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Norfolkandchance
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 Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject: Milly's new home |
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So now I have a pride and joy I needed to sort out her home. I have a rather large garage at the bottom of my garden going unused since the ExH moved out. He stored all his work related stuff in there as he is a Plasterer.
So there's me thinking a simple let's sort out the up and over door and all will be hunky dory - yeh right!
So first of all open up the door to find it will neither go up nor no longer go down, and is well and truly stuck. Cue a phone call for back up and my brother and dad duly come along and get the thing off its brackets with a lot of time and a few swear words. Then I have a fight with some monster brambles which appear to have found it a good home.
Next is to clear out what was supposed to be an empty garage. There was enough plaster dust on the floor to skim a 6 x 6 wall. Would like to think a bag or 2 broke when he was clearing out but some how I doubt it. How much dust does plaster produce - I can tell you LOTS. After a while I opt for the lets just wet the stuff and be done with it and it worked a treat. I must have spent quite a few hours sweeping and then taking a watering can of water down the garden one at a time for eternity. Note to self - buy a longer hose.
Next job will be to clear out the remaining stuff which is in the roof and clear out the remaining floribunda, but for the time being Milly is in her new home.
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47p2
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It certainly looks like you have plenty of space to move around, nice one 
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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She looks good!
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Uncle Joe
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:17 am Post subject: |
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I enjoyed reading your posting, as I'm sure the others did. Its a long time since most of us had the dubious pleasure of cleaning out a garage for our new aquisition!
What comments did you get from your Dad/brother/son about your purchase? She does look good! |
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Norfolkandchance
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:09 am Post subject: |
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Hi UJ
My Dad has always liked Moggies, but he cannot for the life of him work out why I needed to get one, or another car for that matter.
My brother is so not a car person, they are a means of getting from A to B for him. And the only time his cars get washed, polished or worked on unless they have broken down is when I get my hands on them. He left me his Astra once to get serviced when he went on holiday. When I collected him from Gatwick I asked him how much money he had brought home and he gleefully told me he had £700 left, so I then told him - great I just spent £500 of that on your car. It had virtually no rear brakes and the front were not that good either, water pump, cambelt - you name it - it got it!
My son, he is just a toddler and currently very scared of the car. I sat in it with him on Sunday and he was crying. So a gradual build up to get him used to it I guess but he does say Morris Minor though, and Silver car.
My 8 year daughter LOVES the car and I have already taken her out for 2 drives in it, yesterday for a couple of hours. She has declared she still wants it to learn to drive in herself, so I have 9 years to totally restore it for her - that or buy her another one!
Got in the Zafira this morning and pushed the brake pedal too hard. Will have fun changing from one car to another I can see, but so far I know which car I prefer to drive.  |
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Old-Nail
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| The thing with old cars is they seem to have a 'face', and in the photo that minor appears to be smiling...must like the new home! |
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peter scott
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Slightly OT but it's all too easy to attribute feelings to cars. Has anyone else noticed car jealosy? You acquire another one and the first one goes in the huff and becomes faulty.
This is the way religions start 
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Brian M
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 11:32 am Post subject: |
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| Old-Nail wrote: | | The thing with old cars is they seem to have a 'face', and in the photo that minor appears to be smiling...must like the new home! |
The Moggie is smiling as it has so much room around it in the garage. Not like most of the pics in the workshop thread where we clear just enough floor space to squeeze a car in!
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Norfolkandchance
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| Brian M wrote: | | The Moggie is smiling as it has so much room around it in the garage. |
Hmm, yes there is a fair amount of space around the car. Will make for a great working enviroment on the car. Some have said it needs a friend for company, cue the Tourer I originally wanted
Well maybe in a year or two! |
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Old-Nail
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: |
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| peter scott wrote: | Slightly OT but it's all too easy to attribute feelings to cars. Has anyone else noticed car jealosy? You acquire another one and the first one goes in the huff and becomes faulty.
This is the way religions start
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It's always been that way with me, my cars seem to 'know' when i'm thinking of buying another!
I suppose by admitting to developing a fondness for an inanimate objects I'm admitting to being a little bit strange so here goes why not go the whole hog...it's got that way that I don't like to go and view a potential (classic) purchase in the car that it will replace, as invariably that car will start to play up! |
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pigtin
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| Anthropomorphism rules OK! I can tell when my cars are unhappy, they won't ruddy well start. |
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Uncle Joe
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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The only thing that I am certain of is that Norfolk has been bit by the classic car bug.
As far as car jealousy goes, I think my 300 is having an attack right now... |
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Norfolkandchance
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Uncle Joe wrote: | The only thing that I am certain of is that Norfolk has been bit by the classic car bug.
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Err, yup! |
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