Trick or Treat and Roaring Demons
Nov. 1st, 2005 08:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shazrashaTrick or treaters are a hazard on Halloween and for those of us not prepared it can be a headache as you suddenly realise you don't have any sweets you want to give them.
Those who know me well know I will not part with my Daim for nothing. Especially if I am saving them for christmas.
So they come to the door and what can I offer? K's pepparkakor (swedish ginger bread). The look on their faces when I presented them with the tin was priceless. It was kind of a what on earth! It isn't sweets but as she is giving us something we can't really refuse so no trick damn.
They were too old in my opinion to really be trick or treating especially as they made no effort with their costumes. Just a scream mask. :P
The good and bod news and there is no pun here is that I took my car to the garage again yesterday. The left back indicator wasn't working again.
The good news is he fixed it for free. There was some rust and sediment on the filament that wasn't letting the electricity through. "Will likely break in another two years again." No problem I have time to deal with it.
The bad news. My demon chariot has been living up to its name and last friday started to roar in a decidedly disturbing fashion whenever I revved the engine. First comment "it could be the gearbox" an expensive option just before Christmas. Fortunately it wasn't but it will still take me £260 to fix and until then will only continue to get louder. For those technically minded it's the power steering pump that is breaking down. The annoying thing is it's the ball bearing that needs replacing but you have to remove and replace the whole pump as it isn't a removable part. At least the demon will be tamed on Friday.
Those who know me well know I will not part with my Daim for nothing. Especially if I am saving them for christmas.
So they come to the door and what can I offer? K's pepparkakor (swedish ginger bread). The look on their faces when I presented them with the tin was priceless. It was kind of a what on earth! It isn't sweets but as she is giving us something we can't really refuse so no trick damn.
They were too old in my opinion to really be trick or treating especially as they made no effort with their costumes. Just a scream mask. :P
The good and bod news and there is no pun here is that I took my car to the garage again yesterday. The left back indicator wasn't working again.
The good news is he fixed it for free. There was some rust and sediment on the filament that wasn't letting the electricity through. "Will likely break in another two years again." No problem I have time to deal with it.
The bad news. My demon chariot has been living up to its name and last friday started to roar in a decidedly disturbing fashion whenever I revved the engine. First comment "it could be the gearbox" an expensive option just before Christmas. Fortunately it wasn't but it will still take me £260 to fix and until then will only continue to get louder. For those technically minded it's the power steering pump that is breaking down. The annoying thing is it's the ball bearing that needs replacing but you have to remove and replace the whole pump as it isn't a removable part. At least the demon will be tamed on Friday.
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Date: 2005-11-01 09:29 am (UTC)You should do like we suggested for carollers, put a sign on the door saying "genuine scares only! half-arsed costumes will be turned away!" Or for Christmas "Money/cakes will not be given for less than three complete carols with all the correct words"
I had a similar experience when I lived Burley way with children coming up to the door and expecting money for half a verse of We Wish You a Merry Christmas" Their faces when they realised that not only was I skint but that I was offering them gingerbread instead was priceless...
Three seconds of "oh-my-god-what-do-I-do-now-she-obviously-doesn't-know-the-rules" followed by "No thank you, I don't like gingerbread" Freaky child...
Hence the need for an explanatory poster...