Insignificant Things That Make You Happy.

[Yorick]

This made me smile. Pretty cool

https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/baseball/68868921

[MingtheMerciless]

Gap in the drizzle and greyness lead to a cracking dog walk on the Downs.

[Yorick]

Dropping weight when I needed to.

For last 20 years I've wobbled between low 14st and low to mid 15st.
Dry January dropping me to the low point.
I'm always OK in my leathers on track around mid 14st.

But at next weekend's event at Jerez I need to wear a back protector.
So last 2 weeks I've been having fewer beers and cycling and swimming.

This morning 13st 13lbs and a bit.
Leathers fit great with back protector in. Woo hoo !!!!

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[KungFooBob]

You've got the same scales as me, but mine don't go down that low.

[Yorick]

You've got the same scales as me, but mine don't go down that low.

It's all that extra gravity in Yorkshire

[KungFooBob]

<squints>

But I don't put gravy on my chips!

[Yorick]

<squints>

But I don't put gravy on my chips!

We allus had curry sauce on chips.

[weeksy]

A couple of weeks ago at Rheola the van didn't have enough juice in it after the day with doors open (lights don't go out), using the 12v washer and stuff... So i needed a jump start. Spent 20 mins finding someone with leads/jumper.

On the way home i remembered i had leads in the van under the seats

Yesterday after coaching our pseudo-teammate needed a jump and this time i remembered i had them and within 30s of me coming back to rescue them, they were on their way
It probably made her happier than me... but i still smiled.

[Count Steer]

A Noco Boost pack might be a sound investment. (You can charge stuff through the USB port too). Probably need a chunky one for the van though.

(Last time I needed jump leads, because of how/where the car was parked I couldn't get the second vehicle close enough).

[Felix]

I also bought this for under the seat



Not time you put in a small solar panel and a leisure battery. A proper split charge relay will allow the solar to top up the start battery when the leisure is full.

[Noggin]

I also bought this for under the seat



Not time you put in a small solar panel and a leisure battery. A proper split charge relay will allow the solar to top up the start battery when the leisure is full.

Is is sunny often enough in Wales for that to help??

[weeksy]

A Noco Boost pack might be a sound investment. (You can charge stuff through the USB port too). Probably need a chunky one for the van though.

(Last time I needed jump leads, because of how/where the car was parked I couldn't get the second vehicle close enough).

Got one. Don't often take with me and the leads are a bit short for Transits as the earth is miles from live.

[KungFooBob]

Any bit of bare metal can be an earth, as long as it's not something like an engine mount that is rubber isolated.

[Felix]

Is is sunny often enough in Wales for that to help??

I would say no if south as every time i go it bloody rains. TBF the lowest my leisure batteries have been is 12.9v on dull days. 14.2 is the average when not in use but even when listening to music through a soundbar running of an inverter the power drain is only point something daft like 0.5v for a couple of hours.

[Count Steer]

A Noco Boost pack might be a sound investment. (You can charge stuff through the USB port too). Probably need a chunky one for the van though.

(Last time I needed jump leads, because of how/where the car was parked I couldn't get the second vehicle close enough).

Got one. Don't often take with me and the leads are a bit short for Transits as the earth is miles from live.

As KFB says, just earth to the nearest earthed thing you can get the clamp on. (I looked at what the car manual says and, as with the Transit the earthing point they tell you to use is too far from the +ve terminal*, but the first time I saw a Noco in use the recovery chap just clamped onto an engine bracket casting). I suppose you could extend the Noco lead with a jump lead but that adds to the resistance.

* the battery is under the rear passenger seat somewhere so there's a +ve terminal under the bonnet.

[Mussels]

A Noco Boost pack might be a sound investment. (You can charge stuff through the USB port too). Probably need a chunky one for the van though.

(Last time I needed jump leads, because of how/where the car was parked I couldn't get the second vehicle close enough).

Got one. Don't often take with me and the leads are a bit short for Transits as the earth is miles from live.

As KFB says, just earth to the nearest earthed thing you can get the clamp on. (I looked at what the car manual says and, as with the Transit the earthing point they tell you to use is too far from the +ve terminal*, but the first time I saw a Noco in use the recovery chap just clamped onto an engine bracket casting). I suppose you could extend the Noco lead with a jump lead but that adds to the resistance.

* the battery is under the rear passenger seat somewhere so there's a +ve terminal under the bonnet.

The transit custom battery is under the drivers seat which doesn't help with electric seats. The +ve connection under the bonnet is easier to find than a nearby earthing point, I found one but it was many years ago so I don't remember where.

[MrLongbeard]

A Noco Boost pack might be a sound investment. (You can charge stuff through the USB port too). Probably need a chunky one for the van though.

(Last time I needed jump leads, because of how/where the car was parked I couldn't get the second vehicle close enough).

Got one. Don't often take with me and the leads are a bit short for Transits as the earth is miles from live.

They do a flying lead that can be permanently installed on the battery / suitable point https://no.co/gbc007

[Taipan]

When i used to collect cars I rarely used the battery negative pole. We always clamped on the bonnet release clamp or top of the suspension strut etc. A lot of cars/vans have batteries in the cab now and a charge/jump point under the bonnet, again positive onto that and neg onto chassis anywhere you like.

As an aside, if you ever get a vehicle with odd ignition/non starting problems, try using a jump lead to earth the engine to the chassis.

[Noggin]

It's not really insignificant but it made me seriously happy.

Last Saturday I tried to meet up with some friends only for her to call me and say that he was in ICU after suffering a stroke the day before whilst out skiing He'd managed to ski back to resort only to be helicoptered to Grenoble

She asked me not to tell anyone as she wanted to tell their kids and other family before anyone knew. So, I didn't share (didn't see anyone to talk to about it anyway) until yesterday morning when a French friend up here asked me how I was and I burst into tears (he was a smidge overwhelmed ) and I told a couple of people there that a friend was in ICU after a stroke (had to learn the word for a stroke!!).

Yesterday evening (well, just before 7pm) I was heading to meet some friends and I saw her and shouted hi - turns out they'd just got back from the hospital and he was walking and seemed pretty ok (not 100% but pretty damned ok considering!!)


So, that made me so very very happy. These two people are people I really do count as family. They've been absolutely lovely to me since my first season here and even bring me Haggis (and some Cadburys chocolate) at the start of every season It was terrifying to think he was in ICU - I know, it was worse for her and the rest of the family, but I do think of them as family - and I'm just so very very happy that he's doing ok

[Sunny]

Had a surprise leaving do thrown for me by my Malta team. Complete with a round of applause and a cake with a sparkler in it I'm very touched and a bit overwhelmed tbh.

I'll miss this lot a ton

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