In article <001401c1d43e$ca34bfc0$17ab883e@g6a2g8>, James Carruthers
<j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk> writes
>Regarding hypocondria - well thank god for this list then!! At least we can
>all ask - no matter how small or insignificant I think it is - what some odd
>rattle or noise might be. I know I'd be lost without this list.
Hear, hear! I probably would have given up on my Spitfire about nine
months ago, if it wasn't for the friendly and expert advice available
here.
>
>I'm going to have spent about 600 pounds in 6 months (exhaust and
>bearings/shafts (plus labour) + consumables such as oil etc - not petrol
>though) - Im hoping that this isn't going to be a trend....
When I started, I got away with only a hundred pounds a month - it soon
got a lot more expensive, though. Not that I wish to worry you or
anything, but I think I averaged about three hundred pounds a month
during my first year of ownership...
>
>Talking of mouse traps - a couple of weeks ago I had to catch a mouse - we had
>a standard trap - but the mouse was too small to trigger it. So I made one
>using an alu electronics project box, some solder and a piece of cheese. It
>trapped it after 1/2 hour. Humane and it cost about 1 pound 50 in total.
>
My three mouse traps cost me nothing at all to obtain - but they cost me
a fair bit in cat food and other running expenses.
ATB
--
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
/// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list
/// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
/// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
|