THE GOOD BUCK

I’ve been quietly falling out of love with the Bonnie for a while. Well, no. I’ve been pining for something else. The Bonnie is really good for what it is, compared to, say, a Kawasaki W650. That’s a beautiful retro looking bike, like the Bonnie, but absolutely gutless. You twist the throttle in anger and … that’s it. An angry twist and a lethargic plod forward. So, the Bonnie is fun, and comparatively lightning quick, but it’s still a naked bike in winter. And I don’t like the feel of it if you try and throw it into corners with gusto.

I’ve been torturing myself looking at SV650s’, then changing my mind and thinking about a VFR750 again. We’ve not really had the money to buy one though.

I bid on a SV650 that was going cheap. I put my maximum bid at £750, but I put it in early, someone bid £770, which I thought was the start of a bidding war, so left it. It sold for £770! Dammit.

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I try to just post about my life on here. I don’t think it’s appropriate to tell other people’s news.

But…

Bit of a biggie.

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I’ve been applying for other jobs after the last one was an ungodly o’clock start. I saw a good one, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, £23 p/h, etc. Usual agency nonsense. I rang, “No, we aren’t doing the weekend shift, it’s any 5 from 7 (so less money) start times from 02.00”. sigh. All the ones that aren’t insultingly low paid seem to be ridiculously early starts. I’m not doing it.

I’ve been putting off changing the throttle bodies on the Bonnie because I’ve been worried about setting the throttle position sensor (TPS), but I read a really good article by some Triumph guru. It’s not such a big job. Then I discovered that software and lead I got to plug into the bikes ECU has that feature. You just run the bike with the lead plugged in, slightly loosen one bolt and delicately move the sensor until it reads 0.67 volts. Then tighten it up, run it for 15 minutes, key off, key on, and it’s reset.

Hmm, I was going to do it in the morning, but it’s supposed to be raining all day. Not ideal for a laptop. Meh. We’ll see.

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Well, so much for my destiny. At best, it’s on hold. I went for the interview at Home Bargains, but before they got started they said the only shift patterns they had were 01.00 -05.00, or 16.00- 22.00 starts. No good to me. I came home again. It really would have been so convenient. It is so near I just went in my work high vis coat (no leather) and I didn’t have time to get frozen or go fast enough to worry about crashing without protection.

The only good thing is I was feeling the anxiety so it was a huge relief to come home again. And not to have to go through the stress of learning the ropes of a new job while pretending to be fine.

So now I’m stuck at Sainsbury’s for the time being. I’ll keep looking.

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I’ve been banging on about working for Home Bargains for years now. I was eyeing the job when I worked at Booker. I’ve had my name down on company website for years. I was willing to travel to Liverpool to do it, then I heard they were opening an RDC just down the road from me (3.1 miles away by road, about 2.5 by pushbike) so I was even more interested. That must be 18 months to 2 years ago. Not heard anything about it. No replies, nothing on their website, not seen any jobs, not a sausage.

Then over the last 2 weeks I’ve seen an agency job recruiting for them saying 12 weeks, definite temp-to-perm. I applied. Nothing.

My current agency head office text me to say ‘you used to work for us at Royal Mail, would you be interested in HB, 8 weeks, temp-to-perm. I said yes, depending on the shifts. 02.00- 06.00 starts. No too early. Got back to me a few days later. ‘06.00 onwards starts’.

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