I did that to the MX5 bombing down Kirkstone Pass. Made it to the bottom and when I went for the brakes there was nothing.

If it was a very long hill you might have just overheated them and there's not really anything to fix.

I've got Morbo back from the vets, but I think he's still having trouble peeing, and if that carries on there's nothing they can do for him

Yep, pretty much. On one hand he's his normal self, purring, eating and fussing, but if he can't go to the toilet properly it's basically fatal. I'm spoiling him rotten at the moment, obviously.

Sad face, give him all the treats in the world.

No, I was applying the brakes full on in order to stop quickly (oncoming car round a corner, narrow lane) and then something went "spang" and then the brakes weren't there any more. I limped up tot he garage using only the handbrake, as the brake pedal now does pretty much nothing.

This is in danger of jumping around lots of threads, but he's not doing too badly today. I don't think everything is working perfectly but he is managing to use his litter box.

He looks ridiculous though.

Been in a right foul mood today for no reason.... spent the afternoon apologizing to folks

Didn't get a Community grant for my charity work


Need to apply for more, now.

Sadly not a heart attack. He'd been out of work for three months, had four kids to support and was depressed, so he'd hung himself as his brother did.

It was the front hoses. 100 quid later and I have brakes again

It was the front hoses. 100 quid later and I have brakes again

The report on the inquest for this popped up in my news feed. Never knew he'd tried to overdose a couple of years before this.

The report on the inquest for this popped up in my news feed. Never knew he'd tried to overdose a couple of years before this.

But that shouldn't matter - cars have had a twin-split braking system for - Christ - sixty years or so now. The idea is that if one component fails you lose two of the brakes but the other two carry on working (normally it's one front brake and the opposite rear one, for obvious reasons).

Unless you were unlucky enough to lose a brake on both sides at once, that's really, really odd.

I guess modern cars could have stopped doing it that way, but that would also be really, really odd.

Yeah, I guess so. Still seems unlikely though.

"Diagonally split" is what I was trying to say with "opposite rear one"

My teeth hurt.

Like - most of them.

My teeth hurt.

Like - most of them.

My heart is being more of a dick since I removed the week long heart monitor. It's like it knows!

It did capture some events, but it's now sitting in my pocket and not being analysed by the doctors because I need to post it in a particular box and that box is at home and I never remember it when I'm there because Maria is away and Onóra is being difficult and we now also have mice and it is all a bit much really.

In other cockwomble news, I was hoping to have an update on my neighbours, ideally them moving out, but it seems they're still together and him hitting his future mother-in-law hasn't made a dent on the relationship. Still, at least they're quieter than they were before, although it's perhaps just the calm before the next inevitable storm.

It'll all be ok, really. And we're here if you need us.

In relation to the box, I find myself forgetting things like this all the time, however, I know I always check I have my phone before I leave the house, so set a reminder alarm to go off 5 minutes before you leave and you should hopefully then have no reason not to go and grab the box on your way out the door.

I just called the Government Legal Department to find out about the progress of a company restoration. There was no answer so I had to leave a message.

I was talking away and then it just said "Press 1 to listen, 2 to re-record" etc so I truncated my message in my head and pressed 2 to go again.

At that point my brain melted and halfway through I said "oh this is fucked up, I am going to have to re-record this shit" and pressed 3 instead of 2 which saved the message and cut me off with no option to re-record.

Awesome - I had left my name and where I was from and then some gibberish followed by "oh this is fucked up". GO ME.