farawayman
Long Timer
At work the pre-christmas rush is our busiest time of the year. No one is allowed any time off from October on.
The boss comes around and tells me I have to go to a 3-day conference in Sydney.
He tells me he's booking airfares.
I told him I don't fly, I don't do anything dangerous.
He says for me to get there and he doesn't care how! (Ok, now he's telling me something I can do)
Ok he's booked me into some place called Manly! (Tell me, what can a bloke do there?)
He told I can take something called the ferry from there. (Is that like a tram only its in Sydney?)
Looks like the old K11 is going to get a run and will need a service and I had better drag out a map and find a way to get there.
During the service I find a cracked fairing sub-frame and decide it needs welding so off comes the fairing, then decided to do the fork seals and replace the head stem bearings. Don't you hate these little niggley jobs you find, that makes you do those other jobs you have been putting off.
Well it's fuel up time and I'm off it's nearly midday. Been doing those jobs you have to get done all morning.
What's this, a new sign for the old hometown?
Past one of the biggest sawmills in the southern hemisphere earlier last century. Still in operation.
Now the fun starts, the sign says so!
The boss comes around and tells me I have to go to a 3-day conference in Sydney.
He tells me he's booking airfares.
I told him I don't fly, I don't do anything dangerous.
He says for me to get there and he doesn't care how! (Ok, now he's telling me something I can do)
Ok he's booked me into some place called Manly! (Tell me, what can a bloke do there?)
He told I can take something called the ferry from there. (Is that like a tram only its in Sydney?)
Looks like the old K11 is going to get a run and will need a service and I had better drag out a map and find a way to get there.
During the service I find a cracked fairing sub-frame and decide it needs welding so off comes the fairing, then decided to do the fork seals and replace the head stem bearings. Don't you hate these little niggley jobs you find, that makes you do those other jobs you have been putting off.
Well it's fuel up time and I'm off it's nearly midday. Been doing those jobs you have to get done all morning.
What's this, a new sign for the old hometown?
Past one of the biggest sawmills in the southern hemisphere earlier last century. Still in operation.
Now the fun starts, the sign says so!