Magic Fingers

I am very reluctant to mention the F word (Ford) because even just thinking about that car costs me a fortune. The key to the Galaxy is misbehaving, it plays me up when I try to lock it remotely, but it unlocks perfectly, the battery must be going. The last time I had key trouble it cost me an arm and a leg so I have been putting off the evil moment and just managing with a wayward key, after all it is not the only annoying thing in my life! The odd thing is that Robbie can usually get the key to work for him! I watched him on Saturday standing there waving the key at the car with such a look of concentration that he reminded me of Harry Potter ready to use the unlocking spell Alohomora. It is so frustrating, why does it work for him and not for me!!

Communication Skills

Robbie rang me on Saturday morning at around 10am, he didn't have much to say except a load of drivel about trains, but he did mention that he would get home late on Saturday night rather than Sunday morning because he could get a lift. I gave him very firm instructions not to wake me up but I forgot to check that he had his house key. He didn't ring me again on Saturday, he forgets that I exist when he is 'playing trains'. Evening came and before I knew it was past 11pm and still no word from Robbie. The question of locking the front door bothered me, I couldn't go to bed and leave it open, I could lock it but not put the chain on, but there was a good chance that he didn't have his key because he didn't take his briefcase on Friday. I decided to wait up for him, so I kept myself busy with jobs until after 2am, when he rang to say that he was just going to bed! He embarked on a long and contorted story to explain his change of plan, the short version was that the train was seriously delayed. I wasn't interested in the detail, I just wanted to know why he didn't let me know earlier. He spluttered a bit, he even attempted to think up an excuse, but simple truth is that he forgot. I waited up until past 2am for nothing, I want overjoyed about it. Robbie will certainly not go down in history as one of the worlds great communicators.