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I am not really into funny websites, but this one is well worth it. Take your time, and use Firefox.

Seat R.I.P..

Last Saturday at 12.10 PM my Seat Leon died, just 100 km after it's last repair. In fact, we're lucky not to have died with it. I won't go into details, but low sun, a wet highway and idiots in black SUV's don't mix. Do SUV punks mix at all in fact, with anyone? Or are they like that dirty brown layer of dirt floating on the water inside a loo that has been left unattended for to long?

Not all is bad though: the Seat was nearing the end of its leasing contract, and I never really liked it anyway. Sporty, yes. Very fast, absolutely. But that doesn't get you anywere in a traffic jam on Monday morning. Maybe I get to choose a decent company car now, not some road racing left-over from a collegue who left the company.

So.. I'm rather less mobile now - but that doesn't really matter, because I lost quite some of my love for driving anyway. There is enough to do in the house as well, so being at home is not bad for a change.

And we are making progress: the bathroom is nearly complete (just finished placing tiles), the master bedroom has a new underfloor and will be ready for painting and placing the maple laminate in about a week. We decided on a fireplace in the living room, and a new staircase. In fact, you can expect a "before/after" picture series soon.

Biggest issue now is administration: we need the neighbours to approve the biggest change in our house (creating a garden instead of an old barn). It should not be any problem - they already asked us in fact to remove the barn - but there's a difference between asking orally or signing for approval. We'll see.

In the meantime, once the approval arrives: if any of you feel like doing unrewarded hard and dirty physical labour please let us know. Free beer and pizza included!