OT: Got mi lockup!

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Mother

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• Oct 21, 2005

• #1

After a couple of years searching, eventually got a big double lockup
garage, and I mean _BIG_ - just high enough to get a GS through either
of the two doors, long enough to get a limo or two in and two lockable
cages at the back!

Built into the base of a block of flats so reasonably* secure, sadly
no leccie, but that's not really an issue.

Now, to fill it...


(* as secure as it gets in Sheffield)


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of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Lee_D

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• Oct 21, 2005

• #2

During stardate Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:58:39 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> uttered the imortal words:


>Now, to fill it...

Will a Rad bod fit?

Lee D
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Alex

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• Oct 21, 2005

• #3

Mother wrote:

> After a couple of years searching, eventually got a big double lockup
> garage, and I mean _BIG_ - just high enough to get a GS through either
> of the two doors, long enough to get a limo or two in and two lockable
> cages at the back!
>
> Built into the base of a block of flats so reasonably* secure, sadly
> no leccie, but that's not really an issue.
>
> Now, to fill it...
>

Ooh, i must be lucky then, i can get a 101 Ambi through the doors to
my lockup.

Alex

 

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Mother

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• Oct 21, 2005

• #4

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:07:24 +0100, Alex <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Ooh, i must be lucky then, i can get a 101 Ambi through the doors to
>my lockup.

Hold that thought. You know how delighted I'd be to welcome you back
into the fold


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Mother

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• Oct 21, 2005

• #5

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:04:44 +0100, Lee_D
<[email protected]> wrote:

>>Now, to fill it...
>
>Will a Rad bod fit?

Just too tall, even with letting the tyres down :-(

Irrelevant anyway really as I'll do the British thing and fill it full
of crap anyway...

Mind, it'll make Steve happy to free some room that's currently being
taken up with enginy things


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Lee_D

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• Oct 21, 2005

• #6

During stardate Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:35:09 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> uttered the imortal words:

>On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:04:44 +0100, Lee_D
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>Now, to fill it...
>>
>>Will a Rad bod fit?
>
>Just too tall, even with letting the tyres down :-(
>
>Irrelevant anyway really as I'll do the British thing and fill it full
>of crap anyway...
>
>Mind, it'll make Steve happy to free some room that's currently being
>taken up with enginy things

Worrabout on just rims wth some sort of padding affixed.....

Nah, you'd never get it to fit ...... :0D

Lee D
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"I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters."
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)

www.lrproject.com
'76 101 Camper
'64 88" IIa V8 Auto
'97 Disco ES Auto LPG'd
'01 Laguna

 

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Simon Isaacs

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• Oct 21, 2005

• #7

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:58:39 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>After a couple of years searching, eventually got a big double lockup
>garage, and I mean _BIG_ - just high enough to get a GS through either
>of the two doors, long enough to get a limo or two in and two lockable
>cages at the back!
>
>Built into the base of a block of flats so reasonably* secure, sadly
>no leccie, but that's not really an issue.
>
>Now, to fill it...
>
>
>(* as secure as it gets in Sheffield)

So will the road outside Poggle Wood be losing a few vehicles???
Bungle?? Ziggy?
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Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
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Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
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1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
1979 Range Ruster body shell and chassis

 

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Mother

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• Oct 21, 2005

• #8

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:43:41 +0100, Lee_D
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Nah, you'd never get it to fit ...... :0D

I don't _need_ to make it fit.
I've a big road outside the house


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Mother

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• Oct 21, 2005

• #9

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:49:50 +0000 (UTC), Simon Isaacs
<[email protected]> wrote:

>So will the road outside Poggle Wood be losing a few vehicles???
>Bungle?? Ziggy?

Bungle is staying and about to get a new tilt and one of the three
Detroit lockers put in the rear axle instead of sat on the shelf in my
office...

The deal is that Ziggy has to go if I am allowed to have a Vampire.
She forgot about the other deal to get a Radio Body. So, yes, sadly I
have to say that Ziggy will be "going", dunno where, ho hum...


Whistle...





--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Alex

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• Oct 21, 2005

• #10

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:33:26 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:07:24 +0100, Alex <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Ooh, i must be lucky then, i can get a 101 Ambi through the doors to
>>my lockup.
>
>Hold that thought. You know how delighted I'd be to welcome you back
>into the fold

I only wish i had the money to buy another one, i really do.

Alex

 

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slob

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• Oct 21, 2005

• #11

Ooh, i must be lucky then, i can get a 101 Ambi through the doors to
my lockup.

Alex[/quote]
i must be extra lucky..i can get a combine into my 'no need to lock it up as i live in the sticks'

 

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Tom Woods

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• Oct 22, 2005

• #12

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:58:39 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>After a couple of years searching, eventually got a big double lockup
>garage, and I mean _BIG_ - just high enough to get a GS through either
>of the two doors, long enough to get a limo or two in and two lockable
>cages at the back!
>
>Built into the base of a block of flats so reasonably* secure, sadly
>no leccie, but that's not really an issue.
>
>Now, to fill it...

By what method did you find the garage?

I've been searching for something round here, but can't find anything
of a sensible size.

They dont seem to make industrail units smaller than 1250sq feet (500
would be plenty for me), and everyone who is selling or letting barns
round here wants to do it as all or nothing (so i can have 7500 sq
feet or nowt!).

 

M

Mother

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• Oct 22, 2005

• #13

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:15:52 +0100, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
wrote:

>By what method did you find the garage?
>
>I've been searching for something round here, but can't find anything
>of a sensible size.

I contacted the local council, put my name down on their 'list', 12
months later - after I'd forgotten all about it, they called to say
they had a double, but I may not be interested as the rent was quite
high at 6 quid a week.

I signed for it the same day and paid a years advance rental



--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Oct 22, 2005

• #14

On or around Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:00:35 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:15:52 +0100, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>By what method did you find the garage?
>>
>>I've been searching for something round here, but can't find anything
>>of a sensible size.
>
>I contacted the local council, put my name down on their 'list', 12
>months later - after I'd forgotten all about it, they called to say
>they had a double, but I may not be interested as the rent was quite
>high at 6 quid a week.
>
>I signed for it the same day and paid a years advance rental

last of the big spenders...
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EMB

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• Oct 22, 2005

• #15

Mother wrote:

>
> I contacted the local council, put my name down on their 'list', 12
> months later - after I'd forgotten all about it, they called to say
> they had a double, but I may not be interested as the rent was quite
> high at 6 quid a week.
>
> I signed for it the same day and paid a years advance rental

Bloody hell - I'm paying more than 6 quid a day for storage at the moment.

--
EMB

 

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Mother

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• Oct 22, 2005

• #16

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:04:00 +1300, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I signed for it the same day and paid a years advance rental
>
>Bloody hell - I'm paying more than 6 quid a day for storage at the moment.

Yeah, I figured it wasn't bad, which is why I signed the same day and
paid a year upfront - in case they changed their mind


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Tom Woods

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• Oct 22, 2005

• #17

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:00:35 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:15:52 +0100, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>By what method did you find the garage?
>>
>>I've been searching for something round here, but can't find anything
>>of a sensible size.
>
>I contacted the local council, put my name down on their 'list', 12
>months later - after I'd forgotten all about it, they called to say
>they had a double, but I may not be interested as the rent was quite
>high at 6 quid a week.
>
>I signed for it the same day and paid a years advance rental

I've found and submitted the online application form now!

 

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Badger

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• Oct 22, 2005

• #18

"Mother" <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:04:44 +0100, Lee_D
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>Now, to fill it...
>>
>>Will a Rad bod fit?
>
> Just too tall, even with letting the tyres down :-(
>
> Irrelevant anyway really as I'll do the British thing and fill it full
> of crap anyway...

Ah, yes, the first rule of garage sizing....
"The ****e will accumulate to fill the available space!"
Badger.

 

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Mother

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• Oct 23, 2005

• #19

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:21:30 +0000 (UTC), "Badger"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> Irrelevant anyway really as I'll do the British thing and fill it full
>> of crap anyway...
>
>Ah, yes, the first rule of garage sizing....
>"The ****e will accumulate to fill the available space!"

My 4 bedroom detached house already proves this rule :-(


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Andy.Smalley

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• Oct 23, 2005

• #20

"Mother" <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:04:00 +1300, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> I signed for it the same day and paid a years advance rental
>>
>>Bloody hell - I'm paying more than 6 quid a day for storage at the moment.
>
> Yeah, I figured it wasn't bad, which is why I signed the same day and
> paid a year upfront - in case they changed their mind
>
>


Bad move now they realise that you can pay, the cost will rise at
the same rate as a NASA rocket
what you should have done is moaned about the price saying that you
have to keep a family of 12 kids and 3 wives plus all the in-laws and
your income from your main job is only "2 bob and a conker" they will
of course ignore any other income and then they would have given it
you for 4 quid a week

"Sheffield City Council we'll balls up everything"
--
Andy

SWB Series 2a ( dressed as a 3) "Bruce"
It's big, it's mean it's really, really green