In my Humble Opinion

Learning by yours & other folks’ mistakes

► Call it what you like be it a balls-up, dropping a clanger, cocking it right up or a plain old right pig’s ear, we have all been guilty of slipping up from time to time. Even the most weather-worn and time-served spanner-smith can fall foul of ideal practices - often caused in times of hurry - or when a mend-and-make-do bodge is called for. Over the past 32 years since I first walked into a main Ford dealer as an apprentice, I am more than happy to hold my hand aloft and admit the times