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Old 2nd November 2019, 10:15   #51
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Try clenching your cheeks to prevent gravel ingress.
I have to clench when I get from under the car but not to stop ingress ...
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Old 2nd November 2019, 20:37   #52
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Wow, i passed the selection test for an apprenticeship in the ICI in Runcorn with the intention of following in my fathers footsteps. Hanging in his shed was a home made G clamp from those days also.

I didnt accept the apprenticeship in the end, because i wanted to be an electrician but they wouldn’t guarantee this at the start. They said first year would be general skills and depending on how I did i might end up as a Brick layer or a welder. Kind of wish I’d done that welding now.
Well it's a long story but I'll cut a few corners. My father had worked in the factory since the war and it was every Dad's ambition for his lad to get into the Instrument Shop. I did the entrance exam at a trot but hated what the job turned out to be. I was the first apprentice in the yard to have his indentures cancelled (!) and Dad was not pleased. It even made the Runcorn Weekly News. I was into Skiffle, Rock 'n Roll and Blues and earned a bit doing that. Happy days!
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Old 2nd November 2019, 21:07   #53
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Well it's a long story but I'll cut a few corners. My father had worked in the factory since the war and it was every Dad's ambition for his lad to get into the Instrument Shop. I did the entrance exam at a trot but hated what the job turned out to be. I was the first apprentice in the yard to have his indentures cancelled (!) and Dad was not pleased. It even made the Runcorn Weekly News. I was into Skiffle, Rock 'n Roll and Blues and earned a bit doing that. Happy days!
You didn't get caught putting yourself about in the typists pool did you ???-
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Old 2nd November 2019, 22:38   #54
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I'm not old. but.

6 months ago I would almost tackle anything car related, ( I'll admit I'm rubbish- with electrics - it's witch craft! )
But after doing my back in, I feel like I've aged about 20 years over night.

It is totally down to what state your body is in. Everyone ages differently, if you've had some for of trauma at some point and you've damaged yourself will have a bearing on how "flexible" you still are and what you can do.

I'm hoping things will improve, but it's been 6 months for me. It's frustrating.

Oh, I'm 45.

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Back problems are blummin awful - two degenerated discs squashed my sciatic nerve a few years ago then my right knee gave up and, as you say, it aged me overnight. A lifetime of riding motorbikes and flippin gardening does the damage :¬(
Having said that I find being under the car fine, it bending for jobs under the bonnet or in the footwell that gets tricky. Most of all I miss Squash & Badminton & chucking the grandkids about.
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Old 3rd November 2019, 04:11   #55
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Well it's a long story but I'll cut a few corners. My father had worked in the factory since the war and it was every Dad's ambition for his lad to get into the Instrument Shop. I did the entrance exam at a trot but hated what the job turned out to be. I was the first apprentice in the yard to have his indentures cancelled (!) and Dad was not pleased. It even made the Runcorn Weekly News. I was into Skiffle, Rock 'n Roll and Blues and earned a bit doing that. Happy days!
Well at least you got a G-clamp out of it.
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Old 3rd November 2019, 12:58   #56
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You didn't get caught putting yourself about in the typists pool did you ???-

I beg your very pardon! I've never put myself about anywhere. I am a shrinking violet.
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Old 3rd November 2019, 12:59   #57
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Well at least you got a G-clamp out of it.

There has been the odd occasion when I would have preferred, nay needed, the pointer lifter.
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Old 3rd November 2019, 14:41   #58
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Back problems are blummin awful - two degenerated discs squashed my sciatic nerve a few years ago then my right knee gave up and, as you say, it aged me overnight. A lifetime of riding motorbikes and flippin gardening does the damage :¬(
Having said that I find being under the car fine, it bending for jobs under the bonnet or in the footwell that gets tricky. Most of all I miss Squash & Badminton & chucking the grandkids about.
Having this back problem is probably the worst thing I've ever had.
I've broken bones that haven't hurt this much.
I've had surgery, the healing from that hasn't hurt this much.
My sciatic nerve is trapped on my left leg, but my right leg keeps dropping out from under me.
Really weird.
I have a doctors appointment tomorrow to discuss my MRI scan results.
Lets hope surgery isn't high on the list!
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Having this back problem is probably the worst thing I've ever had.
I've broken bones that haven't hurt this much.
I've had surgery, the healing from that hasn't hurt this much.
My sciatic nerve is trapped on my left leg, but my right leg keeps dropping out from under me.
Really weird.
I have a doctors appointment tomorrow to discuss my MRI scan results.
Lets hope surgery isn't high on the list!
WOW.--I hope the results of your scan can give you some good news.
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Old 3rd November 2019, 22:28   #60
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