The life and times of Chris Jones

Finally, a spot of good weather combined with some proper transport other than a sporadic bus has allowed photography!

I’ve modified Tenebrae’s blog title to fit this post! Mwahahahaha!

The car is FIXED. Hurray! Finally I can leave behind the people matchbox known as a service bus, with it’s smoky smell created by unruly teenagers and the exorbitant prices for three miles. For many weeks now I’ve had to wait in all conditions for that bus, and it’s been most very cold and very wet, as well as very dark. As the nights are now continuously getting lighter, greater care can be taken to ensure I don’t make mistakes while driving again.

Where next? I shall wait until April, when I shall get a new car. Why April? My computer tells me that is when I bought it, meaning a full year of credit card. By then my credit limit on my card should have been upgraded largely, as well as the credit rating I have, allowing my loans to be larger. What should I get? Any suggestions in a comment below. (or above, I forget where the button is.)

Looks like the morons in Leeds have sent us a Rover 75 radiator, which is like a third the extra length. Looks like I won’t be driving for another week. However, a quick trip to “Wrexham Radiators” in town bought us the right one. Here’s them compared. The right one is at the top.

Apparently the wrong one is for a Rover 45. Pretty stupid as the rest of the parts we ordered were for a 25. Arrrgh more. However, a quick trip to a local breakers yard has revealed a similar 25, in a similar conundrum, except it was hit on the passenger side, meaning everything we need is really cheap and really intact. Tomorrow we shall be going to collect said pieces.

It seems however, that my car has an alarm related to the bonnet, as it sporadically goes off when locked now, and always goes off when the bonnet is lifted. Evil.

So, I bought a new lens. I haven’t been anywhere with it to be able to photograph anything at all of interest, and the weather is poor, so there’s no “showcase shots” yet, apart from a few on the Flickr.

This weekend, for which rain has been forecasted, is the weekend on which we are to fix my car. Most parts have arrived, and the headlight that didn’t come doesn’t really matter because the current smashed one still works. I only need a new indicator case now.

I also feel inclined to show a picture of the mini Big-Daddy I have come into ownership of:

As can be seen, he is in good health and well cared for.