Centauri Olympiad, third thread

[Viriato]

No problem for me neither. I'll also be away until sunday night.

[Googlie]

2214 to Hobbes, to await his return

[H0bbes]

Actually, I'm not going anywhere- my car has broken down & with holidays till tuesday, I'm stuck at home.

Turned.

[Paul]

2214 to Viriato. Congratulations for building the Space Elevator.

[Viriato]

2215 to Qantaga.

Sorry to hear that Hobbes. Talk about bad luck...

[Qantaga]

Yes, I'm sorry to hear that too, Hobbes. Hope the news is good for repairs tomorrow.

2215 to Googlie.

[Googlie]

2215 to Hobbes

[H0bbes]

Turned to Paul.

Well my car was transported to a mechanic this morning & I will hopefully have it tomorrow afternoon. The fuel pump was burnt out. That's the good news. The bad news is that a genuine replacement fuel pump was $1100 AUS....... Ouch! Needless to say the mechanic is going to adapt a different brand for about 20% of the price. Serves me right for buying european I suppose!

[Qantaga]

Hobbes, while I'm sorry that you are having such major problems with your car, it sounds like you have a very good mechanic. Here in the States, the chances of a mechanic offering to do anything for 20% of the estimate are slim and none.

2216 to Googlie.

Current voting on launching the solar shade:

Yea - 3
Nay - 0
Abstain - 1

Googlie, Hobbes and Paul have yet to cast their vote.

[Googlie]

2216 to Hobbes

Sorry for the reload - I inadvertently voted against the solar shade, and while the outcome shouldn't be in doubt, I didn't want to look stoooopid, so just shut down and fired up again - obviously no units moved or other events happened as I didn't go past the vote screen first time

G.

[H0bbes]

Voted yes for the umbrella. Turned onwards.

My car is back!

[Paul]

2216 to Viriato

[Viriato]

2217 to Qantaga.

Measure approved.

[Qantaga]

Hobbes, I'm glad you got your wheels back.

2217 to Chairman Googlie.

[Googlie]

on to the no longer perambulatory Hobbes