On the road again

My bank account took a bit of a battering in May. The car was increasingly unreliable so I put it into the garage for its long delayed annual service. It seemed fine the next day then the day after it broke down (first symptom: couldn't drive uphill!). So one of my friends who is more mechanical than me had a go at fixing the engine, which only resulted in a bill for spare parts that didn't seem to help any.

So after a week or two, we lost patience and went round the corner to the nearest car yard. While I am browsing through the high-priced models out the front, my friend marches up to the manager and says straight out "Have you got any good cheap cars?" Well, if you don't ask you don't get. He takes us over and shows us a very clean and impressive Mazda that's about a quarter of the price of the cars out front. 

 Then we haggled a bit and he knocked 15% off the price.

So I now have a new(ish) car that seems to run well; it even came with half a tank of petrol, which is nothing to sneeze at these days. And I am slowly getting used to the newfangled digital display!

 

Driving or dining, I have my habits

 

Lately my listening is divided up between the shows I listen to while driving and the ones I run while I'm at the dinner table. Plus the odd one at bedtime.

My dinner time list last month:
Boston_Blackie_-_Marked_Money_10_06_1948
CaseClosed886 Squad Cars 1968
The Adventures Of The Abbotts 1955
Challenge of the yukon_s51e016_the third strike.
Cisco kid_s53e051_key of death.
Escape_-_The_Brute_04_11_1948
Have gun will travel_s59e021_in an evil time
Hopalong cassidy_s50e022_the letter from the grave
RelicRadio883 Escape 1953 and The Shadow 1941
Suspense 1949-12-22 Double Entry
The Horror1166 Where The Dead Sleep by The Creaking Door 1965
Frontier Gentleman (10-05-58) The Librarian
The_Mysterious_Traveler_-_Death_has_a_Thousand_Faces_09_21_1948.
The_Whistler_-_Fateful_Friday_05_26_1947
Thriller831 The Birds by The Hollywood Radio Theater 1953
Wild bill hickok_s52e048_the mayor of mule mesa
Grand ole opry_s58e001_WSM radio
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And my listening on the road :
A Happy Heart, A Taste of Honey, and a Banana Boat - Pgm BMP
ACADEMY AWARD--THE WATCH ON THE RHINE
BURNS & ALLEN, MAY 20 1948
Broadway-is-my-Beat_09-18-22
Challenge of the Yukon (ep0805) 1950 The Gold Behind the Waterfall
ESCAPE Earth Abides by George Stewart 1&2
Frontier town_s49e046_where men are men
Hopalong cassidy_s50e018_bullets for ballots
Music Box - Connect Radio 02-05
R-U-R_ Project-Audion_5-29-20
Sunset Melodies - Connect Radio - 02-07
Wild bill hickok_s52e044_a letter of warning
Sunday Bandstand 10 December 2023
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 Thanks to Relic Radio, Andrew Rhynes, You Tube and the Internet Archive for sharing so much good stuff.