What a Week or Two

Oy

God Im glad to be home!

Though I wwill miss the gurls' 2nd nephew n niece who both seemed to find me intriguing for some reason.
The niece is 2 (ish) n apparently totally ignores her 2 uncles n most of whats happening. She decided to put a quilt over her head n started walking round going 'Raraaarrrrrrrrr ' with her lil hands out the sides like a monster. I said 'oh no its the quilt monster its coming to get me.....when it gets past the armchair, lounge AND coffee table!!!' (she couldnt see a damned thing under it n kept bumping into stuff). She started giggling n fell over. It was a riot. Then when we had to go to the shops she attached herself to my leg n said 'noooooo don't gooooooooo!' n i was all awwwwwwwwwwww isnt she cute.

the boy is 4 nwas a real little monster when he was a toddler. Turned out ok though. He has a mischievous grin n impish sense of humour i reckon. Boistrous without being a pain in the butt. We took them to Donut King one day (truly expected it to be a nightmare) n they were extra well behaved.

Never did get to see any squash played. Was too tired or, when I had the kidney stone, too doped on codeine. Did go see where Geoff Hunts' Squash Centre is though (about 3 minutes down the street from where the gurls' dad works). Didnt go in - had no time as such but I know where it is now eh.

Bought another Grays squash racket while I was down there for the princely sum of $5. N yes it is a modern one. Weird. Its an ok one too. Not shit. Also found the final racket I needed to make my old racket collection complete (for me)
also scored a fine pair of squash shoes which actually fit me properly.
Some numbskull shop assistant told me i took US size 12 so thats what Ive been buying my shoes at the last couple of years. Turns out Im size 10.5. Which problem has been causing much slowness on court (try short sprints n then stop n turn n accelerate the other way with shoes on that are too big youll see - but you wouldnt if you dont put the right sized shoes on) and unco-ness running on the treadmill. To the point where I actually PREFERED my ancient (well.. 5 year old) battered, laceless, heelstrapless (they both broke) old Nike air huaraches to the newer ones I bought about 18 months ago (where I was told I was a size 12) why? cuz they ACTUALLY fit properly! So I am going to have to save some money to buy a pair of crosstrainers that actually are a 10.5 so Im not crippling myself. Hell the new adidas shoes are good. Ive played in them once already n was heaps faster and better balanced (a miracle in itself).

Tried to go to the gym this morning. It was cold. It was freezing. I drove over. the were SHUT. WTF??? Its my BIRTHDAY n they had to be shut? Just cuz it was the queens' birthdya long weekend? bastards.

I now have a Manly Sea Eagles jumper of my very own. suffer all of yers heh.

I have mentioned t oa couple of people that the gurls' brother gave her a car. How cool is that. N it isntsome ancient POS. Its a 10 year old ford wagon. Ok it isnt in perfect condition. It has some stone chips across the bonnet (hood to the yanks) n the odd lil scuffy mark here n there round the body (the bro used it as a work vehicle for a while) but i think most of it will actually polish out with no trouble. Its a nice shiny metallic burgundy colour. Has tinted windows, aircon, cruise control, power front windows, a pioneer CD/tuner n lots of speakers (who cares) and it is powered by a healthy as hell sounding 4 litre six. Went like a bird on the way home. We will need t oget it registered in NSW, its at dads' at the moment getting assessed for what will be needed so far that list is limited to a sump gasket (mebbe), front discs, bonnet and rear hatch struts (they are so gone there will be photos of them under 'gone' in the dictionary). We will also need to do shocks at some point but the bro kindly has already bought all 4 shocks n gave them to us when we got the car. Not shit monroe wiley either - decent quality KYB shocks. It will need michelins at some point too but i think I will be able to pick up a set of them cheap at a swapmeet as the tyre size 205/65/15, is a real common size on Australian made vehicles. If I cant find micheys I should be able to get higher grade goodyears or *spit* dunlops bloody cheap at a swap. As I dont intend to drive the thing like a racecar absolute grip doesnt matter so much as longevity (it isnt my peugeot after all which gets michelins as a sort of droit de birth).

So I had a 36 hour virus which I hope NONE of you get. 12 hours talking to Hughey n shitting through a ring of fire (which unfortunately for me) took place from about 8pm one night so i got NO sleep at all, so besides being dehydrated and weak from no food and achey n miserable as hell from the bug i was also bone weary. Sucked big time to be me fer a while LOL. Glad I didnt have a stone at the same time ida been looking for someoen to shoot me.


Some goon (I suspect the guy who repaired my senior Michelin down in melbourne - it had a slow leak... hey this is an XVS which has 'made in West Germany' stamped inot it so it was made ssomething like 15 years ago n has NEVER been on the road until i got it) put something like 38PSI in each of my michelins at some point in the past 2 weeks. I was feeling so crap for most of it I hardly noticed it except when in the ford as it seemed to ride better than the peugeot (pfft i know i know what a fuggin JOKE that is well I'm serious). I finally checked them all with MY own pressure gauge when I was finally able to see straight n stand up then bend down without falling over n promptly returned them to the pressures god, M. Michelin et M Peugeot decreed apt for a peugeot 505 - 26PIS front, 28PSI rear for town driving (raise to 28/30 for extended open road which I had done to go to melbourne) ahhhhhh thats better. NOW it is supple as a 16yo virgins .... nm ahem...

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