I asked him yesterday when he conned me over there to allegedly have a look at his car which had been hit by an out of control forklift one of the big uns which carries fully loaded Sea Containers around.
Anyway he is more than happy to relate the story about what happened to him as a kid of about 10 -12 years of age. But he may have been touching the top wire to keep his balance on the uneven wet ground as it had been raining just previously and he was bare footed.
He claimed that the car was bouncing all over the place at 80 KPH {50 MPH} to those mot meterified yet and I had to have a look to see what had happened. Well as I had only replaced most of the rear suspension within the last month or so I was more than a bit peeved off about the whole thing. But everything looks OK underneath the thing except for the left hand sway bar mount which is now in a different position by the rubbers which now has some of the clean rubber showing and the dirty stuff now in contact with the mount.
While I'm not sure I think that there is a crease in the floor pan on the Right Hand Side but without the proper equipment I can not tell so a rear wheel alignment will be on the books just to make sure that there is nothing pointing the wrong way. But judging by the tire wear it is way out of alignment and since it is all trailing arm and spring over shock absorber with Wat's link to keep everything in place I'm inclined to believe that it has suffered quite a bit of damage, but of course it drove perfectly for me. ;)
Anyway about the electric fence he claimed that he didn't feel it on the outside but inside all around his bladder and even when I mentioned it to him he just had to grab his groin to make sure he was safe. :)
But on the good side it did have some positive effects he now listens to what I tell him not to do even though he ignores my advice when I'm not around but he at least expects some problems then if he gets caught out.
That property was toward the end of the "Trip From Hell" as I had to rebuild a motor on the side of the road after a piston broke up on the way. 2 cars 2 adults 2 kids and 3 Great Danes one a puppy with a rubbish bin half full of water and caring the Goldfish was not a pretty sight particularly since as normal it broke in the middle of the night way out nowhere. At least the dogs kept unwanted strangers away. Another valuable lesson if you want something done do it yourself but that was the only rebuilt motor that I had ever farmed out to someone else as I just lacked the time to rebuild it. After that trip I always made the time. But within 5 minutes of arriving at the place the daughter went to look at the horses and jumped on the back of a race horse as it walked past her on a high bank. Well of course she fell off it and hit the ground badly broke both her arms, one leg and several ribs. We heard her crying outside just as we where about to sit down for a well deserved drink. I never did get that drink either. A quick trip to the nearest doctor resulted in being told that I had to take her to the Hospital her left arm was obviously broken at the wrist at the very least as her hand was at a funny angle to the arm. Well I took her to the hospital and was greeted by the Nurses who rushed her into a treatment room and there was I covered in SH1T and GOD only knows what else as I'd not even had a chance to wash my hands. Of course the hand cleaner was buried under a heap of gear in the boot of one of the cars so I didn't even bother once I had the motor up and running again. Then the inevitable questions where asked like "What Happened" I shrug my shoulders and say I don't know I wasn't there. Then the local police become involved but only after I insist that both her arms, legs and upper body are X-Rayed and a CAT scan done on her head. That was a waste of time as she had concrete in her head so it wasn't damaged in any way. :D Then I get hit with "What have you done to your daughter?" Well me being the happy little chap that I was at the time and overtired to hell I just said nothing yet but after they fix her up I'm going to kill her for doing exactly what she was told never to do! That seemed to satisfy them quite a lot and they left but only after asking me to move the car from outside the emergence entrance. When I got back to the property without the kid as she was staying in hospital and I did get to sought of clean my hands/arms up a bit but what they had in the hospital was never designed to remove grease and oil so I was only half way clean and still in dirty clothes I got to see my darling sweet son perform that trick which just brought me down to the ground laughing so hard that it hurt. :(
Well enough of the smalltalk now all I have to do is get an ADSL router to be seen by the owners computer as it just doesn't want to play nice at all and even open up the setup screen through the HTTP address. I just love "This Page isn't available try the refresh button.
It worked when I was at his place a few hours ago well at least I could get it to that stage but now it will not even see the router but works quite happily with the modem that he got with the connection maybe if I try the USB connection it might work. :D
Col ]:)
