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Not tried yet unfortunately but hopefully on tomorrow evening I'll be using it to shorten some shelves so I can put them into the cabinet
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Well, I didn't know that.
But I did know that, though typically for higher load stuff like tumble driers etc in domestic installations. In fact, my first ever compressor was a Craftsman. 240v 6.5 HP 60 gallon vertical tank. Bought it in South Carolina in early 2001 and flew it home in a C130 (perks of the job
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Different job, but similar perks. Although they didn't extend to getting my Dodge Challenger home 
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Well, I didn't know that.
But I did know that
My cousin was a loadmaster on Hercules when he was in the RAF, his record was "smuggling" 3 off road motorbikes to the Falklands to sell
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My Daughters ex was in logistics in Camp Bastion Afghanistan, 50% of my tools mostly USA made came back in fancy green plastic cases with him...i gave him my order before it was buried under the sand out there. I still have a set of 4 brand new coilovers for the ATV the special forces used on missions too. One of the tool chests had a load 9mm bullets in the bottom drawer, out my house and gone the very same day i must add.
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Eight, possibly nine chick's.
We knew one chicken was laying away from the hen house, but with entertaining the kids during the summer holidays and other stuff, we forgot about it until it was too late.
I found her hiding amongst the nettles yesterday. The missus did a count this morning, difficult as the little chicken nuggets keep moving
We knew one chicken was laying away from the hen house, but with entertaining the kids during the summer holidays and other stuff, we forgot about it until it was too late.
I found her hiding amongst the nettles yesterday. The missus did a count this morning, difficult as the little chicken nuggets keep moving
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Too bad on the Challenger, that would have been a lot of fun
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PM me his name, I may know him if it was in the 82 - 2000 period.My cousin was a loadmaster on Hercules when he was in the RAF, his record was "smuggling" 3 off road motorbikes to the Falklands to sell
I did once manage to ship a Mini Clubman estate to LA in the back of a Herc. And this was after I'd left the Herc fleet for the C17!
I hasten to add, I was as bemused as the rest of you as to why the chap for whom I shipped it, wanted it!
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Ooh, that's nice. A chap I used to work for had a regular 190 waaay back and they were a decent piece of kit as I recall.
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Nice to see the odd ones actually prove they still can.Eight, possibly nine chick's.
We knew one chicken was laying away from the hen house, but with entertaining the kids during the summer holidays and other stuff, we forgot about it until it was too late.
I found her hiding amongst the nettles yesterday. The missus did a count this morning, difficult as the little chicken nuggets keep moving
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I'd have expected that to be the other way round - rust free car from Cali to UK.
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Yeah I know, right?
Long story short, I worked with a bunch of Boeing engineers at Brize Norton and one of them bought it as a bit of fun. He fell in love with it and wanted to take it home. He asked if I could help, so I did
'cos it's different.
Most surprising place I saw a proper Mini was coming towards me in Olympia, Wa, in winter a couple of years ago. Absolutely dwarfed by typical US traffic.
27 yrs ago I was stood in-line in a Subway just of Sepulveda Boulevard in El Segundo, close to LAX, when I heard that distinctive whine of the gears in a proper Mini . . . saw it later in the parking lot - a late version, running on an A-suffix English plate.
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Yeah probably.
I did subsequently get pictures of it parked in the lot at the Boeing plant at Long Beach. I swear you could have parked four of them in the one space!
Sadly the owner passed away a few years ago now and I've lost track of the car.
Proper machine moving skates too
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Floor destruction skates
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I was wondering about getting a pipe wrench like this for a long time.
Happened today.
It's a virax and the chain is long enough for 5" pipes
I see restoration video here.
Maybe after finishing to tide up my homeshop
Anyways paid 12 euro for it.
Not sure if I should call that a bargain yet but I might have to replace the chain
Happened today.
It's a virax and the chain is long enough for 5" pipes
I see restoration video here.
Maybe after finishing to tide up my homeshop
Anyways paid 12 euro for it.
Not sure if I should call that a bargain yet but I might have to replace the chain
