a word or two of sage advice.

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Austin Shackles

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• Jun 22, 2006

• #1

If you have a tall vehicle, such that you can't easily get to or clean the
roof, don't park it habitually under the trees.

It's just taken me about an hour and a half to clean the accumulated scunge
off the minibus I'm about to sell. And it's not exactly what you'd call
clean, now. It is, however, as clean as I'm going to make it.


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Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink;
Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by and by;
Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710)

 

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Nige

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• Jun 22, 2006

• #2

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> If you have a tall vehicle, such that you can't easily get to or clean the
> roof, don't park it habitually under the trees.
>
> It's just taken me about an hour and a half to clean the accumulated
> scunge
> off the minibus I'm about to sell. And it's not exactly what you'd call
> clean, now. It is, however, as clean as I'm going to make it.
>
>

LOL, funny stuff tree scuzz, it's like superglue with a bit of colour
chucked infor ectoplasmic use!!!

Nige


> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink;
> Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by and by;
> Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710)

 

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GbH

Guest

• Jun 22, 2006

• #3

Nige wrote:
> "Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> If you have a tall vehicle, such that you can't easily get to or
>> clean the roof, don't park it habitually under the trees.
>>
>> It's just taken me about an hour and a half to clean the accumulated
>> scunge
>> off the minibus I'm about to sell. And it's not exactly what you'd
>> call clean, now. It is, however, as clean as I'm going to make it.
>>
>>
>
> LOL, funny stuff tree scuzz, it's like superglue with a bit of colour
> chucked infor ectoplasmic use!!!
>
> Nige
>
>
>> --
>> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
>> If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should
>> drink; Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by
>> and by; Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710)

In truth it is proof against pretty much everything except maybe a plasma cutter!

--
"He who says it cannot be done would be well advised not to interrupt
her doing it."

The fiend of my fiend is my enema!

 

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Roger

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• Jun 22, 2006

• #4

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> If you have a tall vehicle, such that you can't easily get to or clean the
> roof, don't park it habitually under the trees.
>
> It's just taken me about an hour and a half to clean the accumulated
scunge
> off the minibus I'm about to sell. And it's not exactly what you'd call
> clean, now. It is, however, as clean as I'm going to make it.
>
I looked at a bus a few years ago that had been parked under a tree
which the local galahs called home. The owner could have sold it for
garden fertiliser with about 40mm of bird **** all over the roof.

 

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Austin Shackles

Guest

• Jun 23, 2006

• #5

On or around Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:10:33 +0100, "Nige"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> If you have a tall vehicle, such that you can't easily get to or clean the
>> roof, don't park it habitually under the trees.
>>
>> It's just taken me about an hour and a half to clean the accumulated
>> scunge
>> off the minibus I'm about to sell. And it's not exactly what you'd call
>> clean, now. It is, however, as clean as I'm going to make it.
>>
>>
>
>LOL, funny stuff tree scuzz, it's like superglue with a bit of colour
>chucked infor ectoplasmic use!!!

pressure washer moved a bit of it, car cleaning chemical through the washer
made hardly any difference, ended up scrubbing it with a scotch-style green
scouring pad in addition to the chemical (my hands were spotless...) and
even that didn't get it really clean.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"
Alphonse Karr (1808 - 1890) Les Guêpes, Jan 1849

 

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Larry

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• Jun 25, 2006

• #6

There are worse things than trees to park under, I had a caravan that lived
under a pylon. Green gunge was the penalty.

--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes



"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> If you have a tall vehicle, such that you can't easily get to or clean the
> roof, don't park it habitually under the trees.
>
> It's just taken me about an hour and a half to clean the accumulated
scunge
> off the minibus I'm about to sell. And it's not exactly what you'd call
> clean, now. It is, however, as clean as I'm going to make it.
>
>
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink;
> Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by and by;
> Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710)

 

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Ian Rawlings

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• Jun 25, 2006

• #7

On 2006-06-25, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:

> There are worse things than trees to park under, I had a caravan
> that lived under a pylon. Green gunge was the penalty.

My old Audi A4 gets parked under some conifers, it's the bird ****
that's the biggest problem. I've got three spaces in my garden, only
one of which gets the ****, so that's where the every-day driving car
goes, I'll not put the Landy or the Pinz in that space, even for a few
hours! It got so bad recently that the car started to smell so had to
be cleaned for the first time in a year. It's amazing how much ****
birds generate. The trees (although apparently conifers aren't
technically trees according to a tree surgeon..) will be felled at
some point so the birds'll have to find something else to sit on and
crap.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!

 

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Lee_D

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• Jun 25, 2006

• #8

Ian Rawlings <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
> My old Audi A4 gets parked under some conifers, it's the bird ****
> that's the biggest problem. I've got three spaces in my garden, only
> one of which gets the ****, so that's where the every-day driving car
> goes, I'll not put the Landy or the Pinz in that space, even for a few
> hours! It got so bad recently that the car started to smell so had to
> be cleaned for the first time in a year. It's amazing how much ****
> birds generate. The trees (although apparently conifers aren't
> technically trees according to a tree surgeon..) will be felled at
> some point so the birds'll have to find something else to sit on and
> crap.

I parked next to a pylon at HQ once where they have the big masts... only
space on the car park, never thought twice.

When I came out I was looking for the camera...there wasn't one. I've never
seen so much bird crap in my life. The Granada had turned from Grey into a
trifle cream topping.

I don't park there any more.

Lee D

 

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Ian Rawlings

Guest

• Jun 25, 2006

• #9

On 2006-06-25, Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:

> When I came out I was looking for the camera...there wasn't one. I've never
> seen so much bird crap in my life. The Granada had turned from Grey into a
> trifle cream topping.

Sprinkle some cress seeds on top, fresh salad whenever you want it!

Always glad to help.

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Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!