1400 Owners Life Today ( The 'What did you do today?' thread)

[froudy]

It's an old thread that hasn't been posted on for ages, but this is what I did today.

Made up some bike key fobs to add to my growing portfolio of paracord products

[KiwiCol]

Very nice Froudy, I'd say Mick has a bike to go with each one of those

[Mick_J]

Very nice Froudy, I'd say Mick has a bike to go with each one of those

Sorry Col, I can only match three.

[grog]

Today i got to sit on and start, amazing. Quality is superb. No ride but just wish i had spare $35G. Such a bike, drooling is just what happens. Heavy but much lighter than earlier model, which i spent lots of hours on. So bloody incredible.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Finished the clutch replacement on daughter#1 car, had the flywheel machined, cleaned up nice  new gearbox oil, new engine oil and filter too.  Took a bit of trial and error to get the linkage aligned correctly, but got there in the end. Clutch hydraulic fluid bleed, then topped up the rest of the fluids, checked tyre pressures and good to go.  Saved a grand by doing it myself, and have a grateful happy teenage daughter to go with it.

[Tony Nitrous]

Left home at 6:45am. Wet roads, thick fog. Busa booked in for its first service and they'll do it whilst I walk down to Bunnings if I'm there early to let it cool down.

Nice to be on a bike. Spent the last week fencing, digging holes, concreting in posts, 4 strands of barbed wire, 1.2m dog mesh, hanging 4 x 4.2m gates etc. The fence is half done and has already exceeded what I paid for my GSX1400 😟

[grog]

Today contacted by insurance company to replace my A/C and tv aerial. Altready done weeks ago, this is 5th contact to do same. Ive told them that done. They cant find any records of who did it, i cant remember company name. I dont care as work finished, id like some record for A/C wrty. I told if they want to fit another in diff room, go ahead. Can you believe this could happen, i cant. What idiots.

[grog]

Today replaced rear brakes my 2016 Hilux. Oz biggest selling ute. No genuine parts in Oz, 12 week wait. WTF.  Got non genuine shoes, didnt fit. Looked thru brake catalogues, found HiAce shoes fit but only two shoes, had to buy two sets, swap some pins and all good. What a stuff up. Pic attached, think i got my moneys worth

[grog]

Today my first day of new 9 day fortnight.Mightnt sound important but have been doing 45 hr weeks for 32 yrs. Enjoyed sleep in. Was harder day than working, spent whole day going thru, adjusting, fixing stuff on new old car for Wife. Think i got a good buy, just need to sort central locking and lhf window needs new regulator. Price was right so gotta expect a few probs. All washed, polished, looks good, drives good. 

[Hooli]

I do a nine day fortnight too, I'd hate to go back to normal hours. I don't notice the extra time per day, but I do notice the day off.

[Tony Nitrous]

24 days straight, $5,800.

House yard is fully fenced.

Timber corner posts with steel braces, timber and star pickets for the main runs, 4 strands of barbed wire, 1.2m tall dog mesh, 1x 1.2m gate, 5 x 4.2m gates. All new heavy duty latches, hinges etc.





The new pup is VERY happy, he has well over an acre of yard to run and play and get into trouble in.  I was going to just fence around the house but extended it around both sheds. Having two cattle dogs around the sheds is not bad thing.

Now we can start planting a few things without the resident Roo's and Wallabies harvesting everything too.



Still need to fence another area for the orchard, veggie garden and hens.... then fence off a driveway ..... then sort out a bit of the external fencing.  Hands are really painful,  worsening arthritis and wrestling with barbed wire for three weeks and digging holes, straining fencing etc etc.

[Speedy1959]

I do like the way my cousins in Australia and America call their VAST rear areas to the property a "Yard"..

I think if you saw the "Yards" we have in the UK  you would be a tad surprised !

Lovelly Yard all the same (he says enviously)..

[Irish in Oz]

Bandit 1200S passed MOT 

[KiwiCol]

Found this at the local supermarket today,  nice as a change. Quite drinkable IMO.  Also brought the Original to try.

[Will14]

Today my first day of new 9 day fortnight.Mightnt sound important but have been doing 45 hr weeks for 32 yrs. Enjoyed sleep in. Was harder day than working, spent whole day going thru, adjusting, fixing stuff on new old car for Wife. Think i got a good buy, just need to sort central locking and lhf window needs new regulator. Price was right so gotta expect a few probs. All washed, polished, looks good, drives good. 

Sounds like bliss, Minimum of 60 hours per week for me which regularly stretches to 70 over five days - No wonder I'm always tired and CBA doing anything else