Where’s Lancpudin?

[Digger]

I carted about 30 solid bricks over and put them on the nets to stop the Swamp Hens from nicking my apples....bloody cheeky birds! Now if I want an apple I need to move half a dozen bricks. The wild life here is voracious!

Then I worked on the spray pack on the old tractor to diagnose a non spraying problem. Found a problem with the line that sits in the tank and fixed it but when I went to move the tractor inside the ignition key wouldn’t turn and so I sprayed the lock with WD40 and worked the key in carefully as it’s very worn and fragile. Then the whole cyclinder rotated.....bugger! Half in and half out I decided I’d try and pull it back into the shed using my mower except there are no bits strong enough to take the weight, no frame as such and no tow link. I wrapped a drag chain through the foot rest and shortened it so I didn’t have far to go to get it in. I was about to start the mower and see if I could back the the mower and pull the tractor in. I needed to do something as it was half in and half out and I couldn’t shut the shed door.

I got up on the tractor seat to release the foot brake and thought “I’ll give this key another try" and it started!!! Dragging the chain back through, the hook at the end slammed into the nail of my index finger causing me to see stars for a few minutes and to bleed like mad. I drove it in and with arthritis from moving the bricks in my right and a sore left hand as well decided it was enough for the morning.

I’ll deal with the rotating key cylinder later and remember It’s happened before, but just can’t think what I did last time.

Speaking of deteriorating grey matter~

 

[Lancpudn]

I managed to get the lawns mowed or I should say the moss mowed yesterday, It's never been as bad, I had to get the garden rake out & pulled up a wheelbarrow full of moss from just one small lawn & there's still the same amount in it. I'm a bit reluctant to treat it with moss killer again as there's so much moss across the whole of the lawns that it just turns them black for months before the grass starts to grow again.
I think I'll just keep scarifying it with the rake & sow some more grass seed.

 

[Digger]

If I ever complain about cutting my grass please send me this link. Thank you!

 

[soulman969]

It's not even advanced finance. She gets Gov't benefits which are adjusted according to how much she works. She has two jobs totalling maybe four hours per week (the social interaction and "purpose" is the goal).

All they had to do was take the information I gave them (which was for the quarter after her most recent COLA to present) and multiply by four. Instead, I've got the annual and the monthly numbers equal to each other and COMPLETELY wrong.
What's worse is the fact that I had done all the math for the pre COLA period for them and provided it months in advance.

They dragged ass until it was no longer valid post COLA as her rent and other benefits changed at that point.

Here's what really frosts me:
If I provide documentation that I eat a cheeseburger once a week for thirteen weeks (representing a quarter year), and I tell you that this is my normal pattern you (a normal person) would extrapolate that I would eat about 52 cheeseburgers in a year. These fathermuckers would tell you that I only ate 7 cheeseburgers to date and wouldn't eat any more this year.

They also ignore emails unless I call the senior partner in a different office. If I do that, I magically get a response within 48 hours.

Well by advanced finance what I actually meant was being able to count beyond the number of fingers they have times their hourly rate. Then when they become judges they become even worse. Shoulda been around for my divorce. Someone flunked elementary math.

When I appealed the settlement it included a proforma on when I'd be forced to file for a BK to protect my home and my business and the date. I nailed it to the exact month. How? Because that's what I do and what your brethren without robes pay me to do ya clown.

I think we have to somehow appreciate that they deal only with the facts before them. Extrapolation lacks fact. So it's ignored and never even questioned. Seriously, most who specialize in divorce law and do PI cases are total bozos when it comes to anything financial. They have no idea how to do a present value calculation of a structured settlement a client has been offered at a PV of 40%-60% of the cash awarded.

Why should their client accept a reduced sum paid over time when they want there's now? They may know how to beat an insurer in court but the insurer knows they can always try to beat them in final negotations on the settlement 'cause they can't count or understand the time value of money. It's not all that hard and it's important yet they don't know.

 

[soulman969]

Second wife? Hmmmm? Interesting idea....Chuckle~

I have two ex's I can easily spare to the first of you who speaks up. No charge except for shipping and of course the gaffers tape to bind them.

 

[soulman969]

If I ever complain about cutting my grass please send me this link. Thank you!

Amazing. The grass type in Australia must be somewhat lighter and more feathery than the bluegrass or hybrid type I've dealt with. There's no way a hand mower would ever tackle anything as high as that was.

 

[Raiyn]

The grass is weeds are starting to grow again. We've had our first tweaker with a stolen mower come by and ask to mow the yard.

It's the same hustle I had as a kid, go to the somewhat nicer section of town and start knocking. Main difference was I was using Dad's old Briggs to get money to pay the record clubs and go on dates.

 

[Digger]

Amazing. The grass type in Australia must be somewhat lighter and more feathery than the bluegrass or hybrid type I've dealt with. There's no way a hand mower would ever tackle anything as high as that was.

I’d normally use a tractor and slasher for stuff that thick! I have a birthday soon and have nominated a new Stihl brush cutter for my present as my 30 year old model ain't cutting the mustard...or the grass for that matter! I have a kilometre of boundary that is overgrown, so anything that does that better or easier is good by me!

We have many types of grass and for lawns it’s mostly seed of overseas origin, Buffalo etc. My need for a heavier string machine is the preponderance of light wispy grass since the bushfires that my heavy unit with a steel blade just pushes aside.

 

[Lancpudn]

The clocks went forward one hour last night & we have two digital clocks in the house that I just cant remember how to change the time on, The instructions might as well be written in Latin for what use they are

 

[Digger]

The clocks went forward one hour last night & we have two digital clocks in the house that I just cant remember how to change the time on, The instructions might as well be written in Latin for what use they are

We go back on April 1.

 

[Raiyn]

The clocks went forward one hour last night & we have two digital clocks in the house that I just cant remember how to change the time on, The instructions might as well be written in Latin for what use they are

Most of our digital stuff is automatically set either off the Wi-Fi or a signal from the N.I.S.T.

WWVB - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I've got an old digital Timex watch I'll wear in rough conditions that'll need setting, but my "nice" Casio is set off the atomic clock signal. SWMBO usually sweeps through and gets the stove and microwave.

 

[Otto99]

The clocks went forward one hour last night & we have two digital clocks in the house that I just cant remember how to change the time on, The instructions might as well be written in Latin for what use they are

The nub to reset the clock in my car went south a couple of years ago, and it can’t be fixed by itself, nooo, you have to replace the entire instrument cluster, so I add an hour mentally.

 

[Digger]

I picked the last of our carrots yesterday and had one with tea. It was like a super flavoured carrot by comparison to bought ones. It was so fresh it was still twitching when I cut it up!

We spent yesterday organising for our trip to Hobart on Thursday.

Before brekkie I was getting a cup of tea and saw something different on the wall of the dam. I watched for a bit and realised it was an adult Fox and that it had something pinned in the grass so I grabbed binoculars for a better look.

It was one of the adult Swamp Hens that come here to breed every year! As Foxes are a feral species and the hen native I would have normally been inclined to intervene but the bloody birds have been climbing on the nets and eating all the apples they can reach so maybe it’s payback time?

 

[Otto99]

It was one of the adult Swamp Hens that come here to breed every year! As Foxes are a feral species and the hen native I would have normally been inclined to intervene but the bloody birds have been climbing on the nets and eating all the apples they can reach so maybe it’s payback time?

I’d call that out foxing them!

 

[Lancpudn]

Most of our digital stuff is automatically set either off the Wi-Fi or a signal from the N.I.S.T.

WWVB - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I've got an old digital Timex watch I'll wear in rough conditions that'll need setting, but my "nice" Casio is set off the atomic clock signal. SWMBO usually sweeps through and gets the stove and microwave.

I wish ours had that option so as I don't have to do it, I managed to change the time on one of them by pure luck but the other one in my mancave just aggravated the bejusus outta me so I put it in the drawer before I launched it.

Shopping day again.

 

[Digger]

As I mentioned in the weather thread I’m heading in at 11 to get Bella clipped lightly, don’t want too much off for an approaching winter, though she’s inside mostly. I’ll drop my hearing aids in for a service while waiting for Bell and do a couple of other things and hope like hell nobody speaks to me....grin~

The art society got the door kicked in and burgled the night before last! Gael had to rush in early to meet the police but it appears they weren’t art lovers and only a few dollars in cash was taken. It was more of a problem getting the door secured on short notice.

As I was stuck inside I spent time on my portable devices resolving log-on issues so I could visit the Epi forum while away which previously I was unable to do. I still don’t know why as it was the same password for each device however in the end a new password fixed it for the 4 devices.

 

[Lancpudn]

It's that time of year again! Spring & the wood pigeons are mating on the chimney pots & sure enough another one ended up down the bedroom chimney breast The birds been flapping for hours trying to get out & the cats are going nuts trying to get at it. It's a good job I never re-plastered the hole I cut into the plasterboard the other year. It's happening every year .
I took the square piece of plaster board down this morninb to see if I can reach it but it's up too far for me to reach it. stoopid bird.

 

[Digger]

Lots to go today as we are have to go on a train to head for Melbourne about 6AM tomorrow. Then an airport bus to catch a plane to Hobart, Tasmania. It’s only about an hour flight. It’s about 550 kilometres south to Hobart and Tassie is a beautiful place for those that may get the opportunity. Last stop before Antarctica!

I used to go there for work about 5 times a year but it’s over 20 years now, so looking forward to it.

Friday we are booked to see the MONA art gallery, going first class by ferry and can’t wait to see the unusual exhibitions there. It’s world famous and very unique. Saturday it's the Salmanca market, one of the best we've seen and of course finally I can savour curry scallop pies which from my memory are about the best pies in the world.

From Sunday on we will go on tours of the waterways, and go investigate Hobart shopping and some of the legendary restaurants that are well worth a visit. We may go on tours of some of the small towns that were started by convicts in the early 1800’s. (1803 as a penal settlement) My mother was born south of Hobart and we lived there as a family after dad met and married my mother soon after WW2. I have some early memories and some history there.

We are taking Bella to Roz tonight and will be home mid next week. It’s been a while since we’ve had holidays like this because of Covid risk but we have both had our 5th shot and will wear masks while in groups of people and take the risk. Sure there are more risks nowadays but but we can’t afford to live in a cocoon any longer as time is getting short and age is catching up.

Maybe a trip to Northern Territory later in the year if this goes alright?

 

[Otto99]

@Digger, have a big old time!

 

[Digger]

@Digger, have a big old time!

Thanks Greg, almost packed! I admit to some nerves when we haven’t flown for a while.

Talk to you guys later tomorrow.