Dad can I clean your cars and bikes…yes of course you can son…
Job done money paid…
Go out to fix the brakes on the KH400 this morning…what do I find a flooded garage my inspection pit full of water and the garage in an inch of water with the tap left on…
So far this morning all I have done is cleaned out the bloody garage…
Anyone thinking of having kids your all mad.
Love them really and the floor did need cleaning and the he did not know the hose was leaking…even though I always tell him to swtich the water off…at least the leak is fixed and it wont happen again…
He he…mine have just done all my housework for me! well hoovered throughout and attempted to dust and polish:w00t: although we have to pay the price… they both want to go toys r us later!
and now very nearly dry…so started on kh400 bleed nipple threaded by last owner stuck in with glue i think…so caliper for now fooked, other caliper on site so no chance of her being ready for tomorrow…
Now working on the zx7…but want to remove the drive to the alternator in the motor but just cant shift it at the moment…and now have a 200 lengths to swim for the BTswimathon so altogether a thoroughly wasted day…
To be honest oldguy they are great really…just make so much mess…this included…
Didn’t say they weren’t great, it’s just a bit of a trial from time to time…to time…to time.
Love both of mine and Mrs. Oldguy but there are times I just wish they’d … … and give ME some space. And bail me out of overspending. And do the washing up. And fix the (fill in your own blank) and then, PUT THE TOOLS BACK where they belong.
Another rant over.
Oldguy.
(Against which, I aint ironed a shirt in ** years some of it’s gravy.)
no way, I have a shotgun, and a will…they will make very few decisions for me. they can focus on their own lives not mine…but anyone thinking of having kids remember that I told you so in 5 10 15 20 25 and 30 years time…
When I was about 8 or 9 I oiled my Mums washing line, the type that spins round. I figured that the faster it spins the faster it should dry . . . might have worked if I hadn’t used old engine oil which ruined all my dad’s shirts :w00t:
Friend of mine at similar age cleaned all the bird droppings off his dad’s car . . . dad was very pleased until he found his son had used sand paper to do it . . . One Citroen CX in need of a respray
Isn’t there another variant on adoption, public/private schooling? As the unwholesome fruit of my loin grows up, he is now 16, I hear myself saying the same things my mum said to me.
A couple of months ago, he was the last in one evening, after leaving his bicycle in the hallway he forgot to close the front door, it was open all night! The next morning I was 1st up & after calming down when spotting the open door & doing a quick inventory, I was relieved to find out that we had had no nocturnal visitors stumbling upon a golden opportunity.
When I was about 9, my plasticy football was burst by as rose thorn in our back garden, I had a genius idea that I would heat up a knife from the kitchen draw ( hot knifes) on the hot plate of the electric oven, to melt & seal the hole. Couldn’t get the knife hot enough, so I turned the grill on, waited for all the coils to glow orange & stuck the knife in.
I tell you that was one boom as the whole thing blew up, I shat myself & fell over as I jumped backwards, at the same time I could hear my mum shout from the living room, probably the only reason I can type this today is the fact that that knife had a bone handle.
Needless to say we needed a new cooker & the hiatus in my footballing development meant that I never got to play for my country.
well hoovered throughout and attempted to dust and polish:w00t: although we have to pay the price… they both want to go toys r us later!