KFC WTF?

So I'm doing a bit of driving. Didn't have breakfast, so I've called in at Woodall services to have a KFC. No lights on, but the self-service tills are working.

Maybe they've blown a fuse. Anyway, I placed my order on the self-service till and go to the counter. Turns out they don't open until 11 am. That's just weird.

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The Grinding Gears

This gear-grinder just proves how some people can be inconsiderate, dangerous and stupid all at the same time.

People who think it's OK to drive around with one or more of their car's lights not working.

See, the weather here has been pretty miserable lately. And it's that time of the year where most evening commutes and some morning commutes are done in darkness. But I still see folks driving around without lights working. Sometimes it's headlights. Sometimes it's headlights and sidelights. Other times it's brake lights.

The worst bit is, that since I have a knack for remembering car number plates, I can be sure that it's always the same few cars that I see over and over again.

I was unlucky enough to have a couple pop on my own car not so long ago, and I noticed immediately when I switched them on again to go home. I had to change them. Half an hour stood in the dark and the rain, groping around inside the engine compartment. OK, I could have left it until daylight, but I didn't. It really does reflect poorly on those that leave it.

The Big Freeeeeeeeze

Well, it's been pretty nippy here lately. Not been posting, as I've been busy doing Christmas preparations.

The weather turned nasty a couple of weeks ago. Just before I went down to Silverstone on the Monday morning, I was greeted by a flurry of snow at the office. By the time I'd gotten down to Silverstone, it was clear again. This, regrettably, didn't last long, and by Tuesday afternoon, it was looking rather dire. I decided to try and get home. Got home safely, but crawled the last 10 miles or so of the motorway, and had to dig the car in when I got back.

More snow that night, so I couldn't get off the crescent again on Wednesday (we're up to about a foot and a half of snow now...) or Thursday. Made it in OK on Friday, and every day this week. The snow still hasn't shifted significantly here, but it has been noticably warmer these last 2 or 3 days, and will be relatively warm (compared to the -14 centigrade) up to Tuesday, and possibly Wednesday too, so I'm hoping that it'll have all but gone by the time family visit on Wednesday afternoon / Thursday.

In other news, I've got a few odds and sods of Christmas shopping to do, and a large wad of Christmas cards to write, including, for the first time, some to foreign lands!