What did you do over Easter?
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pauljmcnulty
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She who must be obeyed.
I believe it was from Kipling, the bloke who wrote the Jungle Book, not the one who makes exceedingly good cakes.....[
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marlin
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You Derbyshire green laners, did you happen to drive through Glossop on the Buxton road, the narrow bit between the mills before the fire station. Plod hidden with a yellow box on a tripod behind a container lorry, laughing his ballocks off as every second car would have been doing 36 or 37 [] Easter Monday I was lucky in traveling toward Buxton, any one coming the other way had No chance of seeing them. Is Derbyshire turning into a mini Wales?
] Easter Monday I was lucky in traveling toward Buxton, any one coming the other way had No chance of seeing them. Is Derbyshire turning into a mini Wales?Neil Haughey
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I am with Paul on this one, I used to be employed and often worked weekends to meet deadlines at standard rate pay, not even double time. Now I work for myself it is a different matter. I am of sick today but my main customer really doesn't care because they only pay me for the hours I work and as long as I get the job done on time everyone is happy.
Missing an important meeting is a different matter however, even with both arms hanging off, one leg and no cars I would have to hop the 5 miles onto site.
Missing an important meeting is a different matter however, even with both arms hanging off, one leg and no cars I would have to hop the 5 miles onto site.
appletonn
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Well I had a couple of hours exploring the lanes near home on the Sunday afternoon and discovered just how adjustable the handling is - really does feel like it pivots around you, especially when you lift off in a corner to tuck the nose in a little.
Monday saw the car laoded with wife and 3yr old and over to the coast and then out to a steam engine ride between Southport and Preston, at which point it started to snow[8|].
The car went well, although that Bilsten suspension is no more forgiving over bumps when 3 up than it is when solo - my wife is not smitten it has to be said!
I started to notice a 'click' through the steering column when applying right lock from the straight ahead, which I am going to investigate tonight - track rod end ball joint perhaps; it had a new steering shaft UJ last month, so it can't be those...
After getting home I had a good look around under the bonnet with a torch (always do that after a run, just to check for any leaks etc - paranoid moi?!!![8|]) and noticed that I seem to be missing a nut from the exhaust manifold. After further investigation with a small screwdriver, it appears that I may be missing part of the stud too...[]
Off to Unit 11 on Friday morning to see what can be done to extract/replace it - I had been suspecting a slight blow recently. The thing is, it looks like there was something there recently as there is a 'mark' on the manifold from the washer etc.
I can't see how it would just snap in service as it were and I certainly haven't been near the manifold nuts. I'm slightly annoyed as, just after I bought it, it went into a certain Porsche specialist near to me (NOT Unit 11, I hasten to add) who were instructed to do the belts and give it a full service and check it right through and give me a condition report. This they did and I have the (relatively) glowing report at home and there is no mention of a broken exhaust manifold stud[]
Ah well, these things are sent to try us, I suppose[]
Monday saw the car laoded with wife and 3yr old and over to the coast and then out to a steam engine ride between Southport and Preston, at which point it started to snow[8|].
The car went well, although that Bilsten suspension is no more forgiving over bumps when 3 up than it is when solo - my wife is not smitten it has to be said!
I started to notice a 'click' through the steering column when applying right lock from the straight ahead, which I am going to investigate tonight - track rod end ball joint perhaps; it had a new steering shaft UJ last month, so it can't be those...
After getting home I had a good look around under the bonnet with a torch (always do that after a run, just to check for any leaks etc - paranoid moi?!!![8|]) and noticed that I seem to be missing a nut from the exhaust manifold. After further investigation with a small screwdriver, it appears that I may be missing part of the stud too...[
]Off to Unit 11 on Friday morning to see what can be done to extract/replace it - I had been suspecting a slight blow recently. The thing is, it looks like there was something there recently as there is a 'mark' on the manifold from the washer etc.
I can't see how it would just snap in service as it were and I certainly haven't been near the manifold nuts. I'm slightly annoyed as, just after I bought it, it went into a certain Porsche specialist near to me (NOT Unit 11, I hasten to add) who were instructed to do the belts and give it a full service and check it right through and give me a condition report. This they did and I have the (relatively) glowing report at home and there is no mention of a broken exhaust manifold stud[
]Ah well, these things are sent to try us, I suppose[
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peanut
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well I did nothing ![] absolutly nothing .... well I thought that was what holidays are for lol.
Ok I refurbished a laptop I had bought on ebay and sold it for £120 profit []
spring cleaned the house groan and sorted out all my company paperwork, accounts and bills but otherwise I surfed and watched Top Gear yeah....
] absolutly nothing .... well I thought that was what holidays are for lol.Ok I refurbished a laptop I had bought on ebay and sold it for £120 profit [
]spring cleaned the house groan and sorted out all my company paperwork, accounts and bills but otherwise I surfed and watched Top Gear yeah....
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