I asked her how quickly they got used to using it and she said they kept putting them outside and tempting them in with a piece of chicken.
What have you been doing today?
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Mrs Mottie wanted to change one of the garden beds so I’ve had to take up a line of driveway blocks I put down 30 odd years ago. 30 odd years ago, I was relatively naive in building matters. To 'support' the single line of blocks, I dug a trench, laid some decent footings and reinforced that with some rebar. On top of that, I laid the blocks on a 2” bed of cement. Job done. What a fecking job I had to get them up today. I had to individually get each block up with a lump hammer. When that was done I had to smash through the footings to be able to cut the rebar to get it up in sections. I then ran it all to the dump and that was a job in itself as I had to carry it all up some steps to get it in the rubble container. I am aching like a b'stard now! Still, all cleared away now and we’ve just got to get some new edging to make the bed bigger. That is just going to be pushed into the lawn - no more footings!
I would've told the wife that it was not possible and cracked a beer open...
She’s been talking about it for the last two years. Thought it was about time I did it…
In that case she could've done it herself.
Equality and all of that boll@x...
Equality and all of that boll@x...
Not physically strong enough otherwise she would have done.
I’ve been back on the tools today! The Fiesta was suffering with occasional clutch pedal creep so I suspected the master cylinder. I bought that plus some spark plugs and rear brake shoes while they had 25% off at GSF so the whole lot only came to £60. To fit the clutch master cylinder you have to disconnect the steering column shaft and remove the pedal box to remove the cylinder from that. Not as bad as it seems but, just like when I did the same job on our Golf a while back, a poxy plastic clip on the cylinder feed pipe broke so I had to resort to the same fix which was to chop a piece of pipe from my compressor air hose and use that. Only temporary of course, I’ve ordered a new OE part from eBay.
Fitted the spark plugs and then set about replacing the rear shoes. What a fiddly job. I haven’t changed shoes for years. I ended up removing the rear hub/bearing carrier to get them back on. True to mechanics form, I set the self adjusters up and then just gave them a few more clicks for luck. Banged the drums on and…..whoops, a little bit snug. Still, they’ll wear in after a bit of running around and until then, I won’t need to use the handbrake on hills!
Fitted the spark plugs and then set about replacing the rear shoes. What a fiddly job. I haven’t changed shoes for years. I ended up removing the rear hub/bearing carrier to get them back on. True to mechanics form, I set the self adjusters up and then just gave them a few more clicks for luck. Banged the drums on and…..whoops, a little bit snug. Still, they’ll wear in after a bit of running around and until then, I won’t need to use the handbrake on hills!
I have been delving into a series of local disappearances, and murders, which occurred locally, during the 1970's, just prior to my moving here. I remember steaming home, at my usual brisk rate, on one of the local country back roads, and just around a bend, it was thick with police cars, diggers, and SOCO. This some five years after the disappearances, and I later found out, they were seeking the bodies, buried all over the village.
I was telling Av about all the 'goings on', back then, and began a bit of quick research on the background, came across what was suggested to be a book written about it, and so ordered it, expecting it to be a factual read....
It arrived yesterday, and it turned out to be a novel, but closely based on the facts. It names, names, but slightly changed. The pubs, the streets, the places, the stately homes, etc., are all there, with their correct names, and described as they are, or were.
I was telling Av about all the 'goings on', back then, and began a bit of quick research on the background, came across what was suggested to be a book written about it, and so ordered it, expecting it to be a factual read....
It arrived yesterday, and it turned out to be a novel, but closely based on the facts. It names, names, but slightly changed. The pubs, the streets, the places, the stately homes, etc., are all there, with their correct names, and described as they are, or were.
Tried to change pads on rear brakes of my wife's A3.
Piston totally seized and yes, I have the winding tool.
New calipers time, fortunately at £35 each from eurocarparts (Febi).
Waste of a couple of hours and 2 rubber gloves...
Piston totally seized and yes, I have the winding tool.
New calipers time, fortunately at £35 each from eurocarparts (Febi).
Waste of a couple of hours and 2 rubber gloves...
