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22 minutes ago, Duncan said:

Good call, and dial 00 and be ready to hit one more.

Not saying it isn't safe....but I'd be more scared than first start on a rebuilt RB

Stop making me overthink it! 🤣🤣

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45 minutes ago, MBS206 said:

The correct PPE is to get one of the kids to spin it while you film from a safe distance...

This makes sense. I have 2 so I'll just choose the least favourable child to perform the task.  If all turns to shit, I've still got a spare.  Win-win!

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9 hours ago, Shoota_77 said:

This makes sense. I have 2 so I'll just choose the least favourable child to perform the task.  If all turns to shit, I've still got a spare.  Win-win!

this is the reason we have more than one child right?

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2 hours ago, Looney_Head said:

this is the reason we have more than one child right?

Yep, it's why in Australia we never brought in the 1 child policy like China.  China can't afford to use the shit they make in their own country as it's too much to risk having only one child...  Or maybe that's how they test their shit before they send it to Australia - they use the second kid that families had when they weren't supposed to as the tester?  They weren't supposed to exist in the first place so no loss if they succumb to a work place incident?  🤣

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6 hours ago, Shoota_77 said:

Yep, it's why in Australia we never brought in the 1 child policy like China.  China can't afford to use the shit they make in their own country as it's too much to risk having only one child...  Or maybe that's how they test their shit before they send it to Australia - they use the second kid that families had when they weren't supposed to as the tester?  They weren't supposed to exist in the first place so no loss if they succumb to a work place incident?  🤣

The moment I read "never brought in the 1 child policy like China" I was ready to send a reply "it's what they use the second child in china for..." Ha ha ha

I can tell how quickly your brain squirrels 😛

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10 hours ago, Duncan said:

Glad it worked well, is the balance OK?

Probably one of the more nerve wracking experiences of my entire life! 😂😂

The balance (centre of gravity) is out still but in a direction that gives me comfort!   It's quite bottom heavy still meaning it takes a bit of muscle to rotate it.  The plus side of that is that it wants to to go back to upright.  Better that than wanting to go all stranded turtle on me!

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9 hours ago, MBS206 said:

How's your first born doing? 😛

As for now what? Time to forget about it for 12 to 18 months while your go down a totally unrelated rabbit hole... 😛

Ha ha, ended up going it alone.  I just sent it (in a very nervous fashion).  Once I'd released the locks and it didn't automatically start spinning out of control i felt a bit more confident.   It made some loud sounds (cracking and creaking noises) when I first spun it which got the heart rate going again!  I couldn't bring myself to leave it tipped on the side.  I feel a bit more comfortable having back right side up while it sits there.

I'd get angry with your last point but you're 100% correct! 😅 Even yesterday I managed to distract myself at numerous times to make a bracket to fit an LED flood light off the back of the house and fix my sons pushbike.  There were other little taks nibbling at my brain for the rest of the day too...

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19 minutes ago, Shoota_77 said:

Ha ha, ended up going it alone.  I just sent it (in a very nervous fashion).  Once I'd released the locks and it didn't automatically start spinning out of control i felt a bit more confident.   It made some loud sounds (cracking and creaking noises) when I first spun it which got the heart rate going again!  I couldn't bring myself to leave it tipped on the side.  I feel a bit more comfortable having back right side up while it sits there.

I'd get angry with your last point but you're 100% correct! 😅 Even yesterday I managed to distract myself at numerous times to make a bracket to fit an LED flood light off the back of the house and fix my sons pushbike.  There were other little taks nibbling at my brain for the rest of the day too...

Ha ha ha! I know those feels mate :)

I've finally got the garage cleared enough that next weekend I'll do some actual work on my car (hopefully). Unfortunately garage isn't usable after 10am at the moment :(

That said, I've done a lot of work this weekend on helping finalise a friend's Production Race car. Full started Christmas Eve. We're down to about 8 tasks on the list, including "get a wheel alignment".

Sometimes it's just easier working on someone else's car or project than our own stuff 😛

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