What made you feel good today?

[roKWiz]

Found this great clip I never knew existed on youtube featuring my old boss George Proudman Master Stonemason long since gone.
Must have been filmed just after I left as it shows Sydney Tech, my old leading hands Alfie, Gary and Diana the first Stonemasoness in Australia who started at the same time.
Thought I would share some insight into restoration Banker work in the 80's

[Citroënbender]

Feels good to know it won’t be 39° again today.

Speaking of trades, NSW is waiving the fee on one year renewals of trade licences until late next April due to Coronavirus. I had a choice of $0x1, $330x3 or $746x5 when renewing mine recently. Interestingly no waiving of the late fees on multi-year licences.

[Fed]

There's a fee on trade licences?
My electricians licence lasts forever.

[Citroënbender]

In NSW, I think you’d find it’s annualised.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

In NSW, I think you’d find it’s annualised.

Everything is annualised in corrupt NSW.
Custom number plate charges are a good example.
Vehicle third party insurance.
$ydney City libraries. The only library I know of which charged people to join then charges an annual fee.

Even the National Library in Canberra is free.

[roddy1960]

Kind of weird but really good .. About a year ago my right hand rear power window refused to work . Had done that a little bit before but had never stopped completely . I did do all the obvious like cleaning contacts, swapping switches and even put on a new door switch but did nothing ..couldn't even hear it trying .. Gave up on it although since then I've occasionally tried it without luck .

Today without thinking I accidentally hit that switch on the drivers door panel instead of the left one and it went down . Nervously I then tried to put it up and it operated perfectly . I used it another few times and functioned as it should both on the door switch and the main panel . Suddenly I have all four windows working ...At the minute at least ...Cool...

[Tonz]

Originally Posted by roddy1960

Kind of weird but really good .. About a year ago my right hand rear power window refused to work . Had done that a little bit before but had never stopped completely . I did do all the obvious like cleaning contacts, swapping switches and even put on a new door switch but did nothing ..couldn't even hear it trying .. Gave up on it although since then I've occasionally tried it without luck .

Today without thinking I accidentally hit that switch on the drivers door panel instead of the left one and it went down . Nervously I then tried to put it up and it operated perfectly . I used it another few times and functioned as it should both on the door switch and the main panel . Suddenly I have all four windows working ...At the minute at least ...Cool...

sell the car quick while everythings working.

[.:4:.]

My mum called me about the synopsis of her trip.
She went to the country town her parents met and all the rest. She was happy to see the places she went as a kid to visit her grandparents etc. She had a great time. Her parents are kicking it old school, they're both mid 90s. Covid has restricted old folk, thats understandable. But up untill the outbreak, my 94 year old grandpa held a drivers licence. Grandpa, he is a living legend. Voice of reason, just an inspirational dinosaur.

[MITCHAY]

For most of the year I have been working on a project which is by far the most code I have wrote. I've getting back into things on the backburner and there was a project one of our I guess what you would call a cadet started.

This guy was pretty good and I would have liked to have keep him and he did it all while I was on leave but found some issues with it.

So I've been working on the issues and I've had a rough time with it because I'm pretty worn out. I know what I had to do but was struggling to do it practically in code. Even got the old paper and pen out!

I worked from home today to get out of the noise in the office and finally got there. Sweet baby jesus it felt good!

[.:4:.]

Since my car split a rad hose, then replacing that only to find the thermostat stuck shut. So a test drive got the guage just over ½ running around the block. Previously, before the rad hose went, it was stuck open. This is Australia, dont need no stinking thermostat.
But today was the first real hot day that ive needed to drive any form of distance. 40° outside. In traffic. A/c on, about a ⅓ on the guage. A/c off, just under ½. So 45 minutes in traffic to my meeting, then an hour and a half home. The trip home it had cooled off to 34 outside, then a bit of rain. So it cooled down further. I will chuck a thermostat in it later on. Its not hurt. I reckon shes certified apples.
The coolant levels (h2o only so far) havent dropped. Still clear as water. Just happy i havent seemed to hurt anything.
I also had to drop off some paperwork to my mum today. We met in the middle. So i parked on the street. Amongst a stack of suv's and sub class cars manufactures sell you. Kinda like the b200 my mum has.
And i got a compliment. Apparently my ghia looks better then the cars around it. My mum likes riding in my car once she is in. Its a fat guy car. She likes the look but not getting in it because its a bit low. She hasnt complained yet, made reference, but when she is in the thing i take it easy because it does have an exhaust and can be loud if i want it to be. But that involves stepping on it. And its not loud.

[five 7]

Finding Ernie he was missing for 30 hours, my boy and his partner moved into there new house just up from ours a couple of days ago. Ernie then decided to move out and did a runner into 100 acres of thick scrub and bush, we searched high and low but most parts were to thick to get into, last night they went out with spotlights late and found him trapped/tangled in vines in a gully right at the back. Finding him now makes there move complete, loosing him had taken the gloss off moving to there new house.

[roKWiz]

What a little bugger. Glad you found him.

[five 7]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

What a little bugger. Glad you found him.

Hey thanks, there were some long faces for a bit as he's part of the family, where he was theres a lot of deep holes and water, Frenchie's can't swim, the grass's are 4 or 5 feet tall as well plus scrub and bush, he's one foot if that so trying to find him was a nightmare, my boy heard him then shined spotty and his eye's lit up. lots of happy faces now and maybe a few ales to complete house warming...

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by five 7

Hey thanks, there were some long faces for a bit as he's part of the family, where he was theres a lot of deep holes and water, Frenchie's can't swim, the grass's are 4 or 5 feet tall as well plus scrub and bush, he's one foot if that so trying to find him was a nightmare, my boy heard him then shined spotty and his eye's lit up. lots of happy faces now and maybe a few ales to complete house warming...

Had a similar experience years back with our Sheppard, we were looking over a place to rent in the bush and we stupidly slacken off his lead.
Next thing you know he spots a Kangaroo and gave chase well into the scrub, took us 3 hours to find him, got himself disorientated out there.
We found him exhausted sitting in a tiny clearing miles from the place, so exhausted he didn't hone in on our calling.

So happy we found him, never did it again.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by five 7

Finding Ernie he was missing for 30 hours, my boy and his partner moved into there new house just up from ours a couple of days ago. Ernie then decided to move out and did a runner into 100 acres of thick scrub and bush, we searched high and low but most parts were to thick to get into, last night they went out with spotlights late and found him trapped/tangled in vines in a gully right at the back. Finding him now makes there move complete, loosing him had taken the gloss off moving to there new house.
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I went through something similar earlier this year so I know that roller coaster of emotion of a lost pet brings. So glad you found him.

[Citroënbender]

Put my neck out yesterday replacing the handbrake cable in Povo Ute. A day of migraines and sinus pain resulted.

About 8:30 tonight, after lots of stretching and trying to relax, it finally crunched back towards where it needs to be. Relief comes in seconds after this happens.

[roKWiz]

Great longer mountain bike ride, then bakery this morning before the 38deg heat and forecast thunderstorms arrive.

[danzvtil]

Changed the trans fluid on the pulsar today, learnt by watching vids on YouTube, I even wore the gloves like chrisfix ;)
Went to the maccas drive thru tonight, the first time since lockdown, it seems the rest of ADL had the same idea, it took 37mins!

[danzvtil]

Changed the trans fluid on the pulsar today, learnt by watching vids on YouTube, I even wore the gloves like chrisfix ;)
Went to the maccas drive thru tonight, the first time since lockdown, it seems the rest of ADL had the same idea, it took 37mins!

[Tassie f100]

Have a friend who had a beagle,let him off the lead for a walk,next thing he picks up a scent of something and off.Found him about 10 km away.

[.:4:.]

I was a bit sceptical. Went round to my brothers for lunch. His smoker has only been used once to great effect. I wasnt sure if we would have the same luck round 2. Anyrate, turns out we bettered the 1st attempt that was a success. Smoked all the standard meats found on a farm. And corn. Didnt know smoked corn was a thing. But it works. Its a barrel grill smoker, so sorta half cooks half smokes, so only takes an hour or 2, not 14 like an offset smoker. But still, it has an exhaust stack. But the experimental smoked jalapeno poppers were really good. It was deffinately an experiment as to how to keep the stuffing in, but nothing some lateral thinking cant resolve. Being smoked for 30 minutes, they tasted almost like pizza.

[Citroënbender]

If you’re in greater Sydney right now, how good is this cool change with just a scent of rain to the breeze?

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

If you’re in greater Sydney right now, how good is this cool change with just a scent of rain to the breeze?

Yeah man, after a few trips in me car with black leather seats on a towards 40° day, and the subsequent back sweat and **** sweat. The cool change is more then welcome.

[Moo Man]

I'm not usually a betting man but back in 2012 I opened a Sportsbet account to bet on a win for Button in the Melbourne F1. Haven't used it since but every 6 months or so they send a series of text which I usually ignore.

Finally read one which said I have a free $50 bonus bet expiring at midnight. Long story short, $150.00 heading to my bank account after Race 2 at the Mildura Trots last night. Thank you very much Mr Sportsbet!

Everything really


Have a great weekend guys and ghouls...

Hmmm Double post better add something ?

[DFB FGXR6]

The morning walk with my dog.

So nice and cool, before the 39 degree heat arrived, and my best friend by my side. He is so happy and so trusting of me, that makes me feel good.

[MITCHAY]

I put my leave in from 25/12 to 27/1. Hopefully smoke free this time because that sucked ****

[.:4:.]

So its been a few days of smoking meats and helping my brother with garden work etc. So far its been a success, only 1 minor fail, well, not really too hard of a fail, anyhow. Today. Round 2 of jalapeno poppers. Left some of the seeds in. I dont do heat very well. But round 2 was brilliant. This time we did more then a test round. And yeah there was more heat. But the ratios were just where its at. Its not a time efficient way to cook. But, if you have the time, you can make things good.
The cheapest smoker in the history of the universe works. Maybe not as good as a decent one, but thats not the point. Smoked an onion today. 100% did not know that it made onions not suck. Turns out it makes onions not suck.

[Citroënbender]

I reckon you could make smoked mixed skewers from what you describe. Haloumi, capsicum, onion, seafood/tofu/meat. Even if they needed finishing off by barbecue or in the oven, it could be great.