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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 8:01:39 GMT
I've got excellent hindsight.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 8:02:20 GMT
Which was in response to your intimation of onanism on the part of a fellow forum member. The post I misunderstood, wrongly thinking you meant Shanners. The geyser who likes watching ladies tennis. For once your misspelling of geezer is appropriate. Perhaps we should rename him Old Faithfull. Not when I'm having my morning cuppa thanks all the same. Please !
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Post by Jim on Jan 17, 2020 8:30:58 GMT
For once your misspelling of geezer is appropriate. Perhaps we should rename him Old Faithfull. Not when I'm having my morning cuppa thanks all the same. Please ! 😂😂
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Post by bodger on Jan 17, 2020 12:11:30 GMT
I have an odd flaw in my vision ...... can read a number plate .... no problem but can't see my car keys anywhere, even when they are right under my nose !!! ............. for some reason it seems to be more difficult to find things when they are right in front of you. psychological, sight/focusing limitations, or what? I dunno.
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Post by bodger on Jan 17, 2020 12:19:08 GMT
My vision is ok never needed glasses but also never been to an optician. To be fair the only time it was tested was when I passed the driving test in 1991 and I was asked to read a numberplate. First time obviously. you may be in for a surprise. I concluded that the headaches I was getting at the age of about 48 (typically after driving for several hours) might just be the result of straining to focus on things, so I went along to the hoptishunns. It was on a busy high street. When I was fixed up with a pair of long distance glasses I walked out onto the street and nearly got knocked over by a bus - in my imagination. Although the bus was at least 100 yards away my eyes/brain told me it was just 10 feet away and I jumped back in horror. I realised that I had been judging distance by how out-of-focus things appeared to be. I had always been able to pass the driving eye test, so I had never considered I had a problem. Weirdly my long distanced sight has improved (even before I lost the sight in one eye) and now I don't need long glasses, but short ones are essential.
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Post by faffer on Feb 9, 2020 12:34:34 GMT
Okeydoke. To say i have been off work for near 6 weeks this boat should be a lot further on i think. Still its getting there to the point i can do more things to show for it. Weather needs to warn to use sealant etc etc again. So windows cant go in or blank off the front cabin rear windows. So what have i been up to. As i am removing the engine and think that paying a crane to come in to do it for me i though i would make a new Gantry. My other is a bit small at 7 foot high as i need 10 foot to get the height needed. So i cracked on to build a new one last week. Oh before that though i removed all the windows then started to clean them up a bit and cleaned more of the boat out. I used my Multitool here to break the seal of the windows to save bending and time removing them. A steel cutting blade is good if you get some screws/bolts that will not come out. See the difference here, right side is pressure washed. So the new gantry fits just nice. Its only a 4cyl diesel but dam its heavy, had lighter V6 and V8 engines to play with. But then its an old thing at near 50 years old now. It was a lot easier with the girder trolley and gantry on castors, struggled in the past with out. Got the thing out then before i wheeled into the pound we gave it a wash down with some TFR. Come up nice i think. I wonder if it has been washed down in the last 50 years ? 20200208-142237.jpg Plan for now is to just strip off the intercooler and what not then paitn strip it to give it a new coat of original paint. Find a side entry inlet manifold so i can get a lower engine bay lid. Unless i do what i plan to do image.gif.eb446f5ad8830d711e9419af7556274a.gifimage.gif.63bd69bcdcd0346d51a8dc58ae269252.gif Oh yes, these engines have an exhaust, detach before removal of engine lol Forgot to detach it so halfway through the lift the hacksaw came out That looks so feeble for weeks of it. Although i feel i have been working on it every day. I have struggled still with one eye to build the gantry with welding. One of them jobs that go.....Weld ....grind....weld ....grind.......weld....grind.....have a moment and a brew....weld ....sod it that will do
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