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    Pretty sad when someone can't even spend $15 to go and buy their own...

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    step child for sale 19 3/4 quarters going on 9 3/4. guaranteed to start every time
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    Start what???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Redeye View Post
    some faackwit cut off the lights plug on my trailer yesterday/last night - not impressed
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    That's a definite entry Redeye for "Things that make me Grumpy", its Grrr enough when your dog goes the plug, apart from some low lying scum.
    In my town on both sides of the Border mega cars are being burnt at night, glad I live on exterior of the town as most burns are occurring in middle type areas. There is scum breeding in epic proportions sadly.
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    Which story should I start with from this week.... Maybe I shouldn't. Too much typing for me and too much reading for you....

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    Quote Originally Posted by RSM-Gazza View Post
    That's a definite entry Redeye for "Things that make me Grumpy", its Grrr enough when your dog goes the plug, apart from some low lying scum.
    In my town on both sides of the Border mega cars are being burnt at night, glad I live on exterior of the town as most burns are occurring in middle type areas. There is scum breeding in epic proportions sadly.
    talking to the next door neighbour 2 days later, told me she heard a car pull up where my trailer is for a few seconds, drive-off and she heard it go around the block and enter the caravan park - she looked out, saw my trailer was still there & forgot about it, obviously some tourist with a dodgy boat trailer/caravan...still cranky!




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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulG View Post
    Which story should I start with from this week.... Maybe I shouldn't. Too much typing for me and too much reading for you....
    Get it off ya chest mate can help you feel better sometimes

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    Go around to the caravan park and inspect all the plugs you can find. Unbelievable !! Those things are only a few bucks from super cheap anyway, plus they have to take out your old wires and connect the new ones which is more work.

    Quote Originally Posted by Redeye View Post
    talking to the next door neighbour 2 days later, told me she heard a car pull up where my trailer is for a few seconds, drive-off and she heard it go around the block and enter the caravan park - she looked out, saw my trailer was still there & forgot about it, obviously some tourist with a dodgy boat trailer/caravan...still cranky!
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    So f^%&$#g grumpy today. I spent a couple of hours early this morning doing a few jobs here. When I went to get the car keys they're nowhere to be seen. Looked for an hour - nothing. 11.15am I get a text message saying "I've just found your keys in my basket. One of the boys must have put them in there this morning. I'll be home at 3.30pm will that be okay." This is 20kms away at her work.

    I'm thinking to myself ummm, No. I still had to pick up parts for a mower to fix before I could use it today. So home it comes at 12pm grumpy as all hell to bring me my keys. Finally I can go get the parts.

    Come home, have some lunch as by now I'm hungry, cranky and getting a headache (in no particular order...) and I finally get to work on the mower. Stupid design flaw from Honda means I have to drill out the rivets that attach the grooming flap before I can remove the last bolt that attaches the scroll plate under the mower which is what is broken. Stuff around with the scroll plate for an eternity to get it out without having to remove the rear axle (which probably would have been quicker) and manage to get the new one back in.

    Now I can't find my rivet gun and rivets anywhere despite only using them a week ago. Now I'm searching through toyboxes and anywhere else (My boys have a bad habit of just picking things up and putting them somewhere else) trying to find it so I can finish what I started and go do my first job of the day... Oh well it's only 2.40pm.

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    last job today put the bag on lawn mower and drive shaft pick up the bag....
    i'm need to buy new one...shaft.jpgshaft1.jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by starmow View Post
    last job today put the bag on lawn mower and drive shaft pick up the bag....
    i'm need to buy new one...shaft.jpgshaft1.jpg
    Look on the bright side, it could of happened on the second last job of the day.

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    or i/2 way through the first
    Anything Ian says may or may not be garbage, it may also be his own opinion or it may not be his opinion at all, it may just be something he felt like stating anyone following his advice does so at their own risk and may be doing something Ian would actually advise against.
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    Bees.....or more precisely, bee hives. One of my customers has about 10 bee hives scattered around his 4 acre block. I've been mowing past them for months now but yesterday the bees decided they'd has enough. I hope the neighbours were watching, they'd have had a good laugh watching me making a run for it on the ZTR across the paddock, arms waving trying to fend off the bees. Eventually they gave up and I made it back to the truck with 20-30 stings. Luckily I'm not allergic to bee stings. I can see me mowing with full beekeepers outfit next time......lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blaktop View Post
    Bees.....or more precisely, bee hives. One of my customers has about 10 bee hives scattered around his 4 acre block. I've been mowing past them for months now but yesterday the bees decided they'd has enough. I hope the neighbours were watching, they'd have had a good laugh watching me making a run for it on the ZTR across the paddock, arms waving trying to fend off the bees. Eventually they gave up and I made it back to the truck with 20-30 stings. Luckily I'm not allergic to bee stings. I can see me mowing with full beekeepers outfit next time......lol.
    Although you are not alergic now, in the case of my brother, he was stung a number of times over a couple of years, and due to the slow build up of intolerance he now has full allergic reactions when stung, and needs to carry an api pen incase of sting. Apparently instead of building up immunity, each sting can break down the imunity.

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    my ride-on stopped running the other day, blowing clouds of white smoke, backfiring then stopped. I did an oil change hoping that I'd topped it over full (it was due anyway) but no go. Just left it with the mechanic who thinks it may have blown the head gasket again!! It blew the first time with about 10 hrs on it, it now has only 98 hrs clocked - not too impressed, its out of warranty too. Bl00dy Briggs!!
    16.5 hp OHV Intek........might have to price a Kawa engine........seriously thinking of a small ztr




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