You Lose Some…

Yesterday, we set out to do some shopping. We got in the car, drove five miles to the nearest cash machine and garage. I did the cash machine business, climbed back in the car to go to the garage, B tried starting the car up.
“No clutch, we can’t go anywhere” was all he said. So we were stuck – miles from home and two hours to the next bus. I swore a bit, while he went up the road to the public telephone (we have a mobile, but never remember to take it anywhere). We don’t have breakdown cover, so he had to fix up a tow.
The tow came pretty quickly; I was dreading the cost. It didn’t come out half as bad as I thought, but still took quite a big chuck of our cash.
But luckily, I had advertisedg come computer bits & pieces for sale; and somebody came this morning and bought some. The cash from that just about replaced what we had had to spend.
You lose some, you win some….
Meanwhile, we’ve a duff car sat outside, and no money to fix it. Ho ho bloody ho…