Grit in the Gears

I am the grit in the gears, the missing bolt, I am the poker of sticks into spokes. I like to know how things work, but sometimes when I take them apart and rebuild them, I have a few pieces left over. I am a man, so I tend to leave reading the instructions until after it goes wrong. And like all men I have a comprehensive mental map of the world and never need to ask directions. I never get lost, only sometimes I'm late, or end up in the wrong place entirely. It's what we do.

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

My Great-Great Grandfather's Forge

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I can't name any of them. I think my sister can... The boxes of tools on the floor, modern-day shoeing smiths still use the same patt...
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Wednesday, 16 January 2013

House-Clearing and Old Photographs.

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My mother's house, after a year and a half on the market, now has a buyer, there's been a significant drop in price from the origin...
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Thursday, 10 January 2013

Awesome!... Or, as they say, whence I am bound, "Ossum!"

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Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter, Away, you rolling river. For her I'd cross, The raging waters, Away, I'm bound away, 'Cross...
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Sunday, 6 January 2013

Can We Fix It?

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    No. The sad truth is that, despite my legendary optimism, even I know this has gone 'beyond'. However, I'm...
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Saturday, 5 January 2013

On the Road Again

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Out on the road,engine shakedown, one little oil-leak fixed, over to a friend's house to collect a few more of my stored spare parts, ...
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Thursday, 3 January 2013

2013

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One of those things that blogs which tell you how to blog will tell you, is 'never apologise for not posting, just pick up and carry on...
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Monday, 24 December 2012

Rudolph

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Sunday, 23 December 2012

What's the Engine Out Of?

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I was asked, on the previous post, what's the engine out of?  It's out of the geriatric land-rover, which I've owned since 19...
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