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[jonathan_dyane]

Mission to collect important building equipment almost foiled by trailer snapping in half, thankfully I managed to weld it back together with an old bed frame

[jonathan_dyane]

Not my finest welding...

[Ghosty]

Throughout lockdown I've been ferrying a friend of mine around as his girlfriend, another good friend of mine, is having a rough time in lockdown with her mental health issues and a mum that's going through a divorce subsisting entirely on wine, they need safe places to stay and need to keep a balance, and guess who's the only one with a car. Manchester to Blackburn pretty much every other week. 

On the return leg of the last journey the Volvo put up a big red ! and a message 'transmission service urgent'. It also refused to come out of 4th gear when moving, however you could manually shift 4-2 when stationary. 

A restart cleared the fault, but I got 10 litres of ATF and tomorrow I'm going to have to try and flush the gearbox. 'Sealed for life' box which means taking the transmission cooler pipes off and running the car... what fun that'll be. 

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32 minutes ago, GBJ said:

What harm were they doing?

Causing my sister in law to be very assertive with me.  And my wife to use my reluctance to do anything at all as reason number 10543 why I obviously don't care about anyone other than myself.  A bee loving husband who ignored the issue for a week, because it seemed a bit pointless as they will all probably die, come the Autumn. 

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19 minutes ago, GBJ said:

Bumble bees almost never sting. Unless you do something really stupid.

Yeah that word. almost. 

[mitsisigma01]

42 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Getting into the house, and as mentioned on the last page, their wife is allergic to bee stings.  Seems a reasonable situation under which action had to be taken.  Unfortunate, but necessary.

Do bumblebees nest in bushes or have they found a hole in the brickwork behind the rosebush, it's right by my front door and this morning there was a dozen or so arrived within a minute. I go anaphylactic when stung so could get a bit messy or maybe die..... Should I get them before they get me ???

[Zelandeth]

39 minutes ago, GBJ said:

Bumble bees almost never sting. Unless you do something really stupid.

It's that word, "almost."

Last time I was stung by a bee (probably the only time in the last decade) it was a bumble bee, I didn't even know it was in the room.  Right up to the point where I sat on it.  I hold absolutely no ill will to be bee, absolutely fair reaction.  Luckily I'm not allergic to stings, it just hurt like blazes.  Felt guilty for sitting on the poor thing though.

Anaphylactic shock isn't something to be trifled with though, it can get very, very nasty very, very quickly depending on the circumstances.

I used to be terrified of bees as our next door neighbour when I was about five had hives at the bottom of their garden, and shortly after we moved in they had issues with something happening which resulted in their bees becoming really aggressive for a year or two.  They managed to get rid of the aggressive strain pretty quickly and we never had any further issues - but the emotional impact of getting stung five or six times in one day when they went after me when I was about five years old took a long time to resolve.

 

8 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Do bumblebees nest in bushes or have they found a hole in the brickwork behind the rosebush, it's right by my front door and this morning there was a dozen or so arrived within a minute. I go anaphylactic when stung so could get a bit messy or maybe die..... Should I get them before they get me ???

When we had similar here a couple of years ago it turned out that they were living in the wall cavity, getting in through an air brick.  In our case though it was wasps rather than bees.  We had to get something done on that occasion as it was right next to the side door and while we were generally able to just keep our distance, they kept going after the dog. 

Worth keeping an eye on them and seeing if activity continues.  If it's the right time of day and it's a plant they "like" in particular the activity levels can be surprisingly high sometimes.  We used to have a lavender bush out the back of our old house that you could literally hear humming from the far side of the driveway when it was fully in bloom!

[mitsisigma01]

1 hour ago, Zelandeth said:

It's that word, "almost."

Last time I was stung by a bee (probably the only time in the last decade) it was a bumble bee, I didn't even know it was in the room.  Right up to the point where I sat on it.  I hold absolutely no ill will to be bee, absolutely fair reaction.  Luckily I'm not allergic to stings, it just hurt like blazes.  Felt guilty for sitting on the poor thing though.

Anaphylactic shock isn't something to be trifled with though, it can get very, very nasty very, very quickly depending on the circumstances.

I used to be terrified of bees as our next door neighbour when I was about five had hives at the bottom of their garden, and shortly after we moved in they had issues with something happening which resulted in their bees becoming really aggressive for a year or two.  They managed to get rid of the aggressive strain pretty quickly and we never had any further issues - but the emotional impact of getting stung five or six times in one day when they went after me when I was about five years old took a long time to resolve.

 

When we had similar here a couple of years ago it turned out that they were living in the wall cavity, getting in through an air brick.  In our case though it was wasps rather than bees.  We had to get something done on that occasion as it was right next to the side door and while we were generally able to just keep our distance, they kept going after the dog. 

Worth keeping an eye on them and seeing if activity continues.  If it's the right time of day and it's a plant they "like" in particular the activity levels can be surprisingly high sometimes.  We used to have a lavender bush out the back of our old house that you could literally hear humming from the far side of the driveway when it was fully in bloom!

They actually fly round the back of the bush nearly down to ground level but when emerging they seem to have a different flightpath to the incoming ones reaching bare arm and face level as they get near to the door so a bit dodgy. 

I had a nest down the side of my pond in the back garden last year right next to the filter box but they were big muthafkers so they were flooded out with the hosepipe because it was right next to the back door. 

I might try the hosepipe on the ones by the front door for my sake as well as visitors and neighbours ?

 

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I'm sorry, I started a debate about bees. 

Now wasps? 

I'd just have sorted the little fuckers a week ago myself, with a can of builders foam straight into the entrance. 

[paulplom]

Why the hatred of wasps on here? They're still gods creatures.

Come to think of it I remember being in a beer garden once and one crawled up my t shirt sleeve and stung me in the fucking armpit, for no reason at alI. It hurt for a couple of weeks afterwards.

I hate the bastards.

[paulplom]

Then there was the time my mate was stung over a hundred times and nearly died when we were young.

His crime? He threw an old hoover at their nest.

[omegod]

43 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Then there was the time my mate was stung over a hundred times and nearly died when we were young.

His crime? He threw an old hoover at their nest.

He was Dyson with death doing that! 

[Split_Pin]

57 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Then there was the time my mate was stung over a hundred times and nearly died when we were young.

His crime? He threw an old hoover at their nest.

As you do!

[SiC]

10 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Throughout lockdown I've been ferrying a friend of mine around as his girlfriend, another good friend of mine, is having a rough time in lockdown with her mental health issues and a mum that's going through a divorce subsisting entirely on wine, they need safe places to stay and need to keep a balance, and guess who's the only one with a car. Manchester to Blackburn pretty much every other week. 

On the return leg of the last journey the Volvo put up a big red ! and a message 'transmission service urgent'. It also refused to come out of 4th gear when moving, however you could manually shift 4-2 when stationary. 

A restart cleared the fault, but I got 10 litres of ATF and tomorrow I'm going to have to try and flush the gearbox. 'Sealed for life' box which means taking the transmission cooler pipes off and running the car... what fun that'll be. 

Done that job on a Saab 9-5. Was quite easy with the cooler lines disconnected. Just make sure you put exactly the same amount in as you take out. 

Also isn't this your old Prelude / @chatsharris one:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/250646578391491/permalink/2795392897250167/?sale_post_id=2795392897250167

(Just say'in like) 

[EyesWeldedShut]

10 hours ago, jonathan_dyane said:

Not my finest welding...

Oh I dunno - bit of grinding, filler, Hammerite - tada!

Or just drive around 'as is' being smug that you fixed summat that most others would scrap? (sounds like my cars)

[Timewaster]

2 hours ago, paulplom said:

Then there was the time my mate was stung over a hundred times and nearly died when we were young.

His crime? He threw an old hoover at their nest.

That sucks. 

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2 hours ago, paulplom said:

Why the hatred of wasps on here? They're still gods creatures.

Come to think of it I remember being in a beer garden once and one crawled up my t shirt sleeve and stung me in the fucking armpit, for no reason at alI. It hurt for a couple of weeks afterwards.

I hate the bastards.

My parents used to take us camping.  Not your normal camping, no this was like a car show without the cars.  This was a Christian holiday with a massive marque and praying and singing and speaking in tongues. Services from 9 am to 11 and 7pm to 9pm 

And even a children's fellowship.

 

A whole week of it. For about 8 years. I stopped going at 16. Refused. 

And wasps.  I take this as a sign that there is a god and he woukd have preferred us all to get into bognor  town centre and help drug addicts or the homeless, rather than camping in a field near Durdle Door (topical)

One Lunch time I killed 36 wasps. My record. I think I'm on thier list. Thier crime. One of the fuckers hid in my shoe. I was 10. 

[MikeR]

our bees have crossed the line ,

dont mind a few

but this is getting like a crowd at a letter opening .

last night I popped up and pulled down the handy " landing pad " I had put up to block the entrance .

now the big ones cant get back in !!!  , and are flying off some where else ...

[chatsharris]

Done that job on a Saab 9-5. Was quite easy with the cooler lines disconnected. Just make sure you put exactly the same amount in as you take out. 
Also isn't this your old Prelude / [mention=20001]chatsharris[/mention] one:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/250646578391491/permalink/2795392897250167/?sale_post_id=2795392897250167
(Just say'in like) 

No, this is the one I got from JohnK a couple of years back (the one I took to Shitefest).

Ghosty's old Prelude is staying with me.

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[SiC]

13 minutes ago, chatsharris said:

No, this is the one I got from JohnK a couple of years back (the one I took to Shitefest).

Ghosty's old Prelude is staying with me.

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Ah. I happened to come across your advert the other day when browsing Facebook on cars for sale. 

I believe @Ghosty has money burning a hole in his pocket after selling the Jag and is on the lookout for something. Iirc he said that he likes Preludes a lot and as he was experiencing car trouble, thought I'd point him in your direction.

Only single change at Birmingham train station when going from Manchester to Bristol Temple Meads too. 

 

[chatsharris]

Ah. I happened to come across your advert the other day when browsing Facebook on cars for sale. 
I believe [mention=17391]Ghosty[/mention] has money burning a hole in his pocket after selling the Jag and is on the lookout for something. Iirc he said that he likes Preludes a lot and as he was experiencing car trouble, thought I'd point him in your direction.
Only single change at Birmingham train station when going from Manchester to Bristol Temple Meads too. 
 

Hm. There may be commission for your efforts

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[Aston Martin]

I took the Tangerine Dream to tesco. 

A guy in a red Panda dynamic coming the other way moved his head.... 170 degrees to have a look. His reaction was funny.  ?

[MorrisItalSLX]

Made the most of my “One free trailer load at the tip” voucher from the council.

[camryv6]

13 hours ago, GBJ said:

Bumble bees almost never sting. Unless you do something really stupid.

So when they sting her and she dies, you can say "that is strange they don't normally sting"

[Spurious]

*totally what was said ??

[dean36014]

Full service done including cambelt and water pump. Anything slightly suspect has been replaced. Back on the road tomorrow, can't wait! Now to get rid of the Merc so this can have it's parking spot.

[somewhatfoolish]

Two blokes dressed like the stig doing his gardening and a stuffed dinosaur are about to mark the first ever commercial manned space flight by docking with the ISS. What a time to be alive.

https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

[Ghosty]

Found a dipstick on the C30 gearbox. Fucking get in. 

[Ghosty]

Oil changed, it's made a difference to the shifts. Gonna do it again in a week or so. 

The dipstick is under the air filter housing. Logical... 

 

[stuboy]

Anyone ever bought off here?

https://www.oglurom.com