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frank horton
V twins are great but 4"s rule.........
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good dition to the workshop.....would like a bigger model as well...
mine doesn't get used enough but good to look at.....
a few visitors are intrigued as to what it is.....they always have to touch......lol...
mine doesn't get used enough but good to look at.....
a few visitors are intrigued as to what it is.....they always have to touch......lol...
arther dailey
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many things really , some of value like my 135 fergie forklift ,fe 35 4 cylinder ,scruffy as but fires up and I use a tipper trailer on it , inverter stick ,again rarely used but when needed cant do with out and it goes on ...perazzi mx8 use it on sporting clays , triggers broom as in different barrels and stock from when I bought it , oxford mig ..and the list goes on
arther dailey
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I used to be like that , but old now and sentimentality of memories comes into it , money is only money , you cant replace memories or people.
Yes but you can run out of room suprisingly quickly....
O for some of @cheb s attitude, I must try harder...
Memmeddu
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I have few things really I would never throw away because remind me people who are now gone...
Like a little Lombardini oil engine, it was gifted to me by a good old friend of mine who unfortunately passed away.
It's a piece of junk TBH, not worth to fix taking space but he gifted to me and I will keep it as long as I can.
It's going to stay there in its little spot.
I used to go in his shop every day and he tried to teach me welding and fabrication...
He did not have enough time to see the results of that as I was able to weld only after cancer took him away.
I have few other things like taps and dies I've actually never used.
I should have his preferred Elú angle grinder somewhere too.
Stripped gears took a part and kept somewhere I can't remember.
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The older I get the more I want to shift stuff on. Death clearance is a Scandinavian term for it. My children aren't likely to want any of it and I'd rather shift it on when convenient rather than when obligatotory.
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That's what I'm starting to think about, too. At 58 I hopefully have some decent workshop days still ahead of me but I'm conscious of the half ton machines in the garage and the sheer quantity of stuff (my term) / crap (wife's term) that's in there, which would be a nightmare for her to get rid of.
Guy I know has done the right thing - he's 79 and was a carpenter and welder to trade. He's now bought a wee bungalow with no outside storage and has spent the last year getting rid of all of his kit. It's clearly been hard on him but I think he's relieved that it's done.
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I'm nearly 60 so I'll work on about another 15 years of usefulness*. I'm slowly moving from a large 5 bed house with outbuildings to a 3 bed with one shed. There will be another shed soonish, that'll mostly be to keep the weather off things.
And to go with döstädning there's 'It'll see me out' and 'If I'm spared'. Wills, advanced directives, powers of attorney etc are all in place and have been for a good whiley. You'd think I was looking forward to it.
*I'll need to start soon
And to go with döstädning there's 'It'll see me out' and 'If I'm spared'. Wills, advanced directives, powers of attorney etc are all in place and have been for a good whiley. You'd think I was looking forward to it.
*I'll need to start soon
arther dailey
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yes, but don t need more room as nothing I need for ,happy days.
arther dailey
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I clearly remember my grandad saying what he had built up during his life he had enjoyed doing so , property , horse carriages , land etc along with sheds full of "treasures" ,which was hard wood ,carts etc, and they were treasures in those days , as he started with a horse and cart , as he enjoyed building it up his sons could enjoy selling it off as they would get the benefits . which the youngest certainly is.
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Would be loath to get rid of this, my first, and for a long time, my only lathe. Bought it at an MOD auction almost 40 years ago. The DRO is a more recent 'old gits eyesight' addition.
But I'm not sure that I'd be allowed to keep a lathe in my room if I end up in a care home; so I'd have to make do with the rebating plane that I remember my late father using on all sorts of woodwork projects. I am also reminded of how good he was at putting an edge on a blade every time I get to use it.
But I'm not sure that I'd be allowed to keep a lathe in my room if I end up in a care home; so I'd have to make do with the rebating plane that I remember my late father using on all sorts of woodwork projects. I am also reminded of how good he was at putting an edge on a blade every time I get to use it.
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You know, without wanting to sound macabre, I don't fear it and wouldn't mind too much if it were next week. I have left my garage contents to my executor so hopefully that takes care of that. My vehicles go to another friend. My mum in her 90s says much the same thing, she has been there, done it all and now she is tired of it. The recent news hasn't helped either.
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That's problem number two
Once you get rid of stuff you end up with more stuff and unbelievably less space than before.
