Northy
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| posted on 3/12/03 at 09:57 PM |
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What do you do when enthusiasm is lacking?
Well as it says really.
I've been out to the garage tonight, tidied up (isn't it just so easy to do that?), re-routed a coulpe of wires (yet more tidying), and
measured a few bits and bobs to buy parts at the weekend.
Hardly a productive night 
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing! 
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 3/12/03 at 10:03 PM |
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When enthusiasm is lacking?
I go home and put the kettle on for a brew ready to listen to some music....
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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bob
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| posted on 3/12/03 at 10:32 PM |
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Blag a ride in someone elses car,no screen helps refresh your head as well.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 3/12/03 at 10:41 PM |
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Sit in the car and make Broom Broom noises ???
Or if your lucky enough, run the engine
Ben
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Northy
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| posted on 3/12/03 at 10:51 PM |
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Hippy, six disk cd player in the garage 
Bob, everyone round here is still building
Ben, its loud without an exhaust 
[Edited on 3/12/03 by Northy]
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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CairB
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| posted on 3/12/03 at 10:57 PM |
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Northy,
Look at it this way, your another day closer to that first legit blast, whatever you do
Oh, and by the way..it IS worth all the effort.
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 3/12/03 at 10:58 PM |
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I have a cd player and take a kettle in there, but it's much more comfortable sat here...
Mind you on nice sunny days during the summer I shifted one of the front Beemer seats to the door and sat in the sun, music on, brew in hand.
Nice.
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 3/12/03 at 11:02 PM |
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You can borrow my silencer lol
Ben
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JoelP
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| posted on 3/12/03 at 11:30 PM |
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i havent done anything in a while now due to shite weather, but when motivation runs out i try to hit the hardest problem i have full on, cos theres
nothing more satisfying then getting thru a sticky spot. But broom broom noises are a definate close second! as is sticking the seat out in the sun,
but its a bit too easy to do nothing then...!
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blueshift
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| posted on 4/12/03 at 03:37 AM |
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I'm building with mackie, and if I'm feeling a bit unmotivated, talking to him about the project and throwing ideas around usually gets me
fired up again.
Both working in the garage at the same time is good for motivation, but not for access to the toolbench.. and we usually end up talking rubbish and
just playing with stuff.. but it's supposed to be fun, not a race.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 4/12/03 at 08:37 AM |
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I just go out there and do something, just anything, as even the little jobs add up.
Mind you, I can't stand up as a quick, get-it-done builder - I started 5 years ago, and only now am I near to completion!
David
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scutter
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| posted on 4/12/03 at 07:19 PM |
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GET OUT THERE AND THINK YOURSELF LUCKY
Northy how close is the garage? My car has to stay in norfolk and I live in salisbury about a 400mile round trip to see the thing and then the wife
wants to spend time with my folks whilst I'm up there.
Thought I'd try the direct approach
Failing that I'm a brum-brum twiddle the steering wheels man myself.
All the best Dan.
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Alan B
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| posted on 5/12/03 at 01:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I just go out there and do something, just anything, as even the little jobs add up.......
Words of wisdom David...
I often feel unmotivated...it happens...but I just say..."hey, if I just go out and spend half an hour, do a couple of little things...then
that's half an hour nearer to the end"...
Usually I get out then end up spending a couple of hours...so it works...
Another good tip...especially when the weather is bad..(can happen here..too hot in summer at times)....take loads of digital pics....go back inside
then brew up/crack open a beer and look through the pics...surprising how many design/build issues you can work through that way....next time you go
out you'll have a plan of what to do next and not waste garage time thinking....
Also I agree...visit other builders..get rides...it all helps..
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chrisg
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| posted on 5/12/03 at 07:49 PM |
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Or post it in the For Sale section as an unfinished project.
To quote Homer Simpson:-
You tried you failed.........The moral is..............Never try.......
Cheers
Chris
BTW I used pick a fight with her indoors
HTH
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 5/12/03 at 08:08 PM |
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try this for sizewww.people.cornell.edu/pages/slp29/insane.html
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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skippad
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| posted on 5/12/03 at 10:53 PM |
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Northy
There's a track day over at Elvington tomorrow (Saturday) theres bound to be some locosts, blag a ride in one of them and it'll put a
smile back on your face!
It should rejuvinate your enthuisiasm to finish your project.
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madforfishing
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| posted on 6/12/03 at 08:42 AM |
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I agree with DJ.
Do SOMETHING every day if you can, no matter how small.
Think of this not as a car being built but as a hobby.
Just do the bits well that you like doing.
Buy the bits that you're crap at or get somebody else to do it.
I am sat at home and have been for the last month, in and out of HorsePittle with pneumonia (33 yrs old!) and it has been driving me insane.
This forum has helped no end, thanks everyone.
I got my Mrs to grab some bits that needed refurb'd from my lockup at work and sat in the study at home and buggered about - Carb stripped and
cleaned, alternator and starter had the same treatment. God, I even sat with a file and took of all the nasty burred edges of the xflow inlet
manifold with a file and then polished it up so it would look nice (er) when painted up. Ford made 'em fast and cheap.
Having said all that, I am sat inside, in the warm with coffee, music, T'Internet and Dogs for company. Not in the damp garage where you can see
your breath at this time of year.
I can't wait to get back at it though, cough cough.
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JoelP
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| posted on 6/12/03 at 04:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by madforfishing
I can't wait to get back at it though, cough cough.
#
all the best for a quick recovery then...
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zenarcher
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| posted on 6/12/03 at 07:19 PM |
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theconrodkid
That link is superb, I laughed, then I cried,then went out to the garage.....
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 6/12/03 at 08:19 PM |
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zenarcher made my day worthwhile then
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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JoelP
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| posted on 8/12/03 at 01:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by madforfishing
Not in the damp garage where you can see your breath at this time of year.
I can see my breath sat here, quite honestly! got my coat and a glove on, this house is a bloody hovel...
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 8/12/03 at 03:06 PM |
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brothel?
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 8/12/03 at 03:45 PM |
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Probably too cold for that - by the time you're out and ready, you'll have forgotten why you were there in the first place...
DJ
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 8/12/03 at 03:57 PM |
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Ahhh, but we're not all 'getting on in age' Dave... 
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 8/12/03 at 04:33 PM |
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Well, to be honest, I've never had a full erection...
...each time I get halfway there I faint due to low blood pressure.
David (a.k.a. Ivor Biggun)
[Edited on 8/12/03 by David Jenkins]
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