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Going by the soldering I'd say he was a solicitor.Was/is he an old school TV / valve radio repair sort of guy ??
Going by the soldering I'd say he was a solicitor.
You do realise that Solicitor is an anagram of O'Clitoris ?
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Young kid working two jobs, only/main transport and it got nicked. When she got it back she bought stuff to replace the missing dash, ignition and headlamp but couldn't sort the butchered ignition bolts or headlamp wiring. Tried a few workshops and "we don't work on Chinese stuff" was the stock reply. I don't as a rule, but then I'm also not keen on rules.
In, done and she's picking it up after work today because she has to go to her cleaning job tomorrow. Took me about 3 hours to sort in total, I told her £50:00 which is very poor business practice but that's not always the point.
Five figure shiny classics are great to work on, but is the most important job through for a while as far as I'm concerned.
In, done and she's picking it up after work today because she has to go to her cleaning job tomorrow. Took me about 3 hours to sort in total, I told her £50:00 which is very poor business practice but that's not always the point.
Five figure shiny classics are great to work on, but is the most important job through for a while as far as I'm concerned.
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Fair play to you, sometimes business isn't just about making money. I'd probably have done the same myself.
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I did consider doing it and not charging but then thought better of it. Partly because no one wnats charity, but mainly because a bloke my/our age doing favour jobs for a teenage girl just screams 'hard drive check required'.
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You'll have to enlighten me on that one.
I remember something similar being discussed by a mechanic on a course years ago.
Say you have somebody new turns up needing a bulb.
Bulb costs you a couple of pound, and takes you 5 minutes to fit it.
For quite a few people, they'd just do it for free thinking it's good 'marketing', as it'll take longer to generate an invoice than the job cost.
You then have two potential problems.
Those who think 'yay', this garage does things for free, and will be back again expecting other things done for free.
And those who feel somewhat embarrassed that they got something for free, so likely wouldn't want to impose on the garage again, or think that if they do go back again, they'll be charged for it somehow anyway.
Then you have those who would charge enough to ensure they made a profit on the job, including all the admin time, which at the time would probably have been around £25.
The big issue there, is you then have the reputation of being expensive. "I went to that garage for a bulb, and it was really expensive".
Now if you charge somewhere in the middle, say £10, you'd likely be making a loss on the actual job, but the more sensible customers (which are probably the ones you'd like), will think you charged them a reasonable price and will likely return.
The freeloaders won't be back, and nobody feels embarrassed or that they'll be billed later for it.
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Presumably Cato is concerned about accusations of trying to ingratiate themselves with a teenage girl / exchanging work for certain photos, that kind of thing. It's a pity that people have to think that way these days, but it's sensible to not get yourself into that position.
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Pretty much.
Like so many things and situations these days you have to consider the perceptions of others and avoid the risk of accusations, serious or otherwise. A rather sad indictment of society today, but I don't make the rules.
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One of my mates went to another neighbours house to fix something small, think "older female, bit mental, nasty when drunk etc" on his own.
When I said to him what if she accused you of perving her up he went white as a sheet as it's his word against hers.
I told him to take one or both of his young daughters with him next time just in case...
When I said to him what if she accused you of perving her up he went white as a sheet as it's his word against hers.
I told him to take one or both of his young daughters with him next time just in case...
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Additional to the workshop manuals, this lot . Problem of what to do with them all and the Ducati manuals. I’m never going to use them. Bonhams maybe?
Would it be worthwhile to scan and digitise them onto a cd or usb drive? Might be a market for selling as a cd or a digital file.
Be a good way of preserving the valuable info in the books for later generations.
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It would take a lot of hours as I've found out when scanning manuals myself.
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I’m too old to waste precious hours .
You, Sir, are a Gent.
I don't use either term much, or lightly. But giving someone working for their living like that a bit of a hand can only be good. Even if it doesn't come back to you directly, hopefully she'll remember in the future and pass it on.
