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What a day
« on: November 29, 2008, 17:01:59 »
Well. Iafter waking up at about 10:30 ish I got up, and decided that I would sort my bedroom out as it is a mess from when I got my new pooter last week.

the plan was to just put the big monitor over on my hi fi so I could watch programs / dvd's in bed easier. So I opened up the vga extension cables I bought off ebay. Ebay said they were 1.8m invoice says 1.5m and reality is 1.3m.  ::) So a snot o gram got sent to the sender!

I then wired in the monitor and found that vista is better on a big screen as everything is squeezed in on a 15" one.  ::) So then the challeneg of un wiring the old monitor from behind the desk and wiring in the new one.  This has taken me all afternoon and a few select swear words have been said.

So today I have achieved, swapping over 2 monitors, tidy my desk, washed bed sheets and made a sausage and bean toasted sarnie.  ::)

Not much really. But having 2 monitors working at either side of the room looks quite cool though. I just used a vga splitter from same person on ebay.

Oh and the cables I bought were all male-female (which is what I wanted) except every plug has a srew thing in so you cant actually lock them together with the screws.  ::)
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Re: What a day
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2008, 18:05:30 »
More productive than mine:

Went to fitness training for the first time in... too long. Cold, wet and muddy - but I do feel better for it.  :ner:

Did the shopping, then walked in to town to post a parcel, got back... that's about it.  :undecided:

Drove the Land Rover (to keep it vaguely on topic) to and from...  8-[

Got stuff to do outside: wash two muddy bikes, rake up leaves etc. but it's too cold  :pacman:
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Re: What a day
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2008, 18:28:21 »
I just hoovered the house and my mattress and now waiting for the illusive chip van.

Wish I had taken you up on your offer now!!!
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Re: What a day
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2008, 18:48:16 »
mine was not as exciting

helped moved the missus' uncle move house (next door to current abode)

then went to taybarns for lunch.. then saw wales beat the ozzies

top job

but its been zero temp outside all day foggy as hell too!
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Re: What a day
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2008, 19:30:11 »
I took a fridge to the tip, and tried to take a bag of used fireworks, but they wouldnt let me tip them, they said they wouldnt take them off me!!

So I explained all it was going to acheive was increase fly tipping....so I put them in my recycling bin....well, they are cardboard!!!
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Re: What a day
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2008, 19:32:29 »
should have put them in the fridge :lol:
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Re: What a day
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2008, 19:47:04 »
I got up, walked into town to buy a tax disk for 'Flower', and dropped into Waterstones.

I came out with 5 of the TPBs for Warren Ellis's 'Transmetropoliton', and a soft-back of Alan Moore's 'V for Vendetta'  :dance:

I walked home.

I then had much joy watching the awesome Dragons turn over the Wallabies - what a match!  :clap:

I then had breakfast!  :lol:

Busy day!  ;)
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Re: What a day
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2008, 19:48:59 »
Quote from: Eeyore on November 29, 2008, 19:47:04
I came out with 5 of the TPBs for Warren Ellis's 'Transmetropoliton', and a soft-back of Alan Moore's 'V for Vendetta'  :dance:

I'm guessing these are books?  :-k  :oops:
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Re: What a day
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2008, 20:42:16 »
Bought a bed for small son and....................watched telly, day done
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Re: What a day
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2008, 20:52:34 »
Lazy ish morning dropped the kid to tap dance, did a bit of shopping, picked her up then made BLT's for lunch and watched all the Merlins we have recorded, made dinner, got my kit together for trialing tomorrow, settled down for some surfing!!
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Re: What a day
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2008, 20:59:23 »
Went to work, carted hay for swmbo's horses then back to work, then went laning, brilliant. Trouble is my lad has been fitting a new water pump to the car and messed up the timing so now we've got to strip it to see how many valves to replace  :evil:

Time for a beer

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Re: What a day
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2008, 21:02:51 »
We decided to try and brave going into york to do xmas shopping - what a mistake - set off at 8am, got back about an hour ago  :shock: 
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Re: What a day
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2008, 21:03:45 »
Quote from: muddyjames on November 29, 2008, 18:28:21
I just hoovered the house and my mattress and now waiting for the illusive chip van.

Wish I had taken you up on your offer now!!!

Ahh - still having trouble tracking him down then... :)

Offer still stands for tomorrow. There's even a little job that needs done on the LR  ;)
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Re: What a day
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2008, 21:54:54 »
Quote from: KTM Gordo on November 29, 2008, 21:03:45
Quote from: muddyjames on November 29, 2008, 18:28:21
I just hoovered the house and my mattress and now waiting for the illusive chip van.

Wish I had taken you up on your offer now!!!

Ahh - still having trouble tracking him down then... :)

Offer still stands for tomorrow. There's even a little job that needs done on the LR  ;)

As much as I would love to do little "easy" :lol: job on your freebie I am off to amates to taste petrol. No seriously! He is getting his rover 214 scrapped soon and he reckons there is 25litres of petrol in his tank that I can have for a tenner. Now his petrol light wasnt on the last time he drove it so my guess is there is more than 25 litres.  :dance: The only way I can think of getting it out though is to siphon it. Oh I can't wait.  :^o

What needs doing anyway?

Oh and the illusive chip man never turned up so I had the final 2 sausages out of the pack of 8 I opened yesterday with more home made chips, baked beans and veg and LOADS of vinegar.  :dance:
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Re: What a day
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2008, 23:12:17 »
Got up at 11.30 made lunch .
went shopping for prezzies.
surfed the net for a bit then had steak for tea with all the trimmings .
bottle of red and here I am.... :D
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Re: What a day
« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2008, 08:46:45 »
becoming festive then :lol:
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Re: What a day
« Reply #16 on: November 30, 2008, 10:38:29 »
I got on a bus and went to Winchester -  not been on a bus for years! (mainly due to that fact I seem to live in public transport blackholes!)

Nice place Winchester, especiallys the pub with rugby on the big screen!
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Re: What a day
« Reply #17 on: November 30, 2008, 12:31:58 »
I am guessing you dont mean the Winchester down on the M3 do you?

If you do that was 1 VERY long bus journey for you!!!
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Re: What a day
« Reply #18 on: November 30, 2008, 19:18:26 »
Quote from: muddyjames on November 30, 2008, 12:31:58
I am guessing you dont mean the Winchester down on the M3 do you?

If you do that was 1 VERY long bus journey for you!!!

The same one - was staying in Alton at the weekend.
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Re: What a day
« Reply #19 on: November 30, 2008, 19:52:59 »
ah, Alton is alot closer! I used to live near there. Did you pop into Kieth Gott and rool?
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Re: What a day
« Reply #20 on: December 02, 2008, 10:38:55 »
I rewired my tractor! all 6 wires as its a 1950 Fergie.  Next job will be strip and service the carb.
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Re: What a day
« Reply #21 on: December 02, 2008, 13:39:35 »
I moved house, and that was basically it!! lol
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Re: What a day
« Reply #22 on: December 02, 2008, 14:22:05 »
Woke up at silly o-clock to find lots of white stuff outside...... SWMBO headed off to work..... went for a paper and slide in the 110...... gritted the road at the end of the drive as council just dumps piles of grit at the side of the road and its a DIY gritting.... cut up some firewood..... did the dishes..... now trying to resist the dangers of daytime tele.....
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Re: What a day
« Reply #23 on: December 02, 2008, 15:09:19 »
Pack, clean, Pack....see old friend, drop off sprogs crimbo pressies, lunch, pack, clean, pack, clean, pack, clean.

my day so far
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Re: What a day
« Reply #24 on: December 02, 2008, 15:59:44 »
I'm so jealous of you hrh dave for having white stuff. I am still waiting for it to arrive! Have you got photos?

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Re: What a day
« Reply #25 on: December 24, 2008, 17:24:51 »
Quote from: muddyjames on November 29, 2008, 21:54:54
As much as I would love to do little "easy" :lol: job on your freebie I am off to amates to taste petrol. No seriously! He is getting his rover 214 scrapped soon and he reckons there is 25litres of petrol in his tank that I can have for a tenner. Now his petrol light wasnt on the last time he drove it so my guess is there is more than 25 litres.  :dance: The only way I can think of getting it out though is to siphon it. Oh I can't wait.  :^o

What needs doing anyway?

A re-wire of the towing electrics (again!). This time with a metal socket which should be more robust than the plastic ones.

The challenge is that the colour of the actual wires differs from the wiring diagram...
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