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<blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 12194" data-attributes="member: 212"><p>OK ... moving on .... It's been a crappy old week , and one wonders how much crappier it can get.</p><p>The Pig Islanders have lost a heap of hives and had sheds filled with silt .</p><p>Sorry guys.... and I mean that.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, down here in Te Wai Pounamu I have laid the crew off and am on an enforced holiday.</p><p>The Big MAN broke down on me the other morning , carting a load of bees back from the coast. I happened to look in the rear view mirror on a corner and noticed blue smoke ....</p><p>Oooops .... blown tyre, blown motor ...?</p><p>I pulled over and assesed the situation ..... two blown rear tyres and a deck sitting down on the tyres and the airbags all askew.</p><p></p><p>Somehow the stabiliser bar on the rear diff had sheared the ten bolts holding it to the chassis and the deck had slewed 50 mm sideways.</p><p>It was one of those FK moments.</p><p></p><p>You know the ones .... when you realise that your up the creek and the paddle's gone and the whole empire has ground to a halt.</p><p></p><p>But even in the depths of despair there are bright momments, and the following day mine was Big Al from Tow Works who happened to be cruising past in his massive Kenworth .</p><p>I was on the phone to my local fix it man , and as Big Al cruised past I said to Leo ...' Whose got the big Kenworth Tow Rig ..?'</p><p>Leo forwarded me his number and I sent him a txt, and 20 mins later Big Al was back and hooking up the MAN for the journey home.</p><p></p><p>One of the lessons I learnt on my bike trip last winter was that sht happens, and it is what it is , stress not ,because in the end something will happen.</p><p></p><p>Or ,as my old man used to say...</p><p></p><p>'The clouds that yea so dread, shall break with blessings upon your head.'</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James, post: 12194, member: 212"] OK ... moving on .... It's been a crappy old week , and one wonders how much crappier it can get. The Pig Islanders have lost a heap of hives and had sheds filled with silt . Sorry guys.... and I mean that. Meanwhile, down here in Te Wai Pounamu I have laid the crew off and am on an enforced holiday. The Big MAN broke down on me the other morning , carting a load of bees back from the coast. I happened to look in the rear view mirror on a corner and noticed blue smoke .... Oooops .... blown tyre, blown motor ...? I pulled over and assesed the situation ..... two blown rear tyres and a deck sitting down on the tyres and the airbags all askew. Somehow the stabiliser bar on the rear diff had sheared the ten bolts holding it to the chassis and the deck had slewed 50 mm sideways. It was one of those FK moments. You know the ones .... when you realise that your up the creek and the paddle's gone and the whole empire has ground to a halt. But even in the depths of despair there are bright momments, and the following day mine was Big Al from Tow Works who happened to be cruising past in his massive Kenworth . I was on the phone to my local fix it man , and as Big Al cruised past I said to Leo ...' Whose got the big Kenworth Tow Rig ..?' Leo forwarded me his number and I sent him a txt, and 20 mins later Big Al was back and hooking up the MAN for the journey home. One of the lessons I learnt on my bike trip last winter was that sht happens, and it is what it is , stress not ,because in the end something will happen. Or ,as my old man used to say... 'The clouds that yea so dread, shall break with blessings upon your head.' [/QUOTE]
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