Another RNLI Boat Out of Use

Bru said:
Ans the relevance of your question?

Still unable to come up with a cogent reasoned argument are we?

Continuing to fall back on the good old standby of "attack the messenger if you can't attack the message" then?

I am, for what it's worth, in my late fifties.

I've worked in heavy industry, light industry, the entertainment industry, the haulage industry and in retail at every level from apprentice through shop floor worker to managing director (I'd like say I've had an interesting career, others might describe it as "chequered" :nonchalance:) and that is not bullshit, I'll put up my full CV if necesary

I have witnessed industrial accidents, I have HAD industrial accidents. I'll put up a full list with full details if necessary

Have you worked in a heavy machine shop? A press shop? A paint shop? A carpentry shop? (I have, one of the joys of a proper apprenticeship). Have you worked in an electrical test bay on live equipment with 415v 3 phase, 240v AC and 120v DC exposed conductors where one, ONE, momentary lapse of attention or wrong move will kill YOU. Dead. I have

You are wrong on this. Potentially, if you, the gods help us, are in a position of responsibility and take your attitudes posted on here into your workplace, criminally wrong

So either give up and retire from the field or put up a good case for your position. If you can which I rather doubt.
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Been sacked a few times then ???
 
RichardS said:
Just finished the Mondeo. Replacement rear sub-frame and suspension leading arm from breakers. Bleeding the brakes on my own from outside the car using a broom handle was slightly tricky but needs must. ;)

Project before this was a nut and bolt Series Land Rover restoration. New chassis, new bulkhead and engine rebuild. Bought for a couple of thousand in a totally rusted state. This was a photo from last summer of the first time we rolled it out of the garage for its first engine start:

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How many thousands do you think it might be worth now? :)

Next project .... you name it. No job too big. :encouragement:

Richard
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not exactly "rocket sciencel" is it. Just bolting a few bits together. Plus it is not even finished yet ��. How overdue is it?
 
Daydream believer said:
not exactly "rocket sciencel" is it. Just bolting a few bits together. Plus it is not even finished yet ��. How overdue is it?
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I thought the clues were "Project before this was a nut and bolt Series Land Rover restoration. New chassis, new bulkhead and engine rebuild. This was a photo from last summer. How many thousands do you think it might be worth now?

Of course, the skills required to observe that the "new bulkhead" is not even fitted in the photo are not "rocket science" either ... but it's clearly beyond some people. ;)

Richard
 
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Elecglitch said:
:encouragement: ;)
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Oh dear, Leccy crashes and burns yet again as he joins the bulkhead buffoon. ;)

Surely you must be horrified that every time you have given the thumbs up to a post in this thread, that post has subsequently been slaughtered. You'd do much better to await my riposte before you commit any pixels .... although perhaps I'm awaiting you. :D

Richard
 
RichardS said:
He? Who's that? The cat's father? :nonchalance:

Richard
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I could of used RichardS, but for some reason used 'He'

No slight intended or infered.

I am pretty handy too.

Just restored an antique built cane fishing rod, as well as a solid glass boat rod for use when sailing.

I can only whip one leg of a rod ring at a time as my fingers cramp these days.

On another matter, I saw you had had a trailer ripped off.

If you replace it and wish to make it secure, I have some serious " Bulldog " security products left over from the time I sold them in the Motorbike shop.

I have a new ground anchor, a REALLY heavy and hardened chain and a tow hitch lock. The chain and tow hitch lock are used, but in good order.

It would take a determined thief to deal with a trailer using those. Mine was OK for ten years parked on a forecourt. Several attempts to steal it, but once the protection became clear they sodded off.

PM me if interested. They wont be expensive.
 
RichardS said:
Oh well .... it's gonna be tricky to list all the things I can't do 'cos I won't know what they are until I've tried and failed. ;)

Richard
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That looks like an admission that the list of jobs you can't do is longer than just "welding" which rather proves my point. Thank you.
 
Mister E said:
This forum educated you about AF spanners so I am trying to establish what you used.

Was it Imperial or Metric nuts and bolts?
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The first is a strange comment. I was using AF and Whitworth in the 60's when the cars and bikes I was working on used nothing else. :confused:

As for the Landy, it's a bugger's muddle and uses a mixture of AF, Whitworth and metric as the fancy took British Leyland. :ambivalence:

Richard
 
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Thistle said:
That looks like an admission that the list of jobs you can't do is longer than just "welding" which rather proves my point. Thank you.
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Or it might be a recognition that the list might be incredibly short 'cos I might find that welding is the only thing that I ever put on it. ;)

By the way, if you want your a/c system fixing and re-charging, just bring it round. :encouragement:

Richard
 
RichardS said:
The first is a strange comment. I was using AF and Whitworth in the 60's when the cars and bikes I was working on used nothing else. :confused:

As for the Landy, it's a bugger's muddle and uses a mixture of AF, Whitworth and metric as the fancy took British Leyland. :ambivalence:

Richard
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You should read your own past threads.

If you have used Metric on an old Series then it should be classed as a rebuild not s restoration.
Old Series did not have Metric nuts and bolts.

Remember the Steering Relay from a HS point?
 
Mister E said:
You should read your own past threads.

If you have used Metric on an old Series then it should be classed as a rebuild not s restoration.
Old Series did not have Metric nuts and bolts.

Remember the Steering Relay from a HS point?
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Ah .... so this was some sort of cryptic trap carefully laid by that arch Landy-purist, Mister E. :)

Sorry to disappoint but the 1982 Series 3 was right on the cusp of the change to metric which was largely finalised with the Defender. On my Son's Series the engine tends to imperial because it is largely unchanged from the original 2.25 petrol introduced in 1958 in the Series 2 whereas the chassis/body fastenings are generally metric. However, in both cases, this is not exclusively correct because BL liked to throw in the odd curve ball from their unused stock shelves.

I've still no idea what "the forum educating me about AF spanners" means. There are some very knowledgeable folk on here and The Lounge and I've almost certainly asked for assistance in trying to identify some particularly elusive thread or size.

Yes, the "devil's spring" in the steering relay was indeed a stonker and, without doubt, one the the hardest things to rebuild on a Landy. I've done a lot of work over the years working with car coil springs under pressure (I replaced the springs on the Mondeo yesterday which was an estate with heavy duty coils) but that steering relay spring was the most evil spring I have ever come across. No wonder there are companies that specialise in rebuilding those units. :ambivalence:

EDIT - I've still got the photo from The Lounge thread. You're right, Health and Safety would have a dickey fit. :o

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Richard
 
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Daydream believer said:
Been sacked a few times then 
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Actually, strictly speaking, I've never been sacked as such (as in dismissed from a permanent position for misconduct, misdeeds or incomptence)

I've been let go twice at the end of an initial six month period - in both cases the jobs were clearly not for me from day one but as I'd been either made redundant or come to the end of a contract I strung them out whilst I kept looking (and indeed, on the first occasion my resignation was in my pocket when the boss called me in to his office to say they'd have to let me go!)

I've been made redundant twice as well, both times as a result of a takeover of the company I worked for

And I once resigned (with suitable, ahem, considerations) for reasons I'd probably best not go into on a public forum (suffice it to say it was a legal fraud and an attempt was made to pin the blame on me. However, being smarter than the average idiot, I'd kept copies of the relevant correspondence e.g. emails so deleting my email account before trying to stitch me up didn't work!)

We'll gloss over the two failed business ventures and the several years battling mental health issues :ambivalence:

Actually, that latter is at the root of it. Before I crashed and burned I was not an easy person to work with. Looking back, I wouldn't have wanted to work with me, definitely wouldn't have wanted to work for me and really really wouldn't have wanted to try and manage me! I came out of the other end of a very dark place somewhat singed around the edges but a great deal more laid back and easy going ... and ten zillion times happier
 
Bru said:
Actually, strictly speaking, I've never been sacked as such (as in dismissed from a permanent position for misconduct, misdeeds or incomptence)

I've been let go twice at the end of an initial six month period - in both cases the jobs were clearly not for me from day one but as I'd been either made redundant or come to the end of a contract I strung them out whilst I kept looking (and indeed, on the first occasion my resignation was in my pocket when the boss called me in to his office to say they'd have to let me go!)

I've been made redundant twice as well, both times as a result of a takeover of the company I worked for

And I once resigned (with suitable, ahem, considerations) for reasons I'd probably best not go into on a public forum (suffice it to say it was a legal fraud and an attempt was made to pin the blame on me. However, being smarter than the average idiot, I'd kept copies of the relevant correspondence e.g. emails so deleting my email account before trying to stitch me up didn't work!)

We'll gloss over the two failed business ventures and the several years battling mental health issues :ambivalence:

Actually, that latter is at the root of it. Before I crashed and burned I was not an easy person to work with. Looking back, I wouldn't have wanted to work with me, definitely wouldn't have wanted to work for me and really really wouldn't have wanted to try and manage me! I came out of the other end of a very dark place somewhat singed around the edges but a great deal more laid back and easy going ... and ten zillion times happier
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Glad to hear it.:encouragement:
 
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