Covid-19... the upsides

[onetrack]

Most tools today are unrepairable. The cost of the parts (if you can get any), plus the time taken to repair it, usually ends up a lot more than the cost of a new drill.

Perhaps the only exception is German-origin items such as Bosch. I have a Bosch 180mm angle grinder, it's a magical tool, with soft start and anti-kickback - but the switch packed up on it, and it's $90 just for the switch.

Fortunately, I have the skills to repair it, but if I had to pay anyone to install a new switch, it would probably run to a $180-$200 repair.

[willedoo]

You cannot even get into a printer for example without breaking the case and modern cars are the same.

 

I haven't stripped one for quite a while (printer, that is). Last time it was all screws, but might need a hammer next time by the sound of it. I strip them for the step motors - very handy items for flight sim building.

[spacesailor]

Most drills & electric motors have Carbon brushes, that wear-out, even my electric shaver needs new brushes, as it packed up this morning.

Must plug it in to a different socket, just in case its something else. LoL

spacesailor

[Marty_d]

I had my De Walt drop saw repaired, cost $60. Well worth it. I paid $500 for it 20 years ago and used the hell out of it.

[spacesailor]

" Must plug it in to a different socket, just in case its something else. "

It wouldn't work !.

SO

Pulled to pieces & cleaned, lots of Hair removed, ( I want all that hair back on my head ). removed Carbon-brushes, They had what looked like oil glaze on their face.

Cleaned all and mains test was successful.

So now I can shave my hairy face Again. LoL

spacesailor

[ClintonB]

I thought that maybe the shutting of the pokies may have an upside that people addicted to them would be forced to go cold turkey, but then I remembered online gambling.

 

The Federal group who owns all pokies here in Tassie wants pubs to keep paying rents for the machines despite being shut. If I were a pub owner I'd seriously consider removing all pokies and telling them where to shove them, but I'm guessing they signed some draconian agreement that forces them to keep the machines for years.

Money-hungry ar*seholes. Unfortunately they seem to own the state government so nothing will be done about this profiteering.

I got an email from The Star earlier this week with free online games and “credits” to play them, just so you don’t forget how to press mindlessly.

[willedoo]

The Sikhs have been true to form. They're introducing some people to Sikh food for the first time.

 

This Sikh community group is delivering free meals to Australians in isolation

[spacesailor]

That's what good people do.

BUT

NO good is in the parliament.

spacesailor

[facthunter]

Yes .You have to get your priorities right. THAT was in response to the pubs having the bottle shop still open, The Liquor Alliance and Clubs Australia have a lot of power. A joke is a joke but no pokie is no jokie. Nev

[Marty_d]

A joke is a joke but no pokie is no jokie. Nev

Didn't know this thread was about marriage.

[facthunter]

Lot of luck required with both. but the one that lights up can't be relied on.. Nev

[willedoo]

One big upside to Covid-19, those idiotic American high fives have been banned from our culture for a while.

[spacesailor]

NOW here's a thought !.

George Pell has won his freedom,

BUT

His God can strike him down !.

Choke on this Virus Pell.

spacesailor

[Yenn]

This is what NSW health said about the Ruby Princess. It seems that NSW health knew full well what could happen with a cruise ship and from this it appears that they just went blindly on letting a great load of infected people disembark. They say they did not need to do an assessment.

 

"The National Protocol states “provided there are no concerns about the COVID-19 risk profile of a ship or suspected COVID-19 cases reported, the human bio-security officer may advise the bio-security officer that pratique can be granted and the ship may be allowed to continue the voyage while samples are being tested”.

 

NSW Health undertook a full assessment of the Ruby Princess, notwithstanding under the National Protocol in place, it could have chosen not to do an assessment.

 

NSW Health again followed the National Protocol that states “the ship may be allowed to continue the voyage while samples are being tested”.

I reckon the police investigation is either going to have to be hidden away, or someone will have to be held accountable.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Here are some of the upsides for me:

- Enjoying time with the kids I have lost

- Getting fitter

- Spending more time learning about aviation

- Eating better (when I am on the road, my diet is awful)

- No Red Bull

- Getting some work done around the house.

- Not being perenially tired on the weekends

- Giving me time to think about what really is important in life.

- Enjoying banter on here and a couple of other forums - and not worrying too much anymore when others have differing views to mine - substantiated or not

- Watching the view from my home desk window (my desk is a couple of old credenzas with an old slab of wood rested on them - love it).

- And of course, annoying my partner (just kidding).

 

I am lucky that we have some space inside and outside the house and that we can freely exercise (by going for a walk, bike ride, etc) without encountering too many people. I really feel for familieis couped up in flats with no outdoor area of their own, which is common in London.

Edited April 14, 2020 by Jerry_Atrick

[old man emu]

Hand sanitiser:

 

I spend a lot of time in my workshop. I spend my time washing parts in petrochemicals; prepping for painting them by wiping down with acetone, getting various classes of glue on them. Then, so I don't get muck on my sandwiches, I wash my hands with laundry powder.

 

By the end of the day I'll bet that there are more human colonies on Mars than there are microbial colonies on my hands.

 

Why do I need my hands squirted with sanitiser so that I can go into Woolies?

[spacesailor]

O,M E.

DON,T USE PETROCHEMICLES on your hands,

Was proven years ago the your diluting the muck, & pushing it further Into your skin,

The new way is using hand cream, does a better and safer job.

Any cheap brand is as good as the next.

spacesailor

[old man emu]

If I use greasy hand cream, I won't be able to hold on to my nuts,

 

 

bolts and washers.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Don't need greasy hand cream to drop the nuts when grabbing the spanner..

[onetrack]

I always try and avoid laundry powder for washing greasy hands. I use Solvol, or workshop hand cleaner, and a nail brush. Laundry powder strips all the protective oils from your hands.

I try and use nitrile disposable gloves for the really greasy dirty work.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Can't get solvol here :-(

[onetrack]

Lance, I can see it offered on eBay.UK.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Just saw it. CLose enough to £8 ($16 retail) for two bars and almost £20 (close enough to $40) for shipping. And I will have to pay 20% VAT on the soap and shipping...

[spacesailor]

How much for DERMATITUS.

Weeks of expensive cream, Plus a Hell of an ITCH

spacesailor

[pmccarthy]

I buy solvol cleanser in a pump bottle.gets grease off, and paint if you are quick. Probably use it ten times a day.