I like Robbie's dad, in some ways he and Robbie are very different but you can certainly see the family link. His dad seems young for his age and he is always busy, either working on his latest DIY project or off for a weekend away with his caravan. You have probably already spotted an obvious difference – Robbie and DIY is not a safe combination, but his dad is amazing, he can do almost anything.
Unfortunately his dad had a mishap with the caravan earlier in the year, he pulled out on to another road but the caravan didn't follow. Somehow it had become detached from the car and rolled back into a wall. There was no serious damage done to anything else, but the caravan was a write off. It took several months for the new caravan to be delivered, but it was worth the wait and Robbie's dad was delighted with it. The first outing with the new caravan was uneventful, but the second outing proved more problematic. The vehicle in front drove over something in the road, the details are sketchy but it turned out to be a piece of metal and it struck the floor of the caravan and caused a hole! One mishap can be explained away as bad luck, two mishaps start to look clumsy.
The worse was yet to come, he rang Robbie yesterday to say that he is now officially old – he has bought a Volvo! I was speechless, there is nothing more annoying in this world than a Volvo driver and now I'm related to one! Why couldn't he do something less embarrassing!!
http://www.blinman.com/volvos.htm
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