What made you feel good today?

[ford71V8]

ha Love it

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Originally Posted by ford71V8

ha Love it

Well, under my advice i said stealth mode it, and nick the spare from the spare van work had. So this bloke did that, but must have limp wristed the carrier bolt. He lost it driving. Pulled up because the spare tyre carrier was dragging. Spare tyre gone, bolt gone. So cable ties were the go for the spare tyre carrier. The spare probably rolled down the street and killed a bus load of orphaned children.

[Citroënbender]

First blossom on the Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus spp) I planted earlier in the year.
Collecting them from the nursery was not long before the recent lockdown and possibly my father’s last outing - went to the nursery café, as one does.

Christmas bush are in early bloom too, the fragrance is rich and sweet - bees are warning me off with “accidental” collisions into my head. I do think we underestimate them; not so smart as spiders, but not stupid.

[slowsnake]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

First blossom on the Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus spp) I planted earlier in the year.
Collecting them from the nursery was not long before the recent lockdown and possibly my father’s last outing - went to the nursery café, as one does.

Christmas bush are in early bloom too, the fragrance is rich and sweet - bees are warning me off with “accidental” collisions into my head. I do think we underestimate them; not so smart as spiders, but not stupid.

Have you made then thief proof?
Guard tower, electric fence and barbed wire plus camera?.

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So i was speaking to my brother today. Many moons ago he bought a running 1980 yamaha rd250lc. Factory 6 speed and it had upgraded twin front rotors of an rd350lc. He got it for $800. At the time he would help out at his mates dads mates performance shop. So anyhow, he got given a small corner to work on his own crap. So the 250cc factory claimed output was 25hp. Bored and stroked to 358cc in the end, it on the engine dyno outputted 63hp.
The bike itself never got put back together. Too many hard to get bushings, widgets and crap that disintergrate over time to try source.
So earlier this year my brother gifted the bike and all its bits to a mate of his who is a semi retired dentist, used to be an avid motorcyclist, gave that up due to a motorcycle death in the family but wanted a project. So, 'complete' bike in bits knowing the niggly small bits needed sourcing. So my brothers mate also put that in the too hard basket. This bloke had an offer of 1k for a 74 kawasaki 400 that was a runner but needed a tidy up. He sold the rd for $1650, but split the difference with my brother as he gifted the rd. My brother is not the kind of person who ever wins in life, but thats a win.

[jaydee]

Man those RD's went like stink, when that power band kicked on, hang on baby.

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Originally Posted by jaydee

Man those RD's went like stink, when that power band kicked on, hang on baby.

My brother has a stack of old bike magazines, or bike magazines about old bikes with articles about the smaller rd's either competing on the track, or bettering the likes of things like the kawasaki 750 in the early 80s. Theyre nothing like the modern bikes of today. My brother has a mix, so a 97 zx7r, quad carb towards the end of the carby days so still pretty quick. An 03 honda vtr 1000. That thing did lunch the motor, timing chain said no. So a v twin, twin carbs still, i did buy a replacement motor for that. But in the wet my brother dailies an au. In the dry its a 2011 kawazaki z1000. Efi, fuel guage, abs brakes and bloody quick.

[slowsnake]

My mate and neighbour Brooke had a really bad wry neck yesterday, so I offered my soft neck brace, but too big, she was in lot of pain and no anti-inflammitories, so I go to all night chemist to get some, when I got back asked if I would massage some Goanna rub in her neck and shoulders, helped a lot.

This morning she was still in big pain, and she's a cranky thing, so thought stuff it, I will go buy a neckbrace from a bigger chemist warehouse, got back and put it on her neck, this is 9am, she was still whining like a baby, went back about 3pm, after my siesta which is a daily ritual, and couldn't believe how much better she was, but she's got tingling in her fingers, definitely a damaged or swollen tendon or muscle pinching a nerve, if not settled by morning I will drag her screaming and shouting to my GP.

I just left her unit, just 3 units up from mine, said be back at 8pm before bed and massage more Goanna Rub on her neck and shoulders, told her it was condusive to a good night's sleep, plus neck brace!

Can't wait and am counting the time down, one and a half hours to go, geez I'm a good bloke eh, lol,......

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Got the new electronic speed controller for my rc car today. So that bit is the same as the stock one i blew up so no difference there, but i gave the thing a quick test rip with all the new suspension bits on it. So without fully exploring it yet there is a noticeable difference in handling. Most noticable is the stiffer springs on a launch. Still wheelies but the nose stays down longer so its moving before it lifts the wheels meaning slightly less traction issues and a faster launch.

[slowsnake]

Haha, front page of the West Australian newspaper, showing schoolies snorting coke, having sex and generally playing up, inside Alston had a cartoon ready to go!.....

[98TLS]

Taking some time out to have a look at some pics from old mans memorial service,he started a spraying business with an old Land Rover and two or three blokes working for him and it just got bigger.Saw some great parts of NZ.

[pottery beige]

Some brilliant pics there and them old tojos loaded right up

[98TLS]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

Some brilliant pics there and them old tojos loaded right up

They certainly earned there keep,old man swore by them.

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So being a reasonable hour of the day i gave my rc car a proper rip with the new suspension. I did have to adjust the shocks because the whole suspension geometry has changed with wider arms and stiffer springs. But thats easy. So common sense says wider track = better cornering. So i was expecting that to a degree. But i was really impressed at how much harder i can throw the thing into corners and it not end up upside down. So the old 100% that was the line of ending up with the thing upside down, well that limit is atleast 150% with the 40mm extra track. And its way easier to keep all 4s on the ground and actually take advantage of 4wd. Thats due to the open diffs and the electric motor brakes the driveline

[jaydee]

Great old pic 98TLS, boy those fourbies were sure thirsty after a long days work.

[jaydee]

Doing an oil change ready for a road trip to my cousins farm to round up 1,000 lambs for sheep truck and some fencing. Cleaning the .223, look out foxes and cats (sorry about that CB & slowsnake).

[slowsnake]

Originally Posted by jaydee

Doing an oil change ready for a road trip to my cousins farm to round up 1,000 lambs for sheep truck and some fencing. Cleaning the .223, look out foxes and cats (sorry about that CB & slowsnake).

I have n o problem with shooting feral cats or dogs or dog/dingo cross pigs, popped a few cats myself and wild dogs around Sandstone WA, more west though, got followed one day by 4 or 5 dogs, and only had my detector and machete, made it back to 4x4 just in time, as soon as I got home bought the .410 and Marlin .22 Magnum, I hate feral anything, especially during lambing!.....

[Citroënbender]

Schadenfreude… I shouldn’t, but am enjoying watch Faceache squirm and try to re-brand itself after exposure of its culpability in several domains.

[Stephenlk]

NOT the weather in Victoria today!

[FTE217]

Great pics and storey 98TLS......
Seeing the great ol Land Rovers gives me a chance to fill youse in re them.
My old man worked for a large Aftermarket company owned by English firm QH/Quinton Hazel who set up over here for Aftermarket Distribution.
His English boss who re located here in Sydney was Arthur Goddard.
Engineer genius behind the Land Rover.
As the years went by the ol man left QH started his own little Aftermarket biz and Arthur in time left QH re located to Briz.
He also started up his own company building caravan/off road trailer chassis for he just couldn't just retire and do nothing.
In time the old mans company started supplying shock absorbers for the chassis.
I've ended up running the ol mans company as he retired and Arthurs son kept their business going.
To this day still great relationship BUT AG has been chased by Land Rover many times for UK Land Rover re unions and honours and there is even a book about him.
https://www.whichcar.com.au/explore/...the-land-rover
Great history here I tell you and a very smart man and still with us at just over 100yrs young !

[Citroënbender]

I had no idea he (Goddard) was still alive! Maybe a notch below Issigonis, but still a real pioneer/innovator. Great you have historical association with him.

[Peter B - CV8]

Just spend a couple of hours working on the wife's car (Mazda 6) & doing a coolant change + top engine mount replacement. Went very well & quite easy. Thankyou Mazda for a well designed car that does cripple you when working on it.

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So again with the rc car stuff. Yes i know its like tits or toy trains, designed for kids but grown men have more fun with them. So satisfied with the suspension setup, back to old habits. So run it at eleven tenths, if its not broken, your not doing it right. So, backflips. Hit a jump do a backflip and roll away in the same direction of travel, not hard on the driveline. Doing a backflip off a vertical wall and landing static, very hard on the driveline. Did that a number of times today. Ive snapped many axles doing that. So from 2 or 3 feet, launch, wheelie hit the wall with the front tyres, rears follow and backflip.
So my wallet was in my back pocket screaming **** yeah. Im a bit dissapointed in myself. I tried my hardest to have fun with complete disregard towards my own equipment, and i didnt break anything.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

So again with the rc car stuff. Yes i know its like tits or toy trains, designed for kids but grown men have more fun with them. So satisfied with the suspension setup, back to old habits. So run it at eleven tenths, if its not broken, your not doing it right. So, backflips. Hit a jump do a backflip and roll away in the same direction of travel, not hard on the driveline. Doing a backflip off a vertical wall and landing static, very hard on the driveline. Did that a number of times today. Ive snapped many axles doing that. So from 2 or 3 feet, launch, wheelie hit the wall with the front tyres, rears follow and backflip.
So my wallet was in my back pocket screaming **** yeah. Im a bit dissapointed in myself. I tried my hardest to have fun with complete disregard towards my own equipment, and i didnt break anything.

I'm the same as I have been building scale models (not the motorised versions) for well over 50 years and totaly enjoy it.
Nothing wrong being the big kid, cheers.

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Originally Posted by Itsme

I'm the same as I have been building scale models (not the motorised versions) for well over 50 years and totaly enjoy it.
Nothing wrong being the big kid, cheers.

Tell me you're not a model railway nut? Those guys are extreme. One bloke i worked with was absolutely balls deep into model railway. He showed me photos of the setup he had in his no longer garage, train room. So full digital setup so different speed zones, it detected distance between trains, full feux signals and level crossings. He built the majority of the landscape himself over many years. But what blew my mind was he showed me a photo of his build table. One of those lighted giant magnifying glasses, helping hands, tweezers and all other stuff for building really small accurate stuff. This bloke showed me a photo of a box carriage he built and sold at a train fair for $1200. From my eyes the top looked manufactured. Like a well placed sticker over a plastic shell. But no, weeks of an hour or 2 after work and saturdays painstakingly gluing toothpick thin bits of balsa wood together to create the authentic scale. Both sliding doors worked. So the rolling stock was manufactured, but the details were also soldered on down there, really delicate stuff.
So $1200 is a lot for a carriage for a model train. But he would have made a lot more money using the time spent doing overtime at work.

[slowsnake]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

Tell me you're not a model railway nut? Those guys are extreme. One bloke i worked with was absolutely balls deep into model railway. He showed me photos of the setup he had in his no longer garage, train room. So full digital setup so different speed zones, it detected distance between trains, full feux signals and level crossings. He built the majority of the landscape himself over many years. But what blew my mind was he showed me a photo of his build table. One of those lighted giant magnifying glasses, helping hands, tweezers and all other stuff for building really small accurate stuff. This bloke showed me a photo of a box carriage he built and sold at a train fair for $1200. From my eyes the top looked manufactured. Like a well placed sticker over a plastic shell. But no, weeks of an hour or 2 after work and saturdays painstakingly gluing toothpick thin bits of balsa wood together to create the authentic scale. Both sliding doors worked. So the rolling stock was manufactured, but the details were also soldered on down there, really delicate stuff.
So $1200 is a lot for a carriage for a model train. But he would have made a lot more money using the time spent doing overtime at work.

He probably makes model trains at his day job!......

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Originally Posted by slowsnake

He probably makes model trains at his day job!......

Nah, if he spent 10% of the effort towards his hobby at his day job he would probably keep jobs. He was a funny old bloke but. A bit of an oversharer though. I had an aircon block pull me up one day and he asked 'whats up with the old bloke, you say howyagoing in passing and he stops and actually tells you how he is going'. Although i think the best one was one day my manager tells me he had called in sick. Thats all i need to know. Next morning the bloke says 'you know when you need to fart'. My answer was yes but not knowing where that was going... then he says 'driving in i thought i had to fart and ****ing **** myself'.

[Itsme]

Now I'm in a better frame of mind knowing I can go visit my children and granchildren as the Melbourne lockdown has offically ended.

[slowsnake]

Not getting 23 text messages from my mate Brooke in 30 minutes as I did yesterday morning, drives me up the wall as I am answering one txt, she has typed 2 more, but I got her in to see my GP, got her over to the MRI place to get looked at, usually 3 to 4 day wait, and got her in today at 1:30pm, she come here this morning still whining, geez it a wry neck not a broken one, but am so happy she is leaving me alone, bloody nightmare!

[Citroënbender]

Maybe you’re the uncle she never had. Good that you’re helping her.

Just had a new sunroof motor home delivered, the wrecker commutes past my area so he dropped it instead of me driving 90 minutes return. Can’t complain - needed sunroof action because the AC is weak (next week’s job).