December 2019
more but if the quality of the
light bulbs reflects the quality of
the wine in that bottle, we are in
big trouble. ACP ring a bell ?
Geoff’s dilemma.
Geoff
McLean was let down by New-
ton’s Law no. 2 with his TF pre-
paring for the Kimber Run, ap-
pears that the depressed clutch
pedal gave no reaction whatso-
ever.
“for
every action there is an equal
and opposite reaction” well
that’s what he found, however
help was at hand through Ian Buckley
and Thane Martin who offered assis-
tance welding the errant steel push rod
apparently a common fault with TF’s
according to Peter Auld.
Super Sleuth Slips Up. Always on the
case and an opportunist for a bit of
goss, our resident spy 007 rang his
mate Willow the following morning after
the dinner to enquire as to the distress
of the evening only to be told the oppo-
site was the case.
Raffle wrangles. I have been receiving
correspondence regarding the raffle
prizes where it appears that some are
luckier than others in the draw. What
can I say other than to buy more
squares on the envelope ! Said member
is thirsting for a bottle of wine after pick-
ing up a pair of gloves only for work on
his TC. poor chap.
Peter and Chris Auld are the opposite of
course, Chris scored a brace of preci-
sion screwdrivers (she usually takes the
wine) so impressed with her prize, she
placed them in the kitchen cutlery
drawer and sent me a photograph. I am
not sure that Peter was that impressed
he really likes screw drivers that you can
bang with a hammer.
The message
here was a subtle reminder of the days
that Ian Curly W alker kept his
Whitworths in his kitchen cutlery drawer
at home with other necessary tools. Not
the case now though.
Security warnings. Yes garage secu-
rity advice on those special artefacts
that adorn the walls continues to “roll” in
following my disclosure about enamel
signs. Did you know that Shannons can
insure as standard up to $10k for auto-
motive memorabilia. Now I am not sure
that railway signs can be classified as
automotive ?
Just saying mind you, I
appreciate the continuing interest on this
topic.
Welcome faces. Great to see Jaquie
O’Malley up and walking about on
steady legs again, Joy Pearson back
from her trip with Anthony & Wenona to
the USA swap meet, however the bro-
ken arm is unfortunate collateral from
the trip but she had a great time. Bev
driver and Trev, both getting over re-
pairs are moving better, Annette and
Chris Kinney, Robin and Maxine Gibbs,
Simon and Natalie Ewart to name a few,
apologies if I missed others.
Kleptomaniac. Yep, there is one warm-
ing up, watch your gear. Willow’s leather
jacket and wine prize were on the move
at the end of the evening, returned after
gentle persuasion.
Palm greasing. Yes again, if you do not
want to be in print, I am open to hear
your plea bargaining that ensures no
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