Crap. Hope the truck comes soon!

omg. I think this is the beginning of a horror movie I once saw... Watch out, dg! (let us know when you escape!)

This is also the beginning of a porno I saw once. Either way, I hope you have protection!

Well, that could have been worse. The truck arrived quickly and, being unable to sort out the problem on the roadside, towed me to Howard. The only accommodation there is the local pub, which was inexplicably fully booked (not surprising, considering my luck at the moment). Through the magic of the Internet (thank god for NextG access and how the fuck did we ever manage to arrange anything without the Web?), I was able to book a cabin in this caravan park just down the road and the RACQ guy dropped me there. I just have to walk a couple of kilometres in the morning back to the workshop where my car is and start haemorrhaging money at an alarming rate. I had fuelled the car up about five minutes before it stopped and I suspect that I have got a bad dose of fuel. If so, you can bet I will be calling back to that service station on my way home and it won't be to thank them for their lovely service.

I find it kind of ironic that, having spent the weekend working here, I, in addition to watching some excellent racing, saw something in the order of $200,000 worth of engines and assorted other mechanical bits get destroyed. Little did I know that I would be next ...

That *is* pretty damn fantastic that the 'tubes could help you find a place to stay (and people sleep in pubs down there?). Good luck with the car, dg!

Yeah, pubs in country towns here pretty much always have rooms available, usually above the pub. Believe me, it wouldn't have been my first choice, except that it was my only choice ;-(

I'm on the way. I'll be there by tuesday. That's tuesday my tme. Apx. 48 hrs?

So, I'm back at the same service station where I filled up last night and, after checking things out, it appears that some stupid fuckwit filled the car with unleaded fuel instead of diesel. Unfortunately, as it was a self-service station and I was travelling alone, the evidence points to that stupid fuckwit being me.

This is the sort of thing I laugh at other people about. It's going to be a while before I live this down.

Not a happy day for me.