• Hippo
    Hippo reacted to Stanleysteamer's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    I had tools before I moved out of my dad's place. The sod threw them away. :mad: I had used them to work on three cars I owned before I became a rep and didn't need to work on them. Then I became a student in Lunnen and didn't need a car, went...
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Hippo reacted to kevstar's post in the thread I would just like to say with Haha Haha.
    Towing at its best...... 🤣 🤣
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo reacted to Stanleysteamer's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Trubble is... With a bit of sawing and welding old screwdrivers can be made into other special tools. I at the mo have tools in the garage here, in a room and tool box in Frogland and prolly the best ones in the back of the Disco. So in many...
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Hippo reacted to Stanleysteamer's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Get you with the spellin!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 Never mind the frilly watnots!!!🤣🤣
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo reacted to Stanleysteamer's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Vent away, mate. We all feel for you and are amazed that you don't go further than you do. Remain content with the fact that you are supporting your wife and not adding to her problems. But seriously, if I were in your position I doubt I could...
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo reacted to kevstar's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Ive pulled my tool bag plus all the loose tools out the disco & got tools that ive never seen before, 3 snap on screwdrivers levers, new hex/alan key/torx bits set. couple of Halfrauds pro spanners 13mm & a 17mm. New blue metal punch. Wire...
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Hippo reacted to landowner's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Something I have to do, got a drawer full of screwdrivers, some of em broken, drawer full of many sorts of pliers, drawer crammed with odd sockets and breaker bars, same with another two (at least) toolboxes, all need a serious amount of...
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo reacted to kevstar's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Been in shed sorting out all my tools & evicting everything out my tool boxes thats not a tool, managed to do 2 drawers 🤣 🤣 Ive got some amount of useful stuff that I dont need atm :oops:
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Hippo reacted to Wimblowdriver's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Spotted this one last year on me hols ---
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Hippo reacted to Wimblowdriver's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    :eek:
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Hippo reacted to kevstar's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Is it spelt with an e at the end, black n white bird with frilly ginger mohican.
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo reacted to DanClarke's post in the thread I would just like to say with Angry Angry.
    ...that I am once more totally blown away by the crap BIL's attitude. My wife has been attending her mother daily and doing all her mother's shopping (as usual) since the old gal fell over the other week. Liaising with the care team and the...
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Hippo reacted to Wimblowdriver's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Didn't @landowner buy one of those recently? Must be cuckoo :p
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Hippo reacted to Stanleysteamer's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Very best of luck with it. My bloke only worked on the carb, he only swapped normal needles around, no fine tuning like you are getting and it annoyed the flip out of me the amount of "my" time he spent talking to someone on a mobile phone. (I...
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Hippo reacted to Stone56's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Seems you are a few weeks ahead of us weather wise , thay are lovely birds when you hear them call you realize how thay got there name 😐
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo reacted to landowner's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Hope they do a good job for you, tell em not to lean it off too much, might look good on emissions but the Mini loves fuel. It'll be fine, best of luck with it :)
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo reacted to DanClarke's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Well, the guy is highly regarded, local and I have already briefed him that I just want a "fast road mini" not an out and out racer. He told me this morning he would not load & fire any "parts cannon" without speaking to me first. Starting price...
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Hippo reacted to marjon's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Funny enough we have just seen a Hoopoo :) . J
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Hippo replied to the thread I would just like to say.
    Look at the owners name
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Hippo replied to the thread I would just like to say.
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    Hippo reacted to Stone56's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    A bit of good news. Heard the Cuckoo today bit like buses then 3 come 😮😮
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo reacted to Stanleysteamer's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    (.......but be difficult to drive on normal roads and/or in traffic.) Sincerely hope not!;);) Very best of luck cos I know it can be an expensiver business! 👍👍🫰🫰🫰
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo reacted to Stanleysteamer's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Wee chancer!! :mad: :mad:
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo reacted to DanClarke's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    ... I have to report that I no longer have GWEN the mini. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. 😢 Because she's at the rolling road tuners. :banana: May get her back in a day or two later this week and maybe she will go like a :vb-bat: out of Hell or 💩...
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo reacted to Stanleysteamer's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    And as programs have explained it isn't just the financial loss of the tools, it is the loss of the business while new tools are being sourced. And insurance is no use. Barstaff need a good kicking if found.
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo reacted to Stone56's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    I had it done to me come back from holidays van was empty thay also did 3 others in the village about £8,000 worth
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo reacted to kevstar's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Had a bit of a fall out with one of the lads in the yard, he took a boat battery after I said they were scrap. I put them on a pallet & went to help someone, came back & one was missing. I had to say something cause im in charge of all the...
    Apr 15, 2025
  • Hippo
    Hippo replied to the thread I would just like to say.
    Nah. Just soap.
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Hippo reacted to Stanleysteamer's post in the thread I would just like to say with Like Like.
    Is moss off your roof blocking it up?
    Apr 15, 2025
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