Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

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I should have taken pictures today, We had the quick hitch off my Terex 860 and replaced the bushes in the dipper end, My mate came round with the gas bottles heated the bushes up an out they came then new ones in job done in at 20 Mins It's amazing how much difference the new bushes make, Next job is the rear wheel hose guards which are falling apart new ones are being made at the moment.

 

[V8Druid]

well I've not gotten a lot done this week ..... or had much in the way of zeds ... Pam still proper poorly most of the week ..
took her back to the GP's Thursday, after a couple of ruff nites and they binned off the statins immediately .. agreed they weren't worth the side effects she was suffering and tested for the infection again which seems to have been knocked on the head - how ever - the combination of the side effects and the probable influence the infection'd likely had on her body (and mind) have have given her (and me) a bloody hard week ... still not right, but very slooowly improving -- really thought she'd lost the plot mid week -- had gone from a sane, intelligent woman, to an almost gibbering wreck/fruit loop, intermittently we're both looking forward to her full recovery (and a decent night's sleep) !!
would not believe the effects some thing so relatively simple could have on a person!!
frightening really - Pam (and I ) thought she was losing her mind ... Wednesday was a very tough day

Vicki's put a lot of time in this week and Josh came home from Plymouth last night to see her and how she is.
He's given me a bit of a break today and have had a couple of hours piddling about, but not gotten much done really - couldn't concentrate properly on it and then got p*ssed on, which was NOT forecast - so gave up.
Pam is improving quietly, but very up/down - could take a little while

I'd gotten the cat head attached last week after some careful setting up (which I don't seem to have piccies of )

and stitched in place

then got some gussets into it

and some ribbing to stiffen things up some more

was in the middle of creatingsome curved bits Monday, when Pam decided she was unwell and needed to go to the quack's .. had had the block splitter and a Vee block set up to curve them with (makes a good little press brake) and'd had to wrap up PDQ ...
got them tacked on this afters and had made some pin guide bosses and tacked on too

then cut a few S/steel pins to suit

but progress was slow
had just rolled it all over and was contemplating the next bits, when it started to spit ...

and then lash it down
so that'll be it for a while .. Josh'll be off home to Plymouth in the morning and Pam'll need my full attention for a while yet , 'til she's made a full recovery

 

[6feetdown]

well I've not gotten a lot done this week ..... or had much in the way of zeds ... Pam still proper poorly most of the week ..
took her back to the GP's Thursday, after a couple of ruff nites and they binned off the statins immediately .. agreed they weren't worth the side effects she was suffering and tested for the infection again which seems to have been knocked on the head - how ever - the combination of the side effects and the probable influence the infection'd likely had on her body (and mind) have have given her (and me) a bloody hard week ... still not right, but very slooowly improving -- really thought she'd lost the plot mid week -- had gone from a sane, intelligent woman, to an almost gibbering wreck/fruit loop, intermittently we're both looking forward to her full recovery (and a decent night's sleep) !!
would not believe the effects some thing so relatively simple could have on a person!!
frightening really - Pam (and I ) thought she was losing her mind ... Wednesday was a very tough day

Vicki's put a lot of time in this week and Josh came home from Plymouth last night to see her and how she is.
He's given me a bit of a break today and have had a couple of hours piddling about, but not gotten much done really - couldn't concentrate properly on it and then got p*ssed on, which was NOT forecast - so gave up.
Pam is improving quietly, but very up/down - could take a little while

I'd gotten the cat head attached last week after some careful setting up (which I don't seem to have piccies of )
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and stitched in place
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then got some gussets into it
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and some ribbing to stiffen things up some more
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was in the middle of creatingsome curved bits Monday, when Pam decided she was unwell and needed to go to the quack's .. had had the block splitter and a Vee block set up to curve them with (makes a good little press brake) and'd had to wrap up PDQ ...
got them tacked on this afters and had made some pin guide bosses and tacked on too
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then cut a few S/steel pins to suit
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but progress was slow
had just rolled it all over and was contemplating the next bits, when it started to spit ...
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and then lash it down
so that'll be it for a while .. Josh'll be off home to Plymouth in the morning and Pam'll need my full attention for a while yet , 'til she's made a full recovery

Hope she gets well soon

 

[V8Druid]

Hope she gets well soon

thanks 6 feet .... us too ... 's been quite an alarming episode TBH .... almost like early onset dementia - with a bang !!!
quite weird and apparently not as uncommon as you'd think with some UTIs .. add in the statin side effects AND the 'cold turkey' from an instant stop and she's having a rough time of it

I once had some indeterminate virus in my early 40s and have never forgotten awaking in the middle of the night, soaked in sweat from some hallucinatory 'dream' (I was being chased down a street by a 'bus stop' sign ) and distinctly recall thinking to myself " OMG - I am losing my mind " .. never forgotten the experience - frightening!!
never did get a diagnosis of the cause, but was 'kin rough for a week

 

[CPS]

Wishing Pam a speedy recovery

 

[V8Druid]

Wishing Pam a speedy recovery

cheers Aiden

 

[TiltyShaun]

Good to here Pam is on the mend!!

 

[V8Druid]

Doc.'s again this morning for some more bloods .. she is making progress - hell of a lot better than she was last week

Local Evri fella arrived, just after we got back, with this

BNIB - can't fault this for 39 quid ...
been watching some on ebay for months at 80 quid and waiting for 'em to drop (couldn't justify that [to myself] for the use it'll get really, but) ...
weren't gonna get any cheaper

will report when I get a chance to try it
(a) when Pam's 'better'
and
(b) when it stops lashing down ...
weather's been shite (apart from one day last week which was glorious, but !! - bit occupied, with 'the boss' ).
Forecasting 20C here for later in the week - will believe it when I see it -- hopefully'll be able to get some bench time soon

 

[CPS]

Doc.'s again this morning for some more bloods .. she is making progress - hell of a lot better than she was last week

Local Evri fella arrived, just after we got back, with this

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BNIB - can't fault this for 39 quid ...
been watching some on ebay for months at 80 quid and waiting for 'em to drop (couldn't justify that [to myself] for the use it'll get really, but) ...
weren't gonna get any cheaper
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will report when I get a chance to try it
(a) when Pam's 'better'
and
(b) when it stops lashing down ...
weather's been shite (apart from one day last week which was glorious, but !! - bit occupied, with 'the boss' ).
Forecasting 20C here for later in the week - will believe it when I see it -- hopefully'll be able to get some bench time soon

Ah, so your thinking she just needs a good greasing to free her up
Some mornings i think i need the grease gun out to

 

[Canal Navvy]

Ah, so your thinking she just needs a good greasing to free her up
Some mornings i think i need the grease gun out to

I think that when they do a hip replacement that grease nipples should be fitted.....
and they'd double up as the male half of a press stud to help keep trousers up

 

[V8Druid]

Ah, so your thinking she just needs a good greasing to free her up
Some mornings i think i need the grease gun out to

you're not alone there Aiden

 

[Stock]

Our new workshop project 8m x 8m, still needs to be wired but the electrician has no word ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

 

[V8Druid]

is that to replace the one that went up in smoke Stock ... nice job
I can't recall ever seeing polycarb box profile sheets before

 

[Stock]

is that to replace the one that went up in smoke Stock ... nice job
I can't recall ever seeing polycarb box profile sheets before

How did you guess ? was practicing and what do you know it was gone, been at it for every weekend with Topper. Ordered the insulated roller door and that to be installed within the next couple of weeks. Didn't put in any roof lights only clear light in the sides. All I need now is the fudging electrician.....................................................................................................................................................................................................

 

[V8Druid]

How did you guess ? was practicing and what do you know it was gone, been at it for every weekend with Topper. Ordered the insulated roller door and that to be installed within the next couple of weeks. Didn't put in any roof lights only clear light in the sides. All I need now is the fudging electrician.....................................................................................................................................................................................................

would've thought a man of your Kalyber could deal with a bit of leccy spaghetti ..
is the roller a slatted or segmented job? assume the latter being insulated?

 

[V8Druid]

It has been two an' a bit very long weeks in Chateau Druid ...
Pam has been very up/down ..
broad spectrum anti,s did sort of work for a while and then went downhill again .. managed to get her a GP appointment of choice early this morning ..
they'd had some results back (some time back it would seem - WTF no one followed up on them is very annoying )
now has infection specific jobbies - two weeks-worth which the GP assures us will 'nail' it this time ..
first one wiped her out this morning and has been asleep in bed most of the day (which she desperately needed), so told her to ring me if she wanted anything, stuck me blue tooth headphones on and went out to pressure wash the cars of all the crud they've collected from the sh1t state road up to us
two motors later and it had to be done ..... ... whilst I had it out
stretched the hose out some more, ran a lead out for the pressure washer and gave the 'Drema a long overdue wash
could've really done with hauling her out and stretching her right out, but got 90% of it .... still scrubs up well -- she was minging - covered in green crap that seems to have coated everything this year

and gave lil' Jake a quick blow over too ..... a lot less effort than his big sister ... will run 'em both up tomorrow, warm 'em up and grease everything
then I might get some time this week to get back to me bench if progress on the Pam front continues as forecast
nice to have a relatively normal missus back this evening TBH ....
you would not believe how head shot this infection has made her, unless you've experienced it
and I'm really hoping for a night's sleep tonight

 

[V8Druid]

been a while since I've been in here -- she's getting better - quietly ..
not been able to do a lot though...

Clara had her 9th B/day on the 17th

Granny managed to produce a cake as required -- choccy sponge, in choccy ganache, covered in pic 'n mix ....
she's growing up fast

managed to have a day out with Russ on the 20th (well 5hrs anyway ) down at Pontrilas doing a few tricky lifts, installing a drive system onto a log sorting rack - tight was not the word - bunch of Geordie lads and a couple of Poles .. a good craic was had

they then assembled the rest of the sorting racks and we returned yesterday to place the other end onto the rack system ... Russ'd already got a hot tub booked in Zooport first thing so was a relatively civilised start for me ..
rang me at 10.00 when he was leaving there and met him down at Pontrilas at 11.00 -- rolled in together, as he passed me at Llangiwa whilst waiting to get out onto the main road - perfect timing


both lumps, each end took some crafty slinging to get the damned things level for the lifts and this end took some swinging in through the doorway, as it was sat outside - no where to put it inside, this time, to get a hold of it, 'fore we went in

big old shed .... 'til you try and do anything inside it

think there's a few more bits to go in there yet
was home eating me lunch by three o'clock

 

[Cyberprog]

I hope the boss is back to her usual self soon! Sending cwtches.

 

[V8Druid]

feeling VERY mortal this morning...

friend, a year or so older than me, fit, active, always busy on something, went into his house for a cuppa Monday afternoon.
His missus turned round, put the kettle on, turned back to talk to Dave and he'd gone - head back on the chair - deceased!
Son got him down on the floor - tried to revive him with CPR, paramedics arrived and tried, air ambulance team did the same - GONE !!

Always said he wanted to go with his boots on, either in his workshop or at home ... bit ****in' soon though

 

[6feetdown]

Condolences