Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 26)
Discussion
Tamworth Station. How unusual is it to have a station at the point where a North - South line crosses over an East - West line? I have to confess to being a bit baffled to begin with. I was directed to Platform 4 but there were clearly only two platforms. Yes, I was that doddery old fool peering at station signs in disbelief.
Just hope they fit the car now! 
My current parlous financial state has thrown another oddity at me. Mrs C's SLK has full MB service history (except for a bit on the automatic gearbox MB couldn't cure and I had to go to the tin shack that is Newbury Transmissions for the answer). That era of Mercedes had 10,000 miles or two years service intervals, whichever was the sooner. Before Christmas, when the car asked for a service, instead of just putting it in and paying the bill, I asked for an estimate. £237 all in, including a flush through of the brake fluid. Okay, er, that will be a few weeks. Now in the position to do it I rang again to book it in and took the precaution of asking for another estimate. £365 all in including new spark plugs.
Sigh.
Does this mean that a service - at the local MB main dealer who has maintained the car for twelve years - does not normally include spark plugs? If that is the case, why does it need plugs now when it didn't just before Christmas? And why would fitting four spark plugs add £133 to the bill?
Sigh.
Does this mean that a service - at the local MB main dealer who has maintained the car for twelve years - does not normally include spark plugs? If that is the case, why does it need plugs now when it didn't just before Christmas? And why would fitting four spark plugs add £133 to the bill?
McAndy said:
The Trivial Towers Write The Next Line Thingy:
So, there I was, standing at the bar in The Spotted Dog in Barking when
a spotted dog ran in and then back out, barking urgently. We all followed the dog outside to see
it get hit by a bus. A passing medicine man sadly shook his head and
wondered what his dinner would be that evening? Would it be Spotted Dick or a Hot Dog, Suddenly,
Carlos Fandango traded in his old Anglia
for three hundredweight of nutty slack from a...
So, there I was, standing at the bar in The Spotted Dog in Barking when
a spotted dog ran in and then back out, barking urgently. We all followed the dog outside to see
it get hit by a bus. A passing medicine man sadly shook his head and
wondered what his dinner would be that evening? Would it be Spotted Dick or a Hot Dog, Suddenly,
Carlos Fandango traded in his old Anglia
for three hundredweight of nutty slack from a...
Let it be known that during the construction of today's cheese and pickle sandwich (shortly to be stuffed into a backpack and thus rendered shapeless - or "Squidged" in the vernacular), when it came to cutting the aforesaid snack, the cutting board was rotated ninety degrees to facilitate cutting the delicacy east to west instead of north to south. Spectators, had any been present, may have marvelled at this intricate refinement or simply wondered, "What the f
k is he playing at?"
k is he playing at?"The Trivial Towers Write The Next Line Thingy said:
So, there I was, standing at the bar in The Spotted Dog in Barking when
a spotted dog ran in and then back out, barking urgently. We all followed the dog outside to see
it get hit by a bus. A passing medicine man sadly shook his head and
wondered what his dinner would be that evening? Would it be Spotted Dick or a Hot Dog, Suddenly,
Carlos Fandango traded in his old Anglia
for three hundredweight of nutty slack with a coalman wearing a begrimed flatcap;
the collier was a sad-faced gentleman with a military bearing,
which he tossed in the air and caught
with the fine fielding skills first demonstrated in a friendly in 1968 against the Isle of Dogs second eleven
a spotted dog ran in and then back out, barking urgently. We all followed the dog outside to see
it get hit by a bus. A passing medicine man sadly shook his head and
wondered what his dinner would be that evening? Would it be Spotted Dick or a Hot Dog, Suddenly,
Carlos Fandango traded in his old Anglia
for three hundredweight of nutty slack with a coalman wearing a begrimed flatcap;
the collier was a sad-faced gentleman with a military bearing,
which he tossed in the air and caught
with the fine fielding skills first demonstrated in a friendly in 1968 against the Isle of Dogs second eleven
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