Tag Archives: Friends

Aug
12
2012

An update

by Skippy

It’s been a fair while since I last wrote an update to my blog; back then b0atg1rl and I were looking for a boat; since then we have bought ourselves a 58ft Semi-Trad called nbSteven (the name will be changed when she next comes out the water!), b0atg1rl is currently bringing her blog about life afloat [...]

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Jun
18
2012

Boat Hunting

by Skippy

B0atg1rl and I went boat hunting for a craft to call our own, this outing started with a virtual perambulation of the normal haunts, and then a trip to North Wales; while poking around Chirk Marina we came across a boat that looks like it will make us a lovely home. We found nbSteven, a 57ft narrowboat, built in 1992 [...]

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Jun
13
2012

The Steph is dead

by Skippy

Not only is Steph dead; but she is in little bits all over ebay, Random Zero is selling her off on my behalf to raise money so that GLaDOS (Suzuki Maurauder GZ 125) can live, if you want parts for a Yamaha SR 125 (91 Reg) please have a look.

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Mar
16
2012

Striking a Cord

by Skippy

I have been collecting some images for the screensaver of my work machine, I have come across these two, the first being: What do I fear? I fear stagnation and lack of progress. I fear never reaching my potential and being average. I fear being forgotten… The Past… Yesterday’s news. I fear giving up and being [...]

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Nov
23
2011

Under the knife.

by Skippy

After the falling off Steph part and my last visit to the doctors and the hospital. Yesterday I got to go again. This was my hand before in its fetching blue thumb splint: And this was my hands after coming out from being under, my left hand with the Peripheral cannula still in, and my right bandaged [...]

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Nov
17
2011

A visit to the Doctor

by Skippy

After yesterdays fun at A&E I went back for fracture clinic today; they cut my bandage off and gave me a splint, and an appointment for them to put a small pin in my thumb on Tuesday next week

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Nov
16
2011

Ouch; falling off Steph

by Skippy

Yesterday on my way to see B0atG1rl in Bath as I was travailing down the B4069 Following the road round a right hand bend I came face to face with a car travelling towards me in my lane, in trying to avoid hitting it i straightened up and managed to miss it; however I was [...]

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Oct
20
2011

Playing with a SACHS XTC 125

by Skippy

Over the weekend; Random Zero, Betty and I were playing with the SACHS XTC 125 4-stroke, (Sachs XTC 125 Motorcycle Workshop Manual)   This is the SACHS XTC 125 when we picked it up in Bracknell, it has at this point been nicknamed “The Wasp” My challenge was to get the front light working; as [...]

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