I cleaned a couple of cars today, AND DIDN'T TAKE PICTURES,
then cooked a couple of half pound cheeseburgers and drinking a large Irish whiskey, AND DIDN'T TAKE PICTURES,
I'm now eating a sour watermelon ice lolly and Cadbury choc-top ice cream cone, AND DIDN'T TAKE PICTURES.

Though I've still bored you by posting it. Lol.

Have a picture a guy took from the coast of Falmouth, Cornwall, England.
Apparently it's called a superior mirage, an optical illusion called by a temperature inversion causing the vessel to appear to be hovering.

I know if I'm saw it, I'd take a picture and not show anyone, in fear of being sectioned under the Mental Health Act for talking about hovering oil tankers.

Bourbon marinated steak, garlic mushrooms, mashed potato, beer battered onion rings and green beans in butter.

At work people tell me everything, be it customers or staff.

Just had a customer, within three minutes she told me about her health, she's having a cataract operation in a few days, she lives alone and has no family up here, she has a daughter 'nine hours away' in Hampshire and once she's had the operation she's putting her house up for sale and moving to West Sussex, 'an hour away' from her daughter.
She's been living up here in Cumbria for the last 33 years and 'seen a lot of changes', etc...

So I did my good deed and bought her a bouquet of flowers and wished her well for the operation.

Colleague: I better get my car keys, I won't be able to get my cigarettes out otherwise.
Me: that's true.
Colleague: well my windows are open a bit.
Me: well that's silly.
Colleague: I'm just letting the car air out. My daughter spilled a can of Monster yesterday. I cleaned it up a bit though but it still smells bad.
Me: you should of properly cleaned it. That Monster is going to leave a smelly, sticky mess.
Colleague: it's only on the rubber mats though.
Me: (in my head) WELL WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE THE RUBBER MAT OUT AND RINSE IT UNDER THE TAP AND WIPE IT DRY????????

Happy 4th July to our cousins over the seas.
America celebrates it's independence from the U.K.,

The U.K. celebrates America's independence from the U.K.
Lol.
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Your not our problem any more.
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Only kidding.
Have a good one guys and gals.

Things have been hard for trades in 2020.
Neighbour is giving up plumbing work for a while and going to be doing some parcel delivery as Covid restrictions have made it little more difficult for tradesmen.
It was a little grimy on the outside, usual winter road stuff, inside was muddy, dusty, etc...
I've tried keeping the details out the pics.
Interior.

Exterior.

Exterior after a snow foaming in degreaser, snow foamed and washed, rinsed, rewash, rinsed, allowed to dry while I did the interior, later went over the van with Adam's Guard and Gloss to give it a shine.

Interior door cards and shuts.



I didn't get a before picture of these door shuts but they were awful, dust, tar, plaster, iron fallout, etc...

Floor scrubbed, treated with a rubber liner restorer and then cleaned again with an antibacterial cleaner.

The pictures are a little sporadic and mixed but I like how it came up. Had it for about two and a half hours. ![van 100121 137227368_10214919228174205_8314301798821926644_n.jpg]

Have a dinner pic from this evening. Roasted chicken breasts, Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes, new potatoes, carrots, green beans, sweetcorn and peas with chicken gravy.

well I've one upped how sad I am.
The two new clear buckets have matching colour co-ordinated stickers, handles and grit guards.

But I didn't like that there was something missing.
I didn't want the lids as I often stack the buckets inside each other.

But I didn't like that the stickers were on one side but thought stickers on either side would be too much.
So I got some same colour tape as the stickers and taped up two rows of the recesses around the top of the buckets.

Now I can see which is which from all round.

I like to get what I call 'car warming gifts' for some people when they get a new car, well you buy a gift when someone buys a new house, why not car.
She's a nice lass and loves her car. It's not just her leisure car but also her work horse.
She was looking at a 2019 Audi A4

but didn't like the look of it, thought it was too drug dealery, for the same money as a two year old A4 she could get a brand new Skoda Octavia 1.6Tdi

She's got rubber mats and stuff, so I bought her a rubber tunnel mat.


Like below, but for the Mk4 Octy, the sides come further forward.

I've also got her some Gtechniq I2 Tri-clean and a couple of microfibres for the interior to help her keep it clean and bio safe.

@civicwagonengineer
Yes, but the byproduct is also seeing stuff I don't want. Lol.

Want to know how messed up my life is?
I don't like most people at the best of times, but I wear glasses to see properly, unfortunately it means I see people I don't want to see also.
So I'm paying someone I don't know for something to help me see people I don't want to see.

@i86hotdogs
May I suggest a tow rig?
A 2018 Land Rover Defender Bowler Bulldog. 3 litre TDV6, 280bhp.

Road Registered, One UK Owner from new, VAT Qualifying so perfect for export, This vehicle has every Bowler optional extra at the time of order, over £189k was spent in purchasing and upgrading this vehicle, 110 Wheelbase, Left Hand Drive, MSA / FIA certified Roll Cage, 3.0L Mono Turbo TDV6 without restrictor, ZF 8 speed automatic Torque bias centre differential Gripper limited slip front and rear differentials Suspension: Bilstein front suspension – travel 265mm Bilstein rear suspension – travel 290mm Internal hydraulic bumpstop dampers Rear heavy-duty subframe Fuel System: Fuel cell – 225L (FIA spec.) Seats: 2x Bowler / Cobra racing seats 2x Bowler 6 point FIA racing harness Exhaust: UK IVA emissions compliant with catalysts Brakes: Vented front and rear Front 350mm Rear 320mm Wheels and Tyres: 5x Compomotive 18? wheels – black 5x BF Goodrich 265/65 R18 tyres Lighting: LED high level running lights LED high level brake lights Lazer lights ST4 spotlights bumper mounted x2 Electrical: Motec dash display Stilo WRC intercom 12v supply 12v auxiliary power supply box Permanent and ignition controlled supplies Terratrip 303 GPS x1 with signal input Interior light Navigator map light Equipment: Manual jack and jack pad Air conditioning and warm air heater Heated windscreen Tow-rope, spill kit and helmet net Jump leads and jump lead plug Protection: Front protection and steering guard Mid section under body bash guard Center section under body bash guard Rear diff guard Nylon protection for lower suspension arms Safety: Extinguisher – MSA spec electrical plumbed in system Extinguisher – hand held x1 Battery isolator Life hammer x1 Warning triangle SOS board Desert Pack: Mounting rack for 3 spare wheels Additional 2 spare wheels and tyres Additional Terratrip 303 GPS with additional probe Built in hydraulic jack system with bash guard Tool kit – sockets, spanners, wrenches etc. Safety kit – Safety flares, emergency blankets, first aid kit, torches etc. Vehicle repair kit – Belts, ties, fastenings, bulbs, fixings etc. Bonnet mounted Lazer light R8 Elite LED Sand mat rack and 4x sand mats Sand shovels x2 Rear storage boxes x2 Air compressor with airline and tyre inflator GPS mounts with twin Terratrip mount 2 x 5L safety water containers Rear mud flap retaining straps Additional rear subframe protection Orange, 1 owner.

@cb
And if you do do some of the things he would do or wouldn't do, don't get caught.

@ohcrikeytherozzers
Ye', the plastic wheels are noisy, slip and slide and generally all round not efficient.

@ohcrikeytherozzers
Will you be doing anything with the wheels?
Like bands of rubber for comfort, traction and noise reduction on concrete surfaces, etc...

@italianjobr53



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I really want a Fiat 500e 3+1

@someoneatacura
Awful stuff. I like to ceramic coat them as soon as can get to them. It adds a little scratch protection, but still need to be careful.

@someoneatacura
I could do with a McFlurry or a Cornetto right now after seeing all those swirls.

@akioohtori
A guy's Porsche 997 went flat after two weeks. That was fun trying to properly clean it when he couldn't start it to move it away from the wall.
Couldn't open the door fully, Maybe 80%.