On Saturday, whilst in the UK seeing my kids (I live in Holland) I got a call from my girlfriend who had just aqua-planned 100m and whacked into two cars. Fortunately she was fine other than the shock of it, and so was everyone else, just minor damage.
She got everything sorted out and we had a Opel Vectra as a loaner; as my normal car is a Polo, this was good.
Yesterday the poor dear broke a plate and then splashed some hot-fat on her wrist. I thought that would be it. Cold cynic I might be, but even I 'know' troubles come in threes.
Ha! Ha! And just to make a point of it, Ha!
Today's one is obviously in no way connected to my girlfriend what-so-ever (not that the others were 'her fault').
Some bastards smashed the window of the loan car and stole the radio when it was parked outside our apartment.
Okay, enough!! No more, give us a break.
If humans are so smart, how come it is Squirrels who hibernate? Right now, waking up on the first day of spring sounds like a great idea. Winter in Western Europe is neither fish nor fowl, just mostly foul. We have (for many Americans) mild winters (-10 C is cold here), heavy snow is rare, it's normally just cold, grey and damp; I'd swap that for colder crisper winters anyday. The idea of skipping it (and extending my lifespan by 30% maybe) by hibernating 4 months of the year is appealling.
See you in March, maybe?
Yours, going nuts...
Gyles
Gyles