The first challenge of the day

It got to 9.50 before the first challenge of the day!!!! You would think putting £2.30 into a parking metre was easy enough. Well you would wouldn't you? Hey ho what a silly assumption! Instead of a ticket for 2 hours parking it issued me with a 90p ticket for 30 mins! At least there is a phone number on the metre to ring - then second challenge of day - mobile phone hasn't charged properly overnight - will it have enough juice to report said parking metre problem! Lyn is in luck. Having reported said problem Lyn is off on her merry way. On returning to deposit purchases - I noticed a civil law enforcement gentleman at the machine! Engaging him in conversation -as I do (following the 3 foot rule as ever!) I find that the machine was issuing the first persons ticket to the second person so the person who came after me would have had my ticket and if they had only paid 90p it would have been their lucky day! What prompt service - strange then that the said enforcement officer didn't want to tell me his name even though he was a happy chappy and solved the problem. I told him I wanted to praise him to the world - well thank you mr 71 of Isle of Wight council enforcement brigade. The problem had now been sorted (well for now anyway) - I say that as it wasn't long ago I was running round in the rain trying to find a metre that would take my money!!!! seems the metres are far from trouble free. Never mind - I didn't get a parking fine which was my main worry. Of course I used to have a resident parking pass for the car parks but when they went up from £50 to I think £200 it was a bit of a no no!! Wonder why the car parks are often empty!

That problem solved - I then went on to solve David's problem (one of my wikki team!) he had run out of wikki washing up liquid. Lyn saves the day as I had some in the van so David drove by and the said item was passed in quickly through the window - no excuses now David for not doing the dishes (but at least there will be no naughty chemicals going down the drain!!!) and hands that do dishes will be as soft as your face (for those of us old enough to remember!)

Lyn's Biz