Car Mechanics

In my Humble Opinion

The motor men – and me!

They say you are only as young as you feel – Iused to think that was so true, until recently. It all started going horribly wrong a few years back prior to the recent run-up to my 50th birthday.

Firstly, there was a kidney stone that ended up seeing me nilby-mouth on Christmas Day in East Surrey hospital. To digress for a moment, they thought I might be able to pass the stone, change the letter ‘a’ in pass for a different vowel and you get the gist. Another scan showed the bugger measuring over 8mm in diameter –

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