07/10/2004: "The Pony - Part the Third"

Thursday turns out to be a hellday:
performing Good Deeds all day
then attending a Very Important Meeting that afternoon.

The meeting drags on & on
but its important.
Someone calls me outta the room
& T's there going:

C'mon, let's go! Is the car ready?

Dunno, I haven't called; I've been flat out all day. You call 'em!

I apologise, tell him I wont be long - I'll leave the meeting if I have to -
& arrange to meet him in my office - The Humpty.

Ten minutes later I'm there & we take off to pick up The Pony!

The job is done, The Pony looks fine, the rust is gone.
T & I split - he's gotta do some shopping -
so, once again, celebratory ales are postponed.

I take The Pony back to the service station to get the Pink Slip,
perpared to leave it overnight, catch the bus to work & pick it up the next day
but the guy [who must by now appreciate me as a considerable source of income]
just clears it then & there
& we're on our way!

I'm overjoyed - only one more step to go!
So I celebrate

by buying

4 packets of potato & leek soup [$1, usually $1.75]
a garden hose [$5, usually $8, includes a variety of fittings]
& a $7 bottle of port [I had only $8.15 in the collection plate]

'Tis a simple life…


lerevdr on Sat 10-Jul-2004 @ 14:46 e.s.t [permalink]
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