DOG ‘N’ BONE

When you’re about to start a job involving adhesives or anything else that is going to cure/set/ go off over a fairly short space of time, do yourself a big favour and turn your phone off first. I was up to my elbows in copper gasket goo the other day, fitting a manifold, when I realised I’d ignored my own advice. So I had to just ignore the phone ringing and thank the gods that I chose a ring-tone I actually like rather than some sawn-off frog on acid. As it turned out, the first call was somebody pretending to be from Telstra wanting my bank details, and the second was Torrens, so that was always going to be stupidon-a-stick. Seriously, unless you’re waiting for a call from the nice man from Tatts to confirm the amount you’ve won, or your partner is in labour, sling the phone in a skip while you’re spannering.