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[Westbay]

eerrmmm, why the gate ? can't he just walk around the end of the fence ... 😂

[grizz]

1 hour ago, Westbay said:

eerrmmm, why the gate ? can't he just walk around the end of the fence ... 😂

Don’t !!!! 
 

 

 

Visitors and politicians 

[grizz]

@Craigrk has a car for sale. 
 

£600.00 

 

Advertised in For Sale section  

 

Due to the imminent arrival of a company car our trusty old Audi Avant is looking for a new home.

MOT to 8 July

219,295 miles, but likely to change as still used while for sale.

Owned 3.5 years and c.40,000 miles used mainly by son for commuting between Surrey, Portsmouth, Bath, Belfast and Sheffield i.e. many motorway miles.  

Two owners (same family) prior to us.

Great drive and been very reliable in our use  

Condition commensurate with age hence ideal for people who know these cars keep trundling on.

Factory removable towbar with working electrics  

Factory roof bars 

Location - Shropshire - SY13

Negative points

New wings fitted this year (that’s positive) for the MOT and the colour match is slightly off, but no worse than fading on other similar aged vehicles.

The brake wear sensor is on, despite the pads being fine.  There is a broken wire which I haven’t been inclined to replace, I have the car serviced and brakes checked regularly.

The oil sensor is on (not oil light, the sensor), despite oil levels being fine. My understanding is that there is a sensor on the dipstick which is faulty (I could be wrong - word of mouth).  

Neither of the above two sensor warnings are MOT issues so I’ve not bothered spending money to repair them both have been on for years and at least 20,000 miles with no issues.

Price at £600 for a quick sale as it won’t be insured from next week so would rather it left the premises before or around then.

[Bmwdumptruck]

OMG Ryan, thats so sad.  Only ever had one dog, will hopefully have another at some point when things fall into place.  But the hardest day of our lives the last day with our Barney.  
Anyway, thanks for another year of your endless enthusiasm for projects. Hopefully the new year will see you back in work, keep the projects coming, you make us all envious of your energy.  
RIP BobbieG
 

[grizz]

On 28/12/2024 at 13:00, Bmwdumptruck said:

OMG Ryan, thats so sad.  Only ever had one dog, will hopefully have another at some point when things fall into place.  But the hardest day of our lives the last day with our Barney.  
Anyway, thanks for another year of your endless enthusiasm for projects. Hopefully the new year will see you back in work, keep the projects coming, you make us all envious of your energy.  
RIP BobbieG
 

Yes and thank you mate. 
 

I still believe life is good if you’re willing to look for the good stuff. 
 

Heres to a great 1/4 century year.  

[grizz]

Pavement gods were kind again. 
 

Guy at other end of Ring Doorbell said Microwave was surplus after house move. 
I will clean it and test at home, not in that order. Been wanting to replace my 1000W microwave for many months. 
Free 1250W could be good. 

Bulk Box of new unused M16 through bolts and nuts were FREE. Someone will use them. 
 

Ring Doorbell also confirmed 12V to  220Volt inverter is not working. 
Question is what, why and could it be just a fuse or an atomic meltdown??

 

Either way, interesting.  
 

Next job. Make a coffee, edit 65 minutes into half of that and upload to Youtube for Secret Shed Build series. 
 

FREE CASH IS GOOD ?? 
 

 

 

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[grizz]

@djones1a  Dennis has had some hot 60’F days in Missouri. 

So stripping the donor car and building up the Chevelle. 

 

Couple of pics. 

 

 

[grizz]

Further investigation into pavement gods goods…..

 

Microwave - Works. Well. 
- Triple cleaned. 
- Price checked around £160.00 plus

- I will be using it, tossing 14 year old one into shed  

- Free Cash  ✅

 

Wholesale box of M16 Thru Bolts

- 10 packs of 10

- New, Unused

- Price Check £250.00

- Free Cash (if someone uses them) ✅

 

12 Volt to 10000 Watt power inverter 

- Working? TBC

- Price Check £150.00 to £200.00

- Free Cash ? TBC ✅

 

Life is good  

 

FREE CASH IS GOODERER

 

 

* Chat with Sparkplug about inverter Screenshot  

 

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Why? 

[Westbay]

12 hours ago, grizz said:

 

 

Why? 

Overall, not a good idea to feed cats(or dogs)  curry or spicy foods ...

[grizz]

Part 6 of the *little secret shed build. 
*not little or secret 😉

Thick gauge plastic membrane followed by 75mm insulation to all surfaces  some parts are 2x 35mm and some 2x 45mm and some 75mm thickness used as well  

Followed by internal cladding  

I also found 5 sheets of used 12mm dirty construction plywood to buy for flooring, cladding and some roofing  

Mickey helped with his car and roofracks as I didn’t want to cut the sheets up to fit in the Scenic  

I pressure cleaned the sheets and put them up against the fence to dry for a week till I could use them   
Bargain at £10.00 per sheet collected  

I also managed to do the plywood for the roof   
 

Some pics for those preferring quick information  

 

 

Last day of 2024 

 

 

Thanks for following, comments and support through the year  

 

 

Here’s to a great 2025 for all of us   
 

 

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[Westbay]

Thanks for taking time to post, lots of information and tips , some to follow others to avoid ! 😂

The American road trip, as usual,  highly enjoyable.

I'll second your sentiments and hopes for a successful 2025 for us all...

[grizz]

More pics

[grizz]

Happy whatever…….

[Westbay]

Really like the 'outta gas' bike !

[grizz]

On 01/01/2025 at 07:53, Westbay said:

Really like the 'outta gas' bike !

Me too. 
 

I suspect it would look like I was wearing it though.  
 

 

 

[grizz]

 

 

White out. 
 

-3’C outside today. 
 

Hopefully upload Part 7 of the Top Secret Shed Build  to add to the random interim clips loaded already. 
 

Have a good weekend. 
 

 

 

 

[grizz]

Same cat. 

 

Why do we take pictures of them? 

 

Over and over. 

 

 

[Westbay]

Handsome fella !

[Bmwdumptruck]

Not sure Oscar agrees……..🤔

😂

[grizz]

4 hours ago, Bmwdumptruck said:

Not sure Oscar agrees……..🤔

😂

Love Gingers. 
 

The most gentle guy ever. 
 

Marnaduke “Dukey”

 

RIP. 

[grizz]

New to me YouTube channel I discovered may not appeal to many but that’s never important.

 

Their sentiment does.

 

Called DISCOVER CONNECTION

 

This was the first video I had seen.

 

Sometimes something just strikes a chord.

 

 

 

I hope you like Olga.

 

I would love to know her story.

 

Her humour and English ability implies more behind the smile.

 

Stas in Siberia has has a better English ability than most Brits (not hard)

 

Anyway.  Hope you do enjoy this. It is certainly light entertainment. 

 

 

 

[autopaul]

I'd have been singing the chorus to this if I was standing by that river....

AHH Olga I cannot.... A bit of the toy dolls

https://youtu.be/USMCXFVfv6o?si=wWTTkX7w1ix3uW_d

[Bmwdumptruck]

5 hours ago, grizz said:

Love Gingers. 
 

The most gentle guy ever. 
 

Marnaduke “Dukey”

 

RIP. 

Oh what a cracker.  
Oscars my fourth ginger, first was as a young kid, my main memory was finding him dead in our garage one day. 
Always wanted another but it was years before Baz adopted me. He was a customers kitten, they’d taken in him and his sister. He was so much fun, in and around me while working there, in my tools, getting under floors etc.  when I left I jokingly picked him up to take him with me.  A few weeks later she rang me and asked to have him as they’d lost the sister out on the road and couldn’t bear the idea of him going the same way.  I lived in a quiet close backing onto a graveyard. So we had him. Turned out the truth was he was an excellent hunter, a real murderer. He had everything literally, mice, rabbits, squirrels, slowworms and hundreds of pigeons. Our garden rarely lacked feathers.

But he was the softest, daftest and cuddliest of cats. You could pick him up and fuss him any way, roll him on his back, rub his belly, anything. Had him years, he was about 16 when we believe he got caught by a car or something, shattered his back end. 

[grizz]

3 minutes ago, Bmwdumptruck said:

Oh what a cracker.  
Oscars my fourth ginger, first was as a young kid, my main memory was finding him dead in our garage one day. 
Always wanted another but it was years before Baz adopted me. He was a customers kitten, they’d taken in him and his sister. He was so much fun, in and around me while working there, in my tools, getting under floors etc.  when I left I jokingly picked him up to take him with me.  A few weeks later she rang me and asked to have him as they’d lost the sister out on the road and couldn’t bear the idea of him going the same way.  I lived in a quiet close backing onto a graveyard. So we had him. Turned out the truth was he was an excellent hunter, a real murderer. He had everything literally, mice, rabbits, squirrels, slowworms and hundreds of pigeons. Our garden rarely lacked feathers.

But he was the softest, daftest and cuddliest of cats. You could pick him up and fuss him any way, roll him on his back, rub his belly, anything. Had him years, he was about 16 when we believe he got caught by a car or something, shattered his back end. 

 

Dukey was a foster with my ex wife and she kept him. 
 

He was thick as a thick thing but so gentle and tolerant. 
 

All cats are welcome here. 
 

Some stay long after they leave. 
 

[Bmwdumptruck]

We still had two other cats left after losing Baz, so it wasn’t till both had passed that we adopted a big white fella, Ollie, another softy, another that loved belly rubs.  After a few years with him we saw Chester looking for a home.  Turned out he had a dicky heart and wasn’t expected to live long, but we had him anyway. 
We lost him end of 23 when something went wrong which paralysed his back end. Late night run to emergency vets to put him down, £460odd bill rip off bastards. He was a very free spirit, rarely indoors, often found sleeping on the manhole in the street……. Last spring a neighbour in the close opposite stopped me and asked about him. Apparently he spent days sitting with her in her conservatory the previous summer while she was recovering from a big op.  
Ollie seemed to lose any desire to live after Chester went. Only a few weeks later we had to let him go too.  £70 at our usual vet. 
Wasn’t long after the wife started looking for another. I was trying for a bit of time without one……… spring last year Oscar showed up. Think I’d said it had to be another ginger hoping it would delay things a bit…… well that didn’t work…….

[Bmwdumptruck]

Ocsars cuddly, loves sitting on you, loves doing biscuits and sticking his claws in while doing it. No belly allowed…..at all….

But he’s got the curliest tail I’ve ever seen. Always seems to be curled round something.

[Westbay]

16 hours ago, grizz said:

New to me YouTube channel I discovered may not appeal to many but that’s never important.

 

Their sentiment does.

 

Called DISCOVER CONNECTION

 

This was the first video I had seen.

 

Sometimes something just strikes a chord.

 

 

 

I hope you like Olga.

 

I would love to know her story.

 

Her humour and English ability implies more behind the smile.

 

Stas in Siberia has has a better English ability than most Brits (not hard)

 

Anyway.  Hope you do enjoy this. It is certainly light entertainment. 

 

 

 

Certainly different ! I've travelled quite a lot, not sure I'd have the nerve to randomly ask a stranger if I could cook a meal for them though

[grizz]

10 hours ago, Bmwdumptruck said:

Ocsars cuddly, loves sitting on you, loves doing biscuits and sticking his claws in while doing it. No belly allowed…..at all….

But he’s got the curliest tail I’ve ever seen. Always seems to be curled round something.

 

We were fortunate when we got married in 2010 as Nicola came with three.  

Tabitha - Tiny, fiercely loyal rescue. 
Dukey - Big softy gentle spirit rescue. 
Harley - Adopted from a friend. 
 

I could talk about them for days……

 

I love all animals but cats suit my home more   
 

This was Tabitha

 

 

Harley is more well known as she was my garage cat and companion. 
 

 

 

And Mollie the rescue  

I was torn up when she got killed out in the street after 9 months here  

A brutal killing machine and cuddle bug   
 

She caught four doormice inside my house   Presumably they entered and lived in the tumble dryer vent  

 

 

And Finally…….

 

George  

 

Three or more years ago in the garden  

This was the first time I managed to get to him   
 

Since them my life is controlled by him   
 

 

 

 

 

 

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[grizz]

11 minutes ago, Westbay said:

Certainly different ! I've travelled quite a lot, not sure I'd have the nerve to randomly ask a stranger if I could cook a meal for them though

I speak to strangers. 
 

“Never met a stranger “ as my friend Dennis has been described as well. 
 

We are all different. 
 

Some of us can just walk up and do it, some can’t.