Wednesday 23 May 2007

Track bits

Just a reminder; we have 93 year old Wilfred eager and waiting, Woodbine poised behind left ear, flat cap jauntily sat atop his shiny pate for the flood of expected track bit orders.
It works like this;
A. You email tdo[at]manchestervelodrome [dot]com detailing how many 12" bits of track you want. £10 for bare wood, £15 for stayers/sprinters/datum, £30 for finish line.
B. TDO or admin peel off the email from the pooter, taking care not to fray the edges and then write the order on the back of a fag packet [the only documentation Wilfred has ever used].
C. We then await while Wilfred has a sharp and distinctive intake of breath with the inevitable "That'll cost you" honed from years in the building trade and then lovingly sets to work sharpening his tenant saw.
D. Sometime later, old Wilfred will [hopefully ] have carefully sawn out the piece of track and thrown it accurately onto the Velodrome floor from whence Mr Hardy will collect it and...
E. Stamp the wood with the Velodrome authentication stamp, match it the Authentication certificate and pass it through to reception
F. .. who will then whinge about all the extra work, the mess and Wilfred smoking outside of t'Velodrome door but eventually, after much too-ing and fro-ing put the wood and certificate into a padded envelop, spend a few days finding out how to turn on the pooter, find the correct file
G. telefone or email the buyer - "Gish us the dosh mush" or some such phrase will be uttered, then when the moneyarrives actually address and post the envelop to you dear reader should you actually order the wood in the first place !

Oh, and the new wood will be exactly the same stuff as before - Siberian Pine.

1 Comments:

Blogger mags said...

Oh how we shall miss you whit and wisdom!

23 May 2007 at 12:31  

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