Red face....

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Sun 9 Jan 2005 17:55
Red face.... - P.Mason {P}
A couple of months ago my son, a self-employed jazz musician living in London and who needs his car every day to transport his double-bass, phoned to ask if I could arrange an MOT at short notice with my local garage - his MOT was due to expire the next day, and he couldn't get it done locally.
I did so, with fatherly advice to make sure in future to plan ahead, etc...
Just before Christmas, younger son, who'd recently bought his first car(a lovely little Pug. 205)noticed that the MOT had expired a week before..- more advice from dad.
Today I was filling in the details in my new diary,-came to the bit about renewal of MOT, and discovered that my MOT had expired on Oct. 14th.
Is it genetic, do you think?

P.
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Sun 9 Jan 2005 18:00
Red face.... - Adam {P}
I'm not going to say a word.....


::sniggers
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Adam
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Mon 10 Jan 2005 10:35
Red face.... - artful dodger {P}
Best advice is to ensure your MOT expires at least a month after you have to tax the car. Then you never forget as the car tax renewal acts as a reminder to have an MOT. The other easy way to remember when the MOT expires is either use a sticker on the inside of the windscreen or on the driver's sunvisor. None of these rely on checking a diary, which for your sons seems to be the ideal solution.
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Mon 10 Jan 2005 12:29
Red face.... - Roger Jones
I'm not allowed to forget any such thing any more. Several years ago I installed xReminder Pro:

www.xreminder.com

It's brilliant. Ah ha, having checked that the link works, I see that I am still quoted as saying so. I meant what I said there and I have no connection with the organization other than as a very satisfied user of the software.
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