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morning all,hope everyone had a good weekend,busy morning even before I left,jack was still blissfully sleeping,daisy was wide awake sat on her play mat,inspecting one of jacks cars......he doesant know shes took a shine to the bright yellow oldsmobile....not yet,hell probably hide it if he does !! god luck with the shopping jock,i went sunday.....best wishes to debs,have a good day all.

evening all,spent all day training up on new xc90 hybrid,400v 3 phase......who would have thought cars would end up as complex as this when we first got into the trade? the health and safety and precautions involved are enough to make your head spin,let alone working on it !! as I sit here jack is sleeping as is daisy,all is quiet......hope everybody has a sound sleep tonight and good day tomorrow.

morning all,cool and dark as I set off this morning,jacks got a cold and daisys teething so its been a restless night for me and the missis,jacks enjoying school and is doing well so I have been told so that's something that's going the right direction at the moment !! looks like another busy week here,first one on the list for me is a poorly xc70 with more electrical faults than you can shake a stick at.....oh goody.....sometimes I realy would like to go back to mending proper cars with points and carbs.........must be getting old....have agood day all and all the best to those o us that are a little under the weather.

morning all,hope you had a good night jock,at least what was left of it,duties at 3 with no2 wanting feeding......then away by 645,took them both to LEGOLAND Windsor at the weekend,awsome I have to say,i think we all enjoyed it,very tied and a long way home which they all managed to sleep though,so me and the missis had a fairly quiet run home,collected a few bits more of the mallard,i have 5 issues missing now,that never turned up in order or they just never turned up irst they blamed hatchette,then djh,although they now say there on order but don't know when they will arrive.....we shall see....a new week becons,have agood day all.

morning all,cool and very misty here,managed to get to the coast,whitby at the weekend,jack ran me ragged and slept all the way home,i wouldant have minded either !! nice to see things looking up jock,looking forward to the weekend,i know its only Wednesday,but its at least down hill rom here !! have a good day all.

morning all,hope your feeling better jock,up at 3 with second born,feed and sleep,for both of us !! up at 545 another feed,then out of the door and to work,first job done,looks like a busy day,jacks started full time school,and seems to be enjoying it too,comes home tied !! daisys almost sitting up now,desperate to get to jacks things !! I know only too well how sherry feels I think we all do must be as we get that bit older.....keep safe all .

we have got this for my son,so it will be getting done hopefully at Christmas !! looks very nice.

morning all,catching up again,thoughts with you and yours jock,as everyone else with ailments......time o the year does not help,everyone still sleeping as I left this morning,jack starts infants tomorrow,where did the time go? had to work satarday so missed getting completion entry into guildex,even though the satarday had been booked off for 4 months.....but did manage to get in the afternoon cracking show,took jack and daisy to the park sunday where he wore me out on the bouncy castle,sandpit,climbing frame etc....blimy do I ache today !! have agood day all.

morning all,cold here,quiet from chesterfield to shefield this morning,made a nice change ! all still sleeping at home,very peacefull,jack tested his driving skills in the empty carpark Friday night,with his remote control car I hasten to add.....and its still in one piece too,proving it is stronger than I thought ! only saw one intresting thing on the adjacent railway,a 47 number unknown,looked like it was flat out heading towards Sheffield,sounded wonderfull,just like a proper diesel engine ! have a good day all.

morning all,sounds like andy had a good day.....hope the morning after isant too painfull,raing here has been since the early hours,think about 3 since that was the time daisy decided that a drink was in order followed by another surprise ! all done and sorted me and the missis retired again and then up at early o clock....waiting to see what the day has in store,have a good day all.

morning all,still knackerd from yesterday chasing jack in and out of the water,he was still asleep when I left ! just about to leave when daisy gave me that look that says your going nowhere yet matey ! so change,bath and then make drink,leave with mum ! still got here earler than some that are only walking distance from work !! nice morning here,have a good day all.

morning all,early start for me and her indoors....daisys temp did a Saturn v impression at 3 so sat up till she settled,back to bed at 4 and up again at 445......and all are soundly asleep.....snoring.....large cup of coffie bekons.....have a good day all.

morning all,quiet here,just waiting for enough bodies to help lift new transmition into this car and its of we go again,busy day ahead so coffie welcome !! have a good day all.

morning all,fun already started here !! broken cars allover,good this new technology..........20 something years back when a car broke down,quick clean o the jets,regap o points and away you went.....now everything is a module,software and mega bucks.....progress....so im told....still collecting bits for a A4 that's going to be a slow job,but one im realy looking forward to,have a good day all.

morning all,damp here but no rain....yet....hope the missis is feeling better Jamie,1216-025...tatra...wow,not seen one of those or years,awsome machine,jack sound asleep as I left,pointnig wrong way in bed,no idea why.....some nice motors in cuba trisonic,mate of mine sent me some pics a few years back,even some mk1 zephyrs there! hope all goes well with the concreate baz,have agood day all.

morning all,waiting for the first costomers to arrive,jack still asleep as I left,daisy just had a drink beore I left,all quiet.....for the time of morning,jacks off for six weeks now,so it will probably look like a hurricane has passed threthe house when I get back!! managed to get to alton towers last week,jack wore me out,also very wet on the pirate ships!! he hit the magic 4 at the weekend....where does the time go? anyway back to it,have a good day all.

morning all,happy birthday jock and all,catching up been awol for some time......and been up since 2 with daisy,so tired and grumpy!! matchsticks in eyes me thinks....full forward gear,its down hill from here to the weekend!! have a good day all.

morning all,catching up again im afraid,all croked in our house,sounds a bit like bazs ! but a bit better now,took jack to the fair yesterday,getting quite handy with the dodgems.....just carnt reach the pedle yet ! a few more bits collected towards the a4 im going to build,wd is at a standstill until the workshop is freed up again! have a good day all.

evening all,catching up again.....been busy lately at work,and home,jack has discovered the joys of Nintendo,and is currently showing me how to get the best performance from the vaious cars on the hot wheels game......hes 3 1/2,im 45....well nearly and running rings round me...scary....although ive still got him on the ropes with the dcc stuff...for now at least ! loike the commecnt on the old pc by old dudders,we have a old Panasonic at work,best part of 10 years old and still functioning perfectly,its replacement dell is falling apart and has 2 keys missing and a dodgy screen,its 18 months old.....bit like my old olymipus camera,heavy and well over 25 years old and still works perfectly,have a good evening all and hopefully a good day tomorrow,keep safe all.

evening all.......at last got to sit down,hectic few weeks at work with precious little time when I got home,managed to spend a few hours with jack either in the sand pit or on the wii,scary how fast he has picked up the functions and controller...much better than me !!! daisy is soundly asleep at my side,im sitting behind jack as he hurtles aroud the racetrack....v8 with supercharger......dads choice.....proper engine,love the pics of the moggy,the missises is slowly getting there,its structurally sound now and nearly ready for finishing and then hopefully when pennys allow some new paint,hope to let the zephyr see a bit of road this year....im still catching up here so hope things are a little more settled for those that have had a rough time recently,have a good weekend all.

morning all catching up,cold and bright here,allready had first mug of tea,one job down and ready for the next! all soundly asleep as I left,have a good day all.

morning all,still catching up,plus lack of sleep as jack was off tune a little last night and ended up diagonal across me and the missis,funny he was then quite comfy.....daisy was out for the count,talk about role reversal.....missed kettering so will have to wait for the write up,work.....bright but cold here even a bit of frost on the car,havbe a good day all.

morning all,tea @ 3 this morning whilst daisy fed,jacks still out for the count,let tash all sleepy,just had a cofie and await to see what the day has to hold....very cold but dry here,they say even a chance of the white stuff......have a good day all

morning all,cold here,though thankfully not as cold as some of our readers ! all soundly asleep as I left,even the rabbits were sleepy....just had a counter banger at work....what ever happened to asking politely.....must be me,or im getting old,or as the missis said .....both !! have a good day all.

morning all,cool here,all soundly asleep as I went,wouldant have taken much to stay in the pit !! hope to get to either the club or kettering show next week,1st and 2nd born permitting !! still collecting bits of mallard,all in a box,not starting that until ive got all the bits,have a good day all