Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 18)

[Mr Roper]

pad58 said:

Mr Roper said:

Well done pad...now get the job!

Don't know why but I thought you owned your own shop by the coast or is that someone else?

5 year lease that expired, landlord put the rent up toooo much to warrant another 5 years.

That's sucks...Do you think he had other plans for the property and wants you out??

Anyway, pastures new and that...Good luck with the interview and keep us posted.

[captainzep]

doogz said:

A combined 38bhp!

Powerhouse.

I only have 16 Briggs and Stratton horses to play with.

But I ride her damned hard.

[captainzep]

Strimmer's arrived.

Mustn't open the box.

Mustn't open the box.

[Adenauer]

captainzep said:

I do. It is.

I don't talk about it much on PH or post many pictures [cough]. I'm not obsessed or romantically involved with it or anything.

But here 'she' is in firewood management guise. And I would kill any man who tried to take her from me.

Edited by captainzep on Wednesday 19th June 10:13

I'd love a ride on mower, the trouble is that our house is built on sloping ground. D'you ride on experts think I'd be able to get a ride on that could cope with this, or am I destined to forever mow it by hand?

[Jonnny]

You can't live within walking distance of the 'Ring and have a ride on mower, Ad.

[Chunkymonkey71]

I find it hugely disconcerting that your land resembles unmarked mass graves, Adenauer...!

[Adenauer]

doogz said:

Your house is awesome!

Thank you, but that didn't really answer my question

[captainzep]

Adenauer said:

I'd love a ride on mower, the trouble is that our house is built on sloping ground. D'you ride on experts think I'd be able to get a ride on that could cope with this, or am I destined to forever mow it by hand?

You'd need one with enough power to get up the slope for a start -but there are plenty to choose from that would manage that.

It's hard to gauge the slope from the photos but as always you'd be surprised what gradients a carefully driven ride-on could manage. It's a confidence thing really, you feel quite top heavy when you're sat on one.

The best option might be to look into a second-hand pro mower that has been designed to do steep verges or there are more specialist domestic ones (Grillo Climbers etc) which I suspect are quite pricey, -but would do the job.

[Adenauer]

Cheers, Zep, I'm off to Google Grillo Climbers (with safesearch on)

[captainzep]

doogz said:

Is it a Vanguard V-twin?

I'm afraid I only have a solitary cylinder to push me along...

[Adenauer]

Oooooh, this would help the top heavy feeling

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Kart-Rasenmaher-/2009344506...

[Chunkymonkey71]

Adenauer said:

doogz said:

Your house is awesome!

Thank you, but that didn't really answer my question

It's like a gingerbread house! Love it!

[captainzep]

Adenauer said:

Oooooh, this would help the top heavy feeling

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Kart-Rasenmaher-/2009344506...

Hmmm.

I still say get a Grillo...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

[Pixel Pusher]

captainzep said:

Adenauer said:

Oooooh, this would help the top heavy feeling

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Kart-Rasenmaher-/2009344506...

Hmmm.

I still say get a Grillo...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

Or Ventrac. If your garden is steeper, maybe think about a nitrous kit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEEgINoP2-o

[Adenauer]

captainzep said:

Hmmm.

I still say get a Grillo...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

€5,790

[captainzep]

Adenauer said:

€5,790

Hmmm.

Plan B then. Er...

[captainzep]

captainzep said:

Strimmer's arrived.

Mustn't open the box.

Mustn't open the box.

BANZAI!

[pad58]

Zep how come you have the same flooring and kitchen cupboards as me?
Are you in Ceredigion ?

[captainzep]

pad58 said:

Zep how come you have the same flooring and kitchen cupboards as me?
Are you in Ceredigion ?

I live in Carmarthenshire, in Cenarth, but just on the border with Ceredigion.

Howdens units and B&Q floor. Posh.

[pad58]

captainzep said:

pad58 said:

Zep how come you have the same flooring and kitchen cupboards as me?
Are you in Ceredigion ?

I live in Carmarthenshire, in Cenarth, but just on the border with Ceredigion.

Howdens units and B&Q floor. Posh.

Yeah we done posh too, Right so pics before and after strimming while the weather is good.