"I believe the phrase rhymes with 'clucking bell'..."

[miss_squiddy]

So, mere hours after I finish telling flywingedmonkey how much I hate my car, it tries to kill me again. This time the throttle cable snapped at junction 32, leaving me stranded in the middle of three lanes of traffic. A white van man and a motorcyclist almost expired pushing the car to the side of the road (how I chortled when I realised I could have driven it there on the clutch myself) and the RAC appeared 45 minutes later, just before I caught hypothermia. (Always keep a coat in your car, kids!)

Earlier dodgy repairs meant that what ought to have been a quick fix is now a garage job and I had to get my car towed to Wild West Garages Inc, where instead of machining out the pin and replacing it, they're probably going to try and charge me to replace the entire throttle box. There are two things to be thankful for:

1. Because I had things and stuff^™ to do after work, there wasn't much traffic when I got stranded and the roads were relatively quiet, making it far less scary to be sitting at a dead stop in the middle of everything.
2. I have the day off work and got to have a lie in. Woo hoo.

xxxrated and phiil: This may effect our weekend plans as I could be carless until Monday. I shall call you both to make new plans as soon as I know what's going on.

Comments

[evilpixielady.livejournal.com]

phil could take us to the beach...me come to!!!! yey :>

[miss_squiddy]

This all depends on my travelling arrangements for the rest of the weekend. I'm hoping to be back in time to go out again.

[miss_squiddy]

Definite yay - I have tickety goodness. I shall call you this afternoon when I have been updated on the car situation.

[recursived.livejournal.com]

I think you mean "affect" not "effect" unless you're saying that your carlessness is bringing those very plans into being. I'm not being pedantic, just picky.

[recursived.livejournal.com]

That would be: "This may effect *new* weekend plans..." or "This may effect *a change in the* weekend plans..." Sorry, but my students getting effect/affect wrong was something that used to drive me up the wall as a tutor. Along with its/it's of course...

[recursived.livejournal.com]

It depends on whether the change is great enough to become qualitative, say for example being moved to midweek but then it'd be "...effect our midweek plans...". In any case, it'd be a courtesy to let the reader know that the effected plans are not in fact the previous ones, whilst of course the affected ones would be (assuming a non-qualitative change).

[miss_squiddy]

Ha! I shall not rise to your challenge and shall merely tell you both to shut it.

[recursived.livejournal.com]

I hope you're not casting aspersions on her honour?!?

[miss_squiddy]

I didn't beat you last night because I didn't read this until this morning. But NOW I'm going to get you.

[miss_squiddy]

Yep - you're right. But you are being pedantic.

[recursived.livejournal.com]

I'll think you'll find it's being picky!

[miss_squiddy]

Now that IS pedantic...

[recursived.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

[fuzzygoth.livejournal.com]

good god is there any of the original car left :P

[miss_squiddy]

Probably not...

[faggy-no-oats.livejournal.com]

Your car blows. It's way newer than mine, and mine has NEVER broken down. the only repairs its had are from when someone else drove into it before I owned it, and when I crashed it. Take it back!

[miss_squiddy]

I HATE my car. I wish I'd sold it and bought an army truck.

Boooo

[shellbun.livejournal.com]

Sucky sucky car.

Bad luck hon.

[phiil.livejournal.com]

What is it with cars.... Hope it recovers rapidly :/
Mine is making ever louder boy-racery farty noises, but at least it still moves.

What time is the falling tide BTW, as I believe James may be interested if we'll be done by 4.

Incidentally - saw a squid in a jar yesterday, and thought of you :)

[miss_squiddy]

Awww - thanks! The tide begins to fall at 10am and will be low by 3. You can see the exact times on www.bbc.co.uk/surfing/wales or something like that...

[dunk-pierced.livejournal.com]

You TOTALLY need to incest (I mean invest but that was a wonderful typo!) in the ex-army truck/jeep/tank thingy you were thinking of doing. Then you could kill people with your car instead of your car trying to kill you.

Much better idea.

DuNkx

[miss_squiddy]

I have just been offered huge wads of cash to buy a new car of my choosing. Bwahahaha. Monster truck monster truck monster truck.

[flywingedmonkey.livejournal.com]

I am indeed convinced by the terribleness of your motor and shall not fall into the same automotive trap. It is very nice of you to endure all these problems just to teach me something about cars...

JmC
Thinks a throttle is something to do to children

[miss_squiddy]

Aren't I nice to you? (BTW: bluekieran has the same car as me. His petrol tank leaked and he had to call the fire brigade...)