Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[tikay]

Thanks Rich, Nick, BobAlike.

[Rod Paradise]

Tikay launches DDS attack on Red's Diary?

[tikay]

Tikay launches DDS attack on Red's Diary?

Well I thought I'd try & liven it up for him, Rod, Post some stuff which was more interesting than His Red-Ness's usual blather & bollox.

Just showing how much I care, really.

[tight4better]

Come back to DTD Red, I miss giving you my money.

[RED-DOG]

Tikay launches DDS attack on Red's Diary?

Well I thought I'd try & liven it up for him, Rod, Post some stuff which was more interesting than His Red-Ness's usual blather & bollox.

Just showing how much I care, really.

You're just posting crap so that you can use the staking board

[Eck]

Cracking couple of pages, diary has really picked up a pace...

[Rexas]

Tikay launches DDS attack on Red's Diary?

Well I thought I'd try & liven it up for him, Rod, Post some stuff which was more interesting than His Red-Ness's usual blather & bollox.

Just showing how much I care, really.

You're just posting crap so that you can use the staking board

You're on Red's payroll, because he can see that oxfordjonny's diary is starting to catch up to this one

[tikay]

Cracking couple of pages, diary has really picked up a pace...

There speaks a man with class, wisdom defying his tender years, supreme good looks, & who crushes at poker. 

Glad you are liking my work, unsurprisingly.

[RED-DOG]

Come back to DTD Red, I miss you giving me money.

FYP Nik.

Dont fret, I'll be back asap. I'm snowed under at the moment. It seems like I have a million things to do do get back to where I was a fortnight ago.

#notenoughhoursintheday

[RED-DOG]

I wanted to get all the windows on my camper-to-be tinted in 'limousine' black. All except the driving windows that is.

I rang around and finally settled on a quote of £180 from a firm near Leicester city centre that had good independent reviews.

I arranged to drop the car off this morning, in the hope that it would be ready by ~ 14:30 because I have a hospital appointment at the Leicester general at 15:30, but I told them not to rush, if it wasn't going to be ready I would walk to the General, as it's only about 3 miles.

So I dropped it off, and a nice chap did the paperwork and confirmed the shade of tint etc, then I handed over the keys and took a stroll into the city centre.

An hour or so later, I get a phone call from boss of said firm saying they can't do all those windows for that price. (Mine is a high roof version, see pic) I told him that his salesman had quoted to do all those windows, and he said that the salesman wasn't aware that it was a high top, but that wasn't true because I made a point of telling him about it.

Anyway, the boss told me that the real price should be £400, and that there was no way he would have taken on the job for the quoted £180. I told him that I believed him, (which I did) but the mistake was down to his salesman and not me.

The salesman again denied knowing that it was a high top, so I pointed out that no one had said anything when I dropped it off either. (No hiding the fact that it was a high top then.)

The boss conceded this point and offered to reduce the price to £300. I asked him if the work had started and he said it had, which caused me to think I was in a reasonable bargaining position, and after a bit of haggling we settled on £200 all in, which I think was very reasonable of me under the circumstances.

The downside (or upside, depending on your point of view) is that it definitely won't be ready now until at least 5:30. So I have lots of time to kill.

Click to see full-size image.

[RED-DOG]

I'm writing this, and I'm sure that no one will have the slightest idea what I'm on about, but.....

Have you ever had that feeling that you have just taken possession of your mind and body at this very moment?

It's like a feeling of, hang on, where did this life come from and how did I get here? Its like you've been in suspended animation and you've just regained consciousness, you have to kind of stop and take stock. Everything seems really strange and a bit scary.

Just me then eh?

Thought so.

[outragous76]

I'm writing this, and I'm sure that no one will have the slightest idea what I'm on about, but.....

Have you ever had that feeling that you have just taken possession of your mind and body at this very moment?

It's like a feeling of, hang on, where did this life come from and how did I get here? Its like you've been in suspended animation and you've just regained consciousness, you have to kind of stop and take stock. Everything seems really strange and a bit scary.

Just me then eh?

Thought so.

dave gorman used to have a spot on his podcast called "moments of existential self doubt" - would you call it that?

[Eck]

Cracking couple of pages, diary has really picked up a pace...

There speaks a man with class, wisdom defying his tender years, supreme good looks, & who crushes at poker. 

Glad you are liking my work, unsurprisingly.

Apologies Tom, thought this was Tony's diary...

[tikay]

FML.

Damn Scots, so bloody obdurate. 

[RED-DOG]

I'm writing this, and I'm sure that no one will have the slightest idea what I'm on about, but.....

Have you ever had that feeling that you have just taken possession of your mind and body at this very moment?

It's like a feeling of, hang on, where did this life come from and how did I get here? Its like you've been in suspended animation and you've just regained consciousness, you have to kind of stop and take stock. Everything seems really strange and a bit scary.

Just me then eh?

Thought so.

dave gorman used to have a spot on his podcast called "moments of existential self doubt" - would you call it that?

Dave Gorman, was he the fridge man?

Moments of existential self doubt eh?  Sounds good. Off to google.