What have you done today thread?

[Yorick]

Made three different flavours of amaro with my Christmas pressie from the Gremlinette, a make-it-yourself infusion kit. Sacrificed a bottle of vodka and a bottle of bourbon for the cause.

They have to infuse for two weeks or so, but I have high hopes that in 12 months I will be the owner of the UKs only amaro distillery.

I'll be round soon

[katana]

I've had a few cars with the "loads of tiny wires" heated front screen, I never noticed any distortion. Googling it though, seems like it's "a thing".

Tres bizarre!

I can only imagine its tiny distortions in the glass caused by small variations in temperature?

Or we are both blind/need glasses.

[Yorick]

turning the heated screen on and off, which makes the screen blurry/fuzzy to look through

Wait, what, how, that's not normal
I really don't like heated screens, as once you've seen the wires you can't unsee them, but going fuzzy because you turn them on is a new one on me.

My wife’s car is the same and my old Kuga did it too. It’s a known thing. I only put mine on to clear ice as I. Couldn’t drive with it on because of it. I don’t see the elements either, If I have my bifocals on I can’t help noticing them and they irritate me!

I had Mondeos for many years. Only used screen heater to initially clear the screen.

[Sunny]

Finished fitting the bastard kitchen tap, that I started fitting yesterday afternoon

What I was expecting to be a straightforward like-for-like swap, ended up being a trip to Screwfix for some Flexi-hose adapters, cos the old flexis were male, and the new ones were female. FFS.

They were also basically welded onto the fucking pipe, so I ended up having to undo the compression fittings at the other end, cos poking around under the sink is a PITA at the best of times, and therefore replace the bits of pipe AND the compression nuts - so much for a 15 minute job.

Still, it's done now and I'm rewarding myself with wine.

[KungFooBob]

I bought some BOSS trainers and a BOSS jacket, while wearing a BOSS polo shirt and BOSS Bottled aftershave.

I'm such a fucking chav wannabe.

[ZRX61]

Had a second butchers at a house for sale just down the road... 1/2 acre of land, 2800sq ft garage/workshop, pool, 3 bed guest house.. however, the house layout is a bit fucked up, but could be fixed with a couple of additions. Entire kitchen would need moving into one addition (the other being an add-on to the main bedroom)

[636mick]

I bought some BOSS trainers and a BOSS jacket, while wearing a BOSS polo shirt and BOSS Bottled aftershave.

I'm such a fucking chav wannabe.

House of Fraser have got all their BOSS gear in their sale. Bought one thing before Xmas, now get 24 emails a day about their sale!!

[Mr. Dazzle]

That's a good point actually, I need to find my BOSS knitwear for work

Black BOSS jumper and Adidas Handball Spezials provide me with camouflage when I visit the mothership.

[katana]

Installed a pair of wheel bearings on a bike, and managed to brake a hammer handle. The hammer headbarely missed my face.

So much for a quick job.

[MingtheMerciless]

We have a new bike rack for the back of the car but MrsM’s Levo of doom likes to rotate its front wheel out of its clamp no matter how hard you clamped it in so on the old rack I’d bought a Fiamm extra brace which did the job.

The new rack is a different shape so ordered the next size up brace which was miles too long. Fiamm do an adjustable length clamp but at £42 & postage I thought I’d try modifying the too long clamp. I spent a couple of hours measuring and trimming the bracket tube down, carefully extracting the old clamp out of the redundant bit of tube (lots of dremel action) before fitting it to the revised arm. Jobs a good’un.

[Skub]

I bought some BOSS trainers and a BOSS jacket, while wearing a BOSS polo shirt and BOSS Bottled aftershave.

I'm such a fucking chav wannabe.

I'll sell you a few Boss pedals.

[KungFooBob]

I don't think they'd fit my push iron.

[Yorick]

2 bloody hours weeding. I hate it, but looks good when finished. Filled 2 wheelbarrow loads.

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[cheb]

Hung a gate, moved some mattresses, drunk tea.

[Skub]

2 bloody hours weeding. I hate it, but looks good when finished. Filled 2 wheelbarrow loads.

Can you not just neck the weeds with good old weedkiller?

[Yorick]

2 bloody hours weeding. I hate it, but looks good when finished. Filled 2 wheelbarrow loads.

Can you not just neck the weeds with good old weedkiller?

Got dog and 4 cats

[Horse]

2 bloody hours weeding. I hate it, but looks good when finished. Filled 2 wheelbarrow loads.

Can you not just neck the weeds with good old weedkiller?

Got dog and 4 cats

Most (of what's on sale here) are fine once dried. Shouldn't be a problem for you!

[Yorick]

Can you not just neck the weeds with good old weedkiller?

Got dog and 4 cats

Most (of what's on sale here) are fine once dried. Shouldn't be a problem for you!

I'm happy to use some, but management has other ideas. But she does the weeding normally

[mel]

Home brew pet safe and cheep

Pour 1 gallon of white vinegar into a bucket. 5-percent household white vinegar is fine. ...
Add 1 cup of table salt. ...
Stir in 1 tablespoon of liquid dishwashing soap. ...
Blend all thoroughly and then funnel the weed killer into a plastic spray bottle.

[Mr. Dazzle]

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