JMS1972
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Well done is that the driver shortage sorted?
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Moose McAlpine
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Thank you mate.
Well done is that the driver shortage sorted?
Actually, no, i start at the RAC on Monday. I'd already got the ball rolling on this and then the RAC job came along. I took it to get money in quickly, then we'll see what happens. Class 1 next.
JMS1972
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Hopefully the starting bonuses will keep going up.
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With the amount of muppets that NEVER check tyre pressure anything that maintains pressures longer, which in turn makes for safer handling alongside reducing stopping distances as well as reducing exhaust emissions has to be worth it . And yes, I do know first hand the amount of cars that have poorly maintained tyre pressures
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I agree, this is why i use a 78% nitrogen mix
It's also free 
Thing is, the rate of oxygen permeating through tyres is incredibly slow. You're talking years to make an appreciable difference. More likely to have a very slow puncture which pure N2 does nothing to help.
And before anyone says "my tyres used to go down every year" - that's a slow puncture! That's not O2 diffusion!
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When we bought an MX5 as a project car, it was advertised as steering needed attention, brakes pulled to one side etc. Red paint had gone pink as well. But the price was right, so got it. driving it home it was all over the shop, never knew which way it was going to go. Drove it back from London with a few hairy moments & got up next morning & started having a look round, first thing check tyre pressures! Highest one was 18 psi lowest was 12 psi! Put the correct pressure in them, took it up the road, steering straight as a die, hit the brakes dead straight again. I thought this is too good to be true, back home & TCut it twice & it came up as one of the straightest MK 1’s you will find. We’ve had it about 15 years now, just tax it for the summer, too old to drive a sports car in the winter!
If the seller had used his noodle, checked the tyres, TCut & polished it he would have easily doubled what he got for it.
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today, I aquired a foot wide grin, and a hankering for a decent dram
The skies above where I live are one of the playgrounds for the french air force jets training, we often see the sky covered with vapour trails etc... All good fun good to watch..
Anyway today, working outside the workshop painting, so I cranked the music up a bit louder than usual, no neighours to speak of so why not... anyway, good loud celtic rock on the go, happened to look up, and I reckoned the pilots must have been listening in too..... couldn't have time it better, raised a big grin.....
maybe I should turn it down a wee bit eh....
The skies above where I live are one of the playgrounds for the french air force jets training, we often see the sky covered with vapour trails etc... All good fun good to watch..
Anyway today, working outside the workshop painting, so I cranked the music up a bit louder than usual, no neighours to speak of so why not
... anyway, good loud celtic rock on the go, happened to look up, and I reckoned the pilots must have been listening in too..... couldn't have time it better, raised a big grin.....maybe I should turn it down a wee bit eh....
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Look round the back of big stores for busted delivery cages and trolleys. Casters galore for free.
Farside
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Yeah, I'd lusted after an SP 70-210 for years, but was quite happy with the 80-210 on my old OM-1.
Then, ten years ago, when everybody was losing their heads over digital, I finally got one for twenty five quid.
I was gobsmacked - it looked like it hadn't been used. Same deal as this one I just bought, case, hood, adapter.
At the time it was just another one for the collection of good old glass I was hoovering up all around, and apparently nobody wanted any more. I see things have changed a lot and Zeiss (West and East) has shot up, due to the fanbois bigging it up in recent years. Older Tamron SP stuff is still flying under the radar, though.
Some of those who own both, say that the SP quality is right up there with Canon L stuff, but I can't verify that directly. From the comparison shots I've seen, I'd say it's true in some cases, but I'd not go as far as to say all cases. There are a couple of Tamron ordinaries that get into SP territory, and if you get an abused SP, it can be crud.
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today, I aquired a foot wide grin, and a hankering for a decent dram
The skies above where I live are one of the playgrounds for the french air force jets training, we often see the sky covered with vapour trails etc... All good fun good to watch..
Anyway today, working outside the workshop painting, so I cranked the music up a bit louder than usual, no neighours to speak of so why not
maybe I should turn it down a wee bit eh....
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We get them too - three / four times a week, very low-level flying, and occasionally a sonic boom. Last year one banked over so low I could clearly see the pilot and gave him a wave, he turned round and came round again! Normally they just shoot down the valley.
First car I bought seemed ok on the test drive but after giving it a thorough check over at home I discovered one front wheel was 20 psi higher than the other! Once both wheels had the correct pressure the car pulled badly to one side when driving. The car dealer is very honest so I'm guessing whoever traded it in had the tyres at unequal pressures to con the dealer!
The dealer sorted the fault straight away - tracking was well off.
Reversing that trolley with the lawnmower will be fun.
When I worked on a large arable farm in Lincolnshire they had a mobile workshop that was used during harvest. It was built on a military 4 wheel bomb trailer towed by a MF 135 with a large generator mounted at the rear.
The tow hook was on the rear of the generator, 4 ft further back than normal. Add on the turntable on the trailer & it made for the most difficult thing I've ever tried reversing! When we moved fields it was my job to drive this contraption, I soon learned to plan ahead so I didn't need to reverse!
Is that a rietschle blower? We used them at the poultry factory I worked at. So well balanced and smooth running you could hardly feel them running.
Today I acquired one of the vac units for my flowbench via a cheeky bid off the bay of thieves
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aye fairly regular occurance here too, the first time I just about shaaaat meself...., thought something had exloded, took me a few moments to figure it out..
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Its a side channel vac pump, that one is Chinese but from what I have seen of them they all appear to be the same/badge engineered. I need one more if you know of one
Bob
