Hello Rod

 VC> That's right. That's why I pulled into a country service station. I
 VC> only opened the bonnet to try and impress him that I wasn't
 VC> completely ignorant so he wouldn't charge me heaps.

 RG> But in a country service station you can expect to pay heaps
 RG> anyway. 

I got out of it lightly. Cost me $6.10.

 RG> You'll be surprised at the strength & resoursefulness 
 RG> you'll find when stuck in the middle of nowhere and _need_ to
 RG> undo them.

 VC> Nope, I would use the mobile phone and ring the RAA. That's why I
 VC> joined the RAA.

 RG> Good idea.   Don't forget to always keep a book in the car for
 RG> something to read while waiting.

Always have a book in the car these days. Have sat outside too many
appointments waiting for my husband lately. 

 VC> And having no brothers I never played with meccanno either.

 RG> So your only experience at fixing things would be putting the arms
 RG> back on your Barbie doll ? 

I never had a Barbie doll either.

 VC> I only towed a trailer for the first time in 24 years of
 VC> driving in the last month.

 VC> Yep. Working out how to get it on the car was my main hassle. I just
 VC> don't have the strength to lift it and haul it onto the tow-ball as
 VC> my husband would have done. Remembering to remove the jockey-wheel
 VC> before I drive off with the trailer is another trap I have fallen
 VC> into.

 RG> Yeah, I've done that too.  :-(

And in all the trailer trips I did I only had 1 thing fall off that I
hadn't secured properly.

 VC> drive into a position that I can't drive from I have made sure that I
 VC> am where I can unload the trailer (final destination) and then unhook
 VC> the trailer, turn around the car and trailer and drive off forward
 VC> again.

 RG> Hey, I never thought of that one.

Called working within your limitations.


Vicki


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