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Fix one thing, break another

9 March, 2013 by Stonehead 9 Comments

We hurried home after rugby training today so I could make a quick, post-lunch start on replacing the rear springs and shock absorbers on our Land Rover Defender TD5. For the past few days, assorted “experts” have assured me changing the springs is a “15-minute job”, “nothing more than half an hour” and a “total […]

Land Rovers

Defender, Land Rover, Land Rover Defender, mechanical, Postaweek2013, suspension, TD5

Hens back in lay

8 March, 2013 by Stonehead 6 Comments

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

chickens, Crofting, eggs, hens, Postaweek2013, Poultry, Smallholding

Broke a spring

4 March, 2013 by Stonehead 0 Comments

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

cars, Defender, Land Rover, mechanic, Postaweek2013

Burglars do neighbour’s house

1 March, 2013 by Stonehead 0 Comments

Daily life

break-in, burglars, Crime, criminals, Police, Postaweek2013, theft, thieves

Drill is hammered

8 February, 2013 by Stonehead 5 Comments

When my father visited us last October, he bought me an SDS-Plus hammer drill to speed up the task of raking out mortar joints and removing tile cement from the floor. The drill proved useful, being much faster if rather more noisy than using a lump hammer, cold chisels and bolster chisels. However, it failed […]

Do it yourself

B&Q, Chisel, cold chisels, defect, Drill, faulty, Hammer drill, mortar joints, Postaweek2013

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