Not a happy bunny rabbit. Why? Simples. It’s called the Peugeot 207. Don’t get me wrong, the car is a lovely drive – when the engine oil is warm, and the gearbox doesn’t throw a hissy fit and throw a gearbox error at me.
So, as it was due to be serviced (which tied in nicely with the MOT), I thought I’d mention the gearbox… Now the service went ok, and the MOT? Not so good. The car failed. On one silly little thing that I hadn’t spotted – a small split in the side wall of the offside front. That was sorted (the spare tyre went on) and the car passed the MOT… However, that wasn’t the end of the story, far from it.
The engineer (I won’t insult the guy who worked on my car by calling him a mechanic – he’s too highly qualified!) who had the task of getting the information from the CPU on the car (see – I was right to call it “Plug & Pray!) managed to clear the error messages from the system, and they thought that might be the solenoids in the gearbox that are at fault.
So, I’ve got to drive the car “normally” (i.e. no letting the little monster idle for 5 minutes before starting the journey) for a couple of weeks or so, and see what happens, and then take it back to the dealer for the engineer to have another look at the error codes.
But, at least the dealership is trying to help me, so all I can do now is see what happens.
Ah well, time to escape – I need to get some sleep tonight. Back when I get the chance….
Karen
What I've felt, what I've known
Sick and tired, I stand alone
Could you be there?
'Cause I'm the one who waits for you
Or are you unforgiven, too?
Eating Humble Pie
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All the time I’ve been posting on my blog, I’ve always been dead set against the Kindle (and other e-readers) as I said that I’d never use one, and all the other excuses that I could think of. Well, now I’ve bitten the bullet, and bought one.
The reason for this change of heart? Simple. When I went on holiday, I couldn’t take all the books that I wanted to, due to their weight. I had a weight limit for checked hold baggage of 20Kg, and hand luggage was restricted to 5kg! Now this sounds a lot until you start weighing stuff, and at least two of the books I wanted to take were over 1kg. Each.
So, that mean I had to start looking at other options, and finally decided to join the e-book revolution. But which one to go for? I didn’t like the Sony (too damned expensive, and touch screen to boot), the others were brands that I’d not heard of (Binatone?), meaning that it came to a straight “fight” between the WH Smith Kobo, and Amazon’s Kindle. I eventually opted for the Kindle, the idea being that there is better customer support of it goes wrong (or I get confused) and more books available
It’s the Kindle 4 (yes – it’s the entry level one – my record with touch screen devices is not good!), and I’ve personalised it with a lovely skin courtesy of an American website – Decal Girl: it's called Fuorescence-Blue, and looks quite snazzy, if I do say so myself.
I've also invested in a decent case - and no It’s not one of the "official" Amazon cases (they always look like something that came from the dashboard of a 1970s British Leyland car!) – it’s actually from a British company called Lente Designs:
The best bit is, it looks just like a Filofax, so I can leave it on my desk, and no-one bats an eyelid at it. So now I am eating humble pie. I adore my Kindle, and now won’t travel without it.
Time to call this quits – the siren call of the Kindle is at work again!
Back when I can put it down!
Karen
What I've felt, what I've known
Sick and tired, I stand alone
Could you be there?
'Cause I'm the one who waits for you
Or are you unforgiven, too?
The reason for this change of heart? Simple. When I went on holiday, I couldn’t take all the books that I wanted to, due to their weight. I had a weight limit for checked hold baggage of 20Kg, and hand luggage was restricted to 5kg! Now this sounds a lot until you start weighing stuff, and at least two of the books I wanted to take were over 1kg. Each.
So, that mean I had to start looking at other options, and finally decided to join the e-book revolution. But which one to go for? I didn’t like the Sony (too damned expensive, and touch screen to boot), the others were brands that I’d not heard of (Binatone?), meaning that it came to a straight “fight” between the WH Smith Kobo, and Amazon’s Kindle. I eventually opted for the Kindle, the idea being that there is better customer support of it goes wrong (or I get confused) and more books available
It’s the Kindle 4 (yes – it’s the entry level one – my record with touch screen devices is not good!), and I’ve personalised it with a lovely skin courtesy of an American website – Decal Girl: it's called Fuorescence-Blue, and looks quite snazzy, if I do say so myself.
I've also invested in a decent case - and no It’s not one of the "official" Amazon cases (they always look like something that came from the dashboard of a 1970s British Leyland car!) – it’s actually from a British company called Lente Designs:
The best bit is, it looks just like a Filofax, so I can leave it on my desk, and no-one bats an eyelid at it. So now I am eating humble pie. I adore my Kindle, and now won’t travel without it.
Time to call this quits – the siren call of the Kindle is at work again!
Back when I can put it down!
Karen
What I've felt, what I've known
Sick and tired, I stand alone
Could you be there?
'Cause I'm the one who waits for you
Or are you unforgiven, too?
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