Bah! Humbug!

[boatman]

Well at least you didn't trip over the cat at the top of the stairs! Still,looks like you got 2022 back luck out the way already.

THATS proberly still to come Mark lol
CHRIS

[scottie3158]

That would make a great film script mate.

[boatman]

That would make a great film script mate.

WHAT ME or Dave Scottie ?
chris

[scottie3158]

WHAT ME or Dave Scottie ?
chris

Dave's adventures mate.

[boatman]

BUT have you all noticed that bad luck seems to strike a lot more than good luck :rolling:
chris

[scottie3158]

BUT have you all noticed that bad luck seems to strike a lot more than good luck :rolling:
chris

I have just read it again you have both been in the wars mate.

[Gern]

Thanks for the support guys. Apparently not finished yet though. New motor for my vacuum cleaner (£65 remember?) arrived this morning. Fitted it with no problem but vacuum still has same fault. Back to Dyson's help centre ....

Oh, and my toaster is making funny noises and doesn't seem to be heating up properly. :upside:

[boatman]

Thanks for the support guys. Apparently not finished yet though. New motor for my vacuum cleaner (£65 remember?) arrived this morning. Fitted it with no problem but vacuum still has same fault. Back to Dyson's help centre ....

Oh, and my toaster is making funny noises and doesn't seem to be heating up properly. :upside:

OH NO not more bad luck Dave on the toaster ithink you are in the money pit
chris

[Ian M]

Well after that run of luck I hope that the rest of the year is more rewarding!

[colin m]

Good heavens Dave, I thought bad luck came in three's.

[David Lovell]

Can't get no worse ,if there is a plus side I suppose the injuries were a good excuse to spend more time at the bench be interesting to see what you've been up to with time on your hands. Dave

[spanner570]

Oh, and my toaster is making funny noises and doesn't seem to be heating up properly. :upside:

That's tough Dave......and we might not be able to get to Cosford again this year! Now that is serious!

On the subject of things not heating properly, a few years ago, my 20 year old central heating boiler started to have a dicky fit, throwing out black smoke. Thinking it was past it's useful life and not worth trying to fix, again, I disconnected it from the system. I then dragged the thing out of our garage, and into the yard. It was only then I noticed a tiny mouse's foot hanging out of the air intake fan housing. During the summer, the poor creature had made it's home in there and when the boiler turned on for winter use, the mouse was minced up in the fan blades, blocking the air intake to the boiler. Hence the black smoke.
I cleaned the housing, dragged the boiler back into the garage, re- connected the thing and it started first time! Managed to get a couple more years out of it after that...

[Gern]

It's heartening to see I'm not the only one who's been upsetting the Gods, and it's definitely our job to keep upsetting them - we can't leave all that to the priests and shamen, poor b*****s will be exhausted, but what's this about Cosford? They can't be cancelling again this year surely!

PS Dave (Lovell). I've been sat here thinking what I've done over the last few months. Apart from catching up with lots of lost sleep over the years, I can't think of a single thing I've done! No bench time at all, very little TV, I've even fallen a month behind on my daily Sudoku. I did spend a couple of weeks in October researching questions and putting rounds together for the quizzes I run at my local pub, but they've stopped now until Easter.

As I'm retired I suppose it's OK to take time off from stuff, but the problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you've finished. My grandson will be back at my bench for the Russian tank GB in a couple of weeks so hopefully that will spark a bit of life back into my modelling.

[boatman]

(gern quote )
As I'm retired I suppose it's OK to take time off from stuff, but the problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you've finished :rolling: :smiling::smiling::smiling::smiling::smiling::smil ing::smiling: very funny that dave
had me havin a good laugh
chris

[Gern]

Yaaayyy! Got my vacuum sorted (£65 for a new battery pack) and my central heating and hot water is also working (I'm sure I saw a glint in the plumber's eye when he saw the old boiler he had to take out. Methinks he'll be looking at the Antiques Roadshow for a valuation). Now for the first time in my life I have hot water on demand instead of having to switch on either an immersion heater (remember those?) or a boiler. B****y wonderful!

Good news about the toaster too - it seems to be working properly now!

Now I've just got to take my car into the garage on Monday to fix a 'clonking' noise from the back end (hopefully just one of those rubber strap things holding the exhaust) and find out why the dashboard warning light about my battery/alternator came on yesterday.:sad:

PS Still not won the lottery.

PPS Oh Gods!! Just checked the Shropshire Model site and they're saying that Cosford will not run again this year due to Covid regs. That was at the end of November last year. Has anyone got any more up-to-date info now the Covid regs have changed?