What made you feel good today?

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Tonz

for an artisan such as yourself you do a lot of driving and eating....who is the work?

I guess that's the beauty of being self employed in a rare trade. I get to choose.

[.:4:.]

I went out for lunch with my mum today, and she didnt want to go in my car. Reason being, my aunty drove it a few months back and is a known lead foot. The fastest car she has ever owned is a toyota corolla, and whilst an 08 fairmont isnt a fast car, she told my mum somethings up with it because whenever she took off a dash light would flash and the rear end would thump. I had to explain that thats called traction control. My car doesnt do that if you drive normally. My mum, even though ive had the car for a decade, i dont think has ever been in it. She likes it. She is only slight, but theres a lot more room in the interior then her little compact mercedes. And the seats are wider. Plus you dont have to argue about real estate on the centre arm rest. Never thought my snobby mum would appreciate what could be described as a bogan chariot.

[MITCHAY]

I got all my work done and looks like I have done better than expected despite the dev servers being a POS for the last two weeks!

Also because it is wet so I use that as an excuse not to clean the house

[Citroënbender]

Mega hayfever Wednesday, Thursday, Friday but not today. Nice to get a break from it.

Fitted New Struts and Airbags as well as Upper Control arms just because i could.


This thing is easier to work on than a B-series !!

[Citroënbender]

More feel relieved than feel good.

As my father's dementia progresses, inhibitions are stripped away. Sometimes it’s not-so-cool stuff, like persistently hoicking at the table. Today though, in reasonably coherent speech he told of how he’d been raped by his sports teacher at the age of about seven.

This pulled together a lot of loose ends in my wondering about some aspects of his behaviour in life overall, and some of the obsessive stuff that has fluctuated since he started to lose his marbles. I do feel historical sympathy for him - it would have been a terrible experience - but also relief that my hunch was on course and that we can now go forward with a slightly clearer idea of “triggers” to avoid where possible.

[Syndrome]

I went to the office today for the first time in eight weeks.

[ford71V8]

Citroenbender - my god man, that would have been hard to hear. My FIL is on the dementia ride and most days another situation arises - its tough to watch, he knows he has got it and explains to us why he is confused and then sits there visibly struggling to recall things correctly. Having to explain that his wife passed on this year and then watching him deal with the news again is not nice.

Syndrome - First day back in office for me too. Has been 10 weeks for me. And as I am the only one here, I don't think I will be here for much longer. 2020 Life is strange.


PS. Why cant I quote or multi-quote sometimes?

[Citroënbender]

It wasn’t like “gut wrenching” news, as said I had a strong suspicion. But it wholly clears my late uncle (a confirmed bachelor) as the protagonist, and validates my assertion for no male personal care nurses. And if it in some way helps my father that he’s got this off his chest seventy years later, that’s also good.

[.:4:.]

Dropped my car off this morning, and the mechanics i use always have some really cool cars to look at. Today they had a r34 vspec 2 on the lift, a mines r32 gtr, another r32 gtr on drag slicks, a vk hdt. The list goes on. So i think they're competant enough to work on my bf. And whats even better is my mum is taking me back to pick the thing up. My brother dropped me home, and i could wear all the safety gear in the world, but i really dislike being on the back of his bike, so im happy i dont have to do that twice in 1 day.

[.:4:.]

Got my car back, rego is done for another year. It did fail initially due to an exhaust leak, but the other reason the car went in was i had a 2.5 inch cat back in the boot to get thrown on. Sounds good. Loud enough but my concern was it'd be too loud because both the mufflers on it would easily fit inside 1 stock muffler. But its good. Deffinately cant complain for a $100 mandrel bent catback with hurricane mufflers.

[.:4:.]

Had some stuff to do today, about a 70km round trip, all speed zones. I was interested to see if the new exhaust had a brown note anywhere. But its good. At no point cruising does it drone. Cruising around like a normal person with the windows up its easily quiet enough to be perfectly easy to live with. Not loud enough to need to turn up the radio or raise your voice to speak to a passenger. If you romp on it it does get loudish, but its a good mix so far. Plus its not raspy or tinnie when on it and doesnt reverbarate through the cabin. Ive been a lot of cars that do all 3 and have a brown note, and that grows tiring really quick. And rust isnt an issue where i live, so mild steel is fine. Yes the stock exhause rusted through at 1 spot, but that tends to happen to cars that for long periods only make short trips and never warm up. And its a 12 year old car. But as i always say, give me a week and i will hate it, but so far im happy.

I passed up a recent job offer for an even better job offer .

Now i am taking my wife on a holiday and coming back in time for Bathurst and then back to work after a few months hiatus

[MITCHAY]

Took the day off today considering we have Monday off anyway so making it two 4 days. ****en been a busy couple of months so gonna take a day here and there.

I have the house nice and clean for the first time in ages. Now kicking back with some beers and tunes until the footy comes on.

Nice weather all weekend too so probably get out in the yard again. I tell you these houses, always something to do

[Romulus]

MSB tanked on the ASX, glad I didn't hold any shares. CML tanked 51% today, glad I got out yesterday.

My 2021 M5 CS Competition is getting closer and closer everyday.

[Syndrome]

Daylight savings started. One more hour of daylight in the evenings is always great.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Daylight savings started. One more hour of daylight in the evenings is always great.

Well, loosing an hour of sleep didn't make me feel good today.

[Citroënbender]

A balmy evening with gently stirring breezes, beautiful finish to a day rather warm.

[Citroënbender]

Foster Ute, the AU XR6, is apparently making its own fuel. I started a 100km round trip with a range of 246km, and returned with a range of 277km. It continues to drive well at just over 300000km on an un-opened motor.

[.:4:.]

I like doing oddball things for my mum.
Today i went over to hers to sort out business paperwork stuff, but also said id sort out lunch. Anyrate, all that part aside, for befores mum already had eggplant dip. And as horrid as that sounds, its pretty good. But mum had nothing to dip in it.
My mum is gluten intollerant, and extremely health concious.
So taking all that into account, my oddball purchase was baked pea pods. Thats new to her, and i personally dont mind them at all. They're not new to me.
To her its completeley random, and she likes them, she did the mum thing and read the back of the bag, but didnt have a go about saturated fats or anything like that.
I only pull random **** on my mum if im confident its going to work.

A blast from the past, i found it on another website i won't repeat the diatribe about it.


As for my Signature that 104mph was 2yr's later on a flat 14 pass

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by TrVrPhiLpsiNdstrys

A blast from the past, i found it on another website i won't repeat the diatribe about it.


As for my Signature that 104mph was 2yr's later on a flat 14 pass

The what sounds like snapped tailshaft sounds from the other car sends shivers up my spine.
Ive done a tailshaft before, on the street not racing, much less pronounced in the car windows up. But it ruins your day, your week and your month. And towing fees ruin your bank balance.

[Syndrome]

This picture!

[Tonz]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

This picture!

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If I was interested in AFL I would frame that photo, big fat snotbag. Hopefully Roland Dane
will have the same pout next sunday

[Citroënbender]

…Seeing a police occifer in a marked car, safely pulled over on the roadside to look at their phone.

I know they have dispensations for a lot of stuff like this, but to see someone consciously follow the rules applied to everyone else, is a good way to maintain respect.

[.:4:.]

Ive been doing heaps of garden maintenance lately. I dont know mutch about gardening. But what i did learn, is the plants that are fighting for space in my front garden are called yukkas. So not quite a succulent, no spikes like a cactus, but still, 90% water.
My aim is to thin my front garden out. Not scalp it, just to a point where plants no longer fight for space or encroach on my driveway. But what works really well for me is my mums boyfriend has taken apon himself to be the curator for the comunal garden in the complex he lives in, so he takes any cuttings or whatever i would otherwise put in my garden waste bin. And same with useless garden waste. I run it over with my mower to mulch it, bag it up, and its mulch. So its kind of good that the excess of what i need to thin out is getting put to use, or repurposed. The mulch side of things.... hmmmm, i only do that becausd im polite. My car doesnt smell like dirt for too long, but i dont like my car smelling like dirt.
And i still enjoy my new found happiness towards my car that ive had for a decade with the recent addition of an exhaust. Yeah its the placebo effect, but dont ruin it for me.

[73 4V XB]

I felt really good this afternoon for not expressing my thoughts on a post in the aged care post....

[jaydee]

Just had my first Hot Cross bun, WTF, haven't even got to Christmas yet.
2020 what a year, weather patterns screwed up, Trump, BLM, Antifa,Corona and now HC buns in October.

[.:4:.]

For once today i didnt have to explain the issue im having with my arm. Its a reoccuring nerve thing, a neurologist would know exactly what im on about. But today i had to see my solicitor and thats a question im asked. More or less whats wrong with ya. So i need a report from my gp about it, but unless youve experienced it, even to a gp, its hard to portray it if they have never had an issue like that happen to them personally before. Nerve palsey isnt a very common thing. But i didnt have to explain in details to my solicitor. She had something similar happen to her years ago, that at the time couldnt be explained. Nerve issues make a lot more sense if its the result of an accident, they dont make much sense if its random working 1 day and not the next. But it was nice not to have to sound like a broken record or get treated like a spastic.

[jaydee]

Nice work rocKWiz, good back story.