The real answer to the question, as others have said, is "the job is never finished". A good analogy for a marriage: getting the couple to the point when people think the job is done is easy, but the job is never really finished and needs enduring care and maintenance.
Excellent, Peter - thanks a lot! I will use that. Thanks to everyone else for their input. Good material; I'll have 'em rolling in the aisles yet . The parallel to be drawn is that of a the time taken to hand-build a Morgan, with the accompanying photographic record, and the time taken to "build" a four-tier, Art Deco inspired wedding cake, with a photo record of the construction. The Lady of the House is i/c and I am "the boy". Today I continue cutting out of paper-thin icing a total of 400 triangles...
I have always considered wives to be 'Work in Progress', the present Mrs Jones is coming along nicely after 36 years of unstinting effort on my part, there are still mistakes of course but you have to give them the odd word of encouragement, just not too often. I am so dead if she ever reads this!
you have things inverted: we are "Work in Progress"!
The present Mrs Jenks knows that after 38 years that there is still much to do and accepts that I'll probably die before she is able to achieve the "perfect husband", but she is undaunted and will keep the project on plan, irrespective of my input, comments or suggestions...!
Peter, 66, 2016 Porsche Boxster S No longer driving Tarka, the 2014 Plus 8...
Here is an example of the production time sheet of a "fast lane" car. Build start has been April 3rd, pick up date has been April 29th - adds up to soem 3 weeks bare build time (mind there has been the easter holdays in between!).
So: if the´re doing it really "serious" - 3 weeks seems a quite ambitious aim!
It doesn´t matter how fast it becomes, but how it becomes fast. 2015 Roadster 3.7
you have things inverted: we are "Work in Progress"!
The present Mrs Jenks knows that after 38 years that there is still much to do and accepts that I'll probably die before she is able to achieve the "perfect husband", but she is undaunted and will keep the project on plan, irrespective of my input, comments or suggestions...!
you have things inverted: we are "Work in Progress"!
The present Mrs Jenks knows that after 38 years that there is still much to do and accepts that I'll probably die before she is able to achieve the "perfect husband", but she is undaunted and will keep the project on plan, irrespective of my input, comments or suggestions...!
Shhhhhh! I have her nearly convinced
She allows you to believe that.... It isn't true.
Peter, 66, 2016 Porsche Boxster S No longer driving Tarka, the 2014 Plus 8...
In a forthcoming wedding speech I want to make an oblique reference to how many man-hours it takes to build a traditional Morgan. Anyone got any idea? Come to think of it, someone will probably give me the answer precisely
I was looking at this the other day as it happens.... The new Plus 8 is 4-6 weeks. A new Honda/Toyota type on average is about 30 hours.
. The parallel to be drawn is that of a the time taken to hand-build a Morgan, with the accompanying photographic record, and the time taken to "build" a four-tier, Art Deco inspired wedding cake, with a photo record of the construction. The Lady of the House is i/c and I am "the boy". Today I continue cutting out of paper-thin icing a total of 400 triangles... 
I am so dead if she ever reads this!
2015 Roadster 3.7
