Thursday and Friday, my ignition switch kept locking, so it was only with great difficulty and jiggling I was able to get it to work each time. Needless to say, this discouraged car use! Since I had schools both days, this led to a late night conversation on Thursday with ND when it look like I would not be able to start the car at all ( Read more... )

Well, been to the insurance assessors and my car, it is a write-off. In the words of the assessor, "tow bars are great, but if they get hit hard enough, they break the spine" (of the car).

Sigh.

Am thinking the next one will be a station wagon. With the rear windows tinted.

It was rather wet on Friday afternoon. Driving back along Spencer St from a pleasant day teaching at Simmonds Catholic College (nice boys), I stopped quickly at the lights at the bottom of La Trobe street to let someone turn right and my nice green Ford(tm) Futura was slid into by a white Nissan(tm) Pathfinder with a bull bar ( Read more... )

There must be something in the whatever. This morning, had to give N a jump-start on the work station wegon. Then, after the morning at Balwyn High, had to give Piers a jump-start on his car. Which has a truck battery, so took a little longer ( Read more... )

Monday night had dinner at tyggerjai & bunnikins place. tyggerjai cooked taragon chicken. It was very yummy. Then we discussed films and the somewhat ethereal experience of being spark_au's housemate.

Tuesday night, had some yummy Burmese at mishymoocow and N's place. Had spent much of the day at the office doing Roster and related things such as packing my car for the next day, ( Read more... )

I Flexirented an iMac today. For the next three years, I have a fully warranted computer with free service ( Read more... )