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What did you do to your x40 today???

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Old Aug 28th, 2014, 23:31   #5121
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I may well move in, it's bigger than my sisters house! My main reason for fitting the boiler was during the winter everything always got damp, pi##es me off when tools start to rust .
I work for Worcester Bosch so fitting a boiler was no problem, except maybe having the motivation to fit a boiler on my days off. I did consider a wood burner but decided flames, petrol & a wooden building may not be a good idea.
does sound good do you have mains gas or running it off a gas bottle. sounds ideal id love a barn
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Old Aug 28th, 2014, 23:37   #5122
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does sound good do you have mains gas or running it off a gas bottle. sounds ideal id love a barn
I'm using bottles then if I don't have the money I don't have the heat. I have a 3 phase generator as well for my lift & compressor.
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I'm using bottles then if I don't have the money I don't have the heat. I have a 3 phase generator as well for my lift & compressor.
Just do star jumps firebolt remember what p.e was like at school mate lol
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Got the engine finished today!!! Woohoo now going to attach the gearbox and get it in and connected up. I'll try to remember to get photos lol
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Just do star jumps firebolt remember what p.e was like at school mate lol
Yeah, school swimming pool, first one in breaks the ice!
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Yeah, school swimming pool, first one in breaks the ice!

Yeah lol and it was green water the rugby sessions were the best mate Icey cold wet mud and a p.e teacher that would scream at you com on youre young men not fairys hahahahaha.
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I've seem more muscle and meat on a butchers pencil lol, I hated mine I always used to say to myself if I ever bump into when I'm older I'm going to lamp you out lmao lol
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Yeah lol and it was green water the rugby sessions were the best mate Icey cold wet mud and a p.e teacher that would scream at you com on youre young men not fairys hahahahaha.
You just reminded me, my PE teacher was called Phil Hisscock! Still makes me laugh to this day!
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You just reminded me, my PE teacher was called Phil Hisscock! Still makes me laugh to this day!
Lmao mine was mr Blake and o hagan brutal sadistic men looking back,thank god things have changed
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You can rent them out cheap me and my mate James had a barn out in the sticks nr Dartmouth,we shared the rent,we had a Calor gas fire, used to order takeaways up there slept ate and lived in the barn mostly lol,even had a solar shower round the back.good days we used to strip down and work on the cars up there make as much noise as we wanted nearest neighbours were foxes badgers and cows
How come nobody noticed this. Discovery Channel could have made a documentary about these exploits. Strip down and then work on cars? Naked mechanics in a secluded barn? Oh err..
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