stuzbot
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This one's for all the other poor suckers like myself who don't have the undreamt of luxury of a garage, much less a workshop to tinker in.
I don't know if it's the same all over the country––anecdotally, I've heard similar grumblings from mates the length of the land––but, up here in the grim north, it has barely stopped raining for months. We've literally had I think 3 or 4 days this entire year, where it's not rained at some point through the day. And most of the rest of the time, it's rained for most of the day.
After my LBJs arrived, it took me about a week and a half to fit the damned things. I got one day that started off promisingly and then [as is ever the case], as soon as I dragged my tools down to the motor, jacked it up and took the wheel off, the heavens opened and I had to shove everything back together again and run for cover.
After that, I waited 3 or 4 days before I got the next dry morning and I managed to get one side done, before "rain stopped play" yet again. Fast forward another week before I was able to get out, during a break in the interminable downpour and get the other side sorted.
For comparison; when I did the LBJs on my Collie, a few year's back, it was a lovely summer's day and the job was all done, both sides in a couple of hours. Blimey!––I never thought, one day, I'd be reminiscing fondly about the great weather I used to enjoy back in Manchester!
I've also found it's quite expensive being kept indoors by the rain. I end up vicariously tinkering by watching YouTube videos of other people wrestling with their motors. This passes some of the time, but has the unwanted side effect of making me realise just how much more efficiently I could work, if I only had j-u-s-t that one more tool, "like wot that guy in that video just used".
And thanks to Amazon and their accursed Prime delivery, the damned thing's on the doorstep before I've even had time for the buyer's remorse to kick in.
I don't know if it's the same all over the country––anecdotally, I've heard similar grumblings from mates the length of the land––but, up here in the grim north, it has barely stopped raining for months. We've literally had I think 3 or 4 days this entire year, where it's not rained at some point through the day. And most of the rest of the time, it's rained for most of the day.
After my LBJs arrived, it took me about a week and a half to fit the damned things. I got one day that started off promisingly and then [as is ever the case], as soon as I dragged my tools down to the motor, jacked it up and took the wheel off, the heavens opened and I had to shove everything back together again and run for cover.
After that, I waited 3 or 4 days before I got the next dry morning and I managed to get one side done, before "rain stopped play" yet again. Fast forward another week before I was able to get out, during a break in the interminable downpour and get the other side sorted.
For comparison; when I did the LBJs on my Collie, a few year's back, it was a lovely summer's day and the job was all done, both sides in a couple of hours. Blimey!––I never thought, one day, I'd be reminiscing fondly about the great weather I used to enjoy back in Manchester!
I've also found it's quite expensive being kept indoors by the rain. I end up vicariously tinkering by watching YouTube videos of other people wrestling with their motors. This passes some of the time, but has the unwanted side effect of making me realise just how much more efficiently I could work, if I only had j-u-s-t that one more tool, "like wot that guy in that video just used".
And thanks to Amazon and their accursed Prime delivery, the damned thing's on the doorstep before I've even had time for the buyer's remorse to kick in.