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A 3" petrol powered water pump, an AEG 18v drill needing a battery, (ordered already), a Bosch 18v drill, two wheelbarrow wheels, a couple of big sodium lamps and a cordless vacuum cleaner.

Some will go on Ebay, some will be punted on locally and some will upgrade my workshop tooling.

Edit: The above are today's treasures. The ISO had enough parts to make a working air compressor, as big as will run on a 13A supply with a 200l receiver, the bladder from an IBC*, a small roller shutter door, some windscreen crates made of useful timber, a petrol powered Belle cement mixer, half a dozen big plastic crates and some old 3" diameter mooring ropes from the ferry.

IBC = Intermediate bulk container. They are about 1m cubed and very useful.

Had loads of rain in January which fills the normally dry river behind our villa. When it's high it bursts through the sandbank to get to the sea.
When it's calmed down, the opposite happens at high tide and waves brake into the pool that's left.

I often go there half hour before high tide and watch the waves slowly go over.

Took the missus today and she loved the peaceful, silent hour.
So she took me for a couple of beers in the sun.

She dropped me home on way to her yoga class and I feel tipsy on 2 beers after a month off.

Well, it's still sunny so the beer fridge was shouting and I had to answer. Burp.

A couple more and I'll be set for a late afternoon nap.

Burp...

I got my laptop back

Gave up with the email setting up and talked to the Mac Guy down in the valley (well, down and up the other side a bit!!). He said "download this so I can do it remotely" - my laptop said NO!! So I sent him screen shots of some of the info from the computer and it turns out it was running a very old OS. When I admitted to having it for 6 years and doing zero TLC he said to take the computer to him

He did finish it yesterday but I had a physio appointment in the valley today so agreed to collect it this afternoon

It looks a bit different when you start it up but everything seems to work well

He even said it was a pretty good machine, so I'm happy!!


So apart from the Transit spitting some of its guts and the different physio (mine isn't back to work yet ) hurting me almost as much as the usual one, I've had a good day!! (The problem with the physio in the valley doing stuff is that then I have to drive 30 mins home and today had to park my friend's car and then wait in the snow for a bus!!! Not the best after a serious physio when usually you can just walk for less than 5 mins to get home!! LOL)

I managed to get online in time for a French lesson which was good as I missed Wednesday's - for some reason the learning platform doesn't work on my phone or my ipad


And it's still snowing. Looking forward to going walking tomorrow - hopefully a layer of soft snow on top of a groomed piste

Visited a comms room today to survey some issues.... see if you can spot the cause.

Blood?

Lots of condensation!!! That is rather bad. And blood.

Although that's rust, not blood. IT kit is dying in there. It was like a Turkish bath....

Wreckless Rat wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:29 pm

Although that's rust, not blood. IT kit is dying in there. It was like a Turkish bath....

Don't they have aircon running in there? Seems they also need a dehumidifier!!

the_priest wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:33 pm

Wreckless Rat wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:29 pm

Although that's rust, not blood. IT kit is dying in there. It was like a Turkish bath....

Don't they have aircon running in there? Seems they also need a dehumidifier!!

Something to do with a blocked pipe, meant that the air being circulated in there was saturated - it’s a cold server room. Heavily water laden air + cold room = that. It’s got high voltage in there too... I told them none of my engineers are going back in there until they solve the H&S risk...

Wreckless Rat wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:01 pm

the_priest wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:33 pm

Wreckless Rat wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:29 pm

Although that's rust, not blood. IT kit is dying in there. It was like a Turkish bath....

Don't they have aircon running in there? Seems they also need a dehumidifier!!

Something to do with a blocked pipe, meant that the air being circulated in there was saturated - it’s a cold server room. Heavily water laden air + cold room = that. It’s got high voltage in there too... I told them none of my engineers are going back in there until they solve the H&S risk...

This was the DC module at Godington Substation, it had a bad moisture/condensation problem and 2 staff attempted to replace a blown 750V 2A fuse........ One of them sustained severe burns.

MingtheMerciless wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:17 pm

Wreckless Rat wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:01 pm

the_priest wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:33 pm

Don't they have aircon running in there? Seems they also need a dehumidifier!!

Something to do with a blocked pipe, meant that the air being circulated in there was saturated - it’s a cold server room. Heavily water laden air + cold room = that. It’s got high voltage in there too... I told them none of my engineers are going back in there until they solve the H&S risk...

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This was the DC module at Godington Substation, it had a bad moisture/condensation problem and 2 staff attempted to replace a blown 750V 2A fuse........ One of them sustained severe burns.

Looks like that dried it out.

Poor maintenance for sure. We always installed seperate aircon units for redundancy and immediately put them on a maintenance schedule for six month checks. Also had a humidity sensor in the room on the alert system and CCTV camera to record entry into the room. Got to do it properly. Now I just pray hard!

Forgot someone was coming to view/buy my SH300 today. I got a ebay message saying he'd be here at 12:30! Rushed out to check it wouod start and it did instantly. Whizzed round the block on it to make sure the brakes weren't binding and they aren't. Runs like a swiss watch! Such a cracking scoot. I'll be quite sorry to see it go tbh.

Scooter has gone. Sold it to a lad from Surry who was freezing looking at it but was now going to ride it home wearing a lightweight windcheater type jacket. I offered him a free padded hi-viz jacket but he reckoned he'l be alright!

Taipan wrote: Sat Feb 13, 2021 1:54 pm Scooter has gone. Sold it to a lad from Surry who was freezing looking at it but was now going to ride it home wearing a lightweight windcheater type jacket. I offered him a free padded hi-viz jacket but he reckoned he'l be alright!

I often see kids on Scooters out in winter without gloves on, I don't know how they do it!

Taipan wrote: Sat Feb 13, 2021 11:10 am Forgot someone was coming to view/buy my SH300 today. I got a ebay message saying he'd be here at 12:30! Rushed out to check it wouod start and it did instantly. Whizzed round the block on it to make sure the brakes weren't binding and they aren't. Runs like a swiss watch! Such a cracking scoot. I'll be quite sorry to see it go tbh.

I had the same twinges of regret when I sold mine. A great old,reliable workhorse,with a bit of fun included. Finish is a bit patchy,the wheels stayed like new,but fork bottoms and brake brackets were shit,paint fell off in no time. I'd have another,if I had the need.

50mph + winds,snow and a high tide caused some walkers to call me a mad bastard for doing this part of the walk.

Such a buzz.

My daughter told me today that her and her boyfriend are looking at buying a house together. Like a lot of kids they worry about getting on the property ladder, so have taken advantage of the cheap deals and subsidies that are about. They find out Monday if they can be approved etc blah. Super pleased for them but its about 40 miles away, which for my wife is like they've emigrated! Mind you, I say that, but I'll probably blub when my baby girl leaves home!

Taipan wrote: Sat Feb 13, 2021 2:09 pm My daughter told me today that her and her boyfriend are looking at buying a house together. Like a lot of kids they worry about getting on the property ladder, so have taken advantage of the cheap deals and subsidies that are about. They find out Monday if they can be approved etc blah. Super pleased for them but its about 40 miles away, which for my wife is like they've emigrated! Mind you, I say that, but I'll probably blub when my baby girl leaves home!

Heh,you will and all.

I've one on Oz,one in Engerland and daughter is fairly local at about 40 miles away. She was the last to go and just moved out last year. I'ts still a bit strange,plus the lockdown bollox hasn't helped.

Eldest son never came back from uni,so he has been gone since he was 21 and we've all grown used to that.When middle son moved to Oz,the day we left him to the airport was like a death in the family,I was a mess! I know the world is a smaller place these days,but it went from gigging together every other night,to him not being there. Took me bloody ages to come around.

Just got inadvertently cheered up by my neighbour! I was just out the front and he called out, "You alright Tai"?
I replied, "Yes why"?
He said, "When you pulled up on your bike yesterday, my car said it -4 out there, so I thought there must be something fooking wrong with you riding a bike in those temperatures"!