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  1. ryansdad

    Aaaarghh!!

    We're moving soon and TBH the flooring was past it's best so at least it'll look nice when selling! All ok now, heating on low and pipe fitting fixed so just hoping that nothing else goes pop while I'm away over Christmas. Cheers allGuinness
  2. ryansdad

    Aaaarghh!!

    Been staying at the outlaws recently and haven't been home for a few days. Went back the other day to make sure everything was ok and I was met with a waterfall at the back door!! headbang Turns out a plastic push fit tee gave up with the freezing weather and I'd decided not to leave the...
  3. ryansdad

    It's only a bit of snow - grow up!

    The problem as I see it is that snow in this country isn't a common enough occurance for us to be used to it. As someone else said it's a bit of a chicken and egg situation whereby we don't get snow often enough for people to get experience at driving in it so when we do get it they don't know...
  4. ryansdad

    help - car doing wierd stuff.....

    Good luck!! All Rovers IMHO are carp and prone to head gasket/ overheating problems. My missus has a 216 which was a bottomless money pit, got rid on fleabay eventually. I also bought a 75 from a local auction and within 2 miles it was overheating, pulled over into local garage and burned my arm...
  5. ryansdad

    Acceptable Business Expenditure

    Where abouts in South Africa is Glousestershire? :innocent Sorry couldn't help it! :coat
  6. ryansdad

    sugestions please

    Back in the day when I didn't have a family draining my resources I had a nice car (TVR), which I had to leave on the drive all alone during the day. Being the untrusting type I got a camera system with a PIR that was rigged up to a tv and video and so recorded if anyone came close to it. It...
  7. ryansdad

    Chainsaw Chain Oil

    In a previuos life i was a tree feller and my husky chainsaw was treated to the cheapest oil i could find!It doesn't really matter as it is only to lubricate the chain, if its good enough to lubricate an engine its good enough for a chain.Can't be too bad for it- same saw still going strong...
  8. ryansdad

    Electricians pub ammo

    If we could harness the power of just 1 flash of lightening it would be equivalent to a 20 MW power station running for 50 hours continuously.The rate of lightning is 100 flashes per second all over the globe.Imagine the possibilities!
  9. ryansdad

    Money to burn!

    I went to a mates last night and during conversation he asked if the regs had changed about mcbs etc, not that i know of-why? Turns out he came across a local spark chucking a load of stuff in a skip, asking him why he was chucking the stuff he said hewas not doing electrikery anymore and doing...
  10. ryansdad

    OK Lets have 'em , Pet Hates.

    Shopping in general but specifically; people going sooooooo sloooowly you'd think they'd paid to get in people choosing to discuss recent events/gossip/catch up with long lost friends in the middle of the aisle or on the corner so you have to go all the way round hoverers who spend ages...
  11. ryansdad

    Megger Calibration

    Hmmm! My Eh? was a reply to a post (completly random and apparently nothing to do with anything on here) by someone i can't remember which has now mysteriously disappeared!!!!??? Either that or I had a better/worse night than i thought!
  12. ryansdad

    Megger Calibration

    Eh?
  13. ryansdad

    Megger calibration

    SF? what that? Whatever it is I'm not! ryansdad simply cos my boy is called ryan and i'm his dad! (or so I was told). Severe lack of imagination when choosing a username I'm afraid. Ta for the welcome anyhoo
  14. ryansdad

    Megger calibration

    Thanks chaps, might give that guy a go
  15. ryansdad

    Megger calibration

    Hello all! Been lurking in the shadows for quite a while and thought it was about time to show my face! Also got a question- I qualified/registered as a DI with the nic last year, as yet not done any work apart from rewire a relatives bungalow but I need to get my megger calibrated before I do...
  16. ryansdad

    Alzheimers

    jimmy carr fan by any chance apache?
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