Never mess with an angry Scottish woman.Not likely, I'm far to frightened of her!
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What's made you grumpy today?
Are you saying it's not only the Winters that are tough up North.
The men are tough, the women tougher. (Probably true everywhere)Are you saying it's not only the Winters that are tough up North.
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
I know the Scots have a reputation for directness, but in my experience any angry woman is not to be messed with.
My other half decided a garage who sold me a duff car (albeit brand new) needed to be told. Unbeknown to me she who must not be disobeyed paid them a visit and shall we say moved negotiations on somehwat. I didnt even dare speak about it with her after they told me.
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
You got that right. But would you really have it any other way.
Sometimes it is nice to not have to make one's own decisions, just do as told. Know one's place. We put out the bins, we get fed. Seems great.
Quite a number of years ago Mrs J had just come out of the bank on the corner - back in the day when we actually had any local banks! and noticed a couple of definitely dodgy looking blokes hanging around the tenement stair opposite. Don't like the look of them she thought so she kept an eye on them as she started to walk towards home. She'd only walked a short way before several men ran out of the stairway carrying "stuff" and came down the street behind her. As they overtook her she thought "this looks very dodgy" so ducked into a shop doorway and called the police. You'd think she would have stopped at that but she followed them down a couple of local streets calling the police on the way and they arrived in a police car and arrested them!
When she told me what she'd done I almost wet myself - with concern for her safety - "Didn't you think about how dangerous that might have been" I asked her. "suppose so" she said, "but no-one's going to notice a little old lady with her shopping bag and plastic rain hat"? I made her promise never to do something like that again (following baddies I mean) Mind you, neither of us could move fast enough these days to keep up.
I'm married to a woman of German/Irish descent, who is also the daughter of an Army drill instructor. It can be downright scary. She pales to my mom, who tore the drill instructor a new one, and any Latina that I know.
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
Good for her!
Aye, she's some piece of work!
Unrelated issue.
Just been reading a current trade tool catalogue, nothing what I would call top of the range, just middle of the road quality.
Came to the conclusion that to start again working on the sort of variety of makes and models I have always done, I would need to be quite a wealthy man to buy the necessary tools, without including things like ramps, compressors, premises etc.
It seems like manufacturers have a deliberate policy of making each model so specific and over complicated, that only a main dealer can service/repair which means shortly after warranty expires some massive bills down the line.
When I started as an apprentice in 1969 my boss supplied a cantilever tool box with a few screwdrivers, spanners, hammer, etc. which enabled me to do most simple jobs on nearly any vehicle that came in the workshop in those days. I could climb on a bus with that toolbox in one hand even with a load of "swan neck" fittings for a motorbike and side car I was putting on the road as a 16 year old, now if a mechanic wants to move his personal tools/cabinets etc. he would probably have to rent a 7.5 tonne lorry!
I think the beginning of model specific tools was Renault introducing Torx screws to attach door catches etc.
Most of my tools are well worn and reaching their end of use point, much like their owner.
Just been reading a current trade tool catalogue, nothing what I would call top of the range, just middle of the road quality.
Came to the conclusion that to start again working on the sort of variety of makes and models I have always done, I would need to be quite a wealthy man to buy the necessary tools, without including things like ramps, compressors, premises etc.
It seems like manufacturers have a deliberate policy of making each model so specific and over complicated, that only a main dealer can service/repair which means shortly after warranty expires some massive bills down the line.
When I started as an apprentice in 1969 my boss supplied a cantilever tool box with a few screwdrivers, spanners, hammer, etc. which enabled me to do most simple jobs on nearly any vehicle that came in the workshop in those days. I could climb on a bus with that toolbox in one hand even with a load of "swan neck" fittings for a motorbike and side car I was putting on the road as a 16 year old, now if a mechanic wants to move his personal tools/cabinets etc. he would probably have to rent a 7.5 tonne lorry!
I think the beginning of model specific tools was Renault introducing Torx screws to attach door catches etc.
Most of my tools are well worn and reaching their end of use point, much like their owner.
Just had to buy a small set of "triple box" XZN spline sockets to remove Skoda rear caliper mounts.
Yes, daughters 2010 1.6 Golf Plus steering wheel when fitting new lock, then removing drivers seat on same job as I managed to drop one of the screws that hold the steering column cover into the seat channel, so only adjusted half way. Ideal laying on your back half in the car at 70 odd
Unrelated issue.
Just been reading a current trade tool catalogue, nothing what I would call top of the range, just middle of the road quality.
Came to the conclusion that to start again working on the sort of variety of makes and models I have always done, I would need to be quite a wealthy man to buy the necessary tools, without including things like ramps, compressors, premises etc.
It seems like manufacturers have a deliberate policy of making each model so specific and over complicated, that only a main dealer can service/repair which means shortly after warranty expires some massive bills down the line.
When I started as an apprentice in 1969 my boss supplied a cantilever tool box with a few screwdrivers, spanners, hammer, etc. which enabled me to do most simple jobs on nearly any vehicle that came in the workshop in those days. I could climb on a bus with that toolbox in one hand even with a load of "swan neck" fittings for a motorbike and side car I was putting on the road as a 16 year old, now if a mechanic wants to move his personal tools/cabinets etc. he would probably have to rent a 7.5 tonne lorry!
I think the beginning of model specific tools was Renault introducing Torx screws to attach door catches etc.
Most of my tools are well worn and reaching their end of use point, much like their owner.
Internal or external? When Benz owned Chrysler, they put external 12 point bolts on the front calipers on the Jeep TJ/LJ. The splines rust, then crumble when you apply a bit of elbow. 'Yer screwed'. Out comes the rounded bolt head 'extractor set' and hope it works. Chuck the old bolts and replace with normal hex head flange bolts.
Our SIL's uncle is some sort of bigwig at Chrysler and gets an occasional earful. Best answer he ever gave was, "We're run by bookkeepers, not car guys."
Torx and triple square are easier for robots to insert, as they centre into the tool and stay, so the tool can aim at the hole, and not miss. Removes another operative.
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
Save jobs! Everone write and complain.
Torx and
Torx and triple square are different enough that I suppose someone somewhere can justify them. But triple square and spline? what is that all about?
