a bug's thoughts

... when our faithful family chariot goes in for her annual governmental probing.

Yes, I'm at Platt's waiting for Charlie to get her MOT. For some reason, I don't think she'll pass first time. Don't ask me why, it's just a feeling I have.

We shall see.

Once I'm finished here, I'm getting ready to be with my family again. I know these absences are necessary, but it doesn't make them any easier, you know?

*insert string of heavy and excessive expletives here*

She failed on two counts:

1. Rear Fog Lamp
   Yeah, well I knew the bulb was gone, and I asked them to replace it.  However, when they did, it still didn't work.  Immediate failure, without investigative reasoning.
   
   
2. Rear N/S Brakes
   Quoted as "little or no effort" - meaning that it basically doesn't work.  Immediate failure, without investigative reasoning.

The upshot of this is that I have a car without a new MOT, and as my previous MOT certificate has already expired, the only legal journeys I can make in my car are to and from an MOT test centre.

I cannot get the items in question fixed until Monday morning, as my service centre closes at 12:30 today.

Spot the problem?

I have a wife and child in Yorkshire that I cannot go and see.  I have a wife whom I wanted to spend Mothering Sunday with, and I have my Mum in Worcestershire who we were going to visit tomorrow.  I now cannot do this.

I looked into the possibility of getting a hire car, but our plans revolved around the fact that I was going to work in Nottingham on Tuesday and come back on Wednesday.  That's 5 days car hire.  In addition, I'd need to allocate time to put Charlie back in for fixing/MOT and it's financial year end next week... I'm also working next weekend, so that idea doesn't really work.

You have no idea how pissed off I am about this... not to mention how disappointed Caroline, Amy, my Mum and Caroline's Mum are feeling.

Gaah!

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