Now you understand the inner mysteries of yoga…

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by ray.
Categories: General Blog.

I’ve had a revamp to this site and changed the templates around - however most of you probably read this on LiveJournal, so will be none the wiser :). For anyone that does go to www.supple.co.uk, then I hope this is more pleasing to the eye.

I tried Yoga last night for the first time ever. I didn’t know what to expect other than hopefully learning how to breath fire, levitate, teleport and extend my arms and legs to punch and kick people on the other side of the screen - however I think Dahlsim must have had different lessons. I will certainly go again and probably keep it up, however next time I will use a good decongestant first, as Yoga is about 80% breathing (from what I could make out) so not ideal if you are a Hay Fever sufferer and cannot breath out of your nose for three months of the year. I suspect now I know what it entails, I will focus less on the actual routine next time.

We have got the Ford Fiesta back now. For those that were not aware, it got battered (whilst parked up) due to another car opening it’s door as it was driving along our street, hitting our rear bumper and rather than stopping they instead carried on driving which meant the damage spread to the rear door, the driver door and actually ripped their entire passenger door off. I caught them int he act so it went through their insurance, but it’s still been stress and hassle we don’t need.

We had a hire car provided by the other party’s insurance, however they would not deliver it so had to go to Stapleford to collect it after work (they got us a taxi, but it’s still time that could have been spent elsewhere). The next sodding day the garage called saying the car was repaired (they initially said a week, so if I had known it was just a day I wouldn’t have wasted all the time with the hire car). They then tried to make me pay a £150 excess until I politely told them this was not going to happen as this was not going through my insurance but the nupmty who damaged our car in the first place). They then dropped our car back, however there still might be some damage to it (I can’t remember if it was like that already, as we had only had the car for a week and Lisa was using it so I never saw it much). I called the hire car company and they say to get the car back before half 5, which I point out is not going to happen as I don’t finish work until then so agree to do it in the morning (even though this involves cancelling my daily gym visit). This morning, despite being only 6 miles away, it took me 45 minutes as the F’ing M1 junction was closed so crazy traffic getting there. Still, finally dropped it off, got a lift back and that hopefully is that (but still need to check the remaining damage on our car).

As far as I am concerned, I am the innocent party here and my only ‘crime’ is that my car was the one this guy decided to trash. I should have as little inconvenience as possible, so should not be having to take 20+ calls from a hire company, garage and the other party’s insurance, should not have to trapse across Nottingham buggering about with hire cars and should not have to battle with the garage about what needs repairing. If I was the nonce who crashed his car, then I would accept I need a lot more involvement. Ah, damn my stupid ideas of customer service..

Anyway, I’m off to Ireland soon and the flights, airport parking and car hire is sorted so I can leave all my worries behind in merry old England and have week visiting the family, drinking stout and restocking on enough bottles of decent whiskey to see me through to October

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