Saturday, November 26, 2022

#2143 Saturday 26th November

Kaylia and I had a little adventure this morning..... my cousin Tom had his little hot rod on display at the Hot Rod Show at the Claremont show grounds. 
 His car is based on a Model A Ford and Tom has made most of the car himself. Its a very impressive result and Tom can be justified in being proud of his work. 
Kaylia loved the train ride from Midlands to Claremont and she's a beaut companion to have. 

This afternoon I've been making a battery cradle to hold the second battery in Bob.  I've managed to buy a second hand battery at a good price..... its a huge battery and it's from the supplier that I trust.... so it should do the job of powering the winch. 
I'm still working on the engineering certificate..... Ho hum.  I'll be very glad when I can eventually register Bob for the road.  I've found out that I qualify for a huge discount on the cost of registering Bob.... cos I'm a pensioner! 

Sunday, November 20, 2022

#2142 Sunday 20th November

 Excuse me on this occasion ... I feel like I have to let off steam!  I've been online with everyone's favorite government department (who have the cheek to call themselves a service ... NOT) ..... I've been waiting for 3 weeks for my pension to restart .... I have a letter from them to say that it would be paid on 2nd of this month .... still nothing.

On their website they say that an urgent payment can be requested so I thought "Why not?"  I began the process online and went through about six screens of questions about why I needed an urgent payment ... and then at the final screen ....

...... "You cannot apply for an urgent payment online." !!!!!  

So why start the process?