Sometimes it all comes at once.
My bike needs a major repair. The shifter lever needs replacing. The problem is one small, broken spring but they don’t sell the spring so I need to find a second hand shifter or buy a complete replacement. Ouch! (If you have a spare Tiagra 9 speed shifter please send it my way.)
Our computer is an old Celeron 900 which has worked its little CPU out for years for us. Over the past few months it’s been having more and more issues. Today it doesn’t want to work at all. I’m hoping to get it running again tonight but we really need to bite the bullet and get a new computer. I’ve recently taken on some extra work which requires me to have a reliable computer at home.
As you probably already know, I’m flying out of Australia this weekend with Compassion Australia to see their work in Haiti. Flights, accommodation and meals are looked after but there are always extra expenses so I’ll need some extra cash.
On top of that there’s all the usual efforts to balance a very tight budget.
Just when I was getting ready to tear my hair out I was thrown a lifeline. This email arrived in my inbox.
We the entire members of Chiesa Cattolica Italiana hereby notify you as the winner of $650,000.00 US (Six hundred and fifty thousand US dollars only.
You are advice to contact immediately you received this mail for Further instruction on how you are to claim your donation prize.
Please quote your qualification numbers to our secretary for security Reasons.
Qualification numbers N-222-6647, E-910-56 quote in all Discussions. (1)FULL NAMES, (2)ADDRESS, (3)CITY, (4)STATE,(5)COUNTRY, 6)SEX, (7)AGE (8)MARITAL STATUS, (9)TELEPHONE NUMBER, (10)OCCUPATION
Contact information below:Executive Rev .Sis Rose Eduardo
Forget repairing my bike or computer. I can now buy a new bike, new computer, new house.
OK, yes, I know that it’s just spam and that I haven’t really won anything. Don’t you wish that just once one of those emails was the real thing?
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My car broke down the same time the registration was due. I managed to pay the rego but the repair done on the car didn’t work and now i need a new transmission 🙁 very exxy. So…if anyone has a spare transmission for a hyundai excel laying around… 🙂
Oh yeah and who got 7 in last week’s tips? 🙂
Paula, I can’t believe how gracious you’ve been after last weekend’s game. I was sure I’d hear a lot more about what the Crows did to the Eagles.
Let me say congratulations on your restraint and congratulations on your team’s fine display of football. 🙂
Let’s hope both our teams get a win this weekend.
Trust me – i wasn’t being gracious – the fact that the team we THRASHED was in fact your precious Eagles totally slipped my mind 🙂
Have fun on your trip.