elantan's diary

elantan

i still cook the boil in the bag stuff ...oh meant to add it has to be american long grain rice ...no other rice will do...this course cost us £72 each plus the £1.50 a night...think i may just become a cookery teacher rofl....i cant even boil water right.....am thinking of going in for japanese next or italian (trying to do coupley things with hubby ..and he likes cooking)

Snaggles

It's nice to do things together though, even if it IS learning to heat up cook-in sauces lol!

elantan

exactly lol..lol....the two of us were just shocked....

elantan

ok this will be my last post today (seem to be taking up alot of space sorry) car was due it's first ever mot so got it done and a service (aparently its a big service this time round) now i had budgeted £200 for both ..but the guy has just phoned to say car is ready ...and the cost drum roll please......£236.16 i mean !!!!!! ...i hoped i would have change back from the £200 ....is it just me or am i being ripped off?...do people see me and think MUG..first i pay £19 to learn how to open a jar then i pay £236.16 for a service and mot...why me ...i am livid sitting here steam coming out of my ears

Snaggles

Cars and cookery - two of the most expensive hobbies you can have! (apparently)

You should maybe consider a car maintainance course next....although if it's run by the same people as the cookery course, they will probably just show you how to fill the petrol tank and empty the ash-trays! :rotfl:

Try to think that at least you had budgetted £200 for it, so you're only £36.16 worse off. You could have just banged the whole lot on a credit card and ignored it but you didn't.

elantan

i know i said i wouldnt write again ...but i just had to say this one ....drove to work (approx 5 miles it's my 2nd job) then drove home ...was 2 miles from home when a red light came on in the car saying stop and beeping...on the message panel it says injection failure...when i got home the book says indicates that the vehicle has a serious engine fault....i have never had problms with this car ever before and today the day i pay £236.16 drive all of 8 miles it tells me to stop arghhhh...i wanna kill someone ...just had to share

ZTD

Hello gorgeous...

elantan wrote:

ok this will be my last post today (seem to be taking up alot of space sorry)

It's *your* diary - take up as much space as you like!

elantan wrote:

car was due it's first ever mot so got it done and a service (aparently its a big service this time round) now i had budgeted £200 for both ..but the guy has just phoned to say car is ready ...and the cost drum roll please......£236.16 i mean !!!!!! ...i hoped i would have change back from the £200 ....is it just me or am i being ripped off?...do people see me and think MUG..first i pay £19 to learn how to open a jar then i pay £236.16 for a service and mot...why me ...i am livid sitting here steam coming out of my ears

Well I had a full service and MOT in January and it cost me about £220, and that's a good an reliable garage - so it may not be too bad. Have you had a look at the sheet and seen what's been done?

Can't believe it about the cookery mind... :shocked:

elantan

hey handsome how's you doing?...maybe £236 aint too bad but i dont even want to think what this bill is gonna be i'm sitting here nearly crying...do you need any help in learning how to open jars i'm a pro now lol

Snaggles

Oh my god, hope it's not as serious as it sounds - could it be something they have done during the service that has caused it do you think? They haven't drained the oil and then forgotten to refill it or anything like that??

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that it's nothing horrendous.

And please, don't apologise for posting too much - if we didn't want to read it, we wouldn't have clicked on your thread lol!

elantan

you say the nicest things snaggles thanks ....i'm honestly hoping that is what it is i dont have any money for anything and cant do with out the car....i think it's just been one of those weeks for me this week...as some one very lovely said maybe they left a top off or something...(wonder if it's off a jar lol)