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Title: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 11 April 2020, 09:07:18
As I'm sure all our cars, after 3 weeks of most of us being couped up at home, as mechanically sorted, how are you filling your spare time?

Looks like today I'll have to cut the front grass.  The RC cars have trashed the rear lawn over the last fortnight, so suspect seeding will be more appropriate than mowing ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 11 April 2020, 10:01:05
As you say TB cars are all sorted , plenty to occupy us in the morning dog walking then gardening, as the weather has been so nice relax in the garden in the afternoon a couple of drinks each and a game of Scrabble she's thrashing me at the moment 9-2. It's peaceful here seems almost impossible to believe what's going on in our big cities & hospitals this isolation has given me time to think as well , so will be handing my notice in after the isolation period life really is too short.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 11 April 2020, 10:46:25
Not really a lockdown here, the missus goes to work most days. Which means I do pretty much the same as I always did. Weekends are a bit better, because she can't go shopping for shite that she doesn't need. Uni boy is home, I think. See him twice a day when he comes down for food. I took Mo's old exercise bike up to his room and, to be fair, I've heard him hammering that for the last few days.
I'm a bit jealous, to tell the truth. I walk for miles with the dog,and think I'm quite fit. He lies in bed on his computer most of the time. He does a quick half hour on the bike, that would fickin kill me if I tried it.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: biggriffin on 11 April 2020, 11:11:37
Go to work, keeping stuff on shelves, as nobody's got anything to do they all seem to be going shopping.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: YZ250 on 11 April 2020, 11:22:15
Not really a lockdown here, the missus goes to work most days. Which means I do pretty much the same as I always did. Weekends are a bit better, because she can't go shopping for shite that she doesn't need.

My missus goes off to the school every weekday. They have to be in for Key Workers children and as the amount of attendees was expected to be low they combined both Lower School and Upper School in to just one school. On the first three days of the first week of Lockdown, ten children turned up, gradually dwindling to just three on the last two days. It has now dwindled to zero children turning up, but the school coach service still has to run and a set amount of teachers turn up just in case some children do arrive. They spent most of their time sanitizing ...... and drinking coffee no doubt.  :)
The same goes for your shopping comment.  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 11 April 2020, 11:24:44
Antisocial distancing is my forte, so pretty much the status quo here ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: razzo on 11 April 2020, 11:25:25
Still working but hours have been cut back, never known the police to be so helpful
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: YZ250 on 11 April 2020, 11:37:54
Currently sat in the sunshine in my back garden with a cup of tea, staring at the Moto X bike and thinking that I really should fix the air leak that makes it rev its tits off. I think it's the left hand crank seal, so need to sort it and sell it as I'm too old to ride it again.  :'(
If only I had time on my hands.  ::)  Think I'll make another cuppa and stare at it for a bit longer.  :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 11 April 2020, 11:40:24
Currently sat in the sunshine in my back garden with a cup of tea, staring at the Moto X bike and thinking that I really should fix the air leak that makes it rev its tits off. I think it's the left hand crank seal, so need to sort it and sell it as I'm too old to ride it again.  :'(
If only I had time on my hands.  ::)  Think I'll make another cuppa and stare at it for a bit longer.  :)

That's the spirit!  :y   ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 11 April 2020, 11:51:52
Currently sat in the sunshine in my back garden with a cup of tea, staring at the Moto X bike and thinking that I really should fix the air leak that makes it rev its tits off. I think it's the left hand crank seal, so need to sort it and sell it as I'm too old to ride it again.  :'(
If only I had time on my hands.  ::)  Think I'll make another cuppa and stare at it for a bit longer.  :)
I gave my decking another coat of decking oil on Wednesday/Thursday and thought I'd do a bit of the fencing after that. I've given the fence three coats of looking at and am no further on. ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Drewomega on 11 April 2020, 12:00:42
Hiya all! Still stuck in Mallorca! This is my 29th day of total lockdown. No going for walks unless you have a dog and only one person allowed. No bike rides either. Only one person allowed in a car unless you are working. I have been stopped twice on two occasions going to the supermarket. Nightmare!  :(  Have been trying to get back to Scotland since I have been here. Two flights cancelled already. I guess Varche is in the same situation!  :(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 11 April 2020, 12:15:21
Currently sat in the sunshine in my back garden with a cup of tea, staring at the Moto X bike and thinking that I really should fix the air leak that makes it rev its tits off. I think it's the left hand crank seal, so need to sort it and sell it as I'm too old to ride it again.  :'(
If only I had time on my hands.  ::)  Think I'll make another cuppa and stare at it for a bit longer.  :)
I gave my decking another coat of decking oil on Wednesday/Thursday and thought I'd do a bit of the fencing after that. I've given the fence three coats of looking at and am no further on. ;D
I hope you used your Kiwi deck paint...  (https://youtu.be/i6c4Nupnup0)  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Varche on 11 April 2020, 12:29:33
Drewomega, hope you are managing. Could be worse places to be stuck. Are they British Embassy  recovery flights home? Hope you get sorted . I read somewhere that Mallorca wasn't thinking of reopening until 2021.

Day 37 of my exile here near Scarborough. It is going alright apart from the weekly hassle of getting food. My dad has recovered and his cocktail of drugs are working. Quite frustrating not being able to do much like throwing stuff away ( all three bins are full each time they are collected). Have taken an Amazon Prime subscription and bought a firestick which works very well on his unlimited internet. Had nearly twenty things delivered like a trolley for him to wheel his stuff around on. 

Mrs V is a different kettle of fish. If the lockdown had occurred in June she could have sat it out for a good ten months. We always have plenty of stuff in just in case of vehicle failure. The problem is that it is the pollen season and May is the peak. Previous years we vacate the country end of April for 5 weeks. Last year we misjudged it and we had to seek A and E on route for her to go on a nebuliser and oxygen in the evening and again in the morning. It was quite disconcerting. She has contacted the British embassy for travel documents and had already booked passage and a cabin on the Bilboa to Portsmouth ferry end later this month. She will sleep in the car en route as no hotels open and only drive thru fast food joints.  Well that is the plan.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 11 April 2020, 12:38:30
Reading history and watching documentaries on historical and political subjects.

Have also been providing, at a distance, tuition to one of my grandsons, a 9 year old, using the internet based school homework with a strong influence towards mathematics, literacy and history.

Apart from that just relaxing :D :D 8) 8) ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 11 April 2020, 12:51:32
Nookie at 10.30 AM followed by breakfast in bed.

This afternoon I need to cut back an assortment of willow trees.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: biggriffin on 11 April 2020, 13:12:37
Drewomega, hope you are managing. Could be worse places to be stuck. Are they British Embassy  recovery flights home? Hope you get sorted . I read somewhere that Mallorca wasn't thinking of reopening until 2021.

Day 37 of my exile here near Scarborough. It is going alright apart from the weekly hassle of getting food. My dad has recovered and his cocktail of drugs are working. Quite frustrating not being able to do much like throwing stuff away ( all three bins are full each time they are collected). Have taken an Amazon Prime subscription and bought a firestick which works very well on his unlimited internet. Had nearly twenty things delivered like a trolley for him to wheel his stuff around on. 

Mrs V is a different kettle of fish. If the lockdown had occurred in June she could have sat it out for a good ten months. We always have plenty of stuff in just in case of vehicle failure. The problem is that it is the pollen season and May is the peak. Previous years we vacate the country end of April for 5 weeks. Last year we misjudged it and we had to seek A and E on route for her to go on a nebuliser and oxygen in the evening and again in the morning. It was quite disconcerting. She has contacted the British embassy for travel documents and had already booked passage and a cabin on the Bilboa to Portsmouth ferry end later this month. She will sleep in the car en route as no hotels open and only drive thru fast food joints.  Well that is the plan.


 You'll be lucky getting a ferry, as they are only excepting Freight bookings.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 11 April 2020, 13:37:03
Reading history and watching documentaries on historical and political subjects.

Have also been providing, at a distance, tuition to one of my grandsons, a 9 year old, using the internet based school homework with a strong influence towards mathematics, literacy and history.

Apart from that just relaxing :D :D 8) 8) ;)


Ohhhh....Lizzie. You must have been a child bride, as must have been your daughter. ;)  :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 11 April 2020, 13:43:22
Far call, and intend to keep doing the same until heading off to work later.
Once at work I shall continue to do far call for 12 hours until its time to go home again. Process will be repeated tomorrow and Monday.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 11 April 2020, 13:44:16
Not really a lockdown here, the missus goes to work most days. Which means I do pretty much the same as I always did. Weekends are a bit better, because she can't go shopping for shite that she doesn't need. Uni boy is home, I think. See him twice a day when he comes down for food. I took Mo's old exercise bike up to his room and, to be fair, I've heard him hammering that for the last few days.
I'm a bit jealous, to tell the truth. I walk for miles with the dog,and think I'm quite fit. He lies in bed on his computer most of the time. He does a quick half hour on the bike, that would fickin kill me if I tried it.  ;D


What is a 20 year old locked away from feminine company doing the rest of the time, I wonder. :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 11 April 2020, 13:59:27
Currently sat listening to my neighbours having a blazing row!  :o  ::)  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 11 April 2020, 14:25:49
Currently sat listening to my neighbours having a blazing row!  :o  ::)  ;D

You need to buy a detached house or a house with a larger garden. :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 11 April 2020, 14:47:18
Mrs Builder just asked ME to pick the lottery numbers  ::)
that's a lot of pressure to put on me , what if they don't pan out  :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 11 April 2020, 14:49:22
Mrs Builder just asked ME to pick the lottery numbers  ::)
that's a lot of pressure to put on me , what if they don't pan out  :-\

It will be 100% your fault. So get it right. :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Andy B on 11 April 2020, 15:01:38
Only real change is not being able to spend Wednesdays with our grand daughter .... we're all still working as normal  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 11 April 2020, 16:20:14
Mrs Builder just asked ME to pick the lottery numbers  ::)
that's a lot of pressure to put on me , what if they don't pan out  :-\
.   


Have used the same numbers since the lottery started won quite a few quid over the years , but have decided to give it a miss for a while , can't be arsed to do it online our tickets ran out last Wednesday.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 11 April 2020, 16:26:01
Reading history and watching documentaries on historical and political subjects.

Have also been providing, at a distance, tuition to one of my grandsons, a 9 year old, using the internet based school homework with a strong influence towards mathematics, literacy and history.

Apart from that just relaxing :D :D 8) 8) ;)


Ohhhh....Lizzie. You must have been a child bride, as must have been your daughter. ;)  :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D  You are obviously under estimating how old advanced in years I am Opti! :-* :-* :-* ;)

My eldest son is 45 this year! :o :o :o :D ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 11 April 2020, 16:26:37
Before all this lockdown business started two out of the three cars needed work of one kind or another,and they still do!!This morning it was out in the garden a couple of times with the dogma bit more progress on my model ship and watching telly.This afternoon a bit more progress on the ship,reading and then daily exercise by walking the dog.Now ready to start doing my tea.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: LC0112G on 11 April 2020, 17:56:50
Well, its Easter Sunday tomorrow. As many know I wash my cars religiously. So tomorrow is the day  :D :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 11 April 2020, 18:19:43
Currently sat listening to my neighbours having a blazing row!  :o  ::)  ;D

You need to buy a detached house or a house with a larger garden. :)

Rural poverty is a terrible thing M'lud.  :'(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: redelitev6 on 11 April 2020, 19:00:51
Repaired and painted the garage door frame , it was starting to look a bit shabby , I suppose I'll have to paint the back door next .
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 11 April 2020, 20:40:44
Cut front and back lawns, neither very large. Took SWMBO for a walk in the wheelchair, she can walk about 100yrd then needs to get in so she uses it as a rollator. We live near the Bury east junction of the A14 and there are some nice accessible paths and wooded areas at the top of our estate. Bloody knackered when we got home. :D Think she needs a mobility scooter. ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Andy B on 11 April 2020, 21:11:06
Repaired  ..... the garage door frame ,
That's something I need to do too  ???

..... it was starting to look a bit shabby  ....
Mine already is!  :-[
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Andy B on 11 April 2020, 21:12:47
Cut front and back lawns, neither very large. Took SWMBO for a walk in the wheelchair, she can walk about 100yrd then needs to get in so she uses it as a rollator. We live near the Bury east junction of the A14 and there are some nice accessible paths and wooded areas at the top of our estate. Bloody knackered when we got home. :D Think she needs a mobility scooter. ;D

I don't think you do .....  ::) ::)

I live in Bury & the A14 is no where near  ;) ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 11 April 2020, 22:29:36
As in Bury St. Edmunds. A beautiful old town.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Andy B on 11 April 2020, 22:30:53
As in Bury St. Edmunds. A beautiful old town.

I know .....  ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 11 April 2020, 22:34:32
As in Bury St. Edmunds. A beautiful old town.
We like it.  :y Suffolk born and bred.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 11 April 2020, 22:39:30
Im on the border of Suffolk but always like to visit Bury St. Edmunds much more than any of the Essex towns, which are nearer.
Son works right in the centre now so its an excuse to visit more often. Had a wander around the old Abbey gardens a couple of months ago. Its bigger in there than I imagined it would be.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 11 April 2020, 23:55:30
Antisocial distancing is my forte, so pretty much the status quo here ;D

This.

Pulled a wealth of sh!tty 1980's bedroom furniture out of the back bedroom, revealing a nice big damp patch and a hole in the ceiling.  ::)

Given its location, I'm 99.9% sure it's the lead flashing and/or pointing on the chimney stack. Not sure if I'll pay out to fix it, or go diy, access is easy and I think I've got some lead in the shed. Guess it depends on how I get on with all the other jobs on the list first 😂
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 12 April 2020, 06:54:53
Antisocial distancing is my forte, so pretty much the status quo here ;D

This.

Pulled a wealth of sh!tty 1980's bedroom furniture out of the back bedroom, revealing a nice big damp patch and a hole in the ceiling.  ::)

Given its location, I'm 99.9% sure it's the lead flashing and/or pointing on the chimney stack. Not sure if I'll pay out to fix it, or go diy, access is easy and I think I've got some lead in the shed. Guess it depends on how I get on with all the other jobs on the list first 😂
Roof first, Jimmy, always roof first.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 12 April 2020, 10:20:51
As I mostly work from home, weekdays are no different to normal - work, then go for a walk, then eat tea and watch shite on the telly.  Every night is like treat night, as she's also working at home, and has taken over the dining room table with her laptop, monitors keyboards etc, so tea on a tray in the lounge every night :)

Weekends are more of a drag, as have to stay in.  Weekend before last, I built a Tamiya Hotshot, last weekend I wrecked the grass with it.  This weekend I'm building a new quadcopter out of a load of bits I found whilst tidying, that'll keep the printer busy :).  I have done a little bit of quad flying, from the bedroom window, but the video transmission system means I have a fairly narrow corridor of about 90 degrees where I can still get video.  And due to the obstacles surrounding my garden, its quite a difficult landing.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 12 April 2020, 10:27:28
I really should finish my Cessna off... Just got to hook up the flaps and ailerons, stick the wings on and charge it up.

It will move under its own power, but weather it will fly or not is anyone's guess...  :-\ technically, if it won't leave the ground, it won't need registering...  ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 12 April 2020, 10:46:36
I really should finish my Cessna off... Just got to hook up the flaps and ailerons, stick the wings on and charge it up.

It will move under its own power, but weather it will fly or not is anyone's guess...  :-\ technically, if it won't leave the ground, it won't need registering...  ::)
Because of my (lack of) flying skills, all my planes and racing wings are foam.  My last balsa thing I flew lost an argument with a rugby post on its maiden ;D.  But cant fly any of them currently, as would need to find a field, and its hardly an essential reason to leave the house.

As the owner, only you need to get an operator-id (£9 pa) from the CAA, and you and anyone else who attempts to fly it needs a flyer-id (free, but needs a test to prove you can spell your name).  You're operator ID covers all relevant craft you may own.


(I'm assuming its under 20kg?)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 12 April 2020, 11:09:15
Roof first, Jimmy, always roof first.

Normally I'd agree STEMO, but in this case it would involve a rule-breaking 85mile round trip to the parents to retrieve the family scaffolding tower. If stopped I might be able to make a case for essential travel, but it's not really in the spirit of the thing.

 In view of that, a bucket may have to suffice until the madness ends. In any case, it's brought a piece of ceiling down and trashed the plaster on the wall, so I figure the majority of the damage is done.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 12 April 2020, 11:24:43
Antisocial distancing is my forte, so pretty much the status quo here ;D

This.

Pulled a wealth of sh!tty 1980's bedroom furniture out of the back bedroom, revealing a nice big damp patch and a hole in the ceiling.  ::)

Given its location, I'm 99.9% sure it's the lead flashing and/or pointing on the chimney stack. Not sure if I'll pay out to fix it, or go diy, access is easy and I think I've got some lead in the shed. Guess it depends on how I get on with all the other jobs on the list first 😂
Roof first, Jimmy, always roof first.

I had a few conversations with 'roofers' over the years that have gone something like this...

Me: I think it's leaking around the chimney.
Roofer: Well if it is, we'll have to take the chimney down.
Me: Surely it's quicker and easier to fix the flashing.
Roofer: Yes we'll take the chimney down.
Me: There's nothing wrong with the chimney, the chimney doesn't leak.
Roofer: No, but we'll take the chimney down.
Me: It's the neighbours chimney.
Roofer: He'll have to take the chimney down then.
Me: His ROOF isn't leaking, it's my ROOF that's leaking.
Roofer: Well anyway the chimney will have to come down.
Me: Sigh....

 ::)   ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 12 April 2020, 11:37:54
Been out with the dog and painted a fence panel. Exciting times.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 12 April 2020, 11:43:31
I really should finish my Cessna off... Just got to hook up the flaps and ailerons, stick the wings on and charge it up.

It will move under its own power, but weather it will fly or not is anyone's guess...  :-\ technically, if it won't leave the ground, it won't need registering...  ::)
Because of my (lack of) flying skills, all my planes and racing wings are foam.  My last balsa thing I flew lost an argument with a rugby post on its maiden ;D.  But cant fly any of them currently, as would need to find a field, and its hardly an essential reason to leave the house.

As the owner, only you need to get an operator-id (£9 pa) from the CAA, and you and anyone else who attempts to fly it needs a flyer-id (free, but needs a test to prove you can spell your name).  You're operator ID covers all relevant craft you may own.


(I'm assuming its under 20kg?)
I haven't weighed it recently, but I think it's less than 5kg.

As long as the wheels cope with concrete, I can theoretically use the road as a runway...  :D

I could take it to work, but I don't think that's in the rules either ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 12 April 2020, 12:09:12
I really should finish my Cessna off... Just got to hook up the flaps and ailerons, stick the wings on and charge it up.

It will move under its own power, but weather it will fly or not is anyone's guess...  :-\ technically, if it won't leave the ground, it won't need registering...  ::)
Because of my (lack of) flying skills, all my planes and racing wings are foam.  My last balsa thing I flew lost an argument with a rugby post on its maiden ;D.  But cant fly any of them currently, as would need to find a field, and its hardly an essential reason to leave the house.

As the owner, only you need to get an operator-id (£9 pa) from the CAA, and you and anyone else who attempts to fly it needs a flyer-id (free, but needs a test to prove you can spell your name).  You're operator ID covers all relevant craft you may own.


(I'm assuming its under 20kg?)
I haven't weighed it recently, but I think it's less than 5kg.

As long as the wheels cope with concrete, I can theoretically use the road as a runway...  :D

I could take it to work, but I don't think that's in the rules either ::)
Have you done you CPC online yet? I did my CBA, passed with flying colours.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 12 April 2020, 12:59:06
Cpc starts tomorrow  ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 12 April 2020, 13:29:50
Walked the dog this morning,  and now on number 8 of 24 fence panels being treated & it's really nice & warm time for a beer now though..😎
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 12 April 2020, 14:13:48
Uni boy came down for his breakfast. He took up: A cream egg Easter egg, four rounds of toast, a packet of cheese n onion, a banana and a can of Diet Coke. Should last him till tea time  :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 12 April 2020, 14:20:45
Uni boy came down for his breakfast. He took up: A cream egg Easter egg, four rounds of toast, a packet of cheese n onion, a banana and a can of Diet Coke. Should last him till tea time  :-\
pot noodle for Tea  :-\
Banana sounds a bit healthy  :o
check his temperature  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: biggriffin on 12 April 2020, 14:49:19
Cpc starts tomorrow  ;)


 Lots of POA, crap, what does a redX mean, 7hrs of pure joy,  :D >:(

Does it include the upload fee's?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 12 April 2020, 16:01:23
£250 all in :y

Cheap at half the price...  :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: 78bex on 13 April 2020, 01:31:02
Thinking about riding down to the beach with the team, but can`t  cos it`s the law  :'(
Heard a minister say: if you go out shopping etc be back within the hour
Bloody neighbors have been out all day, delivering much needed supplies apparently  ::)
 
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 13 April 2020, 09:07:02
As long as the wheels cope with concrete, I can theoretically use the road as a runway...  :D

I could take it to work, but I don't think that's in the rules either ::)
None of mine have wheels, and foam on tarmac, there is only gonna be one winner ;D


As to Gatwick, yes, that'll be in a no fly zone, and given the likely made up stories from 15 months ago, I can see that being classed as antisocial ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Drewomega on 13 April 2020, 10:57:41
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Drewomega, hope you are managing. Could be worse places to be stuck. Are they British Embassy  recovery flights home? Hope you get sorted . I read somewhere that Mallorca wasn't thinking of reopening until 2021.

Yes Varche! there was a BER flight a week or so ago and they were charging £1600 :o to EDIN. I have another 200 miles to go after that! Suffice to say I did not take their offer.
I have lots to do on place in Scotland ie. painting, oiling decking etc. Nothing to do here as I have painted all the walls and ceilings again!!  8)
I think I will just stay here and see what happens!!
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 13 April 2020, 12:46:56
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Drewomega, hope you are managing. Could be worse places to be stuck. Are they British Embassy  recovery flights home? Hope you get sorted . I read somewhere that Mallorca wasn't thinking of reopening until 2021.

Yes Varche! there was a BER flight a week or so ago and they were charging £1600 :o to EDIN. I have another 200 miles to go after that! Suffice to say I did not take their offer.
I have lots to do on place in Scotland ie. painting, oiling decking etc. Nothing to do here as I have painted all the walls and ceilings again!!  8)
I think I will just stay here and see what happens!!

If you don't have to go back to Scotland, this seems the sensible plan to be honest.  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: 78bex on 14 April 2020, 00:47:07
Got sun burnt ears, or is that another symptom they`re not telling us about  ???
No headache, dizziness or loss of smell & taste just yet, just these funny ears   ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: 78bex on 14 April 2020, 01:20:21
My ears are glowing in the dark now, I need to stay out of the sun  :(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 14 April 2020, 10:05:18
Someone talking about you...  :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Andy B on 14 April 2020, 10:32:10
I'd not be surprised if it was frost bite if you'd been around here yesterday, it was sunny but bl**dy freezing!  :o
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: VXL V6 on 14 April 2020, 12:09:01
Working from home during the week, which is fine for the project planning (PPPPPPP) and daily support stuff, obviously can't do any site installs / upgrades currently and site visits only allowed if we have loss of critical infrastructure.

Have been doing a bit of training and dabbling with projects at home i've been meaning to do but not had the time or inclanation beforehand.

Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Drewomega on 14 April 2020, 13:27:40
Quote
If you don't have to go back to Scotland, this seems the sensible plan to be honest.  :y

I shall take on board your learned advice sir!  :y :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 14 April 2020, 14:10:44
Usual routine nice walk with the dog, finished treating the fence panels kebabs chips & a beer lunchtime , a million miles from some poor folk around the country.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: deviator on 14 April 2020, 14:30:51
What lockdown?

I've been at work as usual today. I still haven't been able to fix the cars or do DIY. Why? Because I can't get anything I need. I can't order stuff online for delivery as we are both key workers and there is no one home. I can't go out and buy what I need because everywhere is shut. Oh, that lockdown.

I hope you guys are doing better than me?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: biggriffin on 14 April 2020, 19:03:44
£250 all in :y

Cheap at half the price...  :D


 So how was day 1,, and What have you learned..
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 14 April 2020, 19:10:00
£250 all in :y

Cheap at half the price...  :D


 So how was day 1,, and What have you learned..

 ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 14 April 2020, 19:10:15
£250 all in :y

Cheap at half the price...  :D


 So how was day 1,, and What have you learned..
The wheels on the truck go round and round.....round and round......round and round.....
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 14 April 2020, 19:17:19
 ;D

Well, so far, after two days and in no particular order...

1. Horsey types and scaffolders get far too much leeway.
2. DVSA like issuing fines.
3. Don't drive in Euro land.
4. See 3. Ever.
5. This should have been available online from the day it was introduced.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 14 April 2020, 19:28:41
Joking aside, it needed doing, so not complaining  ;)

Given a free choice, doing a HIAB and FLT course would have been more practical and a full ADR course would be a better use of a week. May do those anyway once Batflu is done with, depending on what happens with the day job... My plan until mid March was to do my A1 Licence :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: biggriffin on 14 April 2020, 19:37:52
;D

Well, so far, after two days and in no particular order...

1. Horsey types and scaffolders get far too much leeway.
2. DVSA like issuing fines.
3. Don't drive in Euro land.
4. See 3. Ever.
5. This should have been available online from the day it was introduced.


 So basically nothing,

Scaffolders have always been a favorite target,.
 DVSA only fine as a last resort,  I've been given words of advice, Very rarely get pulled, all depends on your status on the pass rate.

Driving in Europe is easier than here, again stick to the "rules" and your left alone, ,,

 Hiab ticket yes, make sure it's the right one. Lots of class 2 builders merchants need drivers.
 ADR,, not worth it, unless your looking to do refueling at the Airport.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 14 April 2020, 19:51:19
Ironically, ADR isn't needed at Gatwick... ??? Doing it would be more of a mental exercise.  ;)

There are a couple of builders merchants locally, so that certainly remains an option :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: biggriffin on 14 April 2020, 20:35:10
Ironically, ADR isn't needed at Gatwick... ??? Doing it would be more of a mental exercise.  ;)

There are a couple of builders merchants locally, so that certainly remains an option :y


 The problem with having ADR, lots of company like you to have it, but don't pay a premium, like they should,  some small fuel/ heating oil companies will, you average class2 haulage/palletways won't.
Yes gives you another feather, but cost wise, nah, the hassles involved with pallet type work and adr/ term cards etc.

Probably earn more, doing hiab work for a small scaffolding company. :)

Better still, take class1..
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 14 April 2020, 20:59:49
Have Class 1 ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: biggriffin on 14 April 2020, 21:09:23
Have Class 1 ;)


 Then work shouldn't be a problem, just finding, what you want to do ,
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: pscocoa on 15 April 2020, 07:00:27
Our daily walk is to the bottle bank.

Loads of jobs done - long overdue job of converting vhs camcorder tapes to digital almost completed. Amazing what it was like 30 years ago.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 15 April 2020, 10:43:14
Took my allotted hour for daily exercise before joining the queue to get into Tesco for essential shopping.  :y

(https://i.postimg.cc/sxSR75gj/P-20200414-121900-v-HDR-On.jpg)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 15 April 2020, 10:46:49
No queues at Asda this morning, plenty of stuff on the shelves. Rice, tinned veg, non existent; eggs, very low stock.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 15 April 2020, 10:50:38
Usual walk out with SWMBO & the dog , will cut the lawn this afternoon  & then continue reading my book in the garden..
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 15 April 2020, 11:05:19
Got four days off work, so doing some jobs on the Omega and helping swmbo a bit with garden / house tidying type stuff.
Well stocked up on most foodstuff and having papers delivered so ne need to leave the premises apart from going to / from work.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 15 April 2020, 17:40:48
Went to Morrisons just after 10a.m. for my monthly shopping trip,hardly any customers in the place,no shortage of any of the stuff I wanted.There was one oldish woman at the chiller cabinet where they have the pre-packed meat joints etc and she was taking stuff off the shelves looking at it putting it back again and she was there doing this for a good few minutes and was still doing the same the last time I saw her!Everything I picked off the shelves went into my trolley.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 15 April 2020, 17:42:55
Went to Morrisons just after 10a.m. for my monthly shopping trip,hardly any customers in the place,no shortage of any of the stuff I wanted.There was one oldish woman at the chiller cabinet where they have the pre-packed meat joints etc and she was taking stuff off the shelves looking at it putting it back again and she was there doing this for a good few minutes and was still doing the same the last time I saw her!Everything I picked off the shelves went into my trolley.
You should have punched her in the face.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 15 April 2020, 18:07:40
Couldn't have done that :o my arms aren't social distancing long :D ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 15 April 2020, 18:09:20
Went to Morrisons just after 10a.m. for my monthly shopping trip,hardly any customers in the place,no shortage of any of the stuff I wanted.There was one oldish woman at the chiller cabinet where they have the pre-packed meat joints etc and she was taking stuff off the shelves looking at it putting it back again and she was there doing this for a good few minutes and was still doing the same the last time I saw her!Everything I picked off the shelves went into my trolley.
You should have punched her in the face.
It's up to the supermarkets to get better security to punch such indecisive virus spreading ****s in the face ,  not us shoppers  :)

i went shopping yesterday ,took ages because most of the people have nothing better to do now and take forever moving to the next box.
it's not hard , write a list ,get the stuff off the list ,go home (or to the home of the people you are shopping for,then go home)

Couldn't have done that :o my arms aren't social distancing long :D ;D

good point , give security long pikes to smack the idiots with  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 15 April 2020, 18:16:12
Couldn't have done that :o my arms aren't social distancing long :D ;D
Rubber gloves and hold your breath  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 15 April 2020, 19:09:32
Went to the office (for half an hour. My slot was 8:00 - 8:30 then it was someone else's turn). ;D

My commute was ermm.. rapid, compared with usual the usual trudge. :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 15 April 2020, 20:50:18
In spite of the tow bar?  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: biggriffin on 16 April 2020, 17:54:00
Well tomorrow, I'm delivering, a few thousand desperately needed flowers. :-X
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 16 April 2020, 17:59:13
Well tomorrow, I'm delivering, a few thousand desperately needed flowers. :-X
people can now say goodbye at end of life now
though most hospitals,care homes etc don't allow flowers
funeral flowers perhaps ?
or supermarket flowers  :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 16 April 2020, 18:03:13
We're past the shortages now, Aldi have even stopped the limit on buying items. Asda shelves are stacked to the gunnels, so flowers are as good as anything.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: biggriffin on 16 April 2020, 18:15:48
Well tomorrow, I'm delivering, a few thousand desperately needed flowers. :-X
people can now say goodbye at end of life now
though most hospitals,care homes etc don't allow flowers
funeral flowers perhaps ?
or supermarket flowers  :-\


 These. :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 16 April 2020, 18:55:37
We're past the shortages now, Aldi have even stopped the limit on buying items. Asda shelves are stacked to the gunnels, so flowers are as good as anything.
but we are all locked in at home , so we can't do anything bad enough to warrant flowers as an apology  :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 16 April 2020, 18:57:07
We're past the shortages now, Aldi have even stopped the limit on buying items. Asda shelves are stacked to the gunnels, so flowers are as good as anything.
but we are all locked in at home , so we can't do anything bad enough to warrant flowers as an apology  :-\
Guilty conscience?  :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 16 April 2020, 18:58:12
We're past the shortages now, Aldi have even stopped the limit on buying items. Asda shelves are stacked to the gunnels, so flowers are as good as anything.
but we are all locked in at home , so we can't do anything bad enough to warrant flowers as an apology  :-\
Guilty conscious?  :D
Guilty conscious what?  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 16 April 2020, 18:59:53
This weekend I'm building a new quadcopter out of a load of bits I found whilst tidying
Finally finished it. It flies, after I configured the flight controller properly  :-[.  Only tried in garden, needs another couple of test flights before I send it off over the fields ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 16 April 2020, 19:06:44
We're past the shortages now, Aldi have even stopped the limit on buying items. Asda shelves are stacked to the gunnels, so flowers are as good as anything.
but we are all locked in at home , so we can't do anything bad enough to warrant flowers as an apology  :-\
Guilty conscious?  :D
Guilty conscious what?  ;D
I got Mrs Builder a bunch of plastic ones years ago ,so job jobbed  :y
if she wants fresh ,the choice is .....plain, self raising, corn or bread flour
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 16 April 2020, 19:21:54
Bought swmbo 16kg of the breadmaking variety yesterday, as well as 5 big buckets to store it in. Top notch stuff too. Even has Charley boys royal warrant on the sack.
Im expecting large quantities of delicious bread very soon or I wont be happy.
I deserve to get treated for spoiling her like this.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 16 April 2020, 19:35:11
Mrs Builder is getting better at bread NOW  :)
first attempts I wouldn't wish on anyone  ;D
did you treat the good lady to some yeast too  :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 16 April 2020, 19:45:02
Certainly did. Spoilt rotten she is.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 16 April 2020, 19:48:05
Certainly did. Spoilt rotten she is.
wow  :) good man  :y
perhaps you'll get bread and a "ROLL"  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 16 April 2020, 20:50:52
Got better than that. Just had a cheese & chive scone and a slice of the nicest bread Ive ever tasted. All straight out of the oven.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 16 April 2020, 20:58:54
Got better than that. Just had a cheese & chive scone and a slice of the nicest bread Ive ever tasted. All straight out of the oven.

Mrs Builder makes lovely cheese scones  :) very moreish, a batch can disappear in 1 day  :-[
not the nicest bread i've tasted though  :-X  more like "edible"   ::)
she needs more practice ,she's new to bread making
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 16 April 2020, 22:57:33
This was swmbos first attempt at bread so it could have been beginners luck.
Apparently the chives for the scones were fresh from the garden which makes all the difference - so I have been told.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 17 April 2020, 09:27:53
Mrs TB has a perfectly good breadmaker, so I expect to wake up to the smell of bread that's just ready to scoff as I roll out of bed.

But Tesco don't have flour or yeast, so that's just a pipe dream.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 17 April 2020, 11:10:25
This was swmbos first attempt at bread so it could have been beginners luck.
Apparently the chives for the scones were fresh from the garden which makes all the difference - so I have been told.
That's very impressive for a first attempt  :)
maybe I need to get Mrs Builder the flour with the royal warrant  :-\ what brand is it please ?

I've got mint and potatoes growing in the garden
plus lots of building materials (which are not growing OR getting smaller during lockdown)


But Tesco don't have flour or yeast, so that's just a pipe dream.
other supermarkets available TB ,not that i've looked for for strong white flour or yest since before the lockdown
I had good stock of most things non perishable, ready for the BREXIT Apocalypse  ;D 
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 17 April 2020, 11:36:32
Just the usual dog walk & potter about in the garden/garage and we both love it.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 17 April 2020, 16:07:11
CPC done... That's 35 hours of my life I won't get back :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: MikeDundee on 17 April 2020, 16:28:24
Well had the ABS/Pump replaced the other week, left it until was fully conked out, good to have speedo back and no dash lights on, picked the car up today from the body shop, front bumper re-sprayed following the ASDA delivery van reverse into me last year, had one door panel re-done and passenger rear quarter panel and a bit of rust from rear passenger wheel arch dealt with also, Oh and had the brake  re-sprayed all looking good, next get the rims done.

Oh and also about to get rid of all that sticky crap off the window buttons and fascia buttons, isopropyl alcohol and lint free cloth, works a treat but can take the finish off completely showing through to the white plastic on the edges.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: YZ250 on 17 April 2020, 17:33:31
Just the usual dog walk & potter about in the garden/garage and we both love it.

Makes you take stock of life doesn't it. As I've been in self isolation (company shutdown) for over a month now it's been a test run for early retirement for me and the days seem to fly by.  If I survive that long I will definitely leave work at 60. I have a decent pension so I'll survive, and having witnessed my parents (both disabled) money all go in care fees it doesn't pay to have too much money .... well, visible money at least.  ::) With their Local Authority anything over £23,250 you can kiss goodbye to if you need care.  :'(
I could retire now, but I'd be sacrificing a percentage for going early as the payment will be stretched over more years, so I'll stick with it until I'm 60 so that I can request company consent.  :y  Just the small matter of reaching 60.  ::) ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 17 April 2020, 17:53:52
Just the usual dog walk & potter about in the garden/garage and we both love it.

Makes you take stock of life doesn't it. As I've been in self isolation (company shutdown) for over a month now it's been a test run for early retirement for me and the days seem to fly by.  If I survive that long I will definitely leave work at 60. I have a decent pension so I'll survive, and having witnessed my parents (both disabled) money all go in care fees it doesn't pay to have too much money .... well, visible money at least.  ::) With their Local Authority anything over £23,250 you can kiss goodbye to if you need care.  :'(
I could retire now, but I'd be sacrificing a percentage for going early as the payment will be stretched over more years, so I'll stick with it until I'm 60 so that I can request company consent.  :y  Just the small matter of reaching 60.  ::) ;D
.   

I could have retired in 2014 when I was 60 but took partial retirement and now work 19.5 hrs per week , as I am over 65 now with underlying health issues I am on a 12 week isolation period but as you say this has made me take stock , and I will be handing my notice in at the beginning of June, we both have excellent pensions & life really is too short, SWMBO retired fully 2 years ago & absolutely loves it.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 17 April 2020, 18:29:03
Just the usual dog walk & potter about in the garden/garage and we both love it.

Makes you take stock of life doesn't it. As I've been in self isolation (company shutdown) for over a month now it's been a test run for early retirement for me and the days seem to fly by.  If I survive that long I will definitely leave work at 60. I have a decent pension so I'll survive, and having witnessed my parents (both disabled) money all go in care fees it doesn't pay to have too much money .... well, visible money at least.  ::) With their Local Authority anything over £23,250 you can kiss goodbye to if you need care.  :'(
I could retire now, but I'd be sacrificing a percentage for going early as the payment will be stretched over more years, so I'll stick with it until I'm 60 so that I can request company consent.  :y  Just the small matter of reaching 60.  ::) ;D
.   

I could have retired in 2014 when I was 60 but took partial retirement and now work 19.5 hrs per week , as I am over 65 now with underlying health issues I am on a 12 week isolation period but as you say this has made me take stock , and I will be handing my notice in at the beginning of June, we both have excellent pensions & life really is too short, SWMBO retired fully 2 years ago & absolutely loves it.




The best decision you can make, and with good pensions retirement is great indeed! 8) 8) :y :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: biggriffin on 17 April 2020, 19:07:13
CPC done... That's 35 hours of my life I won't get back :D


 Your now a fully trained professional driver. :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 17 April 2020, 19:22:50
Apparently so... :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 17 April 2020, 19:31:41
other supermarkets available TB
Not in Brakkers ;). Well, there is a smallish Waitrose, but they aint got none either ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: LC0112G on 17 April 2020, 23:01:59
Some of my tools were long overdue a good clean, and the recent spannering on the omega haven't helped. So, I found this machine hiding under the kitchen sink ....

(https://i.ibb.co/sg9znn6/IMG-7399-A.jpg)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: YZ250 on 18 April 2020, 11:46:49
Some of my tools were long overdue a good clean, and the recent spannering on the omega haven't helped. So, I found this machine hiding under the kitchen sink ....
.......

 :y 

I'd get shot for doing that, especially if the next few washes smelt of hot oil.  ;D  Does the detergent do the plating any harm?  :-\  I know people do it with tools, engine parts etc. but I've never risked it. We have put the grandchildrens plastic toys in there in the past to sterilise them but other than that it's dishes only.  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Matchless on 18 April 2020, 12:03:42
I found this machine hiding under the kitchen sink ....
(https://i.ibb.co/sg9znn6/IMG-7399-A.jpg)
Excellent machines for cleaning cylinder heads, also worth a look under the sink for some oven cleaner....removes carbon deposits a treat.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: YZ250 on 18 April 2020, 12:04:59
.....
Oh and had the brake  re-sprayed all looking good, next get the rims done.

Oh and also about to get rid of all that sticky crap off the window buttons and fascia buttons.....

As in the calipers Mike?

Those sticky window button surrounds are annoying. My fascia buttons were ok but I stripped the window button surrounds back to bare black plastic. Didn't know whether to coat them with something like a vinyl covering but never got around to it.  :)

Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 18 April 2020, 12:13:43
This was swmbos first attempt at bread so it could have been beginners luck.
Apparently the chives for the scones were fresh from the garden which makes all the difference - so I have been told.
That's very impressive for a first attempt  :)
maybe I need to get Mrs Builder the flour with the royal warrant  :-\ what brand is it please ?

I've got mint and potatoes growing in the garden
plus lots of building materials (which are not growing OR getting smaller during lockdown)


But Tesco don't have flour or yeast, so that's just a pipe dream.
other supermarkets available TB ,not that i've looked for for strong white flour or yest since before the lockdown
I had good stock of most things non perishable, ready for the BREXIT Apocalypse  ;D

Flour is Shipton Mill Ltd. Tetbury. Gloucs.
https://www.shipton-mill.com/flour-direct-shop
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 18 April 2020, 12:37:32

Flour is Shipton Mill Ltd. Tetbury. Gloucs.
https://www.shipton-mill.com/flour-direct-shop
Thank you Sir
I will add the link to my list for future use
I have stock which will get used first though  :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 April 2020, 18:29:01
Some of my tools were long overdue a good clean, and the recent spannering on the omega haven't helped. So, I found this machine hiding under the kitchen sink ....

(https://i.ibb.co/sg9znn6/IMG-7399-A.jpg)
I do this to mine occasionally.  But when they come out, just lightly oil them.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 April 2020, 18:30:05
Finally, I got around to modifying one of the 3d printers to make bed levelling easier and quicker.  I might actually bother to level it more often now ;D

I've only had the bloody thing 3yrs, and its bugged me from day 1!
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 18 April 2020, 22:16:06
Today, during lockdown, I took my dog out for a walk...twice. No shopping today so I was a bit bored this aft. When the elderly neighbour I shop for rang to say she was trying to change the belt on her hoover (she's 87  :o), and she couldn't get one of the screws out, I was quite pleased, and I grabbed my screwdriver set and went along.
The vacuum was about 100 years old , the screws holding the cover on were rusted to hell and she'd made a nice, round hole in the head of it with her rusty, bent old screwdriver. 'That's not coming out' I thought'I'll try and free the brush up a bit'. So I took out about a million hairs, some of them had been in there that long that they weren't even grey  ;D The brush seemed quite free, so I plugged it in and switched on. BANG! Everything went off. opps! Where's the fuse box? Down the cellar, I'll have to move all this stuff.
By now I was beginning to wish she hadn't phoned and, by the looks she was giving me, she was beginning to wish she hadn't phoned. I went down the cellar, flicked the trip switch, told her that her hoover was f**ked and went home. A good hours work  :-[
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 18 April 2020, 22:17:36
Today, during lockdown, I took my dog out for a walk...twice. No shopping today so I was a bit bored this aft. When the elderly neighbour I shop for rang to say she was trying to change the belt on her hoover (she's 87  :o), and she couldn't get one of the screws out, I was quite pleased, and I grabbed my screwdriver set and went along.
The vacuum was about 100 years old , the screws holding the cover on were rusted to hell and she'd made a nice, round hole in the head of it with her rusty, bent old screwdriver. 'That's not coming out' I thought'I'll try and free the brush up a bit'. So I took out about a million hairs, some of them had been in there that long that they weren't even grey  ;D The brush seemed quite free, so I plugged it in and switched on. BANG! Everything went off. opps! Where's the fuse box? Down the cellar, I'll have to move all this stuff.
By now I was beginning to wish she hadn't phoned and, by the looks she was giving me, she was beginning to wish she hadn't phoned. I went down the cellar, flicked the trip switch, told her that her hoover was f**ked and went home. A good hours work  :-[

I hope you maintained social distancing with all that pulava! ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 18 April 2020, 22:37:47
Today, during lockdown, I took my dog out for a walk...twice. No shopping today so I was a bit bored this aft. When the elderly neighbour I shop for rang to say she was trying to change the belt on her hoover (she's 87  :o), and she couldn't get one of the screws out, I was quite pleased, and I grabbed my screwdriver set and went along.
The vacuum was about 100 years old , the screws holding the cover on were rusted to hell and she'd made a nice, round hole in the head of it with her rusty, bent old screwdriver. 'That's not coming out' I thought'I'll try and free the brush up a bit'. So I took out about a million hairs, some of them had been in there that long that they weren't even grey  ;D The brush seemed quite free, so I plugged it in and switched on. BANG! Everything went off. opps! Where's the fuse box? Down the cellar, I'll have to move all this stuff.
By now I was beginning to wish she hadn't phoned and, by the looks she was giving me, she was beginning to wish she hadn't phoned. I went down the cellar, flicked the trip switch, told her that her hoover was f**ked and went home. A good hours work  :-[

she'll have to get some £50 notes from under the mattress now and buy a new one  :-X
at least you tried  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 21 April 2020, 17:39:49
Some usb adapters that I ordered from chinaland ages ago arrived today, but needed a chat with the grinder to fit the use I had for them - fitting a radio control transmitter.  Being too idle to go outside, I test flew the little drone, a Mavic Mini, around the lounge, dining room, kitchen and hall from my armchair....

...then promptly fly into a doorframe.


Tomorrow might involve getting the White Gloss  out ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 21 April 2020, 22:18:48
Saved £90 by shopping round for renewing insurance on the 960 :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: MikeDundee on 22 April 2020, 05:09:52
Doings lots of tidying up around the house, also some external maintenance, clearing roof gutters, cleaning moss of roof slates. Removed old tin shed and have another shed arriving tomorrow, stripped the grass from garden ready for putting down artificial grass, received a ton of sand at roadside last week, had to bag that all up and into front garden. Extending the rear garden patio so finished yesterday building formwork for concrete base (not using sand), put new galvanised steel borders in. After I have put the shed up done the lawn and paving then will be to rip out 3 fence posts, repairs existing fence panels and put in new posts. So not been that busy really. Been pretty ruthless clearing stuff out and binning it. Just waiting on materials most of the stuff for the patio on on 11 May, Shed tomorrow, artificial grass and weed barrier by end of this week, have everything else.

And to top that have been suffering with gum infection, over four weeks, on pain killers for over two and a half weeks, had enough come Sunday morning and seven days after my first call to 111, called 111 after talking to several people eventually got an emergency appointment, now on anti-biotics, Happy Days, had the appointment in Charlton, only took me 12 minutes to drive there, normally it could take between 30/40 minutes.

Anyway that's what I have been up to during the lockdown in between working from home. 
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 22 April 2020, 10:33:07
This is just what every corporate home worker needs!  :y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCWgVF-zKV8
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Andy B on 22 April 2020, 10:57:41
This is just what every corporate home worker needs!  :y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCWgVF-zKV8

 :y :y :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 22 April 2020, 14:35:58
Walked the dog as usual then back for breakfast, cut my hair simple 0 all over, took a shower bit of  work on the Range Rover then cleaned all downstairs windows, lunch then Scrabble this afternoon, never know how I found time to go to work !😎
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 23 April 2020, 08:57:28
Various bits so far, started painting the soffits and facias outside, 1/3 done and a section of Facia replaced, all had two coats undercoat and two coats gloss after proper prep. Got the high gable end to do next, maybe at the weekend.

Sprayed up the prepared Tractor bonnet and cowl, then noticed a paint run so will have to do them again this weekend.

Lots of bits completed for the cab of the train, head code box all but repaired and ready to varnish, window surrounds stripped back to bare mahogany and varnished, cab trim panels cleaned up and found the Melomine covering is scrap. A close match found and ordered, need to make new back sheets for them to bond to.

Massive tidy up in the front and rear gardens, started cleaning the paving but the pressure washer hose split, new one ordered.

Lots of servicing and work on the model trains, finding basic design errors in ESU Loksound decoders is never a good thing but, means I should be able to repair them

Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 23 April 2020, 10:03:24
Various bits so far, started painting the soffits and facias outside, 1/3 done and a section of Facia replaced, all had two coats undercoat and two coats gloss after proper prep. Got the high gable end to do next, maybe at the weekend.

Sprayed up the prepared Tractor bonnet and cowl, then noticed a paint run so will have to do them again this weekend.

Lots of bits completed for the cab of the train, head code box all but repaired and ready to varnish, window surrounds stripped back to bare mahogany and varnished, cab trim panels cleaned up and found the Melomine covering is scrap. A close match found and ordered, need to make new back sheets for them to bond to.

Massive tidy up in the front and rear gardens, started cleaning the paving but the pressure washer hose split, new one ordered.

Lots of servicing and work on the model trains, finding basic design errors in ESU Loksound decoders is never a good thing but, means I should be able to repair them

Wow all that before 9am!  :y

You must get up before you go to bed.  :P  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 25 April 2020, 10:13:16
Was "given" some Intel NUCs from work a year or 2 back, for some specific software training.  As I am no longer doing that training, I shall spend the weekend putting Windows on them.

7th gen i7 (mobile spec, sadly), 32Gb, 500Gb NVMe and 500Gb SSD, should be a bit better than my ageing desktops :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 25 April 2020, 10:15:14
Although I'm torn, as the 3 desktops here, excluding Media Centre, are older quad cored i5, where as the 7th gen mobile i7 is 2C/4T.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 25 April 2020, 14:38:09
A rare Pic of Uncle Stemo walking t' whippet  during lockdown #grimupnorth  (https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49761572883_7df95bc13a_b.jpg)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 25 April 2020, 15:03:12
Worst thing about this whole lock down malarkey is the tips being closed.

Might have to acquire a skip, assuming that you can put any old shite in them :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 25 April 2020, 15:22:11
Worst thing about this whole lock down malarkey is the tips being closed.

Might have to acquire a skip, assuming that you can put any old shite in them :-\
Quite agree Doc, plenty of time to clear all your old cr@p out but nowhere to take it. ::) Unless you take a leaf out of the fly tipping retards book that seem to be operating round here. Have seen quite an increase when on my bike rides/exercise.  >:(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 25 April 2020, 15:22:37
Worst thing about this whole lock down malarkey is the tips being closed.

Might have to acquire a skip, assuming that you can put any old shite in them :-\
your not allowed to dump asbestos ,fridges,freezers containing CFC
most household waste is ok but you can't put "fire" in a skip
I find fire best left to it's own devices, it tends to go away on it's own eventually ,just leaving ash 

if you wish to dispose of your used andrex mountain then the fire service have said don't have fires  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 25 April 2020, 16:24:21
Nice walk with the dog first thing, then cleaned all fascias & soffits + all garage doors , now preparing a chicken Madras for dinner tonight.😎
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 25 April 2020, 16:48:00
Wifey's birthday today. Can't go out to shop or eat, so I'm making her a roast lamb dinner followed by red velvet cake and cream. Not very inventive, but she loves her roast lamb and I'm not really capable of anything more fancy.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 25 April 2020, 18:28:05
Hammerited a couple of cast iron parasol stands. One is for the cheapo little one we have. The other i have adapted to hold a bird feeder stand. Must admit that SWMBO was right, they were looking shite. ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 25 April 2020, 19:01:41
Wifey's birthday today. Can't go out to shop or eat, so I'm making her a roast lamb dinner followed by red velvet cake and cream. Not very inventive, but she loves her roast lamb and I'm not really capable of anything more fancy.
I'm fickin stuffed now, and unable to move. We have rented Joker to watch tonight, that should lighten the mood.  :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 25 April 2020, 19:02:21
Worst thing about this whole lock down malarkey is the tips being closed.

Might have to acquire a skip, assuming that you can put any old shite in them :-\
your not allowed to dump asbestos ,fridges,freezers containing CFC
most household waste is ok but you can't put "fire" in a skip
I find fire best left to it's own devices, it tends to go away on it's own eventually ,just leaving ash 

if you wish to dispose of your used andrex mountain then the fire service have said don't have fires  ;D
So all the shite from the garage ought to be fine :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 25 April 2020, 19:07:00
Worst thing about this whole lock down malarkey is the tips being closed.

Might have to acquire a skip, assuming that you can put any old shite in them :-\
your not allowed to dump asbestos ,fridges,freezers containing CFC
most household waste is ok but you can't put "fire" in a skip
I find fire best left to it's own devices, it tends to go away on it's own eventually ,just leaving ash 

if you wish to dispose of your used andrex mountain then the fire service have said don't have fires  ;D
So all the shite from the garage ought to be fine :D
Yep. That's what they're for. Any metal will be kept by the skip company to weigh in. You shouldn't put anything in a skip that you couldn't put in one of the bays/containers at the tip, though. Used engine oil and dynamite for instance  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 25 April 2020, 19:19:23
What about fertiliser and lime?  :D

Might look into that once Bro has his car back then :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 27 April 2020, 09:17:53
Painted the eaves of the house at the front, not a fan of heights at all but, its done for a few more years.

Re-sanded the Dexta Nose cone and bonnet, final top coat at some point this week.

Then the bloody mower would not start, the carb mounting bracket had cracked so out with the welder and grinder, new bit of fuel hose, clean the carb and all good to annoy the neighbour with the noise again
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 27 April 2020, 09:43:46
Tonnes of DIY  ;D ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: redelitev6 on 27 April 2020, 11:25:16
Just oiled the hinges on the back door , yup , it's getting that desperate !
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 27 April 2020, 11:52:10
Christ, the mad Stokie has returned !
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: henryd on 27 April 2020, 14:11:04
Christ, the mad Stokie has returned !

I saw that, hello DLK :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Entwood on 27 April 2020, 14:11:35
Tonnes of DIY  ;D ;D

Rumours of his departure to foriegn lands are obviously untrue ...  welcome back YooF   :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 27 April 2020, 14:19:45
Tonnes of DIY  ;D ;D
What, no monkey dust?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 27 April 2020, 14:46:28
Just when things had got peaceful and quiet.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 27 April 2020, 20:02:14
Christ, the mad Stokie has returned !

.. and he's gone metric. :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 28 April 2020, 14:46:55
Cleared the guttering of lumps of moss,the stuff seems to grow on the roof tiles at a fantastic rate.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 28 April 2020, 20:08:09
Tonnes of DIY  ;D ;D
What, no monkey dust?

Dunna need that Ode Lad.... daft enough without it  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 28 April 2020, 20:08:47
Christ, the mad Stokie has returned !

I saw that, hello DLK :y

Hello there  :-*
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 28 April 2020, 20:10:15
Tonnes of DIY  ;D ;D

Rumours of his departure to foriegn lands are obviously untrue ...  welcome back YooF   :)

Not entirely  ;D
Thank you and how's that lovely Mrs of yours?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 28 April 2020, 20:11:01
Christ, the mad Stokie has returned !

.. and he's gone metric. :D

Gone bald, dunna know about owt else  :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 April 2020, 20:50:11
Christ, the mad Stokie has returned !

.. and he's gone metric. :D

Gone bald, dunna know about owt else  :D
Wear yer gimp mask, better looking than yer normal kipper, ugly bastid. :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 28 April 2020, 21:47:09
Aaaand back on topic.....

I gave myself a haircut today!  :y   Short back and sides.....  :)

Sort of!  :-\  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 April 2020, 22:01:51
Aaaand back on topic.....

I gave myself a haircut today!  :y   Short back and sides.....  :)

Sort of!  :-\  ;D
Mine's about a number 2, I think. Started off a bit longer, but looked bitty. So a bit shorter, a bit shorter, ahhhhh f**k it.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 28 April 2020, 22:37:04
Aaaand back on topic.....

I gave myself a haircut today!  :y   Short back and sides.....  :)

Sort of!  :-\  ;D
Mine's about a number 2, I think. Started off a bit longer, but looked bitty. So a bit shorter, a bit shorter, ahhhhh f**k it.  ;D

I intended to do a number 1 all over, but thought I'd have a go at the short back and sides first.  ;D

It's not bad TBH. I took a bit of a chunk out of the back and went a little high around an ear, but I think I've paid for worse cuts!  :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: henryd on 28 April 2020, 22:55:24
Christ, the mad Stokie has returned !

I saw that, hello DLK :y

Hello there  :-*

What are you up to these days?,still on the tools ?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Tick Tock on 29 April 2020, 00:18:27

Mine's about a number 2, I think. Started off a bit longer, but looked bitty. So a bit shorter, a bit shorter, ahhhhh f**k it.  ;D
So matching trims for both you and the pooch.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 29 April 2020, 01:01:28

Mine's about a number 2, I think. Started off a bit longer, but looked bitty. So a bit shorter, a bit shorter, ahhhhh f**k it.  ;D
So matching trims for both you and the pooch.  ;D

Sounds like the pooch got it's own back.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 29 April 2020, 08:26:21
Number 0 every Wednesday for me looks & feels great can't be arsed with a comb 😃
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 29 April 2020, 13:47:15
Number 0 every Wednesday for me looks & feels great can't be arsed with a comb 😃
saves on expensive shampoo too
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 29 April 2020, 17:27:34
I've done sod all all week, bar cutting some council bushes down at the weekend.

Lazy sod.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: VXL V6 on 29 April 2020, 17:57:52
Still working from home, lots going on for us at work which is a good thing really.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 29 April 2020, 18:14:55
Number 0 every Wednesday for me looks & feels great can't be arsed with a comb 😃
saves on expensive shampoo too
.   


Wifey still keeps buying Head & Shoulders. 😀😃😄
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 29 April 2020, 18:15:37
Four nightshifts for me, so same old same old.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 29 April 2020, 18:31:05
Enough shredding to break the shredder and fill three bags. Not being able to go to the tip is becoming an issue  :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 29 April 2020, 18:50:06
Enough shredding to break the shredder and fill three bags. Not being able to go to the tip is becoming an issue  :-\
wet it and compact it all,
 or
buy a hamster who sleeps a lot and needs bedding 
 or
paper-mache masks if you have balloons
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 29 April 2020, 18:51:51
Enough shredding to break the shredder and fill three bags. Not being able to go to the tip is becoming an issue  :-\
For the first time since they brought in fortnightly bin collections about 20 years ago, we're running out of stuff to put in the bins ;D.  It just feels wrong putting out a bin that's only half full, when normally I'm jumping up and down on it to get it all in.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 29 April 2020, 18:53:34
Enough shredding to break the shredder and fill three bags. Not being able to go to the tip is becoming an issue  :-\
For the first time since they brought in fortnightly bin collections about 20 years ago, we're running out of stuff to put in the bins ;D.  It just feels wrong putting out a bin that's only half full, when normally I'm jumping up and down on it to get it all in.
Round here, your friendly neighbours would fill it for you.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 29 April 2020, 18:56:58
We've filled our recycling bin twice in two fortnight's... Having a boxed dashboard and new freezer delivered probably hasn't helped ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 29 April 2020, 18:59:59
We've filled our recycling bin twice in two fortnight's... Having a boxed dashboard and new freezer delivered probably hasn't helped ::)
Outside of lockdown, ours is always rammed. Both the normal and the recycling.

I've even taken to going through the loft to find shite to fill the bins with ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: biggriffin on 29 April 2020, 19:30:58
Same this week as last week,. Going to work.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 30 April 2020, 11:59:40
Lots of work work, fitted a new hose to the pressure washer as the old one split (replacement is rather 'substantial' in comparison to the original).

Prep on the tractor tin work ready for its final coat of paint.

Odds n sods
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 30 April 2020, 13:08:37
Listened to the wife upstairs talking to herself for quite a lot of the time. This is during the evening after she gets home from work. I thought/hoped she was talking to her fancy man  ;D. But no, she was actually working:

https://www.thestar.co.uk/education/sheffield-primary-school-takes-classroom-online-help-educate-children-during-lockdown-2565549
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 30 April 2020, 13:15:03
Excellent  :)

My wife talks to herself a lot too.
she's just not aware there's no one listening   :-X
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 30 April 2020, 13:27:56
Excellent  :)

My wife talks to herself a lot too.
she's just not aware there's no one listening   :-X
Mine too Dave. She thinks she is talking to me, but i ain't listening. ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 30 April 2020, 15:23:36
Mine too. Ive trained my self to say "uh huh" every once in a while to give the impression Im listening, but of course I get caught out regularly when I don't realise Im supposed to be giving an answer to a question.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 30 April 2020, 15:25:20
Mine too. Ive trained my self to say "uh huh" every once in a while to give the impression Im listening, but of course I get caught out regularly when I don't realise Im supposed to be giving an answer to a question.
Well don't just start saying 'Ermmmm.....yes' as I did for a while. All sorts of things started happening that I knew nothing about.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 30 April 2020, 15:30:37
Truth is that they are much cleverer than us in many respects but we don't like to admit it. You realise they have run rings round you a week or so after the event.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 30 April 2020, 15:36:57
Walked the dog & missed the rain shower, waited in for a meat delivery which arrived right on time so steak & chips tonight, it's a hard life in lockdown 😎
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 30 April 2020, 17:00:24
Attended second funeral of the year,first one in January was an older brother,this one-graveside ceremony only-was another older brother :'( both broke the rules and died of cancer not the virus.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 30 April 2020, 17:13:40
Attended second funeral of the year,first one in January was an older brother,this one-graveside ceremony only-was another older brother :'( both broke the rules and died of cancer not the virus.
Sorry to hear this, Baza. You've suffered enough losses recently.  :(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 30 April 2020, 17:14:34
Indeed,  :'(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Andy B on 30 April 2020, 17:27:50
Sorted the gas fire. The igniter was striking but there was next to no gas coming out to light. Decided to take bits off to check for a blockage .... the pilot light nozzle has the SMALLEST hole in it .... smaller than a wire off a stainless wire brush but managed to poke a tiny nylon 'wire' through it & obviously managed to clear some sh1te out ... blew out with air line. Re-assembled & there is now a flame big enough for the flame detection gizmo to 'see' .... Sorted!  :y :y :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 30 April 2020, 18:38:05
Sorted the gas fire. The igniter was striking but there was next to no gas coming out to light. Decided to take bits off to check for a blockage .... the pilot light nozzle has the SMALLEST hole in it .... smaller than a wire off a stainless wire brush but managed to poke a tiny nylon 'wire' through it & obviously managed to clear some sh1te out ... blew out with air line. Re-assembled & there is now a flame big enough for the flame detection gizmo to 'see' .... Sorted!  :y :y :y
I think the gizmo is called thermocouple.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Entwood on 30 April 2020, 18:58:57
Sorted the gas fire. The igniter was striking but there was next to no gas coming out to light. Decided to take bits off to check for a blockage .... the pilot light nozzle has the SMALLEST hole in it .... smaller than a wire off a stainless wire brush but managed to poke a tiny nylon 'wire' through it & obviously managed to clear some sh1te out ... blew out with air line. Re-assembled & there is now a flame big enough for the flame detection gizmo to 'see' .... Sorted!  :y :y :y

If you have to do this again .. try this ... (works on several carbs I still play with) ... take a piece of standard 13 amp cable, strip it back and use SINGLE strand of one of the inner wires ... no idea what the size is .. but its small, its bendable to reach awkward places, and its stiff enough to move small crud. .....  works a dream on the lawnmower carb !!
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: YZ250 on 30 April 2020, 19:15:16
Sorted the gas fire. The igniter was striking but there was next to no gas coming out to light. Decided to take bits off to check for a blockage .... the pilot light nozzle has the SMALLEST hole in it .... smaller than a wire off a stainless wire brush but managed to poke a tiny nylon 'wire' through it & obviously managed to clear some sh1te out ... blew out with air line. Re-assembled & there is now a flame big enough for the flame detection gizmo to 'see' .... Sorted!  :y :y :y

If you have to do this again .. try this ... (works on several carbs I still play with) ... take a piece of standard 13 amp cable, strip it back and use SINGLE strand of one of the inner wires ... no idea what the size is .. but its small, its bendable to reach awkward places, and its stiff enough to move small crud. .....  works a dream on the lawnmower carb !!

Yep, that's what I use, de stranded wire. I do have the proper tool for gas jets but as it's essentially a bit of fuse wire crimped to the end of a bit of metal the de stranded wire is just as good.  :y
As Nigel said, also very handy for poking through small jets on strimmer/chainsaw/mower carbs.  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: YZ250 on 30 April 2020, 19:56:55
Went to use the petrol strimmer, it fired in to life after priming and then died immediately. Classic symptoms after sitting idle over winter so, whipped the carb off, seperated the main parts, flexed the fuel gasket/diaphragm in and out to loosen it up a bit, reassembled it and it's running like a good'un again.  :y
The gasket/diaphragm just resonates to keep the fuel flowing and when they go stiff they stop resonating.
Makes me wonder how many of these petrol tools are discarded because of this. A carb rebuild kit costs less than a fiver anyway and takes about ten minutes to do.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 30 April 2020, 20:05:42
Attended second funeral of the year,first one in January was an older brother,this one-graveside ceremony only-was another older brother :'( both broke the rules and died of cancer not the virus.
Sorry for your Loss
at least they are at piece now ,Cancer can be a terrible illness 
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 30 April 2020, 21:50:41
Went to use the petrol strimmer, it fired in to life after priming and then died immediately. Classic symptoms after sitting idle over winter so, whipped the carb off, seperated the main parts, flexed the fuel gasket/diaphragm in and out to loosen it up a bit, reassembled it and it's running like a good'un again.  :y
The gasket/diaphragm just resonates to keep the fuel flowing and when they go stiff they stop resonating.
Makes me wonder how many of these petrol tools are discarded because of this. A carb rebuild kit costs less than a fiver anyway and takes about ten minutes to do.
You need to go electric. It's more reliable, quieter, cheaper to run and will save the planet. You never know, it may make you realise how good electric vehicles are.  ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 30 April 2020, 21:52:18
How's the electric Astra?  ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: mars on 30 April 2020, 21:57:50
My wife and I go for a walk every day and pick up odd bits of shopping. We don't do massive distances but do somewhere between 2.5 and 3.5 miles daily. There are steep hills to go up and down to reach the shops so we have noticed that our fitness levels have improved, so when we return to work we will have lost weight and got fitter.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: YZ250 on 30 April 2020, 22:00:26
Went to use the petrol strimmer, it fired in to life after priming and then died immediately. Classic symptoms after sitting idle over winter so, whipped the carb off, seperated the main parts, flexed the fuel gasket/diaphragm in and out to loosen it up a bit, reassembled it and it's running like a good'un again.  :y
The gasket/diaphragm just resonates to keep the fuel flowing and when they go stiff they stop resonating.
Makes me wonder how many of these petrol tools are discarded because of this. A carb rebuild kit costs less than a fiver anyway and takes about ten minutes to do.
You need to go electric. It's more reliable, quieter, cheaper to run and will save the planet. You never know, it may make you realise how good electric vehicles are.  ::)

The place I needed it is three miles away so my extension lead won't reach.  ;D  Small holdings tend not to have electricity either and cordless eventually end up shite.  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 30 April 2020, 22:05:35
Went to use the petrol strimmer, it fired in to life after priming and then died immediately. Classic symptoms after sitting idle over winter so, whipped the carb off, seperated the main parts, flexed the fuel gasket/diaphragm in and out to loosen it up a bit, reassembled it and it's running like a good'un again.  :y
The gasket/diaphragm just resonates to keep the fuel flowing and when they go stiff they stop resonating.
Makes me wonder how many of these petrol tools are discarded because of this. A carb rebuild kit costs less than a fiver anyway and takes about ten minutes to do.
You need to go electric. It's more reliable, quieter, cheaper to run and will save the planet. You never know, it may make you realise how good electric vehicles are.  ::)

The place I needed it is three miles away so my extension lead won't reach.  ;D  Small holdings tend not to have electricity either and cordless eventually end up shite.  :y
Agree on cordless. I tried a battery hedge trimmer once, it just nibbled at the end of the leaves in the hedge.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Andy B on 30 April 2020, 22:29:29
....
I think the gizmo is called thermocouple.

Ta .... I was having a senior moment!  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Andy B on 30 April 2020, 22:33:11
Sorted the gas fire. The igniter was striking but there was next to no gas coming out to light. Decided to take bits off to check for a blockage .... the pilot light nozzle has the SMALLEST hole in it .... smaller than a wire off a stainless wire brush but managed to poke a tiny nylon 'wire' through it & obviously managed to clear some sh1te out ... blew out with air line. Re-assembled & there is now a flame big enough for the flame detection gizmo to 'see' .... Sorted!  :y :y :y

If you have to do this again .. try this ... (works on several carbs I still play with) ... take a piece of standard 13 amp cable, strip it back and use SINGLE strand of one of the inner wires ... no idea what the size is .. but its small, its bendable to reach awkward places, and its stiff enough to move small crud. .....  works a dream on the lawnmower carb !!

I did actually try with a strand of copper wire but it was too big but I confess I didn't look too hard for a smaller wire. The nylon was knocking about in the crap on my work bench and then blown through with my compressor  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Andy B on 30 April 2020, 22:36:01
Sorted the gas fire. The igniter was striking but there was next to no gas coming out to light. Decided to take bits off to check for a blockage .... the pilot light nozzle has the SMALLEST hole in it .... smaller than a wire off a stainless wire brush but managed to poke a tiny nylon 'wire' through it & obviously managed to clear some sh1te out ... blew out with air line. Re-assembled & there is now a flame big enough for the flame detection gizmo to 'see' .... Sorted!  :y :y :y

If you have to do this again .. try this ... (works on several carbs I still play with) ... take a piece of standard 13 amp cable, strip it back and use SINGLE strand of one of the inner wires ... no idea what the size is .. but its small, its bendable to reach awkward places, and its stiff enough to move small crud. .....  works a dream on the lawnmower carb !!

Yep, that's what I use, de stranded wire. I do have the proper tool for gas jets but as it's essentially a bit of fuse wire crimped to the end of a bit of metal the de stranded wire is just as good.  :y
As Nigel said, also very handy for poking through small jets on strimmer/chainsaw/mower carbs.  :y

I have a kit for poking through glue nozzles at work .... I forget now how small each wire is, but they're small  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 01 May 2020, 07:24:01
Christ, the mad Stokie has returned !

I saw that, hello DLK :y

Hello there  :-*

What are you up to these days?,still on the tools ?

Have the odd play  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 01 May 2020, 10:58:15
Christ, the mad Stokie has returned !

I saw that, hello DLK :y

Hello there  :-*

What are you up to these days?,still on the tools ?

Have the odd play  ;D
With your tool?  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: henryd on 01 May 2020, 13:06:18
Christ, the mad Stokie has returned !

I saw that, hello DLK :y

Hello there  :-*

What are you up to these days?,still on the tools ?

Have the odd play  ;D

 ;D ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 01 May 2020, 13:23:05
Went for our usual walk with the dog usually do between 4&5 miles, hardly anyone else about  decided to get all my weight training gear set up in the spare bedroom, usually use the gym at work & missing it greatly  be good to throw a few weights about..
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 01 May 2020, 16:04:24
Went for our usual walk with the dog usually do between 4&5 miles, hardly anyone else about  decided to get all my weight training gear set up in the spare bedroom, usually use the gym at work & missing it greatly  be good to throw a few weights about..
Wouldn't dare use weights in my bedrooms, as we have those shitty 8x4 foot chipboard sheets as floor boards. >:(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 21 May 2020, 19:28:09
I've been contemplating for too long what to do with the footage from one of the quadcopter for 2 or 3 weeks, whether to store somewhere or just delete the raw footage and rely on Youtube for its history.

Pondered too long, and ran out of space on a flight at lunchtime.  It doesn't seem that long ago that got my first 100+Gb hard disk, on which I thought I could store the whole world.  Now I've filled 128Gb SD in less than 4 weeks :o

So ordered another whilst I think about what to do with the raw footage ;D. Whats the betting I'm back here in a week or 2 saying the same thing ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 21 May 2020, 19:36:06
why not get a Nas drive and slap some 4TB drives in  :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 21 May 2020, 19:40:37
why not get a Nas drive and slap some 4TB drives in  :-\
Thats generally an expensive way to get a poorly performing mediocre capacity storage system.

But I'd soon eat through the 5-10Tb space such a system would offer :(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 21 May 2020, 19:45:31
That's a lot of porn , may be cheaper to get a pornhub subscription  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 21 May 2020, 20:08:08
That's a lot of porn , may be cheaper to get a pornhub subscription  ;D
Its mental how much storage you need now...  ...and video files are getting unmanageably big.  I've probably uploaded 50+Gb to that gay YouTube thing today.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 21 May 2020, 20:09:01
Annoyingly, I have bucket loads of 2.5" SAS drives.  But being SAS, hard to utilise :(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 21 May 2020, 20:22:32
Annoyingly, I have bucket loads of 2.5" SAS drives.  But being SAS, hard to utilise :(
Have a couple of IBM eServers here if you want them  :)
you will need a power station to run them though  ;D
and 3 shredded wheat for breakfast to pick em up  :o
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 21 May 2020, 20:26:46
Annoyingly, I have bucket loads of 2.5" SAS drives.  But being SAS, hard to utilise :(
Have a couple of IBM eServers here if you want them  :)
you will need a power station to run them though  ;D
and 3 shredded wheat for breakfast to pick em up  :o
I have a tidy collection of HPE Proliants, but my poor electric meter is getting knackered.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 21 May 2020, 20:31:48
They do like to eat the electric
I had a look inside , 2 power supplies in case 1 fails ,lots of doubling up
be good as heaters if we do have another ice age though  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 21 May 2020, 20:50:17
They do like to eat the electric
I had a look inside , 2 power supplies in case 1 fails ,lots of doubling up
be good as heaters if we do have another ice age though  ;D
The radiator in my office at home has not been on for about 15 years ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 21 May 2020, 22:20:07
I discovered the A/C had packed up in the server room at work recently. It was like walking into a sauna. I was told there was no need to panic until it got well past 50 degrees, so went back to my chair, logged onto OOF and forgot about it.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 21 May 2020, 22:22:42
I discovered the A/C had packed up in the server room at work recently. It was like walking into a sauna. I was told there was no need to panic until it got well past 50 degrees, so went back to my chair, logged onto OOF and forgot about it.
Do they still use halon gas in those places if there's a fire?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 21 May 2020, 23:11:09
No idea, although maybe I should know as Im the only person on the premises between 9pm and 7am.
At the moment Im not going to give it any more thought as Im about to watch Chopper (film about an Aussie nutter) for the third time.
If you haven't watched it, you should
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 21 May 2020, 23:27:53
Is that the one with Banana Man in the title role?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 21 May 2020, 23:37:46
Yep. Based on a trues story.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: VXL V6 on 21 May 2020, 23:38:52
I discovered the A/C had packed up in the server room at work recently. It was like walking into a sauna. I was told there was no need to panic until it got well past 50 degrees, so went back to my chair, logged onto OOF and forgot about it.
Do they still use halon gas in those places if there's a fire?

Halon not been used for a while, all Inergen gases now in use so the Data Centre spiders don't cark it.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 22 May 2020, 00:32:54
Yep. Based on a trues story.
:y

Mr Reid is certainly a colourful chap...  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 22 May 2020, 13:00:56
Getting your mate to slice your ears off with a razor blade is a bit extreme !
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 22 May 2020, 17:57:50
I discovered the A/C had packed up in the server room at work recently. It was like walking into a sauna. I was told there was no need to panic until it got well past 50 degrees, so went back to my chair, logged onto OOF and forgot about it.
If industry standard servers, you'll see a few failures over the next 3 months or so ;)

50C is a bit warm, even for ultra modern stuff.  If they are real server hardware, they should be shutting down automatically at around 40-45C.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 22 May 2020, 18:11:10
As you know, I am very much an expert on these kind of things, but confidentiality contract disallows me from discussing it in further detail.
One of them is in a big black cabinet rather like an oversized  fridge freezer type of thing. The other stuff looks like lots of racks big hifi units with lots of wires and blinking lights.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 22 May 2020, 18:14:43
Removed the bush from the genuine GM carlton / senator idler arm I bought the other day. Managed to give my self a nice black nail in the process, which is standard really.
Now have to decide whether to acquire an Omega idler arm to fit it into, or remove the bush from the one on the car and fit it into that.
Doing it with a spare arm is less risky than taking the arm off the car, so might try for that route. At least if I mess it up somehow, the car is still useable.


Oops, mistook this for the "what have you done to your car" thread. If an admin is at a loose end, fell free to move it. Thanks.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 28 May 2020, 16:56:51
Fixed the Tamiya Hotshot, after breaking it against a wall. What broke? Driveshaft.

I wound have expected the plastic wishbones to die first  :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 28 May 2020, 16:58:52
The (shop bought) quadcopter I bought a month ago has now done over 180km :o
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 28 May 2020, 17:30:15
Final coats of Empire Blue paint on the Tractor bonnet and rad cowl.

Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 28 May 2020, 18:13:57
Final coats of Empire Blue paint on the Tractor bonnet and rad cowl.
About time, once you get it together, of updated pics.

Come on, chop chop!
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 28 May 2020, 19:12:48
Nothing under lockdown, been at work all week.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 29 May 2020, 19:54:59
Nothing under lockdown, been at work all week.
Looks like Guildford and Central Londonium for me next week :(

Might see if I can get out of the London one by showing a willingness to do Guildford - not that I fancy that shithole either ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 29 May 2020, 20:08:40
Could be worse... Could be Crawley  :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 29 May 2020, 22:59:27
Finished in the garden at last, and then emailed my Senior Officer at my place of work informing him that I will not be returning to work after my 12 weeks of shielding asking that my leave be used in Lieu of notice , retirement looming 😄😀😄
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 30 May 2020, 13:28:38
Finished in the garden at last, and then emailed my Senior Officer at my place of work informing him that I will not be returning to work after my 12 weeks of shielding asking that my leave be used in Lieu of notice , retirement looming 😄😀😄
Enjoy it mate, it's great. :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 30 May 2020, 14:33:41
Finished in the garden at last, and then emailed my Senior Officer at my place of work informing him that I will not be returning to work after my 12 weeks of shielding asking that my leave be used in Lieu of notice , retirement looming 😄😀😄
Enjoy it mate, it's great. :y
.   


Looking forward to it, I've had  a taste of what it will be like over the past 10 weeks + the weather has been fantastic 44 years of public service & now time to do exactly as I want..😎
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 30 May 2020, 14:43:33
Finished in the garden at last, and then emailed my Senior Officer at my place of work informing him that I will not be returning to work after my 12 weeks of shielding asking that my leave be used in Lieu of notice , retirement looming 😄😀😄
Enjoy it mate, it's great. :y
.   


Looking forward to it, I've had  a taste of what it will be like over the past 10 weeks + the weather has been fantastic 44 years of public service & now time to do exactly as I want..😎
Within existing rules of course.  ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 30 May 2020, 15:16:10
Finished in the garden at last, and then emailed my Senior Officer at my place of work informing him that I will not be returning to work after my 12 weeks of shielding asking that my leave be used in Lieu of notice , retirement looming 😄😀😄
Enjoy it mate, it's great. :y
.   


Looking forward to it, I've had  a taste of what it will be like over the past 10 weeks + the weather has been fantastic 44 years of public service & now time to do exactly as I want..😎
Within existing rules of course.  ;)



Rules! Had to deal with them all my working life  time to rebel now..😄😀😃
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 01 June 2020, 14:23:04
Dashed to the railway on Friday to board up a window on the train which some little shit had put multiple bricks through.

Got home and received a call, then dashed to Market Harborough as a neighbour had found the MIL dead in bed

Next day, dashed back to Market Harborough as the hopeless Police had forgot to attend to take statements (sudden death, they were notified but, somebody wrongly closed the case on the system)

Then on Sunday, fitted the cowl and bonnet to the Dexta, its getting there! v :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 01 June 2020, 14:32:21
Dashed to the railway on Friday to board up a window on the train which some little shit had put multiple bricks through.

Got home and received a call, then dashed to Market Harborough as a neighbour had found the MIL dead in bed

Next day, dashed back to Market Harborough as the hopeless Police had forgot to attend to take statements (sudden death, they were notified but, somebody wrongly closed the case on the system)

Then on Sunday, fitted the cowl and bonnet to the Dexta, its getting there! v :y
Sorry to hear about your MIL, Mark  :(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 01 June 2020, 15:33:28
Likewise. Certainly enough to be getting on with  :'(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 01 June 2020, 17:43:29
Condolences to you and your family on the loss of your MiL.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: redelitev6 on 01 June 2020, 18:43:30
Sorry to hear about the broken window on the train ( let me guess "inappropriate" ? )
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 01 June 2020, 19:02:46
Sorry to hear about the broken window on the train ( let me guess "inappropriate" ? )
Probably, but I thought about it.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 02 June 2020, 07:56:11
Thanks all, died in her sleep with the only suffering being for those who are left (and some of us prior ;D), no underlying medical conditions so far from expected.

And no worries about the joke, its good to laugh  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: pscocoa on 02 June 2020, 08:46:39
Sorry to hear Mark - condolences.

With the lockdown we cannot visit my mother in her care home 210 miles away. They locked down early March and touch wood - no virus issues. Like me and seemingly the rest of my family she had no problem with self isolation as she hasn’t mixed with other people for years. We used to keep her topped up with sherry but with the current situation I just had to rely on a mate up in Ashton under Lyne to drop off 5 bottles of sherry. 4 weeks later another request from care home so another 5 bottles. She drinks a lot of sherry for a 93 year old but we thought fair enough. Turns out someone had put 3 bottles away for safe keeping so now she has a stockpile a little different from toilet rolls and hand sanitizer.

The next exciting project for me will be changing engine oil on the lawn mower. Just got a new Oil suction pump on order rather than messing about.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Nick W on 02 June 2020, 09:29:27
I've been adjusting some Triumph Herald wheel centres to fit the MGF steels for a friend's Metro. After making a mandrel to hold them, I turned the outside diameter so they fit deeper into the wheel. When he remembers what he did with the steel-wheel nuts(it's on original small alloys at the moment), they'll be modified to attach the centres and the wheels.



Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 02 June 2020, 14:20:34
Thanks all, died in her sleep with the only suffering being for those who are left (and some of us prior ;D), no underlying medical conditions so far from expected.

And no worries about the joke, its good to laugh  :y
Condolences Mark. As you said, while it's sad and a shock for the family, it's a good way to go IMO. Just hope my dear old Mum, who is now getting very frail, gets her wish and goes the same way.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 02 June 2020, 19:15:16
Dashed to the railway on Friday to board up a window on the train which some little shit had put multiple bricks through.

Got home and received a call, then dashed to Market Harborough as a neighbour had found the MIL dead in bed

Next day, dashed back to Market Harborough as the hopeless Police had forgot to attend to take statements (sudden death, they were notified but, somebody wrongly closed the case on the system)

Then on Sunday, fitted the cowl and bonnet to the Dexta, its getting there! v :y
Oh thats a bit of a crap weekend :(.

Condolences to Mrs DTM and DTM juniors.


I'm sure you'll miss your MIL as well ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: redelitev6 on 02 June 2020, 21:58:28
Dashed to the railway on Friday to board up a window on the train which some little shit had put multiple bricks through.

Got home and received a call, then dashed to Market Harborough as a neighbour had found the MIL dead in bed

Next day, dashed back to Market Harborough as the hopeless Police had forgot to attend to take statements (sudden death, they were notified but, somebody wrongly closed the case on the system)

Then on Sunday, fitted the cowl and bonnet to the Dexta, its getting there! v :y
Oh thats a bit of a crap weekend :(.

Condolences to Mrs DTM and DTM juniors.


I'm sure you'll miss your MIL as well ;D
I'm sure the healing will start soon
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Auto Addict on 03 June 2020, 07:46:17
Replaced the HD in Mrs AA's desktop with a SSD drive, installed windows and software - it now goes like S.O.A.S :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 03 June 2020, 07:48:26
Replaced the HD in Mrs AA's desktop with a SSD drive, installed windows and software - it now goes like S.O.A.S :)

I hope it has extra capacity to store all you videos the nice man is sending you because you would not pay his reasonable offer  ;D :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Auto Addict on 03 June 2020, 07:58:26
Replaced the HD in Mrs AA's desktop with a SSD drive, installed windows and software - it now goes like S.O.A.S :)

I hope it has extra capacity to store all you videos the nice man is sending you because you would not pay his reasonable offer  ;D :y

I couldn't take a chance so I decided to pay him out of my Nigerian bitcoin account in the end.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 03 June 2020, 10:49:20
Heavy rain this morning=no queues at Asda. Straight in  :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 03 June 2020, 11:42:03
Fair weather shoppers are nothing if not predictable...

Although you'll probably find everyone has gone back to drive through shopping and McDongals  :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 03 June 2020, 11:44:46
I went to Morrisons ,not much of a que outside either
but came to check out and the Que inside was a massive conga of people through a chicane of about 6 of the non food,clothes isles FFS  >:(

Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 03 June 2020, 12:23:16
I went to Morrisons ,not much of a que outside either
but came to check out and the Que inside was a massive conga of people through a chicane of about 6 of the non food,clothes isles FFS  >:(
I use scan and go, don't have to go near the great unwashed.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 03 June 2020, 19:27:41
I went to Morrisons ,not much of a que outside either
but came to check out and the Que inside was a massive conga of people through a chicane of about 6 of the non food,clothes isles FFS  >:(
I use scan and go, don't have to go near the great unwashed.
Mrs TB came home from shopping last week ranting about the "idiots using the scan as you shop".  I'm guessing the people randomly stopping for ages to scan something was getting on her wick ;D


My solution when people do that is to catch the back of their ankles with the trolley, or if the opportunity arises, catch their fingers between my trolley and theirs. Although I did get caught doing this a year or 2 ago, and was asked to leave :P
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 03 June 2020, 19:32:09
Seem to have spent a lot of time the last few days messing around with all kinds of things connected with the three inch long Tortoise I bought swmbo for her birthday on Sunday.  ::) ;D
I thought that you buy it, bring it home, chuck it under a shrub and forget about it for 25 years or so. Apparently not.  ::) ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 03 June 2020, 19:37:50
I went to Morrisons ,not much of a que outside either
but came to check out and the Que inside was a massive conga of people through a chicane of about 6 of the non food,clothes isles FFS  >:(
I use scan and go, don't have to go near the great unwashed.
Mrs TB came home from shopping last week ranting about the "idiots using the scan as you shop".  I'm guessing the people randomly stopping for ages to scan something was getting on her wick ;D


My solution when people do that is to catch the back of their ankles with the trolley, or if the opportunity arises, catch their fingers between my trolley and theirs. Although I did get caught doing this a year or 2 ago, and was asked to leave :P
I don't stop for ages for anything, pick it up, scan it, bag it. I would suggest Mrs TB would be more of a hold up than me, she is female after all.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 03 June 2020, 19:42:48
I went to Morrisons ,not much of a que outside either
but came to check out and the Que inside was a massive conga of people through a chicane of about 6 of the non food,clothes isles FFS  >:(
I use scan and go, don't have to go near the great unwashed.
Mrs TB came home from shopping last week ranting about the "idiots using the scan as you shop".  I'm guessing the people randomly stopping for ages to scan something was getting on her wick ;D


My solution when people do that is to catch the back of their ankles with the trolley, or if the opportunity arises, catch their fingers between my trolley and theirs. Although I did get caught doing this a year or 2 ago, and was asked to leave :P
I don't stop for ages for anything, pick it up, scan it, bag it. I would suggest Mrs TB would be more of a hold up than me, she is female after all.
Nah, she's like a ferret with a hot chilli up her jacksie when it comes to food shopping ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 03 June 2020, 19:43:48
I went to Morrisons ,not much of a que outside either
but came to check out and the Que inside was a massive conga of people through a chicane of about 6 of the non food,clothes isles FFS  >:(
I use scan and go, don't have to go near the great unwashed.
Mrs TB came home from shopping last week ranting about the "idiots using the scan as you shop".  I'm guessing the people randomly stopping for ages to scan something was getting on her wick ;D


My solution when people do that is to catch the back of their ankles with the trolley, or if the opportunity arises, catch their fingers between my trolley and theirs. Although I did get caught doing this a year or 2 ago, and was asked to leave :P
I don't stop for ages for anything, pick it up, scan it, bag it. I would suggest Mrs TB would be more of a hold up than me, she is female after all.
Nah, she's like a ferret with a hot chilli up her jacksie when it comes to food shopping ;D
As everyone should be, there's nothing nice about it.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 03 June 2020, 19:44:41
Dunno, I'm banned remember ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 03 June 2020, 19:48:17
Takes swmbo a good two hours. Im loving the current online shopping thing.  ::) :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 03 June 2020, 19:49:53
Dunno, I'm banned remember ;D
It's a bit easier now, with covid. If someone is being a bit tardy, I just inch a bit closer till they move. You actually have to touch the more stubborn ones.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 03 June 2020, 20:12:12
Start coughing. That,ll move them.  :y ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 03 June 2020, 20:13:26
Start coughing. That,ll move them.  :y ;D
I use the coughing to get to the front of the line outside. ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 03 June 2020, 20:21:24
A scouser to the soles of your boots.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 05 June 2020, 17:37:17
I really don't mind my current situation with Tesco ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 05 June 2020, 17:39:18
Lost several hours of my life having to reset my gayPad to factory and not restore the backups to appease Mr DJI.  Not that it will make the slightest difference I suspect :(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 05 June 2020, 18:52:25
Took a chance and booked a cottage in North Yorkshire for Monday to Friday at the beginning of August. No seven day bookings so, I guess, they're going to deep clean at weekends. Even if nothing is open it's a break.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Entwood on 05 June 2020, 19:11:49
Lost several hours of my life having to reset my gayPad to factory and not restore the backups to appease Mr DJI.  Not that it will make the slightest difference I suspect :(

????

A remote camera/drone system is dictating how you use your tablet ???  I know what my reaction would be !
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 05 June 2020, 22:39:57
Cooking day today ,a perfect Chicken Madras with Pilau rice + onion bhajis pappadoms & pickles and of course a couple of beers. Had a great walk with the dog & missed the showers a perfect day 😎
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 06 June 2020, 20:18:09
Lost several hours of my life having to reset my gayPad to factory and not restore the backups to appease Mr DJI.  Not that it will make the slightest difference I suspect :(

????

A remote camera/drone system is dictating how you use your tablet ???  I know what my reaction would be !
I know what my answer was ;D.  But as it looks like a genuine bug in (most likely) the iOS app or the remote controller, and they needed some clean logs to analyse, I did jump through their hoops, but still await their conclusion.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 06 June 2020, 20:18:45
Cooking day today
Cooking? Isn't that women's work?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 06 June 2020, 21:26:59
Cooking day today
Cooking? Isn't that women's work?
.   


Not here TB I love it 😎
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 06 June 2020, 22:01:52
Cooking day today
Cooking? Isn't that women's work?

Unless the man is getting well paid to do it - then yes it is.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Nick W on 07 June 2020, 12:06:10
Cooking day today
Cooking? Isn't that women's work?


why would it be??
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 07 June 2020, 12:33:50
I cook every day. Nothing fancy, but clean plates tell me all I need to know.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 07 June 2020, 12:40:06
I've yet to tackle a full roast on a Sunday .
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 07 June 2020, 12:49:00
I've yet to tackle a full roast on a Sunday .
It's not difficult, Mick, but like everything else, it's getting everything to be ready at the same time. I've served up roast dinners with lovely, succulent meat and white soggy spuds and almost raw veg. Or beautifully crisp roasties with a burnt offering purporting to be a leg of lamb.  ;D

Practice makes (almost) perfect, and as your wife is your only customer, I'm sure she wouldn't laugh too much. Doing the cooking here, esp on Christmas Day, made me realise what my poor mother went through with a pokey little kitchen, seven mouths to feed and hardly any money to do it with.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 07 June 2020, 12:54:16
I've yet to tackle a full roast on a Sunday .
It's not difficult, Mick, but like everything else, it's getting everything to be ready at the same time. I've served up roast dinners with lovely, succulent meat and white soggy spuds and almost raw veg. Or beautifully crisp roasties with a burnt offering purporting to be a leg of lamb.  ;D

Practice makes (almost) perfect, and as your wife is your only customer, I'm sure she wouldn't laugh too much. Doing the cooking here, esp on Christmas Day, made me realise what my poor mother went through with a pokey little kitchen, seven mouths to feed and hardly any money to do it with.
.   

Thanks Steve, I think you have just given me the courage to give it a go !
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 07 June 2020, 13:02:06
You can by roast dinners that you can cook from frozen or in a microwave if it's easier  :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 07 June 2020, 13:03:52
I've yet to tackle a full roast on a Sunday .
It's not difficult, Mick, but like everything else, it's getting everything to be ready at the same time. I've served up roast dinners with lovely, succulent meat and white soggy spuds and almost raw veg. Or beautifully crisp roasties with a burnt offering purporting to be a leg of lamb.  ;D

Practice makes (almost) perfect, and as your wife is your only customer, I'm sure she wouldn't laugh too much. Doing the cooking here, esp on Christmas Day, made me realise what my poor mother went through with a pokey little kitchen, seven mouths to feed and hardly any money to do it with.
.   

Thanks Steve, I think you have just given me the courage to give it a go !
Make nice gravy, it covers a multitude of sins  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 07 June 2020, 13:08:24
I've yet to tackle a full roast on a Sunday .
It's not difficult, Mick, but like everything else, it's getting everything to be ready at the same time. I've served up roast dinners with lovely, succulent meat and white soggy spuds and almost raw veg. Or beautifully crisp roasties with a burnt offering purporting to be a leg of lamb.  ;D

Practice makes (almost) perfect, and as your wife is your only customer, I'm sure she wouldn't laugh too much. Doing the cooking here, esp on Christmas Day, made me realise what my poor mother went through with a pokey little kitchen, seven mouths to feed and hardly any money to do it with.
.   

Thanks Steve, I think you have just given me the courage to give it a go !
Make nice gravy, it covers a multitude of sins  ;D
.   


The best gravy I've ever tasted was at a Fire Station, many years ago we were on standby & had been positioned there, they had an old dear who used to come in and cook their meals, we just happened to scrounge a roast dinner it was bloody lovely after the rubbish we'd been eating & the gravy was the best I've ever tasted in my life..
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 07 June 2020, 14:50:18
I've yet to tackle a full roast on a Sunday .
It's not difficult, Mick, but like everything else, it's getting everything to be ready at the same time. I've served up roast dinners with lovely, succulent meat and white soggy spuds and almost raw veg. Or beautifully crisp roasties with a burnt offering purporting to be a leg of lamb.  ;D

Practice makes (almost) perfect, and as your wife is your only customer, I'm sure she wouldn't laugh too much. Doing the cooking here, esp on Christmas Day, made me realise what my poor mother went through with a pokey little kitchen, seven mouths to feed and hardly any money to do it with.
.   

Thanks Steve, I think you have just given me the courage to give it a go !
Make nice gravy, it covers a multitude of sins  ;D
.   


The best gravy I've ever tasted was at a Fire Station, many years ago we were on standby & had been positioned there, they had an old dear who used to come in and cook their meals, we just happened to scrounge a roast dinner it was bloody lovely after the rubbish we'd been eating & the gravy was the best I've ever tasted in my life..
I rest my case. Dinner was probably shite, but nice gravy and you've cracked it.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 07 June 2020, 15:02:48
the water the veg was boiled in poured into the meat tin the meat was cooked in with gravy browning to thicken  :)
or boil a kettle and pour it onto some gravy granules  ;D
I quite like a bit of cooking, simple food ,though i do like to knock up a curry or chilli
 Mrs Builder can use just about every pot,pan and gadget in the kitchen when she cooks  ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 07 June 2020, 15:16:46
the water the veg was boiled in poured into the meat tin the meat was cooked in with gravy browning to thicken  :)
or boil a kettle and pour it onto some gravy granules  ;D
I quite like a bit of cooking, simple food ,though i do like to knock up a curry or chilli
 Mrs Builder can use just about every pot,pan and gadget in the kitchen when she cooks  ::)
Me and SWMBO have an understanding. She cooks it, i clear up the mess. :D She's a great cook. :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 07 June 2020, 15:33:49
Very similar in our house. Mrs is a great cook, although sometimes has a moan about having to do it. Standard female behaviour of course. I told her once " you dont buy a dog and bark yourself". This didnt go down too well.  :-X ::) ;D ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 07 June 2020, 15:35:13
Very similar in our house. Mrs is a great cook, although sometimes has a moan about having to do it. Standard female behaviour of course. I told her once " you dont buy a dog and bark yourself". This didnt go down too well.  :-X ::) ;D ;D
Where did you buy her? How much was she? :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 07 June 2020, 15:38:58
Thats a much more civilised reply than the one she gave.  :o ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 07 June 2020, 15:49:54
Thats a much more civilised reply than the one she gave.  :o ;D
It's a wonder she didn't bite you and then piss on the carpet  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 07 June 2020, 20:40:23
Thats a much more civilised reply than the one she gave.  :o ;D
It's a wonder she didn't bite you and then piss on the carpet  ;D

So that's what happened with the stray you took in recently?  :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 08 June 2020, 15:47:14
Got the second appointment at our dentist since they re-opened. Had a tooth, and it's accompanying abscess extracted.

The dentist was concerned about the local not taking because of the abscess, until I pointed out that what he was doing was much less painful than the abscess had been.

The anesthetic is wearing off now, but feeling much better than I did 24h ago  8)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 08 June 2020, 16:58:01
Got the second appointment at our dentist since they re-opened. Had a tooth, and it's accompanying abscess extracted.

The dentist was concerned about the local not taking because of the abscess, until I pointed out that what he was doing was much less painful than the abscess had been.

The anesthetic is wearing off now, but feeling much better than I did 24h ago  8)
That must be a big relief, Jimmy, just the coronavirus you probably caught to deal with now  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 08 June 2020, 18:33:42
Cooking day today
Cooking? Isn't that women's work?
.   


Not here TB I love it 😎
Close the door of the closet as you come out :P
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 08 June 2020, 18:35:48
Got the second appointment at our dentist since they re-opened. Had a tooth, and it's accompanying abscess extracted.

The dentist was concerned about the local not taking because of the abscess, until I pointed out that what he was doing was much less painful than the abscess had been.

The anesthetic is wearing off now, but feeling much better than I did 24h ago  8)
There is something about that sort of toothache that causes a pain that's hard to withstand.

Hopefully that's nailed it, bar the dribbling from the numbness ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 08 June 2020, 18:47:56
Tried to install an app that claims Android 4.3 or later onto a 4.4 tablet, after factory resetting the tablet because the launcher kept crashing, only to find the app doesn't work on older versions, no matter what they claim.  Sunday, lost.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 08 June 2020, 18:50:05
Saturday was diagnosing a flying models black box to work out why it kept immediately "landing" upside down after throttling up ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 08 June 2020, 19:12:56
Cooking day today
Cooking? Isn't that women's work?
.   


Not here TB I love it 😎
Talking of cooking, smells like she's doing bread.  That must be my cue to wedge my backside out of this bath, as it smells devine :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: biggriffin on 08 June 2020, 19:50:39
Went to work again,,, and again, O and again.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 08 June 2020, 20:03:29
Me too. Tonight is the last of five nights. Get a break from tomorrow morning until Saturday morning.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: pscocoa on 08 June 2020, 20:28:16
Received my next research material - Salford’s Tramways Parts 1 and 2. Earlier projects have been history of Royal Military Academy and Cotton in Ashton Under Lyne.  I am very forward looking.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 08 June 2020, 20:58:03
There is something about that sort of toothache that causes a pain that's hard to withstand.

Hopefully that's nailed it, bar the dribbling from the numbness ;D

Thanks TB,

Agreed, it's absolutely maddening, it turns me into a highly disagreeable ar$ehole when I have it (or more of one depending on your point of view)  ;).

Dribbling has subsided to its usual background level, I took some paracetamol as the local wore off but don't feel inclined to take any more. Considering that once I was numb the process only took about 5mins start to finish, the bloke certainly knew what he was doing  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 09 June 2020, 18:27:55
There is something about that sort of toothache that causes a pain that's hard to withstand.

Hopefully that's nailed it, bar the dribbling from the numbness ;D

Thanks TB,

Agreed, it's absolutely maddening, it turns me into a highly disagreeable ar$ehole when I have it (or more of one depending on your point of view)  ;).

Dribbling has subsided to its usual background level, I took some paracetamol as the local wore off but don't feel inclined to take any more. Considering that once I was numb the process only took about 5mins start to finish, the bloke certainly knew what he was doing  :y
And the dribbling has stopped.  Which means you need new excuses when caught by the missus gawping at other women.

Or is that just me ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: pscocoa on 09 June 2020, 19:31:47
Had 17 doors and fittings paid for and trapped in Magnet Farnborough since March when Magnet just closed doors.. Joiners can restart next week so luckily managed to get someone to open up Magnet just to get hold of doors. Doors and fittings now received.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: New POD on 09 June 2020, 21:35:23
Today i repaired my daughters old BINI.
One little Gates hose without a hole and I'm now tasked with flogging it.
Tomorrow I'm servicing the Astra.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 09 June 2020, 21:45:43
Today i repaired my daughters old BINI.
One little Gates hose without a hole and I'm now tasked with flogging it.
Tomorrow I'm servicing the Astra.
Winding motors would pay better  :-X
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 15 June 2020, 21:21:13
The tractor now has headlights, badge on the cowl, bonnet hinges fitted (need adjusting) and closure catches attached.

The MILs garden is now very presentable, clothes gone, just cleaning and sorting to do.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 15 June 2020, 21:54:09
Had to Please read the manual due to something behaving in a different way to every other time a specific scenario occurred.  Turns out the unexpected behaviour is actually designed behaviour. Although I do feel a bit feminine reading the destruction manual.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 15 June 2020, 22:12:54
This week I have mostly been building a rather large mansion for a three inch long tortoise.  ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 15 June 2020, 22:13:08
Hired some kit from work in order to pass a 200kg bathtub through a first floor window. Gave the neighbors something to gawp at anyway.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 15 June 2020, 22:15:51
Do they rent out labour and gravity then? Impressive :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 15 June 2020, 22:29:00
Do they rent out labour and gravity then? Impressive :D

I wish! I had to make do with a couple of hand operated forklifts. Powered by my finest Anglo Saxon  ::)  ;D
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Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 15 June 2020, 22:42:33
Kind of the opposite of what crossed my mind... I had a vision of a cast iron lump being lauched into a skip on the drive ;D

At least you know the garage roof is sound :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 15 June 2020, 22:49:59
Ahhh...

Now I understand your last post.

To address that particular issue, I used a 9" grinder and disposed of the old bath in the household bin. Took me a couple of weeks, but if they will close the tip  :D

The garage roof needed some temporary strengthening to sto the castors sinking into the cr@ppy bitumen roof, but it's coming off anyway, so I figured, what's the worst that could happen  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 15 June 2020, 22:55:59
Our new shower tray is 64kgs, so when the delivery blokes offered to take it upstairs, i didn't need asking twice ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Shackeng on 16 June 2020, 07:53:05
Walked the dog, again. ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Nick W on 16 June 2020, 09:55:35
(Yesterday)
took the 'kitten'  to the vet. Turns out she was a he, which meant we've had to change how we spell its name to Christmas Yves.....
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 16 June 2020, 10:06:17
(Yesterday)
took the 'kitten'  to the vet. Turns out she was a he, which meant we've had to change how we spell its name to Christmas Yves.....
Was there no obvious......erm......protrusion?  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Nick W on 16 June 2020, 10:12:04
(Yesterday)
took the 'kitten'  to the vet. Turns out she was a he, which meant we've had to change how we spell its name to Christmas Yves.....
Was there no obvious......erm......protrusion?  ;D


I was respecting her privacy.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 16 June 2020, 15:57:47
Walked the dog , cut the lawn + did all the edges cleaned lounge & bedroom windows & then had a Cider & a sandwich then emailed members of the lottery syndicate I used to  run at work to tell them that I would be winding it up at the end of the month & sharing the winnings out between the 11 members, it's not easy this retirement lark..😄
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 16 June 2020, 16:25:21
(Yesterday)
took the 'kitten'  to the vet. Turns out she was a he, which meant we've had to change how we spell its name to Christmas Yves.....
Was there no obvious......erm......protrusion?  ;D
Nowadays, thats not guarantee, as presumably animals also have the right to be transgender or identified as an indeterminate gender?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 16 June 2020, 19:47:51
Other than usual dog walking,cleaned out the lovebirds cage and cleaned one of my tropical fish tanks.Would have cleaned the other one too but there's a pregnant shrimp in that one and the stress might kill her,so left that one alone for now.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Shackeng on 17 June 2020, 07:53:18
Frightened the fish frogs and newts by climbing into the pond which is deep enough to almost reach my dangly bits, to find the bits of filter fountain that fell off. Not too cold either.  8)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 17 June 2020, 18:47:01
Looking on the Internet for a sledgehammer.  Need to educate the neighbours' wifi routers.  All of them, Christ, they aint hard to set up correctly with less than 5 mins research.

oppswits.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 17 June 2020, 18:48:50
Made a millioin times worse by all those mesh setups from the likes of Google and BT, fitted to try to counteract the poor wifi, caused by their oppsing stupidity in the first place.


I say licence wifi, and you have to take an exam before you can have wireless in your home.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: pscocoa on 17 June 2020, 20:16:18
Set up garden tv for the return of football. Now TV via which I have all sky sports also launched BT sport app this week so all bases covered. All free to mid August and then if it goes to £35 pm I shall be cancelling.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 18 June 2020, 12:06:53
Woke up to cold water this morning.
F70 Invalid device specific number, whatever that means  :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 18 June 2020, 12:37:18
Woke up to cold water this morning.
F70 Invalid device specific number, whatever that means  :-\
Vaillant Eco Wreck ?
Cycle power to the panel (turn it off and on again ) check system pressure too
if that fails clicky (https://www.urbanplumbers.co.uk/vaillant-eco-tec-f-70-fault-code/)

Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 18 June 2020, 12:38:37
Woke up to cold water this morning.
F70 Invalid device specific number, whatever that means  :-\
Vaillant Eco Wreck ?
Cycle power to the panel (turn it off and on again ) check system pressure too
if that fails clicky (https://www.urbanplumbers.co.uk/vaillant-eco-tec-f-70-fault-code/)
I'm pretty sure the man from vaillant will do that tomorrow, Dave.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 18 June 2020, 12:42:18
Woke up to cold water this morning.
F70 Invalid device specific number, whatever that means  :-\
Vaillant Eco Wreck ?
Cycle power to the panel (turn it off and on again ) check system pressure too
if that fails clicky (https://www.urbanplumbers.co.uk/vaillant-eco-tec-f-70-fault-code/)
I'm pretty sure the man from vaillant will do that tomorrow, Dave.  ;D
;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 18 June 2020, 12:53:54
OK, hope you don't die of hypothermia in the mean time , or run out of fresh crockery Uncle Stemo  :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 18 June 2020, 12:55:59
OK, hope you don't die of hypothermia in the mean time , or run out of fresh crockery Uncle Stemo  :)
The weather is warm, the shower is electric, and both the washing machine and dishwasher are cold fed. I'll live.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 June 2020, 13:59:48
I'll live.
Bugger

;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 18 June 2020, 14:18:31
Told my wife last night that I needed a new iPad because the screen was becoming rubbish and it was quite old. She took my glasses away and cleaned all the chip grease and stuff off them and now my iPad is brand new.  :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 June 2020, 14:19:35
Told my wife last night that I needed a new iPad because the screen was becoming rubbish and it was quite old. She took my glasses away and cleaned all the chip grease and stuff off them and now my iPad is brand new.  :)
She's too tight to buy you a new gayPad?  Chop her in for a new model ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 18 June 2020, 14:27:28
Told my wife last night that I needed a new iPad because the screen was becoming rubbish and it was quite old. She took my glasses away and cleaned all the chip grease and stuff off them and now my iPad is brand new.  :)
She's too tight to buy you a new gayPad?  Chop her in for a new model ;D
You may be right. She's got a new(ish) gayphone, a gaypad huge 12" thingy pro and a gaypad mini. I've got a two year old 9" one, and that's it. I'm being treated like a second class citizen and I demand my rights.
Kier Starmer will hear of this!

As for chopping her in.....I could never do that to my sweet little pension pot  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 June 2020, 17:08:51
Told my wife last night that I needed a new iPad because the screen was becoming rubbish and it was quite old. She took my glasses away and cleaned all the chip grease and stuff off them and now my iPad is brand new.  :)
She's too tight to buy you a new gayPad?  Chop her in for a new model ;D
You may be right. She's got a new(ish) gayphone, a gaypad huge 12" thingy pro and a gaypad mini. I've got a two year old 9" one, and that's it. I'm being treated like a second class citizen and I demand my rights.
Kier Starmer will hear of this!

As for chopping her in.....I could never do that to my sweet little pension pot  ;D
She's blowing the pension on her toys ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 18 June 2020, 17:22:36
Told my wife last night that I needed a new iPad because the screen was becoming rubbish and it was quite old. She took my glasses away and cleaned all the chip grease and stuff off them and now my iPad is brand new.  :)
She's too tight to buy you a new gayPad?  Chop her in for a new model ;D
You may be right. She's got a new(ish) gayphone, a gaypad huge 12" thingy pro and a gaypad mini. I've got a two year old 9" one, and that's it. I'm being treated like a second class citizen and I demand my rights.
Kier Starmer will hear of this!

As for chopping her in.....I could never do that to my sweet little pension pot  ;D
She's blowing the pension on her toys ;D
Oh no she isn't...she won't get it until she's 67. I'll be 116 by then  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Keith ABS on 18 June 2020, 17:35:09
 I believe you have a dog STEMO?, Put the plates out for it to lick clean. No need for the dishwasher!
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 18 June 2020, 17:56:47
I believe you have a dog STEMO?, Put the plates out for it to lick clean. No need for the dishwasher!
The dog wouldn't eat the shit we do, steak and chicken for her  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 18 June 2020, 20:59:25
Told my wife last night that I needed a new iPad because the screen was becoming rubbish and it was quite old. She took my glasses away and cleaned all the chip grease and stuff off them and now my iPad is brand new.  :)
She's too tight to buy you a new gayPad?  Chop her in for a new model ;D
You may be right. She's got a new(ish) gayphone, a gaypad huge 12" thingy pro and a gaypad mini. I've got a sixty two year old 9" one, and that's it. I'm being treated like a second class citizen and I demand my rights.
Kier Starmer will hear of this!

As for chopping her in.....I could never do that to my sweet little pension pot  ;D
Fixed for accuracy, but i think you've  got a dodgy tape measure.  ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 18 June 2020, 21:42:37
Told my wife last night that I needed a new iPad because the screen was becoming rubbish and it was quite old. She took my glasses away and cleaned all the chip grease and stuff off them and now my iPad is brand new.  :)
She's too tight to buy you a new gayPad?  Chop her in for a new model ;D
You may be right. She's got a new(ish) gayphone, a gaypad huge 12" thingy pro and a gaypad mini. I've got a sixty two year old 9" one, and that's it. I'm being treated like a second class citizen and I demand my rights.
Kier Starmer will hear of this!

As for chopping her in.....I could never do that to my sweet little pension pot  ;D
Fixed for accuracy, but i think you've  got a dodgy tape measure.  ;)
And I think you've been a bit kind to me on the age front  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 19 June 2020, 10:47:12
Woke up to cold water this morning.
F70 Invalid device specific number, whatever that means  :-\
Hmmmmm.....a dilemma. The fickin thing came back to life overnight and was working fine this morning. The 'engineer' rang to say he'd be here between 12 an 2. I told him it was working again and he was happy about that, said it more or less proved, with the F70 code, it was the circuit board. This fella has been to service it for the last two years and seems genuine enough.
Vaillant are charging me a flat rate of £311 and that will include this fix+parts and anything that goes wrong over the next six months. He reckons a new board is around £200 (and he will definitely put one in) and it has to be programmed to the boiler (which can be a faff), plus he'll give it a service. I've got till 12 to decide.
Decisions, decisions....
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 June 2020, 10:52:40
Presumably your man warrants his work.

Does seem that PCBs used in boilers are so craply designed and made now :(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 June 2020, 10:55:32
Due to rain stopping play of all my outdoor hobbies, and the washing machine is fixed, I dared the loft, working on the principle that items up their beyond suitcases and xmas decs that have been up there a while were forgotten items.

Bins full, and garage full of stuff waiting to go in bins ;D


About halfway through the loft clearout ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 19 June 2020, 10:57:10
Presumably your man warrants his work.

Does seem that PCBs used in boilers are so craply designed and made now :(
It's six years old and has never given any problems. The man is from the manufacturer, Vaillant, so no worries about warranty or genuine parts.
I have the washing machine directly underneath the boiler (standing on floorboards, not a concrete floor). This makes it a bit unstable and it vibrates like a good'un when the load is unbalanced. I'm wondering if the boiler getting a periodic shaking will 'loosen' stuff, i.e. the pcb.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 19 June 2020, 10:59:25
Due to rain stopping play of all my outdoor hobbies, and the washing machine is fixed, I dared the loft, working on the principle that items up their beyond suitcases and xmas decs that have been up there a while were forgotten items.

Bins full, and garage full of stuff waiting to go in bins ;D


About halfway through the loft clearout ;D
I had to move all the shite that permanently lives under the boiler, so that my visitor could actually see the fickin thing. It's quite a small space but I've filled the kitchen table with aforementioned shite  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 19 June 2020, 11:04:09
This lot lives under my boiler in a 2' x 2' space  ;D

(https://i.ibb.co/Y7KHftG/46-F87-A8-D-FCBB-4899-A866-BD6-AB2897-E65.jpg) (https://ibb.co/99fQyqj)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: pscocoa on 19 June 2020, 11:56:03
Just had a Vaillant boiler installed as part of full ch system in the house in Ashton. Boiler lives in bathroom. Went for Vaillant as the guy who does our gas stuff is one of their master tech people. Just having the bathroom tarted up and some boxing in of boiler trying to retain Edwardian features!

Meantime 2 joiners here in not so sunny Sandhurst for the duration fitting 17 oak doors.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 19 June 2020, 12:57:04
Just had a Vaillant boiler installed as part of full ch system in the house in Ashton. Boiler lives in bathroom. Went for Vaillant as the guy who does our gas stuff is one of their master tech people. Just having the bathroom tarted up and some boxing in of boiler trying to retain Edwardian features!

Meantime 2 joiners here in not so sunny Sandhurst for the duration fitting 17 oak doors.
When you said you'd taken delivery of 17 doors, I didn't like to ask who/what they were for. That must be some house you've got, Phil. Don't be looking down your nose at our little dolls houses when you come up next month  :P  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 19 June 2020, 12:58:23
Woke up to cold water this morning.
F70 Invalid device specific number, whatever that means  :-\
Hmmmmm.....a dilemma. The fickin thing came back to life overnight and was working fine this morning. The 'engineer' rang to say he'd be here between 12 an 2. I told him it was working again and he was happy about that, said it more or less proved, with the F70 code, it was the circuit board. This fella has been to service it for the last two years and seems genuine enough.
Vaillant are charging me a flat rate of £311 and that will include this fix+parts and anything that goes wrong over the next six months. He reckons a new board is around £200 (and he will definitely put one in) and it has to be programmed to the boiler (which can be a faff), plus he'll give it a service. I've got till 12 to decide.
Decisions, decisions....
All done. Watched him unbox a new board and install it, so should be ok for a while.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 June 2020, 13:06:08
Presumably your man warrants his work.

Does seem that PCBs used in boilers are so craply designed and made now :(
It's six years old and has never given any problems. The man is from the manufacturer, Vaillant, so no worries about warranty or genuine parts.
I have the washing machine directly underneath the boiler (standing on floorboards, not a concrete floor). This makes it a bit unstable and it vibrates like a good'un when the load is unbalanced. I'm wondering if the boiler getting a periodic shaking will 'loosen' stuff, i.e. the pcb.
A quick squint on that there internet thing shows your PCB to be almost as crap as the ones Potterton put in mine, so suspect not really due to your twin tub and mangle.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 19 June 2020, 13:21:26
Like I say, it's done now.........next problem please  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: pscocoa on 19 June 2020, 13:35:25
Potterton's had problems with pcbs a while ago - I think we had 2 or 3 in 3 years and then no problems for last 11 years with same potterton boiler.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: pscocoa on 19 June 2020, 13:39:10
Just had a Vaillant boiler installed as part of full ch system in the house in Ashton. Boiler lives in bathroom. Went for Vaillant as the guy who does our gas stuff is one of their master tech people. Just having the bathroom tarted up and some boxing in of boiler trying to retain Edwardian features!

Meantime 2 joiners here in not so sunny Sandhurst for the duration fitting 17 oak doors.
When you said you'd taken delivery of 17 doors, I didn't like to ask who/what they were for. That must be some house you've got, Phil. Don't be looking down your nose at our little dolls houses when you come up next month  :P  ;D

Looking forward to Barnsley - 13 years since I was last there to pick up the Signum 1.9 cdti
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 19 June 2020, 14:09:23
This lot lives under my boiler in a 2' x 2' space  ;D

(https://i.ibb.co/Y7KHftG/46-F87-A8-D-FCBB-4899-A866-BD6-AB2897-E65.jpg) (https://ibb.co/99fQyqj)
Does that include the table and chairs? :-[ ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 19 June 2020, 14:33:18
This lot lives under my boiler in a 2' x 2' space  ;D

(https://i.ibb.co/Y7KHftG/46-F87-A8-D-FCBB-4899-A866-BD6-AB2897-E65.jpg) (https://ibb.co/99fQyqj)
Does that include the table and chairs? :-[ ;)
Of course, they come to bits  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 June 2020, 15:27:51
Potterton's had problems with pcbs a while ago - I think we had 2 or 3 in 3 years and then no problems for last 11 years with same potterton boiler.
The Suprima did get a "completely redesigned reliable" upgrade to its PCB, which according to the tinterweb is every bit as junk as the earlier ones, only more expensive ;D

I am going to have to bite the bullet soon, as the PCB on mine is on its last legs, and starts disintegrating every time it needs resoldering.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: pscocoa on 19 June 2020, 16:06:14
Potterton's had problems with pcbs a while ago - I think we had 2 or 3 in 3 years and then no problems for last 11 years with same potterton boiler.
The Suprima did get a "completely redesigned reliable" upgrade to its PCB, which according to the tinterweb is every bit as junk as the earlier ones, only more expensive ;D

I am going to have to bite the bullet soon, as the PCB on mine is on its last legs, and starts disintegrating every time it needs resoldering.

At £35 for a refurb potterton  pcb and £95 for new it is not the high rice we were dealing with 15 years ago
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 June 2020, 20:50:43
Potterton's had problems with pcbs a while ago - I think we had 2 or 3 in 3 years and then no problems for last 11 years with same potterton boiler.
The Suprima did get a "completely redesigned reliable" upgrade to its PCB, which according to the tinterweb is every bit as junk as the earlier ones, only more expensive ;D

I am going to have to bite the bullet soon, as the PCB on mine is on its last legs, and starts disintegrating every time it needs resoldering.

At £35 for a refurb potterton  pcb and £95 for new it is not the high rice we were dealing with 15 years ago
Can't find them at that price from any reputable supplier, about £250 is about cheapest for new.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 19 June 2020, 20:59:27
Potterton's had problems with pcbs a while ago - I think we had 2 or 3 in 3 years and then no problems for last 11 years with same potterton boiler.
The Suprima did get a "completely redesigned reliable" upgrade to its PCB, which according to the tinterweb is every bit as junk as the earlier ones, only more expensive ;D

I am going to have to bite the bullet soon, as the PCB on mine is on its last legs, and starts disintegrating every time it needs resoldering.

At £35 for a refurb potterton  pcb and £95 for new it is not the high rice we were dealing with 15 years ago
Can't find them at that price from any reputable supplier, about £250 is about cheapest for new.

the heat exchange clicky (https://www.theheatxchange.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7ImbtNSO6gIVFO3tCh11aAQTEAAYASAAEgLOePD_BwE) OR  if you want cheaper clicky  (https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=potterton++pcb&_sacat=69197&LH_TitleDesc=0&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=1)  :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 June 2020, 21:02:53
Potterton's had problems with pcbs a while ago - I think we had 2 or 3 in 3 years and then no problems for last 11 years with same potterton boiler.
The Suprima did get a "completely redesigned reliable" upgrade to its PCB, which according to the tinterweb is every bit as junk as the earlier ones, only more expensive ;D

I am going to have to bite the bullet soon, as the PCB on mine is on its last legs, and starts disintegrating every time it needs resoldering.

At £35 for a refurb potterton  pcb and £95 for new it is not the high rice we were dealing with 15 years ago
Can't find them at that price from any reputable supplier, about £250 is about cheapest for new.

the heat exchange clicky (https://www.theheatxchange.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7ImbtNSO6gIVFO3tCh11aAQTEAAYASAAEgLOePD_BwE) OR  if you want cheaper clicky  (https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=potterton++pcb&_sacat=69197&LH_TitleDesc=0&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=1)  :)
First link is around the same price I've found them for, second is obviously eBay, so no chance - I don't want a half arsed badly refurbed sold as new ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 19 June 2020, 21:34:37
Potterton's had problems with pcbs a while ago - I think we had 2 or 3 in 3 years and then no problems for last 11 years with same potterton boiler.
The Suprima did get a "completely redesigned reliable" upgrade to its PCB, which according to the tinterweb is every bit as junk as the earlier ones, only more expensive ;D

I am going to have to bite the bullet soon, as the PCB on mine is on its last legs, and starts disintegrating every time it needs resoldering.

At £35 for a refurb potterton  pcb and £95 for new it is not the high rice we were dealing with 15 years ago
Can't find them at that price from any reputable supplier, about £250 is about cheapest for new.

the heat exchange clicky (https://www.theheatxchange.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7ImbtNSO6gIVFO3tCh11aAQTEAAYASAAEgLOePD_BwE) OR  if you want cheaper clicky  (https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=potterton++pcb&_sacat=69197&LH_TitleDesc=0&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=1)  :)
First link is around the same price I've found them for, second is obviously eBay, so no chance - I don't want a half arsed badly refurbed sold as new ;)
I've used the heat exchange for heating parts for probably 25 + years with no issues and reasonable prices and excellent service  ;)
I've brought tat off ebay  with no issues and at reasonable prices  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 19 June 2020, 21:34:51
This lot lives under my boiler in a 2' x 2' space  ;D

(https://i.ibb.co/Y7KHftG/46-F87-A8-D-FCBB-4899-A866-BD6-AB2897-E65.jpg) (https://ibb.co/99fQyqj)
Does that include the table and chairs? :-[ ;)
Of course, they come to bits  ;D

Never mind that, sunscreen?! In Barnsley Wakefield?! I never had you down as such a rampant optimist!
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 19 June 2020, 21:38:10
That's probably solidified in the bottle. Haven't got a clue when we bought that.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 19 June 2020, 21:41:28
So is the "HOME" ornament to remind you where you are?? ::) ;D ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 19 June 2020, 21:49:33
So is the "HOME" ornament to remind you where you are?? ::) ;D ;D
To remind him not to pocket everything as he walks round the house 
which is where the sun cream probably came from   ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 19 June 2020, 22:14:11
Scouseism alert! I'm off to pull a statue down  >:(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 19 June 2020, 22:16:31
Scouseism alert! I'm off to pull a statue down  >:(
no brown or black ones  ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 19 June 2020, 22:19:29
Scouseism alert! I'm off to pull a statue down  >:(
no brown or black ones  ;)
All the statues I've seen are bronze or steel grey, except for the ones that aren't.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 19 June 2020, 23:19:34
So is the "HOME" ornament to remind you where you are?? ::) ;D ;D
To remind him not to pocket everything as he walks round the house 
which is where the sun cream probably came from   ;D
He's just an absent Scouser now. He hasn't got the obligatory newspaper tablecloth. :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 20 June 2020, 10:06:04
I've brought tat off ebay  with no issues and at reasonable prices  ;D
You just know that a £250 pub being sold for £25 isn't as virgin as the seller claims, and will be a faulty one that somebody has badly run an iron over.  I know it, you know it, even my mums dog knows it. ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 20 June 2020, 11:36:04
I've brought tat off ebay  with no issues and at reasonable prices  ;D
You just know that a £250 pub being sold for £25 isn't as virgin as the seller claims, and will be a faulty one that somebody has badly run an iron over.  I know it, you know it, even my mums dog knows it. ;)
I'd pay £250 for a pub, even if it was wrecked. Does any beer come with it?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 20 June 2020, 12:42:16
Treated front fence & side gates with wood stain , they were looking pretty grim but now like new well pleased..😎
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Shackeng on 20 June 2020, 14:09:28
Treated front fence & side gates with wood stain , they were looking pretty grim but now like new well pleased..😎

Can you do mine? It’s only 50yds long.  ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 20 June 2020, 14:56:57
Treated front fence & side gates with wood stain , they were looking pretty grim but now like new well pleased..😎

Can you do mine? It’s only 50yds long.  ::)
.   


Did the back garden earlier in the year about the same size as yours did 3 or 4 panels a day took about a week in all easy, so do it yourself 😄😃😀
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: redelitev6 on 20 June 2020, 15:21:32
Changed the faulty inlet valve on the toilet cistern , no more annoying overflow noises in the middle of the night ( from the cistern , not me )  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 20 June 2020, 15:55:23
Treated front fence & side gates with wood stain , they were looking pretty grim but now like new well pleased..😎

Can you do mine? It’s only 50yds long.  ::)
.   


Did the back garden earlier in the year about the same size as yours did 3 or 4 panels a day took about a week in all easy, so do it yourself 😄😃😀

I need to do one of my fences which is a couple of years old and looked OK when new, but is now looking pretty weathered.  :-\

The problem is that the neighbours painted their side a horrible diarrhea colour and it's Cuprinol as well which is expensive. Ho hum.  ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 20 June 2020, 15:55:37
Changed the faulty inlet valve on the toilet cistern , no more annoying overflow noises in the middle of the night ( from the cistern , not me )  :y
I'd be up every five minutes if I had to listen to water noises.  :-[
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 20 June 2020, 15:56:38
Treated front fence & side gates with wood stain , they were looking pretty grim but now like new well pleased..😎

Can you do mine? It’s only 50yds long.  ::)
.   


Did the back garden earlier in the year about the same size as yours did 3 or 4 panels a day took about a week in all easy, so do it yourself 😄😃😀

I need to do one of my fences which is a couple of years old and looked OK when new, but is now looking pretty weathered.  :-\

The problem is that the neighbours painted their side a horrible diarrhea colour and it's Cuprinol as well which is expensive. Ho hum.  ::)
So what? You're side doesn't have to match their side.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 20 June 2020, 15:59:04
Indeed, a nice bright blue or green should contrast nicely as it runs through the boards 8)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 20 June 2020, 16:00:15
Treated front fence & side gates with wood stain , they were looking pretty grim but now like new well pleased..😎

Can you do mine? It’s only 50yds long.  ::)
.   


Did the back garden earlier in the year about the same size as yours did 3 or 4 panels a day took about a week in all easy, so do it yourself 😄😃😀

I need to do one of my fences which is a couple of years old and looked OK when new, but is now looking pretty weathered.  :-\

The problem is that the neighbours painted their side a horrible diarrhea colour and it's Cuprinol as well which is expensive. Ho hum.  ::)
So what? You're side doesn't have to match their side.

Some naga chicken and a gallon of lager and I'm sure it wouldn't take too many attempts to get a colour match. :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 20 June 2020, 16:01:09
Treated front fence & side gates with wood stain , they were looking pretty grim but now like new well pleased..😎

Can you do mine? It’s only 50yds long.  ::)
.   


Did the back garden earlier in the year about the same size as yours did 3 or 4 panels a day took about a week in all easy, so do it yourself 😄😃😀

I need to do one of my fences which is a couple of years old and looked OK when new, but is now looking pretty weathered.  :-\

The problem is that the neighbours painted their side a horrible diarrhea colour and it's Cuprinol as well which is expensive. Ho hum.  ::)
So what? You're side doesn't have to match their side.

Some naga chicken and a gallon of lager and I'm sure it wouldn't take too many attempts to get a colour match. :y
You'd have to do it once a week, though.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 20 June 2020, 16:03:23
Treated front fence & side gates with wood stain , they were looking pretty grim but now like new well pleased..😎

Can you do mine? It’s only 50yds long.  ::)
.   


Did the back garden earlier in the year about the same size as yours did 3 or 4 panels a day took about a week in all easy, so do it yourself 😄😃😀

I need to do one of my fences which is a couple of years old and looked OK when new, but is now looking pretty weathered.  :-\

The problem is that the neighbours painted their side a horrible diarrhea colour and it's Cuprinol as well which is expensive. Ho hum.  ::)
So what? You're side doesn't have to match their side.

Some naga chicken and a gallon of lager and I'm sure it wouldn't take too many attempts to get a colour match. :y
You'd have to do it once a week, though.  ;D

A weekly spray job?  :o  :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 20 June 2020, 16:20:20
Treated front fence & side gates with wood stain , they were looking pretty grim but now like new well pleased..😎

Can you do mine? It’s only 50yds long.  ::)
.   


Did the back garden earlier in the year about the same size as yours did 3 or 4 panels a day took about a week in all easy, so do it yourself 😄😃😀

I need to do one of my fences which is a couple of years old and looked OK when new, but is now looking pretty weathered.  :-\

The problem is that the neighbours painted their side a horrible diarrhea colour and it's Cuprinol as well which is expensive. Ho hum.  ::)
So what? You're side doesn't have to match their side.

Some naga chicken and a gallon of lager and I'm sure it wouldn't take too many attempts to get a colour match. :y
You'd have to do it once a week, though.  ;D

A weekly spray job?  :o  :D
Should be doable, if they don't move house because of the smell  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 20 June 2020, 17:43:29
Treated front fence & side gates with wood stain , they were looking pretty grim but now like new well pleased..😎

Can you do mine? It’s only 50yds long.  ::)
.   


Did the back garden earlier in the year about the same size as yours did 3 or 4 panels a day took about a week in all easy, so do it yourself 😄😃😀

I need to do one of my fences which is a couple of years old and looked OK when new, but is now looking pretty weathered.  :-\

The problem is that the neighbours painted their side a horrible diarrhea colour and it's Cuprinol as well which is expensive. Ho hum.  ::)
So what? You're side doesn't have to match their side.

Some naga chicken and a gallon of lager and I'm sure it wouldn't take too many attempts to get a colour match. :y
You'd have to do it once a week, though.  ;D

A weekly spray job?  :o  :D
Should be doable, if they don't move house because of the smell  ;D

Wouldn't mind if they did.  :-X                                                                     ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 20 June 2020, 18:24:50
I've brought tat off ebay  with no issues and at reasonable prices  ;D
You just know that a £250 pub being sold for £25 isn't as virgin as the seller claims, and will be a faulty one that somebody has badly run an iron over.  I know it, you know it, even my mums dog knows it. ;)
I'd pay £250 for a pub, even if it was wrecked. Does any beer come with it?
Fikkkin Steve Jobs and his crap products.  PCB, not pub.

If he weren't already dead, I'd terminate Jobs and his fricking stupid macOS
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 20 June 2020, 18:37:53
I've brought tat off ebay  with no issues and at reasonable prices  ;D
You just know that a £250 pub being sold for £25 isn't as virgin as the seller claims, and will be a faulty one that somebody has badly run an iron over.  I know it, you know it, even my mums dog knows it. ;)
I'd pay £250 for a pub, even if it was wrecked. Does any beer come with it?
Fikkkin Steve Jobs and his crap products.  PCB, not pub.

If he weren't already dead, I'd terminate Jobs and his fricking stupid macOS
I knew exactly what you meant, fat fingers, but where's the fun in that?  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 20 June 2020, 18:46:52
Finally finished the Tortoise palace, apartfrom varnish, but that will have to wait until it hibernates as the fumes would probably kill it.  ::)
Might be able to get some car work in now.  :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 20 June 2020, 18:48:43
Finally finished the Tortoise palace, apartfrom varnish, but that will have to wait until it hibernates as the fumes would probably kill it.  ::)
Might be able to get some car work in now.  :-\
There's a tortoise on twitter called Hurricane, he is 85 years old. He pushes a ball around the patio by getting close up to it and popping his head out.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 20 June 2020, 18:50:36
Show your missus this, Albs, she'll make a Ronaldo of your little one:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/downtime/tortoise-plays-with-ball-by-hitting-it-with-head/vp-BB11O4ZG
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 20 June 2020, 18:54:38
She has just been talking about getting it a ping pong ball for that reason. Its only 3 inches long so a full sized ball might be a bit much.  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 20 June 2020, 18:55:24
Here's his twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/search?q=Hurricane%20tortoise&src=typeahead_click
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 21 June 2020, 07:47:56
I hear it may be signing for Arsenal. More enthusiasm, commitment and as much speed as most of their players.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 21 June 2020, 10:37:29
I've brought tat off ebay  with no issues and at reasonable prices  ;D
You just know that a £250 pub being sold for £25 isn't as virgin as the seller claims, and will be a faulty one that somebody has badly run an iron over.  I know it, you know it, even my mums dog knows it. ;)
I'd pay £250 for a pub, even if it was wrecked. Does any beer come with it?
Fikkkin Steve Jobs and his crap products.  PCB, not pub.

If he weren't already dead, I'd terminate Jobs and his fricking stupid macOS
I knew exactly what you meant, fat fingers, but where's the fun in that?  ;D
If you think its annoying on iPadOS/iOS, Jobs takes it to a whole new level of annoyance on macOS :(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 21 June 2020, 18:59:15
Went for a ride out to Rutland Water couple of hours walking with wifey & the dog lovely place to visit.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: pscocoa on 24 June 2020, 16:02:49
Received a nice retirement gift today of a stash of decent wine albeit 6 months after the event.

Joiners still here but will finish tonight after 5 whole days - we haven't really  been able to get out - they arrive at 8 and leave at 4.30. Been trying out the rubbish tip booking system at Bracknell which was brilliant - no waiting at all - to dump the old doors which I could not even give away. People were queuing for over 2 hours at nearby Camberley tip.

Not sure what Magnet have done but have a whole load of spare satin steel 4 inch and 3 inch hinges  which they have not charged for but came with the delivery. Only used 4 inch hinges.

My mum's care home have tested everyone again yesterday and results will be back in a couple of days - if it remains clear then I think we may be able to visit in about 2 weeks time. Not sure what ppe etc requirements will be in place.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: New POD on 25 June 2020, 18:51:05
Today I was transferred from Southport Hospital to the Liverpool Heart and cardiac hospital at Broad green. Where I had an angiagram and a stent fitted, and confirmation that my chest pains on Tuesday were a moderate heart attack.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 25 June 2020, 18:53:16
Today I was transferred from Southport Hospital to the Liverpool Heart and cardiac hospital at Broad green. Where I had an angiagram and a stent fitted, and confirmation that my chest pains on Tuesday were a moderate heart attack.
Not helped by recent events, no doubt. It's very easy to say, and not very easy to do, but you must de-stress. Things are not good at the moment, but dying will not help.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 25 June 2020, 19:39:15
Today I was transferred from Southport Hospital to the Liverpool Heart and cardiac hospital at Broad green. Where I had an angiagram and a stent fitted, and confirmation that my chest pains on Tuesday were a moderate heart attack.

Holy shit! :o  That sounds like you are a very lucky fella!   ::)

Take is easy Mr POD and all the best for your recovery!  :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 25 June 2020, 19:55:57
I went to the beach yesterday, made it on to the front page today  :)

(https://i.ibb.co/8KQzGCW/DF377-EB8-ADC8-4-CB9-BEE9-5018-B49-FCDDF.png) (https://ibb.co/GxrsG6K)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 25 June 2020, 21:05:39
Agree with Sir Tig in wishing you all the best for your recovery :y Look after your health as without that the rest means nothing.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 27 June 2020, 10:01:55
Booooo.  My 2 weeks holiday - when I was supposed to be in Italy -  has come to an end. Stinky work on Monday :(

What have I achieved in those 2 weeks?

Errr, well, hmmm ;D


I did tidy the loft, by moving the junk to be binned to the garage, so will spend the next 2 months slowly getting it in the wheelie bins.

I tried to find a feasible replacement for my Windows 7 Media Center, so tried the latest versions of:
Plex (still shite, struggling to see its purpose really)
Media Portal (still too unreliable, and lacking plugins for v2)
MythTV (Too much friggin, every time you have to retune)
Kodi (shite as a media centre, obviously its raison d'etre is illegal streams)

So its running Windows 8 Media Center.  When Win8 goes out of security support, I'm knackered, as none of the list above are going anywhere, and the hacked Windows 10 WMC is too much hassle as it need modifying/reinstalling with every Windows feature update.  That said, we're recording less and less now, as the only good stuff on telly are the repeats that we've all seen too many times.


My 2 lockdown toys I bought - a Tamiya Hotshot and a DJI Mavic 2 - have both seen a lot of action in the last 2 weeks.  In fact, the Mavic 2, since I got it late April, has now done over 240km, 95% of which from the bedroom window ;D.  If I take out trips to fix shite at work, that's more than I've driven in that time ;D


Lastly, my tomatoes and courgettes have come along nicely during my "Italy" hols :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: New POD on 27 June 2020, 16:51:14
Today I was transferred from Southport Hospital to the Liverpool Heart and cardiac hospital at Broad green. Where I had an angiagram and a stent fitted, and confirmation that my chest pains on Tuesday were a moderate heart attack.

Holy shit! :o  That sounds like you are a very lucky fella!   ::)

Take is easy Mr POD and all the best for your recovery!  :)

I think.i have my wife to blame for me being alive.  I was going to go.to.bed
She phoned 111 who sent an ambulance.
I ended up.in the best place in the country.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 27 June 2020, 22:19:08
Very glad to hear you got the treatment you needed.  :y

Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 30 June 2020, 08:52:45
Saw the MIL off on Friday, a full on Inbetweeners moment on the way there as an over keen VW cut in just behind the hearse, following a little education from the passenger it then pulled into a layby, I think the vicar had been dug up to,  bit 4 weddings and a funeral Rowan Atkinson esq. Although he did get her name right, which he kept getting wrong before hand by calling her Sheila (maybe he was Australian?)

A bit more done on the tractor, all the bonnet badges are fully fitted, including the original crest badge which I managed to find during a garage tidy up.

The cooling system is now fully back together, fill pipe and bracket attached.

The instrument panel is the next bit to be wired up, hopefully this weekend (if the switches arrive).

Then I need to think about getting some fluids and a battery, maybe even a start up  ???

Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 30 June 2020, 09:32:14
My Nan was late for her own send off because half the roads between Taverham an Aylsham were closed for resurfacing work, and they either hadn't checked or realised so ended up going almost into Norwich from North Elmham to get back to Hainford ::) Funny old day that was :-\

Those old Daimlers weren't really built for hustling ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: henryd on 30 June 2020, 10:16:08
My Nan was late for her own send off because half the roads between Taverham an Aylsham were closed for resurfacing work, and they either hadn't checked or realised so ended up going almost into Norwich from North Elmham to get back to Hainford ::) Funny old day that was :-\

Those old Daimlers weren't really built for hustling ;D

Had similar when an Uncle from Sittingborne died,Crem was at Maidstone and we were late leaving the service and Crem  slot time was limited,made strong progress that day ;D ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Andy B on 30 June 2020, 11:08:12
....

Those old Daimlers weren't really built for hustling ;D

Not sure about that. Some years ago, my Dad was taking my Mum somewhere years ago in a DS420 and wound it up to around 95 .... my Mum was completely oblivious to the speed.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 30 June 2020, 13:32:51
My Nan was late for her own send off because half the roads between Taverham an Aylsham were closed for resurfacing work, and they either hadn't checked or realised so ended up going almost into Norwich from North Elmham to get back to Hainford ::) Funny old day that was :-\

Those old Daimlers weren't really built for hustling ;D

Had similar when an Uncle from Sittingborne died,Crem was at Maidstone and we were late leaving the service and Crem  slot time was limited,made strong progress that day ;D ;D

This one was a newish XJ conversion, sprinted along quite nicely, as we left there was a rather clapped out Volvo came in, sounded rather unhealthy
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 28 July 2020, 18:58:25
As its still sorta lockdown, I bought myself a belated burfday pressie, an Arrma Kraton 6S RC car.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Auto Addict on 01 August 2020, 07:42:10
....

Those old Daimlers weren't really built for hustling ;D

Not sure about that. Some years ago, my Dad was taking my Mum somewhere years ago in a DS420 and wound it up to around 95 .... my Mum was completely oblivious to the speed.  ;D ;D

I agree, I had a mate who was a funeral director, weekends were for weddings, if he was short of drivers for the weddings he use to rope me in to drive one of the Daimlers.

They could certainly shift when needed to.

I remember one Sunday lunchtime, we were having a game of snooker in the club, his mother rang and said there was a body to collect from Gloucester morgue.

I went along for the ride in the Daimler hearse, he was clocking 125 mph down the M5.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Auto Addict on 01 August 2020, 08:30:08
Took advantage of Samsung's trade in and discount offer.

Swopped 2 A10's for S6's.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Auto Addict on 01 August 2020, 08:34:31
Took advantage of Samsung's trade in and discount offer.

Swopped 2 A10's for S6's.

I forgot to mention delivery (just to make TB jealous) ordered 6pm, arrived following day at 9:30am.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 01 August 2020, 10:10:37
Took advantage of Samsung's trade in and discount offer.

Swopped 2 A10's for S6's.

I forgot to mention delivery (just to make TB jealous) ordered 6pm, arrived following day at 9:30am.
Ah, but it wasn't from egay, so doesn't count ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 01 August 2020, 10:59:33
Friends daughter round this morning in her Fiat 500 had some personal plates for her birthday so I fitted them for her, she was going to pay her mechanic to do it, my good deed for the day.😎
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 01 August 2020, 15:27:50
Fixed the rear garden gate of my next door but one neighbour,so she can now enter/exit her back garden again.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 01 August 2020, 18:45:32
Fixed the rear garden gate of my next door but one neighbour,so she can now enter/exit her back garden again.
I go round my neighbours to cut my hedge on our boundry. I have to be ultra careful as his gate is so rotten, i'm scared it'll fall apart in my hand.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 03 August 2020, 09:28:07
Completed some more Dexta items on the list:

Made and fitted the battery and starter cables
Fixed the starter motor (a poor previous overhaul by a pro, didn't solder the brush braids!)
Fitted the horn
Made and fitted the horn loom
Fitted the ignition/lights switch
Buzzed out the wiring loom to check its fitted correctly
Filled with oil
Check valve clearances (It would appear I had set them  ;D)
Check injector pump timing (It would appear that I did set this also  :D)
Pop some fuel in
Prime the low pressure fuel system
Fettle the injector pump  (not pumping on one cylinder)
Swear at the primer pump leaking (aftermarket part after mine disappeared)
Prime the high pressure fuel lines.

Go for a start and away she went, all three cylinders with no bother at all.

Shut it off and fill the cooling system, water pissing out the centre of the radiator  :'( (new one ordered, not eBay  ;D)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Auto Addict on 03 August 2020, 18:47:23
Completed some more Dexta items on the list:

Made and fitted the battery and starter cables
Fixed the starter motor (a poor previous overhaul by a pro, didn't solder the brush braids!)
Fitted the horn
Made and fitted the horn loom
Fitted the ignition/lights switch
Buzzed out the wiring loom to check its fitted correctly
Filled with oil
Check valve clearances (It would appear I had set them  ;D)
Check injector pump timing (It would appear that I did set this also  :D)
Pop some fuel in
Prime the low pressure fuel system
Fettle the injector pump  (not pumping on one cylinder)
Swear at the primer pump leaking (aftermarket part after mine disappeared)
Prime the high pressure fuel lines.

Go for a start and away she went, all three cylinders with no bother at all.

Shut it off and fill the cooling system, water pissing out the centre of the radiator  :'( (new one ordered, not eBay  ;D)

 :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 03 August 2020, 19:05:46
Spent lunchtime thrashing the Arrma toy around the leisure centre field.  I bet daisys and dandelions are still falling out of the sky now ;D

Spent about 45 mins ringing some local companies that sounded like they make shit, to see if I can buy some thick steel plate to strap my 3d printer to, to stop X/Y frame flex, but nobody has any.

Anyone know where to buy some 400x500 thick steel plate - thick enough to not flex when printer is bolted down to it?

Not sure if 5mm will flex or not at that size.  I do run my belts pretty tight.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 03 August 2020, 19:25:16
Ebay.  :y

 :D ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Nick W on 03 August 2020, 19:39:19

Spent about 45 mins ringing some local companies that sounded like they make shit, to see if I can buy some thick steel plate to strap my 3d printer to, to stop X/Y frame flex, but nobody has any.

Anyone know where to buy some 400x500 thick steel plate - thick enough to not flex when printer is bolted down to it?

Not sure if 5mm will flex or not at that size.  I do run my belts pretty tight.


Probably. But you could bolt two plates together.


You'd do better asking in person, as the size you want is an offcut out of the bin


Quality plywood would also work, and again you could epoxy 2 or 3 pieces together for extra stiffness.

Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 03 August 2020, 20:07:12
or epoxy your bed to a paving slab ,thermal stability and not bendy  :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 03 August 2020, 20:27:41
or epoxy your bed to a paving slab ,thermal stability and not bendy  :)
Whilst I'm sure that would work, the phrase my father would use is there is a difference between scratching your arse and tearing it to bits.

;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 03 August 2020, 20:41:03
 don't forget to use chockfast orange between the paving slab and the printer bed   ;D :y
it's used for engine test beds etc

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51YbTOtH8ML._SX342_.jpg)

ok ,that might be over kill
hence i still have several tins  ;D 
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 04 August 2020, 11:30:43
don't forget to use chockfast orange between the paving slab and the printer bed   ;D :y
it's used for engine test beds etc

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51YbTOtH8ML._SX342_.jpg)

ok ,that might be over kill
hence i still have several tins  ;D

Used that a lot in marine, mainly for the foundations of 5MW VIMs (Vertical Induction Motors)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: YZ250 on 04 August 2020, 12:28:04
Spent lunchtime thrashing the Arrma toy around the leisure centre field.  I bet daisys and dandelions are still falling out of the sky now ;D

Spent about 45 mins ringing some local companies that sounded like they make shit, to see if I can buy some thick steel plate to strap my 3d printer to, to stop X/Y frame flex, but nobody has any.

Anyone know where to buy some 400x500 thick steel plate - thick enough to not flex when printer is bolted down to it?

Not sure if 5mm will flex or not at that size.  I do run my belts pretty tight.

Get yourself a couple of highway maintenance cones, put one either side of a manhole of appropriate size ........... and then nick the manhole cover.  :y ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 04 August 2020, 17:39:29
Spent lunchtime thrashing the Arrma toy around the leisure centre field.  I bet daisys and dandelions are still falling out of the sky now ;D

Spent about 45 mins ringing some local companies that sounded like they make shit, to see if I can buy some thick steel plate to strap my 3d printer to, to stop X/Y frame flex, but nobody has any.

Anyone know where to buy some 400x500 thick steel plate - thick enough to not flex when printer is bolted down to it?

Not sure if 5mm will flex or not at that size.  I do run my belts pretty tight.

Get yourself a couple of highway maintenance cones, put one either side of a manhole of appropriate size ........... and then nick the manhole cover.  :y ::)
I recall in a former life having to lift them.  I wonder if thats my I have square gonads ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 04 August 2020, 22:27:35
What about 2 bits of I beam. I've got a couple of sizes, including some very chunky stuff, must be 250 x 250mm and 75kg/m. Bolt 2 50cm bits together, give you a 50x50 flat surface. 12-18mm ply on top using gripfill and spacers to get it bang on level once it's on your bench and it's going nowhere.

If you're passing anywhere near Solihull you can have the lot for nowt. Got loads in the garden  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 04 August 2020, 23:57:24
For the first time since March, I visited the little Social club tonight, that Im Secretary of. It was nice to sit and have a couple of pints and talk nonsense with old friends.
One of the little pleasures in life I have missed in the last few months.   :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 06 August 2020, 17:08:35
What about 2 bits of I beam. I've got a couple of sizes, including some very chunky stuff, must be 250 x 250mm and 75kg/m. Bolt 2 50cm bits together, give you a 50x50 flat surface. 12-18mm ply on top using gripfill and spacers to get it bang on level once it's on your bench and it's going nowhere.

If you're passing anywhere near Solihull you can have the lot for nowt. Got loads in the garden  :y
Thats not a bad idea  - I had started to consider some angled steel, as that would certainly remove any bending, but then also doubted my ability to weld it so it was flat enough.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: pscocoa on 06 August 2020, 23:47:52
Managed to get myself in the middle of the Greater Manchester lockdown and had to stay in a hotel up here whilst my daughter and her family used the house we have in the area. In installing the app for the hotel chain i uncovered security breach in that if you put in a random booking  ID with the hotel prefix then you got name, address, email, phone number and date of stay of other guests. Now been offered complementary stay in future. Hope they have now fixed it.

Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 07 August 2020, 07:42:51
Started to paint the Dextas new radiator
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 08 August 2020, 22:23:59
Watched free practice and qualifying for tomorrows MotoGP races and then watched Superpole and race1 for both World and British Superbikes which are also held this weekend.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 09 August 2020, 16:09:00
Dog walking, BBQ & Lots of Cider , just perfect 😎
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 10 August 2020, 07:54:59
Replacement radiator fitted, coolant system filled (only with water at this stage), leaks sorted (hose clips needed nipping up), oil pressure gauge connected.

Start it up, hunting sorted (clearly was the blocked gauze for the governor), oil pressure reads a healthy 50psi.

Check for charging, nothing!

Dynamo off and stripped down, brushes are seized in the holders, clean them up and re-fit, all good (well as good as a Dynamo ever is!)

Re-fit the oil pressure switch and its leaking, new one ordered.

Run it up to temp, stat opens as it should, gauge reads correctly.

Next steps are to flush through the coolant system a few times, put some diesel in it (as I am now confident the tanks is not holey.....I had pressure tested some years ago), fit a new oil pressure switch.

Then its a quick check of the gearbox (blocks under the back end to lift it off the ground).
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: henryd on 10 August 2020, 09:44:21
Replacement radiator fitted, coolant system filled (only with water at this stage), leaks sorted (hose clips needed nipping up), oil pressure gauge connected.

Start it up, hunting sorted (clearly was the blocked gauze for the governor), oil pressure reads a healthy 50psi.

Check for charging, nothing!

Dynamo off and stripped down, brushes are seized in the holders, clean them up and re-fit, all good (well as good as a Dynamo ever is!)

Re-fit the oil pressure switch and its leaking, new one ordered.

Run it up to temp, stat opens as it should, gauge reads correctly.

Next steps are to flush through the coolant system a few times, put some diesel in it (as I am now confident the tanks is not holey.....I had pressure tested some years ago), fit a new oil pressure switch.

Then its a quick check of the gearbox (blocks under the back end to lift it off the ground).

Is yours a normal or super dexta, my Dad had a super back in the day,little bit more power and a different bonnet I think?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 10 August 2020, 11:47:51
Replacement radiator fitted, coolant system filled (only with water at this stage), leaks sorted (hose clips needed nipping up), oil pressure gauge connected.

Start it up, hunting sorted (clearly was the blocked gauze for the governor), oil pressure reads a healthy 50psi.

Check for charging, nothing!

Dynamo off and stripped down, brushes are seized in the holders, clean them up and re-fit, all good (well as good as a Dynamo ever is!)

Re-fit the oil pressure switch and its leaking, new one ordered.

Run it up to temp, stat opens as it should, gauge reads correctly.

Next steps are to flush through the coolant system a few times, put some diesel in it (as I am now confident the tanks is not holey.....I had pressure tested some years ago), fit a new oil pressure switch.

Then its a quick check of the gearbox (blocks under the back end to lift it off the ground).

Is yours a normal or super dexta, my Dad had a super back in the day, little bit more power and a different bonnet I think?

Its a very early standard Dexta.

Yes, Super had a few extra Ponies, different injection pump, a bit more cc (larger bore) and, re-profiled bonnet and cowl  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 10 August 2020, 16:11:57
Read Farmers Weekly. Or feels like it ;D

But, Mr DTM, we need more pictures!

(and if one of the little dumper accidentally gets posted.... :P)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 10 August 2020, 16:55:19
I don't actually have anywhere to host them these days
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 11 August 2020, 08:48:20
A few weeks ago:

(http://marksdtmcalib.omegaowners.com/images/Dexta_Jun_15.JPG)

And running at the weekend:

http://marksdtmcalib.omegaowners.com/images/Aug_Dexta_Run.mp4 (http://marksdtmcalib.omegaowners.com/images/Aug_Dexta_Run.mp4)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 11 August 2020, 08:58:11
Thats starting to look pretty damn good :y

Obviously, Lord Lincolnshire will be along shortly, saying it sounds like a canal boat. But its supposed to :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Auto Addict on 11 August 2020, 09:23:16
A few weeks ago:

(http://marksdtmcalib.omegaowners.com/images/Dexta_Jun_15.JPG)

And running at the weekend:

http://marksdtmcalib.omegaowners.com/images/Aug_Dexta_Run.mp4 (http://marksdtmcalib.omegaowners.com/images/Aug_Dexta_Run.mp4)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxTApN7Mq-E
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: henryd on 11 August 2020, 09:58:25
Looking and sounding good Mark :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 11 August 2020, 14:44:28
Drove over to Peterborough & left the Range Rover at my indie for MOT & new front brakes, wifey drove me back in her Scooby via the pet warehouse for supplies for Buddy the Boxer.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: New POD on 11 August 2020, 16:30:24
Today, I had another blood test. Because the doctors want to increase my intake of Ramipril, from.1.5 mg per day to 20 mg per day over the next month.
I have the blood test. Results come back on Friday. And the staff ignore it, because it will show my kidney function as fine.
Then I'll spend 30 mins on hold to try and persuade the receptionist that I need a doctor to phone me, and discuss the next step up.
So I thought I'd say "can you make me a telephone appointment on Monday, so that I can be prescribed the higher dose as soon as possible"
No you have to ring up and go on hold. Last time, I was  23rd in the queue.
Why? Why? Why?
Am I too stupid to understand why they can't make an appointment in advance?
Eventually they agreed. 2 weeks after the test results come in. Some time after 12 noon and before midnight.

Then I've been packing. Done 4 loads of washing. Most of it now dry.


Start new job on Thursday. 1 day in office, in Hinckley, 2 half days from home.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chris-allsopp_innovation-dasa-troops-activity-6698649328908566529-O8mn

We are staying in our other house (sounds decadent right?) For a week. Taking the cat.
I haven't worn "work" clothes since March. I've lost 2.5 stone. My suit is too big.  I found some trousers from the early 90s which now fit again.  I may add weird fish jumper and go casual.

Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 11 August 2020, 22:30:30
Printed off another wheelie bar for the completely insane Kraton, main bit was a thingiverse thing, but had to redesign the wheels to stop them flying off the bearings, as the first attempt did. Also strengthened the main bit, as the thingiverse original was a bit poor really.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 11 August 2020, 23:23:57
Finally got to the opticians to get my eyes tested. Meant to go at Easter, but the lazy sods were closed :D

Could do with getting back to work though... :-\ If only to pay the opticians :-X
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 12 August 2020, 07:56:09
Looking and sounding good Mark :y

Thanks, pretty pleased with it, the paint is not automotive quality but, its a tractor  ;D

The engine has had a complete re-build, pistons, liners, head, crank grind, new mains/big end/little end bearings, injectors etc etc. The cowl is an original, very rare in this condition apparently (good quality originals go for up to £500!).

Still need to do everything rear of the gearbox  :-[

Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 12 August 2020, 08:47:14
Still need to do everything rear of the gearbox  :-[
Come along then, chop chop ;D

What's its post restoration life going to consist of? Mostly static displays at the centre, or does it have a specific job(s) to do once ready?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Auto Addict on 12 August 2020, 09:18:07
Still need to do everything rear of the gearbox  :-[
Come along then, chop chop ;D

What's its post restoration life going to consist of? Mostly static displays at the centre, or does it have a specific job(s) to do once ready?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxTApN7Mq-E
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 12 August 2020, 13:18:41
Printed off another wheelie bar for the completely insane Kraton, main bit was a thingiverse thing, but had to redesign the wheels to stop them flying off the bearings, as the first attempt did. Also strengthened the main bit, as the thingiverse original was a bit poor really.
Was going to post-print finish it, but as I suspect it will be battlescarred after first use, not sure I CBA.

(https://theboy.omegaowners.com/oofpics/oof_odds_and_sods/wheelie.JPG)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 12 August 2020, 14:27:18
Still need to do everything rear of the gearbox  :-[
Come along then, chop chop ;D

What's its post restoration life going to consist of? Mostly static displays at the centre, or does it have a specific job(s) to do once ready?

28 foot trailer and spend my weekends driving along the A52 getting sweet revenge on caravan owners
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 12 August 2020, 14:40:00
That would hold a certain appeal...  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 12 August 2020, 16:46:23
Still need to do everything rear of the gearbox  :-[
Come along then, chop chop ;D

What's its post restoration life going to consist of? Mostly static displays at the centre, or does it have a specific job(s) to do once ready?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxTApN7Mq-E
Ploughing competitions?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 12 August 2020, 17:50:22
Still need to do everything rear of the gearbox  :-[
Come along then, chop chop ;D

What's its post restoration life going to consist of? Mostly static displays at the centre, or does it have a specific job(s) to do once ready?

28 foot trailer and spend my weekends driving along the A52 getting sweet revenge on caravan owners
Can I borrow it, with the trailer, for similar use around here?

;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Auto Addict on 13 August 2020, 07:18:38
Still need to do everything rear of the gearbox  :-[
Come along then, chop chop ;D

What's its post restoration life going to consist of? Mostly static displays at the centre, or does it have a specific job(s) to do once ready?

28 foot trailer and spend my weekends driving along the A52 getting sweet revenge on caravan owners

Wouldn't you be over the towing limit of your car? ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 13 August 2020, 10:03:57
Only if the trailer weight exceeds the towing capacity. Length is unrestricted below an 18m plus change train length ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 13 August 2020, 10:17:47
Still need to do everything rear of the gearbox  :-[
Come along then, chop chop ;D

What's its post restoration life going to consist of? Mostly static displays at the centre, or does it have a specific job(s) to do once ready?

28 foot trailer and spend my weekends driving along the A52 getting sweet revenge on caravan owners

Wouldn't you be over the towing limit of your car? ;)

Nope, not with an official towing capacity of 2.5tons for the Velar :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 13 August 2020, 11:08:44
That's a bit light weight :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 13 August 2020, 14:09:45
That's a bit light weight :-\

Its a light weight aluminium car.......(D7A based)  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 13 August 2020, 16:14:10
Guessing that the country set don't buy them for dragging the horses around then :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 14 August 2020, 14:58:51
Fine for the pony club set, 1tn for 2 ponies, 1tn horsebox. Plenty to spare for.... horsey sh!t.  :y

That said, I reckon most buyers have it because they want the look of a FFRR/Sport but don't want the fuel bills that go with it.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 14 August 2020, 18:12:36
That said, I reckon most buyers have it because they want the look of a FFRR/Sport but don't want the fuel bills that go with it sometimes have to go round corners.

FTFY  ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 20 October 2020, 18:39:49
Stripped the centre diff on the Kraton down today, after it was a bit raspy on hard acceleration and intermittent no drive.  The gears had dislodged, but seem pretty OK, so put it back together. Ever so slightly notchy, but I'll give it a go before replacing it.

This car has had a bad run, as the last 3 runs have ended in breakdown.  Admittedly the first of those was a broken shock after hitting a tree fairly quick ;D.  Last 2 have be diff issues.


Still, keeps me out of mischief.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 20 October 2020, 18:54:19
In other news, I was somewhat clenched on Sunday, when one of my £1k quadcopters disconnected itself from the transmitter during a mission upload when the app crashed, and it proceeded to bugger off on its potentially incomplete mission.

Fortunately it reconnected itself some 15 minutes later when it was nearly home again.  That had the heart racing for quarter of an hour ;D.

Need to replan that mission, as the footage and pictures weren't good enough (it was done for one of Mrs TB's craft courses). Need to take some brave pills as well first!
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Nick W on 20 October 2020, 19:03:41
Guessing that the country set don't buy them for dragging the horses around then :-\


Most of them use the remaining Ford Cargos with the shittiest horsebox 'conversions' ever produced.


And a lot more damage can done with 7.5 tonnes of oppsed Cargo than a Disco and trailer.....
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 20 October 2020, 23:16:40
Guessing that the country set don't buy them for dragging the horses around then :-\


Most of them use the remaining Ford Cargos with the shittiest horsebox 'conversions' ever produced.


And a lot more damage can done with 7.5 tonnes of oppsed Cargo than a Disco and trailer.....
You've seen the TNT liveried Eurocargo with a bag of hay on the side then :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 20 October 2020, 23:35:14
Stripped the centre diff on the Kraton down today, after it was a bit raspy on hard acceleration and intermittent no drive.  The gears had dislodged, but seem pretty OK, so put it back together. Ever so slightly notchy, but I'll give it a go before replacing it.

Do you ever race/compete with the RC stuff, or just go and play with yourself - as it were?  ???

I used to watch some races as a kid, never had the money to get into it though.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 20 October 2020, 23:37:44
Guessing that the country set don't buy them for dragging the horses around then :-\


Most of them use the remaining Ford Cargos with the shittiest horsebox 'conversions' ever produced.


And a lot more damage can done with 7.5 tonnes of oppsed Cargo than a Disco and trailer.....

Yep, and without ever exceeding 22.5 MPH nor allowing the following traffic to get a glimpse of an overtaking opportunity ahead, too. :(

Oh, and I forgot the choking them with obnoxious blue smoke from the prehistoric diseasel donk that hasn't been serviced for 10 years.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Olympia5776 on 21 October 2020, 11:47:15
We're about to start a full six week lockdown here in Ireland so with Mrs Olympia being high risk the gates to the estate are closed .....
So , I've just about completed a new PS4 racing SIM with some mods to the Logitech G29 wheel ,pedals and gear shift  , external handbrake and new screen .
A couple of new games on the way will allow me to whittle away the time locked up.
We're all wee boys at heart .... ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 21 October 2020, 17:34:01
Stripped the centre diff on the Kraton down today, after it was a bit raspy on hard acceleration and intermittent no drive.  The gears had dislodged, but seem pretty OK, so put it back together. Ever so slightly notchy, but I'll give it a go before replacing it.

Do you ever race/compete with the RC stuff, or just go and play with yourself - as it were?  ???

I used to watch some races as a kid, never had the money to get into it though.
I used to competitively race electric off-road buggies, but slowly got more dragged into helping run the local club and on race days often ended up missing my heats due to being short or Marshalls or needing somebody operating the timing computers, or helping some of the younger members fix their cars. Plus to be at the level I was getting to was starting to become ridiculously expensive, and sponsorships were rare back then.  Essentially you would cook the new £40 batteries on your charger, perfectly timed some they would still be over temp as the start signal went off, to get that extra punch from it. After a couple of weekends like that, all those packs were shagged...   ...ignoring the ones that catastrophically let go during the race because you did overheat them, always an impressive sight ;D

Nowadays, I tend to be on my Todd, or pre lockdown with a few mates.  With the cars normally we're blatting about like kids, rather than racing. The chap I usually go (pre lockdown) flying RC stuff with, we tend to only have one craft in the air at a time, whilst the other one spots.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 21 October 2020, 17:37:25
I used to competitively race electric off-road buggies
We're talking of the era when the original Schumacher CAT came out.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Shackeng on 22 October 2020, 07:33:33
Re-attached the roller garage double door whose screws went AWOL. Replaced them with low profile head screws instead of the bolt headed originals. It is now nice and quiet in operation instead of sounding like a machine gun. ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 22 October 2020, 18:15:01
Stripped the centre diff on the Kraton down today, after it was a bit raspy on hard acceleration and intermittent no drive.  The gears had dislodged, but seem pretty OK, so put it back together. Ever so slightly notchy, but I'll give it a go before replacing it.

This car has had a bad run, as the last 3 runs have ended in breakdown.  Admittedly the first of those was a broken shock after hitting a tree fairly quick ;D.  Last 2 have be diff issues.


Still, keeps me out of mischief.
Thats now the last 4 runs have ended premature after a heavy rasping noise when accelerating hard, and a distinct lack of wheelie popping.  Centre diff bolts had come loose, so no doubting if I did them up.

Will give it another blat tomorrow if the weather is kind, if it still wont hold up, guess I'll have to fit my spare, and buy a new set of internals to make a new spare :(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 22 October 2020, 18:16:32
A quick test has left a load of 11's on my highly manicured lawn*, so I'm also in the doghouse.


* Or "wilderness"
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 28 October 2020, 17:48:58
The Dexta saw daylight for the first time in many tens of years in early September, this allowed us to check the moving bits, brakes, gears, etc.

http://marksdtmcalib.omegaowners.com/images/video-20200914-061843-e11f11f2.mp4 (http://marksdtmcalib.omegaowners.com/images/video-20200914-061843-e11f11f2.mp4)

With no1 son getting frowned upon for a little wheel spin and later application of the throttle. Brakes were so so, PTO seal was leaking and the mudguards are holey.

So back in the shed and strip down the rear.

(http://marksdtmcalib.omegaowners.com/images/MicrosoftTeams-image (5).png)

New brake shoes and a good clean up and paint of the back plates:

(http://marksdtmcalib.omegaowners.com/images/MicrosoftTeams-image (7).png)

Then some paint:

(http://marksdtmcalib.omegaowners.com/images/MicrosoftTeams-image (6).png)

New wings ordered and arriving tomorrow.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 28 October 2020, 18:15:58
Walked the dog & then trimmed the crab apple tree in our front garden with the assistance of our youngest grandson.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 18:22:19
Looked after wifey who's in bed with the virus.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 28 October 2020, 18:39:38
Looked after wifey who's in bed with the virus.
Caught from a student? Welcome back by the way.  :-* :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 18:44:20
Looked after wifey who's in bed with the virus.
Caught from a student? Welcome back by the way.  :-* :D
Cheers, Ronny. More likely caught it from a teacher, it's been rife up here.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 28 October 2020, 18:46:23
Looked after wifey who's in bed with the virus.
Quite right too :y

You looking after her rather than the reason why. Obviously.

Hopefully she is past the worst of it and back on her feet soon :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 18:49:01
Looked after wifey who's in bed with the virus.
Quite right too :y

You looking after her rather than the reason why. Obviously.

Hopefully she is past the worst of it and back on her feet soon :y
She'll be fine, back at work Monday, no doubt. She gets out of jail on Friday, I have to self isolate till Monday. I'll still be giving her a wide berth over the weekend, I'm pretty sure it doesn't just switch itself off after ten days.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 28 October 2020, 18:49:27
With no1 son getting frowned upon for a little wheel spin and later application of the throttle.
Oooo, I feel a race coming on - the Benford v the Dexta.  I bags the dumper, obviously ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 28 October 2020, 18:50:41
Looked after wifey who's in bed with the virus.
That doesn't sound like a barrel of laughs, delighted to hear she's over the worse.

Stay safe.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 28 October 2020, 18:52:15
Looked after wifey who's in bed with the virus.
Quite right too :y

You looking after her rather than the reason why. Obviously.

Hopefully she is past the worst of it and back on her feet soon :y
She'll be fine, back at work Monday, no doubt. She gets out of jail on Friday, I have to self isolate till Monday. I'll still be giving her a wide berth over the weekend, I'm pretty sure it doesn't just switch itself off after ten days.
Nothing is ever that simple, but sounds like good news ;)

And at least we'll have an actual perspective of what it's like...  :-X
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 18:52:17
Looked after wifey who's in bed with the virus.
That doesn't sound like a barrel of laughs, delighted to hear she's over the worse.

Stay safe.
She's relatively young, Jaime, and fit (Great North run, etc). I don't want it cause I'm old, and you don't want it cause you're fat  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 18:53:45
Looked after wifey who's in bed with the virus.
Quite right too :y

You looking after her rather than the reason why. Obviously.

Hopefully she is past the worst of it and back on her feet soon :y
She'll be fine, back at work Monday, no doubt. She gets out of jail on Friday, I have to self isolate till Monday. I'll still be giving her a wide berth over the weekend, I'm pretty sure it doesn't just switch itself off after ten days.
Nothing is ever that simple, but sounds like good news ;)

And at least we'll have an actual perspective of what it's like...  :-X
It's different for everyone, of course. But the track and trace texts, emails and phone calls must be as ficking annoying for all.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 28 October 2020, 18:55:38
Looked after wifey who's in bed with the virus.
That doesn't sound like a barrel of laughs, delighted to hear she's over the worse.

Stay safe.
She's relatively young, Jaime, and fit (Great North run, etc). I don't want it cause I'm old, and you don't want it cause you're fat  ;D
I'm old and fat. Ergo, I'm foooked if it gets much higher round here.

And whilst I like to think I am at the peak of physical fitness....
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 19:00:32
Looked after wifey who's in bed with the virus.
That doesn't sound like a barrel of laughs, delighted to hear she's over the worse.

Stay safe.
She's relatively young, Jaime, and fit (Great North run, etc). I don't want it cause I'm old, and you don't want it cause you're fat  ;D
I'm old and fat. Ergo, I'm foooked if it gets much higher round here.

And whilst I like to think I am at the peak of physical fitness....
You're less than a year older than my missus, so definitely not old. Seriously, no matter how blasé you are about the virus, it makes you think dark thoughts when someone close catches it. I've had lots of time to ponder and, in the dark of night, your mind can play some nasty tricks. Mostly I worried about how others would cope if I weren't here, not about me. Not my usual state of mind but, like I said.......those dark nights   :-X
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 28 October 2020, 19:01:41
With no1 son getting frowned upon for a little wheel spin and later application of the throttle.
Oooo, I feel a race coming on - the Benford v the Dexta.  I bags the dumper, obviously ;D


The was just in 'Low', in theory its a 20+ mph tractor.

Dumper is up for sale
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 28 October 2020, 19:04:37
Best wishes for Mrs. Stemos' recovery and sincere hope that you and your lad stay safe.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 28 October 2020, 19:06:15
I certainly wasn't trying to make light of it.  It worries us enough, we are staying in as much as possible, and definitely trying to avoid the great unwashed.  Whilst I like to think (hope) either of us would not get hit too hard if we got it, you can never tell.

We're lucky, we are both able to work at home mostly.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 19:08:58
Best wishes for Mrs. Stemos' recovery and sincere hope that you and your lad stay safe.
Cheers, Baza  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 19:12:37
I don't want to think evil thoughts, but I wish some of the retards setting fireworks off would catch it.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 28 October 2020, 19:14:58
I don't want to think evil thoughts, but I wish some of the retards setting fireworks off would catch it.
Been going on for a couple of weeks round here. Doing my nut it.

Still, I'm hopeful Halloween will be cancelled this year.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 19:16:08
I don't want to think evil thoughts, but I wish some of the retards setting fireworks off would catch it.
Been going on for a couple of weeks round here. Doing my nut it.

Still, I'm hopeful Halloween will be cancelled this year.
Definitely be cancelled at our house, can't open the door.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 28 October 2020, 19:16:50
Welcome back Uncle Stemo  :)
hope your good lady wife recovers soon with no long term effects  ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 19:19:13
Welcome back Uncle Stemo  :)
hope your good lady wife recovers soon with no long term effects  ;)
Cheers, Dave. She'll certainly weigh a bit more, I've been placing hearty meals at the foot of the stairs all week, and getting empty plates back. No doubt it will be my fault that she needs a new wardrobe.  :(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 19:21:45
I hope she doesn't have any long term effects too. She never really got over mad cow disease  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 28 October 2020, 19:29:52
I hope she doesn't have any long term effects too. She never really got over mad cow disease  ;D
Indeed
23 years on and it's still rife in the female population  :(
yet killing them and having burning pyres is frowned upon   :-X
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 19:31:48
I hope she doesn't have any long term effects too. She never really got over mad cow disease  ;D
Indeed
23 years on and it's still rife in the female population  :(
yet killing them and having burning pyres is frowned upon   :-X
Not in Barnsley.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 28 October 2020, 19:34:20
I hope she doesn't have any long term effects too. She never really got over mad cow disease  ;D
Indeed
23 years on and it's still rife in the female population  :(
yet killing them and having burning pyres is frowned upon   :-X
Not in Barnsley.
If i send Mrs Builder up on the next stage coach....
any chance you could ...... :-\   :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 19:46:05
I hope she doesn't have any long term effects too. She never really got over mad cow disease  ;D
Indeed
23 years on and it's still rife in the female population  :(
yet killing them and having burning pyres is frowned upon   :-X
Not in Barnsley.
If i send Mrs Builder up on the next stage coach....
any chance you could ...... :-\   :D
Certainly not! I gave all that up years ago.
Oh.....I see.....sorry  :-[
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 28 October 2020, 19:50:53
I hope she doesn't have any long term effects too. She never really got over mad cow disease  ;D
Indeed
23 years on and it's still rife in the female population  :(
yet killing them and having burning pyres is frowned upon   :-X
Not in Barnsley.
If i send Mrs Builder up on the next stage coach....
any chance you could ...... :-\   :D
Certainly not! I gave all that up years ago.
Oh.....I see.....sorry  :-[
;D
I'll send her anyway  :P
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 28 October 2020, 19:55:13
I hope she doesn't have any long term effects too. She never really got over mad cow disease  ;D
Indeed
23 years on and it's still rife in the female population  :(
yet killing them and having burning pyres is frowned upon   :-X
Not in Barnsley.
If i send Mrs Builder up on the next stage coach....
any chance you could ...... :-\   :D
Certainly not! I gave all that up years ago.
Oh.....I see.....sorry  :-[
;D
I'll send her anyway  :P
I can't open the door till next week, so think on it.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 28 October 2020, 20:28:14
I hope she doesn't have any long term effects too. She never really got over mad cow disease  ;D
Indeed
23 years on and it's still rife in the female population  :(
yet killing them and having burning pyres is frowned upon   :-X
Not in Barnsley.
If i send Mrs Builder up on the next stage coach....
any chance you could ...... :-\   :D
Certainly not! I gave all that up years ago.
Oh.....I see.....sorry  :-[
;D
I'll send her anyway  :P
I can't open the door till next week, so think on it.
She could walk it... The timing might work better :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 28 October 2020, 22:49:11
I don't want to think evil thoughts, but I wish some of the retards setting fireworks off would catch it.
Been going on for a couple of weeks round here. Doing my nut it.

Still, I'm hopeful Halloween will be cancelled this year.
Definitely be cancelled at our house, can't open the door.

Hello Uncle STEMO, good to see you back. We thought you'd fallen off yer perch!  :)

So do they come round and paint a big red cross on your door when you get the virus in your house?  ???  ;D

Get well soon to Mrs STEMO!  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: henryd on 29 October 2020, 08:48:22
Good to see you back ST,hope your good lady better soon :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 29 October 2020, 10:43:53
Thanks all :y Just heard her shouting and laughing on the phone, I reckon she'll be up and about tomorrow. I'm still gonna give her a wide berth till at least Monday though.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 29 October 2020, 10:46:19
Thanks all :y Just heard her shouting and laughing on the phone, I reckon she'll be up and about tomorrow. I'm still gonna give her a wide berth till at least Monday though.
After two weeks off, she might be pleased to see you  :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 29 October 2020, 11:33:27
Thanks all :y Just heard her shouting and laughing on the phone, I reckon she'll be up and about tomorrow. I'm still gonna give her a wide berth till at least Monday though.
After two weeks off, she might be pleased to see you  :D
I'm spending the day getting rid of all the crap I've let build up over the past ten days. I've been a bit....erm.......erm.......fickin lazy  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 29 October 2020, 11:35:35
Thanks all :y Just heard her shouting and laughing on the phone, I reckon she'll be up and about tomorrow. I'm still gonna give her a wide berth till at least Monday though.
After two weeks off, she might be pleased to see you  :D
I have 'seen' her. She made me download WhatsApp, and you get video calls over the internet. It's getting deleted as soon as she's up, I get no fickin peace with it.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 02 November 2020, 17:13:49
Yesterday, think I've finally found the cause of the repeated centre diff failure on one of the RC cars, caused by the pressed steel insert into the composite diff case working loose.

So ordered a fully ali case. Fingers crossed.

Manufacturer says the battery needs to be 35C at 5000mAh, so 175A capability. At 25v.  Thats about the power of 2 average kettles :o

No wonder its hard on the drivetrain ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 02 November 2020, 17:18:07
It could just be the way you drive...  :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 02 November 2020, 17:28:13
Shopped till I dropped, toilet rolls pasta & 🍺 😄😄😄
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 02 November 2020, 17:33:11
Shopped till I dropped, toilet rolls pasta & 🍺 😄😄😄
Still got mine from last time, need to hire a van for some flour, rice and hand sanitiser though. Then I'm going to clear out the small bedroom and fill it up with tins for Brexit. Busy days.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 02 November 2020, 17:33:50
It could just be the way you drive...  :D
If the front wheels are on the ground, you haven't pushed the stick far enough ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Nick W on 02 November 2020, 17:39:51
Shopped till I dropped, toilet rolls pasta & 🍺 😄😄😄
Still got mine from last time, need to hire a van for some flour, rice and hand sanitiser though.



Sounds like you're going to render the front of the house....
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 02 November 2020, 17:44:45
Shopped till I dropped, toilet rolls pasta & 🍺 😄😄😄
Still got mine from last time, need to hire a van for some flour, rice and hand sanitiser though. Then I'm going to clear out the small bedroom and fill it up with tins for Brexit. Busy days.  ;D
A couple of these...

https://www.doomsdayprep.com/shop/legacy-foods-720-serving-package/

And a couple of these...

https://www.doomsdayprep.com/shop/preparedness-seed-mega-pack/

Should see you sorted for 2021 :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 02 November 2020, 18:07:05
Had a visit from the Council building control enforcement and a letter from a party wall act solicitor.  ::)

I also sold a fireplace to a priest, who gave me the first £50 note I've seen in at least a decade.

Its been a funny sort of day.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 02 November 2020, 18:16:11
Had a visit from the Council building control enforcement and a letter from a party wall act solicitor.  ::)

I also sold a fireplace to a priest, who gave me the first £50 note I've seen in at least a decade.

Its been a funny sort of day.  ;D
I'll bet you didn't dare hold the £50 note up to the light  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 02 November 2020, 18:18:51
Shopped till I dropped, toilet rolls pasta & 🍺 😄😄😄
No frozen peas in our nearby Sainsbury. Here we go again.  ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 02 November 2020, 18:20:30
Shopped till I dropped, toilet rolls pasta & 🍺 😄😄😄
Still got mine from last time, need to hire a van for some flour, rice and hand sanitiser though. Then I'm going to clear out the small bedroom and fill it up with tins for Brexit. Busy days.  ;D
A couple of these...

https://www.doomsdayprep.com/shop/legacy-foods-720-serving-package/

And a couple of these...

https://www.doomsdayprep.com/shop/preparedness-seed-mega-pack/

Should see you sorted for 2021 :D
Reading that, apparently they contain 'real ingredients'. That's a relief.
I don't need to be a prepper, I have several old, infirm neighbours. I can just walk into their houses and take all their food off them. Easy peasy.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 02 November 2020, 18:37:01
I'll bet you didn't dare hold the £50 note up to the light  ;D

Considering he's the chaplain at Manchester University, I'll be lucky to survive the night.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 02 November 2020, 20:23:48
I think that the clergy have more than their share of miscreants.  ;)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 03 November 2020, 07:45:49
The Dexta wings have arrived, so trial fit to allow fabrication of some drop plates.

As mine has a roll bar, it means new mounting holes have to be drilled and a bracket made to compensate for the wings moving out and up.

(http://marksdtmcalib.omegaowners.com/images/Dexta_Wing1.JPG)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 03 November 2020, 08:42:53
Coming on a treat Mr DTM  :y

What are your plans for her when she's finished?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 03 November 2020, 12:47:53
Coming on a treat Mr DTM  :y

What are your plans for her when she's finished?

Early starts to get a paper on a Sunday morning and maybe a 28 foot trailer to drag down the A52 during caravanning season  ;D

To be honest, its been an interesting project and I quite enjoy a trot out on something a little more sedate and unusual (although I will have to get it registered once its finished!)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: henryd on 03 November 2020, 13:05:28
Coming on a treat Mr DTM  :y

What are your plans for her when she's finished?

Early starts to get a paper on a Sunday morning and maybe a 28 foot trailer to drag down the A52 during caravanning season  ;D

To be honest, its been an interesting project and I quite enjoy a trot out on something a little more sedate and unusual (although I will have to get it registered once its finished!)


Do you not have its original Reg Number ?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 03 November 2020, 13:45:25
Coming on a treat Mr DTM  :y

What are your plans for her when she's finished?

Early starts to get a paper on a Sunday morning and maybe a 28 foot trailer to drag down the A52 during caravanning season  ;D

To be honest, its been an interesting project and I quite enjoy a trot out on something a little more sedate and unusual (although I will have to get it registered once its finished!)


Do you not have its original Reg Number ?
Probably rusted off in the hedge...  :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 03 November 2020, 14:56:48
Coming on a treat Mr DTM  :y

What are your plans for her when she's finished?

Early starts to get a paper on a Sunday morning and maybe a 28 foot trailer to drag down the A52 during caravanning season  ;D

To be honest, its been an interesting project and I quite enjoy a trot out on something a little more sedate and unusual (although I will have to get it registered once its finished!)


Do you not have its original Reg Number ?
Probably rusted off in the hedge...  :D

Lol, its had an easy life (certainly the last 25 years) as it was dry stored indoors with a miss fire (which turned out to be a cracker cylinder head)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 03 November 2020, 14:58:35
Coming on a treat Mr DTM  :y

What are your plans for her when she's finished?

Early starts to get a paper on a Sunday morning and maybe a 28 foot trailer to drag down the A52 during caravanning season  ;D

To be honest, its been an interesting project and I quite enjoy a trot out on something a little more sedate and unusual (although I will have to get it registered once its finished!)


Do you not have its original Reg Number ?

Research shows its never been registered.

Thankfully you can get age related registrations, needs a bit of support from the owners organisation (photos of serial number, casting dates, engine number etc) to get a letter of confirmed age from a recognised org  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: henryd on 03 November 2020, 15:52:04
Thats good as much better than a Q plate or whatever they issue these days
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 03 November 2020, 20:15:47
My kit car is on a Q, it's my biggest regret with the think as it's more or less impossible to get it off AFAICWO.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 03 November 2020, 20:24:38
Buy a new chassis, get the running gear 'rebuilt' and swap the lot onto the new chassis and register that?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 03 November 2020, 22:48:57
My kit car is on a Q, it's my biggest regret with the think as it's more or less impossible to get it off AFAICWO.

Once a Q, always a Q.

Not that it's all bad.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 04 November 2020, 07:45:12
Yep, Q unless you can evidence the age of key items or show new used.  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Viral_Jim on 04 November 2020, 12:15:53
When I get around to changing the engine, box and brakes, I was debating 'scrapping' and re-registering it.

I assume it would have to go through the latest SVA though, which would be a ballache.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 04 November 2020, 14:56:42
Been out for a drive to Burghley & walked the dog in the grounds lovely afternoon out.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 04 November 2020, 17:24:06
Dropped SWMBO off in Newmarket, then had a lovely hike along part of the Devils Dyke. Never met a soul, lovely.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 04 November 2020, 18:58:46
Been out for a drive to Burghley & walked the dog in the grounds lovely afternoon out.

I worked at the horse trials there once. Lovely place!  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 04 November 2020, 19:01:52
Been out for a drive to Burghley & walked the dog in the grounds lovely afternoon out.

I worked at the horse trials there once. Lovely place!  :y
.   

Fantastic place so much space we walked for a couple of hours and wasn't a soul anywhere near us+ free parking..😄
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 04 November 2020, 19:07:29
Been out for a drive to Burghley & walked the dog in the grounds lovely afternoon out.

I worked at the horse trials there once. Lovely place!  :y
.   

Fantastic place so much space we walked for a couple of hours and wasn't a soul anywhere near us+ free parking..😄

Obviously at the horse trials it was busy.  Lots of lovely little fillies!  :-*  :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 04 November 2020, 19:19:21
Been out for a drive to Burghley & walked the dog in the grounds lovely afternoon out.

I worked at the horse trials there once. Lovely place!  :y
.   

Fantastic place so much space we walked for a couple of hours and wasn't a soul anywhere near us+ free parking..😄

Obviously at the horse trials it was busy.  Lots of lovely little fillies!  :-*  :D
And as you had a Marina......
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 04 November 2020, 19:24:47
Been out for a drive to Burghley & walked the dog in the grounds lovely afternoon out.

I worked at the horse trials there once. Lovely place!  :y
.   

Fantastic place so much space we walked for a couple of hours and wasn't a soul anywhere near us+ free parking..😄

Obviously at the horse trials it was busy.  Lots of lovely little fillies!  :-*  :D
And as you had a Marina......

Sadly the Marina was long gone by then.  :'(  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 04 November 2020, 19:28:08
Been out for a drive to Burghley & walked the dog in the grounds lovely afternoon out.

I worked at the horse trials there once. Lovely place!  :y
.   

Fantastic place so much space we walked for a couple of hours and wasn't a soul anywhere near us+ free parking..😄

Obviously at the horse trials it was busy.  Lots of lovely little fillies!  :-*  :D
And as you had a Marina......

Sadly the Marina was long gone by then.  :'(  ;D
Oh nooooo. Those poor fillies would never be seduced without BL's finest....
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: VXL V6 on 04 November 2020, 19:35:10
Been out for a drive to Burghley & walked the dog in the grounds lovely afternoon out.

I worked at the horse trials there once. Lovely place!  :y
.   

Fantastic place so much space we walked for a couple of hours and wasn't a soul anywhere near us+ free parking..😄

Obviously at the horse trials it was busy.  Lots of lovely little fillies!  :-*  :D
And as you had a Marina......

Sadly the Marina was long gone by then.  :'(  ;D
Oh nooooo. Those poor fillies would never be seduced without BL's finest....
I think you'll find they are generally looking for someone who can finance multiple horses which means only the best tack, rider clothing, a property with plenty of land, indoor and outdoor schools, stabling, grooms, lorries and plenty of food and vets bills..... Sadly I think that might amount to slightly more than the Marina's value  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 04 November 2020, 19:37:29
But Tigs said a Marina was priceless....
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: VXL V6 on 04 November 2020, 19:41:49
But Tigs said a Marina was priceless....
He might want to downgrade that a little when he adds up the little list above  :o
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 04 November 2020, 22:49:56
Been down the pub until exactly 10pm. Thats it for at least 4 weeks now.  :(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 04 November 2020, 22:54:41
But Tigs said a Marina was priceless....

It was priceless.  The scrappy came and took it away for nothing!  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: BazaJT on 04 November 2020, 23:01:46
I'm still trying to work out what crimes all those horses committed that they needed to stand trial for :D ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 05 November 2020, 11:42:40
Been out for a drive to Burghley & walked the dog in the grounds lovely afternoon out.

I worked at the horse trials there once. Lovely place!  :y
.   

Fantastic place so much space we walked for a couple of hours and wasn't a soul anywhere near us+ free parking..😄

Obviously at the horse trials it was busy.  Lots of lovely little fillies!  :-*  :D
And as you had a Marina......

Sadly the Marina was long gone by then.  :'(  ;D
Oh nooooo. Those poor fillies would never be seduced without BL's finest....
I think you'll find they are generally looking for someone who can finance multiple horses which means only the best tack, rider clothing, a property with plenty of land, indoor and outdoor schools, stabling, grooms, lorries and plenty of food and vets bills..... Sadly I think that might amount to slightly more than the Marina's value  ;D
Spoken like a man with real experience...  :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 05 November 2020, 11:44:50
 :'(
Been down the pub until exactly 10pm. Thats it for at least 4 weeks now.  :(
Likewise... Met up with my Bro at his local on July 4th for the first pint of the summer and again yesterday for the last pint of the year (probably).

Very strange, felt like the last Friday before Christmas  :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 05 November 2020, 12:21:39
Went for a long walk with the dog. Then took the dog to the groomers. Called into Iceland to pick a few bits up on the way home, then went and picked the dog up from the groomers.
After lunch I will be off out again. What lockdown?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 05 November 2020, 13:16:53
Went for a long walk with the dog. Then took the dog to the groomers. Called into Iceland to pick a few bits up on the way home, then went and picked the dog up from the groomers.
After lunch I will be off out again. What lockdown?

Yep seems pretty normal out there to me today.  ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 05 November 2020, 15:47:07
Given poor doggie her tea. Very early but the fickers are starting with the fireworks already. She'll be hiding in the cupboard under the stairs soon.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 05 November 2020, 16:35:10
The notion of a socially distanced firework display will never catch on. Fekkers >:(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 05 November 2020, 17:47:40
Should put a complete ban on fireworks being sold to the general public, saw some horrific burns to kids when I was in the Ambulance Service.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 05 November 2020, 18:04:24
People are always crying that they've got no money. There must be thousands going up in smoke just around here tonight. I hope they all starve.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 05 November 2020, 18:11:34
Some d1ckhead across the road had a full blown display in his back garden last night. Surprisingly it seemed to scare the shite out of swmbo,s little Tortoise.
Today - took swmbo to her hospital appointment this morning. Sat in the car for an hour and a half while she was in there. Went home and had a nap. Had some lunch, then came to work.
Dont know how I can stand the excitement in my life.  ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 07 November 2020, 18:12:32
Took a couple of photos after sunset from 90m above the corner of the rugby club field we just for a meet last year.

A 360 degree panoramic pic:
https://theboy.omegaowners.com/oofpics/odds/DJI_0220.JPG

A "super res" where the craft takes 9 photos in a 3x3 grid and stitches them together:
https://theboy.omegaowners.com/oofpics/odds/DJI_0221.JPG


Given its not exactly a cutting edge camera, and it was very low light, I think its come out surprisingly well.


I had hoped to film some fireworks, but seems nobody is really doing any...   ...and my fingers were getting a bit chilly ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 07 November 2020, 18:14:13
Those are fab TB!  8)  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 07 November 2020, 18:21:20
You say it's not an expensive camera, but if you zoom in even on the lower definition one, the detail is amazing. We won't be able to move if these drones become everyday equipment, esp with high res cameras available now.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 07 November 2020, 18:23:00
Those are fab TB!  8)  :y
Cheers :). I'm not really an arty farty type, so when ones come out well, its always luck!
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 07 November 2020, 18:30:13
You say it's not an expensive camera, but if you zoom in even on the lower definition one, the detail is amazing. We won't be able to move if these drones become everyday equipment, esp with high res cameras available now.
That was taken from a craft that falls into one of the categories that I have to jump through all the CAA hoops (basically, pay them £9 a year, and take a multiple quiz online exam* every 3 years, whereby spelling your name correct means you pass.

DJI launched a new mini drone - DJI Mini 2 - on Thursday morning (and I ordered one at 8am, and Argos delivered it just before 4pm, so some people can do online well) which has essentially the same camera sensor and bitrate, but being under 250g means you don't need to jump through any CAA bullshit.  I didn't use that tonight as its a bit windy here once up above the treeline.


* Except I haven't, as I'm exempt ;D. Mrs TB passed it with 100% though.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 07 November 2020, 19:09:24
Fireworks 'night' continues here. The dog has stopped shaking and panting now, I think she's catatonic.  :-\
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 07 November 2020, 19:20:24

....a new mini drone....

A few months ago I bought a mini drone off ebay for 35 quid.   :)

After a bit of trouble getting the app on my phone to sync with the controller and drone I got it into the air four times....

The first time it lifted off about 2 feet and promptly crashed.  ::)

The second time I managed a loop around the garden at about waist height.  :y

The third time feeling confident I decided on a bit of height, but the wind took it over the neighbours house and crashed it into the street.  :o  ( I live on a steep hill and the neighbours roof ridge is lower than the top of my garden, so I wasn't stupidly high.  ;) )

And the fourth and last time I crashed it into a shrub at about waist height and one of the rotors got caught in a twig and burnt the motor out.  :(

So that was that and all in about an hour!  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 07 November 2020, 19:24:29
I have thought about getting one to pass the time when Im on day shifts at work. We have 27 acres of land I could fly it around.
I suspect though that my experience would be very similar to yours.  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 07 November 2020, 19:26:52
Yes, the toy ones are a handful. Some aren't even stabilised - I had a micro one like that that I lost somewhere in one of Gixer's trees. 3 or 4 years later, we still aint found it ;D

Stabilised, GPS and lidar equipped ones are easy enough for anyone :). But suddenly you are going from that £50 toy territory to a more significant cost.

The one I used to take those photos, a DJI Mavic 2 Zoom, has vision sensors all around it that make it quite difficult to crash it into things in daylight.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 08 November 2020, 11:10:42
Took a couple of photos after sunset from 90m above the corner of the rugby club field we just for a meet last year.

A 360 degree panoramic pic:
https://theboy.omegaowners.com/oofpics/odds/DJI_0220.JPG

A "super res" where the craft takes 9 photos in a 3x3 grid and stitches them together:
https://theboy.omegaowners.com/oofpics/odds/DJI_0221.JPG


Given its not exactly a cutting edge camera, and it was very low light, I think its come out surprisingly well.


I had hoped to film some fireworks, but seems nobody is really doing any...   ...and my fingers were getting a bit chilly ;D

Great view of the lights of "Downtown Brackley".  :y
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 08 November 2020, 11:30:55
Walked the dog & met a new neighbour walking hers if only I was 30 years younger, what a stunning looking young lady.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 08 November 2020, 11:46:24
Great view of the lights of "Downtown Brackley".  :y
Thanks :)


I had noted, more from the video footage I took where I flew along the northern edge of the town, is how much better the old sodium street lights are at illuminating the roads and pavements compared to the modern fangled LED ones.  The corner of Brackley nearest the camera is the only area on the Northern side yet to be "upgraded" to LED, but the video footage clearly shows its the best illuminated.

I know the sodium ones cause other unwanted effects, including light pollution (which I suspect is an easy fix) and higher energy requirements (now we can't piss off the do-gooders), but from what I've seen of the LED ones here, maybe a better option is to simply not bother with streetlights?
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 08 November 2020, 12:29:46
When they converted ours to LED a few years ago they spent thousands relocating all of the streetlights and told us that the new locations would provide better overall lighting.  :)

Now they turn them off at midnight!  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 08 November 2020, 12:32:29
When they converted ours to LED a few years ago they spent thousands relocating all of the streetlights and told us that the new locations would provide better overall lighting.  :)

Now they turn them off at midnight!  ;D


Exactly the same here .
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 08 November 2020, 15:25:37
When they converted ours to LED a few years ago they spent thousands relocating all of the streetlights and told us that the new locations would provide better overall lighting.  :)

Now they turn them off at midnight!  ;D
I know that in Horsham District, the energy savings of the new lights not only paid for the new lights, but also the installation costs.

They do leave them on all night now though as there was a spike in ne'erdowell activity when they were turned off at midnight and it was cheaper to leave them on than pay the extra policing costs ::)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Nick W on 08 November 2020, 15:29:06
When they converted ours to LED a few years ago they spent thousands relocating all of the streetlights and told us that the new locations would provide better overall lighting.  :)

Now they turn them off at midnight!  ;D
I know that in Horsham District, the energy savings of the new lights not only paid for the new lights, but also the installation costs.

They do leave them on all night now though as there was a spike in ne'erdowell activity when they were turned off at midnight and it was cheaper to leave them on than pay the extra policing costs ::)


Ne'erdowells? In Horsham? What were they doing, choral singing at 03:00? :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 08 November 2020, 15:54:02
Drug related petty crime mostly.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: ronnyd on 08 November 2020, 22:35:26
Our  estate lights go off at 11.30pm now, used to be midnight but St Edmundsbury council craftily changed it  last year. On the OP subject, went for a great bike ride around the villages east of Bury St Eds. Did over 20 miles and the weather was glorious. Must get a towbar fitted to the Vectra so i can go further afield.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 09 November 2020, 17:30:16
Finally fixed the centre diff on the Kraton RC car, after discovering that the old diff case had a partially loose insert, making shimming pointless.

As the last 5 outings resulted in me carrying it home - and at about 12+ lbs, thats not pretty - I was quietly confident...

...half a battery in, and a tree jumped out in front of it. So I had to carry it home again ;D


Fixed the front suspension, and done 2 batts now, its back to its normal mental self. Happy days. :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 29 November 2020, 12:00:39
Decided to see how thick the layer of fog was this morning.  Lovely weather once above it :)

https://youtu.be/3RsWHKggxLI
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 29 November 2020, 12:08:56
Excellent  :)
though I note "God" wasn't up there  :-\
which explains 2020  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 29 November 2020, 12:25:15
The sharp definition between the fog and the clear air above is amazing.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Rangie on 29 November 2020, 15:05:52
Got up at 07.30 sausage sarnie for breakfast showered & dressed then out with SWMBO and Buddy the Boxer for a 2 hour walk across the farm. Home for coffee & then dropped a bit of shopping to our daughter. Now home pork joint in oven  smells lovely a perfect day.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Entwood on 29 November 2020, 17:36:34
Seen that effect many, many times when flying ... what can be really odd is seeing the top of a church spire sticking out of the "cloud" when you can't see any of the ground !!
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 30 November 2020, 14:03:00
Seen that effect many, many times when flying ... what can be really odd is seeing the top of a church spire sticking out of the "cloud" when you can't see any of the ground !!
That was the effect I was planning, but the fo layer was too thick sadly, not even the tallest trees were poking through :(
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Nick W on 30 November 2020, 14:11:59
Seen that effect many, many times when flying ... what can be really odd is seeing the top of a church spire sticking out of the "cloud" when you can't see any of the ground !!


It's odd standing at the bottom of a spire looking down  at the top of the cloud and not being able to see your feet!
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: B52 on 30 November 2020, 15:53:36
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50664559813_77875bae0a_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kc47vk)EM (https://flic.kr/p/2kc47vk) by xh535 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/38776971@N08/), on Flickr

Not photoshopped - this place is on my bucket list
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 30 November 2020, 16:03:15
Emley moor, I see it every day.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: STEMO on 30 November 2020, 16:05:18
It's got a thinner friend next to it now, while it's being refurbished.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: B52 on 30 November 2020, 20:31:18
You are lucky - I can only use it as a desktop for now

 :)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 17 February 2021, 17:54:25
Today, I finally migrated one of bro's shops phone system off a crappy old Raspberry Pi (1 :o) that has spent the last 3 years not being able to survive reboots, onto a virtualised server.

The backup/restore of the config and cdr didn't work, so ended up being a 100% manual config :(.

Might do another tomorrow, seeing as I'm off all week.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 13 April 2021, 19:05:23
One of the quadcopters I bought for lockdown about a year ago is coming up to 900km.

A colleague pointed out earlier thats about to Glasgow and back, or a one way trip to Toulouse :o
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 17 April 2021, 11:22:42
Today I have managed to superglue myself to just about everything.  However, I have not managed to glue the 2 items together.

I'm also high as a kite on acetone ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 17 April 2021, 12:23:53
Careful now  :o
Acetone has a very low flashpoint  :-X  :D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 17 April 2021, 12:28:40
Careful now  :o
Acetone has a very low flashpoint  :-X  :D
It took a fair amount of it to detach myself from a cutting mat.  Some of that chinky superglue is bloody good stuff.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: Nick W on 17 April 2021, 12:37:17
Careful now  :o
Acetone has a very low flashpoint  :-X :D


So don't use it in the garage....
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: New POD on 17 April 2021, 19:27:31
Today in lockdown, I drove 110 miles into another country (Ynys Mon, to have breakfast in my parents Garden, a walk on the beach, lunch in my parents Garden and delivered  my mum her Present for her 83rd Birthday.
Then drove back to Miseryside. Furthest my MV6 has been in one day (or week) since March 2020. 
Only frustration is that my wife kept telling me I was going too fast. Because I used the accelerator.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 April 2021, 17:43:12
Played with an RC car. Boys and toys, and all that.

Within 1 battery, I had destroyed yet another bumper due to one solitary tree standing proud in a sea of nothing else, then subsequently wrecked all 4 tyres, which are over £40 a pair :(


Had to dremel off the old bumper, but to shitty coated steel screws corroding. Put A2 stainless back in, along with all the other underside screws.

Need to swap out the underside screws on the Typhon 6S as well at some point, before they corrode to make removal shittier than it already is.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 19 April 2021, 17:44:40
Yesterday the Mavic 2 Zoom clocked up 925km since new.  Can't get my head round that.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: dave the builder on 19 April 2021, 19:57:21
sounds like it's cheaper to have an Omega than one of those toy cars  ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 20 April 2021, 20:30:11
sounds like it's cheaper to have an Omega than one of those toy cars  ;D
Probably ;D
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 16 May 2021, 18:54:47
One of my lockdown toys was a RC car.  Well, more than one, but thats another story for another day.

The car in question is an Arrma Kraton 6S BLX - https://www.arrma-rc.com/kraton/ - a completely mental tonka.

Anyway, this particular one I lent to a friend, and I'm guessing I'm never gonna pry it back out of his mitts, certainly not any time soon.

A couple of weeks back, I'd had an arse of a week (not that my luck has improved since ;D), so bought the stronger version of the Kraton, called EXB.

As with all Arrma stuff, although it comes prebuilt (sadly), its wise to strip it and rebuild it properly, and throw away any important screws and get decent ones.

So, yesterday it was like this:
(https://theboy.omegaowners.com/arrma/KratonEXB/OutOfBox.JPG)

and soon became:
(https://theboy.omegaowners.com/arrma/KratonEXB/MostlyStripped.JPG)

As is often the case, heat was needed on a lot of the screws that went into metal.  One needed a dremel.


So this afternoon, I started putting it back together:
(https://theboy.omegaowners.com/arrma/KratonEXB/PartlyRebuilt.JPG)


To protect the rear suspension components from being sand blasted from the front wheels, I was going to redesign some protectors, as the rear wishbones are different on the stronger EXB, but happened to find some on Thingiverse, so printed them off, then got Mrs TheBoy painting in the logo:
(https://theboy.omegaowners.com/arrma/KratonEXB/MudGuardsPartPainted.JPG)

More coats needed methinks ;D.  Not that the paint will last long, as the rear takes a real beating from what the front throws its way.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 16 May 2021, 18:57:34
Currently designing and printing a switch mount, as I'm using a 3rd party Electronic Speed Controller, and its switch doesn't fit where the standard Spektrum one fits.
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 16 May 2021, 19:01:53
Which is nearly printed
(https://theboy.omegaowners.com/arrma/KratonEXB/SwitchMountPrinting.JPG)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 16 May 2021, 19:13:44
And its finished printing
(https://theboy.omegaowners.com/arrma/KratonEXB/SwitchMount.JPG)

Note the top 8mm is rough. This is a common issue when printing a thin unsupported wall using a flexible filament (this was TPU)
Title: Re: So what have you done today during lockdown?
Post by: TheBoy on 16 May 2021, 19:17:44
And a trial fitting shows it will do the job :)

(https://theboy.omegaowners.com/arrma/KratonEXB/SwitchMountTrialFitting.JPG)