Cars and long boats...

The car has got to the stage where it is costing me too much money. Last month was a couple of hundred to get it through its MOT, this month just short of 200 for a service and some bits and pieces that need doing - with another estimated 400 that needs to be done in the near future - brakes, rear suspension, indicator timer unit etc. etc. I'm not happy with the brakes at all at the moment, and am wondering whether I should stick it in to get that done anyway.

Unfortunately, the only possible way I have of buying another car right now is by putting it on my credit card, which will mean getting even further into debt that I can't realistically pay off. Chiz, curses. I was hoping it would last me another couple of years. Maybe I should just grit my teeth, shell out for the work and keep my fingers crossed...

In other news I have been reading The Orkneyinga Saga since finishing Harry Potter, to summarise:

The Orkneyinga Saga, abridged

A bunch of men all called Earl sail around in some boats, steal each others pocket money, throw their toys out of the pram and kill each other.

The end.