Life in the Bus Lane

Fifteen years ago today I walked into an office and  became a paid employee of the NHS, working for the now defunct Bath District Health Authority.

It’s wet and windy out. I should have stayed in bed really.

The X-Trail did 39mpg on the trip to and from Cropredy last weekend. Not too bad for 1.5 tons of Chelsea tractor loaded down with people and camping kit.

Is it really 31 days until the 1st August?

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Update: And after all that, it’s possibly the worst “sale” ever.

Scully is 1 today (probably).

The Dead Kennedys were right.

US man charged for shooting mower

Some clown in Sacramento was dragged into court
He shot his lawnmower
It disobeyed, it wouldn’t start
Might makes right, it’s the American way
They fined him $60 and sent him on his way

You know, some people don’t take no shit
Maybe if they did they’d have half a brain left

Nothing any more.

I’d been noticing an odd knocking noise from the front of the X-Trail recently, so sent it round the corner to visit my local friendly mechanic. After initially assuming it’d be a five minute job to fix, he ended up chasing it round the car for a couple of hours, before eventually fixing it by tightening the top gearbox mount. On his way round he also found a broken earth lead and replaced that as well. It’s amazing how much smoother and quieter the car is now.

I think he did rule out the X-Trail as a replacement for his Terrano II though. The rear drive shafts aren’t beefy enough.

The NHS is 60 years old today, and give or take a week or so, I’ve worked there for 25% of it’s life.

Despite the weather forecast promising yet another wet evening for the annual Sulian Approach Golf tournament, we had a dry windy evening. Six intrepid players headed out, making up a two threes, one of “old” players, and one of the youngsters (I still count as a youngster).

I peaked early, and by the third hole was reduced to 4s and 5s, with Ian on 3s and 4s. After retiring to the 19th hole where Alex had to buy the drinks thanks to his 9 on one hole, the winners were announced. I’d managed to come 3rd, and Ian came 1st after two years of 2nd place.

Pics courtesy of Alex.

"Go-live" is off again.

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