Celebrating Positives (offset of the Gripes Thread)

[old man emu]

10 minutes ago, willedoo said:

It looks like they screw flat against the wall.

They slot right into a fuse box. They connect to a busbar (I think). This is like my fuse box, but I have circuits with both light and power coming off the same circuit breaker. It must be the OK thing to do because it was my electrician who did it, and he was keen to tell me that his licence was too important to him to do anything shonky.

 

[facthunter]

Similar devices are installed in the fuse box on identified circuits..  Nev

[nomadpete]

8 hours ago, willedoo said:

I looked them up and they are very affordable. It looks like they screw flat against the wall.

 

https://www.sparkydirect.com.au/p/Clipsal-RCBE220/30S-20AMP-RCBO-1P-N-4.5kA-Resi-MAX

 

 

They mount on a DIN rail which is the standard in meter boxes.

[old man emu]

58 minutes ago, nomadpete said:

They mount on a DIN rail which is the standard in meter boxes.

I DIN-un know that.

[nomadpete]

Just for you, OME.....

 

DIN stands for "Deutsches Institut für Normung", meaning "German institute for standardization".

[spacesailor]

Same as that OLD " DIN " metrics .

& film speed ASA / DIN .

OR ,has it been changed to the French metrics I S U .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

Do you mean ISO?  Nev

[spacesailor]

" international, System, of Units " ,

That was from ' Paris France '.

spacesailor

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

I am so pissed off at the moment, I need to celebrate a positive., No good writing up the grip - it will piss me off even more.

 

Great positive to celebrate.. I have had a great weekend with the family... Just chilled.. well up until now. Even my revered Hawks drubbing by Sydney could not have shaken theyt enjoyment of the weekend. In fact, it was a good backdrop for having a nice chat to the store manager of the local Co-Op..

 

Ahh... feel better now.

 

Phew!

 

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Isn't it amazong how the smallest thing can lift one's spirits. I had a sneak preview of my annual review, which was fine,  but measuring me in my current role, which I have not formally been promoted for. It is supposed to measure me at my current level, so the ratings should have been a tad higher. I was feeling pretty gloomy about the prospect of coming into work to be honest because that was just the straw that broke the camel's back. There have been transformations at work, and not for the better.

 

I was shuffling through the barriers at Waterloo station looking down and thinking "what an I doing here?", when I heard a small bump of plastic falling on the floor. A lady and dropped her spectacles and was totally oblivious to it. I was the second person to walk past them, but just picked them up and caught up with her and handed them back. She was so grateful because without them she would not have been able to work. It instantly transformed my gloominess back into optimistic satisfaction... such a small thing can do that.

 

Edited May 8 by Jerry_Atrick

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

picked them up and caught up with her and handed them back

God will reward you for giving joy to another.

[rgmwa]

I posted about this previously somewhere on here. This guy has been rebuilding a derelict boat, "Tally Ho" that he bought for $1.

It's literally been rebuilt from the keel up, and for the last 7 years he has been posting regular progress videos to a huge audience that have been following the story.

The workmanship that has gone into it is truly amazing.

They finally launched it:

 

 

[nomadpete]

My positive for today....

 

I have been lusting to see an aurora for many years. On the rare occasions when it coincides with clear sky (this is Tasmania after all), I have slept through the event. Until today. For some ungodly reason I was awake at the ungodly hour of 4 am. (Mrs Nomad had woken up and wanted a cup of tea at 4am). So I was awake to see the aurora! It was even visible at dawn. During the day there were several interplanetary shocks (betcha didn't know that) and tonight there was another visible aurora.

Absolutely made my day!

[Marty_d]

Well done Peter. I missed it!

[old man emu]

For years I have been losing the battle to put a doona in its cover. Doonas have a long side and a short side. Which was which baffled me and often left me with a covered doon that was too long and not wide enough. Years ago, I discovered that sheets have a tag in the bottom right hand corner seen from the foot of the bed. Putting that tag end at the bottom right hand corner of the mattress ensures that the sheet fits correctly for length and width.

 

This morning as I was stripping my bed to wash the sheets and doona cover, I noticed  a tag at the same place on the doona. When I put it at the bottom right hand corner of the bed, the length and width fitted in the cover perfectly! From now on I will not be stressed when I have to refit a doona cover. The Joy of Life comes in small morsels.

[red750]

That sounds like a perfect story for the Dull Mens Club.  (Sory, O.M.E. Couldn't resist.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

[old man emu]

2 hours ago, red750 said:

That sounds like a perfect story for the Dull Mens Club.  (Sory, O.M.E. Couldn't resist.)

Never thought of that.

 

By the by, I'm an "onward and upward fellow. There are no full stops in OME

[facthunter]

You can't have BIG morsels.  Nev

[octave]

So I have been neglecting celebrating the positives lately (at least on this forum). 

 

Mrs Octave and I had a brilliant bike ride between Portarlington and  St Leonards (Vic)   Twas one of those lovely autumn days, cool but sunny without a breath of wind.  After the ride we had a nice lunch with a not undrinkable (we have high standards) cup of coffee and a drinkable (we have high standards) glass of red.   If you or grumpy or not happy then you are just not  trying hard enough.

 

 

The lovely Mrs Octave

 

 

 We climbed that Mountain peek in the distance the day before (Flinders Peak)

 

 

This is the wreck of the The Ozone  paddle steamer. It was sunk intentionally in I think 1925 

 

 

 

Edited June 1 by octave

[willedoo]

11 minutes ago, octave said:

If you or grumpy or not happy then you are just not  trying hard enough.

Very true. One of my positives is that I was almost deceased a little over two weeks ago, but here I am fit (almost) and well. The other positive is that when I had a gravity defying LOC, I didn't damage my 10 day old, new titanium hip. The positives keep coming; now that I'm in reasonable health again, the increased exercise and physio is going well on the hip surgery recovery front. I'll be tap dancing in no time flat. That's four of my nine lives used up now with five to go, so make the best of it and don't blow them is the plan. Every time you get another chance, when you wake up and open your eyes it's a wonderful world to be in. Life is too short to be a sad sack.

[octave]

Optimism wins every time

[willedoo]

Another positive is that we are never too old for a bit of fun, despite what we might think. In this video, old grandad is having a fat old time shuffling with his granddaughters. He learnt to dance late in life and if my memory serves me well, he was taught by his dance instructor daughter. I remember some time back seeing videos of him in the early learning stage.  What is he doing there? In my opinion it's a slower, more structured version of the Melbourne Shuffle. For an old bloke, he's got the running man down pat (and no, it's not a Michael Jackson Moonwalk).

 

 

[old man emu]

I'm a person with somewhat of a regular routine. For me Sunday is washing day. This morning as I was hanging out my undermentionables I realised the great good I am doing to limit my contribution to global warming.

 

In order to dry my clothes, I have hung them out on the Hills Hoist, which once manufactured, has served for decades without further contribution to the sources of global warming. Once my clothes were tastefully arranged around the hoist, I realised that they were drying through the use of both solar and wind renewable energy sources. Not only that, but the water that I wanted removed from the clothes was immediately recycling into the atmosphere where by chance might be taken up by a plant intent on joining it with some nasty carbon dioxide to produce lignin in which that nasty carbon dioxide might be kept from polluting the very same atmosphere.

 

I feel so good, I might even go vegan!

[facthunter]

Sunshine also sterilises your clothes and dryers don't.  Nev

[spacesailor]

But " where " do you send that washing water ! .

Hopefully not the drain ,

spacesailor