ahhhh. my good mate 76. i didn't beat my missus, actually. you've clearly recieved her rather embelished version of events. such a poor, poor victim she is. and it took 3 years of beatings for her to do something about it? nevermind it took her 2 days to pack our entire house and move out when she was upset that i'd had sex with someone else. that poor, poor unable-to-do-anything-about-it victim. mm. highly logical. but then, you're not really one for logic are ya. aaaaaanyway. i swapped out the altenator in my truck, so electrical systems are go. means i can probably put my old battery back in and give the Z's back. now i just need to do the timing. which means i need a timing light. which seem to be in short supply. day has been good so far, but i'll start with last night. i'll call it crate night. because there was a crate there. so, crate night started shortly after 1 pm, or shortly before. it entailed riding the clutch in my truck across town to collect one barbeque, and back. only to realise that young T had left the full gas bottle alllllll the way back where the barbeque came from. fail. but we wouldn't be here if it weren't for T, so no love is lost. we chill and eat cold salads. for a first-timer N threw together a mean egg and potato salad. + respect. builders down the back came up for a few quiets. then came a crate of speights. then came talk of dogs, hunting, rabbits,cats, wolves, cars, engines, gearbox. rabble was roused, but not the usual kind. Ballas had to be work 10 or something, so dropped him off, was going to pick up nigel, but he doesn't trust my driving at the best of times. he went back to work or something. that is about the end of my memory until 3 am, when i realised i was in bed and the phone was off the hook. phone back on hook. try sleping until about 9. didn't, but didn't wake either. was limbo. very cool. up. over to pak to see kids, and that poor beaten ex of mine was there, but was car troubles. so drama. 1030 happened and we went to ferry. ferry to beach/park. caea was playing in water. v. cool. loving it. gladness. shame i didn't have my boardies and could have taken her deeper water. she's loved the beach since she was young as. once she got over the waves-are-scary thing. anyway. back to pak. sleep. and that's about now. tonight will be braai. yey, for i am the tong master. and garyn will be my bourey layer. and tha'll just watch. anyway. am out fer now. _ra 1617|240109 oh. i did something awesome and i can't remember what it was.