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Looks like a full on Easter, noice! The tree pruning reminds me of a time I was pruning a cherry in the garden of the house we'd just bought. I was carefully cutting the branches away on the opposite from the side I'd propped my ladder. Of course, one of them did that whole fall whilst being cut but hang on long enough to swing round thing which meant it clattered the ladder and knocked it down. Luckily I had my phone in my pocket so had to ring my other half to come and pick up the ladder so I could get down - after she finished laughing of course! i can completely relate to that steve , this long ladder was so narrow and pretty un balanced on the round trunk , i was creeping up 25 ft , as smoothly as i could , then reaching up and using a 1" ratchet strap to tie it to the trunk , then going back down the wobbly nightmare ,and getting my bow saw ,then creeping back up again . To stop the gert big hunk of tree i then cut off falling on me or the ladder, i would cut the highest bits ,so they would fall on the lower bits , and then do my casting out rope and weight to try to catch it and pull it down . i did occasionally have bits fall on me on thier way down , and just clung limpetlike to the ladder as it wobbled and tuck my head down hoping i wouldn't get knocked off . in my mind was the mantra , "i'm on my own" , and the imagined sound of bones breaking as i hit the ground . This kept me pretty focused ! all's well that ends well ! regards robert That reminds me of setting off up the 200ft Gloucester fire tree in Western Australia and the wife shouting me back down as I was the only one insured to drive the car.
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Mar 28, 2024 12:54:48 GMT
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It's a Triumph, it will need its own thread eventually. I think Rudyard Kipling owned a Triumph at some point... ...If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same;...
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Mar 28, 2024 12:48:46 GMT
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My missus once got an ulcer on her eyeball from wearing lenses too much and being run down. She ended up having to have steroid injections in her freaking eye! That's just plain wrong.
The house and accompanying out houses are coming along splendidly Robert. I know you had a long wait to find the right place but I think sometimes the right place has to find you.
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Well we've been back a year now and all settled back into the swing of things. Work is going well for me with my progress onto the CNC side of the business. Wife has got herself a dream job in medical affairs for a company so she is happy. It's great meeting up with mates at the footy and having a beer. Life is good. Not really done anything with the cars but I have taken the Escort out for a couple of blasts in the Peak District over the summer. Need to get that mojo back and get the Mini done once and for all. One of the Escort out in the countryside and then a few old uns I've spotted out n about. Ooroo mi ducks.
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I've always found stretching my hamstrings is necessary to keep my back feeling supple. Once they start to tighten up I can feel my back starting to grumble at me.
Anyroad, apparently that low pressure system was causing water to boil at 98c so you couldn't even get a nice cup of tea to relax with.
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I like them Grizz. When I had my 9n Polo I fitted some 17" Toyota wheels to it. Right offset and everything.
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Oct 27, 2023 16:44:55 GMT
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Marina Sport anyone?
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Oct 15, 2023 12:44:12 GMT
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You have a veritable plethora of Minis young Robert. I am not one iota jealous.
That PlusGas stuff is the bees knees. The fitter at work swore by the stuff (quite regularly)
Hope you're feeling a bit perkier and not flogging yourself to death. All work n no play doth Robert a dull boy make.
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Aug 12, 2023 10:44:18 GMT
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Rad hose blew after 5 miles. Called recovery at 5. Got picked up at 630. Got taken to Warwick services. Been here since 730. Now 11.they're going to pick up car and me at 1115. Take to storage. Put me in a taxi and hotel. Take car and me on tomorrow. Between 11 and 1. Oi vey. Classic line insurance recovery. 0/10 . Sounds like when I picked up my Escort from Norwich. Overheated 3 times in 10 miles before giving up and calling in the cavalry to get it home. Luckily the wife was following in her car so I got home that night and the car turned up the day after.
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Bloody welding required for mot 😔 Naturally.
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Mar 29, 2023 18:43:17 GMT
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It has a look of a mix between old and new Scirocco about it.
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Jan 25, 2023 12:53:59 GMT
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Wife has a Stromboli Grey 2 litre diesel a few years back. Great little car.
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Good Lord, get the shotgun out. You don't want any peasants spoiling your tranquility. No, no, no... you need to wait a few years to get a flock established, then they'll reproduce at the same rate as you eat them You can't eat the peasants! Pheasants yes, peasants no!
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Peasants are moving in. So your vibe is possibly nice and calm for them. Good Lord, get the shotgun out. You don't want any peasants spoiling your tranquility.
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Well….. 100% success. Welcome home I hear them say. I was somewhat gobsmacked at the both of them. Even more so because they were running on the fuel that was left in the tank from 3.5 years ago.
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Buoyed by my success with the Mini it was time to move onto the Escort. I did all the same prep and gave it a crack...
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I've been very patient since returning from Australia. Had a few jobs to do around the house waking the place up. I decided that a week was long enough and it was time to have a go at getting the cars woken up.
First up was the mini. I took the plugs out, squirted a bit of oil down the lubes and turned it over to get the oil pressure up and then it was time to see....
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Nov 26, 2022 20:39:02 GMT
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Never mind, when you go back, you can start the downunder bit again... Welcome home, won't be long until you wish you hadn't 😱 Did I say the wife was being positive? Nope,not today. She's got the right monk on about being home. Doing my chuffing head in banging on about it all the time.
Anyway,went to look at a couple of Freelanders and a bit undecided about them. Did see a Volvo XC60 that we both liked though. Also at the garage was this old Astra looking sorry for itself.
Ooroo mi ducks
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