What made you feel good today?

[.:4:.]

Yesterday at the hotel im staying in i went down to extend my stay. It was the manager on the desk and she was pushing hard for me to sign up for the free loyalty thing. So i did that just to get out of the annoying conversation. So i never got the confirmation email, whatever thats good, but a few hours later in passing the manager lady turned customer service × 1000. Turns out i was a member since 2011, i had silver 'status' and she started rattling off my 'entitlements'. I was polite, but asked her to stop and turn off customer service and what are the actual benifits to myself. Turns out yeah there are a few.
But with customer service turned off i was just talking to her as a person whatever whatever and i said the main benefit today of finding out my 'status' and 'entitlements' is i can joke with the concierge on the next shift. I told her what i was going to do.
So the next concierge was the new lady to the job. Yes she is lovely and polite, we have already had a joke about things. But i walk up straight faced and said i had been talking to the manager this morning and turns out you have to be nice to me. Her face changed as if i had got her in trouble. Her response was 'im always nice to you'. I said yeah, but before you didnt have to be. So i cut it off there and let her know i was just messing with her. So we kind of joked about the wording like 'status', and even more so about the 'entitlements'. Like seriously, a personalised greeting? Hi, how are you?, thats plenty enough greeting for me.

[roKWiz]

Hearing the glorious sounds of the Rolls Royce Merlin Spitfire being put through its paces above the skies of Wangaratta just now.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Hearing the glorious sounds of the Rolls Royce Merlin Spitfire being put through its paces above the skies of Wangaratta just now.

Definitely my favourite sounding engine, on either a spitty or a Mustang.

And this is my fave video featuring a merlin


Bugger, embedded video disabled. Click on the link to watch it on the tube

[asagaai]

[QUOTE=FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0;6826614]Definitely my favourite sounding engine, on either a spitty or a Mustang.

And this is my fave video featuring a merlin

Yes that supercharger wail- just fantastic. Here is the banshee super wail in a Mustang P51D

https://www.google.com/search?q=must...id:V0MAv1CHDy8

[jaydee]

[QUOTE=asagaai;6826818]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

Definitely my favourite sounding engine, on either a spitty or a Mustang.

And this is my fave video featuring a merlin

Yes that supercharger wail- just fantastic. Here is the banshee super wail in a Mustang P51D

This is my favourite. Volume up for best effect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brd44OS0Ueo

[jaydee]

Looking after my disabled brother because he was having a touch of gastronomy.
Wanted to make sure he didn't dehydrate and end up in hospital, again.
Didn't trust his carers to keep on top of it.
Anyway, he slept pretty well through the night, woke up feeling good.
Gave him a good breakfast, happy as.
Now he's a huge Tom Jones fan so I had the ipad on the table, YouTube Tom Jones and played Delilah.
He was rapt, started singing, tapping his foot, jumped up and gave me a big kiss on the cheek.
Made it all worth while.

[.:4:.]

So i treat my son as a mate (unless he is being silly which virtually never happens). Anyhow, tonight he points out something i had never noticed. I know why this is, but its very much one of those things you dont know unless you are shown.
His left thumb is significantly shorter then his right thumb. So i says to him now im allowed to call him little thumb. He fired back instantly by saying atleast both his thumbs have finger nails, so therefore he can call me no nail. I says fair call little thumb, he replies no worries no nail. He thinks quick. Yes i only have a nail on my right thumb, lost the nail on my left thumb almost 20 years ago, but for him to instantly fire back with an insult that is relevant, im proud of that.

[ford71V8]

For awhile there my youngest boy was Mr One More.

One more minute, one more game, one more over....

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by ford71V8

For awhile there my youngest boy was Mr One More.

One more minute, one more game, one more over....

I only have 1 kid so dont have anything else to compare him to, but bar asthma attacks that arent his fault, and the countless broken thumbs, being his dad has been pretty easy. Yeah he is 13 now and taller then me, but i once got asked by a colleague does my kid swear? I said no and asked why the question? He said his then 5 year old son swore worse then he did. So i asked does he swear around his son? He goes yeah, when he is on the phone, and swears at his kid if he is being a little ****. Bingo, thats the problem, kids look up to their parents. If i had my kid in the car and recieved a call i would announce that fact so the caller knew not to swear.
I actually had to have the conversation with my son not long ago. I asked does he know all the swear words? He says yeah. I said its ok to swear around me if its appropriate, but not around people who you have not guaged their sensitivities.
Yes that was a weird one, but whilst he still doesnt swear, i think he sorta took it as he is growing up or something.
Beats the **** out of having to tell off a kid for ****ing swearing...

[Syndrome]

I've been telling people for years that artificial sweetener is worse than sugar. Sugar is not good but it is a highly processed product of a naturally occurring substance. Artificial sweeteners are man made and therefore not natural and something living organisms have no mechanisms to tolerate them. Well the WHO has announced that aspartame is possibly a carcinogen. Bwahahahaha.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame#Cancer

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

I've been telling people for years that artificial sweetener is worse than sugar. Sugar is not good but it is a highly processed product of a naturally occurring substance. Artificial sweeteners are man made and therefore not natural and something living organisms have no mechanisms to tolerate them. Well the WHO has announced that aspartame is possibly a carcinogen. Bwahahahaha.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame#Cancer

And they only just discovered this ?? geeze.

Pretty much the same for any processed food over natural.

[LG17]

The orthopaedic specialist fully agreed with my diagnosis of my left knee.
Even used the exact same terminology.
"It's ****ed!" he said, then proceeded to marvel at how I was actually walking.

[Syndrome]

I first saw a WWII aircraft at an airshow in Leongatha late 80s. The sound the flying Mustang made was glorious!

[Citroënbender]

Cut a huge swath of feral Murraya hedge at my messy yard job, I could see by the “knuckles” it had been trimmed before - but probably most of a decade since any hard cutting. So, a mini-mountain of green waste, which I then impressed the customer further by chopping small to easily fit in their bins, which go out tonight. It’s good to hear people say things unconsciously like “I didn’t realise there was so much space”.

[Syndrome]

Novak Djokovic lost the Wimbledon final

[Citroënbender]

…Approaching bedtime - been on the go since about 3:15 this morning; too many hours in the saddle.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

There's certainly signs that spring has sprung, or is about to.



That particular element has its drawbacks, of course, being a hay-fever sufferer. But the pros definitely outweigh the cons!

The dog was sniffing around the council garden area out the front of my place yesterday and was promptly, albeit half heartedly, swooped by one of the local maggies.

[.:4:.]

My old apprentice called me today. He is a tradesman now. He wasnt asking to be told how to do his job, but explains the issue and everything he has tested thus far. He had already spent a couple hours and the client was getting a bit annoyed so he was a little stressed.
He was on the right track. When i said check the PE cell he said he couldnt find one on the outside of the building. Its not on the outside of the building, so i told him where it is and its in a very impractical spot. He thought i was joking when i said to get to it you will need someone to hold your ankles. Thats how i replaced that sensor 4 years ago....
So he thanked me for telling him how to do his job (im joking, i dont mind helping out if its a situation like that) and we had a bit of the social chat after that.

[DFB FGXR6]

Watching Nigella Lawson make cheesecake.

I don't know what it is about her, but she has such a calming effect on me.

[Work Horse]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Watching Nigella Lawson make cheesecake.

I don't know what it is about her, but she has such a calming effect on me.

She has a different affect on me

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Work Horse

She has a different affect on me

I get it. She's a beautiful lady and a beautiful person. She's exactly the same in person too, highlight of my life.

[Tonz]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

I get it. She's a beautiful lady and a beautiful person. She's exactly the same in person too, highlight of my life.

careful Kylie will get jealous. 2 very attractive ladies

[Work Horse]

Microwave stopped working Sunday causing emergency white goods shopping with my wife

Simple installation stymied by new unit being slightly deeper, requiring power point to be moved.

First incision (with holesaw) through rear of cabinet on the wrong side of a stud. This stud was not revealed by stud finder or the photos I took during last kitchen reno before plaster went up.

Finally installed new microwave and today found a hack online to turn the stupid beeping and "pleasing” melodies off!

[Syndrome]

Nigella. A sexy woman who feeds you then gives you a crumpet for dessert.

[Tonz]

cor, thats a noice bit oh crumpet

[Citroënbender]

Natasha Kravchuk of “Natasha’s Kitchen” fame is adorable, but her voice isn’t so appealing. Best enjoyed with the sound off. There’s something viscerally appealing (well, for me anyway! 🙄) about women putting their bare hands into food as they make it.

[Citroënbender]

Took the ute to Soldiers Beach and Norah Head Lighthouse this afternoon. Good drive and great weather for a bit of beach walking and rock-hopping; tide was just about right out.

[Citroënbender]

When I replaced the rear brake hoses on Povo Ute a couple of weeks back, I cleaned and dried the old assemblies.

Called up the fellow who made my new hoses this morning, did he want the dead ones for their brackets (a unique part to the Falcon live axle sets)? Absolutely, he responded - it will help a rush job or someone in a tight spot financially.

So I’ll drop them in, next time I’m rambling around the southern highlands. It’s good to see the RRR mindset still exists.

[MITCHAY]

First of 4 days off. I got around to putting on some new RE003s on the WRX and instant improvement.

Mine were 50/50 as far as legal goes but thought I'd take advantage of the 4 for 3 deal. They were Pirelli Dragon Sports and I got over 40000kms out of them so that was ok but just had no grip when you leaned on them and often spin in the wet.

Funny how you don't realise how little tread you have until you get new ones. Also helps when you don't have some old fart put the wrong settings on the wheel alignment too I guess

[roKWiz]

Was yesterday but taking the clean van out for a drive in the local mountains.

Nice to be able to drive a car for a change after needing to use the trucks working away.

And have the buyer finally pick up a truck I sold him 3 months ago !