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Saturday, June 04, 2005

Holiday

We attempted going on holiday to Devon today. Packed up the car and everything, stopped for lunch on the way. About 5 miles from Devon, the car broke down. Seems like some kind of hardware fault, which I don't really understand, as I'm a software guy. Anyway, there's this thing at the front of the car called an engine (a bit like a CPU, from what I understand), and it crashed, and won't reboot. Might have to get another one.

So we were towed home.



Twelve hours after we left, we arrived home again. We're going to try again tomorrow in the other car, which is loads smaller. We've optimised the luggage, so we're leaving behind one suitcase, a guitar, all food, and most of the clothes.

9 Comments:

Anonymous said...

ack! maybe your car got the blaster worm ?

June 05, 2005 7:12 AM  
Anonymous said...

You must be a saddo having to add bits about your car breaking down on the web site. Man, get a life!

June 07, 2005 8:54 AM  
Anonymous said...

Your Rubber Gimp suit has arrived!

June 07, 2005 8:57 AM  
Anonymous said...

I bet you were secretly glad. This gave you free time to write on your web site

June 07, 2005 8:58 AM  
Anonymous said...

Did you take a laptop on holiday with internet access???

June 07, 2005 9:00 AM  
Anonymous said...

I hope you had your laptop car adaptor with you

June 07, 2005 9:03 AM  
Anonymous said...

Don't listen to these muppets. At least it wasn't one of the old pool cars with no breakdown cover :)

June 08, 2005 11:46 AM  
Anonymous said...

Did you play volleycock on holiday?

June 10, 2005 2:46 PM  
Simon said...

Well, what a lot of comments. My humble website must be a whole lot more popular that I thought. I'll reply to them in turn:

"ack! maybe your car got the blaster worm ?"

Nice! I don't know quite what it's got - the garage that the AA took it to won't be able to look at it until this week. I'm pretty sure it's going to be expensive, and it probably won't be worth doing as the car isn't worth much. So I'll have to buy a new car.

"You must be a saddo having to add bits about your car breaking down on the web site. Man, get a life!"

Yes, I am somewhat of a "saddo", or geek, or nerd, or whatever. I enjoy writing, but I don't have time to write a full book, so having a weblog enables me to write little bits when I feel like it. It doesn't take long to add stuff to the site. The process is the same as you went through adding your comment; go to the right webpage, write it, and press the "publish" button.

In this case, I was mildly amused by the similarities of a car breaking and a computer breaking, so I wrote a little note about it. I didn't "have" to add it, I just felt like it. No big deal. It will be automatically moved down the page as I post more stuff, and it will eventually drop off the bottom and into the archives.

One of the interesting side effects of writing a weblog is that I've made one or two new friends that I wouldn't have done otherwise.

As for having a life, what I choose to do with my life is up to me. I'm really happy with my life.

The ironic thing is that by adding your comment, you're doing exactly the same thing as me - posting a few words on harriyott.com. If I have no life, does that mean you don't either? If my website is so dull to you, why are you even reading it, let alone commenting on it? Why is insulting me (and anonymously at that) the sign of someone with a life?

"Your Rubber Gimp suit has arrived!"

Er, not quite sure what one of those is.

"I bet you were secretly glad. This gave you free time to write on your web site"

Not even slightly. This is a real pain for me, and it's going to cost me lots of money.

"Did you take a laptop on holiday with internet access???"
"I hope you had your laptop car adaptor with you"

I don't have a laptop. I wouldn't take it on holiday if I did.

"Don't listen to these muppets. At least it wasn't one of the old pool cars with no breakdown cover :)"

Thanks. Interestingly the old pool cars were old-style Mondeos too. Actually driving the pool cars was a luxury for me. I had a Vauxhall Viva when the Mondeos were about.

"Did you play volleycock on holiday?"

Unfortunately not. I loved volleycock. The best office game I've ever played.

June 12, 2005 9:22 PM  

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