Good morning daily

[Newcastle George]

Good morning All. 12* and clear blue sky with 22* forecast . I am waiting on the delivery of a combination set of hot water element and thermostat which, when I fit them, should have the HWS in our rental producing water hot enough for Sean to have a decent shower. rather than him having to come up here to have one ( only luke warm currently).

George

[Keith Morris]

"tanks" here---
It is only 06:00 am on Thursday morning in the West, so I am awake and active early. I don't have any plans for today other than wait for the sunshine to appear. I fear that this won't happen as there has been heavy showers last night and yesterday afternoon.
I had a visit to my GP Surgery yesterday (the usual Wednesday consultation) to receive the B-12 injection and see if I am still breathing.
The GP trip was followed by a visit to the chemist and then a saunter around Coles Supermarket.

I put 3 packs of 300gm Smoked Salmon in the trolley, taking advantage of the cost saving benefit of the $17:00 per pack price. (A 100g pack is usually $9.60). The packs had a good use by date --over one month--- and the commercial pack lasts me for a week as salmon on toast with smashed avocado to make breakfast healthy and interesting. What else is there to look forward to at my age.

I went to the Community Centre wanting to join the merry widows at the weekly bingo game.
The upfront cost was $6:00 per session, which involves around 2 hours of games followed by a cuppa and a small cake.
After the $18.00 taxi ride to get there, I was informed that the Bingo was not being held due to the rain, so that was a waste of time and money.
I had to wait for 25 minutes for another taxi to take me back to the house.

So here I am today; playing with my Laptop for something to do. Pam and Jeff are preparing their breakfast and getting ready for their work, so I keep out of their way so as not to disrupt their "routine". It is too late to try to go back to sleep.
Good morning to everyone from wet, overcast and rainy Perth.
Keith.

[Keith Morris]

I forgot: HELLO DOT !
I like your Moon Boot. Don't enter any foot race for a while.
Keith.

[Eddy]

Eddy, are you back home from your Bushtracker weekend at Horricks yet? How did it all go?

Yes Horrocks was last part of our trip - I don't have a Bushtracker. We were trying to stay in the background with our Nova & 18year old Patrol

Some almighty big rigs - those American tow vehicles are a very big unit

[supersparky]

Some of those big rigs get a bit of speed up on those west coast highways too, don't they. I was surprised at how many there were and how much of a hurry most of them were in to get somewhere.
It looks like the west is in for a bit of ordinary weather for the next few days.

[BernieQ2]

Morning one and all
Yaa I have the roof finished...and I didn't fall off (Dot), will start on the sides today.
That dam wind done it's thing again, but managed to get the last 6 sheets on.
I have given the truck back...sota I still have the keys
Other than that not much else happened, Might get on the mower today...just to tidy it up a bit...seed heads mainly.
Keep safe out there.
Bernie.
A cuppla pic's.

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[supersparky]

Good morning everyone. Another fine day ahead for us.
Did a bit more weeding and seed head trimming yesty, and not much else, except walkin' the dog. Dunno what's on the program for today yet.
Shade shed looks good Bernie. How far down the side will the sheets go?
Safe travels everybody.

[bob r]

Good Morning everyone
Iam home again ( just spent another week in hospital) breathing playing up again good food in Port Macquarie hospital the nurses are great but better to be home.
Bernie the last time i saw that back shed it was a brewery
Hope you're doing ok Dot
Hay Dave sounds like your doin a bit of traveling without the winney enjoy.

Bob

[RobertNotBob]

Bernie Shed looking good mate take it easy,

Bob sorry to hear about another hospital trip, ate present I am doing a 8 week course 2 days aweek to understand and help manage my breathing. Take it easy mate cheers Robert

[T1 Terry]

I finally have the EB Falcon back on the road. Petrol systems certainly don't enjoy sitting for long periods. It took a number of days and 3 bottles of metho to get the majority of the varnish or possibly shellac build up out of the tank and fuel lines. Went in clear, came out looking like wood stain, turned 3 chucks wipe type cloths rigid when they dried just wiping the tank out, the 3rd bottle was pumped through the fuel pipes after replacing the fuel filter, and that lot came out looking much like the stuff from the fuel tank.

Finally got the correct battery, the "cheap as crap" parts interpreter/store manager assured my that all Fords used round terminals and I must have changed the cables and didn't appreciate that my 50 yrs in the trade was more than twice the time he had been alive and they most certainly left the factory with flat mount terminals.

A trip to Repco, and the same nonsense, gave up and bought 2 universal terminals so I could attach the flat cables ... installed the battery, pulled the plastic caps of and ... there were the flat terminal mounting spots
Started virtually first go, ran a bit rough after a while, took it for a drive into Mannum to buy a carton of "steak in a glass" and realised I hadn't fitted the new number plates U turn, rectified the problem, drove ok, sure didn't stop to flash, might have been 6 yrs plus of rust on the discs, still idled poorly.
A check over this morning, fuel spraying out the fuel pressure regulator vacuum hole, raw fuel being sucked into the manifold causing the rough run, so need another one of those, emptied the sludge out of the brake reservoir and wiped it out clean and refilled with new fluid, 1 ltr oil in the auto and 1 ltr in the sump and all good to go.

So now we have a vehicle that can carry more than 2 people on the road ..... the Prius is the next project after watching the predicted fuel prices over the next mth or so

T1 Terry