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by magnox @ 16/12/2007 - 22:28:26

Mignon II is leaking. From the area we spent a week working on. I suspect the hammering and assorted cussing has cracked the seal on the roof vent at the over-cab bed.

All the new roof has to come down, the new timber frames.. the lot. Just to squirt some sealant around the roof vent.

To say I am mildly miffed is an understatement. However, these things are sent to try us. I wave a couple of fingers in the roof's general direction.

Sadly, the plan to have Mignon ready for New Year is a no-go. My airline interpreted 'I would like New Year off' as 'please give me the longest series of flights I could possibly get over New Year' and my colleagues with children work over Christmas and get New Year off. I'm sure if I saw it from the planners' point of view I would understand, but how on earth you can give 20 people exactly the opposite of what they wanted as opposed to giving 20 people what they wanted.... surely it must balance out somewhere.

Bleh. Anyway...

Just as well - poor old Mignon II is wetter than a cat's mouth at the first crack of a tuna can, and I don't have the time to fix it until next year.

I also discovered, only last night, that one of my cousins is a skilled restorer of VW camper vans himself. Nods to self slowly... !

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GilraenHGilraenH pro
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2007-12-16 @ 22:36

I shall standby with the sponge...

magnoxmagnox pro
2007-12-16 @ 23:49

SpongeGirl... bane of weather gods. She cleans up mildly moist camper interiors regardless of the weather.

Must get you a costume !

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GilraenHGilraenH pro
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2007-12-18 @ 00:52

I've already made one. Hurry home!! :))

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menhirmenhir [Member]
2007-12-16 @ 23:54

Love the terminology - you really must get it printed in The Times and The Telegraph then it will get into the NOD.

As for mignon - that has no hope of getting woken up for the New Year without the input of expert relative it seems. Probably best, if you wing away on your magic carpet and apply a fresh mind to the problem in 2008.

RunDontWalkRunDontWalk pro
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2007-12-17 @ 04:29

Shit! Why does management get everything ass backwards all the time?

*curses*

MTM [Visitor]

2007-12-24 @ 10:45

Who of our blood is a campervan fixer-upper? Or is it of Gilraen's blood?

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magnoxmagnox pro
2007-12-25 @ 18:44

Paul... he has already restored a 70s VW camper and has a stripped 1960s split-screen on the drive.

I didn't realise they were into that kind of camping (although a VW is really more of a weekend camper unless you're at university), but apparently he's very talented.

Phoned them up to ask about Xmas pressies for the children and it came up in the conversation :)

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campingcaristecampingcariste [Member]
2007-12-26 @ 22:58

Hey, where have you been? Come to think, where have I been.
I began to think you had finished mignon and driven off to warmer climes.
She is coming along anyway, nice to see you have the interior designers in.

GilraenHGilraenH pro
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2008-01-27 @ 10:40

A-ha! I see you have started your Magnox blog up again...

MTM [Visitor]

2008-03-08 @ 02:55

Dude,

You seriously need to introduce a vetting policy:

"I'm two years out of a psychologically abusive relationship and I'm doing just fine. I'm a Technopagan (a solitary witch who uses both traditional methods and modern technology to make magic) but interested in spirituality in general and also where magic meets science."

I haven't stopped laughing for half an hour and Mrs MTM is getting really annoyed with me. Bin this spawn of Satan's arse from your 'friends' before she rolls her seven sided luck dice, becomes a 12th level magic user and destroys us all with her 'laser'. I expect she'll fire that from an object that looks like a small moon, but in fact is not a small moon, it's a space station.

"Turn the ship around Chewie."

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