The Morning 'Routine'

[Darwins Selection]

Is this now officailly recognised as an ailment then 

It should certainly qualify as a 'Syndrome'.

[Barman]

I'm back!

And I cycled all the way!   

Although I faced near death twice... 

I have to say the past couple of days have been most Nickesque... 

Okay...

Well, today I went haring down the hill towards the village to be confronted by a JCB digging a trench across the road. Half the road blocked by JCB and the other by a 3 foot deep trench. I managed to screech to a halt just before falling in the trench or getting mashed by the backhoe...

And coming back up the hill I was confronted aby a truck coming down, tooting his horn and flashing his lights which drove me off the road. Brake failure prolly - no doubt he found the trench/JCB combo quite a comfoirt...  

And don't even ask me about yester5day's events...  

[Nick]

And don't even ask me about yester5day's events..

[Barman]

And don't even ask me about yester5day's events..

I said don't ask! 

[barmisspah?]

And don't even ask me about yester5day's events..

I said don't ask! 

Why ?

[Barman]

And don't even ask me about yester5day's events..

I said don't ask! 

Why ?

It was too traumatic... 

[Pirate]

You may as well tell us, before Nick makes something up

[Barman]

I wanted to collect some water for the garden from a friend's well...

So, I loaded my one tonne tank on the back of my truck and tied it all down, ready to set off.

Click - completely flat battery. 

So, faffed about manoeuvring another vehicle into the driveway and jump started the truck.

Set off down the village and across the fields to the well... it has a mahoosive 7KW three phase pump that sucks the water up from about 100m below ground.

Put the pipe in the tank and pressed the start button. I have to run from the pump control to the truck as the water comes out at such great pressure the hose will come out of the tank and dance around the fields like a demented snake.

So I grabbed the hose and held it in the tank when BANG one of the main 6" hoses split sending a mahoosive column of water about 100m into the air, all over me and all over the three phase power cables that link to the pump! 

I was lucky to escape with my life... 

[Pirate]

Awww...

[Nick]

I wanted to collect some water for the garden from a friend's well...

So, I loaded my one tonne tank on the back of my truck and tied it all down, ready to set off.

Click - completely flat battery. 

So, faffed about manoeuvring another vehicle into the driveway and jump started the truck.

Set off down the village and across the fields to the well... it has a mahoosive 7KW three phase pump that sucks the water up from about 100m below ground.

Put the pipe in the tank and pressed the start button. I have to run from the pump control to the truck as the water comes out at such great pressure the hose will come out of the tank and dance around the fields like a demented snake.

So I grabbed the hose and held it in the tank when BANG one of the main 6" hoses split sending a mahoosive column of water about 100m into the air, all over me and all over the three phase power cables that link to the pump! 

I was lucky to escape with my life... 

Is that all? 

[Barman]

I wanted to collect some water for the garden from a friend's well...

So, I loaded my one tonne tank on the back of my truck and tied it all down, ready to set off.

Click - completely flat battery. 

So, faffed about manoeuvring another vehicle into the driveway and jump started the truck.

Set off down the village and across the fields to the well... it has a mahoosive 7KW three phase pump that sucks the water up from about 100m below ground.

Put the pipe in the tank and pressed the start button. I have to run from the pump control to the truck as the water comes out at such great pressure the hose will come out of the tank and dance around the fields like a demented snake.

So I grabbed the hose and held it in the tank when BANG one of the main 6" hoses split sending a mahoosive column of water about 100m into the air, all over me and all over the three phase power cables that link to the pump! 

I was lucky to escape with my life... 

Is that all? 

Wasn't that enough...?

And Tinks is here now (she sends her regard). Why oh why did they have to chat on the 'phone for ten hours this morning if she was coming round this arvo? 

[Nick]

Wimmin do that. Mrs Nick once spent so long on the phone to her mother talking about how she was on the way to see her that she didn't have time to go  

The same Mrs Nick who has just set off for her 10.00 meeting 

[Barman]

Wimmin do that. Mrs Nick once spent so long on the phone to her mother talking about how she was on the way to see her that she didn't have time to go   

[Snoopy]

I wanted to collect some water for the garden from a friend's well...

So, I loaded my one tonne tank on the back of my truck and tied it all down, ready to set off.

Click - completely flat battery. 

So, faffed about manoeuvring another vehicle into the driveway and jump started the truck.

Set off down the village and across the fields to the well... it has a mahoosive 7KW three phase pump that sucks the water up from about 100m below ground.

Put the pipe in the tank and pressed the start button. I have to run from the pump control to the truck as the water comes out at such great pressure the hose will come out of the tank and dance around the fields like a demented snake.

So I grabbed the hose and held it in the tank when BANG one of the main 6" hoses split sending a mahoosive column of water about 100m into the air, all over me and all over the three phase power cables that link to the pump! 

I was lucky to escape with my life... 

Is that all? 

Wasn't that enough...?

And Tinks is here now (she sends her regard). Why oh why did they have to chat on the 'phone for ten hours this morning if she was coming round this arvo? 

Say hello to Tinks for me then ~  Is that one regard to share among us or one for each of us?

[Nick]

It was for me.