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Fortunately I have full windscreen cover on my insurance, so I'll be paying them a visit on Monday, have only just finished doing the head gasket, oil rail, belts, tensioner, waterpump etc and today I got her a new head unit and speakers too........ ungrateful bitch.........lol

bacchus wrote: wrote:

Fortunately I have full windscreen cover on my insurance, so I'll be paying them a visit on Monday, have only just finished doing the head gasket, oil rail, belts, tensioner, waterpump etc and today I got her a new head unit and speakers too........ ungrateful bitch.........lol

they have a habit of doing this too us

Excuse this, [engage rant mode]

Well that was a less than perfect weekend, sometimes I feel like I'm trapped in a bad country and western song. After discovering the windscreen issue and performing a repair on Friday night so my 8 year old son and I could drive to the other end of the state to see my lovely wife who is in hospital again, we got up on Saturday morning to discover that the car wouldn't start due to what appears to be a dodgy starter motor. After some fiddling I finally got it going and all seemed ok and off we went on our 200km journey.

About half way there the charge light decided to come on intermittently, we pushed ahead and got to Hobart without further incident. Next morning similar scenario, wont start and after further fiddling the car started without issue and no sign of a charge light illuminated so far so good. Fifty metres down the road the charge light returns and given I'm 200km from home I push on. With the exception of having to roll start it after getting fuel the rest of the journey was reasonably uneventful.

Then, Just to cap off a weekend I would rather forget, When we arrived home and I went out side to check the property and the menagerie, all seemed ok except I could not find Suzie the dog. After an extensive search, I finally found Suzie laying under a tree in the backyard, extremely unwell, poor breathing, anaemic cannot stand (typical snake bite symptoms). Unfortunately despite rushing her to the vet, Suzie passed away in my arms as I carried her into the examination room in the vets. All in all, what with the death of our dog, my wife's illness, all the car troubles and the local bushfires I'm completely over 2013 bring on 2014.

Ok that's it [rant mode disengaged]

Craig

Christ that's some tough luck your having, karma owes you some smooth running big time

Looks like life's deck has dealt you a sh*te hand my friend

I can sympathise with you as my wife's very ill at the moment but remember, things will get better!

Giving a slice if good luck pie your way sounds like you need it. As we say chin up and continue

Hope your wife gets better soon Andy and thanks for the sentiment. My wife has a chronic illness and spends quite a bit of time away in hospital, 18 weeks in total last year, 26 weeks the year before.

Benswell, thanks....... I'm fine, as they say there are plenty of people worse off than me. Was just feeling a bit hard done by this morning. I've hardened up now.....lol

Sorry to read this Craig, hope things start looking up for you.

talkingcars wrote: wrote:

Sorry to read this Craig, hope things start looking up for you.

Thanks Mate

I hope things take a turn for the better for you n your family soon.

Awww crap.

Sorry to hear about the dog. I know how much they mean as I have 2 and would be devastated.

Don't mean it to sound as though I'm not sorry for the rest of it, but as I read the last bit of your rant it was just a shock.

Lets hope you have used up all your bad luck for the whole year.

Craig, I really feel for you...hope things start looking up for you soon and that your wife starts to feel better even sooner