I have a love-hate relationship with pop rivets. Sure, they’re great for making things and joining things together really quickly and easily and for that I love them. But I hate them when I have to drill them out and I’ve been doing a lot of that lately.<\/p>\n
I had to drill dozens out on the Savannah to remove its screen and still have a few more to go on the cabin top panel before I can effect the repair. And today I’ve been stripping the frame tubes out of the Weedhopper’s old doors which has involved me in drilling out a few dozen more.<\/p>\n
But at least that part of the job is now done and tomorrow I can move on to cutting out the new plastics and making the doors up. And that’s something I’m looking forward to much more.<\/p>\n
On a different note, I think I’ve just heard, but not seen, what I think must be the first wave of cranes heading south to their winter homes in Spain and North Africa. If I’m right, I think that it’s very early as we usually expect them to fly over us and overnight in the nearby trees in late October\/early November. I hope it doesn’t mean that we’re in for a long, hard winter \ud83d\ude10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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