well well well.... here I am again.... This has been a perfect weekend for me, even more perfect than last weekend, with its B&S gigs, and picnics, winchester clubbing, and stuff. Don't get me wrong, last weekend was grand. I think pretty much everyone had fun. Last weekend was great in a social way. It was really cool. But this weekend was ready-made for me. It was my little weekend of personal fulfilment. I passed my bloody driving test! I thought I'd failed: it was a poor test by standards, although I avoided bunny hopping across the road; I didn't have the not-stopping-at-the-stop-sign issue; and there wasn't a scraping sound to be heard from the wheel and the kerb. I did bump the wing mirror of another car, much to my instant dismay, especially when the examiner grabbed the wheel and helped me. But apparently, it wasn't my fault. The woman on the other side could have been more helpful, and given me more squeezing space. My examiner was really nice. He tried to calm my nerves (the tell-tale symptom of my shaking hands and beads of sweat across my brow and the air was blue with my language) and talked about other things, telling me to take it easy. And god bless him, he passed me. May he have a long and prosperous life and may little birds tweet nicely as he walks down the street and stuff. So to celebrate, the fifth test, I went out and bought me a car. Now I just have to find a finance package and insurance policy to fit my budget. Its a shiny, brand new red VW Polo, if you were wondering. I fell in love when I saw it. In the meantime, I've been practicing my manouvers (you thought I didn't need any? oh, you!) in my brothers Punto. I probably won't be driving to any future picnics too soon, I want to get used to this whole experience of driving alone before I go out on the motorway. Don't want to rush into it, and get caught like a bunny in the headlights. Still, I'm sure eventually I'll be toddling along the M8 with my picnic hamper in the back to the nearest picnic. Be it in Edinburgh or Glasgow. Incidentally, back to that issue of the gig, and the other issue of the TV thing. Laura Llew: drop your your home addy and I'll get the video sent to you. cheers retro ===== <a href="http://retrosec.blogspot.com/">http://retrosec.blogspot.com/</a> thoughts __________________________________________________ It's Samaritans' Week. Help Samaritans help others. Call 08709 000032 to give or donate online now at http://www.samaritans.org/support/donations.shtm +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+