Don the Don
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also had a sunbeam alpine/rapier all for very little money mind
Made me chuckle!
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chas
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I used to *love* thosealso had a sunbeam alpine/rapier all for very little money mind
Coolest car on the council estate
chas
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One of my favourite cars we had was a Corsair 2000E in gold. Coolest car on our council estate until it got flogged and was a change from the procession of A40 Farinas and Austin 1100s that were the bread and butter.
Was one of the first cars I worked on without supervision, went cheap at the auction because it ran rough and cut out. The old man took a punt and it turned out to be a ripped fuel pump diaphragm. I got the job as it was for 'small hands'
Was one of the first cars I worked on without supervision, went cheap at the auction because it ran rough and cut out. The old man took a punt and it turned out to be a ripped fuel pump diaphragm. I got the job as it was for 'small hands'
Big Sandy
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We had a #spit# Renault from 1964. Engine in the back... That was what we had, a week before moving house, and heading up the m6 in that mini.
Why the mini? Well brother was at puniversity at manc polytechnic, and we went to visit him in his digs before we flitted, in Chorlton. There was a buxom wench washing a car, all soap bubbles... Well dad was watching that (them) and failed to observe the rather large car coming the other way. Quite weird to see a car shrink by 3 feet! In his defence, it was a cracking pair!
We got the mini off an uncle who was a car dealer, 'cheap' (we was ripped off) in a Helluva rush... We had to be out of the house on the 1st march, and this was round the last week of Feb.
Why the mini? Well brother was at puniversity at manc polytechnic, and we went to visit him in his digs before we flitted, in Chorlton. There was a buxom wench washing a car, all soap bubbles... Well dad was watching that (them) and failed to observe the rather large car coming the other way. Quite weird to see a car shrink by 3 feet! In his defence, it was a cracking pair!
We got the mini off an uncle who was a car dealer, 'cheap' (we was ripped off) in a Helluva rush... We had to be out of the house on the 1st march, and this was round the last week of Feb.
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Mrs DD arrived in the carpark at work today & some kind soul pointed out that the NSF headlamp bulb on her car had blown.
One of the techs offered to resolve the problem (good lad, it saved me a job
)
But according to him I need to "get out more"
Apparently a nice tidy engine bay is a sign of serious OCD?
With extra derision/sarcasm added for me painting the Ford logo etc with gold paint
I've asked Mrs DD to thank the whippersnapper in question from me for swapping the bulb. But remind him that there's a damn good reason why folk say to never purchase any vehicle that's owned by a fulltime mechanic!
I might pop in with donuts as a thank you. And a set of points & a condenser for a Q & A session?
One of the techs offered to resolve the problem (good lad, it saved me a job
)But according to him I need to "get out more"
Apparently a nice tidy engine bay is a sign of serious OCD?
With extra derision/sarcasm added for me painting the Ford logo etc with gold paint
I've asked Mrs DD to thank the whippersnapper in question from me for swapping the bulb. But remind him that there's a damn good reason why folk say to never purchase any vehicle that's owned by a fulltime mechanic!
I might pop in with donuts as a thank you. And a set of points & a condenser for a Q & A session?
Don the Don
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Freck
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What a twat! I thought Scousers had a decent sense of humour, or was he just trying to make a few quid out of something and nothing?
Doesn’t say how old he is in the article but I suspect he’s of a younger generation being such a sensitive flower
Don the Don
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I agree I thought scousers had a good sense of humour, cos you need one to live there, todays folk miserable as sin they areWhat a twat! I thought Scousers had a decent sense of humour, or was he just trying to make a few quid out of something and nothing?
Doesn’t say how old he is in the article but I suspect he’s of a younger generation being such a sensitive flower
Foxy
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Bad Billy
Piemantino Rossi
Please tell me you don't colour in the brand name on the tyres too Jez?Mrs DD arrived in the carpark at work today & some kind soul pointed out that the NSF headlamp bulb on her car had blown.
One of the techs offered to resolve the problem (good lad, it saved me a job
But according to him I need to "get out more"
Apparently a nice tidy engine bay is a sign of serious OCD?
With extra derision/sarcasm added for me painting the Ford logo etc with gold paint
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I've asked Mrs DD to thank the whippersnapper in question from me for swapping the bulb. But remind him that there's a damn good reason why folk say to never purchase any vehicle that's owned by a fulltime mechanic!
I might pop in with donuts as a thank you. And a set of points & a condenser for a Q & A session?
I have done in the past Billy
But the front tyres are a different brand to the rear tyres on Mrs DD's car
Bad Billy
Piemantino Rossi
You definitely got waaay too much time on your hands!I have done in the past Billy
But the front tyres are a different brand to the rear tyres on Mrs DD's car
Doc Strange
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Just MSN clickbait about some chancer trying to wriggle out of getting sacked.
Scousers I know are still good for a laugh I'm pleased to say - and a few drinks too!
DS
Bad Billy
Piemantino Rossi
smib
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Don the Don
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one way to get someone into space
vidmax.com
Mechanic Filling A Truck Tire Gets Launched Into Space When The Tire Explodes
A truck mechanic was launched into another dimension when he overfilled a tire, causing it to explode.
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Sarky B’stard
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I've seen photos of bodies imprinted in ceilings from just such events. It's why we use safety cages for big tyres......one way to get someone into space
Mechanic Filling A Truck Tire Gets Launched Into Space When The Tire Explodes
A truck mechanic was launched into another dimension when he overfilled a tire, causing it to explode.
MartytheMartian
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Fun fact - ICI Nobel's explosives in Stevenston had funnel shaped workshops with weak roofs and nets strung from the ceilings. When something accidentally went bang the funnel shape sent the force upwards blowing the weak roof and the nets would catch whatever was left of the person who caused the bang. Afterwards volunteers would be issued with small wooden boxes, like old fashioned pencil boxes with a sliding lid, and would then go around collecting any bits they could find. I did have one of these boxes somewhere but I've no idea where it might be hiding now.
Sarky B’stard
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You'd appreciate the design of a grenade range then. The number of times they get dropped by recruits bricking themselves warrants all the sloped floors, traps and the exit wall the safety staff throw the trainee behind before administering an instructive punch! It's quite sobering seeing all the pockmarks on the inside. The newer ones are timber lined to absorb the shrapnel.
Don the Don
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Saw a MT SNCO chewing the arrse off some young Leading aircraftman many years back, he had told him to use the cage to inflate a fire engine Tyre when he came back he saw the lad INSIDE the cage with the tyre about to inflate it, gave him a right yelling at, but there are those you need to describe every action required to do a job