I'll start with saying I am very grateful to be blessed with parents that have anough land and facilities to partake in my hobby, especially as I do not have those facilities yet. But before my rant I will add a big:
AAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those who read my introduction thread know I have "The Olympic" garage which is basically a 30ft long polytunnel with a solid white covering (to prevent UV) to restore my MGB GT V8. This is one of a few storage facilities on my parents smallholding, the main one being a 3 bay garage with workbench, inspection pit etc and another old barn thats used for storage of 2 cars and some junk.
I live 100 miles away, so get one weekend a month usually to work on my car so this Easter I went home with a heavy dent in my credit card and anticipation to fitting the various engine parts I'd ordered. Work didn't go as well as I'd hoped due to a few issues but that wasn't the main problem.
Unfortunately all three of my brothers have hobbies that require use of spaces in the place, and my dad is a hoarder so despite the fact that we have now bought 2 more truck boxes (the 30ft boxes used on trucks) we still are crammed for space. This wouldn't be a problem apart from my immature spoiled brat of an older brother who dominates the space like its his own and throws a temper tantrum if things don't go as he wants, which my dad lets him get away with.
Case in point? The Olympic has my car in the middle at the back and until recently had some race karts we were rebuilding in the front, they have now gone into their proper storage box. Dad has a habit of buying classic cars that are wrecked because they are "too good to miss" and they usually sit around for a few years until he sells them, this was the case with one car he had recently in the Olympic. Now that it was out my bratty brothers prized classic which had been over the workshop pit all winter getting a new engine could go back in there. No, he leaves it over the workshop pit because that garage is "more secure".
So after telling him on Friday that I need to do a service, MOT check and water pump change on my daily driver, he proceeds to not only leave it over the pit, but locked. So Saturday morning I'm at the garage at 10am wanting to do my car, and knowing he doesnt wake up until noon dad and I preceeded to move his car (he left the window open enough we got a rope in there to pull the lock open, no damage done at all). He arrived at about 1.30pm and before even saying hello, condascendingly stated to dad and I "Who gave you permission to move my baby?" And I relied "Dad did, we needed the workshop for the Mondeo and we only pushed yours out here"
In the next 30 mins he went in a foul maouthed bad mooded rant, blurting various swear words and then having the cheek to say to me "You need to stop going over my F***ing head"....Its DAD's workshop, and DAD helped me moved your car out of the way. If you don't like it, get a f***ing job and rent your own workshop!
He until recently lived at home, and for whatever reason mum and dad put up with all his temper tantrums because he lives nearby and helps around the placeoccasionally, the flip side is he treats the place like his own and while no one is allowed within 1000 yards of his car, he regularly moves **** around mine or forexample, was cleaning **** out of an old gas pipe RIGHT NEXT TO MY ENGINE that was in bits and I was rebuilding, then has a go at me when I ask him if he can do that somewhere else! I won't have many tools, but the ones I do have are regularly moved and even my spare parts too during one of his "tidy up" sessions, as long as his tools and his car are pristine he doesn't give a damn about what he does to others.
Finally, space. Like I say the problem is he has picked up my dads' habit of buying old cars. He's bought 4 in the last 30 months, one of which is in a neighbours garage, the other is in a box, the third is in the barn stripped (his next project) and he's just this week bought one that "was too good to miss" as his latest project needs a reshell, hence this new purchase. But now that means this bucket of **** is being put in the Olympic garage in front of my project which gives me even less space to work on things like body panels. He and dad told me their 'grand plan' to build another storage shed and turn the other polytunnel (the Titanic) into a spray booth but part of me wonders what else they'll find to buy to fill up that space too.
Like I say I'm greatly appreciative of the space and facilities I have to even do my project, but when you spent probably a 1/4 of my already limited time looking for parts or tools that people have moved from shed to shed without me knowing, it really pisses me off.
I cannot wait to have my own garage, everything will be neatly placed and the space will be MINE and mine alone!
Rant over
AAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those who read my introduction thread know I have "The Olympic" garage which is basically a 30ft long polytunnel with a solid white covering (to prevent UV) to restore my MGB GT V8. This is one of a few storage facilities on my parents smallholding, the main one being a 3 bay garage with workbench, inspection pit etc and another old barn thats used for storage of 2 cars and some junk.
I live 100 miles away, so get one weekend a month usually to work on my car so this Easter I went home with a heavy dent in my credit card and anticipation to fitting the various engine parts I'd ordered. Work didn't go as well as I'd hoped due to a few issues but that wasn't the main problem.
Unfortunately all three of my brothers have hobbies that require use of spaces in the place, and my dad is a hoarder so despite the fact that we have now bought 2 more truck boxes (the 30ft boxes used on trucks) we still are crammed for space. This wouldn't be a problem apart from my immature spoiled brat of an older brother who dominates the space like its his own and throws a temper tantrum if things don't go as he wants, which my dad lets him get away with.
Case in point? The Olympic has my car in the middle at the back and until recently had some race karts we were rebuilding in the front, they have now gone into their proper storage box. Dad has a habit of buying classic cars that are wrecked because they are "too good to miss" and they usually sit around for a few years until he sells them, this was the case with one car he had recently in the Olympic. Now that it was out my bratty brothers prized classic which had been over the workshop pit all winter getting a new engine could go back in there. No, he leaves it over the workshop pit because that garage is "more secure".
So after telling him on Friday that I need to do a service, MOT check and water pump change on my daily driver, he proceeds to not only leave it over the pit, but locked. So Saturday morning I'm at the garage at 10am wanting to do my car, and knowing he doesnt wake up until noon dad and I preceeded to move his car (he left the window open enough we got a rope in there to pull the lock open, no damage done at all). He arrived at about 1.30pm and before even saying hello, condascendingly stated to dad and I "Who gave you permission to move my baby?" And I relied "Dad did, we needed the workshop for the Mondeo and we only pushed yours out here"
In the next 30 mins he went in a foul maouthed bad mooded rant, blurting various swear words and then having the cheek to say to me "You need to stop going over my F***ing head"....Its DAD's workshop, and DAD helped me moved your car out of the way. If you don't like it, get a f***ing job and rent your own workshop!
He until recently lived at home, and for whatever reason mum and dad put up with all his temper tantrums because he lives nearby and helps around the placeoccasionally, the flip side is he treats the place like his own and while no one is allowed within 1000 yards of his car, he regularly moves **** around mine or forexample, was cleaning **** out of an old gas pipe RIGHT NEXT TO MY ENGINE that was in bits and I was rebuilding, then has a go at me when I ask him if he can do that somewhere else! I won't have many tools, but the ones I do have are regularly moved and even my spare parts too during one of his "tidy up" sessions, as long as his tools and his car are pristine he doesn't give a damn about what he does to others.
Finally, space. Like I say the problem is he has picked up my dads' habit of buying old cars. He's bought 4 in the last 30 months, one of which is in a neighbours garage, the other is in a box, the third is in the barn stripped (his next project) and he's just this week bought one that "was too good to miss" as his latest project needs a reshell, hence this new purchase. But now that means this bucket of **** is being put in the Olympic garage in front of my project which gives me even less space to work on things like body panels. He and dad told me their 'grand plan' to build another storage shed and turn the other polytunnel (the Titanic) into a spray booth but part of me wonders what else they'll find to buy to fill up that space too.
Like I say I'm greatly appreciative of the space and facilities I have to even do my project, but when you spent probably a 1/4 of my already limited time looking for parts or tools that people have moved from shed to shed without me knowing, it really pisses me off.
I cannot wait to have my own garage, everything will be neatly placed and the space will be MINE and mine alone!
Rant over
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