Tedbiker: Blog

I somehow contrived to miss several continuity errors in 'Taming the Shrew'. I do appreciate - a lot - having issues pointed out, whether they are typos, factual errors, or continuity errors. However, I'd really rather have those comments via mail feedback, as, when corrected, the comment is no longer relevant, it's easier to keep track of what I'm doing, and I do try to deal with errors. Thank you to a couple of people who pointed out that there really wasn't enough time for dealing with Amelia and getting Charlie to the mansion! I managed to get that all on one day in about half an hour, rather than Charlie visiting the next afternoon as I really intended! Taming the Shrew ends tomorrow with Chapter six, but of course there is plenty of potential to take the characters forward, particularly with Emily, Penny, and Beatson's Garage.
Ted

I've noticed a continuity error in chapter 4 - Helen Penwithern in chapter one has become Kate Morris. I have submitted a corrected chapter with apologies all round.

A new Devastation Diary entry posts today. I hope to be able to post every other day. As always, I welcome feedback and comments. While I try to make sure there are no typos or other errors, even with Jerry and Peter's efforts, they do slip through.

I'm an old foggy. Back in the day when I was learning about engines, cars had 'fan belts', which, apart from turning a mechanical fan which drew cool air through a radiator, also drove a dynamo or alternator. But now, the fan is electric and only works when the water temperature rises above a certain point - great idea, I think. However, that means that the belt which drives the alternator is no longer a 'fan belt'. So - is it an 'accessory belt" or what? All of which is to introduce a moan that the... drive belt? of my Ford Focus broke the other day. It appears to be totally inaccessible and I haven't bothered to work on a car for years; it seems to me to be better to allow trained mechanics to fiddle with all that sophistication and buried machinery. Only trouble is, when something critical stops working, how do you get the workshop to fix it in a timely manner? TWO weeks without being able to use the car! Not that I really don't prefer the motorbike, but there are times when the bike just isn't capable, collecting bulky stuff, for example.
Oh, and I ought to be able to post a new Devastation Diary entry soon.
Ted

One of the occupational hazards of nursing is back trouble. I think it's a particular problem as a male who is called upon to lift the heavier patients, and to do so with another nurse six inches or more shorter than oneself! I've been out of the profession for over twenty years now, but I still get the occasional period of disabling pain which prevents me from doing anything involving bending over or lifting more than a mug of coffee. It will get better, but in the meantime there will be no riding of Oscar; particularly annoying now the Advanced Rider training has restarted.
I suppose the good news for loyal readers is that it doesn't stop me writing and just at the moment my Muse is co-operating quite enthusiastically with a new Devastation Diary entry. I'd have preferred to complete the 'Jenni' story first, but for some reason that isn't going to happen and 'Norma' will join the queue of unfinished tales in my documents file. Peter in New Zealand is undergoing something medical, so I'm not sure when anything I write will get edited. There are options.
Here's hoping for an end to Covid and a return to something approaching normality.