Other What Makes Your Life, Meh?

Chainsaw wouldn't start, it's done this to me before with what I think was flooding, but I've not had a chance to look at it. Fortunately I have another so the work still got done.

 

My OH just unexpectedly came to 'help' me sort out the loft

My thought out planned organisation is now a bomb site.

Thanks hun

 

I can't imagine going into the loft on a day like this, I'd die of heat stroke.

 

Yeah, I've now left before I passed out even with the veluxs open

 

I topped up the bar oil (as I'm not at home to Mr Cockup), then the fuel and it started and ran first time. I didn't prime it though as I believe it to be susceptible to flooding. I actually finished off the bar oil but I'd bought another bottle in advance. How can I have such foresight yet still not know to put fuel into an engine that won't run? TBH, even as I filled I was thinking "it really ought to be able to run on what's in it?".

 

Shall I make up the spare room for Mr Cockup?

 

* Ggnnnnuughh bites knuckle *

There's nothing humourous there. On with your work...

* Gggnuh *

 

Mate it gets worse, it started running smokey then died, I went back to the other saw and it then ran out of fuel. I filled it up and as I did so I was thinking "funny how the fuel filler is at the back of this saw and not the front like the other..."

So yeah, I'd filled the fuel tank with bar oil and vice versa. I cleaned them out, put fresh fuel and bar oil into the correct tanks, and it started and ran just fine. A touch smoky but three big cuts into a hardwood log sorted it out. I ought to give up for the day. Misfuelling a chainsaw, it's a miracle I've managed two children.

Could you please get some provisions in for Mr Cockup, I fear it will be a long visit.

 

C'mon guys! Can you two stop making me think of jokes, I've got to concentrate!!!!

 

Oh, that was the joke alright.

 

Lol aye, I lefty brain in bed this morning.

 

You and me, brother

 

I think it's still there. 'Lefty' wasn't even intentional

 

Is it lol?

Dunno, don't do twitter so I've no idea what he rambles about tbh.

 

Lol.

I saw a comparison of the cybertruck boot, how normal boots stop and go back up but a cybertruck will just keep going and take your fingers off

 

Lol so the warranty is pretty much invalid if you use it

 

Meanwhile, Top Gear took a rattled old Toyota Hilux dating from 1984-1988 with 190,000 miles on the clock and could not kill it. It was:

• Driven down stairs
• Driven into brick walls
• Driven through the sea
• Part buried in sand after being left in the sea
• Dropped from a crane
• Driven through a timber wall
• Crushed by a wrecking ball
• Placed at the top of a 23-storey tower that was literally blown up to demolish it

And the engine still ran afterwards.