Moments of joy in your day today

[Graham Butcher]

On 01/05/2023 at 11:12, Gaz said:

Randomly coming across this YT video:

 

 

Because it features G999 PCD, a car I inherited in 2002 and owned for several years.  Lovely to see the old girl's still going 😎

 

It's made my day!

 

Gaz

 

Interesting to see that they ended their road trip at North Weald Airfield, its a place my son and I go to fairly frequently as there are rather lovely warbirds kept there and also a display team of Folland Gnats are based there and offer some decent photograph opportunities, as long as you respect their privacy and keep your distance. This photo is not one mine though, but one pulled off the internet.

Edited 25 July, 2023 by Graham Butcher

[@Lee]

On 01/05/2023 at 11:12, Gaz said:

Randomly coming across this YT video:

 

 

Because it features G999 PCD, a car I inherited in 2002 and owned for several years.  Lovely to see the old girl's still going 😎

 

It's made my day!

 

Gaz

 

[mac11irl]

3 hours ago, Gaz said:

I still can't listen to Coldplay (played at his funeral) without welling up

 

interestingly it was a Coldplay concert presale that annoyed me this morning..

2 additinal nights announced since lunch time, in Dublin. 

[Breezy_Pete]

This was an epic start to today.

 

 

Now I'm going to listen to it again.

[Gaz]

4 hours ago, Breezy_Pete said:

This was an epic start to today.

 

Now I'm going to listen to it again.

 

Wowzer!  It took me a moment to realise it was whatever I thought it was 😎 (see wot I did there 😇 - if it wasn't, then why would I say it was?).

 

Gaz

[Gerrycan]

@Graham Butcher, The mention of North Weald Airfield took me back 50 years to when I flew there with the Essex Gliding Club.

My UK family live in Essex so I'm in that part of the world on my infrequent visits and have often revisited the field, It is really exciting to see the range of historic aircraft operating from there.

The sound of a Merlin engine is quite distinctive.

[Graham Butcher]

11 minutes ago, Gerrycan said:

@Graham Butcher, The mention of North Weald Airfield took me back 50 years to when I flew there with the Essex Gliding Club.

My UK family live in Essex so I'm in that part of the world on my infrequent visits and have often revisited the field, It is really exciting to see the range of historic aircraft operating from there.

The sound of a Merlin engine is quite distinctive.

Yes it is, currently there are 3 Merlin powered aircraft hangared there, 2 Spitfires 1 of which is Russian, and a Mustang, there a few other ex RAF jets there, some flying, other in restoration and quite a lot of historic helicoptors.

[MikeTheThinker]

The news of her dying is sad but it brought this quote to me - and I found it deeply moving:

 

"Sinéad O'Connor: 'Songs for me represent conversations with my soul'"

[Mickvrs220]

Stood in the kitchen making a cottage pie and preparing some strawberries for tea while listening to chris stapleton ,and the garden has got more birds in than a man can afford to keep feeding ,but i will 👍

[AnnoyingPentium]

Holy hell. It's running now.

 

[Graham Butcher]

That didn't take long.

[AnnoyingPentium]

3 minutes ago, Graham Butcher said:

That didn't take long.

 

Had it all back together with a friend of my late father's helping out. Running well enough which will do.

[Mickvrs220]

18 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

 

Had it all back together with a friend of my late father's helping out. Running well enough which will do.

Well done ryan ,chuffed its up and running again ,keep away from wales now or buy a land rover fer next trip 😂

[J.R.]

Is that the Fabia or the Focus?

 

To quote my dear departed father "they all look the same to me son!"

[AnnoyingPentium]

1 hour ago, Mickvrs220 said:

Well done ryan ,chuffed its up and running again ,keep away from wales now or buy a land rover fer next trip 😂

 

Will take the Focus on the next trip. I don't mind what happens to it 😂

 

31 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Is that the Fabia or the Focus?

 

To quote my dear departed father "they all look the same to me son!"

 

That's my Fabia. Back on the driveway now after a run about the village and its doing very well.

 

[Liger1956]

It looks good. I assume that you have checked the tracking now that you have fitted new parts.

[skomaz]

Went out for a walk round a reservoir this afternoon with ny daughter in her wheelchair.  As we were going round i noticed that one of the wheels seemed very loose and was moving back and forth on the axle.  The wheels are quick release and haven't been off for a few weeks so i thought something was broken.  Got back home and eventually figured out it was a missing nylon spacer on the axle that was causing the excess play but thought it was gone forever from the east time we disassembled the chair in a car park somewhere.

 

Anyhow have just emptied the boot and found it in the polystyrene spare wheel tray...   I'm well pleased!!

Edited 30 July, 2023 by skomaz

[AnnoyingPentium]

6 hours ago, Liger1956 said:

It looks good. I assume that you have checked the tracking now that you have fitted new parts.

 

It's still got a bit of toe out... but it's as it was before. The console bushes need done, although the priority is getting the tie rod and see if it'll be able to be aligned although the bushes may stop it in its tracks...

 

We'll see.

[SteveTheElder]

Finally it has dried up enough to step outside into the garden and do a spot of online catching up - along with a nice glass of [not] gin & tonic 👍

 

I say [not] gin 'cos it's Pentire Adrift non-alcoholic spirit with ice, tonic and a spring of rosemary. Refreshing and delicious! (and no, I am not in any way connected with the company).

 

[Liger1956]

The wired landline wall mounted telephone in our hall has decided to give up after many years service (it had a Mercury button, remember them?). Despite having 2 cordless phones and the landline telephone system changing to VOIP by Dec 2025, we wanted to replace it. I bought the cheapest one from Argos and set about replacing the faulty one.

 

First win was that the wall behind the existing phone was painted the same colour as the rest of the wall.

Second win was that although the two existing mounting screws were in the wrong place for the new phone there were some other holes and rawlplugs, from a previous phone, that were spaced perfectly to fit the new telephone. The changeover only took about 5 minutes 🙂

[J.R.]

Finally dried up! - I have been waiting for ages for a proper downpour 😒

 

I have done what I hope are all the roof repairs, removal of a chimney and fitted a proper loft access hatch and ladder, no easy task with a concrete beam and block ceiling with a screed over the top, I need to get up there during a proper downpour to see if my repairs are watertight and that I have not missed any cracked tiles.

 

Only then will I know if I can redo the ridge where I had to remove tiles or have to remove replace the whole ridge and top row of tiles each side, when you lift a tile on the 2nd row to replace one on the 3rd row you inevitably crack the one under the ridge, replacing that cracks the ones either side, you have to know when to throw in the towel.

 

Of course the ridge will be leaking while I am checking the roof during the rainstorm I hope is coming soon but with a concrete floor under it there will be no lasting damage.

 

The existing leaks have been for at least 15 years, maybe even 20, the plastered ceilings underneath are black with mould.

 

Not a very joyous posting but I'm glad you got some good weather at last and hope the bad is coming my way!

 

Edited 31 July, 2023 by J.R.

[SteveTheElder]

1 hour ago, J.R. said:

Finally dried up! - I have been waiting for ages for a proper downpour 😒

 

I have done what I hope are all the roof repairs, removal of a chimney and fitted a proper loft access hatch and ladder, no easy task with a concrete beam and block ceiling with a screed over the top, I need to get up there during a proper downpour to see if my repairs are watertight and that I have not missed any cracked tiles.

 

Only then will I know if I can redo the ridge where I had to remove tiles or have to remove replace the whole ridge and top row of tiles each side, when you lift a tile on the 2nd row to replace one on the 3rd row you inevitably crack the one under the ridge, replacing that cracks the ones either side, you have to know when to throw in the towel.

 

Of course the ridge will be leaking while I am checking the roof during the rainstorm I hope is coming soon but with a concrete floor under it there will be no lasting damage.

 

The existing leaks have been for at least 15 years, maybe even 20, the plastered ceilings underneath are black with mould.

 

Not a very joyous posting but I'm glad you got some good weather at last and hope the bad is coming my way!

 

That’s quite a project you’ve got going there!

Hopefully you’ll get plenty of moments of joy as you tick off the milestones along the way and see the progression.

[@Lee]

As someone who used to enjoy a spot of wild camping, seeing a Judge tell a hedge funder toss pot to shove it brought a moment of joy.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66341778

 

[edwards]

11 hours ago, @Lee said:

As someone who used to enjoy a spot of wild camping, seeing a Judge tell a hedge funder toss pot to shove it brought a moment of joy.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66341778

 

yep, superb news. looks like I shall be taking my tent and stove at the end of the month 🙂

[Breezy_Pete]

That article is worth a read, if anyone needs encouragement to click on it. Some amusing stuff about what was said during the court hearings.

Quoting here for convenience:

 

The hearing, which took place two weeks ago included some bizarre exchanges between the lawyers and judges.

Timothy Morshead KC acting for the Darwalls, had argued that sleep cannot be considered to be "recreation" as you are not conscious.

But Sir Geoffrey Vos, one of the judges presiding said there was no difference between a walker or painter who rested on the ground after their activity and fell asleep and a walker that came into the park and erected a tent.

Morshead said that the Darwalls took objection to the erection of tent 'structures'.

The judges proceeded to ask him where the line should be drawn on erecting structures - would inflatable goalposts from Argos for children to play football be allowed, they asked?