So my wife returned from Auckland tonight, having been away since Monday.

I was in the kitchen cooking dinner when I get a call from her to tell me that her car which had been left at Featherston station car park had been broken into.

It appears some sub-human scroats decided to have a go at hotwiring it. they broke a rear window after trying and failing to bust the door locks, then tore the shroud off the steering wheel column in an attempt to get at the wiring. Unfortunately for them, it has an immobiliser so they just ended up leaving it in a mess.

It's insured so I rang the AA who insure than particular one of our vehicles and they organised a tow truck to take it for repair straight away. I drove to the station to collect SWMBO. En route, using my Bluetooth headset of course, I rang the police in Featherston who I thought may want to see the vehicle in situ since it was just down the road. Nah, let me put you through to the non essential call centre so you can make a report. After being on hold for over 20 minutes, I did that bit and suggested that the perps were probably not bright, so fingerprint checking may be worthwhile. They asked me if I had any idea who did it and I said -ask the local policemen as I bet they do.

So ignoring the hassle factor we now have to deal with this, we will end up paying $400 in insurance excess to fund the nefarious activities of these morons unless they are caught and sentenced to repay it at the rate of $5 a week or something, probably from the benefits we are paying taxes to cover anyway.

All in all, I think I have had better Thursday evenings!