Parrots

Tues.07.08.07. I have the made the next cardboard maquette for the dash. I have truly lost count of the number of designs that have been proposed but hopefully this should be the ‘definitive’ (whoops, here comes that word again). After several adjustments the dash sits comfortably. The console being much lower at a more severe angle follows the tapered line of the forward compartment. Oddly enough, this concept bears a striking resemblance to the original design of Brockie’s back in the early days of the spring of 2006. Now that’s what I call a predictive, manipulative coincidence.

Breaking up the afternoon Chris, Dick plus myself had to collect an RX8 from Greenacres in Clitheroe. The car turned out to be something of shed, horrendously filled and badly painted. This compounded the journey because instead of having to suffer the outbound journey we were ‘double Dicked’ having to return without the car. Dick’s latest E’Bay conquest has been ‘talking parrots’. “They come in a variety of plumage to replicate the major breeds of the world, the rainbow parakeet of Australia, the salmoncrested Chilean cockatoo, the redcrowned Argentinian blue, the great greenspotted redbibbed Peruvian pink and of course the full range of Macaws, including blue, yellow, scarlet, red and green. They can all decree, exchange and discuss endless topical subjects by the use of supportive, reasoned argument, intelligent dialogue prolonged by amiable conversation, thus engaging the purchaser in stimulating, informative debate: from the global economic effects of emerging nations particularly the problems within the Republic of China to whether Chelsea or Man Utd will win the Premiership this year. They never swear, the batteries run for ever, they are very clean, they don’t need feeding because they’re just a toy, they’re not real, so you can sell them to little kids and old ladies for their birthdays. I’ve sold all the 50 that I bought making a tidy £20.00 profit, excluding P+P: it’s a piece of piss, it beats the shit out of banging your brains out with skanky car dealers who are always trying to turn you over.” We sensed there may be a Stella moment this evening.