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Friday Nov 11, 2011 #
Back, core and achilles 15:00 [1]
MTB (Not O) 40:00 [2]
Note
Why I didn't get to the Eastern Primary Schools Champs or the dentist.
9.00am Car stops on Tulla freeway just after the Tulla-Calder merge.
Ring RACV. They won't work on the freeway. Ring CityL:ink.
9.45am CityLink Incident Response vehicle arrives, parks behind me and tells me he will have to ring for a 'tow'. Not sure what those vehicles do. He leaves me well before tow arrives. Its intimidating, boring and hot sitting in a car for two hours beside a freeway.
11.00am Tow arrives. Its a contracted tower with a name like All Australia. I have two choices.. tow to nearest safe location where RACV can check the car, or tow to home. Home not an option. Somehow forgot about minutes silence.
11.20am Left with car at Pascoe Vale RSL. Old diggers out in force. Ring RACV Roadside Assist again.
11.45am Roadside Assist arrives. Tells me its a broken fuel pump. I thought as much. I have two choice.. mobile mechanic who can fix it there, or tow to a mechanic. Foolishly, I take his suggestion the mobile is better in my position.
12.30pm. Mobile mechanic arrives. He is pissed off. The advice from the RACV is wrong. The fuel pump can only be replaced by removing fuel tank. Its not safe to do this in a public car park. After much discussion, I get an agreement for the job to be done at a nearby mechanic workshop.. at a very gouged price and if IO can get the car there before 3. Ring the RACV as I am entitled to one voluntary tow and the freeway tow was compulsory. Begin next long wait for tow.
1.45pm. Tow arrives. Its the same company as took me off the freeway. If I had known I could have saved the last 2 hours. WE drive off. He turns on GPS and it proceeds to take us in the wrong direction. I tried to tell him it was incorrect. He hadn't heard of orienteering I suspect.
2.00pm arrive at workshop. 15 minutes for less than 2 kilometres.
3.30pm. Get car back in working condition and an exorbitant bill.
BUT THATS NOT ALL!
Arrive home and decide I need some exercise. Ran yesterday, Night-O tomorrow. So its bike for tonight. Tire flat. Pump up tire to recommended pressure and start putting helmet and gloves on. Tire explodes with quite a bang.
Easy. Replace tire with spare. Pump to recommended pressure again. Start putting on gloves.. Valve fails! At this stage I am ready concede that wheeled contraptions of any form have it in for me. Julie offers loan of her bike and I get my ride. Some how I return with it still in operable condition.
Í didn't get to Primary Schools Champs.
9.00am Car stops on Tulla freeway just after the Tulla-Calder merge.
Ring RACV. They won't work on the freeway. Ring CityL:ink.
9.45am CityLink Incident Response vehicle arrives, parks behind me and tells me he will have to ring for a 'tow'. Not sure what those vehicles do. He leaves me well before tow arrives. Its intimidating, boring and hot sitting in a car for two hours beside a freeway.
11.00am Tow arrives. Its a contracted tower with a name like All Australia. I have two choices.. tow to nearest safe location where RACV can check the car, or tow to home. Home not an option. Somehow forgot about minutes silence.
11.20am Left with car at Pascoe Vale RSL. Old diggers out in force. Ring RACV Roadside Assist again.
11.45am Roadside Assist arrives. Tells me its a broken fuel pump. I thought as much. I have two choice.. mobile mechanic who can fix it there, or tow to a mechanic. Foolishly, I take his suggestion the mobile is better in my position.
12.30pm. Mobile mechanic arrives. He is pissed off. The advice from the RACV is wrong. The fuel pump can only be replaced by removing fuel tank. Its not safe to do this in a public car park. After much discussion, I get an agreement for the job to be done at a nearby mechanic workshop.. at a very gouged price and if IO can get the car there before 3. Ring the RACV as I am entitled to one voluntary tow and the freeway tow was compulsory. Begin next long wait for tow.
1.45pm. Tow arrives. Its the same company as took me off the freeway. If I had known I could have saved the last 2 hours. WE drive off. He turns on GPS and it proceeds to take us in the wrong direction. I tried to tell him it was incorrect. He hadn't heard of orienteering I suspect.
2.00pm arrive at workshop. 15 minutes for less than 2 kilometres.
3.30pm. Get car back in working condition and an exorbitant bill.
BUT THATS NOT ALL!
Arrive home and decide I need some exercise. Ran yesterday, Night-O tomorrow. So its bike for tonight. Tire flat. Pump up tire to recommended pressure and start putting helmet and gloves on. Tire explodes with quite a bang.
Easy. Replace tire with spare. Pump to recommended pressure again. Start putting on gloves.. Valve fails! At this stage I am ready concede that wheeled contraptions of any form have it in for me. Julie offers loan of her bike and I get my ride. Some how I return with it still in operable condition.
Í didn't get to Primary Schools Champs.