If you travel to Berlin with children DO NOT use the taxi company TAXI2AIRPORT.DE. We reserved our taxi 2 weeks ago and they failed to pick us up, cancelling on us after we arrived at the airport.
Very bad service and we would not reccommend you use them at all
So after much hassle with MovableType blog, i have taken the plunge and moved over to wordpress. Same content, new look. I hope you find the experience more pleasurable.
I will also be adding a new section called VW Camper which will chronicle the restoration of my 1973 VW Type2 camper van, so stay tuned.
Thanks for reading
/mrmule
UPDATE
my bus is back from the garage.. YAY!!
I’ll put up some photies when the weather is better, most of the required work has been done now, just a few minor bits like the shocks and still a bit of welding under the battery to happen. Of course the interior is going to take a little longer, but for now…
big thanks to Retroville for the restoration!
So… stage one of the pimping begins at last!
The bus is out of the sprayshop, it has had 4 litres of paint applied. We have taken it back to the original colour, with a white split, classic clook huh?!
Next job will be some welding on the underside and fitting the new rubbers and windows, then all the new engine stuff, shocks and some new wires. Some of the upholstery will be changed, then it goes for another MOT.
10-15 days, watch this space!
Pics now in the gallery.
The pimping is being overseen by the maestro Denis from European Collectables in Utrecht
Here is the front cover from the 1973 brochure… recognise anything?
This short film for you!
DOWNLOAD M4V format, right click, Save as… or VIEW ONLINE
Have a great day!!
Just confirmed – Lofrequency founder Wayne Brett is having a birthday knees-up @ Cafe Tetra, Amsterdam on March 18th. Wayne will be mixin’ it up together with Lofreq Resident mrmule and guest dj John Spoor.
Saturday 18th March
21:00 – 03:00
Cafe Tetra
Nieuwezijdsvoorburgwal89
1012 RE Amsterdam
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What ever you do…DO NOT USE THESE COWBOYS. DO NOT PAY THEM ANY MONEY
“Wat ooit u… GEBRUIK DEZE COWBOYS niet. BETAAL HEN GEEN GELD”
I asked them to paint my house, the quote I received was to remove ALL the exsisting paint using tools, lay down 2 coats of primeur, then 2 coats of gloss.
After half a day, they had quickly hand sanded a few places and were putting on gloss straight away (no primeur no nothing)
They have no equiptment, no ladders and in my opinion were VERY unprofessional.
The boss was called Scott and had a ‘brother’ who was Australian who spoke English.
I did not recieve a refund for the poor work done.
This is my own personal experience and my own personal v\iew.
That said, feel free to let me know about your experiences, good or bad.
Damn those iPod earbud/headphone thingies…. Well I’m on to my secoond pair now and they just died on me this morning.. letting out a nasty blurge of cracks and farts with each beat. I went off to the Apple support site (again) and registered my faulty goods.
The last time I registered my broken headphones with them I got a new pair through the post the very next day!.. pretty good service even though the product is poor. (Not the ipod.. just the earbuds)
So i decided today that I enough is enough… I went and purchased a fine pair of Sony inner ear headphones (that actually stay in place now)
HUZZAH!
It’s been a pretty quiet week really, just the normal 9 to 5. Along with the bike park increasing it’s prices by 30cents each month, the train has also increased its prices by about €20 per month. (I told you it was a quiet week). My home server has been playing up and delivering me a bluescreen of death each time I boot it, so I installed XPSP2 to see if that will help at all… so far… so good!
Spent all day Saturday spring cleaning the house after xmas/NYE stuff and Saturday night was poker night in the mule household, the regular crew was present and Roxanne took away the gargantuas €6 prize pot for the evening… HUZZAH!
Its Monday and back to work. I have some holiday to book near Easter as our great friends Jill/Wally/Rose & Milly will be joining us for a few days in April.. woOt!.. should have the bus back by then I reckon.
I’m still waiting for my nice ipod cover to arrive from the US.. its from Marware and its the Sportsuit™ Basic for iPod video. A bargain at only $19.99 plus postage. It has (unlike the official ipod protector) a hole in the base to allow connection of the connector, a plastic screen cover and holes for the headfone jack and lock switch… groooovy!.. next is a new pair of headfones i think!
Thats all for now… if I find anything funky… I’ll let ‘chu know!
smiles
da mule
Photies now in the gallery
Norway
Berlin
Scuse the delay for the ‘Last post of 2005′ HUZZAH!!!!!
We’re off to watch some fireworks tonight and drink some Champers, so all that remains for me to do is wish you a Very Happy New Year and peace upon Earth to all!
All the best for 2006!!
mr & mrs mule
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