Key Fear

A moment of real terror today in the car park. Key remote failed to make the car doors open. With my car this is a problem. You might be able to use the metal key bit to open the doors but, unless you use the remote "blipper" the engine won't start. Actually that is not true, the engine starts and then stops a few seconds afterwards. Some kind of French torture I reckon. Anyhoo, with out the magic key you are magically stuffed. And it seemed I was without the magic key.

A tip: If you are not sure if an IR device is working, be it TV remote control or dodgy keyfob for old car, use the camera on your mobile phone. These can see IR signals. So I had a quick look and all seemed well.

After a little jiggling it all started to work again. Thank goodness. I think that it is time to buy some new batteries....

A Newer Phone than Mine

John has a newer phone than me. Worse, it is a 3G one (why didn't they call the network GGG?). He showed me the phone in a meeting today and it is very nice. It has two cameras, a big display and is very shiny. I think I may be heading for my annual phone upgrade. On the other hand, he can't play my silly phone games...

Car Park Mystery

The semester has come to an end. Summer is here. All around me people are drifting away on exotic holidays. So why is the carpark now full at 8:30 in the morning?

Strange.

Profound Question

When a jellyfish renews his car insurance does he get a "No Claims Boneless"?

Sad Cars and Lumpy Petrol

Last week we went down to a car showroom "just to sit in a new car". The current car is now of the opinion that we don't care about it any more (actually we do, the new versions of my car are almost - but not quite - as nice as the one I have) and so today the car engine went all lumpy on the way to work. Normally in my car you try to go faster and nothing much happens. Today if you tried to go faster it slowed down.

I hope it was due to dampness, and not my unfaithfulness with an '05 reg.