… dressed, in St Eloy, done all my shopping and back home before I’ve usually crawled out of bed on a Saturday. <\/p>\n
LIDL was having a special offer today – car radio CD players with SD card fittings, similar to the one I bought ages ago and which I fitted to Caliburn, but also with Bluetooth mobile phone connection.<\/p>\n
Using a mobile phone in the van is almost impossible so a Bluetooth connection has to be really good. The oyster that I use isn’t up to it, unfortunately, so I’m keen to see how this works. And in any case I’ve been after a 12-volt CD player for the house for ages and I’ve not seen a good one, so ‘ll simply use the one out of Caliburn and fit it in a box.<\/p>\n
So that was the reason I was up and out of bed at 07:50. These radios sell out quickly and I wanted to be there at opening time and luckily there were still a couple left. So what with this and the Ryobi stuff I bought in the States that’s my Christmas presents to myself all sorted out.<\/p>\n
But the drive down to St Eloy was … errrr … difficult in -4.4 degrees and a heavy snowfall. we are having an impossible November, aren’t we? <\/p>\n
And although the day improved a little and we even had a little sun, it’s still flaming cold and not likely to improve. I spent almost all of the day up here with the fire on, watching a couple of films and sorting some papers. And it seems that I spent much less than I thought in North America – what with the Canadian dollar being at about $1:39 to \u20ac1. That’s a nice surprise.<\/p>\n
And I had the final bill from Avis Car Rentals about the excess mileage – I have to pay them the sum of $0:00 within the next 14 days. <\/p>\n
And laugh as you might, I did know someone in Crewe in the UK who received a bill from the Electricity Board for \u00a30:00 in the 1970s. He ignored it, and then 14 days later he had a reminder. He ignored that too, and a couple of weeks later he received one of the famous “red letters” saying that if he didn’t pay the sum of \u00a30:00 within the next 7 days they would disconnect his supply. <\/p>\n
He sent them a cheque for \u00a30:00 and heard no more about it.<\/p>\n
Perhaps I ought to do the same.<\/p>\n
