Today I acquired...........

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Mrs TYA was leaving work, when one of the site engineers came up to her and told her he had something for me.

This is what I got.






Nail gun, with spare gas cylinders and it looks complete.
Still not tested yet.



Selection of nails and some cable tie fittings.

 

[angellonewolf]

^^^^^^^^

git

 

[mrsbruce]

Mrs TYA was leaving work, when one of the site engineers came up to her and told her he had something for me.

This is what I got.

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Nail gun, with spare gas cylinders and it looks complete.
Still not tested yet.

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Selection of nails and some cable tie fittings.

I’d never heard of these, so googled. Well done!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I’d never heard of these, so googled. Well done!

Nor had I until today.

 

[4String.]

For some reason, , the Yanks were very twitchy about cameras, even to the point of making me climb onto the crane and put tape over the rear facing camera on the back bulkhead of the truck. Only that one though, they weren’t bothered about the ones on either front corner or the forward facing one in the top centre of the screen .

And I conveniently forgot to mention the built-in one in the sat nav, and kept my Olympus TG4 out of sight in my boilersuit pocket . The MOD in Portsmouth were the same a few years back when I collected some big water pumps from the shed that held the bow section, all 6,000 tons of it, for the aircraft carrier Prince of Wales. No cameras, no recording devices, no this, no that. As if I would . Sadly, I loaded them the day before they moved the section out of the shed and onto a barge to Rosyth. It was either ALE or Mammoet that did it, can’t remember who, but the SPMT’s they use are serious heavy haulers. Iirc, they had 10 axles per trailer, each axle good for 30 tons, all hydraulically steered with full raise and lower capabilities, and a remote control unit that makes mine look a bit silly .

Edit: I should have quoted @Chillitt ’s post, it takes me that long to type a reply .

 

[slim_boy_fat]

1/2"?

Yes

 

[4String.]

Mrs TYA was leaving work, when one of the site engineers came up to her and told her he had something for me.

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Last time I said something like that to a woman I acquired a slap in the face followed by a Police caution .

 

[slim_boy_fat]

This has just reminded me, a mate went one better, he had a set that played Colonel Bogie,

Dopey here thought he'd give one of the wheel bolts a quick spin to try it out. Gave it a quick birl [Scots word for "spin" or "whirl" for those of you darn saarf ].........nothing, still as tight as a tight thing.
Then I realised that the weight of the car needed to be off the wheel...... . Gun certainly spins, both batteries are good and the sockets seem 'adequate' for the job. Overall seems a decent enough bit of kit.

I'll try when I have a bit more time and energy.

 

[4String.]

Just found this in “The Land that time forgot” that is the bottom bunk behind the passenger seat. (Things get quite, err, untidy after 2 weeks away...)

Don’t normally buy magazines as the prices are a bit daft, but I saw this at the services today and couldn’t say no to the front page, and my own folk to boot . Used to pass by their place when I was in and out of Stocksbridge steelworks, happy days.

 

[Cobbler]

Just trying to work out the relationship of Colonel Bogie & a rattle gun, Slim. Just a guess but reckon you clicked reply on the wrong one my rattle gun makes a lot of noise but try as I might I can’t get it to play a tune.

 

[4String.]

Gave it a quick birl [Scots word for "spin" or "whirl" for those of you darn saarf ]

That penny has just dropped for me.

On numerous occasions someone would tell me to “birl yer truck roon...”, and the pronunciation made it sound like “barrel” to me, which seemed an odd thing to say.

I am indebted to you John, every day’s a school day .

 

[slim_boy_fat]

which seemed an odd thing to say.

We're often accused of that up here.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Just trying to work out the relationship of Colonel Bogie & a rattle gun, Slim. Just a guess but reckon you clicked reply on the wrong one my rattle gun makes a lot of noise but try as I might I can’t get it to play a tune.

Just checking you're awake , but yes.....I was multi-tasking

 

[zx9]

Not sure if everyone gets an escort, or just wierdo truck drivers from Yorkshire

I don't think they singled you out.
Those USAF bases are great, when we went to buy lunch our escort told us we could buy anything we liked except fuel from the gas station.

 

[DAPPH]

Steam whistles are good, but this does it for me:

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And I’ve just given the Yanks on gate guard at Lakenheath a taste of high octane bagpipes! Every head swivelled to my direction as I drove through the gates, full volume music and all hi-viz beacons and flashers lit up. This showing off is getting to be a habit..

Reminds me of 18 months at Horseshoe Barracks Shoeburyness listening to the long mournful fog horns as the sodding ships came up & down the Thames in foggy weather .

 

[DAPPH]

Putting the new toys to work today.
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Tie downs were mentioned earlier , seeing your erection reminded me of what my kitchen fitter mate used to do . He had a set of four , five gallon plastic containers with the strong integral handle in the top and ratchet straps for his tie downs . Looped in the top rings he had three loops (1.5 mtrs ) of bungee cord so that if a really big gust came the cords stretched a tiny bit to stop the fabric ripping He simply filled the containers with a hose pipe at the customers premises . In the 18 years I lived near him he never lost a canopy .

 

[DAPPH]

3 for £5 at Lakenheath services. Bargain .

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And one of these:

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...earned me a kiss on the cheek from a gorgeous young American gal. My escort while I was doing my thing at Lakenheath, I took pity on her for having to sit around looking bored while I moved some cabins this morning, and gave her a packet of Shetland’s finest fudge. Not sure if everyone gets an escort, or just wierdo truck drivers from Yorkshire, , but either way it was a lovely end to a great visit.

I've heard it called something's in my 69 years but never , " A packet of finest Shetland fudge ".

I used do my working day at such bases for several years . Donut Land was a mere 40 yards way , in one direction and the PX fifty in the other . Developed some great friendships with the servicemen & their families . Rarely ever had an escort unless I was in a special building , then it had to be pre booked & cleared … the escorts in there were people who were usually like the side of a barn and armed to the teeth .

 

[4String.]

Tie downs were mentioned earlier , seeing your erection reminded me of what my kitchen fitter mate used to do . He had a set of four , five gallon plastic containers with the strong integral handle in the top and ratchet straps for his tie downs . Looped in the top rings he had three loops (1.5 mtrs ) of bungee cord so that if a really big gust came the cords stretched a tiny bit to stop the fabric ripping He simply filled the containers with a hose pipe at the customers premises . In the 18 years I lived near him he never lost a canopy .

Me and the previous Mrs 4String spent 5 years living and working at a wobble box park north of Oban.

The pitches were located on the waterfront, looking out to the Isle of Mull, and were exposed to the full force of westerly storms. The site shop sold literally hundreds of awning straps which were essentially a length of adjustable webbing with an eye at each, a gert big spring, and 2 wicked looking steel pegs. The idea was to hammer the pegs in, hook the eye on one peg, hang the spring on the other peg and hook the webbing onto the spring, then adjust it so the spring was under slight tension, the theory being same as your mate’s, that when a gust hit the awning, the spring would stretch.

Quite often Mr Clever would arrive and would use one of those fancy 2.5 ton ratchet straps that he’d paid a fortune for, , to hold his awning down. Even though he had the latest top of the range awning connected to his top of the range twin axled wobble box, pulled by an equally top of the range 4 wheel drive, he lacked the common sense to work out the physics of the matter. We all had a more than sly chuckle when he inevitably came into the shop and told us his awning was in tatters...

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Even though he had the latest top of the range awning connected to his top of the range twin axled wobble box, pulled by an equally top of the range 4 wheel drive, he lacked the common sense to work out the physics of the matter. We all had a more than sly chuckle when he inevitably came into the shop and told us his awning was in tatters...

In a way it's wrong to mock the afflicted.....

 

[4String.]

In a way it's wrong to mock the afflicted.....

As my dear old Dad used to say, “If brains were dynamite, ‘ee wunt av’ enough ter blow ‘is cap off!”

And as one or two of his children were quite dim, he obviously knew a thing or two...