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.

## Revoking old key (2CDC294D)

Pretty surprised at how quickly the year is going past. Still employed by the same place as in my last update, but my job role has somewhat shifted. I don't seem to be doing very much welding; and have sorta become an electrician (Just in time for the defacto 'chief electrician' to move onto gr££n€r pa$tur£$.) Though, I'm halfway through a 2 week holiday, so who knows what I'll be put back on when I get back. (Think of it as