One of my (slightly) better days

[JDNSW]

As I have mentioned in previous threads, I am trying to do some concreting. My trip to town on Wednesday revealed that nowhere in Dubbo had carburetter gaskets for Robin motors in stock, so when I got home I made the necessary ones and reassembled it, and got the engine started. On Thursday and Friday I got two sections of the slab done. This morning, having got into the swing of things, I was looking forward to getting two or even three done.

That was until I looked outside and saw the RH front tyre of the 2a was flat. Oh well, just stick the spare on - not even in the vehicle yet, having been in the shed since th "local bloke" fixed it a month or so ago. Tightened wheel nuts, let the jack down - I really should have checked whether it had any air in it before putting it on. Pull it off, put the other spare on - which needed 5psi extra putting in it, unhook the trailer, unload the cement out of the back, load the two tyres in and head off to the village to put the two tyres in before he closes at lunchtime. Decided to get another ten bags of cement to save going in there on Monday.

Delay getting the cement - he had loaded their whole stock (ten bags, which is what I asked for) into his ute to take home and do a job himself! Very generously though transferred it to the Landrover. At this stage got a call from my sister next door to say she had got the bucket I asked her to get me in town yesterday. So I drove over there, helped her to unload the dogfood out of her car, had a cup of tea, discussed the mouse plague, helped her to clean the six dead mice from under the freezer (she is quite a bit older than I am). result was it was lunchtime by the time I got home. Had to get the reinforcing for my next section of concrete. I am using for this a couple of mesh field bins I bought at a clearing sale about five or six years ago. This was not as quick as it could have been - I had to cut off the saplings growing through it.

Net result is that all I got done was to prepare one slab for puring. Still have to go and get a load of sand in the morning to do that.

John

[sschmez]

sorry for smiling John

mines been similar ... names, places and projects are different.

... an hour ago, a key I was holding, broke in a lock I was trying to open, not here at home - but at Mum's ... I rang Mum just after her flight came into Melb and luckily she has a key to another door and can get in the house ... then she'll call me and I'll go try remove the broken bit. Already came home to get pliers to grab the busted bit, went back .... but of course further in it went

The day's not over .......

hope yours improves, and mine too

Stevo

[Sleepy]

As I have mentioned in previous threads, I am trying to do some concreting. My trip to town on Wednesday revealed that nowhere in Dubbo had carburetter gaskets for Robin motors in stock, so when I got home I made the necessary ones and reassembled it, and got the engine started. On Thursday and Friday I got two sections of the slab done. This morning, having got into the swing of things, I was looking forward to getting two or even three done.

That was until I looked outside and saw the RH front tyre of the 2a was flat. Oh well, just stick the spare on - not even in the vehicle yet, having been in the shed since th "local bloke" fixed it a month or so ago. Tightened wheel nuts, let the jack down - I really should have checked whether it had any air in it before putting it on. Pull it off, put the other spare on - which needed 5psi extra putting in it, unhook the trailer, unload the cement out of the back, load the two tyres in and head off to the village to put the two tyres in before he closes at lunchtime. Decided to get another ten bags of cement to save going in there on Monday.

Delay getting the cement - he had loaded their whole stock (ten bags, which is what I asked for) into his ute to take home and do a job himself! Very generously though transferred it to the Landrover. At this stage got a call from my sister next door to say she had got the bucket I asked her to get me in town yesterday. So I drove over there, helped her to unload the dogfood out of her car, had a cup of tea, discussed the mouse plague, helped her to clean the six dead mice from under the freezer (she is quite a bit older than I am). result was it was lunchtime by the time I got home. Had to get the reinforcing for my next section of concrete. I am using for this a couple of mesh field bins I bought at a clearing sale about five or six years ago. This was not as quick as it could have been - I had to cut off the saplings growing through it.

Net result is that all I got done was to prepare one slab for puring. Still have to go and get a load of sand in the morning to do that.

John

I'm jealous John.



Let's transfer this story to "City John"

• No one open on a saturday to fix the spare. (We don't have service stations any more).
• Stand in queue at Bunnings for 45mins and have to load own cement only to find when you get home that 2 bags are split.
• Don't visit sister - she is on the other side of town. 20km and 60 minutes drive away. To busy to talk anyway.
• Cup of tea was from Macca's and spilt it on your lap in the traffic jam on the way home..
• Council officer charges you with an infringment to cut down tree as you failed to get permit. Queries laying slab without permit.
• Neighbours complain about the noise made by your mixer.

Net result lunchtime, you've done nothing and wished you lived in the country!

You don't know how lucky you are mate.

[Sprint]

all i managed to get done was getting the aircon fresh/recirc box removed, fixed and refitted..... PITA pulling the damn thing out, about 45 mins to do it!

*sighs* why cant falcons simply have vent flaps for fresh air like landrovers do?

[abaddonxi]

I'm guessing the reo wasn't from this clearing sale load -
Today's Effort



Simon

[Sleepy]

*sighs* why cant falcons simply have vent flaps for fresh air like landrovers do?

pass me the jigsaw

[JDNSW]

I'm guessing the reo wasn't from this clearing sale load -
Today's Effort



Simon

Well, actually, I will probably end up using the sheep mesh from that load when I finish the field bins, but I haven't used any yet from that load.

John