{"id":22032,"date":"2024-03-23T08:36:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T22:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=22032"},"modified":"2024-03-23T08:36:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T22:36:39","slug":"spence-the-spanner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=22032","title":{"rendered":"Spence the Spanner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhEO6TP1XovLLKYQNeRnT0OTSgG0W3MGzjT4Wiljo1jhIRt0pLYzraB_2Gj1nHC0w2_7nNKp5f8kZioYMZfwdsVl2W2LNjnbGHH6JpUPDvzA_vysPDIzPrF5gUtkH836l-ZRP4NfmJ9zxXS4T67pgZVLLqvmA9IjZaDuXtIFxUu9rX2mns6WE4InwHFHAXV\/s2000\/DE94EB41-5DBB-4884-AC70-81322AF48B10.jpeg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Spence the Spanner has been working all night with his big spanner and pot of grease. There\u2019s nothing he can\u2019t build with this versatile combination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And here is is standing back this bright morning to examine his conversion of what was a GWR Collett 2251 into something more \u2018continental\u2019 looking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spence has always wanted to go abroad and mix with those continental types, especially with his love for garlic, red wine, smelly cheese and steam engines that look like are inside-out. But alas he doesn\u2019t have a passport due to the fact that he\u2019s struggled use his big spanner and grease pot to fill in the application. Though he has tried many times, albeit unsuccessfully.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Bob Geeza Cat poses like he always does so well, and offers to fill in Spence\u2019s passport application, for he is such a clever cat. But alas Spence doesn\u2019t understand \u2019meow\u2019, and Bob can\u2019t speak in \u2018Spence\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>~~~\ud83d\udc3e~~~<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy these posts? 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