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What's made you smile today?
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The Panda Nut
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STRONG STUFFFfffffffff fff ff fIt must be strong or is it your spell checker?
The Panda Nut
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Just a small one. Thats a tragic situation. My Mrs would raid that lot for her christmas cakes, which generally wobble about all over the place. She has a habit of raiding the very best stuff on the shelf which is not its best use.
PS More cake please!
You realise she only tells you it is for the cake, it's not just the cake wobbling.
All a code saver does is keep 12v in the system.
Make up two small wires, with croc clips on each end, long enough to reach between the two batteries during the swap.
Connect the wires from the new battery, or a slave, to the cables of the vehicle. Then when the cables are disconnected from the original battery, there is still power to the vehicle.
Remove old battery. Fit new, remove jump cables.
A smile yesterday.
Last week, someone highlighted that LIDL were selling vices. Curious, I looked, and among the other stuff was a 12v electric ratchet, at £34.99. Similar ones form Milwaukee are £150-£180, or more. I've been pondering an electric ratchet for some time, but not sure I'd use it enough to justify the big price. But £35 is worth a punt, and ALDI and LIDL tools are usually quite good, certainly adequate for hobby work.
But, this was on a Sunday, and the tools were in the stores the previous Thursday. I couldn't get to the shops until Monday, so they could be all gone.
Monday, had to go to Swindon, so checked in all 4 LIDL stores. Found vices in two of them, adequate, but I don't need another vice. Did spend out on an inspecton camera, and a LED light. No ratchets.
Wednesday, was in Oxford, near the two LIDLs, so popped in. No ratchets.
So a whole week after they were launched, I was working near Stroud. Two LIDL stores, so again popped in. There was a lone ratchet, waiting for me to take it home, cherish it, and now wonder when I might use it.
Last week, someone highlighted that LIDL were selling vices. Curious, I looked, and among the other stuff was a 12v electric ratchet, at £34.99. Similar ones form Milwaukee are £150-£180, or more. I've been pondering an electric ratchet for some time, but not sure I'd use it enough to justify the big price. But £35 is worth a punt, and ALDI and LIDL tools are usually quite good, certainly adequate for hobby work.
But, this was on a Sunday, and the tools were in the stores the previous Thursday. I couldn't get to the shops until Monday, so they could be all gone.
Monday, had to go to Swindon, so checked in all 4 LIDL stores. Found vices in two of them, adequate, but I don't need another vice. Did spend out on an inspecton camera, and a LED light. No ratchets.
Wednesday, was in Oxford, near the two LIDLs, so popped in. No ratchets.
So a whole week after they were launched, I was working near Stroud. Two LIDL stores, so again popped in. There was a lone ratchet, waiting for me to take it home, cherish it, and now wonder when I might use it.
All this talk about spirits has me wishing I didn't have a doctors appointment next Tuesday. I have a nice collection of single malts, of which I am partial to Laphroig. I like smokey. Enough so, that I own a square foot of Laphroigs' peat bog. Does that make me a Scottish Lord? A customer was so happy that I didn't gouge him when I paid a visit to look at a very old machine that he sent me a bottle of Balvenie, a month after my visit.
I also have a penchant for Rums from Puerto Rico(Bacardi, Ron del Barrelito), Nicaragua(Flor de Cana), Barbados(Bumbu), Panama(believe it or not, Costco). There are also too many Tequilas, Mescals, Bourbons, and Brandys in my stash to name. You'd think we were a couple of lushes but Mrs.Cheest rarely imbibes and I, only on special occasions.
The Panda Nut
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Well then Laird, thee big question is how many bottlescan a square foot sustain.
Oddly I can get Laphroig to my son in NewYork state cheaper than getting it here in Norfolk UK
The Panda Nut
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Im just thinking of Laird Cheest's distillery and that you shouldcteam up and install a pipeline! Lol
I never gave it a thought. I'll have to take my last two bottles plus a tape measure and get to matching.
I learned the same after bringing home a few bottles of Australia's Penfolds wine from Sydney, then found it cheaper on the shelves of the local grocery store.
The Panda Nut
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What you doing up man. Its Saturday YOU SHOULD BE ASLEEP..
My dad was always an early bird. The best time of day he used ro say. Although I know its true, my clock is set different.
The Panda Nut
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My knowledge of time zones is a bit thin!
I was greeted with a leg cramp this morning. Must be my body getting back at me for yesterday's 33 mile bicycle ride in the heat and humidity. Or the evening motorcycle ride in a downpour.
The Panda Nut
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AH. Ive had a load of cramp issues but been clear for months .... until yesterday. A Royal Pain in the A** literally. Ive just been looking at Cape Cod on Google maps 10 days until we fly out. I can hear the mosquitos sharpening their knives and forks in preparation for their feast..... I said to my Mrs, we can do a day trip and see Mr Cheest. Then I looked at the map. Not quite a quick bike ride. We have no idea of the scale of things over there. I must get my son to get himself a big Ural like yours. I really fancy one, having sat on the one near Scotland a few weeks back.
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Having the choice of so many when you feel like a wee tipple though is what's nice, and they don't go "off" - like meat pies or cream cakes!
The Panda Nut
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Im a bit basic. I use jump leads. You get better fireworks!
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I read last night that :
70,000 + people have left the country and are not making payments.
The average student load now is £48,000. At that level, its not worth it!
I didn't say actually but that's almost exactly how I do it - just called it a battery saver to sound "flash" but, as usual, I was shown up (story of my life) I actually connect the neg slave battery terminal to engine earth on the vehicle leaving only the possi lead on the vehicle battery to connect the "live" jumper lead to thus meaning I only have one lead "waggling about" to worry me. However I prefer not to connect to the terminal clamp on the vehicle as there's a small possibility of it shorting or even falling off while fiddling the old battery out and new one in. Also the inflexibility of the average set of jump lead cables increases this problem. I've thought about buying a "proper" Memory saver lead - the type which plugs into the diagnostic port - to get over this problem but it occurs to me that the problem of the battery positive lead shorting to earth if you weren't careful with it is still going to be there. So, what I now do is to connect the slave battery negative terminal to an earth point on the vehicle (typically engine block/ gearbox casing) using the black jumper lead then a thinner (maybe 25 amp) wire with croc clips from the slave positive to the vehicle positive cable. This gives me a much more flexible wire so less likely to fall off and easier to keep the vehicle positive cable out of the way as work progresses. Of course it can't carry a lot of current but it's enough that if someone opens the vehicle's door or does something unexpected it can still carry enough current to weather the storm.
I was going to use this technique when we changed the battery on my neighbour's Kia the other day. But it had stood for so long that the pld battery was showing only about 2 volts - which has to be well below any threshold voltages for electronics. So, kin the event I just decided to disconnect the old leads and swop the batteries over without making any attempt at keeping stuff alive. In the event, we were lucky and everything continued working normally with the new battery fitted. There's just one thing left to do which is to put my multimeter across the battery terminals with the engine running and check that the vehicle charging system is working correctly. Couldn't do it at the time as he had to race off to pick up his daughter.
Aye, the distances are deceptive when you first look at the map. My daughter lived in Southern Maryland for 5 years while her husband worked on Fast Jets at the air base there - not allowed to say any more than that - and my sister lives near the Quabbin reservoir in Massachussets. One of the times we were over there was at Thanks Giving so we looked at the map and thought "That looks very doable, we just follow the I 95 pretty much all the way" Admitedly we didn't hurry too much and made a couple of diversions to see interesting "stuff" but it took us two whole days to make the trip! Quite restful just cruising on those big old American highways, don't think I'd like to do it on a bike though.
Kind of like Australia's "It's a bloody long way".
Last month, we took the diesel F150 from our place to Easton, Pennsylvania, and back, over 2 days to pick up our youngest granddaughter. I-80 most of the way. 25 hours total windshield time. Bleah! I flew with her Wednesday to Bangor, Maine to get her back home and flew back Thursday. That was a hell of a lot easier.
Those big American Interstate highways are great for getting from Point A to Point B but are boring as hell. I've done them on my Honda but I'd rather not. The 'Blue Highways'; Federal, State, County, and Township roads, are much nicer routes if you aren't in a rush.
