BigCols 16.49.1 (HL).OB (13EX)

[bigcol]

nah, all our coins in Wait Awhile are round -


they need to be to roll over to pay for the eastern states
(we get $0.31 out of every GST Dollar............Wait Awhile is bankrolling the rest of Australia)

 

[Drover]

Thats good, my pension should be safe if the block head gets in.................

 

[bigcol]

my pension should be safe if the block head gets in.................

ummmm

which particular "Block head" are you referring to.........................

or dont I want to know

(both as bad as each other, but slightly less annoying than another party...................)

 

[Drover]

Exactly..............................

 

[Dobbie]

A Rubics cube?

But that's more Crusty's style.

And anyone who aspires to politics, at any level, is a blockhead anyway. There's a definite genetic deficiency as they spend huge $$$$ and enormous amounts of time and effort creating pr rubbish we are supposed to believe!

The days of clarity and honesty are well gone. Sadly. The public relations machine has taken over and they think we're idiots.

End of my rant for tonight. (I had emails from both major parties wanting me to put up signs for them...in ya dreams)

 

[bigcol]

Repad first, knowing you, you will never get around to it otherwise!

a small update on the seats

@Marv_mart your right - I still have not got them re-stuffed,

BUT

man they are so comfortable as they are,
when we did the trip to Southern Cross recently, my back was not sore or painful any time I exited the car
and
they are still comfortable

yaaaaah team

 

[bigcol]

just another pickture of the "hockey stick" in its Travel home

 

[bigcol]

our Mattresses both have the "egg" shell cover
and a dooner like overlay on top to try and make them comfortably

it does put a little more pressure on the zip that joins the 2 pieces of the mattress together, but not too baddly

 

[bigcol]

I found a couple of picktures I have of the box I built for the front of my Flamingo - cannot remember who asked..........

basically, the pole holder was already in situ, so I didnt want to stuff with that, and had a custom made one to fit around it
(what a headache)
- the guy (a boat builder) didnt quite understand what I wanted, then he stuffed around for about 5 weeks, before giving it to the Apprentice to do, to his credit, he knew what I wanted, just didnt have the skills to do it too well
then I had to give it to a mate to fix the many problems - he sorted about 92% of them
then we got it blasted and Powder Coated

 

[Drover]

Sounds like a lot of stuffing around, I would have gone nuts, 5 weeks...

 

[dagree]

Sounds like a lot of stuffing around, I would have gone nuts, 5 weeks...

Me too... I would have bitten the bullet and moved the pole holder

 

[bigcol]

Sounds like a lot of stuffing around, I would have gone nuts, 5 weeks...

Me too... I would have bitten the bullet and moved the pole holder

to be fair, 3 of those 5 weeks I was at work

when I came home, I went and saw him and expressed my desire for it to be finished - or else

 

[Drover]

to be fair, 3 of those 5 weeks I was at work

Whats Work ???????????/.......................................................

 

[dagree]

Whats Work ???????????/.......................................................

A four lettered swear word!!!!!!

 

[bigcol]

so I managed to buy one of the Awning Covers off @crustt for SWMBO's Xmas pressie

such fast easy service from that man it is incredible

anyhoo.......

its been sitting here, and I have been itching to open it and fit it
bugger it, "hon, this is one of your Xmas pressies, I hope you like it, but I need to fit it up..........."

so, with SWMBO's help and patience, we fitted it up yesterday

now, honestly, it would not be me if there was not an easy job that turned to crap..............
1st problem - where the duck is my double sided tape
- 30 mins looking - finally find it, where I had left it after last time - on a shelf......in its home.....
2nd problem - first couple of turns of said double sided tape, the plastic cover has got old, and kept breaking, but not in a long piece as you would want when taking it off.......
- 30 mins ginning around pealing minuscule amounts of plastic off the stickiness............
3rd problem - tube of Sikaflex had gone hard from non use.........
- another bloody 30 mins searching for some sikaflex / silastic
4th problem - hunting down a 1.5mm drill bit for the pilot holes for the screws...........
- in 20 mins, I only found 1 - in 3 boxes of drill bits, and then

I broke it on the second hole
5th problem - SS screws I had, useless, crappy Supercreap packet........ every one of them the Phillips head spun / rounded out - had to find more screws
- yeppers, you guessed it - another bloody 30 mins searching for SS screws

so if you take out the 2 and a bit hours of ginning around searching for the stuff that should have been easy to get at, and find replacement bit for said ones that did not work
probably only took about 1.5 hours..............

piccies for evidence that I did actually do it............

 

[willobee]

Hey @bigcol thats nice!
This just keeps the uv of the last exposed bit of the roll right?
Would you travel with it in place?

I am guessingbthats just another sail track sitting inboard of the main roll attachment correct?

 

[Marv_mart]

Glad you provided the pics as proof! Otherwise :flypig: he, he

 

[bigcol]

Hey @bigcol thats nice!
This just keeps the uv of the last exposed bit of the roll right?
Would you travel with it in place?

I am guessingbthats just another sail track sitting inboard of the main roll attachment correct?

yeah, it covers the roll to help protect it from the sun while rolled up
would I travel with it in place - yeppers, there are those clips on either end to hold it to the awning arm

yes, I fitted another piece of sail track on top of the original one

 

[bigcol]

Glad you provided the pics as proof! Otherwise :flypig: he, he

yeah yeah, I know

I forgot to take them yesterday while I did it,
so after being "prompted" by @Drover in another thread, I went out there this morning and did he piccies

(SWMBO was like - why do you want pictures - trying to big note yourself................?)

 

[Drover]

Looks good, was only looking at Big Mal last week thinking I really should do something about the awning, added to list of roof over Big Mal while in yard, cover for awning, adjust brakes ( might make that a priority) add extra battery....god the list is endless.................................so if it stays covered for like months on end do things grow in there ?????????