I was all set or a lie-in this morning......
The world was not!
7:30am and someone started chipping trees at the side of my bed, or at least that's what it sounded like..... in reality it wasn't MUCH further from the truth, as the groundsman was scarifying the bowling green 'neath my window......
I rolled out of bed and before the day was in focus i was blearily palm-mashing the control panel of the coffee machine in the vain hope that i might press something right.....
Eventually i grabbed a coffee and headed back up to bed hoping that the marvellous mechanical mouse organ, rattling across the bowling green, would perhaps be on the opposing end by now and i'd catch up on some zeds....
It was not.... eventually when it finished.... of course, another groundsman turned up with another machine and moved the hell out of the already short sward.
I got up....
Decided to clean the coffee machine...... it went badly and soon there was water and coffee grounds all over t'wicket......
While i was waiting for the coffee machine to dry before reassembling it, i thought i'd go in the garden..... to find i am once more locked in the house and can't find my keys..... upstairs.... upstairs..... downstairs and in my lady's chamber..... nowhere to be seen..... i eventually found the keys, underneath the coffee machine.
I went in the back bedroom to look for the missing parts of my fishing chair, but i could not find them anywhere......
I picked up a knock-off Meccano kit to make a little drag racing car.... ages six plus..... opened it and put a few pieces together..... got to diagram two.... and could follow it no further...... i showed the plans to an engineer friend and he could not understand them either.....
I should have stayed in bed today.
I made puttanesca sauce ready for tea.... and it was pretty triumphant - i'll take that, as a small victory amongst a litany of failings. (Dawn's favourite thing, is coming home from work and that tea (or dinner, if you prefer) is ready, without fuss)
THIS!
The long bolt goes through the central row of holes, the second from the right with a washer and nut on. the shorter goes through the triangle piece and then through the central row, second from the left with a washer and nut on.
ReplyDeleteI do agree it's not very clear though. Sometimes you can 'cheat' by looking at subsequent diagrams for clues.
Deletethere are no washers..... boom!
Deletemy interpretation is 2 x nuts..... and you leave a "gap" between the nuts.... and the gap is different on the two bolts......
DeleteI guess it's just two nuts then, dont think it needs a gap. Tighten them up against each other to stop them loosening. I prefer Lego!
Deletei prefer fishing
DeleteHave you got all the diagrams there?
ReplyDeletei do have all the diagrams.... it's just not clear what they are asking for. and as the parts aren't coded, the only clues are what you see.... this is literally the second step of the build
DeleteWell, at least your puttanesca sauce turned out!
ReplyDeleteit was pretty good.... i was pleased with it.... heavy on the anchovies!!
DeleteDon't be so shy! Why didn't you open your bedroom window and yell at the bowling green peace vandals to shut the **** up until 9am?
ReplyDeletei already have one ongoing complaint at the club.... i've asked them to fix the door closing mechanism because the outside door bangs too loudly every time someone goes in or leaves the club..... it's annoying - i am, however, trying very hard not to be the guy who lives next door to a 500 year old pub and complains about the noise.... it were there before i was!
DeleteYou're talking a load of bowls Moriarty!
DeleteGive the Meccano set to a six year old, he'll have it assembled in no time. Why aren't your keys always in the same spot? Like a nice little bowl near the door?
ReplyDeletewe do have a place for the keys but life is complicated
DeleteThe weather is going to get warmer so you can be off over those moors working away soon in the heat!
ReplyDeletei am looking forward to the nice weather but not sure how much work i can get done in 20 degrees plus...... we'll see......
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