What have you done today thread?
- MrLongbeard
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So far, spent most of the day in a flamm lab burning stuff, sweating my goolies off next to open flames in a sealed environment ain't fun.
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Today I sold my Dad's car for him.
After 75 years of driving and at the age of 92,he has made the decision off his own bat,that he no longer feels confident enough to drive.
I'm sad for him,but relieved that I don't need to worry about him having/causing an accident.
Very mixed feelings for him to watch his last car drive off.
After 75 years of driving and at the age of 92,he has made the decision off his own bat,that he no longer feels confident enough to drive.
I'm sad for him,but relieved that I don't need to worry about him having/causing an accident.
Very mixed feelings for him to watch his last car drive off.
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That is really tough. My dad quit driving at 75 when he realised that his reactions times were off and he was a danger to others. We could have told him that when he was in his 60's, there was a reason a certain road was called diarrhea route.Skub wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:20 pm Today I sold my Dad's car for him.
After 75 years of driving and at the age of 92,he has made the decision off his own bat,that he no longer feels confident enough to drive.
I'm sad for him,but relieved that I don't need to worry about him having/causing an accident.
Very mixed feelings for him to watch his last car drive off.
Good that he had the capacity and courage to make that decision.
Proverbs 17:9
One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
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If you’ve got any interest in the Vietnam conflict, there’s a book in a similar vein called Chickenhawk, I think, about helicopter pilots in the war zone and the impact their experiences have on them.Harry wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:20 amBought it on the kindle yesterday and it kept me up late, couldn't put it down, brilliant (I'm 20% into it).hilldweller wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 11:10 am
Thanks.
If you are interested, I read a book "First Light" by Geoffrey Wellum that give incredible detail of those days. He joined the RAF, from a public school, at 17 and was more or less burned out by 21. The detail is amazing, I remember the almost absurd instructions from the RAF about what he was to bring when arriving to train to be a pilot with a life expectancy of weeks, bring your "dinner jacket".
Not everyone’s cup of tea but I’ve read and reread that too.
Mick
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Read Chickenhawk earlier this year. Highly recommended. The hours of boredom, drudge work and scams broken up with moments of complete terror/idiocy/heroism/sheer futility of war.
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
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"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
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My finger was poised to buy - but after reading the synopsis in the ridiculous times we find ourselves now I stopped. I don't think I want any more anger about the stupidity/corruption of governments right now.
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The follow up to Chickenhawk is a good read too. Chickenhawk, Back In The World.
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Had a couple of days off work. Spent some time sorting through the camping gear and my old fishing tackle. Found out I had more stoves etc. than I knew, came across some old French bangers and realised if you leave meths in a Trangia burner for 8 years it goes manky as fuck.
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Today I have collected 30m2 of Laminate from B&Q with the underlay, bought the scotias from Wickes as they are solid pine and I can paint them.
Stripped three rooms of old carpet and underlay. Took delivery of boxes for moving. Had the house valued which is a mixed pot as the shared ownership scheme has just phoned to say they don't want to sell our place anymore and we have to put it on the open market. So anything below the valued price has to come out of our pockets, so I am not impressed with them.
Stripped three rooms of old carpet and underlay. Took delivery of boxes for moving. Had the house valued which is a mixed pot as the shared ownership scheme has just phoned to say they don't want to sell our place anymore and we have to put it on the open market. So anything below the valued price has to come out of our pockets, so I am not impressed with them.
Proverbs 17:9
One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
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Our fave TexMex place opened this week so just been for their amazing Chilli. Proper bits of steak. No shite mince. Few beers. Perfecto
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Had two telephone calls from scammers in India pretending to be from Sky, trying to get remote access to my laptop
First call I only managed to keep going for 15mins, the 2nd I got just over half an hour.
I like to think while they were tied up with me they weren't scamming someone's granny.
First call I only managed to keep going for 15mins, the 2nd I got just over half an hour.
I like to think while they were tied up with me they weren't scamming someone's granny.
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Prepped and primed the floor in the man cave in readiness para el pintor mañana. He's laying down a thick coat of the posh shiny floor paint he's been painting round the back of the villa
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Looks well neat.
Don't be investing in any old leaky Brit iron.
Don't be investing in any old leaky Brit iron.
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Looking good Yorick. Mats or carpet tile down for the side stand or paddock stands?
Me, I've been supporting the staff remotely. Looking foward to my last week in the "working" world and then I can log off the work laptop after deleting my profile and handing it over!
Fetching daugther from her socially distanced outing with a friend later on today and then probably going to bed early.
I did not paint today. What a relief!
Me, I've been supporting the staff remotely. Looking foward to my last week in the "working" world and then I can log off the work laptop after deleting my profile and handing it over!
Fetching daugther from her socially distanced outing with a friend later on today and then probably going to bed early.
I did not paint today. What a relief!
Proverbs 17:9
One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
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I've made some square metal pads with old yoga mats glued to bottom.the_priest wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 5:41 pm Looking good Yorick. Mats or carpet tile down for the side stand or paddock stands?
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I took loads of pics in different lights, but none grabbed the amazing brightness. The camera could not cope. When I wheeled all the bikes back in, they obviously made tyre marks which spoiled it as before. But I did a [mention]weeksy[/mention] and got the mop out. All the marks were gone. Whereas before, they just got worse and worse as the pics above shows. He's been here for a week painting this shiny stuff everywhere, so for €200 extra, he did the man cave as wellYorick wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:00 pmI've made some square metal pads with old yoga mats glued to bottom.the_priest wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 5:41 pm Looking good Yorick. Mats or carpet tile down for the side stand or paddock stands?