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  • My kid is going camping with friends this weekend which is a little sad because the dog will miss her but gee it's gonna be one hellva party when she goes.

  • Already have one fence dispute (or more specifically Unreasonable flow of water between properties) for the shed up the back. Neighbour came over a few weeks ago and couldn't see a problem. She got the council to come over and look at it FROM HER SIDE and didn't give me the heads up so they could look at it from MY SIDE. Tried calling the council several times at least take a squizz but to no avail yet.

    Definitely no problemo there. All they have to do is remove a little bit of soil from their side and let it dry out over summer and put in a little retaining wall / moisture barrier.

    Now the other fairly long / high paling fence on the same boundary is collapsing (really fkn wobbly). re-doing the veggie patch so have a heap of old redgum sleepers. Propped it up heavily on my side so when / if it falls it's not falling my way hah.

  • Woke up early to pick up the new Zelda.

    Bought some food and self maintenance stuff. Marvelled at the Cinderella experience set up.

    Also had a haircut too. Feels nice to have it cut and all neat now.

    Lunch has been had and now have my coffee.

    I feel like I want to take out my bins but it feels too early

  • The time has come - I've listed my beloved car for sale. She's been amazing fun, but I just can't justify it anymore. Yes, I'll cry when she goes. Of course, I adore my new car, but it's a bit of a brat while my old car was a beast.

    Tell me about your favourite cars? What did you love about them? Have you still got them? Or a a favourite car related story?!

    • My 2003 Honda civic. Never skips a beat. plan on using that until it carks it.

      On the posh side the old man's newish BMW 440i. So much tech in that thing a lot of it is useless, like choosing how loud you want the engine start noise to be, changing colour of the led strips, the auto motorised seatbelt, changing the screen to sport mode to see how many g's you're pulling, using the centre console button as a touch mouse for the sat nav. Impressive and fun but ridiculously pointless.

      • Sometimes old school is just best! Although I do love being a passenger in a fancy car and getting to push all the buttons!

    • Red 1988 Corolla sedan, unglamorous and reliable. It was economical to run and never gave us any trouble. When I (amicably) split up with that ex he bought out my share (I needed the money and he needed the car). As his first "I'm single now so I might go on a trip" activity, he decided to go to Mallacoota and Gipsy Point and chill out. On the highway near Genoa Peak a wombat waddled out onto the road, he hit it and totalled the car and the wombat walked away! He was thankfully uninjured.

      • Wow, so glad he was uninjured (and the wombat!). What a way for the car to go out, nice that you'd already been able to say farewell to it though :)

    • My condolences. I've recently lost a beloved car too. I've had 2 favorites: A Liberty, and then an Impreza. Sold the impreza to due to family stuff and I miss it every day. But my WRX fund is at about 5% of its target goal and slowly growing.

      • I contemplated a WRX, but that would have lead me down the path that's meant I've had to move this mustang (way too many mods). I test drove a BRZ and oh my gosh it was so fun.

    • My 1st car was a brown 79 Gemini, which meant independence as there was no PT where I grew up. Sticking to a theme, 2nd car was an 83 Gemini. Both were great but they developed wiring problems, which seems to be a Holden thing.

      Current car is an old commodore which will probably need replacing soonish. I love it, but it’s not economical to run and is starting to develop some issues. It’s a shame because I hate car shopping with a passion. Maybe if I hold onto it long enough it will become collectible and go up in value, lol.

    • I hated my 92 Pintara with every fibre of my being.

    • My old 1972 VW Kombivan. Still miss him. Partner on many an adventure.

    • My first car was an 82 blue Corolla which was my husband's first car handed down to me. I got my licence in it. It was like a ride on lawn mower with a good pioneer and speakers in it.

      My car now is a 2006 Corolla. A much better ride on lawn mower but with air con, mp3 and 6 speaker surround sound.

    • 1962 purple Beetle. Was my first car, and the independence it gave me! Many things I could fix on it myself, it was a great learning period of life. It was off the road for repairs more than it was on. My current car is a VF SS wagon. I love it and its one of my dream cars. I will keep it till I die, but I even have to take it to my mechanic to change a headlight globe!

  • 🙂Today I bought the last of the materials I need to restore the cabinet and frame of my old sewing machine. It's about 120 years old and it's a functional machine so it has a lot of knocks, it looks old. I got medium grade steel wool to clean the iron up as the hardware store didn't have wire brushes and I got paint which included primer. A new paint brush with an extra long handle for those hard to get at bits. I'm quite excited to get it all done. It won't look pristine or even great but it will look good. Next I might tackle cleaning up the machine inside. I have a new belt to put on and I have machine oil and rust remover. Might even touch up some paint.

    Also bought some good dark furniture wax to protect the newly painted big chairs and the sewing machine cabinet.

    I have loads of microfibre cloths for these jobs.

    • Patina is a good thing. Over cleaning is a flaw to me. I’m assuming some sort of treadle Singer.

      • yep, old treadle. It's not over cleaned at all. Patina is good, dirt is not. It's a H series , that makes it 118 years old.

  • I have completed the first part of the physical activity study I am part of, and have the first of my $50 Coles vouchers. I have been allocated to the control group, which means I am required to do nothing different to what I do now, and will be paid $150 for it! Can't complain about that 🙂💰

  • It's local council voting season and I'm getting over seeing signs of the same three people plastered all over my hood. In front of houses, shop windows, street corners, you name it. Does this really get you votes?! I see their faces and I get angry, not wish to vote for them.

  • shaping up to have some nice weather so will go out and do some errands 🌞

    have been listening to these guys, I can't believe this is the first time I;ve played them on my little stereo, they sound pretty good!

    bjtm, i wanna hold your other hand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7yqn7QDSfI

  • Tonight I am listening to the original soundtrack album to The Glenn Miller Story with Jimmy Stewart, 1954. It sounds really good and I do remember the movie too. I Know Why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e2LXzNjYkw

    it's a heavy old record,shellac?, looks cool on my antique style player

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