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the_magician's luggage made Fenchurch fail the MOT

Two of the failure points were 'headlight aim too high.' This confused me because I haven't altered the aim since she passed the test last year. Then dad pointed out that the back end of the car is practically dragging on the ground because of the knackered leaf springs, so the whole car is tilted up at the front... :)

She also failed due to my messing around with the handbrake on Saturday, which was previously working but not very well, and is now not working at all on one side. I reckon a pair of new cables will cure the problem.
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Posted on Sep. 15th, 2008 at 06:58 pm | | Leave a comment | 19 comments |

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alex_holden

Re: I just want to say ...

Do you happen to know the dimensions of the YH food crate shelves? I'm tempted to break out the sheets of thin plywood and knock up something a bit fancier with space for my sharp knife and Pork Luncheon Meat...
Posted on Sep. 19th, 2008 04:05 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

wibble_puppy

Re: I just want to say ...

alex you are an Engineer.

all the hostels I've been to have had different-sized cubbyholes. I happened to hit upon a Bucket which fits into 99% of them.

The dimensions of the Bucket are:

27.5cm wide
23.5cm high
32cm deep/long

Don't overlook a key component of the genius of the Bucket system: the Handle.
Posted on Sep. 19th, 2008 04:21 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

alex_holden

Re: I just want to say ...

"To an engineer, the world is a toy box full of sub-optimal and feature-poor toys."
Posted on Sep. 19th, 2008 05:29 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

wibble_puppy

Re: I just want to say ...

"to a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail".
Posted on Sep. 19th, 2008 05:48 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply