a view through my own eyes

Having spent most of the week trapped in the house with a chest infection, SWMBO and I decided that this afternoon a gentle venture into town would not do any harm and that some fresh air would probably do me some good.

So we had a stroll and a bite to eat.

As SWMBO ventured into Monsoon a feeling of doom arose from within my bowels, sadly it was not due to the potential expense about to be incurred or the amount of time I would spend trapped in Monsoon. So I dashed off to find some facilities before Mr Brown reared his head and came out to play.

A couple of door away is a cafe type place called Eat (imaginative name) so in I dash in search of their kharzi. Once ensconced and performing the necessary deed I noticed that the loo roll holder appeared to be somewhat devoid of the necessary substance that its designed to provide.

Closer inspection revealed that the supply was plentifull (phew) however the roll had jammed inside and would not rotate. So I pondered how to extract the nirvana of Andrex.

Firstly I tried my keys to see if I could open the thing – no joy.
Next I realised that I didn’t appear to have my all-in-one-utility-portable-fold-up-tool-kit-with-built-in-oxyacetalyne-cutter(tm) so taking it to pieces was not an option.
Feeling rather crappy (excuse the pun) I had neither the strength nor the inclination (well may be I did) to try and rip it off the wall.
In the end I settled for using my solitary sharp finger nail to cut through the paper so I could remove the paper of joy – hurrah!

Clever me.

So on the way out of the establishment I figured it would be a sensible thing to let someone know about the lack of loo roll to a member of staff.

Were they interested? No they weren’t, actually I don’t think they gave a toss. So at that point I deemed purchasing a refreshing rehydrating beverage from their fine premises for using their facilities a non option.

Then when I advised SWMBO of the situation she replied “Oh dear, if you have been like this on and off for the last few days your antibiotics for your chest may not have been in your system long enough to take affect”.

Marvellous.

I am confused about car insurance.

Our policy is up for renewal so the current insurers well brokers really
Endsleigh sent me a reminder with a quote.

£597 – this is silly its considerably more than it was last year.

Looking at the quote it seems that they used Norwich Union, so
out of curiosity I went online and got a quote direct from them just to see if they really can “Quote me Happy”. Lo and behold we are down to £337.

So how is $597 the “lowest available and represents excellent value
for money”?

Out of interest I phone Endsleigh to advise them that they are
having a laugh and to point out that unless they come up with
something a bit more sensible then when my house contents and
buildings comes up for renewal I will be taking them elsewhere.

I also pointed out that I have had my licence for 16 years and
have the same amount of no-claims so how about rewarding me for
making them money?

No not interested.

They don’t appear to give a toss. They did say that they would phone me back with a more competative quote the following monday so as to give them chance to maximise the available discount.

They didn’t.

Anyway the best quote so far: £326 from Elephant and thats with
a courtesy car, protected no claims and personal accident cover.

Stupid TV adverts though.

So given the choice between Elephant who to be honest I have never really heard of and Norwich Union who I have and only want £11 quid more – which do I go for? Comments are welcome.

Hmmm,

if this email -> blog stuff works I will be quite
impressed and may even be tempted to blog even more
which won’t be difficult considering the amount of
blog thats already here.