Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 26)
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The first car I picked up on Thursday was from an estate agent in Fleet. They were just opening up as I arrived but it was office hours and the door was open so in I went. A woman stood up to greet me.
"Can I help?" she asked.
"Yes, please, I've come to collect a car."
Her expression went from welcoming smile to Why-Are-You-Addressing-Me-In-Klingon? and, raising her voice for the whole office to hear, she retorted with a shrill, "Well, it's not under my desk!!"
Oh, how we laughed.
I actually carried on laughing a little longer than everyone else until they were all a bit uncomfortable. Things went more smoothly after that.
In her mind how should I have conducted my removal of their unwanted lease car? Should I have stood in their car park and waited for someone to ask what I wanted?
"Can I help?" she asked.
"Yes, please, I've come to collect a car."
Her expression went from welcoming smile to Why-Are-You-Addressing-Me-In-Klingon? and, raising her voice for the whole office to hear, she retorted with a shrill, "Well, it's not under my desk!!"
Oh, how we laughed.
I actually carried on laughing a little longer than everyone else until they were all a bit uncomfortable. Things went more smoothly after that.
In her mind how should I have conducted my removal of their unwanted lease car? Should I have stood in their car park and waited for someone to ask what I wanted?
DickyC said:
The first car I picked up on Thursday was from an estate agent in Fleet. They were just opening up as I arrived but it was office hours and the door was open so in I went. A woman stood up to greet me.
"Can I help?" she asked.
"Yes, please, I've come to collect a car."
Her expression went from welcoming smile to Why-Are-You-Addressing-Me-In-Klingon? and, raising her voice for the whole office to hear, she retorted with a shrill, "Well, it's not under my desk!!"
Oh, how we laughed.
I actually carried on laughing a little longer than everyone else until they were all a bit uncomfortable. Things went more smoothly after that.
In her mind how should I have conducted my removal of their unwanted lease car? Should I have stood in their car park and waited for someone to ask what I wanted?
Are you a car delivery man then..? "Can I help?" she asked.
"Yes, please, I've come to collect a car."
Her expression went from welcoming smile to Why-Are-You-Addressing-Me-In-Klingon? and, raising her voice for the whole office to hear, she retorted with a shrill, "Well, it's not under my desk!!"
Oh, how we laughed.
I actually carried on laughing a little longer than everyone else until they were all a bit uncomfortable. Things went more smoothly after that.
In her mind how should I have conducted my removal of their unwanted lease car? Should I have stood in their car park and waited for someone to ask what I wanted?
leglessAlex said:
Iva Barchetta said:
Just finished watching "I'm not in love"....story of 10cc.
Pigging brilliant documentary.
I'm old enough to have seen them on Top of the pops in the 70s .
The story of the female whispering voice on I'm not in love is brill.
Amazing tune. What channel was it on?Pigging brilliant documentary.
I'm old enough to have seen them on Top of the pops in the 70s .
The story of the female whispering voice on I'm not in love is brill.
I learnt a lot about the group,especially the fact they were only a foursome for 4 years.
They did all their great stuff in that short time though...
HWM are the longest established Aston Martin dealers in the world.
George Abecassis bought into the business establshed by John Heath as Hersham and Walton Motors. They acquired the AM franchise in 1951. Both were racing drivers with Abecassis racing Astons and marrying David Brown's daughter. HWM built their own Grand Prix and sports racing cars. The Grand Prix cars weren't successful but the Jaguar-based sports cars achieved some success but when Heath was killed in the Mille Miglia in 1956 George Abecassis abandoned racing.
My dad worked in Hersham in the sixties and his company had their fuel account at HWM. He came home with tales of Aston Martins and, as a designer, he introduced me to the ideas of line, form and proportion using the DB4 as his example.
Poor old boy, his career was doing very well at that time (he was Engineering Director with a company making aeroplane seats) but not well enough to run to an Aston. The week he didn't post his Pools coupon he would have won £1,100, enough to buy one of the DB4s in the showroom at the time. I can still the far away look in his eyes.
George Abecassis bought into the business establshed by John Heath as Hersham and Walton Motors. They acquired the AM franchise in 1951. Both were racing drivers with Abecassis racing Astons and marrying David Brown's daughter. HWM built their own Grand Prix and sports racing cars. The Grand Prix cars weren't successful but the Jaguar-based sports cars achieved some success but when Heath was killed in the Mille Miglia in 1956 George Abecassis abandoned racing.
My dad worked in Hersham in the sixties and his company had their fuel account at HWM. He came home with tales of Aston Martins and, as a designer, he introduced me to the ideas of line, form and proportion using the DB4 as his example.
Poor old boy, his career was doing very well at that time (he was Engineering Director with a company making aeroplane seats) but not well enough to run to an Aston. The week he didn't post his Pools coupon he would have won £1,100, enough to buy one of the DB4s in the showroom at the time. I can still the far away look in his eyes.
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