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Evening all from Estuary-Land. I can hear the wind outside but at least there's no rain. Sometime tomorrow I'll try to get the wheelbarrow assembled, if it stays dry. Now back to Farcebook.

I have a couple and one is marked '1/64' on the base but when I checked the dimensions it turned out to be 1/76. There are some other vehicles in the range including an American Ford 1950 'woody' estate and a PT Cruiser. I have a couple of examples of the Ford which is a bit under scale at about 1/80 scale but the PT Cruiser is reckoned to be 1/76 scale. All of these models sometimes come attached to key rings like some of the Universal Hobbies tractors and can be found on e-bay.

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. No crowds at all at the Tesco's at Pitsea. As I went out I saw that my local pub was busy, mind you that was outside it might have been empty inside. When I came back it had started to rain but a couple of hardy souls were still sat outside. There was also a socially distanced queue outside the chippy but they were in the dry as there is a canopy in front of the shops. I got most of what I wanted at Tesco's except some salad as they had sold out of my favourite. Tea has now brewed, be back later.

Erm, that was posted yesterday on this same page!

Morning all from Estuary-Land. I will have to go on a foraging trip later today. I know that I only went on Thursday but I will have to write out a list as I forgot a few things and I had some more milk turn sour and had to pour it away. Tomorrow will be the 72nd anniversary of the creation of the NHS and it was only just two days old when I came into the world. That was in the early hours that I arrived but by then almost 3,000 babies had been born already under NHS auspices.

Goodnight all.

Its not tracked in that sense, its a single wheel at the front jobbie. The tracking referred to is an app that tells you exactly were on the delivery round your parcel is.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Haven't assembled the wheelbarrow yet. Too wet and windy outside and now its too dark. If the faulty one can be put right it will be donated to a good cause. Now for a muggatee and to continue battling Farcebook.

Unfortunately it went to the metal faries some weeks ago. Also I'm not sure if plasma cutters will cut through ferrous oxide with a thin coat of cement and other more dubious materials.

As Hon. Treasurer of SODOFF I have to inform you that you are not entitled to a refund of subscriptions. Indeed you might be liable for a severance charge. That will be calculated on what is to be severed.

The replacement barrow (2/2) seems to be in order, everything fits where it ought to. Now I just have to bolt it together, thats for later as its wet and windy outside now. My old wheelbarrow had rusted solid, it didn't owe anything being almost 50 years old. The first vendor I ordered the replacement from I opted for a plastic tray but looking at the tray I decided it was too flimsy. It went back as it was someone else's reject. I went to the second company and ordered an all metal one, the first one they sent had a hole drilled in the wrong place so was useless without some considerable work. To give the company their due they replaced straight away without quibble.

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. The replacement Wheelbarrow hasn't arrived yet but its tracked and its on its way. According to DHL I'm number 49 on the delivery and the driver is on his way to number 47, twenty minutes ago it was number 44 so it shouldn't be long now. If there is a fault with this one hopefully if its a different faulty component I can build a good wheelbarrow out of the two. Stop Press, It's arrived, now to unpack the box, be back later.

As I said it was burnt out in a fire. It's quite likely that the paint would have burnt off in the fire leaving bare metal. The burnt parts would have rusted far quicker than those not so badly affected.

I have been informed that wheelbarrow 2/2 will be delivered between 14:38 and 15:38. Fingers crossed that it will be fault free. The 2/2 indicates that it is the second wheelbarrow from the second vendor. The men in white coats will be calling if it gets to 10/10 if not before.

If it is that would explain a lot.

Not to worry, There's a few SEERS members who can build a live steam engine from scratch, they could probably do as I described in a few minutes.

I will probably have a wheelbarrow "bin" available soon. (Its called a tray by the manufacturers ). You can have that if you wish. Its galvanised steel 60 litre (medium) size. I will be keeping the wheel as a spare with the axle. The handles can still be attached to the tray but not to the rest of the frame. A competent metal worker could probably fix the fault anyway, The frame, which is galvanised steel tube, is shouldered with a couple of inches narrowed above the shoulder which the handle slides over. However the narrow part on one frame is about 2 mm shorter than the other. Whoever drilled the bolt holes in the frame instead of measuring from the shoulder measured from the top of the narrow part hence the hole being 2 mm out. If I had the necessary tools I would fix it by finding a short steel tube that fits tightly inside the narrow part of the frame then using the handle as a guide re-drill the hole in the correct place.

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Its still morning so good morning all from Estuary-Land. Now to catch up, Which won't take long as RMweb has only been back for 20 minutes.

Has it got an attachment for a wheelbarrow? I might have a couple going spare.

But hasn't Man U been relegated to the second division yet?

Probably get done for illegal loading as well.