Passing Of The Marmite Loving Fen Tiger aka Oliver

R.I.P.

b. circa end1988/start1989 - d.28.10.07 11:59

Oliver the marmite loving, cheese addict, chocolate stealing, broccoli munching, very dear friend of us all, sadly died today after what we think was a stroke.

She will be very sadly missed.

Our sincere thanks to the staff of Cathedral Veterinary Practice in Ely.

A small funeral was held, at which the family said a personal goodbye.

Oliver became a member of our family in September/October 1989. Lindsay and I were recovering from a horrendous car accident, and this little ginger kitten appeared on the doorstep one day. The kitten came in, was fed, and put outside again. This happened a few times but, unable to take a hint, and coming back for 'more' - Oliver - joined our other 3 cats (Merlin, Shandy and Twizzle) as a permanent resident.

Oliver was in fact "Olivia", but by the time we realised (when the vet said she could not neuter the cat as it had nothing to cut off!) the name had stuck and Oliver she remained.

We sadly lost the original trio in the same year (about 8 years ago) (Merlin in the January and Twizzle and Shandy in the summer a day apart). So Oliver has been the cat for quite a while.

Now we are cat-less and will remain so.

Do you know I really am going to miss having to share my toast or hide chocolate...

Why You Little.........DOH!

Oh Where Oh Where Has My Little Car Gone!

Now, those of you who are lucky enough to have met wife know what an absolute angel she is. Always putting others before for self, without thought of favour.

Well some mindless cretin(s) decided it would be a joke to take her car for a drive in the early hours of Tuesday Morning.

So at 5:45am when she went out to work and found her car gone, I think even her closets friends would've had a job recognising her. Incandescent with rage does not even get close to the mark.
In fact had she been able to get her hands on the miscreants in the first half hour of finding the theft, I think, the perpetrators would have been minus various appendages.

Now her little car was quite old (a J) and only cost £500 pounds, but it was her little car and she bought it herself. It gave her independence, the ability to take on jobs further a field, Oh and provide a Taxi Service for the kids!

Sian showed suitable concern when she learned of the situation, Daniel on the other hand said, does that mean we have to walk!!! Kids! I love them, but I couldn't eat a whole one (ironic that should be a line from an advert for a Frozen Meal product, I think, were it was delivered by a butler type character played by Chris Langham.)

And it was all the 'bits' in the car like Cedric the Rabbit and Claude the Crab that kept the dashboard warm. Oh and there was all the books and 'stuff' that Lindsay had sorted out for jumble sales and the Red Cross, oh and her winter coat and her hat for work, and a wine making kit that has lived in the boot of the car since the day Lindsay bought it from a friend about a year ago!

Lindsay reported the theft to the Police and the Insurance Company.

Then went off to work in my car. When she got back she went round to the neighbours to see if they had seen anything or heard anything strange. One or two of them have camera's and there was a possibility that these may have caught something. (NO SUCH LUCK)
One of the neighbours mentioned some names to Lindsay who have a history of this very thing. Lindsay came home and was about to call the police when a PC turned up at the door.
She recounted her tale to the PC and the name(s) were not new to him.

Anyway, later that afternoon Lindsay received a call to say that her car had been found in a ditch between Littleport and Upwell (on a straight piece of road). The chap at the garage where the car was taken reckons that as they broke the steering lock when the broke in, what ever the did did not immobilise the steering lock completely and this came on leaving the thieves with no steering and no escape from the ditch. FUCKING GOOD JOB! -> I don't normally hold with foul language being used openly in blogs etc but on this occasion....

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We the had another call on Wednesday from the PC to say he was with the car and there were still personal property in the car and we would need to make arrangements to collect them.
The good news was that Cedric and Claude were still in one piece - as was most of the wine making kit. (including one of the demi johns which was used by the little darlings to try and raise the car up so they could rock it out of the ditch).

So we wandered over to Littleport to collect the stuff from the car. Which apart from being full of fen soil, was undamaged relatively. But because the work needing doing on the car came to more than £3 6" 4D (Three Pounds Six Shillings and Four Pence) (£3.40!) it was uneconomic to repair and therefore WRITE OFF!

And the daft thing is the only thing they thieved from from car was a Christmas Present that did not get delivered(a fluffy pink glove and scarf set) and a white catering hat!!

This should make the b@st@rds easy to identify.

I hope the pink doesn't clash with the shell suits, although white does go with most things! (mind you they'll probably wearing those burgundy numbers with the black trousers!)

++++STOP PRESS++++

Police have released the following photofit of a suspect in this case of Grand Theft Auto

Another Tell Of Woe & Damage

Hello dear readers!

http://cambscircuitrider.blogspot.com/2007/10/that-will-teach-me-to-go-on-holiday.html

The above link will take you to the latest story of mis-adventure involving yours truly!
(Sorry this is just about me, my two best friends weren't involve