I lost a whole lot of seeds, bought some more, then found the original packets last week when I was having a tidy up!! It seems I put them in a tin, for safe keeping, and so I wouldn't lose them. So much for the "not losing them"!!!
I tend to buy them and run them into the ground, so have had very few. My old trusty Honda Civic developed rust around the hatch hinges that forced a change... bum, as I had hoped it would last at least another couple of years.
The price of second hand cars is just insane as well - so I have been 'forced' to spend stupid money for a car that will sit on my drive 99.99999999999% of the time. But I have to have a car as my daughter is 15 miles away with the grandaughter...aaaarrrrgh.
I did look like I knew what I was doing though, as I put on a lumberjack shirt, oil stained jeans and did kick the tyres. I'm limping this morning.
I never did get an answer to my why do men kick tyres? Some bounce the corner too. I believe that is to test the suspension. Sometimes you can look at a dipstick without opening the bonnet. Do you have that zip car thing near you? That might be worth considering. @steveTu
They kick the tyres to show how 'ard they are (the kickers, not the kicked) - a bit like being bare chested when watching football in arctic conditions.
I had to google that B3...didn't know it existed!
I had hoped my old fossil fuel car would last until autonomous leccy cars arrived, and then I would have done without a personal car completely. But it seems that that tech is still years away even though testing has been going on for a while (https://www.stoneacre.co.uk/blog/driverless-car-tests-in-oxford).
I'll have to see if I can get the oil out of my jeans - the tears will make me look trendy though, so I won't patch them.
The old Civic was great - bought it in 2008 (it was a 2004 plate) - ample room for 4 adults, good for taking stuff to the tip, reliable. I had hoped to get another but they were around the £11k+ mark up here. I won't say what I did get yesterday as someone saying '...you bought what? Are you mad?...' would just deflate me to much - especially as I already have 'post big spend blues'.
There must be a 'famous' line in a film or something, it's one of my husband's favourite phrases for when we're ready to go/leave - 'Let's light the fires and kick the tyres', it's a macho thing.
Edited to add - it's from the film 'Top Gun' aparently.
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So much for the "not losing them"!!!
67 plate and 37,000 miles on the clock , £8,000
Do you have that zip car thing near you? That might be worth considering. @steveTu
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Edited to add - it's from the film 'Top Gun' aparently.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
I think it might be an I know all about cars thing.