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Just life in general


I am blessed.


Have a Great week guy's and ghoul's.. Daz

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:notworthy:notworthy:notworthy:notworthy:notworthy

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We had this person in our team who has been underperforming by a lot for years but they are finally gone after jumping before being pushed.

Its good that BS is in the rear view because it has been a long process and has been a massive resource drain.

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Were they from a certain part of the world whose diaspora have overrun LinkedIn with inflated CV?

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Nah from here but very delusional about his capabilities. I have never worked with a bigger pain in the **** and believe was only in our team because they shifted the problem from another area.

I understand you shouldn't be able to just give someone the **** for no reason but these HR processes really take the ****.

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Trying to distract/cheer up my father a bit from an evening melancholy spell. Put on a Doctor Feelgood CD and theatrically mimed the guitar playing on a sofa cushion; leaping around, facial expressions and all.

Then he got a bit more animated and was talking about those wooden rattles people used to take to concerts and outdoor events. I don’t have one, so grabbed the noisiest 1/2” ratchet and short extension and said “Like this?” - he told me it wasn’t quite right but was OK.

Boredom set in quickly, so I diverted to pretend tightening of his joints with the ratchet. Ankles, knees, elbows - then mimed tightening a bolt in his neck like Frankenstein’s monster. That was fully understood and he had a good chuckle. With his extremely poor hearing and variable comprehension, I use a lot of physical comedy to entertain and distract.

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Don't you love it when a small job actually works out like you were expecting it to?

A few weeks back I had screen doors fitted to the new house (not sure how people can stand not having fresh air in the house :conf). Install all went well, but the young guy doing the measurement and quote noted that the laundry door would impact on the batten holder outside the door. To overcome this temporarily, I just removed the globe. During the week I purchased a 240v downlight and a surface mount socket outlet.

Today, I removed the old batten holder, cut a larger hole in the eave, terminated the supply cable into the socket, and installed the downlight. All done within an hour and no access into the roof required.

Now, I'm not an electrician and I don't condone a non-licensed electrician doing their own work. I know that it is illegal. I did, however, complete my first year of an electrical mechanic apprenticeship, am a degree qualified electrical engineer (you licensed electricians shouldn't hold that against me :lol) and have completed (although not tested) my pre-electrical inspectors course, so have self-assessed myself as competent to do this small job. Again, I don't condone the action though.

But, I was pleased that it stayed a small job. I hate it when you start what you think will be a small job, only to find that it takes you significantly longer than planned :doh

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Reading this CB, your a good man.

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Yes i am an electician, but things like that i see no harm in doing if things are made safe and a bit of know how. The small stuff electicians sting you in labour costs. What i installed for my porch light and in my laundry was clipsal 753r pir's. So 360 degree motion detectors. Theyre good because they have daylight settings. So set right they only detect when its dark. You can also set time and range. So time is how long it stays on from the last motion it senses, and range, thats pretty self explanatory. I still have the light switches as overide off switches. And during the times when its too bright to activate the sensors by motion (that setting can be adjusted) you turn the switch of then on and regardless, the sensor will activate untill its last motion is detected. The door to my laundry is external to my house, so its pretty convenient at night with a washing basket to walk in and have the light turn on, same as coming home at night and the front light turns on to save further fumbling around for keys.

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After a few years of little interest in the bike have of late been out on it on a regular basis and loving it,today her indoors came with me which was great until it hosed down:lol still enjoyed it,we used to do some big trips on the thing years back.No pic from today but this from the other day,old thing still puts a smile on me dial.
https://i.imgur.com/FtOSF1Qh.jpg

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Correct me if im wrong, but v twin yeah?

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It is mate yep,old but still fun.Owned it for 20 years:lol Chucked a fair bit of coin at it years back ie rims/GSXR front end blah blah so just decided to hang on to it.20 years later it at least feels like ive had my moneys worth out of it.:lol

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Man, TL's are cool bikes. Low end torque. And being Japanese, they do things like corners and have things called brakes. Mind you, it did have monster kays, but my brother had (still has) a vtr1000 except its timing chain decided it was off the team. He liked that bike as a daily. His current daily is a z1000. So its a bit different. My cousin had a v rod. He sold it. He now has a zx9r which he doesnt ride, and a 883 sportster which he doesnt like, complains about but still rides. His claim is, doesnt stop, doesnt go, doesnt turn, yet still rides it because harley.

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Been enjoying the hotter months off playing with the trucks.
Louie's coming along nicely, paint on the cab, new steps, polishing tanks, speedo and tacho install, new cab lights but do you think I can find some air horn pedestals....nope. Doing some interior stuff on the Kdub as well.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...dc03f68844.jpg

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...70817f12fc.jpg

Nice bike BTW 98TLS

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Cooler than forecast today, started on the treadmill of washing cars. 40% through the first one - turret, wheels and one side complete. AU next! If I can pick through the fleet in coming weeks, I’ll be quite happy indeed. :)

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Yesterday i went for arvo tea with my kid and brother.
Now for background, my brother went grey when he was 26, i had my kid when i was 22 so my brother was 28, so my kid has never seen my brother without grey hair. So my kid and I were teasing him because he has a sculptured beard calling him the ice king. Thats a reference to the kids show adventure time. My brother didnt get it initially thinking it was more towards his prior substance abuse. So i showed him what we were actually teasing him about, that calmed his farm. My kid doesnt know what drugs are, and i very much would like to keep it that way.
Then i made a trailer plug tester. It tests the cars trailer socket, ruling out 50% of trailer light issues. IE, says the cars wiring works, and if thats fine, its the trailers issue.
It was actually the child of a bum purchase i made. I bought what i thought was a flat 7 pin socket tester asuming it a plug to test the socket. But it was a socket with led tester built in. So when life gives you lemons, you chuck the lemons over the fence, grab a beer and take 90 seconds to work things out. So no chance i was going to change my trailer socket on my car, its got the parking sensor disconnect thing. But i did have trailer cable and a spare trailer plug. It works as a tester. It tells me everything from the car end works. It also, and ive been off the tools for a while, looks like something a person would actually purchase. It was good to break out my mate stanley, phillip and my pliers.

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It can take a lot longer washing utes and tray backs simply because of all the extra chassis on display under the nice clean bodywork.

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I try to keep a slightly less obsessive view on detailing these days. Otherwise I’d get nothing else done. It’s in the same priority level as house maintenance, lawn and gardens.

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Yep, me to. Thinking a male Brush Turkey smuggled down from NSW could take care of all the leaf raking I do here in Summer.

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WOW i just typed out a newspaper sized post, hit send and the whole lot disappeared ???!!!

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I have all bar the rims and tyres to do the rolling stock on my boat trailer. So everything brake related. So untill i get wheels, im not going to do the brakes on the other side. So the side i did today, i do like the re designed alko calipers. Had to swap out the sliders from the old style calipers as they are shorter to fit my brackets. But, that being done, they went on fine with new hardware.

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Five hours of uninterrupted sleep last night! :dance

If it were six, I’d be suspicious I’d actually died.

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Yep, will be able to deadwood it soon. :)

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Too true, I wake up 6 - 10 times a night. If I have had too much to drink maybe different but more often than not, lots of times. On some occasions I have a bit of a tab to sleep but try to avoid that

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Ah that’s awesome. It’s always a weird feeling when I go to bed at my normal time and wake up with light coming in around the blinds.
I usually wake up between 2am-4am almost every night. Sometimes even twice a night.


Damn that’s horrible. You wouldn’t even be getting your 90 minute sleep cycle in

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I received the final bits for my trailer today. So i cracked on and did the work. Im pretty happy with my efforts. So new brakes, associated brake related crap like brake cable and adjuster, new wheels and tyres. Theres going to be some future adjustments due to cable stretching and stuff. Mechanical trailer brakes do not self adjust due to pad wear like hydraulic systems in cars.
I inflated the tyres to what the trailer plate prescribes, cross referenced that to what the tyres say. So for LT's, thats close to a billion psi. But, my tyre inflator, i bought it for 1 job thinking its not going to see much if any use. Its seen heaps of use. Hence why i went makita. I have other 18v stuff, so batteries get used elswhere on other power tools. So, trailers done. I did go a tad bit over the top. Ive done brake cables before, this time i did 2 cable clamps per side. But more is, well, more.

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Hope everything works properly for you.I have reservations about non mechanics doing potential life endangering jobs like brakes and steering etc,bit like me not supposed to do simple electrical or plumbing work because I am apparently not smart enough to do these simple jobs.

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Ive had this trailer for 18 years, done bits and bobs to it in that time. It didnt spit a pad per say, the backing plate was still there, it was the pad material that decided to part company. Hence repairs /replacement bits.
The rusted out hardware i did replace with stainless. The brake cable and adjuster i could have probably got away with out replacing, but i replaced them anyways. The wheels, they were questionable. Tyres were shot. Delaminated shot. So a fresh set of everything, so far its apples.

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Haircut and beard trim. Woohoo!

They come runnin’
Just as fast as they can :lol

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You didn't say anything about being sharp dressed. Just that you were well groomed :lol

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My fashion sense is legendary.

For its absence!

:evill

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Having another Audi towed from my parking space so my Falcon can go in it

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Bought my brother a ute today. Nothing fancy, but he didnt want anything fancy, he's going to use it as a ute should be used. So its a series 2 au xl. In the add, the paint was less then average, dings on the tub etc. But that didnt matter, saves my brother doing it anyways. So he called the seller who was straight up honest about how the photos hide things and the recent work done to it for rego, saves his time and ours as the car was in Canberra. So we drove down at stupid am this morning to sus the car out. Yeah, the body isnt the best, but motors dry, its a 5 speed manual which isnt crunchy, good clutch, 207k on the dial which isnt bad for an au thats been used as a work car. It runs and drives really well, no odd noises, clunks or anything and its registered. But the thing that really stands out is the interior. As basic as it is, the seats are immaculate, no wear on the cloth and the bases arent collapsed. I had the cash on me, and cash is king, so the price went down. The smile on my brothers face when he did the wheeler dealers 'hold out your hand' hand shake was priceless.

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Watching Team New Zealand come from behind and absolutely smash Luna Rosa in race 7 Americas Cup today. Race 8 to come.

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LOL pretty much as i felt until a couple of minutes ago:doh:lol

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Haha what do you say now, :notworthy wow what a nail biter to come from 2000m down, thought we were all done then that happened. Cheers.

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:lol No words really mate,credit to the Mrs she stayed watching the tv when i walked away in a sulk and came on here:lol

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I spoke to my brother today. He has had his new ute for a bit over 24 hours, i did the test drive, but he drove it home from Canberra to Sydney. And he is genuinely surprused that a 20 year old ute has no rattles, squeaks or creaks. His general consensus is the exterior is better then it looked at 6am when it was 3°c outside. And (i noticed this) but for the price, kays and how it ran, my brother was surprised. The interior hadnt even been cleaned. Under the floor mats the vynal floor is dirty, but the dash and seats etc are mint. Vynal floors, nothing a bit of spray and wipe wont fix. But on the trip home, he had no overheating or anything untoward. And being a manual au, the seller had a bit of interest from young blokes who had to sort out finance, but i didnt have to. The only 1 minor issue is the passengers door lock, but thats extremely minor for whats a well running, quiet, non leaking au ute. Hopefully it stays a good honest car. And with covid tax, it cost almost half what some ask for cars with 2 or 3 times the kays.

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Beers/Bluff oysters and another win to the Kiwi boat.
https://i.imgur.com/DjqsAXCh.jpg

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Had to have a bit of a laugh at this one. So the au i bought my brother, the seller said the radio turns on but doesnt work. That wasnt a deal breaker. Its a kenwood head unit. My brother called me today saying he fixed it. I asked how? Turns out you need to set radio stations to listen to the radio.

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I think you’d find putting a recipro through a scrap tyre almost so satisfying as I did today. It “fights” you a bit, as the wires catch on the blade, the rubber vibrates heavily and it pushes away from the saw. I used a carbide tipped “thick metal” nine inch blade that was bought for chopping CI pipe. So when you finally have two half-tyres it feels like a hard-won fish. :lol

Other “feel good” moment was rediscovering the lost key to a parts car; don’t need it yet but a lot simpler than trying to power up the door locks from the front jambs.

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Not this...


https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...cc&oe=60763A6D

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But this did :D


https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...6b&oe=60762888

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What happened to your head????

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Melanoma... :afro

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A plain bagel, toasted and buttered. Perfect back-to-basics snack on a cold, rainy day.

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I got a temporary pay rise today backdated to the 1st until at least the end of April in recognition of all the extra **** I'm doing in and have on my plate.

Always good to have a boss that goes into bat for you and also good when a stroke of luck means you have the higher ups that get it.

Though I suspect they are buttering me up for a role I certainly don't want, I will enjoy the extra pesos in the meantime and cross that bridge when I get to it :lol

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For the first in the 17 years in the workforce, i actually got a tax return. Previously it was tax bills. Ranging from 700 up. So a minor return, that's a win for me.

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Hitting the gym after 3 weeks (recovering from an illness).
Buggered now even though I went easy.

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Can see out of my Right eye again :)