What did you do with your A Series today?
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toomany2cvs
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 Re: What did you do with your A Series today? Jonathan wrote: Was up and out in the 2CV at 4:30am this morning. I'm now onboard Northlink Ferries MV Hrossey heading for Shetland. The journey up was absolutely terrifying at times, especially on the motorways and exposed fast routes, the wind has been truly awful!! I've never known a trip in a 2CV to be so hair raising. Ah, memories of going along the French coastal autoroute, in convoy with Will Waldron & Mark Dunmore, after a long delay due to SpeedFerries boat being too scared of the gales blowing. Will's Dyane changed lanes suddenly, then back again. Mark's 2cv did the same. In the Acadiane, we just braced ourselves for the wind hitting... If we hadn't had the warning, I think we'd have hit the central reservation. 40mph tops, with about 100 miles out of a tankful.
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Tripyrenees
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? Cleaned up the workshop in readiness for the return of my gearbox.  Attachment:
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| April 29th, 2013, 10:17 pm |
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Jonathan
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? Picked up the keys to my new house in Shetland this morning and spent the afternoon fiddling about at the property. I bought an armchair from Ikea last week in anticipation of the completion of purchase, so extracted it from the backseat of the 2CV (through the open roof), and made myself comfortable. 
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ChrisW
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? Just looked a Google maps and he-- your closer to Norway than mainland UK...... The weather must be extreme up there.... What are you going to do.... work etc???
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| April 30th, 2013, 9:33 pm |
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Smiffy
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? Jonathan wrote: Picked up the keys to my new house in Shetland this morning and spent the afternoon fiddling about at the property. I bought an armchair from Ikea last week in anticipation of the completion of purchase, so extracted it from the backseat of the 2CV (through the open roof), and made myself comfortable. Jonathan, you probably know this already, but according to studies you've just moved to the part of the UK where people feel happiest, and least anxious. Hope you have a great time up there! Alastair BTW, it was you who put me on the I2cvF in the first place. I never thanked you. So, thank you!
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Jonathan
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? Cheers guys, I'll do any job that comes along, provided it is nowhere near as stressful as my current job, and it pays better, too.
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| April 30th, 2013, 10:27 pm |
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Smiffy
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? Get a trade. Plumbing. Electrician. Welder. Anything like that. You'll never be short of work!
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Russell
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? Don't be a welder.
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nodmoz
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? Smiffy wrote: Get a trade. Plumbing. Electrician. Welder. Anything like that. You'll never be short of work! Wish that were true!
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Smiffy
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Re: What did you do with your A Series today? I think in small communities, and when working on smallish jobs, it can be true. I have a few friends (one plumber, one sparky, and one welder) who are completely booked out with work, all word of mouth. The one thing they avoid is working with the big corporates (school builders, house builders) cos they get treated like shit, messed about, underpaid - and it stops them from building up client bases of their own.
The welder moans about working under cars for some reason, but other than that is quite a happy bunny.
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