The insurance company said that because I was a good customer they would get me a hire car for $15 a day while they were repairing where the thieves had smashed the window and the steering lock. Then they said it would take another three weeks to get the parts in from Japan, and the $15 a day went up after ten days.<\/p>\n
I decided I would take the car back on Saturday instead of Monday, and just hire it for three days a week over the next three weeks to do the shopping and take my daughter to ballet. I told her that I would take her to her Monday class on the VFR800, and her mother could drive her to the Thursday and Saturday classes. She was okay with that.<\/p>\n
The counter was unattended when I walked in to the car hire place. A minute later, an old bloke fronted up to the counter and asked if\u00a0he could help me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes\u201d, I said. \u201cI hired this car until Monday, but I want to bring it back early. It\u2019s on a discount through the insurance company, and I only get ten days, so I want to hire it again for three days next Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not sure you can split the days up like that\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am told\u201d, I replied, \u201cthat the days do not have to be contiguous.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho told you that?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know her name\u201d, I replied. \u201cThe girl who was here when I hired it. Brown hair. Late twenties maybe. Looked like she had a freshly waxed glabella.\u201d<\/p>\n
His eyes twinkled. \u201cAh\u201d, he said. \u201cThat would be Sue, if a glabella is what I think it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the bit between your eyebrows\u201d, I told him.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh\u201d, he said. \u201cThat would probably be Helen, then.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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