Tell Me Something............Anything!

Yeah that's a bad day.

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Well that was a shit day.

Driving to Preston this morning, the van packed up on the M6 exit slip road, which turned out to be a split fuel line pissing diesel onto the road, all of the engine bay, everywhere but where it was supposed to go. Time was 9.30am.

Called AA, who said the van was in a hazardous location on chevrons which to my eyes looked like a reasonable quasi-hard shoulder, and so they were going to call the police out to arrange moving the van to a safer place.

An hour later a Highways Agency SUV arrived, and they informed me that because of its dangerous location, and the fact that it was still on the M6 (just), it should be recovered and taken somewhere safer before the AA will touch it. At a cost of about £300 :eek: But... they offered to shove my van a further 40 metres to get it past the 'End of motorway' sign, which they did... Very nice people :)

So then I had to get it recovered onto an AA-appointed low loader and moved somewhere more AA-friendly. He arrived at 1.30pm. Then I had to wait another 90 minutes for the AA, who to be fair fixed it in 20 minutes.

So apart from a couple of treks across two busy carriageways for a brew at Subway I spent much of 9.30 till 3.30pm out in the pissing rain, and wondering how much I'd get if I sold this crappy van that clearly hates me.

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not good steve..

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Originally Posted by struth

not good steve..

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Could have been worse though - all it cost me was a few miles of diesel, 2 cappuccinos and 2 hot chocolates. And it cost me nothing work-wise, it just moved my job back a day, I'll finish it Friday instead of Thursday. I was going to do bog all Fri anyway :)

Maybe it is Nature's way of telling you to retire. :rolleyes: :hmm:

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Originally Posted by Barry

Maybe it is Nature's way of telling you to retire. :rolleyes: :hmm:

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Nature has been telling me this for some time, through aching joints and muscles, falling off ladders and a general reluctance to get up in the morning. Looks like Nature has given up dropping hints and is now shouting :(

I've gone to an average of 2 days a week, I'd assumed Nature would be happy with that.

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Nature has been telling me this for some time, through aching joints and muscles, falling off ladders and a general reluctance to get up in the morning. Looks like Nature has given up dropping hints and is now shouting :(

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Retiring may not help.

Giving up work tends to coincide with age related ailments and aches and pains setting in :).

(I still seem to injure myself regularly without having a job, but I am a bit like a bull in a china shop)

its a double edged sword sadly. the more you do at this age the more you will have accidents and further damage arthritis, but to just stop can cause serious issues too.
i'd say give it up for a couple of months and you'll either love it or be desparate to get back in saddle (and away from wife lol).

im betting on the latter

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Originally Posted by struth

its a double edged sword sadly. the more you do at this age the more you will have accidents and further damage arthritis, but to just stop can cause serious issues too.
i'd say give it up for a couple of months and you'll either love it or be desparate to get back in saddle (and away from wife lol).

im betting on the latter

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I don't know... me and Mrs. P in the same room all day every day, I think she'll crack first.

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

I don't know... me and Mrs. P in the same room all day every day, I think she'll crack first.

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I have my den to hide in. Don't mind having missus about though, someone has to make the tea :).

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

Retiring may not help.

Giving up work tends to coincide with age related ailments and aches and pains setting in :).

(I still seem to injure myself regularly without having a job, but I am a bit like a bull in a china shop)

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But inactivity might lead you to be more like china in a bull shop - we're told keeping active helps with muscular strength and bone density :scratch: Maybe I'll join a gym - what could go wrong there?