Grumbles...

Why is it that the world seems to turn against you sometimes? Not just on one topic, but a whole lot of things all at once. So far this week, our energy company has decided to charge us an extra thousand dollars per year for gas and electricity; we have received the third bill in a row from Telstra, charging us for extra services that we have never had; and the man who was supposed to install a new airconditioner for us ages ago has just let me know that he's been in hospital and won't be able to do it himself, but is looking for someone to help him.

I have just removed the previous post here about Ken's bike almost blowing up on the way home from the bike work shop on Saturday. The shop owner rang me today in response to a letter I wrote to protest that Ken had just paid $700 to have his bike fixed, and now it's not going at all. He (the owner) was not happy at all with 'the tone of my letter', and had consulted his solicitor about it. He now says it was all Ken's fault that the bike packed up. WELL...I suppose if he's that cheesed off, he might think my blog post was also defamatory, and try to sue me over that too, so I thought it best to delete it. Still not happy, but what chance do we have against a very wealthy young man who can obviously afford the greediest of lawyers?