Tony is a Geek

So....I've been a fan of Ubuntu linux pretty much since day one, way back in the day - good god, was it really 17 years ago? ... how time has flown ( we'll come back to that below ). Well, this isn't an article about that "type" of ubuntu. It's about a different one. As you may or may not know, I've been a bit of a "behind the scenes investigator" of the "origins of the human race" pretty much since I was a teenager, then work got in the way, then travelling around the world for work allowed me to have nice big chunks of time to continue that investigation work, then work changed again, as is expected in the protestant work life dictatorship, I had to "move up" and that just means "do more" and well, y'know the liquid based addictions crept in as a mechanism to deal with the frustrations of doing the work b*ll*x and that just ended up frying the brain/body and was not helpful in continuing the investigation work ...

On Saturday night, some oiks decided to break into the petrol station at the end of my road - I was not aware of this until late in the day on Sunday. However, when I opened my front-door on Sunday morning, I noticed my motorhome hab door was wide open and swinging in the breeze & slight rain drizzle.  I was perplexed.  I swear blind I locked it - I always lock it, the foot step was underneath the motorhome and that retracts when you press the key fob button to lock the entire motorhome.  I cautiously walked over, took a look inside - everything seemed okay, the new TV was still attached to the tv-stand, the new swishy handheld hoover was still on the floor, the walkie-talkies were still on the dashboard, nothing looked like it had been moved - I checked a few cupboards and for some reason the fridge! nothing seemed to be missing or moved.  hmmm... I had left the 2 air-vent things in the roof open, maybe it was windy overnight and maybe I had not clicked the door...

Some people just amaze me.... this lady evidently reversed her modern sized car and struck my kustom vanguard quite hard actually causing quite a lot of bodywork damage (est. £5-8k) and then just drove off. Speechless is the word I would use. If this CCTV footage did not exist then I'd be stuffed with footing that bill myself.  I'm usually a nice calm zen buddha style person and accept that people have "off days" and that "accidents happen", but you would have noticed that impact and to then just drive off.... well, karma is all I shall say. More CCTV footage was available, including the car registration, so if the person doesn't come forward then it becomes a Police matter.  sigh. and yes, there is a sense of irony here.... the car had been in for repair to the "other side", that was a nice £15k bill (bodywork / re-paint / bumper repair / rear diff) and was all finished and ready for me to go pickup.... I guess it'll be another 3-4 months ...