Working up a sweat with the beadbreakers
Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 03, 2009 at 14:30
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Willem
It was comparatively cool this morning at 36°C so I decided to fit those two new 16 ply MRF's.
I was soon sweating like a dog's tongue. Geez, this old age is a bugga when you are trying it on with manual labour. The job is definitely for
young-er fellas.
I had to remove two 14ply tyres from the rims first, then electric wirebrush the rims to clean them up, paint them and then fit the tyres. Getting the rust guard in seemed the hardest job of all. Anyway, job done and will take them to be balanced when next I go to the tyre man.
Think I had better go have a lie down....LOL
Cheers
Reply By: Member - Beatit (QLD) - Tuesday, Feb 03, 2009 at 17:10
Tuesday, Feb 03, 2009 at 17:10
I'm with you on that one. Had a couple of tyres to do when we did our
Kimberley trip and it certainly was a lot easier when I was younger.
It is not just the tyres that have become somewhat harder but just about any of the chores that used to be easy fit that bill.
Yard work, painting, even mechanical work is harder today. At this rate I'll become totally incapable in a couple of years.
Kind regards
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Reply By: Member - DAZA (QLD) - Tuesday, Feb 03, 2009 at 17:48
Tuesday, Feb 03, 2009 at 17:48
Geez all you blokes talking about things getting harder to do,
you are making me think twice about retiring,think i'll just keep on
working, that way i'll still feel
young even if things are falling off me,
any way after listening to Kevin Rudd today it looks like this old
Plumber will be working till I am Ninety, think i'll just bury our
retirement funds and get a pension we will be better off, or
maybe buy a couple of houses, that 3.25% looks good, the last
house we paid off several years back was around 17%, and they
think things are tough now, oh
well, put your trust in Kevin and
limp back to work.
Cheers
Daza
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Follow Up By: Willem - Tuesday, Feb 03, 2009 at 19:22
Tuesday, Feb 03, 2009 at 19:22
Daza
A mate of
mine recently got a part pension when he reached the magical age. He has Super, nice house and a business. As the Super is falling his pension rises. Business is wound down to sporadic jobs.
If you are around the magical age then go to Centrelink and find out what gives
Cheers
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