yes, we still have the leak. Not so bad but still there.

Todd and Cole won't be coming to the wedding as Cole has to be back at school before then. However, they would still like to come at a later time so we must organise it while the idea is still there.

Around 1300, I realised that I had a very bad bruise on my hip and I was in a lot of pain. By 1400, I had walked into the office door and hit my bruised hip with the handle. Life is really biting me on the bum today.

Up and down and around again.

Despite all the work I did, I still feel that I wasted the weekend. Over the past few weeks I seem to have achieved a fairly high output of work on both the attic and janis but, this weekend, was something of a let down. My sciatica was probably the major cause and I did have to rest more than usual. I also tried and failed to find a screwdriver to help me insert a new blade in my jigsaw. This, of course, meant no clever cutting to fit the small pieces of skirting into the attic. Using the Nokia N800 to good effect was fun and it means that I should be able to make use of it to blog whilst on holiday. On the same note, my FON unit has been sent from Spain and should be with me soon. Once installed, I will be able to set up my own handheld to use the system and, by default, also be able to use any other system I come across whilst away.

I have cut, painted and stuck in the two longest pieces of skirting board in the attic.

This complete post has been created and posted via the Nokia N800.