Monday, 1 October 2012

A Bow Thruster Birthday

Well it’s Dave’s birthday today so:

Red heartHAPPY ##TH BIRTHDAY HON !!!Red heart

This is the card I got for him:

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And inside:

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Forget the beer, he’ll be drinking this:

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Reserve Chianti 2008

A posh bottle of wine Liam & Maddy bought him last Christmas. He said he’d save it for his ##TH birthday, nobody believed him at the time!

So what’s the bow thruster got to do with anything? Well we’re [not so] patiently waiting for Ian to appear with the motor & solenoid. Honestly it’s like sitting in a dentists waiting room.

The darn thing packed up in JULY & this will be the third attempt to fix it. Let’s say it’s been a challenge for Ian, wasn’t his fault. The TT curse strikes again with not one, but two unrelated problems. The latter of which required a new part from Isuzu. Turns out it also lied to him on the previous bench test the little bugger. 

I’ll save this as a draft for now & let you know the outcome later. Just like last time I doubt it will work. Oh me of little faith.  

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Sometime later: The switch has been switched & the connectors are connected. AND IT’S WORKING AGAIN!!! Not sure if Dave’s switch is connected to the fact that he’s now ## though…

Now then, there’s just the small matter of settling the bill, well he can put that 21 quid that was in his 21st card towards it.

Oh, & thank you to Ian the magic electricIAN…!

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