
It is true that you will hardly ever hear me swear, but I have been known to








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However, nowadays, I have managed to overcome such utterances so as not to offend your gentle music loving ears Julian. As you know, being a writer and illustrator of children's books, I now utter the less offensive "Gruffalo!" - works just as well! (Sorry all readers of the Gruffalo.)
I have never been bothered about the swearing thing although don't use it much myself, but I do remember going down to Kirkland Yard one morning when a crane was being used to relay the formation in the yard. It seemed like every second word was an expletive, but conditions were cold and the work hard and just to get things done it seemed to act like oil in the works. probably most of the men in these days would not have sworn in front of their wives when at home - my dad having been a motor engineer in his young days was the same, which brings us back to working on the car.
As an aside I wish now that I had had my camera with me that morning as the work was done on the track - fascinating - one of the problems for the crane crew was the sheer number of overhead wires in the area and posts getting in the way of easy working. I will write up a bit more on Sunday when I get time. I am adding to the West Lothian Starters Group thread at the moment and covering gearboxes of different types Julian so you might want to have a look at some point.

Allan