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General Category => Chatterbox => Topic started by: Jo on August 02, 2018, 06:29:48 AM
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I have been warned that there is a risk as we get older that we become less mobile so before I get into a rut i.e. move permanently into my workshop and am never seen again :slap: , I am looking at buying myself a mobility vehicle :mischief:
I don't want to have to give up my old Pug or make it have to be parked on the drive :hellno: so if I am going to buy the mobility vehicle (test drive booked for the 8th ;) ) I will need to clear out the second garage bay for it. This means I need to find new homes for my bench trailer, the Lawn tractor and my two Classic motorcycles. I initially looked at the idea of buying another shed but a decent one costs more than three casting sets :paranoia: So the current plan is to convert the disused stable into a bike and tractor garage with double doors and to store the trailer behind the garage.
So much for retiring into the workshop. Its DIY time :toilet_claw:
Jo
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Jo
I know that feeling all to well
Started with a walking stick moulded hand grip Ali job
Then two crutches
Then moblity pavement scooter
What are you looking at
Car , pavement or off road
Stuart
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Before I am told off for the lack of pics I have just been out for you:
The challenged garage bay with Lawn tractor and my bench trailer that has some of the stuff on it that has been extracted from the stable. The Stable itself and yet more hoardings :facepalm2: Finally the two blue doors that I have been using to prevent the rain getting onto my stored wood on the log store. :noidea:
The work plan: clear the stable, repair the stable, take off the existing door and the timber up to the corner and fit the two blue doors, concrete the floor, once dry move the hoarding back in complete with motorbikes and the tractor. All of this will need to be done before I am allowed the Mobility Vehicle :disappointed:
Jo
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Morning Stuart :)
What are you looking at: Car , pavement or off road
Its a car: after last year's surgery I find driving uncomfortable and have been avoiding it so hopefully the new vehicle will make me feel better when I drive it :embarassed:
Jo
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Jo
Hope it does the job for you
As for our car as it’s an auto and it’s my left leg is duff as well as my left foot it’s ok
The seats are the typical BMW with all the adjustment in a air compressor driven lumber support squeeze do da. So I get on ok with it
Now my scar is nearly gone I don’t get any discomfort from that
Stuart
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Already the old lady needs a coffee break :facepalm: One side cleared, some rubbish ::) plenty of construction materials and my concrete mixer has been found.
It looks like the build is going to be slightly delayed as the door furniture is not due until Tuesday next week :( and it is probably worth delaying the concreting until later in the week when it is due to be a bit cooler.
Hope it does the job for you
Everyone who has ever had one says using it put a smile on back their face ;)
Now my scar is nearly gone I don’t get any discomfort from that
You are lucky I have been told another 12 months before I am 100%.
Jo
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Just make sure the scooter has got a sturdy basket on the front for all those castings and your zip front fur lined slippers.
Have you got a name for it yet?
You could sell that old drawing board stand, they make quite reasonable prices when converted to "industrial tables" as do old lathe stands.
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Have you got a name for it yet?
I was thinking Minx :naughty:
You could sell that old drawing board stand, they make quite reasonable prices when converted to "industrial tables" as do old lathe stands.
:thinking: I hadn't thought of that. I was wondering what to do with it. I also have got the parallel motion and angle head etc.
Jo
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I was thinking Minx :naughty:
And why not ??? ;D My first car was a Hillman Super Minx Estate and I did naughty things in mine ... :LittleDevil:
Like this except mine was 2-tone marroon / grey
http://www.simoncars.co.uk/hillman/slides/Hillman%20Super%20Minx%20Series%20IV%20estate%20rear.jpg
Dave
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I was thinking Minx :naughty:
And why not ??? ;D My first car was a Hillman Super Minx Estate and I did naughty things in mine ... :LittleDevil:
:facepalm2:
No worries about that in this one :hellno:
Jo
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I was thinking Minx :naughty:
And why not ??? ;D My first car was a Hillman Super Minx Estate and I did naughty things in mine ... :LittleDevil:
:facepalm2:
No worries about that in this one :hellno:
Jo
Not bothering with 'Privacy Glass' then ???? Quite right too. :LittleAngel: :lolb:
Dave
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I thought you might have called it Moby but probably a better idea not to knowing what you will want to add onto the end of that :-X
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Boys :disappointed:
The stationary engine clearly liked it in there and I had to use a scaffold bar as a pry bar to get it out :ShakeHead: All clear so now the repairs can start :ThumbsUp:
The intention is to lay 100mm of concrete for the floor. I am planning to do it as four strips as I can't hand mix all of it in one go :hellno: especially in this weather. But does it need a polythene membrane under it :noidea:
Jo
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A DPM would help stop any dampness working it's way up from the ground below and for a few quid out of the casting fund would be worth adding. In this weather it will also keep the new slab moist for longer so you get a better set rather than have it all wicked away into that dusty dry soil.
Are you keeping the pump and engine, can't see you really feeling the need to restore that and take it to shows You never know the income from that may pay for a couple of strapping lads from one of the "mix and place" firms rather than knocking yourself up while knocking up all that concrete.
Or you could remove the pump and add a seat and drive train for a simple home brewed mobility scooter :LittleDevil:
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Ta, options on DPM: Rubber water tank liner or some plastic DPM stuff not sure how big that is :noidea:
The review of the condition shows that the two ends need the bottom 12" of the cladding replacing and as expected the bottom of the main uprights have all rotted out :(
Brown stuff :paranoia: working in the brown stuff :paranoia: brown stuff :toilet_claw:
Jo
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Hi Jo
Pity I didn't know about the DPM before .... :'(
I have a part-roll of ( I think ) this stuff somewhere from doing my garage floor.
www.screwfix.com/p/capital-valley-plastics-ltd-vapour-barrier-green-300ga-2-5-x-20m/12869
Dunno how much is left though.
Some of the bar-stock I gave you is wrapped in it to keep the rust at bay IIRC
Want me to look for it ? I can't remember where it is off-hand but I don't think I've disposed of it.
Dave
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Could this be the new mobility vehicle
https://www.jaguarusa.com/all-models/type/crossovers-suvs.html
Whiskey
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I think Jo was thinking more along these lines :ROFL:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6121/6016046272_c428aa3f55_b.jpg)
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https://www.google.com/search?q=barstool+racer&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#imgrc=pkvR841ISTeyxM:
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That is a bit nearer the right size for the garage bay :naughty:.
The offending soft bit of wall has been cut out, a line of pavers put in the bottom of the trench and a few bits of timber sorted that just about fit.... I need to jack up those pavers a bit :thinking: The main timbers are treated ready for the morning :ThumbsUp:
In the mean time there has been a some trumpeting coming from the house :headscratch: Then I realised it is Thursday and Surus knows Thursday is our casting fondling night :facepalm: so we will have to give in for the evening and carry on at first light ;).
Jo
P.S. Thanks Dave I am sorted for the waterproof membrane :)
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P.S. Thanks Dave I am sorted for the waterproof membrane :)
Perhaps as well 'cos I can't find it .... Maybe I have dumped it. :noidea:
Dave
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I think Jo was thinking more along these lines :ROFL:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6121/6016046272_c428aa3f55_b.jpg)
I was wondering what she looked like!
:lolb:
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Now you know :LittleDevil:
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I have not even test driven the vehicle yet ::)
Jo
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Put a bracket on the back, bolt on some aero engines, make it prop driven...
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About 30 years ago I spoke to a bloke in Christchanurch (NZ) about his mobility scooter. He told me that he had built it himself. It had 4 motors, one in each hub, four large deep cycle batteries, and a generator powered by a Honda 4 stroke engine for recharging while mobile, this also put the voltage up. On battery alone it would do about 20kph in top gear, and 10 in low gear. In top with the generator running it ran at 25 kph(all illeagal). He lived in an outer suberb, and used high power in unpopulated areas.
Ian S C
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Jo,
I hope all goes well with the mobility vehicle.
I think the one in the photo needs wheely bars, fortunately I recognize that you are not the driver of said vehicle.
Art
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fortunately I recognize that you are not the driver of said vehicle.
Get some glasses or update your prescription.
Or is it me that needs to get my glasses updated? :thinking:
I'll probably leave my glasses alone...I couldn't help but think "Hot Wheels"...IF you know what I mean.
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I think the one in the photo needs wheely bars,
No need for Wheely bars, just a basket on the front with some castings in will do the same job ;)
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Coffee break time so update time ;)
The lower timbers are now attached and I have reinforced the first half at the bottom. It looks like this is going to have to be a short day as it is getting a bit too hot to work :( The target is to finish this end. the other end needs digging out :toilet_claw: The good news is that the door hinges have turned up so I know what I will be doing tomorrow :ThumbsUp:
Edit: Other end done. :) But it is too hot now to be in the sun :disappointed:
Jo
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Hiding in the shade I decided that giving the other side a poke to see the extent of the damage was worth while :thinking: It is worse than the first end and I need to do a lot of digging out to be able to repair that :facepalm:
So I had a poke at the side of the door with a crowbar and after 20 mins it fell down :naughty: Except that little steel pin that had been reinforcing the post. I pulled it, I wobbled it I tried putting a clamp around it to give me something better to hold on to but it wasn't going anywhere :ShakeHead: Not one to be beaten off to the workshop find an 8mm drill... drill hole in piece of metal, poke old bolt in hole and use the crow bar on that :ThumbsUp: It was a little longer than I anticipated :o
I need to look at how I can reinforce the corner of the stable next :noidea:
Jo
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Looks like the roof timbers could do with some remedial work too. Whoever put those new timbers in ran them in the wrong direction, for a corrugated roof you need purlins not rafters. The corrugations give the stifness down the pitch and the purlins support the sheets across the direction they bend in. That is why the joints of the noggins have all pulled out as that is the direction of the load.
May have been easier to take it down and start afresh ontop of a nice solid slab.
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You are not saying my father did a bodge job are you all those years ago :stickpoke: It has stood for 20 years without any problems. Unless the plastic splits it will probably out last me. My father did that decorative set of joints in the noggins they look just as professional today as when he first did them ::)
There is a lot of stuff to come out to fix this side so time to give up and do some retirement practise :DrinkPint:
Jo
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What is the Wickham pump for?
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A quick poke with a spade and it must be breakfast time :thinking:
As expected the front corner has one of those new fangled air bearings :noidea: Need to fix that before hanging the doors ;)
What is the Wickham pump for?
Its for someone who wants to give it some TLC ;)
Jo
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Some of us have not been skiving :hellno: they have been gardening :ThumbsUp: And have now been allowed back to do a bit of gentle retirement exercise...
The air bearing has been supplemented with a met post and a repair pillar which should be easily replaceable in the future if needed and additional met posts have been added along the wall for extra strength :) . The doors have been hung and are about 5/16" over width :facepalm: Brown stuff :ShakeHead: Working with the brown stuff :toilet_claw:
Its too hot so time to give in and have some refreshments :wine1:
Jo
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Jo,
Those hinges look very solid. Did you have to special order those? I like that they are half the width of the door. Following up on the roof sagging in spots would something like this be helpful?
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Simpson-Strong-Tie-LUS-2-in-x-6-in-Z-MAX-Galvanized-Double-Shear-Face-Mount-Joist-Hanger-LUS26Z/100375105 (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Simpson-Strong-Tie-LUS-2-in-x-6-in-Z-MAX-Galvanized-Double-Shear-Face-Mount-Joist-Hanger-LUS26Z/100375105)
Might something like this be helpful without undoing everything?
Art
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Morning Art :) Those are cheap off the shelf Gate hinges: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Reversible-Gate-Hinges-600mm-24-Pair-Galvanised-Heavy-Duty-Stable-Door-X-H077/272249072893?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 I was very surprised how cheap door furniture is these days. I have been hoarding second hand odds and ends for years but at these prices I have been turfing out all the old stuff.
The roof has not sagged it is just Jason picking holes in things as normal :disappointed: Those horrible looking noggins are my father's DIY :-[ I try hard to avoid letting him loose on anything to avoid features like those :paranoia: What really gets me is the way when I do a good job he claims I take after him :hellno:
I won't bother with updates for the second side repairs you have seen it all before ;) That's assuming it works :Lol: Other side well underway ;)
Jo
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The two ends are finished and I have levelled the floor for the concrete. I am planning on four pours each of just over 1m wide - this takes into account how far I can reach to level and how much concrete I might be able to mix before I feel my age :old:
The sandy ballast and cement is not due for four days :facepalm: but I might be tempted to check out the back wall and possibly underpin that with old bricks as well :thinking:
I will need to make up the cementing frame but does the damp coarse go inside or outside the frame? :noidea:
Jo
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I would certainly put the three dividers ontop of the sheet so that you get a single joint free membrain, remove one divider after each pour. I would also brace the dividers so they don't bulge with the weight of concrete.
Ideally the sheet would go in first and be turned up the edges and the outer formwork removed but as you have the walls in the way that won't be possible. If the outer timber can be removed and the space infilled with concrete then I would put poly in first if not do outer frame then polly then dividers. Alternative would be no outer frame and concrete upto the walls but does make it a bit harder to level as nothing to run a tamp along, poly turned up walls.
I can see what has happened to the roof now, the whole back wall has dropped easily seen from the cilll of that side window. Rafter on right is supported by the central post and not supported at the rear and just waving in the air. All other rafters resting on the sunken wall plate so the roof dips making it look like it sags. In an ideal world either lift back wall or increase head height with a new plate.
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Jason
Better get over and give Jo a hand to get it done to your satisfaction :stir:
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She won't pay my rates :LittleDevil:
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So you want more than a cup of tea and a bacon butty for a days work for a fine Young Lady ,just retired
Shame on you :stir:
Stuart
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She won't pay my rates :LittleDevil:
This is very true, my natural frugal nature is why I could afford to retire rather earlier than Jason will be :lolb:
I did consider getting my friendly builder to do it with his gang of illegal immigrants :-X but because of their very reasonable rates (endless cups of tea, with a minimum of two packets of biscuits and all they can eat at lunchtime every day) they are in great demand :-\
Jo
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I couldn't risk being accused of taking after my father :hellno: so before breakfast I have been out and under pinned the back wall and added extra timbers to bring the bottom of the wall level so that the membrane frame can be lent against it.
I am in danger of having a little workshop time before the concreting materials turn up :thinking: ... Mustn't slack I am not at work any more :lolb:
Jo
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The rubber :naughty: is down and the outer frame so I now need to wait :disappointed: wait to borrow a power plane to do the door edges and wait for the concreting materials to turn up :toilet_claw:
Jo
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Any concrete down yet?
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Any concrete down yet?
They haven't delivered the materials :rant: chased this morning but they will not be arriving until Monday.
Just finishing off putting on the door furniture :)
Jo
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I have no excuses now not to finish the floor ;D
Jo
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He did well to get the truck up to there ... :ThumbsUp:
What a Hero ..... Or was it the fluttering of the eye-lashes and the promise of a mug of tea and a free fig ?
Back to wood butchering and primer for me ... last four shelves in production and then NO MORE !!!!! :whoohoo:
10:40 ..... near enough for elevenses ... tea and nibbles I think ...
Best of luck with the concrete, don't put it down if it's too hot. It'll crack if you don't use retarder ... and that only works up to a point. Been there .... :facepalm:
Dave
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He was such a nice man Dave that I have decided I would like him to visit again :embarassed: when he delivers the other two bulk bags I need to finish the entire floor :facepalm:
First pour was two hours, so another 6 should see the floor finished and I can look at using whatever remains of the materials for an apron on the stable :)
Jo
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Hi Jo
Looks like a very creditable job for an amateur .... :ThumbsUp:
Of course a professional would not have considered the job complete until the concrete was splashed up the walls, :rant: but you can finish that bit any-time ... :D
Dave
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Thought there may be a few elephant foot prints in it by now or did you give him some castings to keep him out of the way.
Why a split load or did you not get the quantities right, general rule of thumb is 1.6ton aggregate to cubic meter. Not sure what Travis put in theirs but a large bag from the suppliers I use is about 800kg, smaller midi bags 400kg
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No problem with foot prints: Surus is busy reorganising his castings so he has space for his new sets he's getting on Friday :pinkelephant:
I got the quantities wrong I calculated for 3m by 4m and 3" planed timbers when it is 4" planed timbers and 3.5m by 4.5m :Doh: the bags are 850Kg. I just hope my neighbour does not obstruct access on Thursday when they are due I foolishly asked him politely if he could keep it clear - its the sort of childish thing he will get pleasure out of :disappointed: especially as he is about to have his house repossessed :(
Nothing is impossible, sometimes it just takes a little longer but time is the one thing those of us who are retired have have lots of :wine1:
Jo
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Nothing is impossible, sometimes it just takes a little longer but time is the one thing those of us who are retired have have lots of :wine1:
Jo
Ha Ha. There is always lots of time. It's the energy which disappears as you get further into your retirement. So get the heavy stuff done NOW
Mike :old:
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Which is exactly why I am doing this now Mike ;)
I'll tell you all about my attempts to buy the new Mobility Vehicle on Friday Mike :disappointed: :Mad: :rant: :censored: :censored: If the attempts to buy it finally come to nothing at least it has motivated me to get the stable up to scratch for another 20+ years so it will have been worth it :noidea:
Jo
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Hi Jo,
This retirement lack looks far to strenuous, give the old boss a ring & see if you can go back to work for a rest!
For a floor that size how come you isn’t get ready mixed concrete delivered? You would of had the whole lot done in a couple of hours, been sitting back :wine1: in hand admiring your handy work.....oh wait the moth count would of been higher, casting count on hold....now I get it!
Cheers Kerrin
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Ha Ha. There is always lots of time. It's the energy which disappears as you get further into your retirement.
I would give a :ThumbsUp: in agreement and a :ThumbsDown: because it's true.
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Ha Ha. There is always lots of time. It's the energy which disappears as you get further into your retirement.
I would give a :ThumbsUp: in agreement and a :ThumbsDown: because it's true.
Not sure I'd agree with it, at least not yet (6 years into retirement so far). But, as Carl would say, I'm not nearly normal... ;D
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Nothing is impossible, sometimes it just takes a little longer but time is the one thing those of us who are retired have have lots of :wine1:
Jo
Ha Ha. There is always lots of time. It's the energy which disappears as you get further into your retirement. So get the heavy stuff done NOW
Mike :old:
YUP!
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Thanks for looking in Guys :)
This retirement lark looks far to strenuous, give the old boss a ring & see if you can go back to work for a rest!
Yes I thought that on day 2 of my retirement :lolb:
As for the ready mix - I've always done as much of anything as I can. Its not the mixing that is the problem its the shipping it across the garden, the laying and levelling. I can mix and lay at about the right rate. If there was two doing it it may have been possible but in all these years of being an eligible young lady I have not found any opportunities worth pursuing :disappointed: in the meantime I get to do everything ::)
Jo
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Second pour is complete :) I have used up that entire bulk bag plus three bags of cement: the next delivery of material possibly will be tomorrow and Friday is the show so unless it turn up early the next pour will have to wait for Saturday.
I am sure I should feel more knackered after doing this sort of stuff especially at my age :noidea:
Jo
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Is that 3 bags of cement to one 850kg bag? :'( Or just 3 bags today.
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I used three bags today.
The paint has arrived so I can look at finishing off the doors
Jo
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Well if this retirement thing doesn't work out Jo, you can always open you own contract cement business :mischief:
Bill
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Thank you Bill ::)
The doors have had two coats of paint and had a few repairs so I am calling them acceptable :ThumbsUp:
It looks like workshop weather tomorrow so the rest of the concreting is going to have to wait at least another two days :disappointed:
Jo
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Nice!! That looks great Jo :ThumbsUp: You can change the above to Jo's concrete, carpentry and painting ;)
Bill
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Everything is looking great Jo!
But can you explain to me exactly what a Mobility vehicle is? Somehow I don't think you are purchasing a battery powered scooter and I can't imagine that you are purchasing a wheel chair accessible van. So unless I missed it somewhere in this thread can you enlighten me? SUV maybe?
Dave
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The doors look swell Jo.
You may dislike the brown stuff...but you handle it well. ;D
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I agree with Zee, looks great! :ThumbsUp:
And I agree with Dave, what are you talking about? :thinking:
Kim
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Thanks Guys :)
But can you explain to me exactly what a Mobility vehicle is? Somehow I don't think you are purchasing a battery powered scooter and I can't imagine that you are purchasing a wheel chair accessible van. So unless I missed it somewhere in this thread can you enlighten me? SUV maybe?
As I said in my first post I was looking to buy a new vehicle to get me out of my workshop and mobile to encourage me to meet new people and go places so it had to offer as much fun and enjoyment as playing in my workshop. As I already have a very reliable little station waggon I have been looking at a little 2 seater open top sports car :embarassed:
I had been warned by a couple of friends but in this day and age did not believe what I was told about new car salesmen but when I went for the test drive it proved to be all true and some more :toilet_claw: The long and short is I walked away with the cash still in my pocket and the entire experience is not one I have any desire to repeat any time soon :disappointed:
Having spoken to the boys who maintain my Station Wagon they have advised I should sit tight until just before Christmas when the latest vehicle updates have arrived, the new registration plate has come in, the dealers are desperate to make their monthly quotas and no one is buying open top cars due to the weather. Then they have recommended a couple of vehicles to look at but to buy at about 4 years old with about 10K miles on the clock and it will cost me less than half of the new price :noidea:
In the meantime it has motivated me to restore the stable and I will have the second garage bay available for whatever toy I buy when the time comes :) However mobility is already becoming an issue as playing in the workshop/garden is so much fun I could spend every day doing it happily and I am only 16 days into retirement :-[
Jo
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Wow! 16 days already :o. Time sure flies when you are having fun doesn't it :whoohoo:
Bill
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Thanks Jo
I guess when I read this: "I have been warned that there is a risk as we get older that we become less mobile so before I get into a rut i.e. move permanently into my workshop and am never seen again :slap: , I am looking at buying myself a mobility vehicle :mischief:"
Cruising around in a open top two seat sports car didn't come to mind.
Dave
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Cruising around in a open top two seat sports car didn't come to mind.
No imagination :mischief:
Jo
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Here’s a top tip: Find one purchased by a gentleman going through his midlife crisis and who’s wife has decided he’s having too much fun and attention from the ladies with it; they usually are quick to sell at a very reduced rate. Don’t ask me how I know >:D :mischief: :lolb:
Big E
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Here’s a top tip: Find one purchased by a gentleman going through his midlife crisis and who’s wife has decided he’s having too much fun and attention from the ladies with it; they usually are quick to sell at a very reduced rate. Don’t ask me how I know >:D :mischief: :lolb:
Big E
That reminds me of the ad I saw one time by a fellow who was selling a motorcycle. After describing the motorcycle he had for sale, he went on to say: "Apparently.........'just go buy whatever you want'.........doesn't mean what I thought it meant"! :shrug:
Jim
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Jo
I did not think you were old enough for a mid life crisis :stir:
If you are getting a rag top why not porker boxter noisy as hell shakes your filling out , no I do not want one but the SIL has one the road tax is horrid daughter has a porker cayn tank , but hang on they are both at the porker menders the tank has done its brakes in and broken a spring the other one needs a new blouse (top)
Great work on the renavation much more than I can do nowadays it’s the extra legs that get in the way
Take care and be carful
88’s
Stuart
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I have one of “porker boxsters ” , ‘02 vintage. Not a bit of problem except for tires and speeding tickets so far :lolb:
E
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Right up your street and a big boot (trunk) for all those castings :)
(https://icdn-0.motor1.com/images/mgl/07k3W/s3/2014-515201-bentley-continental-gt-speed-convertible-for-breast-cancer-awareness-month1.jpg)
Though I suspect the moths may only want to stretch as far as a MX-5
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Same thing I think Jason, just a more sedate colour.
https://www.google.com/search?q=bentley+drophead&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#imgrc=3u2iOkIit7-ISM:
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Bentley might be a bit tight in the garage if the Pug is staying inside so an Elise would be another option, Cup 260 maybe?
http://www.lotuscars.com/elise-cup-260
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Or:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64_wockTS1E
Jo would need to buy a Bowler though .... need to look the part.
Dave
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Keep the ideas coming boys :ThumbsUp:
That nice man turned up with my extra two bags of Ballast but due to my neighbour having a bad year and wanting to take it out on everyone around him he obstructed access to my property so I had to barrow it into the garden. So an hour later both bags are in and I while I am tempted to lay a slab of concrete I will save that for another day ;)
Jo
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Having spoken to a couple of the Bentley owners club at the Bristol show they both agreed on a suitable mobility vehicle that would meet my needs ... now I just have to find one :thinking:
Jo
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We have a floor ;D It is not quiet what I wanted for my birthday: I was planning on having a new car :noidea:
Next I need to dig out for the apron or I could play in the workshop and make some swarf... its a difficult choice :thinking:.
Jo
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Very nice Jo. Betting you are glad to have that part of it done as well!! Take today off and spend it in the workshop :)
Bill
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Thanks Bill,
Take today off and spend it in the workshop :)
Great idea but I like to get on and do things, so before the family descended on me this afternoon I managed to get the apron dug out so it is ready to pour in the morning :ThumbsUp: The bad news is the concrete sealant says I need to leave it to dry for 1 month per 25mm of depth of concrete so that is not going to be finished any time soon :disappointed: I will have to move the stuff back in before then...
Maybe I will get back into the workshop by Wednesday, so much for retiring into my workshop never to be seen again... As the family left me with another bottle of Champagne I feel it would be rude not to drink it as it is at the right temperature (https://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/nahrung/a010.gif)
Jo
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I am getting complaints that I have not posted any pics today ::) so just to keep Eric happy here is a pic of the finished apron.
As I cannot seal the floor until January at the earliest the stuff is having to go back in :-\. Only the light stuff for now and I am having to dance across those boards to get it in. Maybe tomorrow I will see if the Stationary engine likes its new home. As it is still a bit damp the bikes might wait a few more days.
In amongst the s-crap very useful things I had to put back in my stable I found a new friend trying to make himself at home :o . He has been encourage to find somewhere else to live :paranoia:
Jo
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Looks great Jo. The apron that is....I agree the new friend can find some new digs to curl up in!!
Bill
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How do you know it's a 'himself' :headscratch:
Could be a 'herself' or trans-gender.
Could be a Russian spy disguised as a trouser belt. Mr.Putin's operatives are everywhere. True! ... Must be, the Daily Mail says so... :insane:
Sweet little thing whatever it is. :)
You're lucky to have them. All I have is wasps ... :shrug:
Dave
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How do you know it's a 'himself' :headscratch:
He has a long tail (tapering bit) relatively to his body length ;)
I also keep honey bees, there is the beet root eater (or this year as I netted the beetroot, the flowers/flocks eater :cussing: ) and my green woodpecker which we have agreed that we both talk to each other in the garden so that I don't spook her...As long as I talk to her she will let me within a couple of metres of where she is.
Did I mention the monster European hornets, thankfully they are docile unless you provoke them :paranoia:
Jo
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And don't forget them ankle biting, leg eating horse flies
Mike :facepalm:
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How do you know it's a 'himself' :headscratch:
He has a long tail (tapering bit) relatively to his body length ;)
I also keep honey bees, there is the beet root eater (or this year as I netted the beetroot, the flowers/flocks eater :cussing: ) and my green woodpecker which we have agreed that we both talk to each other in the garden so that I don't spook her...As long as I talk to her she will let me within a couple of metres of where she is.
Did I mention the monster European hornets, thankfully they are docile unless you provoke them :paranoia:
Jo
Ah ... So that's how it's possible to sex snakes. Didn't know that :headscratch:
Not seen a hornet here, stung by a wasp this morning :cussing: Not too bad, one of the late season small ones I think. It had perched in the hoe handle. Didn't see it and grabbed the said handle and got zapped. Flicked the thing onto the floor and applied the size 10 boot compression test. ;D Boot 1 .. Wasp 0
They seem to spend a lot of time around the tree lupins you gave me for some reason. A couple of weeks ago there were a lot of Ladybird larvae on them but not now. All turned into the adult beetles and .. errr ... beetled off I suppose ... :facepalm: Sorry, best I could do ... ( They can nip you too. Got a little nip from one some weeks ago when I had one on my hand looking at it. )
Probably died of food poisoning, poor little bugger .... that'll larn 'im .... :Lol:
Dave
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Be careful of those wasps Dave it is late in the season and they can get mean ::)
All the stuff is back in and other than doing the all important car hunting/purchase you will find me in my workshop :whoohoo:
Jo
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How about one of these then? No new fangled electronics, good spares availability and plenty of space :)
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:hellno:
I used to have a few Spitfires learnt a lot about maintaining cars owning those :Doh:
This wimp is going for something that handles, is safe and reliable and doesn't bio-degrade whenever I leave it for a couple of days :disappointed:
Jo
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I used to have a few Spitfires learnt a lot about maintaining cars owning those
Chuckle. Get a Mazda MX-5, it's basically a spitfire but with Japanese engine and electrics, i.e. a Spitfire with the demons of Lucas excorsized.
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Lucas the prince of darkness :)
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I used to have a few Spitfires learnt a lot about maintaining cars owning those
Chuckle. Get a Mazda MX-5, it's basically a spitfire but with Japanese engine and electrics, i.e. a Spitfire with the demons of Lucas excorsized.
Well, not ALL the demons! I just had to splice in new pigtails to the coils on each cylinder on my '06 since they used very thin wire for the signal wires, and they are well known (but ignored by Mazda) to eventually break internally, causing nasty intermittant missing. Other than that issue though, it is a very fun car to drive, and has held up remarkably well for 12 years so far.
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Jo,
You could always get one of what I'm driving in my Avatar. Sub 5 seconds to 60, 35-40 m.p.g. Simple short roof that can be put up in a couple of mins. And if you really felt enthusiastic you could build it yourself.
Colin
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Jo,
You could always get one of what I'm driving in my Avatar. Sub 5 seconds to 60, 35-40 m.p.g. Simple short roof that can be put up in a couple of mins. And if you really felt enthusiastic you could build it yourself.
Colin
Now THAT would be fun. But is it available as a castings kit rather than fully machined?!?!
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Yes It comes as a kit, some bits might need a bit of fettling. Just needs assembly. I spend around 170 hours building mine. Can be done quicker, but the more care you take the better.
With a bit of luck its going round Los Picos in Spain in couple of weeks. Engine and programmable ECU permitting.
Colin
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I better get on and clear that other bay I will need it on Friday :mischief:
Jo
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Your electric scooter is being delivered? :lolb:
Dave
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What!!!! Jo, in a 'Granny Pram'. No way :lolb: :lolb:
Mike
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I better get on and clear that other bay I will need it on Friday :mischief:
Jo
Are we to assume you have plumped ??? :headscratch:
Dave
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No more casytings for the little fellow for a while then :(
Has it got a name yet :lolb:
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I am sure I told you weeks ago "Minx" :noidea:
Surus is giving me a bit of :stickpoke: as he is expecting some more Wall casting sets but I am making him wait >:D
Nearly had a nasty accident clearing the bay I was just about to take the Dommi off her stand and I got this image in my mind of squashed fingers so stopped and realised she doesn't have any bolts in the top of the shocks :paranoia: Something for tomorrow :wine1:
Jo
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Well is was not sure if you had settled on an MX-5 in which case Minx is a suitable name, I was worried you may have bought Eric's Disco off him as he is not allowed to drive it.
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I was worried you may have bought Eric's Disco off him as he is not allowed to drive it.
:hellno:
Its a mobility vehicle: (https://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/verschiedene/e040.gif)
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That Dommi looks like it really needs some TLC or are you just storing it Jo :thinking:
Good luck with the new vehicle :cheers:
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Thanks Per,
That Dommi looks like it really needs some TLC or are you just storing it Jo :thinking:
I've been storing it for over 25 years I still haven't decided what to do with it :(. The way I see it if I wanted to restore a bike then I have one (+ a WD B40 BSA) but I find I enjoy making model engines more fun than restoring motorcycles. It has not cost anything in all those years :shrug:
These days I prefer the protection of a big metal box around me rather than risk driving a 50 year old motorbike which does not brake or accelerate like modern vehicles.
Jo
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rather than risk driving a 50 year old motorbike which does not brake or accelerate like modern vehicles.
Amen to that - I did not include the car part of the sentence, as I only ever had and have motorcycles .... but I do prefer the modern ones for the reason you gave - mind you modern tyres are a big part of the performance you get on a modern bike.
I can get away with actions on modern tires that would have killed me on the tires of our youth ::) :-X
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I've been riding bikes since I was 16 and still ride mine (in the avatar) I've had it since 2000 and not had a problem. I do have cars non computer controlled. '92 Nissan patrol for trips with the van and 3 Mercedes which I maintain as occasional use vehicles all on club registration. They are a '75 W116 450 SEL, '78 W123 300D sedan and a '83 W123 280TE wagon (estate to you northerners. The bike is my main method of travel unless 'er indoors and the dog want to come.
Pete)
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I was discouraged from riding my bikes as the ex did not have a bike license and didn't like sitting pillion :-X
My Dommie has had a couple of items made for her, (which I enjoyed making ::) ) and she has moved down into the stable leaving the second bay clear for the new arrival.
Next decision: should Minx have that bay or the other one, maybe Pug should move over for now and we can see how she likes the other bay :noidea: I bet those of you who can't fit their cars in the garage are pleased you don't have these difficult decisions to make :LittleDevil:
Jo
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(https://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/verschiedene/e040.gif)
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So where are you going this weekend once you are mobile? Nice ride over to Amberley for the model traction engine rally should give here a good run :)
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Surus tells me I owe him some castings :noidea:
But Amberley would be a nice day out :thinking:
Jo
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HAPPY NEW MAZDA
:whoohoo: :whoohoo: :cartwheel: :cartwheel: :cartwheel: :whoohoo: :whoohoo:
Or something like that .... :D
I shall dig out the last row of spuds .... can hardly contain my excitement ..... :-\
Have fun
Dave
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Thanks Dave.
Minx is a bit of a flirt so she is already living up to her name :embarassed:
Jo
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Hi Jo
Aah! Nice one ..... 8) Afraid it would crucify my back :'(
Excused myself spud digging ....started to rain a bit earlier on and is absolutely hissing down now ..
Decided to use some bits of alloy tube and other off-cuts to make a weather vane :shrug: Why do they call them that? They don't tell you what the weather is, just, hopefully, the wind direction :headscratch:
Dave
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Nice ride Jo and I love the bonnet badge too. Too bad they put the steering wheel on the wrong side though :lolb:. Enjoy your newfound mobility :)
Bill
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Congratulations on the new acquirement and may she bring you many smiles and miles :cheers:
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Nice wheels Jo!
I was thinking the same thing about the steering wheel. :Lol:
Dave
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Great looking ride! I still have my '06 one, they are a lot of fun. Though I have not converted mine to steam or hit and miss like you might... :Lol:
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Nice ride. Nice picture.
Would be even better with the driver in it. :naughty:
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Sweet ride! Just in time for snow... :paranoia:
Pete
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Thanks Guys :cheers:
I am still learning about her and there may be a few trips out required before the snow :facepalm: sets in.
Would be even better with the driver in it. :naughty:
Very difficult to do Surus has not yet mastered use of a camera and I am not a fan of letting myself be photographed :hellno: The best you can hope for is for one of the other members to take a photo of me when we go out acquiring castings for the day ::)
Jo
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Hi Jo,
Just showed R the new badge, she laughed! She also like the look of your new toy! R has a Mazda 3 hatch in racing red...racing to look at & racing it is!
Still can’t figure out how you intend to get the plowing engines in the boot!
Cheers Kerrin
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I was also looking for the red colour but there are not many of them and as they brought out a slightly updated model two weeks ago the dealer gave me a huge discount :naughty: to take this older model off his hands :ThumbsUp:
Still can’t figure out how you intend to get the plowing engines in the boot!
That is why I have kept the Pug - little Station Waggon. For the sum of less than a bottle of wine a week I have the choice of two different types of vehicle and if you ask some people they think that drinking less wine is good for me :noidea:
Jo
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So a serious cost then!! :lolb: still having to forgo a :wine1: or :wine1: a week could have repercussion's, My Dad figured that the châteaux cardboard he drinks keeps elephants out of his fridge & the butter!
Cheers Kerrin
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I find it also keeps crocodiles from my front yard and spa.
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Jo
I am disappointed in you a YL. With a history of riding iron
You would have gone for something like a Ducati Desmodronic and a some nice red leathers to match.
As your Minx only have room for small casings you would not have lost much
Ah the thrill of the open road flys in your teeth ( opps they use full face brain buckets now a day ) just don’t sneeze 🤧
Enjoy your new ride hope you get your mojo back with it
Stuart
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Sadly my back does not let me ride café racers any longer Stuart :-\ And no one would want to see me in skin tight leathers any more :hellno:
I might have problems with Minx and castings the first pair of flywheels I am planning to pick up are a bit big for the boot :facepalm: So casting purchases will have to be a little more restrained if I take her ::)
Looks like we will be going as JB suggested to Amberley today, which will also give me a chance to test drive the sound system :naughty:
Jo
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Don't forget to take your camera and enjoy the ride, looks like the weather will give you a chance to get your top off too 8)
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There were a few engines there and lots of others also were going round with their tops off 8)
Jo
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Actually lots of model traction engines :)
Jo
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Some were still on their trailers.
Jo
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and some model steam engines.
Jo
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And hot air engines
Jo
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More steam engines, some full size pumps for steam launches.
Jo
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Every where you looked more model traction engines (and a steam car ;) )
And a few pics of the steam crane :Love:
Jo
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You do get a good turnout for Amberley and nice that most things are running unlike the usual Model Engineering Exhibitions.
Did the Minx behave herself?
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Did the Minx behave herself?
:-X
The Sat Nav had its moment :facepalm:
Jo
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Great pictures Jo, thanks for posting them. Sitting here as the remnants of Hurricane Florence continue to fall, its nice to see folks enjoying a nice day at the model engine show. Certainly lots of beautiful tractions there!!
Bill
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Great collection of models! The mechanism on the crane is interesting, really packed in. Thanks for the pictures!
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Did the Minx behave herself?
:-X
The Sat Nav had its moment :facepalm:
Jo
Or was it a PEBKAC.
were is my tin hat and Kevlar jumper
Pity about not getting a bike , but I bet the cost would have been the same
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Great pictures. Looks like a very enjoyable show.
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Great pictures, Jo. And it looks like the day was ideal for a MV outing.
Alan
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Thanks Guys, We had fun and I learnt a lot :)
The Sat Nav had its moment :facepalm:
Or was it a PEBKAC.
All the other Sat nav I have had when you turn the Nav on you can continue to the previous place or if you enter a new place it takes you there instead ... This one if it has not gone to exactly where it thinks it should have gone on its last trip it keeps trying to direct you there before any new locations... so you think you have told it we are going home but until you physically cancel the previous location it still wants to go there before you can go to the newly entered place :noidea: And then there is the voice control stuff: What are people going to think of me if they catch me talking to the Minx ::)
The other fun thing is that as you put the roof up she automatically lowers the windows but does not raise them again after the roof is clamped in place. Of course unless the engine is running you have no windows control so you can't raise them again without starting the engine :facepalm:
Jo
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Hi Jo,
Great photos and looked like a fun time. I sure do like the Red and Black Buggy :Love:
Have a great day,
Thomas
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Hi Jo,
If the manual that came with the Minix is the same that came with our Mazdas you need to be a engineer to understand it......oh wait you got that covered!
Loved the photos!
Cheers Kerrin
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Jo
Looks like you had a good time at the show and giving minx a run out
Yes the joys of modern sat navs , mine has a very plesent female voice , it thinks I will take notice :stir:
The best one we had was a Nissan almera you put the hotel in and it said you had arrived at the gates and 3D birds eye view
The beemer one is good but it only gets you to the post code not the address
My worst thing with a sat nav was took the Nissan in for service , so they had a play with it but did not know how to reset it , so paid the bill and tried to drive home ( I new my way home ) but sat nav belleyached me to go elsewhere
The voice controllers are worst that usless IMHO
Mine tin top is like that with its widows no rum rum windows they no worky
I am to polite to make any comment about Jo driving minx with het top off :Director: :stir:
Take care and enjoy this retirement job
Stuart
BTW got an appointment form the hospital for nov. 8 months after the scan and 11 months after the opp
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Thanks for all the great photos Jo. Looks like you had a very nice day.
Dave
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Love the MX-5, looks like you have nearly the same model as me, but in ragtop. I fell in love with the blue color, only available in the RF edition here, and I wanted a hard top anyway given the amount of rain we have. Have you learned the Mazda salute yet? On the older models, you are supposed to flip up the headlights, on the newer ones just blip your high beams. Or just smile and wave.
I did meet a chap with a red one yesterday, on my drive home from buying my wife's 30th anniversary present...he took the turn up the old road near my house, the one with the steep hills with switchback corners. So I had to follow him, right? And just because he decided to step on it, I couldn't let him try and leave me in the dust, could I? I mean, that's MY road! Never mind that the mudflaps were scraping the road on the corners, that's rallying... ;D
The other fun thing is that as you put the roof up she automatically lowers the windows but does not raise them again after the roof is clamped in place. Of course unless the engine is running you have no windows control so you can't raise them again without starting the engine :facepalm:
Yeah, that's fun hopping in your car after a bit of rain. Wet tushy will teach you to double check your windows when you park.
:stickpoke:
But, I also learnt the trick to getting aux power without restarting: leave your foot off the clutch (I usually put the shifter to neutral, just in case, I'm old fashioned I guess), and push the start button once, it should glow orange - but still no window power. Push it again, and it should light up green, and now you have power to windows/stereo etc. Push a third time and it goes off. All of this assumes you have the little fob/remote thingy with you. If you don't, you get to hear what the alarm sounds like ::) When I did that, the car was up on ramps for its first oil change, and I ran back into the house to find my keys, which weren't where I'd left them....oh yeah, they were still in the wife's car in the garage, right where I'd left them after doing her car's oil change. :facepalm: