It's been so long
And I'm not sure I remember what to do.
I seem to remember that the main point is to utter drivel, but with a certain observational comedy contained within.
So, let's look at petrol.
As we all know, the cost of said commodity is pretty damn high these days, and I've got a car that drinks it quickly when I drive a bit fast, which seems to be all the time these days. I have, however, in the last couple of weeks, had occasion to borrow other people's cars, usually to do with capacity issues with my own or someone wanting a shiny convertible for a hot summers day. Now, I'm not sure if this is planned, but I'm sure it can't be due to the lack of forewarning, but every time I step in another car the petrol gauge is showing either on or below the red mark. I actual fact, the Petrol warning light is lit on most occasions. I personally can't drive with the light on, or even close to the red, due to my panic about running empty. I also see no point in putting less than a full tank in when I stop for a refuel. So, I've spent about £300 in the last week in petrol, and half of that in other peoples cars. I'm not really complaining, really I'm not, but I do wonder if I'm the only person on the planet that actually buys fuel. In which case I'm personally responsible for all the pollution and environmental changes it's causing.
So, sorry about that.

Day 127: Some of your Scottish detectives are belong to us

It is more than a long time since my last post, but I thought I'd better make the effort to put pen to paper so as not to disappoint our regular readers who have been swamping my mailbag with requests for more posts. It just hasn't been the same without me.
Lots of stuff has happened since Day 79 (some of which I may go into more detail about later) including:
- visiting Sweden
- buying a 32 year old car
- completing ratchet and clank 2
- cooking a traditional Swedish lunch for my colleagues
- having my laptop stolen (along with my iPod)
- playing Kingdom of Loathing
- watching a whole stack of DVDs
In fact on the old DVD front, I used the purchase of my new car to enable me to bring a portable tv/video up to Scotland so I can watch my old video collection up here, as we don't do videos any more in my real house.
I have been particularly enjoying watching my old videos of Scottish Detectives: such as Rebus, Taggart, Morse and of course the old highland master himself Poirot.