For some time now there has been an odd and disconcerting clunking noise coming from the front of my Mini when I pull away.  I had come to the conclusion that it might be the upper ball joint on the driver’s side wheel (the passenger side upper ball joint had been replaced about six months ago), but without a ball joint splitter or torque wrench I wasn’t exactly feeling confident attempting to sort it out myself!  Thankfully I didn’t have to do it on my own, thanks to that wonderful community that is Colchester Mini Club – Aaron came and helped me this evening.

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Finally, a non-computer-related post! It feels like it’s been a while since I’ve just blogged about random stuff happening around me. Apologies to anyone I’ve bored recently!

The gas man came today to have a look at our dead boiler. For those who don’t know, our boiler was condemned a couple of weeks ago after a routine gas check showed that the readings just weren’t good enough. Granted, the boiler is nearly as old as I am, but it has still been an inconvenience not having hot water, as you can imagine. It’s not been too bad, we do have an immersion heater so we can still have the odd shower here and there, but it’s an expensive way of heating water and not exactly convenient.

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