Yes, I get hundreds of new oaks trees every year. It is an ongoing occupation of trying to get them out and destroy them before I get a forest to rival medieval Britain!!!
WhiskyLassie
Well-Known Member
Evening all, came home with lots of fresh veg to turn into soups. Made a spicy one for the MR's piece. Will hopefully burn the yuck out of him.
Evening all.
Busy day.
took Disco in for MOT.
My usual tester had to go to hospital for a check up on his heart so the other blokey had to do my MOT.
It failed.
Not on what I thought it might, but on two patches of rust in the rears of the front wheelarches.
"Integral body structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced...."
Plus a list of advisories as long as your arm but which boiled down to "your rear tyres are a bit naff, there's rust on your springs and your brake pipes, it leaks oil and you have taken your passenger seat out" and the weird one "slight play in bot track rod end ball joints" which I thought I had replaced fairly recently.
so mobile welder will be called upon.
Went to chat with the mate with the D3/4, which he wants to sell. It's done 150k but has the straight 6, 3 litre engine not the one that busts cranks, Beautiful condition, leater interior, etc, but we will be working on stopping it belching oil smoke out, which he thinks is seals on the turbo. He hasn't come up with a price so I am prevented from being tempted!
Took W to the hospicle again, X-ray of knee which has got much worse since the fall last week as she sort-of fell again yesdi, between two cars, she caught herself by grabbing hold of the wing mirrors on hers and the next vehicle. But she has done it no good. Nothing broken but she is in massive pain so I am back on wheelchair and other domestic duties. Nurse put her on light duties and "If it doesn't improve in a week, " blah blah. She'll be seeing the doc on Thurs. Hate seeing her in pain. Much worse than the broken ankle. Damage to ligaments or possibly worse still cartilage.
Haven't really had time to work on the "not printing text" situation much, but since I have just put W to bed I tried again and still no dice. So made it print the word document in Red then blue. That worked!! Then had the idea of simply getting it to photocopy in black. Blank sheet came out.
So it is deffo a printer problem, with black ink. The ink level indicator tells me it has black ink in it but I am going to try another refill to see.
So put one in, tried to print a black text Word document, and NOW it WORKS.
Which just proves that you should never trust a computer when it tells you there is ink available.
All this blasted fuss for something so simple.
Still at least it is one problem solved. But furious at all the time I wasted yessdi cos I believed it when it told me there was ink there. Not even a warning like "You need to change the ink tank, mate!" It SO nearly got taken out the back and attacked wiv a lump hammer.
Anyway I cooked us a Ragu Bolognese tonight, all from fresh ingredients except for the "passata" which came from a bot/jar. Deelish!!
Enjoy what is left of the evening folks!
Busy day.
took Disco in for MOT.
My usual tester had to go to hospital for a check up on his heart so the other blokey had to do my MOT.
It failed.
Not on what I thought it might, but on two patches of rust in the rears of the front wheelarches.
"Integral body structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced...."
Plus a list of advisories as long as your arm but which boiled down to "your rear tyres are a bit naff, there's rust on your springs and your brake pipes, it leaks oil and you have taken your passenger seat out" and the weird one "slight play in bot track rod end ball joints" which I thought I had replaced fairly recently.
so mobile welder will be called upon.
Went to chat with the mate with the D3/4, which he wants to sell. It's done 150k but has the straight 6, 3 litre engine not the one that busts cranks, Beautiful condition, leater interior, etc, but we will be working on stopping it belching oil smoke out, which he thinks is seals on the turbo. He hasn't come up with a price so I am prevented from being tempted!
Took W to the hospicle again, X-ray of knee which has got much worse since the fall last week as she sort-of fell again yesdi, between two cars, she caught herself by grabbing hold of the wing mirrors on hers and the next vehicle. But she has done it no good. Nothing broken but she is in massive pain so I am back on wheelchair and other domestic duties. Nurse put her on light duties and "If it doesn't improve in a week, " blah blah. She'll be seeing the doc on Thurs. Hate seeing her in pain. Much worse than the broken ankle. Damage to ligaments or possibly worse still cartilage.
Haven't really had time to work on the "not printing text" situation much, but since I have just put W to bed I tried again and still no dice. So made it print the word document in Red then blue. That worked!! Then had the idea of simply getting it to photocopy in black. Blank sheet came out.
So it is deffo a printer problem, with black ink. The ink level indicator tells me it has black ink in it but I am going to try another refill to see.
So put one in, tried to print a black text Word document, and NOW it WORKS.
Which just proves that you should never trust a computer when it tells you there is ink available.
All this blasted fuss for something so simple.
Still at least it is one problem solved. But furious at all the time I wasted yessdi cos I believed it when it told me there was ink there. Not even a warning like "You need to change the ink tank, mate!" It SO nearly got taken out the back and attacked wiv a lump hammer.
Anyway I cooked us a Ragu Bolognese tonight, all from fresh ingredients except for the "passata" which came from a bot/jar. Deelish!!
Enjoy what is left of the evening folks!
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Both tdv6 snap cranks.Evening all.
Busy day.
took Disco in for MOT.
My usual tester had to go to hospital for a check up on his heart so the other blokey had to do my MOT.
It failed.
Not on what I thought it might, but on two patches of rust in the rears of the front wheelarches.
"Integral body structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced...."
Plus a list of advisories as long as your arm but which boiled down to "your rear tyres are a bit naff, there's rust on your springs and your brake pipes, it leaks oil and you have taken your passenger seat out" and the weird one "slight play in bot track rod end ball joints" which I thought I had replaced fairly recently.
so mobile welder will be called upon.
Went to chat with the mate with the D3/4, which he wants to sell. It's done 150k but has the straight 6, 3 litre engine not the one that busts cranks, Beautiful condition, leater interior, etc, but we will be working on stopping it belching oil smoke out, which he thinks is seals on the turbo. He hasn't come up with a price so I am prevented from being tempted!
Took W to the hospicle again, X-ray of knee which has got much worse since the fall last week as she sort-of fell again yesdi, between two cars, she caught herself by grabbing hold of the wing mirrors on hers and the next vehicle. But she has done it no good. Nothing broken but she is in massive pain so I am back on wheelchair and other domestic duties. Nurse put her on light duties and "If it doesn't improve in a week, " blah blah. She'll be seeing the doc on Thurs. Hate seeing her in pain. Much worse than the broken ankle. Damage to ligaments or possibly worse still cartilage.
Haven't really had time to work on the "not printing text" situation much, but since I have just put W to bed I tried again and still no dice. So made it print the word document in Red then blue. That worked!! Then had the idea of simply getting it to photocopy in black. Blank sheet came out.
So it is deffo a printer problem, with black ink. The ink level indicator tells me it has black ink in it but I am going to try another refill to see.
So put one in, tried to print a black text Word document, and NOW it WORKS.
Which just proves that you should never trust a computer when it tells you there is ink available.
All this blasted fuss for something so simple.
Still at least it is one problem solved. But furious at all the time I wasted yessdi cos I believed it when it told me there was ink there. Not even a warning like "You need to change the ink tank, mate!" It SO nearly got taken out the back and attacked wiv a lump hammer.
Anyway I cooked us a Ragu Bolognese tonight, all from fresh ingredients except for the "passata" which came from a bot/jar. Deelish!!
Enjoy what is left of the evening folks!
Mornin. Last day of wuk ferra bit. Still waitin on the noo alternator, a mission critical part for our holiday. Fingers crossed.
WhiskyLassie
Well-Known Member
Morning
Well.... plumber called to fit radiator but as its been off for over 5 months the fittings have disappeared.
This means that he has to go and get a new radiator from the depot 10 miles away
He had to phone for permission to do this as it's extra work to that which was allocated
Waiting for joiner now and see what problems he can find
This means that he has to go and get a new radiator from the depot 10 miles away
He had to phone for permission to do this as it's extra work to that which was allocated
Waiting for joiner now and see what problems he can find
well, i found out.blimey, house across the street is getting scaffold, talk about overkill.. been at it 2 hours already!! they are obviously following someh/s rulesgetting paid on how much metal they have to use yet the dude isnt wearing a hard hat, isnt tethered
cant wait to see what works are going to be done.. never seens someone use a mini/diy spirit level like that before
think i'm gonna have a full days entertainment
minor repairs and repainting of the fascias and soffits so far
Well I don't know exactly what he has in there and he cannot remember the number, a "M something or other" but he says it is a straight 6, a BMW engine and all the people he knows who know about cars, which is a lot, tell him that this is the strong engine, very good, etc etc.
I think it could be an M51 or an M57. But he said it was 3 litre. TBH not all that interested
I'll find out soon enough if i help him with it.
are you paying for this time!?Well... Joiner just arrived and guess what ?
Didn't bring any wood to fit skirting and door frames
He's off to the depot ten miles away to get some , couldn't make it up could you
