What have you been doing today?

Mottie said:
Had my mate come round and plaster my kitchen for me so it should be full steam ahead but no, Mrs Mottie tells me there’s a nail in the tyre on the Golf. I checked and it was a 6mm bolt complete with washer right on the shoulder so unrepairable. They’ve only done a couple of thousand miles too. :mad: Of course, I knew the punctures would be coming thick and fast after I sold all my tyre changing equipment. Took that up to get a new one fitted. Get home, then the Daughter in Law phones me, the alternator light is on, on her car. Battery flat, can’t even close the windows. Now, I’m retired but she's 36 weeks pregnant so I’ve got to go up to my garage, get my Ctek battery charger, my son will pick it up on his way home, they can charge it up, bring it down to our house - they’re in Chelmsford, we're in Hornchurch, leave it with me, take our Golf and I’ve got to run it up to my workshop next week to fix the bloody thing. At least it will be a break from the kitchen…..
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On the plus side though, rishi has sorted everything out :ROFLMAO:
 
Recovering from whatever bug I got...

I was busy fixing the tractor yesterday, until lunchtime, deck belt, lots of tools out. I came over quiet nauseous, dizzy, and stomach ache, so came in. It got worse, so I went to bed, abandoning everything outside. Avril finished work, arrived home, expecting her meal ready, but couldn't even find me, ,e dead to the world in bed.

I spent much of the last 24 in bed, sleeping what ever it was off, just getting for an odd hour, to see how I felt. I've nowt to eat, until an hour ago, and only managed half of that, though feeling a lot better now..
 
Taking photos of the northern lights from the north downs near Guildford

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Preparing a big fire and clearing out the shed.
Time out for tea, toast and tobacco after chasing a few fearsome big beasties from the dark corners. Had to kick one of me boot. A close call; if the bugg'r tripp'd me up i may never have got out alive. All that dust helped sneeze away the gloom from my sinus, so all's well.
A bottle o' cider awaits 'neath the Old apple tree for an indolent afternoon in the hammock doing the sq. root of sweet f.a. :mrgreen:
 
Mottie said:
I bet there’s a fair few people that have taken a trip to see the Northern lights off of their bucket list because of this. They’re certainly off mine now.
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No chance of me getting up voluntarily, to look, because I'm still not feeling 100%. Rarely, the dog woke me at 2:30, to go out, but I had forgotten all about the display.
 
I ordered a new deck drive belt late on Thursday afternoon, for the tractor - £25. The OEM part goes for £109, amid lots of discussion of shallow V, deep V's, and Mylor reinforcement. This one is a PIX, which arrived this morning - well early, so I spent a couple of hours fitting it. Simple job really, just made more difficult by fitting springs, pulleys, and trying to get the twists in the belt, in the correct places.

The old belt, was cracking up quite badly, and at times coming off. I was also a bit concerned about the PTO clutch, for the deck drive, maybe slipping, but both belt and clutch seem to be working a treat.

I had the clutch fail a few years ago, replacement £200, so I decided to see if I could somehow reline it. I superglued some old gasket material on the plate and that worked great for several years. I repeated the idea, when it eventually failed, but used cardboard last time. Next time, I intend trying thin cork - you can buy on ebay, the thin, 4" diameter, cork as used on place mats, quite cheaply. Cork was commonly used for clutches, back in the day..
 
Fitted all the sockets back on after the plastering, Fitted the top sprung loaded door to my cooker housing. Tried to fit the infill panel between the bottom of that door and the top of the top oven and it the top door just catches when opening it. Top door is adjusted to its max so having to take both ovens out again to lower the top shelf by a gnats cock. Grrr…..
 
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