Author Topic: What have you done today (Read 116424 times)

Asmith61 · « **Reply #780 on:** February 03, 2025, 17:31:49 »

Yes great job 👍
From the first few pictures it looked more like a barn find.

The Doctor 46 · « **Reply #781 on:** February 03, 2025, 19:48:52 »

Looks like it's been dragged out of the ocean! I couldn't have imagined that it would clean up so well. Propper job.

TLPower · « **Reply #782 on:** February 04, 2025, 08:33:32 »

top job Mr Rixington.

Rusty Nuts · « **Reply #783 on:** February 04, 2025, 08:36:34 »

Good save. Proper crusty, that was.

Brockett · « **Reply #784 on:** February 04, 2025, 16:52:43 »

That is bloody scary and maybe shows what happens when the bike is not rinsed after a salty ride.

Barbel Mick · « **Reply #785 on:** February 12, 2025, 14:13:07 »

Yesterday but time ran out to post ...

Yesterday all started well, a lazy morning then an hour walking the daughters dog. After dinner (lunch for you posh sorts) we went to see my mum. It was her 101st birthday! Unfortunately she is confined to bed now & didn't want her photo taken like that, so I've posted one of her at her 100th last year.
Later on we went to pick one of the grandkids up to take him to a sports shop to try some running shoes on. I promised him some before I knew how much they were!

On the way back home, in rush hour, we were moving slowly in traffic, I put my indicator on to take a left turn, a chap travelling in the opposite direction & waiting to turn right, saw the opportunity to get across in front of me. No problem with that, but he didn't see the chap crossing the road. He took him out, hitting him with his offside wing.
Obviously Deb & myself stopped to assist. The chap wasn't too badly hurt, possible broken ankle & other bruising, but we think he was lucky.
An ambulance & police were called. The police arrived in 20 minutes, the ambulance took an hour!
Later that night we got a call from Care Link (monitoring alarm for the elderly) to say Deb's mum (also 101 years old) had made a call. We got there about 22.00 to find her on the floor & covered in blood. She'd fallen & ripped the skin from a wrist & and elbow.
Again, the ambulance was called, this time we were told, because it wasn't a 'life threatening' situation, it could be anything from 2 to 6 hours before one arrived. I left Deb there around 23.30, Deb got home at 05.30!
At present, Deb is with her mum who is still in A&E, over 8 hours after being taken there.

nigel s · « **Reply #786 on:** February 12, 2025, 17:08:00 »

I hope all turns out well for you and yours Mick. The NHS is wonderful but having problems at the moment , a shame.

Asmith61 · « **Reply #787 on:** February 12, 2025, 17:55:55 »

Yes Mick as nigel s said ….all the best to you and yours. Having both mums 101 years young is amazing fingers crossed for them both 🙏🏻

Brockett · « **Reply #788 on:** February 12, 2025, 19:28:21 »

Yes Mick, 101 not out is a great achievement. My mum was a few months short of 102 when she passed in September. Best regards to all.

UK_Vstrom650 · « **Reply #789 on:** February 12, 2025, 21:09:19 »

Happy Birthday to your mum Mick, and hope Deb's mum is on the mend and home by now.
Fingers crossed for the pedestrian too. Expect a call from a solicitor to act as witness for them.

nigel s · « **Reply #790 on:** February 19, 2025, 06:02:16 »

Yesterday but,
Got a call from one of our subby electricians , who is crew , asking if I knew anyone that could have a look at our local independent ( not RNLI ) at Sea Palling, lifeboat that had hit something.
Not worked on an in service lifeboat before so said yes I will have a look.
Very interesting to have a poke around the station, if a pain to access, the boat was still on the trailer and had to crawl under to find the hole, not too bad, repaired it to spec so it could be recertified for use , all good .
Don't get that everyday

nigel s · « **Reply #791 on:** March 01, 2025, 15:03:55 »

No riding today, been " upcycling "... whatever the Feck that is supposed to mean

...some engine beds for my Mothers garden to make planters.
The new boat engines are delivered on pallets with large timber mounts and if you are REAL determined and get big time angry with the one time , air gun shot in ridged nails can rescue some decent timber.
I beat the living feck out of maybe ten of them and rescued enough to make four planters.
Honestly.........it is easier just to buy the wood ...........but they were there so.................

Ho Hum

Sir Trev · « **Reply #792 on:** March 02, 2025, 12:11:50 »

Next door are away on two week's hols and pinged us to say their mail order bedding plants were apparently out for delivery (a month earlier than promised) and could we bring them in. They arrived on Thursday and I unpacked them. I've never seen such small plugs, about 1x1 cm, and by yesterday they were growing into each other so badly I went our for some more suitable plug trays and potted them all on. All 240 of them... As its so stupidly early for non-hardy plants like these I cannot leave them in my unheated greenhouse, so all six seed trays have pretty much taken over the whole of the kitchen and utility room windowsills. Next door are back in another week so we're stuck with them until then.

At least it was nice and warm in the sunshine as I got stuck into the job in the greenhouse yesterday afternoon. By 5pm though the temperature was dropping like a stone!

Addzz · « **Reply #793 on:** March 03, 2025, 20:08:21 »

Got home this morning after spending the weekend at Center Parcs with the mrs, 2 daughters, step son and 3 granddaughters. Was back at work this afternoon for a rest

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Had an emergency call out to a boiler break down, only to find they had run out of oil

2112 · « **Reply #794 on:** March 05, 2025, 13:37:53 »

Today, I received my first pension payment ! I rather foolishly forgot to set it up before we went to New Zealand for a month, so the bank account has been starting to drain a bit. The Mrs has hers underway so all is peachy at the moment

2112 · « **Reply #795 on:** March 07, 2025, 12:45:31 »

Today, after a bit of a tidy up in the garage, I moved the 'granny charger' to suit the EV9's rear charge port. Very happy with the neat installation and it works spot on. Unfortunately, my Makita 18v battery drill of 15 years died during the process. A whiff of burning and that was it, no more

nigel s · « **Reply #796 on:** March 07, 2025, 17:35:52 »

That install almost looks like you used to do something similar for a living at one time

Ho Hum

Sir Trev · « **Reply #797 on:** March 07, 2025, 17:39:44 »

That is way too tidy. Stop setting the bar so high - the rest of us have no chance of getting even close!

2112 · « **Reply #798 on:** March 08, 2025, 11:23:31 »

Sorry

2112 · « **Reply #799 on:** March 08, 2025, 17:09:39 »

As the DVLA have been really quick getting our log book back to us (under a week), it was time to fit our personalised numberplates to the EV9. It's so easy to do online and you transfer the plate instantly. I was inspired by the Kia UK EV9 press car with the plate EV09 WOW and found a suitable plate with EV09 and our surname (with the vowels removed). Remarkably inexpensive too, which is nice. No issues with the insurance company who changed the details over free of charge, result!