Inappropriate posts

A friend rang to day to tell me that when reading our blog posted from the Pacific Dawn, a blue notation told her that it was an inappropriate post. I read the post and even though I manage to offend some people with what I write and say there was nothing in the post to upset anyone.

Brother Graham works in an industrial area and nearby is a car dismantler (wrecker). He is Lebanese Australian and runs the messiest yard imaginable. Wrecked vehicles are on the verge and roadside and he is constantly being warned by the local Council to clean up his act. I bought a car from him for our son.....bad move! He and one of his countrymen have been charged with corruption. It seems that many of the wrecks he had bought had been examined and registered for the road by his mate in the vehicle inspection centre over the phone for a small fee of $10. The cops have played phone taps of conversations between the two on local TV stations.

Our house has a built in vacuum cleaning system. It is a Valet branded system and it works very well. Yesterday I investigated an air leak in one of the hose points and decided to change the rubber seal. The seal was held in place with a star fastener. I went to the agent only to find that they don't sell parts for this and I would have to buy the whole wall fitting @ about $90. No thanks and thanks for not keeping spares! Easy. I replaced the rubber seal but had broken the star fastening. Today I went to seven fastening specialists without any joy. Most didn't even know what a star fastener was. Hot glue is my friend! Here is a pic of a star fastener...
Star fasteners are used on kids' tricycle wheels and are usually domed.