Typically I suspended my news and sport blogs at a time when there was much to discuss. After mentioning Johann Hari and the pillorying he was receiving from certain sections of the media that has paled compared to the phone hacking scandal that has erupted. The editor at the time, Rebekah Wade, has so far refused to stand down which is ironic given how quick to call for heads over less important matters her and her ilk have been in the past. Almost as ironic is the call from the private investigator at the centre of the scandal, Glenn Mulcaire, asking for the privacy of his family to be respected as he gets doorstepped. It is still early days but my initial feeling that people would tut for a few days is thankfully looking not to be the case as the public mood is turning angry and advertisers pull out from the News of the World. The true test will be at the weekend to see how their circulation is affected and if this recovers the following Sunday.
Sportingly since my last post on Sports Thoughts Wimbledon has been and gone (Djokovic won), Haye was beaten by Klitschko and the Women's Football World Cup has started and England topped their group but I have nothing further to add that has not already been said.
That leaves the least interesting thing to write about which is me and I finally bit the bullet and took my car to the garage to investigate the light that appeared on the dashboard a few weeks ago. When it first appeared I referred to the manual which informed me that it was the "Indicator Fault Light". This seemed a little precise to have a warning light telling me one of my indicators was on the blink (or not) and on closer reading I discovered that it was somewhat vaguer and meant that this light indicated there was a fault. Elsewhere in the manual I was provided with the clue that the fault may be with the exhaust or catalytic converter and I baulked at the prospect of a bill for a few hundred pounds for a whole new exhaust system. With a drive to Reading at the weekend I thought it best to get it seen to and had it booked in for yesterday. At the garage the mechanic performed his diagnosis and informed me that the lambda sensor was not working. As if my blank face was not clue enough as to what that was he proceeded to demonstrate before and after graphs of emission graphs with hand signals which did not really help only that instead of spikes I had a sort of flattened, angular sine curve. I enquired about the only thing I was concerned about which was "How much?" and "How long?" and half an hour later and £140 lighter I left with no discernible difference to my car save for that light not being on any more. If they weren't a garage that I have used before and trust he could have simply taken the bulb out of the dashboard for all I know.
Sort of progress on the supervisors position at work where I believe three others applied along with myself. With management cover being stretched on some of the weekend overtime where not everyone is available I was asked by my manager if I wanted to train in the office next week to provide extra cover should the need arise. Apparently this had been cleared higher up and can only help my case if they ever get around to making an appointment if I have already done a bit of the job. Curiously the supervisor whose personal circumstances was making it difficult to do certain shifts and for whom the vacancy was to temporarily replace claimed that he could work the problematic weekend after all. I am therefore hoping that the supervisor training is not considered unnecessary and that was not the feeling I got with my manager still keen to have more people trained up.
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