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Old 02-08-18, 12:39 PM   #6121
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Well I've found it - long hose - by the rubber it.


Thanks for the reply Lance. Looks like I'll be getting a set shortly.
Don't fancy my chances with Ebays offerings they all look nearly as fubar as mine.


Also noticed my sprocket and chain are past their best too. Fudge it.
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Old 02-08-18, 12:39 PM   #6122
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Whenever my wife is on nights she has the unluck to have workmen on our road douing something with noisy equipment.

Today, some geezer with a bloomin great disc cutter doing something over the road, also annoyed the fecj out of me, as it was also spoiling the ambiance of a lovely summers day.
Especially annoying on a weekend.

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Old 02-08-18, 04:17 PM   #6123
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Doubley so.

In Germany you are not allowed to mow your lawn on a Sunday, maybe even on a Saturday.

Shops close Saturday afternoons and supermarkets don't open on Sunday. Nice regulations that mean families spend time together.

Sometimes I think we'd be better off with regulations like this
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Or society would crumble because families don't actually like each other that much
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Old 02-08-18, 04:52 PM   #6125
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Or society would crumble because families don't actually like each other that much
They might like each other better if they spent more time talking with each other instead of staring at crap on tv, phones, and tablets, and endlessly shopping for more unneeded crap.
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Old 02-08-18, 05:06 PM   #6126
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Whenever my wife is on nights she has the unluck to have workmen on our road douing something with noisy equipment.

Today, some geezer with a bloomin great disc cutter doing something over the road, also annoyed the fecj out of me, as it was also spoiling the ambiance of a lovely summers day.
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Unfortunately work has to be done, surely you don't expect workmen to go round knocking on doors asking if anyone is trying to sleep after night shift or sitting in their garden that they might disturb?
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Unfortunately work has to be done, surely you don't expect workmen to go round knocking on doors asking if anyone is trying to sleep after night shift or sitting in their garden that they might disturb?
No of course not. It's just frustrating.

As for weekends, when a retired neighborhood decides to start a noisy job in the garden when he's had all week to do it......

I heard that in Germany power tools are banned on Sunday. So you get at least one day of peace in the garden.

Of course this is less of an issue during colder months when people are less likely to be outside enjoying the garden.

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I heard that in Germany...
Yeah but Germany is in the EU where everyone ignores all the rules anyway...
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I think you're confusing Germany and Greece.
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