My goal today

leeCal

Not too bad @Chloe_Scope thank you for asking ?
i have one goal today and that is to phone the Dwp...not something to be taken lightly.

i hope you keep warm, but yay, it’s woolly jumper weather! ?

janer1967

@leeCal hope the call goes well and your not waiting on hold too long 

leeCal

Thanks @janer1967 ?
i have to tell them about a change in circumstances which will mean I can t get esa anymore.

leeCal

Forty minutes or so waiting on the line before I got through to a person, actually that’s about normal for me. They have a very annoying tune playing though ?

Tori_Scope

What genre @leeCal? I quite like elevator music, but it really grates on me when companies just play one short segment of a pop song over and over!

janer1967

Not too bad then 

leeCal

It’s a short piece of elevator music played one over, an ear worm I think you’d call it @Tori_Scope

leeCal

I’m going to try to fix my car today with the help of a good friend, if that works great, if not ...we’ll i would have enjoyed his company and a chat for a while. It’s only the window washer but it’s tricky, is it blocked or is it broken? It’s also in a weird place necessitating removal of the wheel arch splashboard if it’s broken. And I have a cold so it’s a job not to be sneezed at ha ha.

Cher_Alumni

@leeCal Good luck to you both fixing that, report back on how it goes  I wouldn't know where to start!

leeCal

@Cher_Scope all done! 
It was quite a struggle but there were two of us. Modern engine compartments are so tightly packed it makes simple jobs very difficult. Never mind I saved the cost of a garage being involved haha. ?

66Mustang

Well done @leeCal

I know how satisfying it is to complete jobs on the car. I also know what you mean about modern engines - changing a headlamp bulb was a real struggle on my last cars as everything was squashed in under the bonnet.

What turned out to be wrong with it in the end?

leeCal

The windscreen washer pump had gone kaput. Some people,have said that using cheap screen washer can ruin themand I had used such stuff lately, so may have been that.
we took off the wheel arch liner and got at it like that, it’s the only way apart from removing the front bumper, it’s a Renault cio. @66Mustang it took roughly an hour and the part was £20.

66Mustang

Great, well done from a garage I’m guessing you wouldn’t have got much change out of £150?

leeCal

I think you’re right @66Mustang, thanks ?

Cher_Alumni

@leeCal High 5 to you! A productive afternoon there 

Grinchy

So today i got out in the shed and made a couple off Halloween props for a friends Halloween party, pretty pleased with them, bit gruesome but thats what he wanted, if anyone wants to see they are in the kaleidoscope art thread, in for the night now  back out there tomorrow hopefully, its a big deal to me getting out there my anxiety usually gets the better of me, but i beat it today

Cher_Alumni

@Grinchy Go you!! It sounds like you had a good day and kept that anxiety at bay.  I will go have a peep in the kaleidoscope thread at what you made.  Are you a fan of halloween?

Does anyone have any goals for today or are we all taking it easy because it's Sunday? 

leeCal

I’m trying to convince someone to accompany me on a car ride today, I especially want to try out my new screenwasher! ?

66Mustang

My goal is not to buy any snacks today

Cher_Alumni

@leeCal I hope someone takes up your offer!

@66Mustang Gulp - good luck.  BTW, have you seen the new limited edition twix?  They have salted caramel and winter spice flavour