Quattromike
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We are hovering around -6 to -8 tonight 
V8Druid
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aye .......remarkable eh?? .....
started on the second and was floored 'til the eighth with ????? -- Covid IMHDO .... came in and collapsed in a heap in a chair and stayed there for 4 days, with a hefalump sat on me chest ... continuous cough and everything tasted like sh1t ... could NOT lie down.
Where'd that go eh?? ... strangest year any of us is ever going to experience (hopefully)
V8Druid
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forgot this .. and yeh ... must've been horrific conditions to try and keep yourself alive in ....... and as for the Russian front
unimaginable
V8Druid
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pretty cool here tonight too ...... but not that bad ...... but you are 600 miles North of Druid central Mike ..... look to have had a bit of a bollocking weather-wise ooop north todayWe are hovering around -6 to -8 tonight
Quattromike
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Aye, roads are a bit Skippy right enough. Also me van cracked 10k at a year old pretty average
V8Druid
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another cold one last night ... was some bit white at seven this morning when Sparts woke me up howling .... dashed down expecting to see him in trouble ....... and he's sat beside an empty dish ..... singing for his brekky .... lil' bugger
did have a decent day for a while though .....
you might be able to see a large buzzard sat sunning himself on a fence post here yesterday
was there sometime ...... and had a nice sunset too
which contributed to a serious frost overnight ..... vehicles were white as soon as the sun went down and was -4C when I went to bed
did have a decent day for a while though .....
you might be able to see a large buzzard sat sunning himself on a fence post here yesterday
was there sometime ...... and had a nice sunset too
which contributed to a serious frost overnight ..... vehicles were white as soon as the sun went down and was -4C when I went to bed
Routy56
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another cold one last night ... was some bit white at seven this morning when Sparts woke me up howling .... dashed down expecting to see him in trouble ....... and he's sat beside an empty dish ..... singing for his brekky .... lil' bugger
did have a decent day for a while though .....
you might be able to see a large buzzard sat sunning himself on a fence post here yesterday
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was there sometime ...... and had a nice sunset too
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which contributed to a serious frost overnight ..... vehicles were white as soon as the sun went down and was -4C when I went to bed
We love buzzards - they tell you that the environment is healthy.
We have one near here that roosts in a tree beside the main A120
Our cats too have their routine telling us when they want feeding.
It's amusing to watch how they lead Sharon to their feeding bowls
Willow who is 13 now has developed a nasty cough.
After a number of visits to the vets, X-Rays and examinations, the vet thinks she has an allergy to something and has prescribed steroids.
The only safe way to get her to take the tablets is to grind them up and hide them in Tuna
BUT, Sharon has to do 2 bowls of Tuna - one for each cat and don't mix the up!
Willow has got so used to this routine that she actually 'asks' Sharon very loudly and leads her not the kitchen and looks at empty bowls
More great photos of the cold spell.
Over here in NE Essex it's been hovering about -3c overnight and rising to about zero during the day.
Still this coming week it's gonna be milder......
V8Druid
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we're very lucky here @Routy56 ... we have a LOT of predatory birds ... buzzards, red kites and even the odd sparrow hawk, then there's the couple of pairs of jays about here, several woodpeckers, red and green and all the usual 'garden' boyrdies .. and several robins who each defend their little patches vigorously. Have even seen a couple of stoats and weasels
also been lucky with the white shite so far, with only that one day's couple of inches, laying for a day or so .... rest of the country's had some proper dumps in places. The snow magnet here must've blown a breaker an' I'm in no hurry to sort that
My co-pilot continues to amaze us with how he keeps on going .. eats for Wales several times a day and has a voice like a fog horn, when he wants attention, which is virtually constant if he's not asleep. Awake, he 'staggers' about doggedly, but we're both expecting to come down one morning and find him permanently 'asleep'. he'll keep going as long as he eats like he does and we make sure he gets plenty, on demand.
also been lucky with the white shite so far, with only that one day's couple of inches, laying for a day or so .... rest of the country's had some proper dumps in places. The snow magnet here must've blown a breaker an' I'm in no hurry to sort that
My co-pilot continues to amaze us with how he keeps on going .. eats for Wales several times a day and has a voice like a fog horn, when he wants attention, which is virtually constant if he's not asleep. Awake, he 'staggers' about doggedly, but we're both expecting to come down one morning and find him permanently 'asleep'.
he'll keep going as long as he eats like he does and we make sure he gets plenty, on demand.
V8Druid
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Oh and I forgot the owl chorus Dave ...... were giving it some last night ..... the screech owls're the noisiest ...... you'd swear someone was being murdered .... between them and the vixens around here ........ those of a nervous disposition'd be off down the road screaming
V8Druid
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well it passed on everything ..... but emissions
.. couldn't even get it to behave on LPG ..... so new pair of cats and lambdas ordered this morning ...... ebay're 20% less than the local factors ... but there are so many 'variants' on these - even with a chassis number, you can't be certain- good old Landrover - first thing out the parts bin and slam it on
......so bit the 20% bullet and got it local .... much easier to send back, if it ain't right ..... Monday/Tuesday look 'kin wet, so'll be Wednesday 'fore I can get it in the air and wrestle a large lump of 'zorst system off the manifolds and replace it with the new one ........
's in one piece
.....centre box's looking iffy too, so I'll chuck one o' they on as well .....
will be interesting to see if the right lambdas arrive Monday .... there're two variants of those too
and I've told 'em which ones - plugs're different been dry here today - amazingly, but a cold easterly, enough to take yer ears off and thought I'd better get this done ............
didn't get done as planned .... weather probably
... or just the fact it was Crimbo day and it was behaving - sort of .... anyway ... it pee-ed me off for the last time this morning ... and it came out from where it livessome sun would've been nice to take the edge off the wind, but it had to have it ...
easy enough swap ..... on the bench
.... once extracted ... six connections and some PTFE ..... old one off, new one onthen juggle back into spot ... changed the filters whilst I was in there, damp an' cold and we now have normality returned ..... I'll do a PM on the old unit when it's a tad warmer, but pretty sure the diaphragm's gone hard.
Monday was hamster juice day, as usual ...... Pam had an assistant ......
look at the concentration ....
and no she wasn't doing this bit .....
just the steriprep ........ the canular is Pam's domain .... be a while 'fore Clara comes anywhere near my arm with anything sharper than the chloraprep and steri-wipes
....... 'nother one done for another week ...... Monday comes round mighty fast these days
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Monkeybusiness
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Has the P38 done any miles in the last 12 months? Such a wasted year all round - very frustrating!well it passed on everything ..... but emissions
- good old Landrover - first thing out the parts bin and slam it on
so bit the 20% bullet and got it local .... much easier to send back, if it ain't right ..... Monday/Tuesday look 'kin wet, so'll be Wednesday 'fore I can get it in the air and wrestle a large lump of 'zorst system off the manifolds and replace it with the new one ........ 's in one piece
will be interesting to see if the right lambdas arrive Monday .... there're two variants of those too
been dry here today - amazingly, but a cold easterly, enough to take yer ears off and thought I'd better get this done ............
didn't get done as planned .... weather probably
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some sun would've been nice to take the edge off the wind, but it had to have it ...
easy enough swap ..... on the bench
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then juggle back into spot ... changed the filters whilst I was in there, damp an' cold and we now have normality returned ..... I'll do a PM on the old unit when it's a tad warmer, but pretty sure the diaphragm's gone hard.
Monday was hamster juice day, as usual ...... Pam had an assistant ......
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look at the concentration ....
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and no she wasn't doing this bit .....
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just the steriprep ........ the canular is Pam's domain .... be a while 'fore Clara comes anywhere near my arm with anything sharper than the chloraprep and steri-wipes
V8Druid
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385 miles MB ..... didn't go anywhere between mid March and mid August ... stops and starts've probably killed the cats ...... I do try to let it warm up to temperature usually, but you know what it's like ... just move it out the way quick ..... must start parking it back on the lower drive -- out the wayHas the P38 done any miles in the last 12 months? Such a wasted year all round - very frustrating! ................
GazCro
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Probably just needs a good flogging, lot of emissions failures just need a good warm up
V8Druid
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know what you mean ....... I usually take me MOTs to a mate 15 odd miles away, up 'the valleys', so gets a good hard run to his and is always fine .... this week was less than a mile away ... gave it a decent run first, but all on the flat ... me mate's is all up hill .. a serious pull for miles ...... but really did not fancy venturing into his area ATM
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TiltyShaun
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With that polluting beast you should have had a mask on!!
GazCro
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Should have taken the long way round to the near guy then.know what you mean ....... I usually take me MOTs to a mate 15 odd miles away, up 'the valleys', so gets a good hard run to his and is always fine .... this week was less than a mile away ... gave it a decent run first, but all on the flat ... me mates is all up hill .. a serious pull for miles ...... but really did not fancy venturing into his area ATM
V8Druid
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I did ....... once I got outWith that polluting beast you should have had a mask on!!
V8Druid
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no hills though
V8Druid
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probably better than your tow barges though ShaunWith that polluting beast you should have had a mask on!!
V8Druid
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well me bits for the P38 arrived Monday morning ...... 'bout an hour after Clara did so didn't get much chance to look at it yesterday.
was amazed to see it sunny and not raining this morning ...... so after i'd tracked down a new water pump for the house ... bloody thing is still playing up ... was easier to find a pump, than a capacitor ... gotten that ordered and pee-ed about with the one in the system ... I got the old girl up in the air, to see if the bits that'd arrived looked anywhere near right...
the wheel chock is t'other side, out of sight but P and a tranny handbrake ought to keep it put anyway. Bits look there, or there abouts.
it emptied down about 20 minutes after this and put a bit of a damper on any further progress ....... that and the fact that I'm gonna have to drop the gearbox cross member out (and support that enormous G/box) to get the Y piece, with the cats in it, over the top of the cross member --- and the old one out of course ...... gonna be a full day and preferably dry, so Thursday BTLs of the forecast.
Find one of these is a job for tomorrow .....
start capacitor for the existing pump ...... need a second one for a.n.other water system i've yet to plumb up, to get a pressurised feed up me patch (and a spare unit, if ever needed) ........ haven't looked yet
so didn't get much chance to look at it yesterday.was amazed to see it sunny and not raining this morning ...... so after i'd tracked down a new water pump for the house ... bloody thing is still playing up ... was easier to find a pump, than a capacitor ... gotten that ordered and pee-ed about with the one in the system ... I got the old girl up in the air, to see if the bits that'd arrived looked anywhere near right...
the wheel chock is t'other side, out of sight
but P and a tranny handbrake ought to keep it put anyway. Bits look there, or there abouts. it emptied down about 20 minutes after this and put a bit of a damper on any further progress ....... that and the fact that I'm gonna have to drop the gearbox cross member out (and support that enormous G/box) to get the Y piece, with the cats in it, over the top of the cross member --- and the old one out of course
...... gonna be a full day and preferably dry, so Thursday BTLs of the forecast.Find one of these is a job for tomorrow .....
start capacitor for the existing pump ...... need a second one for a.n.other water system i've yet to plumb up, to get a pressurised feed up me patch (and a spare unit, if ever needed) ........ haven't looked yet
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