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Look Twice!
This is the first time I’ve used the dated post thing – if it’s worked hurray!
Anyway. Came across this and had the share it…I had to look at it twice!
Now that’s better than any Spiderman!
To Blog or Not to Blog
To Blog or Not to Blog…That is the Question!
Unfortunately Placed Ads
Found these various unfortunately placed ads on the web, some are unfortunate, some hillarious, and some a little bit cruel! Still, worth a look!
I’m not one to make my blog postings from leeched content, but these are from different sources and are humourous – some of us are allowed to break our own rules!
 
 
Good Old Willie!
What Babies Think
We all have those days! 
How to Fly…
Marketing People Take Note!
They sure don’t make ‘em like the used to! 
I’m Back…but Late!
Finally, I’m back! It’s good to be home, first thing I did when I got into the door was grub up and then have a shower – you’re both filthy and stinking from just one day with KTM!
We were delayed by 2 hours coming home, due to a woman who was struct by the train before us while on the tracks at the level crossing, we ended up being static on the track for over an hour and a half, doing nothing – I just slept for most of it…or wrecked Steve’s head (as usual he returned the favour!)
While we were waiting, we grubbed up – sorry I – grubbed up with an Iarnród Éireann Ham and Melted Cheese roll. It was eddible…unlike anything else from Iarnród Éireann’s dining car!
A total of 5-long-bloody (literally!)-hours stuck on the train!
But back on the topic of Cork, it wasn’t a bad DAY! I only went down for two days, but minus commuting time it worked out around 1 day of work.
Such as scrapping KR181, well I didn’t do it, but Ross and Kenny did instead – it was a learning curve. But they’ve learnt from this one, routes and methods to half the usual scrapping time of Bombardier/GAC vehicles (the very last Irish built buses!)
 
The remains of KR181 – Wont be long now before it’s turned into Tin-Cans!
We moved 76-C-248, which went behind the office, for use as a stores bus until the sheds and adequet stores facilities become available (well…when ever we get off our arses to build them!)
It started without too much of a problem, it had a fuel problem with the tank being so low to the ground, and not full (until we put 20litres into it), and the lift pump wasn’t prioviding enough suction to drag the fuel upto where it wants to go! We solved it eventually!
In place – I don’t know why…but we washed it!Â
Finally, today we focused on the ERF Towcar, 86-C-4682, it’s a beast to drive – without having a clutch and the handbrake seized on. But, if she’s driven like a crash box it can be driven without a clutch (only on short distances!)
We moved here, cleaned her up, got all the beacons working, along with the electric passenger side window, and interior cab reading lights.
She’s a nice machine, and I cannot wait until it’s all sorted. It will take a lot of work to get it 100% – i.e. Repaint, lots of bodywork, service, new clutch replacement, handbrake issue resolved, foot valve air-leak tended to, new exhaust system, hydrolic boom ram needs new seals as well as greasing and it’s then good to go!
In the upper yard looking well!
A Proposition
Bus Rallying – How Fun!
No it isn’t a play on words…we literally went rallying in a double decker bus – well you need’d thing that I’d let anybody ever think about that to my pride and joy now would you?
Johnnie, got a 1978 shit heap off Express Facilities, that will eventually be turned into a static workshop – static in that it will never move again – so we’re going to have some fun with it before we lay it to rest!!
She’s not too bad – Rough, but not TOO bad!
‘Stephen Payne in the Arse‘ spotted it on the M50 last night while on the phone to me (he has a hands-free people don’t worry!), and we were pondering for a while to where it was destined – but we got a shock when we arrived into the Yard to find her sitting there – perspex front windscreen and all!
She started on the button, no fuss – not the normal for a Gardner, a bit smokey, needs new filters and a good service, but is a fine runner. Bodywork is lets say shite! But give two weeks, some new panels, rivet gun and a lick of paint and she’ll be perfect(ish).
But anyway, we got her moved, took a spin – sorry rally. We confronted with tinkers, chased them out, kept going…we nearly overturned it more than once, throwing everyone about, two young lads my age had their first goes in driving a bus – ever. And did very well, both clipped something. One clipped a sign, the other a tyre – no worries though…beats reversing into walls and I’ve been learning for over a year!
Parked it up for a while, did some extreme Volkswagen Golf GTI parking…
One ‘Careful’ Lady Owner!
Got an old Supreme going, took it for a spin – suddenly losts all air pressure, and stopped selecting gears – turned out to be an air leak at the seals in the ram for the door – clipped them got her back to the yard – all grand(ish!), lined the three buses up for a photoshoot!
Suzie, Johnnies Bus, and ‘The Teams’ Supreme
Parked Suzie, and the Supreme together, and put the decker into it’s final resting place. Although tomorrow we’ll probably take her out for a quick spin, we intend on fixing that upper window! Whoever thought of that was on some ammount of drugs – as it’s not fixed on the lower end of it…and flaps about and rattles!
Right, well I’m off for a shower, I’m filthy, stinking, and only in from a hard days work! I’m then gonna have a bit to eat, then hit that hay -I’m up at 6 tomorrow, for a few laps of Mondello, then a day working on the buses – most people tend to spend their Sundays lazing around the house in slippers!
