Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 26)

[DickyC]

My overnight car for delivery this morning was an immaculate 2007 Mercedes C220.



It was badged as an AMG.



I'll post in the misbadged thread if the force is strong.

[DickyC]

From The Hunting of the Snark?

[DickyC]

I'm on the train.

The train.

No, the train.

Yes. Me. I'm on the train.

I did say train, yes. Train.

Yes. I'm on the train.

Don't worry about it.

I'll tell you when I get in.

Later. When I get in.

Yes, it is. Very.

Yes, I am on a train.

Later, then. Yes. Bye.

Bye.

[DickyC]

The office rang to ask me if I would be prepared to deliver a car tomorrow. They said the most important thing was to be early. As I can do early I agreed. They said the car would be delivered to my house tonight.

I forgot to ask how early. I don't know what the car is. I forgot to ask who is delivering it to me. I've forgotten where they said to deliver it.

This could be a bumpy ride.

Edited by DickyC on Wednesday 13th January 19:11

[DickyC]

WD39 said:

Not quite sure what he's selling. (or where.)

It was on a scrap of land near Widnes Station. He was selling hot drinks out of the back of the van. In principle at any rate. On reflection he could have been selling drugs. Whatever it was it looked thoroughly dispiriting.

[DickyC]

Jimmy Recard said:

Visit ALL the houses. That could be your only solution.

That is the solution. Delivering cars - no! why stop there? - delivering everything by elimination!!

We should all try to remember where we were and what we were doing when we learned the new delivery paradigm.

[DickyC]

hidetheelephants said:

It's the infinite improbability drive of delivery.

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[DickyC]

Impasse said:

I'm not expecting a new car tomorrow, so cross my address off the list. HTH DC.

The sandalwood soap from Trumpers? The NASA version of Monopoly?

[DickyC]

Impasse said:

I've got a Simpsons version of Monopoly. Will that help?

Will you ever have two hotels on the Sea of Tranquillity? I think not.

[DickyC]

I was eating Welsh cake in St Albans and suffering no cultural ambiguity issues. Then I threw in a latte and was all over the shop.

[DickyC]

pad58 said:

...sleet...Audi...snow up in the hills...

WARNING - QUATTROING CAN CAUSE SMUGNESS

[DickyC]

Justayellowbadge said:

Wince

When would you like to volumise, Master of the Winces?

I shall be at the family pile with old folk, awkward silences and no signal until Sunday evening.

[DickyC]

Iva Barchetta said:

Race has gone green,so I switched over,as you do....

The race has gone green? The Detuned Prius Championship?

[DickyC]

I'm having a weekend off from my driving job.

Mrs C and I are going to see my mum in Devon. I'm driving.



Twas ever thus.

[DickyC]

Quattro smugness:

My first Quattro was a 1990 Audi 80 Coupe Quattro I owned in the mid 90s. At that time we had a family Christmas do at a restaurant on the Hogs Back. This particular year during lunch the car park turned into a skating rink. The car park was on a slope with the exit road up on to the A31 the steepest part. When Mrs C, my sons and I came out from lunch a 3 series BMW's passengers were having a hilarious time trying to manhandle the car up on to the road. They were getting nowhere. They saw us and called out warnings and general jocularity which turned to full-house, hands on hips, Comic Opera amazement as the four of us just got into the car. "Can't they see the trouble we're having?" "Are they stupid?" "They'll have to get out again." I started the car and drove across the car park, up the slope and away.

If you're wondering why, in the Season of Goodwill, I didn't offer help is that before the Audi I had owned a 1972 Range Rover for ten years and if I stopped to offer stranded folk a tow out of trouble, their invariable response was that they didn't want a tow, they wanted a push.

"Would you like me to tow you up the hill?"
"No, just give us a push, mate."
"Your car is stuck in snow at the bottom of a hill. I have a tow rope and I will pull you up the hill."
"No, no, just give us a push, can ya?"
"Last chance. Do you want me to tow you up the hill?"
"No, I just need a push, mate."
"Okay. Bye."
"Oh, that's nice. I just needed a push."

/Lt Col Algernon Smugge-Basthard

[DickyC]

Battert is thought to have made off with the club silver.

[DickyC]

Nik da Greek said:

Snowed basically for the duration of my first cheeky fag break of the day. Which was nice. Then stopped as soon as I went back in the depot again.

I know God is omniscient and omnipresent and all that, but you'd think he could cut me a break for just one fag

I'm omnipotent in a small way.

[DickyC]

Michael, have you considered a driving job? It's appallingly badly paid but it would get you out and about. And you occasionally get to drive nice cars.

Search on 'Trade Plate drivers.'

[DickyC]

leglessAlex said:

I'm not sure there are any automatic cameras for bus lane violations? I think it's just whether the camera is pointing at you and someone is looking at the monitor.

Twickenham, Christmas 2014. Dark, wet, turned out of a side turn into the left of two lanes, drove along a bit, saw BUS LANE written in the road, changed lanes and the ticket arrived a few days later. Went back to look and the sign warning of the bus lane to my left as I turned out of the side road was a bit overgrown but I was looking right for oncoming traffic and may have missed it anyway.

[DickyC]

-Michael- said:

DickyC said:

Michael, have you considered a driving job? It's appallingly badly paid but it would get you out and about. And you occasionally get to drive nice cars.

Search on 'Trade Plate drivers.'

I have had a look but it seems not a lot of people want "drivers" that have less than two years driving experience, unfortunately for me that will be in May

The world's agin yer.

Things will change, though, I'm certain.