What made you feel good today?

[Citroënbender]

This snippet is essentially how hundreds of thousands were taught - myself included. The only power tools being a corded drill and planer.

The expectation was, you should be able to hang eight doors in a day, excluding architraving. That includes cutting and assembling the jambs, packing and fixing them squarely into the opening (whether brick or wood), fitting and hanging the door, and fitting the lockset. If a door was slightly warped or twisted, you humoured it - not threw away. Clearance at the top was set with a pair of 20¢ coins.

[HIPO]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

My musical interests are probably weighted to folk, whether it’s klezmer or Appalachian or anything else. You would be familiar with “This land is my land…” which he also popularised.

Initial thoughts were lol..... then realised this young Lady & her instrument have been amusing me of late... her Western covers anyway.
People in glass houses...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfZcIe4s0C4

[HIPO]

Other end of her spectrum.......

https://www.google.com/search?q=jing...IPvZfNT_8,st:0

https://www.google.com/search?q=smoo...PFdznRJSA,st:0

[five 7]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

My musical interests are probably weighted to folk, whether it’s klezmer or Appalachian or anything else. You would be familiar with “This land is my land…” which he also popularised.

Here's a little treasure CB.
https://youtu.be/U36NlAOhgCY?si=injM9lQVImrfZN9-

[Citroënbender]

Can imagine a young Jimmy Page soaking up tunes like that.

[roKWiz]

Beaut day for a stroll (4 hour walk) around $ydney harbour foreshores.

[MITCHAY]

Took the day off work and got through quite a bit of the work in the garden in this nice weather

[.:4:.]

Deffinately not the worst problem to have. But weekdays ever since my son got his big fish tank, from 3pm to 10pm its machine gun messages of everything tropical freshwater fish, and tank related stuff. Weekends its 7am to midnight, with usually a window. This weekend there was a 3 hour window yesterday, and im almost at the end of a 3 hour window today. Thats because he's at work.
As a parent im very happy that a fish tank is what he is into. Way better then ice or herogroin that where he lives others are really into, and the improper ways people go about 'supporting' that.
Man, he is a good young fellow.

[nibble]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

Deffinately not the worst problem to have. But weekdays ever since my son got his big fish tank, from 3pm to 10pm its machine gun messages of everything tropical freshwater fish, and tank related stuff. Weekends its 7am to midnight, with usually a window. This weekend there was a 3 hour window yesterday, and im almost at the end of a 3 hour window today. Thats because he's at work. As a parent im very happy that a fish tank is what he is into. Way better then ice or herogroin that where he lives others are really into, and the improper ways people go about 'supporting' that. Man, he is a good young fellow.

That's awesome. Made me feel good also !!

[HIPO]

New dishwasher day.... praise be! Our 10yo Bosch crapped itself last Friday....had forgotten how fun hand washing is. Trying a Miele this time around.

[onemanempire]

When picking up a pallet of wine today (NO, I don't drink) I saw these cute little fluffies. That made me feel good today.

Crap quality.. shot through the windscreen of the truck... at 4 O'clock, so glare was an issue, but you get the idea.

One Man

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by onemanempire

When picking up a pallet of wine today (NO, I don't drink) I saw these cute little fluffies. That made me feel good today.

Crap quality.. shot through the windscreen of the truck... at 4 O'clock, so glare was an issue, but you get the idea.

One Man

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Dude, that reminds me of a story an irish blokes mrs told me. She accidentally ran over a few ducklings crossing the road. But a few doors down she knew the people. So put the mother duck and remaining ducklings in their front yard behind the fence. When asked how they were going, well the was answer was not an answer but an explanation as to why so many feathers were in the front yard. The people whose front yard got the duck and ducklings dropped into had a couple pet german shepards. Must have been like kfc for lunch for them.

[Vekgib]

Haven't been in a good headspace recently. Been trying to see it through, but went and saw the GP today, who put some plans into action. Didn't walk out feeling top of the world, but there was suddenly a feeling that things were going to get better.

[Citroënbender]

Haggled the dentist, $5500 quote became $4800 if paid upfront.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Haggled the dentist, $5500 quote became $4800 if paid upfront.

Was it cash payment? I did this when getting my new dentures saving a about a hundred or so dollars, I still like doing deals with cash, works wonders.

[Citroënbender]

That was the understanding, yes.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Haggled the dentist, $5500 quote became $4800 if paid upfront.

Yep got $500 off the new boots for the Kenworth thanks to the cash economy.
Cash is King.

[DFB FGXR6]

It's over for another year.........................





The last tree went into a pot yesterday at 11.30am, the last tree lifted into stock 4.15pm today. For context, we are talking about 2000+ trees here. My joints and back are aching, so tired I slept through my alarm this morning. So yes, I feel good about having this behind me, but my mind and body aren't feeling good. Only another 10 months and I'll be doing it all again.

[MITCHAY]

Hard to imagine the hardship she has been through but this was nice to see

https://www.9news.com.au/national/so...0-51db8b9dd6c0

[Citroënbender]

Listening to the isolated bassline for Staying Alive. It’s so economical, yet so efficient an underpinning for an iconic tune that at once mixed together braggadocio, make-believe and the basic appeal of happy emotions.

[jaydee]

A mate picked me up in his bosses Bentley Continental GT W12 bi turbo and we went for a sedate drive. Nice, nice, nice.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by jaydee

A mate picked me up in his bosses Bentley Continental GT W12 bi turbo and we went for a sedate drive. Nice, nice, nice.

One of my Greek ex-clients has one of the originals from the mid 2004. Before I started working for him in 2005, I remember running into him at a furniture store with my father, they had worked together developing several building projects. I complimented his Bentley parked out front, he told me "you work hard, you buy a Bentley for yourself one day." A year later I was the family gardener taking care of three of their properties, which grew to seven others as the years went on.

This was the same client how backed me into a corner mid-2020 grilling me over the prices I was charging. All the while standing next to his just-completed multi-million-dollar mansion with marble Greek goddess statues and hand applied gold-leaf pillars. It would seem it's ok to work (extremely) hard and earn my way, but not to earn too much from him. I left a few months later after 15 years with them.

Not his vehicle, he never drives it anyway, but the same colour.



One of my current clients has a 2017 model, the V8S instead of the lovely W12. He had to replace the battery on it recently, no one locally would do the job and he had to take it to Melbourne for the dealer to do it.................at more the $1000 fitted. I guess if you can afford to buy one, you in theory should be able to afford servicing one too.

[Citroënbender]

I’ve heard horror stories of replacing the third brake light on them, a battery wouldn’t faze me.

[kevino]

Riding in ex PTC Nsw Leyland Leopard 1765 bus from Leichhardt to Town Hall
The 80 s returned for that trip

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

I’ve heard horror stories of replacing the third brake light on them, a battery wouldn’t faze me.

When I was looking into replacing the battery on the Jaguar, I ended up leaving it to the dealer. Researching about it, I found a two-page procedure that dealers follow to do it correctly and avoid immobilizing the car. None of that on a Falcon.

[Syndrome]

Another Sandown "500" has come and gone and I didn't watch it. I hear the paying spectators were short changed again because the race was stopped before full distance. Can't wait for the venue to be demolished and turned into high density dog-boxes so I can bury all that emotional energy I wasted on that garbage.

N.B. I attended many races between 1982 and 2018

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by kevino

Riding in ex PTC Nsw Leyland Leopard 1765 bus from Leichhardt to Town Hall
The 80 s returned for that trip

Good museum, isn't it.

[FTE217]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

One of my Greek ex-clients has one of the originals from the mid 2004. Before I started working for him in 2005, I remember running into him at a furniture store with my father, they had worked together developing several building projects. I complimented his Bentley parked out front, he told me "you work hard, you buy a Bentley for yourself one day." A year later I was the family gardener taking care of three of their properties, which grew to seven others as the years went on.

This was the same client how backed me into a corner mid-2020 grilling me over the prices I was charging. All the while standing next to his just-completed multi-million-dollar mansion with marble Greek goddess statues and hand applied gold-leaf pillars. It would seem it's ok to work (extremely) hard and earn my way, but not to earn too much from him. I left a few months later after 15 years with them.

Not his vehicle, he never drives it anyway, but the same colour.

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One of my current clients has a 2017 model, the V8S instead of the lovely W12. He had to replace the battery on it recently, no one locally would do the job and he had to take it to Melbourne for the dealer to do it.................at more the $1000 fitted. I guess if you can afford to buy one, you in theory should be able to afford servicing one too.

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They are a awesum design, luved seeing them in race trim in GT4 such beasts.

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Another Sandown "500" has come and gone and I didn't watch it. I hear the paying spectators were short changed again because the race was stopped before full distance. Can't wait for the venue to be demolished and turned into high density dog-boxes so I can bury all that emotional energy I wasted on that garbage.

N.B. I attended many races between 1982 and 2018

Saw a highlight on the news, one SLR took out another SLR, both extensively damaged.

[kevino]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Good museum, isn't it.

It’s a good one.