Daves Random Ramblings

Hey there everyone.  Well it was quite a mixed bag for me at the weekend.  Going into it just shy of my weight loss target and having Keegan so some nice activities were planned (or as us adults call it "cardio").  First of all we went to gravity force in Camberley.  It was the last session of the day (or should that be evening) so we get there and its absolutely deserted for jumpers.  The person behind the desk seemed to know my name, turns out I'm not famous it was just Keegan and I bouncing for the last hour.  So, just as the euphoria was kicking in that we had the entire place to ourselves, about 4 / 5 more people came in.... well bugger. That being said we had a warm up, the balance was quite a bit off as I wasn't carrying anywhere near the same about of ballast as I had been the last time I was there but that soon settled down, although I was starting to think that jeans were not proper bouncing attire.  Nevemind having a t-shirt that felt extr...

Well dont get jealous just yet as I'm taking my car in for a service as the dreaded "Service Oil" message appeared the day before Keegan and I headed off to Kaprun.  I tend to take it to a family run garage in Woking and they've always done a good job with the added bonus they don't charge a fortune on labour charges unlike the garage across the road from my office that charges £80+VAT per hour which isn't bad work if you can get it. I think the last time I took it across the road was to get an MOT done back in 2015 / 2016.  It was convenient as I also only had a 1 minute walk to work as opposed to the 10(ish) minute walk from where I normally park (because its free).  Anyway, I could also peer out of the office window to see if my car was being worked on etc.  I remember seeing the car had been moved into the garage so knew it was being MOT'd, about 30 minutes later I see what I thought was a smoke cloud billowing out of the garage.  Turns out that was ...