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  1. Yeah but it looks right breezy over there. No chance of your bins blowing over!
  2. Sportsbikeshop does free returns if your order is over £25. Order 3 sizes and return the other 2. I ordered 2 pairs of bike gloves and returned the pair I didn't need. It's all online and seems to be automatic. Of course you have to pay for the full order upfront.
  3. Rufford Ford Shame really. As a local kid I'd always want my dad to drive through as fast as possible. Then when you were in Rufford Park you'd always cheer when a vehicle went through at speed or stand on the bridge and play chicken to avoid a soaking.
  4. Now that's not a little bit neglected it's properly dumped.
  5. I could try to flog em, they are approx 2.85m long (Inc the bracket bits) so they won't go in a Fiesta! Not sure I can face the great unwashed via auction sites/bumtree They aren't that expensive to buy from used dealers. There are 12 on eBay for £40. There are some 2.3m ones for a fiver each.
  6. Major racking update After visiting an v unwell family member today I thought a bit of physical was called for... I'm well impressed with the set up. It's absolutely rock solid. I used the middle level as a platform to lift (solo) the top level beams in place. I'm trying to balance the work bench height against maximising storage space but the middle bench level is going to have to come down a bit. Cost was £130 for the beams and uprights. The boarding was another 90 quid so total of £220. I also got another set up of a loft over the garage door (see a page or 2 back) out of the original racking purchase so a right bargain I reckon. Slight issue is I've got to fill these gaps You can't really tell in the pic but the brick roof supports are in the way of the racking going flush with the rear wall. The gap is about 8". I plan to fill by screwing 3 x 2 to the wall and the boarding and infilling with cut pallet slats. I've still 12 beams left, probably cut em up and use as fence posts up the allotment TOP TIP: There are different makes of racking - Link51, Redirack, Mecalux, Stow (mine) etc. They are all proprietary and not interchangable between makes. So if buying any stick to one brand.
  7. Minor racking update. I'd collected a couple of thick pallets for the boarding but wasn't satisfied and couldn't be bothered arseing about with something that would never be to my requirements. Chipboard decking is available but once it gets damp/wet it's useless. eBay had loads of ready made timber examples but most had wide gaps so I found some "closed" versions with a minimal gap leading to a run down to the beautiful West Mids. £15 each (no vat, no receipt - £18 if wanted a bit of paper). 6 bought which covers 3 levels. Timber is 32mm thick. But my god they were filthy. Pic after they were hosed done. I was expecting more marks, stains etc. I reckon they've just been sat in an unused corner of a factory for a long time. There's approx 11+ linear metres in each one. I can't get the timber that cheap, nevermind the faff of cutting and assembling. Each one is 1340mm long. They would have fit in the back of the Doblo but some of them would have rested on the protrusions of the folded up rear seats. 4 Allen bolts and washers and the seats are out. I've had the f-ing thing 12 years and never had the seats out. Yeah I know it's filthy but would ya look at that load space! (The owner of the racking place had a modern Jag in bits. He says "I'll get this Jag back together one day". I said nowt, very unlike me )
  8. My mum has been suffering with shortness of breath, a cough and weight loss. The GP started investigations v end of Nov and the hospital continued that through December and with invasive stuff last week. She got the diagnosis yesterday. Mesothelioma - lung cancer from asbestos. Beyond the devestation for her and us as a family we can't think of anywhere she's been to be exposed to asbestos. Ultimately we'll never know where the asbestos came from. The NHS and GP has been absolutely top notch. It's all v v sh*t.
  9. Thanks again. What a handsome young man, bet you couldn't keep those Sutton lasses away from those luscious locks🤣 I lived near Mansfield (Crown Farm) Colliery. Dad worked at Clipo (Clipstone). I left school in 1986. Dad made a half hearted effort to ask me if I wanted to try and get an apprenticeship at the pit. Never sure why he raised it, he truly hated working underground. Well the writing was on the wall for coal mining by then and I declined. The old man took redundancy just before RJB took over. The mine itself limped on til 2003.
  10. Thanks for posting all these. I grew up in a mining area - our house was 2 streets away from the pit (but not the one my dad worked at). Those that would have been in use in the 70s & 80s bring my childhood memories flooding back.
  11. Been busy getting the motorbike out of its cocoon. We had the house, garage and shed rewired so wanted the bike safe from damage and theft whilst we moved out for the duration. I've also been building the industrial racking I bought 2.5 years ago. Will be a garage loft: Will be a workbench and mahoousive storage at the far end: I can lift the 1.5t rated beams and slot them in solo but not the 3t ones (ones on the floor in pic 4). Oh, one of the the blue frames fell onto my back! No damage done. Each racking unit is 2.2m H (cut down from 4.5m) x 3m W x 900mm D. Although I'd measured and measured I was mightily relieved when they fitted in the garage. Best off there will still be room to get a car in if it needs working on.
  12. I put a glug of fuel stabiliser in anything I'm not using immediately. Had both petrol and diesel be fine for a year. I write on the can the date the stabiliser was added. It gets bloody hot in my garage too. But I might try Aspen/ other alcolyte petrol as well.
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