Author Topic: What have you done today (Read 116407 times)

UK_Vstrom650 · « **Reply #700 on:** December 18, 2024, 21:04:05 »

Enjoy 2112.

2112 · « **Reply #701 on:** December 19, 2024, 16:41:07 »

Today, I sold one of the last bits from my Tiger 1200, a set of handlebar spacers. Just one fairing screen to go and it's all cleared out.

Upt North · « **Reply #702 on:** December 19, 2024, 16:48:31 »

I got proper cold doing one of those jobs that can wait until the riding season is over.
Firstly I remembered I hadn't checked the torques on the FNS of the Hyundai following the farmer hedge cutting induced tyre change!

Then onto the number plates on Er'Indoors SEAT. I'd noticed the now almost 12 year old screws were badly corroded and didn't wish to buy new plates when they fell off due to idleness/neglect. My sore arms will recover, everything was easier on old motors, or is that just me?
It's just me isn't it.

Brockett · « **Reply #703 on:** December 19, 2024, 21:06:04 »

Not just you it's a lot of us too. Although those plastic numberplate screws can strip their threads and then the nuts just twist and don't undo. I could hardly believe the trouble one caused me. I had to drill it and cut it off. A lot of modern stuff has single use fixings and don't lend themselves to easy removal.

2112 · « **Reply #704 on:** December 20, 2024, 13:29:10 »

I think I'm settling into this retirement lark quite well. I was up at the crack of 10:00, presented with a bacon butty and a cup of freshly ground coffee and allowed to take in the days news. A spot of lunch, some friends coming over and a few minor chores. I can definitely get used to this way of life...

Brockett · « **Reply #705 on:** December 20, 2024, 15:00:21 »

My pal Steven underwent a hip replacement this morning. Midday he sent me a text saying he is back in bed and feeling fine. Bloody hell! the thought of it puts me a dark place. I'll shall have spend more time thinking just how lucky I have been. Well give a day or two and I'll soon be back in the M.O.G. thread.

Barbel Mick · « **Reply #706 on:** December 20, 2024, 19:46:24 »

A tickly throat & a few sneezes last night, to wake up this morning feeling like I'd got a cold.
Deb's mum (101 yrs of age!) was supposed to be coming for dinner on Sunday, so I did a COVID test. Yep, I'm positive!

Still, there's always the bright side to it ........ "If you have a positive COVID-19 test result, try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 5 days after the day you took your test.

UK_Vstrom650 · « **Reply #707 on:** December 20, 2024, 23:37:51 »

Hope you feel better better soon Mick, and best wishes to Deb's mum!!!

Today I finished work for the Christmas holidays and took the kids to a pantomime (oh no I didn't, oh yes I did!). This year's was Beauty and the Beast in Harrogate - recommend to anyone in the area

TLPower · « **Reply #708 on:** December 21, 2024, 10:27:50 »

Tickly cough my arse Mick.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210705-how-children-are-spoofing-covid-19-tests-with-soft-drinks

Brockett · « **Reply #709 on:** December 21, 2024, 15:09:31 »

Get well soon Mick. This is no time to be unwell when there's wet glasses that need to be held

Barbel Mick · « **Reply #710 on:** December 21, 2024, 17:43:30 »

Thanks Jonathan, I'll put that in the memory microwave for a later date, might come in handy.

Barbel Mick · « **Reply #711 on:** December 21, 2024, 17:44:45 »

Cheers Dave, I'm on the Guinness & brandy chasers as I type.

Brockett · « **Reply #712 on:** December 22, 2024, 16:05:44 »

I collected my Grandson so he can stay with me for a week or so.
Now I have lost my TV and my chair next to the radiator and most of the food I bought to last until mid January.
But it will be worth it.

endintears · « **Reply #713 on:** December 22, 2024, 17:54:36 »

Take care of yourself Mick.
Didn't get round to having the flu jab a few weeks ago when my GP was messaging me with availability.
As the media started reporting the rising hospital admissions I was proper getting my head pecked to get it done.
Local chemists was doing walk in so off I go.
Offers me Covid at the same time, (both arms sore

)
reluctantly say yes.
Glad I did now...

Barbel Mick · « **Reply #714 on:** December 22, 2024, 21:58:16 »

Thanks Neil. I had the COVID & Flu in the same arm, at the same time, no point in having two hurting.

It's only when you mention you've got it to a few friends that you realise how much of it is out there ..... but nobody mentions it now.

After a bad day yesterday I woke up this morning feeling a lot better.
I think I've found the cure, a good fry up, Guinness & Brandy.

In truth, I don't think this variant is that bad? We can only hope it's getting weaker?

Ianmc · « **Reply #715 on:** December 23, 2024, 21:16:53 »

I caught this variant last year,not as bad as the first time I caught it at Christmas 2020,I was REALLY ill,it was Christmas week,and the docs.wouldn’t answer the phone,I called the NHS helpline and they were mega helpful and booked me into the local hospital who thought I might have had a dose of pneumonia and gave me a course of antibiotics,I honestly thought I wasn’t going to make it I felt so ill(this was a couple of weeks before Covid was official).I was starting to pick up as it was about 5 days after the worst day.This second dose has left me with a few not too clever after effects,loss of taste,loss of smell( mostly),it’s very strange,If I pass a lady wearing a nice perfume I can smell it,but straight after the first sniff….nothing.I can be very sleepy,I can be out on the bike,or shopping/ driving and nothing happens but as soon as I sit down and relax I want to doze off.I think the sense of smell might just be starting to come back……( fingers crossed 🤞)
I had my fu jab some weeks ago and the RSV jab 2 weeks ago,no after effects with either,not even a sore arm.

Brockett · « **Reply #716 on:** December 24, 2024, 18:37:24 »

My son has it for the fourth time and this is the worst it has been

. I've never caught it.

My mate Steven had his hip replacement last Saturday and was up walking with a frame that same afternoon.

My other mate who gave up and sold his bikes in the summer has secretly bought a Triumph Bobber

(Yeah I know it takes all sorts) As of yesterday his wife is content that he'll never buy another bike so we have nominated Steven to tell her. She wouldn't kick a man on crutches would she? Anyway, we three are looking forwards to some more motorbike fun in 2025.

2112 · « **Reply #717 on:** December 26, 2024, 16:23:04 »

Today, I've loaned my car out for 12 weeks to my mate Andrea who doesn't have a car after hers had to be scrapped following a dismal MOT failure. Her partner and my very good mate Alec is terminally ill with PSP and they need to get around to visit friends & family while they can. He also has a plethora of medical appointments across the North East in early January. They've just won an appeal to get a Motability car (after several months of fighting...) but it'll take a few weeks to turn up. He's going downhill fast and it's hard to watch him just fade away to be honest, but I know I'll regret not going to see him more if I don't. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy is a vile disease but thankfully very rare. No cure or effective treatment yet either. At least they've had a good Christmas.

Upt North · « **Reply #718 on:** December 26, 2024, 17:21:42 »

Progressive neurological condition are blummin horrible. I've seen a few and I don't like them. The last one took an old school pal at around 58 years.
Well done fella and make sure you see him as much as possible when you're able. It'll mean a lot to him and from experience it will later mean a lot to you.
My o'd mum used to say, "what you give you get back tenfold". I think she was right.
Upt.

Brockett · « **Reply #719 on:** December 26, 2024, 21:02:26 »

Re my post above. Steven has caught Covid. He hasn't seen anyone and can't go out so how did that happen? It's that bloody miasma again.