Birthday/squashed finger

Au contraire! I'll bet you don't do it again.

Happy birthday!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rob Skinner La Habra, California

Yes but I should know already!

Nick, Are you sure you didn't have the liquid anaesthetic BEFORE you worked on the Scott? Regards, Arthur G (who once lost a fingernail smashing his pinky on a wall after the starting handle came off the shaft !)

I stay well clear of the workshop when "comfortably numb", I know from experience that I will break drills, hacksaw blades and quite possibly myself:-}

I am beginning to wonder though if I should sue myself for unsafe working practices - where there's blame there's a claim and all that!

practices - where there's blame >there's a claim and all that!

This would result in the supreme example of only the legal profession gaining from a court case.

I'm sure you'd find a couple of lawyers happy to fight it out :-)

Regards, Arthur G

Being used to many years of having an engine actually stop when you turn it off, the Crossley has caught me out several times as I catch hold of the plug terminal to undo it, the flywheels still rotating, of course ;o))

Regards,

Kim Siddorn

Ouch! Sounds nasty Nick!

Regards Chris

Thats the point that tells me I'm too tired to continue! I know the next breakage will be disastrous, so knock off!

This week's one was snapping a 5BA tap in the last threaded hole in the job I was making - with the thing all polished etc, and the stub of the tap just peeping out into view! Luckily, some frantic wiggliing first with some mini pliers, and then belting it with a blunt puch, started it turning back out, so the day was saved. The stock of swear-words was just about emptied too......... Ugh!

Dave.

"speedy2" wrote (snip):-

Ah, That sinking feeling when you just know you shouldn't have; given it that last quarter turn, taken one more light cut to clean up, straightened that bent bit without heat etc etc. I always feel a tremendous sense of guilt - I know a 'proper' engineer wouldn't have been so stupid!

'Proper Engineers' are just as capable of such things..........

Peter

Gentlemen, Proper Engineer's even more so because they think they know better and get upset when they find they don't :-))

Martin P p.s. Peter Ive got my new van, 1.9TDI Vivaro ex demo all boarded out in back, by tommorrow will have Bench and small vice fitted along with racks of spares and tools etc.

Pity they wouldn't go for the 2.5DTI :-((

Did you get the all-important tow-bar ??

BTW: Haven't paid any club sub's, had no newsletters for ages, who's in charge these days at the BBSEC ?

Peter

Peter, Cant remember who Mem Sec is will find out tommorrow, Tow Bar is down to me and is top of list for Rally season, I think I can fit it myself as a friend can get trade on Bars. 2.5 TDI would have been nice but this 1.9 TDI is not sluggish by any means it also has a six speed box and first is low so towing should not present any problems. I'm very pleased with it.

Martin P