fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Got my car back at last and they did not charge for labour. Scrap prices including batteries have apparently gone sky high so no charge for disposal either.
Nice sunny day again and had a coast down to Main St and Calmac office as well as pharmacy where I parked the trike in one of the disabled parking bays. I wonder how I could display a Blue Badge on the trike. Not much chance here of getting it stolen but mainland would be a different story.
Mind you with the music festival anything is possible and when we had a shop there was an increase in shoplifting as stock missing from shelves did not tally with what the till said.
The main car park is totally full of motorhomes and campervans jammed closer together than is safe in terms of fire risk. They are all sitting outside in the sun just now but things will liven up later. Did not try counting them but must be well into 3 figures and no room for any cars who would dare to try to park there this weekend.
Living up at the top of the town I kind of miss the buzz about the place and so sat in the sun for a while till the car was ready.
Nice sunny day again and had a coast down to Main St and Calmac office as well as pharmacy where I parked the trike in one of the disabled parking bays. I wonder how I could display a Blue Badge on the trike. Not much chance here of getting it stolen but mainland would be a different story.
Mind you with the music festival anything is possible and when we had a shop there was an increase in shoplifting as stock missing from shelves did not tally with what the till said.
The main car park is totally full of motorhomes and campervans jammed closer together than is safe in terms of fire risk. They are all sitting outside in the sun just now but things will liven up later. Did not try counting them but must be well into 3 figures and no room for any cars who would dare to try to park there this weekend.
Living up at the top of the town I kind of miss the buzz about the place and so sat in the sun for a while till the car was ready.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
A warm but breezy spring day here chez Casa Reynard.
I slept OK - once I got to sleep, that was... Was wide awake gone 4 am... This morning have done a load of laundry, checked all the fruit and veg (found a damaged pepper, a damaged kiwi fruit and some bolted leeks - all to be used PDQ) and done some general puttering about. Am now listening to FP1 from Imola. It's raining over there...
No action on the trap, probably because it's something "new" in there. It took a couple of days before they tried the original iterations as well. Although the trap-in-a-tupperware is working well, because it means I can leave them cocked 24/7. And now that I know that, I can prepare the remaining three. Just need to work out how best to set the bait to get the rats to trigger the traps. Rats are decidedly smarter than mice.
It is almost time for luncheon.
I slept OK - once I got to sleep, that was... Was wide awake gone 4 am... This morning have done a load of laundry, checked all the fruit and veg (found a damaged pepper, a damaged kiwi fruit and some bolted leeks - all to be used PDQ) and done some general puttering about. Am now listening to FP1 from Imola. It's raining over there...
No action on the trap, probably because it's something "new" in there. It took a couple of days before they tried the original iterations as well. Although the trap-in-a-tupperware is working well, because it means I can leave them cocked 24/7. And now that I know that, I can prepare the remaining three. Just need to work out how best to set the bait to get the rats to trigger the traps. Rats are decidedly smarter than mice.
It is almost time for luncheon.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
SSad
Sad to hear that !
Was it packaged well ?
If you move the hands it doesn't try ticking ?
It might have received a shock in transport or it could just be dry inside .
It arrived in a jiffy bag.
Can't hear anything when I move the hands, but then I'm a bit deaf anyway.
And the winder doesn't wind. It meets resistance straight away. It's not locked solid, but it won't wind.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Ah, sorry to see this xxx Sending hugs from me and the furry girls.
Play hard on the Bridge, Coker xxx
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Neighbours bin has blown over its that windy !
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
He was 20 + so has has a good innings .
Ah, sorry to see this xxx Sending hugs from me and the furry girls.
Play hard on the Bridge, Coker xxx
Thank you
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Hedge trimming was possibly not the best idea just now. It was very gusty on my two hour ride earlier, but it's just blown a wheely bin over. As next door was at work (single mom, lives alone), I popped over and trimmed the laurel that divides our gardens (no car on drive this afternoon) as her side hadn't been done in ages. All nice and tidy, and I even ran the spade over her block paving to remove some big weeds. Tidying up the leaves was another matter in these winds - I'm sure half dissapeared into the neighbour's gardens 
Quick job, no more than 20 minutes. Now time to hang up the washing.
Quick job, no more than 20 minutes. Now time to hang up the washing.
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Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
- Location
- South Wales
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Lovely luncheon of fruited sourdough bread, butter, an extra mature cheddar, gooseberry chutney, some grapes, a banana and the obligatory two 
Am watching some snooker while I let that lot all tamp down, and then I shall go and start disassembling the steering on the mower.
Am watching some snooker while I let that lot all tamp down, and then I shall go and start disassembling the steering on the mower.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Back early. Showered and changed.
Much better...
Much better...
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Oops, F1 qualifying starts in 15 mins... Will have to look at the mower after.
Step 1 of that will be to take pics from all angles so that I have a good reference for putting it back together again. For once, the owners' manual isn't terribly helpful.
The part pivots on a shaft about 3 ins high, and it's held in place by a retaining bolt, with another bolt at the other end that takes the output from the steering rack. It's actually failed around the hole for the shaft.
Am planning on turning it into a paperweight as it's such a classical example of fatigue failure. That would explain the sloppy steering as the metal went past its yield point. And I have a nice mahogany block I can mount it on. Yeah, I'm a geek!
Step 1 of that will be to take pics from all angles so that I have a good reference for putting it back together again. For once, the owners' manual isn't terribly helpful.
The part pivots on a shaft about 3 ins high, and it's held in place by a retaining bolt, with another bolt at the other end that takes the output from the steering rack. It's actually failed around the hole for the shaft.
Am planning on turning it into a paperweight as it's such a classical example of fatigue failure. That would explain the sloppy steering as the metal went past its yield point. And I have a nice mahogany block I can mount it on. Yeah, I'm a geek!
Do you have a photo of him you’d be happy to post? Coker is such a cool name, sounds like there’s a story behind it.
