Member postings for Tony Pratt 1

Try doing the same thing again. Leave it for a while under pressure then, still under pressure, add more force by giving the drawbar a clout. Also more force can be added by givng the collet nut spanner a good clout to create a shock load. Colin

Edited By colin hawes on 19/08/2022 12:18:31

Placed it on Facebook market place, and had a dealer come round who said he would buy it for the asking price but he could not collect until the following week. In that week I turned down other interested people. And yes you knew this was coming, the dealer did not turn up. However out of the blue another chap turned up and offered half the asking price and could take it away same day. I put it on eBay, and it’s now in Burma. Dealers on the whole are robbers.

I don't know if its a reflection of society as a whole but just lately this forum has started to descend into a really sour, cynical place. It's rather sucking the joy out of a place I certainly used to enjoy and come to for respite from the outside world.

If this attitude is what the UK population wish to have then the UK will no longer be a world leader, we need to show the rest of the world how to solve the climate problem not wait until they decide to show us.

Lead from the front, and they will follow our world class example. Isn’t this how the Great was put into Great Britain.

Edited By Juddy on 17/08/2022 11:23:36

I recived 3 texts this morning from supposedly Evri/Hermes from #07902382905

This is a rescheduled parcel payment request scam. Details on EVRI website of the Parcel scam

Beware. regards

Is this the privatisation of the NHS creeping in ?

Many thanks for the responses. It does seem I have purchased a length which is just within tolerances so it will have to be consigned to the stockpile. I will order some 5/8 inch stock and machine it down.

The supplier by the way was the Bay of Evil.

Well, I see my original thread has effectively been resurrected, so a few more comments for discussion. Perhaps!!!

Anyway, I notice a trend to complain about caravans clogging up the highways. So, let's suppose I'm on a fairly level single carriage way in England and assuming I'm travelling at my legal speed limit, which is ??? Now suppose I'm a hgv driver on the exact same road travelling at his legal limit. Or a coach/bus driver. All three types of vehicles actually have the same maximum speed limit of 50mph, so why the opprobium leveled at caravans? Would people complain about the hgv or the bus?

• Is this true most coaches/HGV's I see are doing at least 70 MPH?

Moving on swiftly...

Finally, the A66, Penrith to Cockermouth. Not a bad road, usually fast (ish), single carriageway, 60mph (or 50mph with a caravan (which we weren't by the way)) but we caught up with someone doing exactly 40 mph. No more, and no less And the traffic density is such that overtaking is somewhat fraught due to oncoming traffic. We were unable to overtake until we hit the short dual carraiageway section at Keswick. There really is no need for that sort of behaviour. That road is arguably the main feeder road into the northern Lakes and the West Coast industrial towns and therefore is not really a touristy type road. Why on earth these people cannot see the queue behind, and then pull over into a layby, I cannot understand. Sorry, rant over.

• If you follow these 40 MPH clowns for any distance you will soon realise they are crap drivers in all respects.
• Then again we are all getting older & even the fighter pilots amongst us will slow down.

Tony

When I was a lad, the population of this country was about 42 million. There was a "pie" called the country's resources, of which we all got a slice. It is now said to be 65 million (that's the ones we know about). Consequently, every body's slice of pie is now smaller, even though it's still bigger that that of third world countries.

It is an inescapable fact, that the more people there are, the less there is to go round. Be wary of making quips about "Logan's Run and Carousel" as you could be nearer to the truth than you think.

Successive governments have continuously put off doing anything about ensuring secure and reliable vital services such as water and energy for this country. The can has been continually kicked down the road in the hope the next lot will deal with it. We have now reached the end of the road and the can has fallen off the cliff at it's end. No doubt we will be shortly be getting a statement from our new Prime Minister which be loudly accompanied by the sound of slamming stable doors.

Very much agree.
Reckon a day as a courier delivery driver would make many desk-jockeys appreciate the cushy life they have sitting on their rumps.