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Bought a moped yesterday, honda vision £100 taxed and tested – only problem was it had a “broken back”
Basically, where the frame tube attatches to the rear end was rusted thru, so it was off with the fairing etc and out with the mig set. Top done, no problem.
Now comes the choice. Do i drain the tank and mess about turning the whole lot upside down so i can weld the other side, or do i just hang it from the rafters on some lorry tie downs and lay underneath it….
So, after about 30 seconds of deliberation im laid under it, overalls buttoned right up over my padded jacket and 2 t-shirts (it’s snowing here!) as i’ve welded upside down plenty of times before and gravity is your worst enemy, closely followed by hot slag.
Strike up the set, its all going nicely when i catch a whiff of burning, i know from previous experience the flameproof overalls i got from work dont catch fire
so i just carry on. Next thing i know, there’s a loud scream – pull up the headshield and there’s flames coming from my belly!!!Luckily the missus had thought to bring me a cup of tea, and it was at that moment that the piece of red hot metal that was eating thru my suit got to my jacket and the whole lot went up.
Even more luckily, she didnt throw the boiling hot tea over it to put it out…
So, i’ve called it a night, see what damage i can do tomorrow!
I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.
Aleister Crowley (1875 – 1947)Blackboard paint – Covers a multitude of sins!
Ouch! Not the bargain it first appeared to be then. Hope you’re not too injured – any burns? I set my jogging pants on fire when angle grinding a chassis once but think I’ve been luckier than you.
And I certainly never had the wife walk in on me while I was in the garage with a hot slag…..
still was worth the money – you have a look round and try and find a taxed and tested moped for hundred quid!
as for the burns, lucky it was cold otherwise it’d have just been a tshirt and overalls – when i had a look, the padded jacket has burnt right through and the outer t shirt was scorched so pretty lucky really. Also found about 2 dozen slag burns down my arm where small bits had gone up my sleeve!
I have also set my trousers on fire – three times.
Once when grinding, and once on a hot exhaust (nylon jogging bottoms – rubbish!)
and the other time, when i was 13, on my cub field bike – leaky petrol tank, jeans covered in petrol – mate with a box of matches, or fag – cant remember, i remember riding past him and then my legs going up in flames, managed to get them out with no damage done luckily!
I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.
Aleister Crowley (1875 – 1947)Blackboard paint – Covers a multitude of sins!
When I was an apprentice and watching a welding demonstration being conducted by our lunatic instructor, one of my fellow trainees managed to set fire to himself on a pilot light used for lighting our gas torchs. Needless to say we rushed to his aid…as soon as we had finished p*ssing ourselves laughing that is!!
Donate – Or Imperial Data will have you sorted!Could have been nasty…
Years ago, I had to change the propshaft on my old Capri… so up on ramps it went, and 20 mins later had the units swapped… stopped to have a fag (whilst underneath), and as my mate came round, I tried sliding out from under the car.. with fag in mouth, and just caught the cherry of the ciggy on the bottom of the car… it broke off and fell right down the back of my neck…. OUCH THAT HURT!!!
Morale… be upright!
To “ERR” is natural.. to really fowl things up needs a politician!!
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