Al my wife and i have known each other since childhood her dad and my dad were best mates so grew up with then, Debra is the oldest of 9 and the shortest lol, when we got together i was 30 and one thing i asked of her, well 2 things was the bikes were number 1 and taking off with the mates at short notice wothout questions was number 2, she knew my bikrs and mates meant everything to me as she said she has no problrms with that, silly girl lol, but she trusted me.
As for working at TAFE for 31 years at the early years i did a lot of night courses in the things i wanted to learn, all the welding courses, 3 machining courses using lathes and milling machines, doing pannel beating and using special toolings, things that i enjoyed doing and it helped me to get in as T/A to the maintenace Fitters work shop, doing everything from machines maintenance to installing new machines and set ups to just about everything, did that for 15+ years till they moved the machine shops to another college, my T/A job finished, then i became general hand and truck driver was another job i loved at TAFE delivering everything from bobcats to escervators and all sorts of machinery driving a asortment of trucks, love driving then a redudancy at 55 and early retirement, best thing that happened to me, i have a well set up workshop at home.
I don't look at my bikes, i work on them, i build a few Nortons over the years, i work with my hands, if something breaks i fix it, i fully restumped my house by myself, 2 stumps a day till all done, was a big job under a low house, i built my large shed/workshop and set it up all by myself, i try to do things myself but sometimes i ask for help, i am a doer not someone who talks about the old days of riding, everyday is a adventure to me and the same now while in recovery.
So Al instead of talking about it or what you use to do work or racing in classic bikes, do it fix your bike up and do it and don't listen to the wife or anyone else, do what you want, not what they want you to do.
If my wife told me what to do or under her thumb she would have been moved on a long time ago, but she has had a good life with me as she don't tell me what to do, if she did i wouldn't listen to her anyway lol.
Ash
