Well, another weekend is upon us. The weeks are whizzing by at a great rate of knots, or so it seems. I've had a pretty quiet week if you don't count Friday which went a bit crazy. Got a fair bit achieved which was good. And off to the mine next week, which being a short week, is good too.
Had some fun with sorting out suitable vehicles to take of course, nothing is straight forward. I spent most of the afternoon re wiring and installing some new LED lights to the dual cab Navara to make it mine legal as I was going to take it out to the mine. Finally got it working, and then was told I would have to take the single cab instead as the dual cab was needed to go out to a different mine, as the truck which normally goes to the other mine was in being repaired.
I agreed that was the best plan, and then remembered we needed to repair the 2way in the single cab. I went to go and do that, and then was told I could take the dual cab after all as the other truck was going to be worked on over the weekend and ready by Monday. That suited me even better, so I loaded all my tools and equipment back into the dual cab and took it home.
Then on Saturday the supervisor rings me up... "I've got a bit of bad news for you".
Of course I expect someone has died or something, but he goes on to reveal that the landcruiser won't be repaired in time after all and I'll need to swap the dual cab for the single cab Navara.
So, back off down to work, swap all my gear over into the single cab, swap all the gear from the cruiser to the dual cab, and then had to fix the 2 way in the single cab so I could use it at the mine.
Finally I seem to have it sorted, so fingers crossed it holds together long enough to last the week without losing a door or a bonnet or something. The acidic mine water has got to that truck pretty badly and it's more rust than metal in places.
Anyhow, that's that really. I should probably go and lay some more track on my layout, unfortunately I haven't yet found a local supplier who can get me a set of track cutters, so I am having to do it all with a dremal cut off tool, which works OK, but is more labour intensive than the cutters. I have a set back home, but like everything I go to use over here... it's in NZ. Never mind, there is usually more than one way to skin a cat I am told. Not that I have actually ever attempted to skin a cat, I imagine it is harder than it looks. I suppose it would pay to stun it first, or else you would get clawed quite badly.
Besides cats, I have also spotted a collectors edition box set "Dad's Army" set, which I may just have to save up and purchase. I reckon it would be well worth the investment... probably a good thing mine weeks mean extra pay in that case.
Right, I better go and do something productive, here's a few more pictures you may or may not have seen. I shall no doubt have another report ready after my week mining.
Tallyho.
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