Modification

The best part of today is spent helping Phil make some modifications to his car. He's been gathering bits and pieces to add to his car ever since I've known him, but unfortunately his car insurance company are not particularly lenient with people who make modifications. However, now that he's renewed his insurance with a different broker, things are slightly different as they are much more accommodating when it comes to those peeps who like to tinker with their motors beyond the usual manufacturers specification.

So we attach some new mud flaps (which IMHO look a bit kinky - sort of leather / latex thing going on, but still uber cool) and a new front grill, which replaces the plastic one with a nice shiny metal one, very swanky.

Now that might not sound like a lot of work, but when you consider that most car areas are inaccessible for the best part, after we'd removed wheels and put them back on again (for the mud flaps) and taken off the front bumper (for the new grill) it's taken the best part of a couple of hours to take everything off, put the new bits on and then return the car to its former glory.

A quick break for lunch then and I get handy in the garden again. We bought some pretty plants earlier today when we had to pop to homebase and they need to be put into the ground, so I do that. Then I plant some of the Paper moon plants that I'd grown from seed in the garden as well and set about repotting the last sunflower into a bigger pot.

After heaps of "doing" both Phil and I are about flat on our feet, so with sufficient tinkering and potting etc to last for a few weekends completed, we put our feet up and watch From Hell....

Ok let me rephrase that, I watch From Hell as Phil goes to bed absolutely shattered! hehehe :) I've seen the film before and reckon its quite good and it's got the added pleasure of some rather nice eye candi in the form of Johnny Depp. It's about Jack the Ripper who is being tracked down by a detective who relies on opium and absinthe induced premonitions to find the killer. So if you're into that sort of thing, it might also be you're cup of tea :)

Posted by Abi on the June 11, 2005 10:20 PM