Holy shit, I've been bodging together this piece of crap blog-generator since November 2011; big chunks of it haven't been touched in half a decade, either. And now, just now, in May of 2017; it got multiple page indexes so I don't have every damn post ever written all displayed on the same page!

Well, some stuff has happened since the last post, five months ago. To start with, I've taken my driver training and passed my LGV (Cat C1/C) test; I've also gotten my digital tachograph card sorted. Amusingly/irritatingly, the tachograph card was sorted in a matter of days, and while I don't have the physical card yet I have the number for it; however, my license itself hasn't yet been updated to take C1 and C out of the provisional category.

Brief "still alive" update; I know I don't do this "blog" thing very well, I don't have enough to really say to put it into a post, so it spends most of its time idle. Anyway! # The Tamber #

As always, more details are in the HMVF thread, as that's where I'm detailing the blow-by-blow. ### Water pump Water-pump rebuild went fairly well, aside from breaking the shrunk-on hub that the V-belt pulley and fan bolted to; took the remains to the

Update on the truck project. The big yella hulk runs, and drives; not very far, or for very long, because of having no radiator... but there's movement. Also, I passed my LGV hazard-perception. Whoo, go me! ## Truck

Decided to continue my trend of buying motor vehicles with little to no inspection whatsoever, I thought I'd go one better. So I bought something I've been daydreaming about owning for years. It's big. It's very yellow. Significantly older than I am. Not road registered (yet). And it doesn't run (yet).

Passed my LGV theory! 89%! Pretty happy about that. Less than happy about failing my hazard perception test by 4 points. Better luck next time on that, I hope.