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Happy Birthday divalicious

Well I managed a whole 2hrs sleep.
Yay me.
Can I say once again that sleep disorders suck :(

Got the VR4 back today and almost pranged it before leaving the garage as they had left it in gear, primed, the handbrake off and parked with about 2inch from a brand new M6 BMW.
Poor Amy was obviously having a bad day and almost broke down when that happened, as she's always telling the mechanics to park the cars properly. She'd spent the previous 10mins apologising for all the other grief I've had with this repair - them losing the car / only repairing the washer bottle / still waiting for the new grill to arrive from Japan so it's going to have to go back in for more work in the future. None of which was her fault, but the more you try and explain that, the more guilty she seems to get.

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The news of a fatal accident involving a navigator on the Golden Tulip Rally today got me thinking of this time last year.
It doesn't seem 12months ago that Markko and Beef were doing the RallyGB (heck was it really three years ago that Richard collapsed on the way to RallyGB and Markko had to fight to bring the car under control). Anyway, I think I've seen the perfect response to this first anniversary of that tragedy.
Car #1 on the Cork "20" - Markko Märtin

I could get used to seeing him back in a car again.