{"id":825,"date":"2010-06-22T22:10:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=825"},"modified":"2016-06-26T11:18:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T11:18:16","slug":"it-was-1904-when-i-knocked-off-this-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 22nd June 2010 &#8211; It was 19:04 when I knocked off this evening."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/foto2010\/1006054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/foto2010\/1006054.jpg\" alt=\"barn wood beams chevrons xylophene wood treatment les guis virlet puy de dome france\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a>But I&#8217;ve been having a temendous amount of fun.<\/p>\n<p>This afternoon I&#8217;ve been painting the woodwork for the barn roof with some xylophene &#8211; the stuff that kills all the beasties and so on that try to infest it. I&#8217;ve done about half so far &#8211; enough to do one side of the roof. That&#8217;ll do to get me started once we have the scaffolding.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s quite easy to spread the stuff on the wood too. It&#8217;s quite thin so it goes on really easily and quickly with a paint roller.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\"><\/p>\n<p>But this morning was even better. The starter had gone on Bill&#8217;s car and he has a similar car for spares so I went round there, took the starter off the scrap car and swapped it with the duff one. It took a while to do it as you have to move all kinds of hoses and filters and so on and I ended up covered to my armpits in old and dirty oil but it was just like old times when I had my taxis. Hardly a week went by without me having to change a starter or an alternator and strangely enough I used to enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>But the enthusiasm has started to fire up my imagination. When the roof is on the barn and I&#8217;ve disposed of the body off the caravan I&#8217;m going to set up a decent workshop in the barn. I&#8217;ll resurrect my old gas-welding gear, get some oxygen and acetylene bottles, buy an engine crane and rescue all my decent tools from Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>And then I&#8217;m going to have some fun.<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-825 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='825' data-nonce='6b9557f122' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-825 lc'>+4<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-825 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='825' data-nonce='6b9557f122' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-825 unlc'>-11<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-825 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But I&#8217;ve been having a temendous amount of fun. This afternoon I&#8217;ve been painting the woodwork for the barn roof with some xylophene &#8211; the stuff that kills all the beasties and so on that try to infest it. I&#8217;ve done about half so far &#8211; enough to do one side of the roof. 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