What made you feel good today?

Having pictures of a racecar that apparently doesn't exist until next year according to some and i was about to have a hero moment and post them up, but then i saw the very same people i have always argued with on here thanking the response in rebuttal to my post and i have decided to keep them to myself

I can actually read and just scroll past sometimes and that has made me feel good today

[.:4:.]

I was at my local supermarket. Its only small, but its the convenient one. So the way the line is to the till is a bit awkward. Anyhow, im in line behind 8 or 9 people, and theres an elderly gentleman. He wasnt pushing into the line, but with his 4 items in his trolley, the trolley he was more or less using as a walking frame. So when i got near enough i waved him in. He only spoke broken english, but not the point. He gestured as towards really? Yeah, get in mate. He only had 4 small items, so for an able bodied person, no need for a trolly.
I wouldnt consider that a random act of kindness, its just what you do. The fact the other robots in front of me had the blinkers on and turned a blind eye... The sank yooo, that was worth it.

[danzvtil]

The Adelaide hills/cherry gardens bushfire was doused this afternoon by glorious, pizzling down rain. Lucky, as it was on the doorstep of some major suburbs.

[Citroënbender]

Was beset by a shazza at the local shops this morning. Simply happened to park next to her and copped a massive whinge about some HWP occifer who’d just pinged her for an illegal turn (her bad luck, I see the same move pulled at this intersection all the time).

Anyway, got the full bleat; single Mum, car needs repairs etc etc - then she says “I’ve never been booked before”. I queried this, she assured me it was true. So I explained how she could have the fine taken to the local court, describe her personal situation to the magistrate and ask nicely if it could be dealt with under Section 10 of the sentencing act. The idea of a more economical result seemed to appeal!

[.:4:.]

Last night i was thinking buyers remorse. Well, not only for the chicken and Camembert pizza, im lactose intolerant, but also for the bid on new old stock ghia floormats. But, theyre block ghia, and new. So today after bog sessions, im pretty happy about the mats. I way overspent, but oem to the car.

[GasoLane]

It's raining.

[.:4:.]

Dunno why, but i bought a tyre inflator. 18v, i have batteries for it. Its my new 2nd favourite tool. Servos in my area have for the best part given up on air. The ones that have air, you have to ask at the desk for the thing. Then go pshhhhhhhh, check, pshhhhh again. And the automated ones at 7/11. Whens the last time one of those sealed on the valve stem?
Not that my tyres were that low, 32psi was the lowest. But my new inflator. Set it to the desired, and dŕrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr and it stops where set. So its good. It also has a ball pump needle, and the other thing for blow up matresses, or blow up dolls if thats your thing.
But digital display and all that crap. Pretty happy with it. Between that and the vac i bought, the extra makita 5A battery cost more then both combined. But having multiple tools running off the same batteries and charger. Thats common sense.

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

Dunno why, but i bought a tyre inflator. 18v, i have batteries for it. Its my new 2nd favourite tool. Servos in my area have for the best part given up on air. The ones that have air, you have to ask at the desk for the thing. Then go pshhhhhhhh, check, pshhhhh again. And the automated ones at 7/11. Whens the last time one of those sealed on the valve stem?
Not that my tyres were that low, 32psi was the lowest. But my new inflator. Set it to the desired, and dŕrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr and it stops where set. So its good. It also has a ball pump needle, and the other thing for blow up matresses, or blow up dolls if thats your thing.
But digital display and all that crap. Pretty happy with it. Between that and the vac i bought, the extra makita 5A battery cost more then both combined. But having multiple tools running off the same batteries and charger. Thats common sense.

I just got one as well ... to replace my aging one with alligator clips I used on the car battyer I had for years.

This thing is great ... especially for the kids pool toys as well. And quiet too.
Can never trust the servo pumps either.

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Mechan1k

I just got one as well ... to replace my aging one with alligator clips I used on the car battyer I had for years.

This thing is great ... especially for the kids pool toys as well. And quiet too.
Can never trust the servo pumps either.

Yeah mate, i didnt realise the greatness. I keep all my gear makita, only because that means batteries stay maintained as they work with everything, as opposed to having something you hardly ever use and the battery craps itself.


I also did rotors on my car today. Wasnt intending to. Did it in the rain which was less then ideal. But, they work good. Cured my steering wheel of parkinsons desiese. Pretty pleased about that.

[Mechan1k]

Kids go back to school tomorrow

[MITCHAY]

I went back to work today and though I can sense a **** storm brewing, today was pretty easy and even worked longer than normal without noticing

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

I went back to work today and though I can sense a **** storm brewing, today was pretty easy and even worked longer than normal without noticing

Yep it has exploded. Only been back two days but it is like I never left. So many dickheads who do **** all but cause all the problems, but it is Friday so it is a Monday problem now

Tinnies and tunes is all I care about right now

[Mr_G6ET]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

Yep it has exploded. Only been back two days but it is like I never left. So many dickheads who do **** all but cause all the problems, but it is Friday so it is a Monday problem now

Tinnies and tunes is all I care about

So what made you feel good today is the weekend ?

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by Mr_G6ET

So what made you feel good today is the weekend ?

Yep but I have to get up to run a SQL script to put a change in.

All the dickheads act like it is so complicated but all I need to know is a couple of numbers which we could do in business hours.

I'm going to get OT for doing something I could have done in normal work hours

So to be true to the thread I'm going to make way more money vs the effort I put in. Over $200 on top on my salary for less than 5 mins work

[Trendseeker]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

So to be true to the thread I'm going to make way more money vs the effort I put in. Over $200 on top on my salary for less than 5 mins work

I hear you.
The bureaucracy and overhead on IT changes is enormous, frustrating, inefficient and expensive, as you know.
And to be true to the thread, reflecting on my current role that doesn’t require any direct involvement in regular IT change requests makes me feel good today.

[.:4:.]

Still happy with the new rotors. B series owners will understand these 2 scientific mysteries. So stock rotors. You cannot look at them, because if you do, a chemical reaction occurs and they warp. Same thing happens the moment a trailer touches the tow ball. Scientists are still baffled by this occurrence.
But me new ones, they do what the box says, they stop. Should be ok for atleast a while. They dont look cool because the dust cover, well, covers them. But it has cured vehicular braking parkinsons desiese.
My kids excited, but not for reasons that make any sense.
Yes they are slotted. But they arent race car brakes. And stock clappers. (Yes clappers). Pretty sure thats what stock callipers are called. But, there's things I've ordered, things I've received, and it goes good, stops as it should and drives in general as it should.

[CoupeKing]

Hearing rumors that the 2022 Raptor will be released with the 760 hp motor that's in the GT500.

[Mr_G6ET]

Originally Posted by CoupeKing

Hearing rumors that the 2022 Raptor will be released with the 760 hp motor that's in the GT500.

Thats cool, finally a larger car with power from factory. When I was young, my friend had a F100 with a nascar motor in there, this was a fun car, lots of smoke.

I do dislike those ****ers that drive those 'trucks' and feel like they own the road because of the larger car/size; on the brakes for tailgaters

[MITCHAY]

I feel heaps better now my change is done. My WA colleague is feeling a bit rough though since it is a bit early there. They could of scheduled it for 12pm ACT time at least

[.:4:.]

After spending a few hours over the past couple of days cleaning the interior of my car, and i also front brakes which were well overdue for attention. Took it for a drive this morning, and its almost like a different car. Yeah the interior shows its age, so its never going to be perfect, but it still comes up on the better side of presentable. It was the main family car for years and my brother used it as a work car for years after that doing 1000km per week. But, giving it some attention more then the odd vac here or there, im happy with how its coming up. The steering wheel was my concern, i thought the right side leather was badly worn, but it was a thick layer of human slime. So its not too bad.

[Sonny_Jim]

Seeing the sausage sizzle back at Bunnings made me feel good today.

[Syndrome]

Binky painted!

[George V]

It stopped raining for a while today, so finally decided to service my 20 year old lawn mower. Always starts on first pull anyway.

Finished changing plug, filters, oil, blades and some side skirt plastic bits which I purchased more than five years ago.
Got is started to check everything, all good and then .. rainstorm ...

Not a bad afternoon anyway.

Regards,
George V

[.:4:.]

Pretty happy with Australia post. Thats not a statement typically made. But for the past few interweb orders ive made, theyve come in atleast 2 days before the original estimate on the tracking number. And thats snail mail from interstate. Of the 2 thing's ive received today, one was supposed to be wednesday, the other friday. And i got a text to say a 3rd is on its way for today.

[MITCHAY]

Finally got the evap cooler person back out after the water damage it caused last Monday. It took him a bit to find the problem but it was a small tube that split so was an easy fix.

Now I have to get onto body corp about getting the damage looked at.

So my cooler is working again and they didn't charge me anything

[.:4:.]

My kid was mad keen on the new school bag i bought him. He is in year 6, so everything's a popularity contest. So i was in year 6 once, and my parent's, anyhow.
So i let him open the postage bag. Interweb shopping, the reason i hate it is because you cant see it in person before you buy it. It wasnt off shebay, it was from a reputable shop, but still.
My boy, happy as larry. I hovered over him because stanley knifes you cut away from yourself. But he got to open it. Its a quicksilver, so cool enough. And i incidentally bought a double up of hats for myself, so instead of the pain of interweb returns, i gifted the other to the boy too. Its a nice hat too. I only rock blanks. And this ones a blank grey flexi.

[Mr_G6ET]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

My kid was mad keen on the new school bag i bought him. He is in year 6, so everything's a popularity contest. So i was in year 6 once, and my parent's, anyhow.
So i let him open the postage bag. Interweb shopping, the reason i hate it is because you cant see it in person before you buy it. It wasnt off shebay, it was from a reputable shop, but still.
My boy, happy as larry. I hovered over him because stanley knifes you cut away from yourself. But he got to open it. Its a quicksilver, so cool enough. And i incidentally bought a double up of hats for myself, so instead of the pain of interweb returns, i gifted the other to the boy too. Its a nice hat too. I only rock blanks. And this ones a blank grey flexi.

Cool, they grow up fast, enjoy it while you can. Record as much as you can (pics/vid) so its a good recall later... good tip for younger ones not recognising how fast time changes

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Mr_G6ET

Cool, they grow up fast, enjoy it while you can. Record as much as you can (pics/vid) so its a good recall later... good tip for younger ones not recognising how fast time changes

Mate, they grow up in a flash. I think the best part about having a kid when you're young (i was 22) is you can keep up with them and you're not too old to keep up with their trends. Yeah, they're to a degree expensive so it helps having a decent job, but nobody plans to have kids, they just happen. But its fun getting them stuff my parents wouldnt for me. Im the youngest of 3, so not like my only child. But stuff like when my boy asked if i could teach him how to ride a skateboard. Now, he would have been happy with a pre fab skateboard from rebel sport or wherever. No no no no no. That was my main form of transport as a kid. So we went to the skate shop. Bought all the good bits. Only compromise was trucks. Ive snapped enough light weight ones in my time, but got him light ones. Hes a kid so light weight gear is better, he wont be snapping them anytime soon. He got so excited picking the hardware. He went with purple. I used to always go green, but purple looks pretty cool. And with advice/supervision he built it. He thought he was the biggest man in the universe when i took him to the back of the ute i had at the time, and he reffered to it as man ute as in his eyes he thought it had every tool in the universe to fix anything. So i gave him free reign on tools. So taught him stuff like how to mark where to trim grip tape and stuff with a screwdriver. And other things like using the trimmings to sand down spots of the grip tape to not kill your shoes as bad. He was so proud of himself. And even after a few unco stacks learning to ride it, you just couldnt wipe the smile off his face. Same scenario when he wanted an rc car. That again was my teenage hobby. So i wont let him change the motor. The monster truck i bought him does 60km out of the box. It has modded bits on it, just stock motor and speed controller. Im in about a grand for the thing plus mods, extra batteries etc. But its pretty sick. My kid just babies it a bit too much. Which in a sense is good, but, its proper, so wang a gutter and snap a suspension arm, you can easily get a new one.
But i have a heap of fun with my kid doing boy stuff. Im a pretty on it parent when it comes to being out of line. Stuff like swearing is a no go. And in the same token, i do not swear around him. My attitude is bad habits start early, so if you dont start them, they dont happen.
Then there's the other boy stuff. Last year my kid was wanting a dual screen setup for his computator. So i did that for him. His mum got up me a bit about what does he need that for? He loves it. Same thing come Christmas, i sensed a gaming controller for said computater would be an appropriate gift. Kid loves it, but again i got interrogated. But, boy stuff with my boy, its awesome. And hes pretty funny. Yesterday hes telling me i should do extractors and a cat delete on my car to make it faster. It already has an exhaust. But the answer is no. Cat deletes are illegal. Extractors maybe, but if i can already exceed the speed limit easy enough, no need to go faster.

Finally under 100kg !!!!!


This made me fell pretty darn good today

Oh... and this as well