What have you been doing today?

[lostinthelight]

Two regular ones, a booster this time last year and this one today so four in total.

Thanks, I'm waiting for for the call for my 3rd booster cos I'm over 75

 

[robinbanks]

I cleaned and treated van windscreen with washing up liquid to see if that stops it misting up.

Check your air source control isn't set to recirculating, and if the van has air con enable it (it's not just for making air cold, it dries it too). Set blowers into screen and make sure there aren't a mountain of receipts on the air vents. Also check there isn't a source of damp in the van such as spilled liquid, blocked windscreen gutter causing rain water ingress through e.g. heater and if it does have air on, that the drain hose for the cooling matrix isn't blocked (usually the footwells are wet if it is)

..if fairy liquid doesn't do it yoir local motorbike shop/online should have some stuff that bikers use to stop their visors fogging up, which may help/work longer

On our old car with a leaky sunroof I used to have a fan heater on a timer come on at 7am for an hour to dry the screen off, demist and defrost it etc; got sick of scraping ice off the inside. Heater lived outside under a bucket but I did think about installing it permanently in the car with a socket in the bumper like they do in Norway with cabin and engine pre heaters ..

 

[Mottie]

On our old car with a leaky sunroof I used to have a fan heater on a timer come on at 7am for an hour to dry the screen off, demist and defrost it etc;

When my daughter got her first car, she had a small leak from the front of the sunroof that would drip into her lap. She used to put a panty liner on the sun visor to catch it!

 

[Wayners]

@robinbanks

I should of said.
Its actually my 15 year old works van that really wet in back from me being wet trade. Plaster and paint. Not air con..
Washing liquid worked this morning with no misting. Was able to drive off and never used paper towel.. Result.

 

[Mottie]

@robinbanks

I should of said.
Its actually my 15 year old works van that really wet in back from me being wet trade. Plaster and paint. Not air con..
Washing liquid worked this morning with no misting. Was able to drive off and never used paper towel.. Result.

Couldn’t you get one of those spinning air vent thingys fitted to the roof of the van to help it dry out?

 

[Wayners]

Maybe.. Its not a problem other than mornings like today. Think fog this morning but no frost.
Heater clears but every minute counts for the morning getaway.
Mostly use paper towel

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I've just been fitting a PIR switch to my utility room light, to replace the PIR wall switch which stopped working when I was sorting the washing machine out a couple or so weeks ago. Rather than a wall switch PIR, I bought a PIR module - just the electronics to mount elsewhere. Intention was to mount it adjacent to the florescent light, so it was better able to see someone in the room, the wall switch would 'miss me', when I was hiding in a corner bottling wine.

One of these -https://order.ebay.co.uk/ord/show?itemId=384835767847&transactionId=1356510786025&mkpid=0&emsid=e11401.m44.l44718&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=3367784ff1a54d8d84be7e28f19d312e&bu=43010544241&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20221010014609&segname=11401#/

It arrived this morning, seems to work quite well so far. The original wall switch PIR can be fitted elsewhere, if once on the bench I find it is actually working.

I'm just taking a break from the task, having a late lunch - some chicken casserole I made and froze a couple of months ago, with some bubble & squeak.

 

[Mottie]

Dropped my mums dog off at the vets for a follow up heart scan, then went on my usual dog walk - no ferrets sighted today! Came home and was going to go over the allotment to clear some rubbish but I felt a bit achy all over, possibly because of my covid jab yesterday. Took a few tablets and settled down to watch 'Operation Seawolf'. Load of tosh - I dozed off halfway through. Picked the dog up, another 610 quids worth of vets bills and pills. Gotta go through it again in 6 months time. Dropped her back to my mums, tried to sort out what had happened to her ISA that I thought I’d opened last week - turned out I’d put my door number on her street address so the details didn’t tally. Was advised to ignore that and do it all again. Ordered her a new iPhone - her iPhone 6 wasn't holding a charge and the 32 Gb memory was nearly full. She didn’t want anything particularly clever so I ordered her an iPhone 11 - it has a bigger screen and twice as much memory which is enough for her. Right, now to try again with the ISA!

 

[Odds]

I've just been fitting a PIR switch to my utility room light, to replace the PIR wall switch which stopped working when I was sorting the washing machine out a couple or so weeks ago. Rather than a wall switch PIR, I bought a PIR module - just the electronics to mount elsewhere. Intention was to mount it adjacent to the florescent light, so it was better able to see someone in the room, the wall switch would 'miss me', when I was hiding in a corner bottling wine.

One of these -https://order.ebay.co.uk/ord/show?itemId=384835767847&transactionId=1356510786025&mkpid=0&emsid=e11401.m44.l44718&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=3367784ff1a54d8d84be7e28f19d312e&bu=43010544241&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20221010014609&segname=11401#/

It arrived this morning, seems to work quite well so far. The original wall switch PIR can be fitted elsewhere, if once on the bench I find it is actually working.

I'm just taking a break from the task, having a late lunch - some chicken casserole I made and froze a couple of months ago, with some bubble & squeak.

Maybe you take care with eating long-term frozen food. It can be a problem depending on the temperature when frozen - i'm sure you've had plenty of practice but it's worth bearing in mind that eating a frozen home cooked meal within the month may be a healthier option.

 

[Wayners]

Blimey.
We eat frozen home cooked meals that have been in freezer over a year sometimes.

Re day.
Painting hall landing stairs in cotswolds.
Was nice to see the low lying fog this morning driving through valleys.
Job not going great with the cracks as its a bit rough. House is definitely moving way more than it should.
Enjoyed sitting in my van with the sunshine eating dinner with the view through. Small pleasure that comes with age!
Had money dumped in my bank account that's not for me so retuning. Mix up with my name apparently so for a moment I thought I was minted
Ha.

 

[Mottie]

My dog walking partner couldnt walk today so I walked from my door over the fields and woods at the back of our estate. I noticed that there were plenty of sloes on the trees so I’ll pick some after the first frost to make some sloe gin for Christmas. We watched the farmer seeding his field. I don’t know what with but there are plenty of red (dyed?) seeds around the edges. A fair variety of mushrooms in the woods but I’m too chicken to eat them!

 

[Stivino]

farmer seeding his field. I don’t know what with

In my part of the world, (Midlothian) it's usually winter barley at this time of the year.

 

[securespark]

Job not going great with the cracks as its a bit rough. House is definitely moving way more than it should.

When we bought this house, one of the things mentioned was the fact the purlins were undersized and it needed strengthening to stop the roof trying to spread. We got a builder in who "strapped" diagonally across the roof timbers. Over the decades we have been here, there has been movement and cracks have appeared in a great deal of places. I called out a surveyor a couple of times who looked at everything and declared most of it to be due to thermal movement. A lot of these cracks are on the South-facing wall.
There are some other cracks in the ceilings. There is a crack over the lounge door due to a lintel issue and some in the gable end wall at the front that go right through the ash blocks. We have been advised these will need stitching.

Mrs Secure always told me to stop worrying about these cracks appearing, but now she'd like to get another surveyor to look again at everything and advise.

 

[Odds]

Put the finishing touches to renewing the rockery today: planted spring bulbs and a new ornamental tree to fill a space by the old fuschia which had to be cut back to make room. A big bag of Bushmills gave the earth a fresh look, too. I love that aroma! The robin's been following me around as i dig, taking each worm i find gratefully. Perky little fella has no fear and hops around where i dig without bothering to ask. As far as he's concerned it's his garden. I only work there.
Funny thing was; i found a delivery by the gate and realised the e-mail this morning from T&M really was a delivery of spring bulbs which i'd just planted. Have to get back to them tomorrow and figure out what to do. Maybe i get a freebie? My original order was for one pack of assorted bulbs so it's their mistake.

 

[Mottie]

Had my telephone consultation appointment for my prostate this morning. PSA and MRI all ok. Phew for another 6 months. Mrs Mottie is relieved too - she does worry when these appointments are upcoming.

Gathered up all the rotting wood on my allotment plus all the rubbish and took that to the dump, sorry, recycling centre. On the way back I called into the stables and after climbing a mountain of manure to get to the well rotted stuff, I filled a dozen sacks with it for the allotment.

Picked up my mums iPhone 11 from Waitrose that I ordered yesterday and set it all up on her account. All the apps have loaded that she has on her iPhone 6. I’m just updating it to iOS 16.3 and then I’ll take it round to her.