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Don't give Mr Hallworth any ideas, he can get into enough trouble with a Range Rover, let alone a tractor.....
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Brilliant
They'll be welding the dcap in no time Richard![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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They'll be welding the dcap in no time Richard
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They are better than some so called 'professional mechanics' I have seen. Properly chocked, and the hydraulics locked off to prevent them dropping unexpectedly.
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Who'se idea was it that the mechanic's tool of choice is a hammer!!
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Jeremy Clarkson!
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I got a giggle out of that picture Richard, after seeing their shenanigans first hand... ![Big Grin :-D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
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I think they've been spending a lot of time watching and learning from their dad!!!Mandrake wrote:I got a giggle out of that picture Richard, after seeing their shenanigans first hand...
Never a bad thing... It's how I learned a lot about fixing cars... Back in the days when A35s were to dad what Xantias are to me...
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It's how I learnt too - my Dad just laughs when he sees them with a hammer, and reminds me of the episode with the BMC 1100 we had at the time (there was a pre-Citroen time in our household!) - he was replacing the rear subframe, and giving it some welly with hammer, shortly after I (about 2) was found to be hammering the body work "Daddy hammer it" or words to that effect was my response when told to stop
It's all horribly familiar..... ![Applause =D>](./images/smilies/eusa_clap.gif)
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That was like me Richard, at three years old I got hold of some tools and started taking mum's sewing machine apart after seeing dad do similar..
Then I saw dad washing down oily stuff with paraffin and a paintbrush, got hold of the jar of paraffin and brush he was using and painted a very accurate swastika on the house wall...
A white painted wall too...
I was popular.. It could be faintly seen for years afterwards...
A swastika in the early 60s visible by the front door of your house was not exactly what was wanted in those days....
Then I saw dad washing down oily stuff with paraffin and a paintbrush, got hold of the jar of paraffin and brush he was using and painted a very accurate swastika on the house wall...
A white painted wall too...
I was popular.. It could be faintly seen for years afterwards...
A swastika in the early 60s visible by the front door of your house was not exactly what was wanted in those days....
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The pity is that the Svastika is a holy symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, and is for good luck or well being. The Nazis have desecrated it in the eyes of the Western world.
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Jim, of all the people I have met in my life, you're the least likely I'd have imagined painting a swastika!
I started by taking clocks to pieces.... (note the lack of "and putting them back together"...)
I started by taking clocks to pieces.... (note the lack of "and putting them back together"...)
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That is very true James.. It is only in recent years I think the true meaning of the swastika has become widely known. Certainly back the early 60s, the time I painted one, it still only meant one thing.Hell Razor5543 wrote:The pity is that the Svastika is a holy symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, and is for good luck or well being. The Nazis have desecrated it in the eyes of the Western world.
I was only three Mike! I know not what I was doing but by golly, I soon did!!!northern_mike wrote:Jim, of all the people I have met in my life, you're the least likely I'd have imagined painting a swastika!
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I bet you couldn't sit down for a week! I am surprised your dad didn't get you repainting the wall with white paint!
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