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AS
3rd Aug 10 - 9:44pm
It went in as soon as you left Russell. Just saying. Maybe a coincidence? In fact the job's not fully finished - tomorrow evening's job will be to remove the heat shields and air intake pipes to put in the two missing exhaust manifold bolts...
3rd Aug 10 - 9:02pm
I suspect this is one of those jobs that will take exactly all the time you have, regardless of how long that is. I was there for nearly four hours. You were "nearly ready" to put the new head in for all of that time.
Just saying.
This is not a criticism, by the way. I am extremely impressed that my little brother can mend an engine by himself.
Just saying.
This is not a criticism, by the way. I am extremely impressed that my little brother can mend an engine by himself.
Margaret
3rd Aug 10 - 4:42pm
Isn't it lucky it didn't happen in the middle of Africa - I don't suppose even Adrian and Leanne's AA would be willing to tow it from there to Prestonpans.
AS
3rd Aug 10 - 1:29pm
Colin, no, it was a calibrated arm turning it 90 degrees at a time. And Jon, the crack must have happened previously, and opened up as the engine cooled at a fuel stop. Within seconds of starting it was 8 degrees hotter than usual, with the dreaded white exhaust, but the temperature had been fine for the couple of hours driving before that point. No logs sadly, it just displays on a screen.
Jon
3rd Aug 10 - 12:26pm
Is this the surf that has extra temperature monitoring and do you have a graph of the crack occuring?
AS
20th Jul 10 - 7:47pm
Mark: No post processing at all, that's how they came off the camera. Took them in indirect light, on a matt black bit of paper, with a very wide (f/1.8) aperture to put the background out of focus. Also underexposed slightly (2/3 stop) to darken the background even more.
20th Jul 10 - 3:22pm
Nice! I'm interested in how you photographed them, with the dark effect behind... or was it some post-processing in GIMP?!
AS
20th Jul 10 - 10:17am
What's that? What? What? Sorry, couldn't hear you there. Must be the goat at the top right talking.
20th Jul 10 - 10:03am
Henry, not only does Andrew not know if it is a goat or a sheep, he doesn't know his right from his left! I am pretty sure the goat/sheep picture is on the top LEFT of the page, not the right!!!!
Henry
20th Jul 10 - 7:47am
How peculiar. There's nothing in the top right corner of my page. There is a sheep in the top left corner though.
AS
19th Jul 10 - 9:29am
Henry - I had to look it up to be sure. And that thing in the top right of the page? It's a goat. You can tell by the horns.
Colin - did you ever work out what was causing that tapping noise in the kitchen?
Colin - did you ever work out what was causing that tapping noise in the kitchen?
Henry
19th Jul 10 - 7:45am
Nice. And good to see you've got your Hirundinidae id sorted. Just need to work on your goat id now :)
Colin
18th Jul 10 - 10:37pm
Haha, I just showed Claire this and she said "Wow, two birds kissing". Probably backs up some of the stuff you heard in my speech. Nice shot!
AS
16th Jul 10 - 11:05pm
Soil not loose enough you say? Interesting. We didn't know what caused it, although these are the only odd ones out of half a bed's worth so we weren't that worried - just amused.
Margaret
16th Jul 10 - 5:01pm
Soil not loose enough? Or just poluted? I'm not sure I see them as rude - some of them look like baby octopi - aaah
AS
7th Jul 10 - 9:04pm
We had 8 weeks of superb sun, up to about 2 weeks ago, and now plenty of rain - perfect growing weather so long as we don't get a hose-pipe ban!
Thanks for the wishes, we're just back from a lovely meal out. You've Still got to get the other three right by the way.
Thanks for the wishes, we're just back from a lovely meal out. You've Still got to get the other three right by the way.
Margaret
7th Jul 10 - 3:58pm
sorry, seem to have re-posted the last comment instead of the new one.
Reason I asked is that here in the sunny European mainland we haven't got nearly such an impressinve show - the courgetttes are still in flower, tomatoes we can never grow (rotten before ripe, raspberries are only just reddening now. So the Gulf Stream must be doing its work well
Reason I asked is that here in the sunny European mainland we haven't got nearly such an impressinve show - the courgetttes are still in flower, tomatoes we can never grow (rotten before ripe, raspberries are only just reddening now. So the Gulf Stream must be doing its work well
Margaret
7th Jul 10 - 3:53pm
courgette, beetroot, onion, endive, tomato, sprout? (or possibly paksoi), parsley I think, rhubarb, raspberry, peppers I think - and pudding. But are they all at this stage in N.Ireland already? I suspect you've been cheating, but if not - congratulations!
AS
7th Jul 10 - 3:01pm
Maragert, close but no cigar - endive, parsley and peppers are wrong. And yes, they're all in our garden, with no cheating - took the photos last night.
Margaret
7th Jul 10 - 12:57pm
courgette, beetroot, onion, endive, tomato, sprout? (or possibly paksoi), parsley I think, rhubarb, raspberry, peppers I think - and pudding. But are they all at this stage in N.Ireland already? I suspect you've been cheating, but if not - congratulations!
6th Jul 10 - 11:07pm
Easy, they're all plants.
Apart from the bottom right one, but they're not growing. They're pudding, by the way.
Apart from the bottom right one, but they're not growing. They're pudding, by the way.
AS
29th Jun 10 - 9:27am
Thanks, fixed a possibly dodgy layout that was breaking lines in the wrong places too.
Adrian
10th May 10 - 1:17pm
Couldn't you have embeded a couple of lights into the wing mirrors too?
My letters were NRD. Seems you forgot the vowel.
My letters were NRD. Seems you forgot the vowel.
But maybe you should finish your disertation first!