ditchman Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 As most of you know my mrs has "old timers desease" and my life is mostly taking up caring for her....she has good days and bad days..........when she can she likes to help me....hold this do that .....stuff when im in the shed making stuff............... well.......this morning as the windy weather was a comin in...i thought i would light the fire early before it got tooo breezy....so i told her this as i was off to get sum kindling....she said she would clean the fire and empty the ash can....(which she usually does...as it is a habit i have got her into)........didnt think anything of it until i come back from the shed with the kindling....only to see her in a mini tornado of ash as she tries to empty the ash tin in a plastic bag........ when the dust/ ash settled she just looked at me........and i had to larf....and told her she looked like "an old fakir on the edge of the Ganges, saying goodbye to a relitive"............i tell you boi she was COVERED head to foot.....i larfed and she larfed until the tears rolled down her cheeks......... start the day off with a larf...and you are set up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 That made me laugh too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firdom Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 good for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Considering your domestic problems you do well to have a laugh. Your practical hints and tips aint arf bad either. Isn't it exactly a year since I came to see you fire up the engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted February 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Considering your domestic problems you do well to have a laugh. Your practical hints and tips aint arf bad either. Isn't it exactly a year since I came to see you fire up the engine? when you came last time ....the engine smoked like a pig and ran real bad...........since then i had the injector pump re-built...and fitted it back on ...got the timing tickerty b- boo....and it now runs clean...no smoke....and at 900 rpm i can balance a pound coin on its edge.... on the cylinder head............. you can see it run like that next time you drop by.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 What sort of engine is it Ditchy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted February 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 What sort of engine is it Ditchy? 2.5 landrover turbo-desiel...................i ran a thread re-building it last year.......if you want to waste your life away read it......it contains a lot of abuse to me and back at "them" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Bet the Mrs looked a bit like your photo but a bit paler. You do make my day sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Brilliant report, made me smile. My late dad had Old Codgers disease and he thought I was his brother and told me all the mischief they got up to in the past made him and me laugh a lot. All the best in the future and have a laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Good for you, and good for your lady wife. You've gotta have a laugh. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Well done ditchy, was painting a picture in my head as you relayed your morning. Good man you are ditchy! atb 7diaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Nice one , know how that works when my mrs was seriously ill, the one thing I promised her was I will make her smile and laugh every day, I did and we did. Now she has lung transplants we still do the same, us ole farts can still be silly at times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Your good lady definately got the wrong job this morning ditchman, but like you say its good to turn things into a laugh. Its certainly got a blow on boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewh100 Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 funny storie and i know about this old timer disease my mums has this for ten years some times its very funny and some times can be very sad but a great storie and made me laugh dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted February 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 funny storie and i know about this old timer disease my mums has this for ten years some times its very funny and some times can be very sad but a great storie and made me laugh dave that more or less sums the desease up.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 They are the good days matey remember them well when you have a bad day! It can still help you get through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewh100 Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 one of the funny stories that sticks in my mind was the day the bt engine came to my mums house for a fault. she asked if he would like a coffee bad move ended up with cup of gravy with milk dam them two jars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 2.5 landrover turbo-desiel...................i ran a thread re-building it last year.......if you want to waste your life away read it......it contains a lot of abuse to me and back at "them" 19J? I only have to read the abuse Viking is getting to get an idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted February 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 19J? I only have to read the abuse Viking is getting to get an idea put into thye search bar..."ditchman has lost it completly"............and you will see the post.....................ive just read some of it ...i must have been mad.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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