Celebrating Positives (offset of the Gripes Thread)

[Jerry_Atrick]

17 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

Well, today was not a bad day in the end.. A little bit of pep on the forums, bumoed into two people I hadn't seen for a while, which was nice; doggo and I had a great walk, got a litle frustrated with the wheelbarrow as it has a puncture and it uses a split pin rather than bolts to hold the wheels on - and they are a bugger to get off; then I realised (as I am not the most dextrous by hand), that the tyres and tubes can be removed without removing the wheels. I could not find the tyre levers for love nor money, so I treated myself to a trip to the bike store to get some, and picked up a nice new jacket at the same time. "Honey.. but it is cold at the moment.."

 

Got the tyres off and patched the tubes; couldn't feel any spikey killy leaf pricks so, on with the tyres..

 

Now am cooking pasta alla Norma (Norma being my late Grandmother's name, although the recipe has nothing to do with her). So, some fond childhood memories; and am helping keep the Aussie wine industry afloat - not with my mate Wolfie, tonight. Mr. Penfolds is tonight's visitor.

 

All in all, not a bad day at the office.

I know it's poor form to quote onelself, but wanted to keep the context. It didn't finish there. I was thinking of going to the pub, but was feeling a little lazy. Then decided, to get the lead for the dog and took him with me. The ergulars I hang out with were there and we enjoyed a couple of beers sitting around a table, playing some fun card game until about 10pm. Came home and now I have some Penfolds for today.. bonus!

 

We sometiomes take these things for granted.. nothing really special to celebrate - but just a good day.

[facthunter]

Pendfold? 

[Marty_d]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Pendfold? 

It's the sad time when you can see glass at the bottom of the bottle.

[old man emu]

13 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

now I have some Penfolds for today.. bonus!

Which just proves that absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

[facthunter]

Makes the fart go Honda. Nev

[Bruce Tuncks]

Electric bikes are wonderful things! I really recommend you try one out onetrack. You can exercise as much or as little as you like as long as you don't go so far as to flatten the battery.

[old man emu]

I was in a shopping centre today and saw parents and kids buying back-to-school stuff. 

 

I felt like being really nasty and say to one of the kids, "Sucks to be you. Your holidays end next week. I'm on holidays all the time!"

[spacesailor]

Not so good! .

We miss our weekends .

They used to tell us , what day it is . LoL

spacesailor

PS : I've started to watch people ' working ' 

 , nostalgia. 

Edited January 25 by spacesailor
A little more !

[old man emu]

4 hours ago, spacesailor said:

PS : I've started to watch people ' working ' 

 , nostalgia. 

Me too! People who mow overgrown yards, or pressure wash dirty driveways; a dog groome (she's purty); furniture restorers, and farriers.

[nomadpete]

Work fascinates me. I can watch it for hours.......

 

Yep. Thats positive.

[octave]

Mrs Ocatve and I had a short trip away this week.  We drove to Yea on Tuesday and rode part of the Great Victorian Rail Trail over 2 days.  The rail trails (which exist in every state) are brilliant.  Safe trails that run along defunct rail routes.   They often run through beautiful forests and you will often pass historic remains of rail infrastructure from a bygone age. Often on these rides, I will pop on my special riding headphones (they don't exclude outside noise) and listen to classical music.  I often get an overwhelming feeling of privilege in having these trials available and being able to not have to work.

 

  

 

 

 

[spacesailor]

Positive Hair , will have to go ! .

swmbo has stated is to be Shawn.

spacesailor

 

 

 

 

Edited February 1 by spacesailor
It changed my spelling

[onetrack]

Octave, that's extremely pretty country you're riding through there. You're fortunate to have so many scenic old rail trails. Virtually all of our old rail lines have been wiped out, built over, or farmed over.

Spacey, I'm jealous of your head of hair at your age. I only wish I had that amount of hair. I've still got hair, its just thinning, and the bald patch on the crown is starting to show now.

[octave]

Just now, onetrack said:

that's extremely pretty country you're riding through there. You're fortunate to have so many scenic old rail trails. Virtually all of our old rail lines have been wiped out, built over, or farmed over.

There are a some trails in Perth   https://www.railtrails.org.au/trails/?trail_state[]=84

 

2 minutes ago, onetrack said:

I'm jealous of your head of hair at your age. I only wish I had that amount of hair. I've still got hair, its just thinning, and the bald patch on the crown is starting to show now.

Yeah, I am jealous too!

[spacesailor]

Yes 

My hair is thinning too ! .

I know , as when the rain hits my head ,,,

It splats  .

No cushioning on top .

I blame gravity.  LoL

spacesailor

[onetrack]

Octave, thanks for that highly informative link. I never knew of the existence of a lot of those W.A. rail trails. The only one I'm familiar with is the Kep Track.

 

The Munda Biddi Walk/Ride trail is pretty famous, and very popular with bushwalkers, but a bit ardous for older folk. However, a 75 yr old female family friend loves walking it regularly.

 

https://mundabiddi.org.au/

 

 

[facthunter]

 spacey. Leave your hair grow and carry a violin case with you for effect. Be different. Nev

[spacesailor]

But

I'm tone deaf to boot .

If I push it up ! , I could be taken for --...

Albert Einstein. 

Only the hair my brain needs a " memory-Chip " . LoL

spaCesailor

 

 

 

[willedoo]

2 hours ago, onetrack said:

Spacey, I'm jealous of your head of hair at your age. I only wish I had that amount of hair. I've still got hair, its just thinning, and the bald patch on the crown is starting to show now.

My first indication that the hair was thinning was when weld spatter would land on top of the head and make it's way to the scalp and burn. Before that, when I had hair like a steelo soap pad, the weld spatter would just sit on top and sizzle away. From age 30 onward, it was welding with a cap on at all times.

[spacesailor]

Same here .

I thought ' welding ' money for jam .

So easy & big money 💰. 

I was asked to go " Northsea Gas " pipe welding. 

Because I was that skinny,  

It didn't happen .

spacesailor

[willedoo]

17 minutes ago, spacesailor said:

Same here .

I thought ' welding ' money for jam .

So easy & big money 💰. 

I was asked to go " Northsea Gas " pipe welding. 

Because I was that skinny,  

It didn't happen .

spacesailor

I remember working on the Moonie-Jackson pipeline in 1983 when they flew the welders in. They were on $700 per day which was big money back then. As a comparison at the time, we had a take home pay of around $500 per 85 hour week. I'd guess offshore welding would pay more than pipeline welding on land. They earned every cent of it though as it was hard work in the hot weather. The pipe was jacked up off the ground and to do the bottom section of the welds, they had to lie in the dirt and prickles and weld overhead. Very hot work at that time of year wearing all leather protection. Added to that, the quality had to be X-Ray standard.

Edited February 1 by willedoo

[onetrack]

The pipeline welders here had partly enclosed trailers fitted with an A/C unit, parked over their welding joint. Must have made life a lot easier for them.

[spacesailor]

In the ' North-sea ' . You welded inside the pipe .

 If it past inspection,  the outside was then ' welded '.

Big guys,  were at a big disadvantage welding inside, with no room to turn around. Or get that next rod .

I haven't used. My welder since breaking my arm.

But Increased my weight lift to 5 reps X 2kgms exercise. 

spaceailor

Edited February 2 by spacesailor
Spelling

[onetrack]

We need a positive post to end the week, this thread has gone off the rails. Here's this weeks best photos from around Australia, courtesy of the ABC.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/abcmyphoto

[old man emu]

My positive for today so far is that I have just been able to pay for a new ignition coil for my bike. The ignition system is what is called a "wasted spark" system in which a spark is created in both cylinders when one of them starts the combustion stroke. That means that there is a spark in the other cylinder when it is on its exhaust stroke. It means that the coil has to have two H/T leads coming out of it. So you can't use the sort of coil used in distributor type ignition system which has one lead between it and the distributor cap.

 

There are lots of cheap coils available from distributors or online for about $100, but they are generally of questionable quality and fail more often than they last. So I opted for a handmade one, based on the advice of members of a motorcycle forum I follow. However, you do pay for quality and this one cost me $450, plus freight and a new set of spark plug leads. All up $800. However when you consider that is equivalent to about 1/40th of the value of the bike, it's not too bad.

 

Hopefully I'll be able to go for a ride by Valentine's Day after having the bile unusable for over 18 months.