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BRACE YOURSELVES - I'M BACK!!!

rabbitearbandicoot — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 03:38:19 GMT

How long for? I don't know. Looks like the knives are out so I may well disappear without warning, never to be heard of again.

In the meantime, back to my favourite subject - my little 18 year old CAR. I took her rear bumper off and sprayed it - had it looking great - stood back to admire my handiwork, tripped on the air hose, and down came the bumper on to the concrete - scratched up worse than before I started. But, start again I did - rubbed it all back again, more sanding, more primer/surfacer, more coats of top-coat. Bottom line, it's back on the car now - waiting for 14 days to harden the paint (acrylic lacquer) and then give HER a cut and polish.

I also did my other little girl too. Have I mentioned her? She is 20 and she is white. Her timing belt was broken and I bought her for $350 - thinking to use her for parts, but because she is automatic, decided to try to do her up for her-indoors - did the timing belt, pulleys, hydraulic tensioner, water pump etc - turned her over and away she went - running like a clock.

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icyfroth — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 04:09:09 GMT

What knives are out?

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tasfleur — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 04:12:00 GMT

Welcome back Mr. Rabbit xx

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the_great_she_elephant — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 04:22:37 GMT

Welcome back, Rabbit. I was worried a dust cloud from an e-volcano might have prolonged your holiday.

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serendipityricho — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 04:50:31 GMT

Hi Rabbit-you are a mechanical...um...err---legend.....................Richo.

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rabbitearbandicoot — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 07:51:08 GMT

@serendipityricho wrote:
Hi Rabbit-you are a mechanical...um...err---legend.....................Richo.

must confess ........................ I got a mobile mechanic to come and do my little white girl for me. Tried hard to undo her crank bolt but I had to get a better man to come and do it for me.

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tasfleur — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 08:49:00 GMT

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rabbitearbandicoot — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 08:51:18 GMT

@tasfleur wrote:

he's not a mechanic - he's a master mechanic.

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lloydslights — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:02:20 GMT

rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

tasfleur wrote:

he's not a mechanic - he's a master mechanic.

Does that mean he had a bigger hammer?

Welcome back, Rabbit.

DEB

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trancreave — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:18:31 GMT

I can relate to that on so many levels. Something that should be easy and simple, because to weather condisions, or as you say, tripping on an air hose. I got a very nasty sunburn trying to fit a truck cap, all day of getting one side to line up to find the other side out of line, then getting the front to line up to find the back off center. I had to finally reshape the whole thing to get it to come close, and then saying to myself, "thats as good as it's going to get" and just leave it as it was. The sun here is brutal at the the worst possible times when I can't get out of it into shade or cooler areas.

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lloydslights — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:45:47 GMT

It's wonderful when one can stand back and say "job well done, I'm proud". Almost impossible to walk through the door with the swelled head. And then..........

Similar happened here. With lots of patience, (which is a rarity for me) I taught myself French Polishing.

Finished one piece and started working on another. Have to wait around for things to dry. So I started on another job. Come back, apply more shellac; and so on. Eventually get a "perfect" second piece. Pick up the first piece to compare the shine.

What???????????? Some turps had seeped onto the first piece and stripped the finish in one area.

Now, I'm learning how to "repair a section without a full strip".

DEB

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moonflyte — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 22:49:23 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
What knives are out?

The knives that's seen so many good members disappear I suppose. Look at who's left and take a guess, it's not hard to work out.

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imastawka — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 00:24:12 GMT

Strong statement - you're still here.

Do you include yourself?

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moonflyte — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 23:20:09 GMT

If I included myself I would not be here commenting. LOL thanks for the laugh this sunny morning

As for the :"strong statement" quip, it's a factual statement that anybody who inhabits the boards for any length of time can clearly see. I see you're still here though.

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moonflyte — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 01:16:24 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
Strong statement - you're still here.

Do you include yourself?

oops