That’s an odd word.<\/p>\n
Wagon.<\/p>\n
Or is it ‘waggon’?<\/p>\n
Maybe it’s either.<\/p>\n
Or neither<\/p>\n
Or both<\/p>\n
Anyway.<\/p>\n
Despite a significant hiatus in the blogging, rumours (as Twain M said) of my demise have been greatly exaggerated (as you can see by the very way these words are forming on your phone, tablet, laptop, PC, external monitor, or Smart TV).<\/p>\n
(get a move on, it’s time you set the scene. Ed)<\/p>\n
I am in bed at the shockingly early time of 8.30pm.<\/p>\n
It is Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Eurovision is on t’telly.<\/p>\n
The Beast (as I have affectionately named the ZX10R) has still not had her her gearbox rebuild.<\/p>\n
But she’s been called in, and will be done a week today.<\/p>\n
Yay! Booyah! And \\o\/ and other down with the kids expressions of joy.<\/p>\n
I’ll be glad to get her done, especially as I am commuting to work on her.<\/p>\n
The change from being an employed to a self-employed person meant, in my case, the company car went back.<\/p>\n
My very recently received tax statement told me that I paid over \u00a35k\/year extra tax, just for the pleasure of having that car.<\/p>\n
That’s \u00a312,500 extra tax I handed over to HMRC, while I was in that job<\/p>\n
If I’d realised the magnitude of that cash penalty I believe I’d have decided to leave that job much sooner!<\/p>\n
Anyway.<\/p>\n
Spring is upon us and commuting on The Beast is smile-making fun.<\/p>\n
And soon (too soon) it’ll be Summer, and the commuting will be similar, fun wise.<\/p>\n
But Autumn is lurking in the unsuspecting future, and that calls for an alternative form of transport.<\/p>\n
I’m quite taken with the Mercedes-Benz E class, 220i.<\/p>\n
Good quality used models are as cheap as chips, and there are many in the used car market.<\/p>\n
But we will see where my head is at when it comes to purchase time.<\/p>\n
In the meantime I’ll keep commuting on The Beast (though I do need to find a way to tame her assertive behaviour, especially when filtering in heavy traffic).<\/p>\n
Right, it’s taken half an hour to tap this out on my phone.<\/p>\n
I’m off to watch Eurovision through the medium of The Twitter until I fall asleep. In about 18 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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