I’ve put some really interesting stuff on eBay today, but as I left my camera at the shop I won’t be talking about that until tomorrow.
The man from the car repairers called today, dropped off a car and took mine away. As part of the process we had to fill in a sheet detailing all the blemishes on my bodywork. Two wheel centres missing, crumpled wing, damaged door, mystery paint transfer, mis-matched mirror shrouds, scuffs on the back bumper from dragging heavy loads out of the boot…
And there are a few minor marks too.
That is before we actually got round to the dinged wheel arch, scratches and paint transfer from the minor accident last week.
This is the car of a man who really needs to get a grip on his driving and the care of his car.
I might add that to my list.
I’ve done everything on the list and the two new haibun are now resting a while until I start the re-writing process. The results of my car emptying are currently stacked in the house. I found four pairs of cheap reading glasses, which sort of makes up for the pair I lost last week.
I also found eight pens, two pairs of scissors, a bag of salt and half a packet of wine gums. The wine gums are only slightly fluffy and soon cleaned up when I started sucking them, so all in all it wasn’t a bad day.
The courtesy car is a SEAT. I don’t know what model, but I do know I need Vaseline to get in and out. It’s a bit of a snug fit. Add that to a manual handbrake. a petrol engine and a clutch with a biting point that requires me to put my knee up to ear level when changing gear and you have a car that I’m not altogether familiar with. I also have a problem with feet which are bigger than the space allowed by the car designer.
Due to my generous proportions and a small door aperture I had to exit the vehicle by using a technique that looks a little like limbo dancing. Once I have enough of my lower parts out of the car I put my hand on the top of my head to compress my stiff neck and get my head out. With head and legs out I hook my elbows round the door frame and extract my body in the manner of a wine waiter brandishing one of those corkscrews with the two wings.
I may start adding sound effects tomorrow,
Fortunately it’s only for a week.
The top coin is a 1724 Guinea of George I, from the days when coins were better and monarchs were, quite frankly, uglier. In that year Jack Sheppard the highwayman was hanged and Longman, Britain’s oldest surviving publisher, was founded.
Thank you Gail. I appreciate your love and support throughout the years. I also appreciate you nomination. I will try my best to fulfill the requirements.Organic wine
You may want to have another go at thanking Gail. 🙂
I’ve never heard of a wine gum. What are they?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_gum
Sorry, no wine. 🙂
Thanks for the link, Quercus!
A favourite subject of mine – non-nutritious food products. 🙂
Your description of the coin made me laugh. Good luck with that small car.
Thank you, on both counts. I am growing resigned to the car, despite its lack of Radio 4 Extra and the World Service. This will pass. It should only be a week until I get the other one back.
May the week pass quickly!
I’m in hospital for my arthritis on Wednesday, so not sure how keen I am on the week going fast. 🙁
Good luck!
They are so keen to see me that they rang me today to check I am still going. 🙂
Hilarious. The descriptions of both damage and extrication cannot be bettered. I hope your garments recover from the Vaseline
I seem to be more bendy after my first few trips in the car. It might actually be good for me.
🙂
Can we please have a video of the car exit performance. It sounds as though it is too good to be missed.
I fear it will cause such mirth that those of weaker dispositions may be permanently damaged by exposure to this video.