The Road to Hull - Riveting

We ventured north bound this weekend to catch up with some mates we haven't seen for years, since it's unlikely we'll be able to manage it for quite some considerable time. A couple of sets of friends have suddenly discovered that reproducing in their mid forties is a fine idea. Both have produced a single offspring within a year of each other and both appear to be doing just fine. We have pointed out that having just the one is not really on - you need at least two for domestic nuclear war and one just doesn't work for the full parent experience. Hull itself still looks pretty grim, but much of it is unchanged since our last visit some years ago and driving past our old haunts was a little nostalgic.

The BFG's passenger door window decided to sink into the door out of sight this afternoon and consequently I spent the rest of the afternoon endeavouring to fix it and keep the swearing to a minimum. The intense practice session I had planned while listening in vain for a thrilling England victory will have to wait until tomorrow. It seems that the window winder mechanism on the Vauxhall Corsa is riveted on, and after 13 years the rivets give way and the whole lot drops off and hits the bottom of the door. As I have rather annoyingly slung my collection of old nuts and bolts in preparation for the great journey down under, I had the misfortune to visit Halfords in search of spares. They didn't seem to have much in the way of nuts and bolts, but did have a hand riveter, which seemed to be just what I wanted. Except that when I got it home, I discovered that some joker had obviously used it before, broken it (by using the wrong size rivet) and simply taken it back for an exchange. Thus I had to make two trips which added to my sense of humour failure. Finally about 18:30 I managed to get it all back together and it's now a lot easier to use than the driver's side.

Westpac have kindly sent us another bank statement informing us that we have nought cents. This serves as a reminder that we really must do something about changing some money soon. The Dollar does seem to be heading upwards again, having leapt back to 2.5381 from under 2.50 a few days back. We've a bid in to buy at 2.70, but I'm thinking we ought to buy some at 2.60 just in case it does tank again. Hifx will be getting a call in the morning I think.