Pellsons Perceivings

[Captain Canada]

Glad to hear you were well enough to travel as well. Maybe some time away will help you get back in the swing. Cheers

[kerick]

We'll - on the upside, it'll be good to revisit Helsinki. It's a beautiful place, if somewhat hard to "get in to" as Finns in my experience tend to be even harder to lock up than Swedes. And we're a grumpy lot, I tell ya..

Try New York City. People start blowing their car horns at you even before the light turns green.
I get into Chicago pretty frequently and people might ignore you on the side walk or talk your ear off. In my career as a surveyor I found the most friendly people on the supposedly bad side of town and the biggest jerks on the wealthy side of town.

[Pellson]

We'll - on the upside, it'll be good to revisit Helsinki. It's a beautiful place, if somewhat hard to "get in to" as Finns in my experience tend to be even harder to lock up than Swedes. And we're a grumpy lot, I tell ya..

Try New York City. People start blowing their car horns at you even before the light turns green.
I get into Chicago pretty frequently and people might ignore you on the side walk or talk your ear off. In my career as a surveyor I found the most friendly people on the supposedly bad side of town and the biggest jerks on the wealthy side of town.

I hear ya.
In my experience the lesser the population density, the more talkative people usually are. As a general rule, of course - there's always the exception.

Helsinki was better than expected from a social perspective, me running in to a long lost colleague on the airport. Good fun, and he also happened to know a most unusual and really really good curry place here in HEL. Who would have known?
But that was yesterday. This evening, it was sauna by the sea, watching the sun setting over the Gulf of Finland. Another excellent evening.

[Pellson]

Got home alright too, but I'm easily tiring these days, so the Friday was all job and no fun. Well - in all honesty - my job IS a bit fun, but you get it..
Saturday was mainly spent ripping out a perfectly functioning alternator from one Land Dover just to then fit another alternator that didn't work in the non-functioning Land Rover. A test run showed that the fault now have moved between the Land Rovers, and that was actually good news, because now I hope I've finally found the culprit in my months long search for the reason of that aforementioned Land Rover's non-functioning. If I can beat the rain that's pulling in from the west as we speak, I'll taken the perfectly good alternator to the bad car ad see if it then turns into a good car, and if so, then I just need another alternator. Plus some spare parts for the old one, to make it a functional spare alternator..
I hope it works out. I'm somewhat fed up with not having the cars run as they should, especially now when the weather really underscores the reason fort having them in the first place.

Still annoyingly little progress with the German fighters, but I'm nearing to paint their mud moving relatives, and that feels good. I also seem to have found a source of sat least some Humbrol paint jars, and that's really a relief. And while not still having found the grey I need for the Norm 81 scheme, I might blend a can or so, now that I'll be getting some more stash to blend from.

[Dr. Griffin]

While alternating from one alternator to another alternator, does that cancel them out? . . . just joking 

[NARSES2]

Got home alright too, but I'm easily tiring these days,

I know how you feel.

As for the tale of two alternators. It could quite easily have been the script of a 1930's British Music Hall's comedy double act 

[Rheged]

I can only wish you every success in your  task of alternating Land Rover  alternators between vehicles.  With winter approaching, a full set of functioning Land Rovers is better than any alternative.

[Old Wombat]

I can only wish you every success in your  task of alternating Land Rover  alternators between vehicles.  With winter approaching, a full set of functioning Land Rovers is better than any alternative.

Ooh, you missed one, there, mate!

"I can only wish you every success in your task of alternating Land Rover alternators between alternate vehicles.  With winter approaching, a full set of functioning Land Rovers is better than the alternative."

[Dr. Griffin]

 

[Pellson]

Well, the car wit the "good" alternator continues to work well, so I'll see to getting it MOT'ed tomorrow. It went out of the period in September, so the test drives have been moderately legal at best.
Also ordering a new alternator to the other one. It's an aftermarket one as the original from Japan is more than twice the cost, so fingers crossed for reliability. (I'll be getting some alternator spares as well, just to be able to rebuild that faulty alternator, should this new one cock up..)

I wonder when I'll have time to get some modelling done? Currently, there's 15 kits in different states of repair/build on my desk, so it is a bit crowded, I have to admit.

[PR19_Kit]

I like the concept of being 'moderately legal'.   

[NARSES2]

I like the concept of being 'moderately legal'.   

Been there a few times 

[Pellson]

At the A&E with the 15yo as she stumbled and possibly broke an ankle. There's at least an hour and a half until we'll even see the tail of a doctor. Dead annoying!

Well. At least it's only an ankle. She could have banged her head or anything.

[Old Wombat]

Ouch!

Here's hoping it's nothing worse than a sprain (although they can be pretty serious).

[Rick Lowe]

Hope she's better soon.