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clan chieftain · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell

Following on from the ups and downs of classic ownership I really wish I could weld and paint. I could have saved myself a fortune over the years. As for car electrics I just get by.
In the house I can paint doors and skirting boards but as for wallpapering forget it. And I am hopeless at DIY.
What do you wish you could do.
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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7219 Location: Edinburgh

I wish I could weld better, spray paint, plaster, play the piano, dance and speak foreign languages but not necessarily all at the same time.

Peter Shocked

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D4B · Joined: 28 Dec 2010 Posts: 2083 Location: Hampshire UK

I wish I could see more pictures of Larry's Marina Wink

clan chieftain · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell

I signed in to photobucket last year and forgot my password. When I requested to retrieve it I was sent an email but I cant open it as I need to configure it in the control column wherever that is. Confused

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Riley Blue · Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 1751 Location: Derbyshire

Travel back in time, there are one or two things I'd do differently given a second chance.

D4B · Joined: 28 Dec 2010 Posts: 2083 Location: Hampshire UK

pigtin · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Herne Bay

clan chieftain · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell

As bad as that Shocked

Hope you can get better.
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emmerson · Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Posts: 1268 Location: South East Wales

peppiB · Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: I wish I could

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I could do all of these things until a year ago. Then they fitted me with a pesky pacemaker and I'm not allowed to weld, my lungs are playing up and I can't spray and my back has gone so I can't get under the car. Now my ticker is failing so I can do $od-all. I'm just trying to find the energy to flog everything off.[/quote]
Tell me about it Pigtin! Since I became 70 everything seems to be going wrong![/quote]

+ another one. I have even had to book Moggy into a local garage just to free a rear brake. I did respray landcrab 3 weeks ago and am still suffering for my sins. Just needs mopping but can't manage to do that at the moment.

Scotty · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 883

Eat more curry! Laughing

clan chieftain · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell

I wish I could play golf, tennis, football, darts and snooker and some other sports. Look at the money they are making. There is a player with Manchester City FC earning £300,000 a week. Obscene isnt it.
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Richard H · Joined: 03 Apr 2009 Posts: 2150 Location: Lincolnshire, UK

I wish I wasn't so hopeless with car electrics. Just bought a new loom for the A55 (gulp!) but haven't a clue how to go about fitting it, so it will have to go into a garage, which will mean more expense. It's not roadworthy either, so I'll have to get it trailered over there.
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peppiB · Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:49 am Post subject:

I wish I could get out of my flat! At the moment the lift is off (they have the road up outside and whilst they have restored single phase after an outage, there is no 3 phase and the lift needs that) so I am stuck Sad

colwyn500 · Joined: 21 Oct 2012 Posts: 1745 Location: Nairn, Scotland

I wish I was closer to you guys so I might squeeze in a bit of time to give you a hand. I might also be handy if I could arrange to stop getting older right now; I'm already a bit late by the sound of it!