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Bought a car and drive it two and a half hours home. Love it but the brakes only seem to work on one side so I get to take it apart and mend it. Best day ever

dern wrote: Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:20 pm Bought a car and drive it two and a half hours home. Love it but the brakes only seem to work on one side so I get to take it apart and mend it. Best day ever



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My old man rebuilt a 2CV6 for my sister as her first car. He built it all on a new galvo chassis. I wasn't a fan, but it was the first time I'd ever seen in-board brakes on a car.

dern wrote: Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:20 pm Bought a car and drive it two and a half hours home. Love it but the brakes only seem to work on one side so I get to take it apart and mend it. Best day ever



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That's fucking brilliant, well done.

dern wrote: Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:20 pm Bought a car and drive it two and a half hours home. Love it but the brakes only seem to work on one side so I get to take it apart and mend it. Best day ever



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Absolutely fucking lovely. Enjoy!

By the way, for those that don't know what that is, it's a citroen 2cv with a 602cc engine making 29bhp, that's less than my drz400e which feels dog slow and yet my wife claims that I hit 80mph today, albeit slight downhill. If I ever decide to put an 1150gs engine in it I'll make a project thread but at the moment I'm just playing the "maintain momentum" game which is so much fun and reliving memories of more than 30 years ago...

dern wrote: Sun Jul 16, 2023 10:45 pmIf I ever decide to put an 1150gs engine in it I'll make a project thread

One of the car magazines put a turbo in. Didn't last long, not much left by the time the fire brigade arrived.

Went back to work today for the first time since my Junkie encounter. Had to catch up on some grass cutting and an old boy wanted me to dig a hole as his cat was to slow at crossing the road. Put my back out hammering into the hard soil full of bloody stones. It better be good for tomorrow as i cant afford to be of much more

Woke up at 4am. Realized I wasn't going back to sleep, so got up, had a shower & breakfast.

Then had the first nap of the day. Will be cashing in my winning lottery ticket ($7) later today & exchanging it for 2 Powerball tickets ($900M jackpot), I MegaMillions ticket ($640Million Jackpot) & 1 SuperLotto ticket ($77Million Jackpot)

Apparently it was almost 30 degrees here today! It bloody felt like it! LOL

Work was good. Then physio, then met a mate who's just come back from the uk - and randomly met three others too. We sat outside until just now and I was only really feeling the cold in the last 15 ish minutes The temperature drops massively relatively early because the sun goes behind a mountain, but it's been so hot that it felt ok until about 9pm!! LOL

Been a good day - although I'm now about to eat a sort of dinner! Far too late for the stew and veg I'd planning, so have reheated some mini fish fingers!! They are actually labelled as Fish Balls in the freezer - next to the Chicken Balls!! LOL Some of the fish bits and mayo and I'll to bed - early start tomorrow!! LOL

Updated both our wills.

Shouldn't your wife update her own will?

Skub wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:52 pm Updated both our wills.

Because you bought a widow maker!

Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:35 pm

Skub wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:52 pm Updated both our wills.

Because you bought a widow maker!

These two events may not be unconnected.

I changed my first spokes ever!! On a downhill scooter

Then put the wheel back in (boss had taken it out) and changed the brake pads (rear wheel) as I did so. Well chuffed


Also changed some 'rings' on part of the suspension on another because if was moving too much - but it still clicked. Turns out the 'rings' he gave me weren't the right ones so at least it wasn't my fault!


My first mechanicking on something with no engine!! LOL

Been to a school Governor's meeting all afternoon. One lovely parent has complained about 3 of her kids, taken all 3 complaints through a 3 stage process (and the final stage is independent of that school), and now taken all 3 complaints to judicial review because she doesn't like the answer.

The kicker is that she incurs no costs, it costs us about £18k a throw for specialist lawyers. That is £18k that could, and should, be spent on children's education.

It would appear Mrs M has brought a tummy bug home from one of her nursery visits and I spent the day suffering at work.

Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:35 pm Been to a school Governor's meeting all afternoon. One lovely parent has complained about 3 of her kids, taken all 3 complaints through a 3 stage process (and the final stage is independent of that school), and now taken all 3 complaints to judicial review because she doesn't like the answer.

The kicker is that she incurs no costs, it costs us about £18k a throw for specialist lawyers. That is £18k that could, and should, be spent on children's education.

That totally sucks. Can't believe that it doesn't cost her anything at all - that surely just encourages people like that (who obviously don't care about anyone else's education) to do the same??

Potter wrote: Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:44 am Gardening.
We've ripped out enough trees, bushes and shrubs from the garden to fill the biggest skip that the hire place does.

Today I've got blackberry bushes to tame and the hedgerow from the west end of the garden to hack back.

Is it not worth waiting for the blackberries to ripen? (maybe that's already happened, I lose track cos we don't really have fruit up this high!! LOL)

Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:35 pm Been to a school Governor's meeting all afternoon. One lovely parent has complained about 3 of her kids, taken all 3 complaints through a 3 stage process (and the final stage is independent of that school), and now taken all 3 complaints to judicial review because she doesn't like the answer.

Whatever level of ability a child has (relative to age appropriate), it seems that the further and harder (and louder, and ruder, and aggressively) parents argue, the more likely they are to get inappropriate provision that they think is necessary for their child.

And that loud / rude / aggressive attitude is getting worse.

In another thread, deterioration in driving standards post-pandemic was mentioned. That seems to be occurring elsewhere too (I've heard similar from emergency services too).

Yesterday now, sorted out car repairs for a parishioner, saving them a few hundred pounds.

Funny thing was that at the garage where the car ended up for the more reasonable repair, a mechanic asked me if I did absolution (forgiveness of sins). I was wearing my clericals, albeit with bike jacket and helmet/gloves. I reminded him that God forgives those who truly repent and then prayed the prayers of absolution and forgiveness. Ministry comes in many shapes and happens in many places.

Anyone watching would have wondered what was going on with this 6ft5 biker with a clerical collar praying over a greasy mechanic on the forecourt of the workshop... Love my calling to ministry.