Different Approach

For years my way of thinking with regards to cars is to get a loan and then renew it every couple of years with a slightly higher figure and get another car (or whatever). After having experienced the Abbey and Toyota I decided that my options were not so clean cut this time around, I had to think of something different.

In view of that I am selling the Megane for whatever I can get for it. I am using the proceeds to repay my outstanding loan which will enable me to quite soon quit the Abbey for good if I want to. Needing a car I decided that leasing is the better option and, in consideration of that I have ordered a new Mazda 6 TS2. It has all the things I want, just about the same colour as the Megane, more economical and, well, it'll do.

This does mean that I get 3 years of worry free motoring with no bills to pay except on fuel so that has to be a bonus.

Have been sorting out computers the past few days. Deej got himself a pain of a virus so it was quicker to rebuild his machine. In the meantime, the network at home has been playing up for some reason. Today Nick asked that help rebuild his laptop which I have done. Am most annoyed that I suffered a hard drive failure which just happened to be the drive with his back up files on it and we have lost the most important of those :-(

Busy day again tomorrow though I do plan on having a lay in bed for as long as I can get away with. I am a little fed up getting so tired on a Sunday each week.

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You Bloody Idiot

I had a really enjoyable time in Meltham with Stan and Pete, even that walk against the wind up the pub on Saturday evening in a blizzard was fun. On the way there I thought it’d be fun to take some pictures of the car in the snow. I had not realised just how windy it was, I seriously thought my door was stuck when I tried to open it but it was just being pressurised by the forces outside. I am lucky really the wind had not been behind me else the door would have been ripped off. On the way back on Sunday I paid a visit to Sue in Sheffield. I like Sue and she is a great conversationalist. The journey was not without incident as the satnav kept failing and crashing and just became useless. I eventually tracked the problem down to the loudspeaker connection for the mount and once I’d removed that it was stable and guided me well to Sue’s door. I am really happy to report that the steroid injection I had last week as helped ease my pain. I still have the pain but it is not restricting me ...

2 Weeks in

Amazing as it seems I am two weeks through my visit here. Some might be getting a little confused about why I am here. There is only one important reason and that is to be with Dennis. This isn’t a vacation to me, it’s just about having to travel to the Philippines because it is where Dennis happens to be. I’m still in very regular contact with home dealing with daily issues, the council, social services and so on. I am geographically away from it but technically still connected. Obviously it’s cool to wander into Manila and see the place, travel in a Jeepney and so on. Wandering around the malls is fun but it is who I am with rather than where I am that matters most to me. Highlights for me, apart from every second I spend with Dennis have to be meeting family and friends. Veronica and her family and Imee of course who has kept me entertained for hours with conversation about anything and everything Ireneo too tries real hard wit...

Not a good day

Today is a very emotional one for me. I have no idea why that would be the case but apparently it is. For a day that had nothing pre-arranged this one has turned out quite busy. First, I agreed to take Matt for breakfast though I wasn't really hungry. He was being quite argumentative in the morning about some thing or other, I don't recall what exactly but some matter of politics where he was going to argue the toss whilst knowing little or nothing about it. But, even so, I was quite upbeat as Jermaine had gone to school on time ... no, scrub that, i was upbeat until I yet again had to tell Zoey to get her arse out of her room, downstairs, do her chores and get to school, that is when this day started to go downward. I spent way too much money on a new doorbell, true, we needed one but not one that cost nearly £50! This too has not helped. I went to see a garage that can fit parking sensors to my car, all well and good but they needed me to supply paint to match the circles up ...

Steve from England

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