Nov. 9th, 2007

Notes

Nov. 9th, 2007 11:33 am
Up oddly early today despite the usual insomnia. Hopefully this will reset my clock and let me sleep 1am to 8am instead of 4am-10am.

Cold weather becoming upon us, so I washed the Delica, drained back the outside taps, and put the hoses in the cellar to store them. Also found the annoying plastic pockets from Halfords were slightly too big, and didn't want to stick to the place I had in mind - but they fit the glovebox nicely.

Chickens all seem to be alive and happy today. Lots of sunlight seems to make for happy hens. Must chase Fern into house so she can't roost in the trellis.

Mazda booked in for service on Tuesday so it is done within the year and they can't get arsey about the warranty, EVER. Also chased up wheels since it turns out it was MAY when I asked about them. Politely suggested that six months without contact on the issue seemed a little excessive. At least the 25,000 mile service is not killingly expensive - still cheaper than an oil change from VW.

The bullbars are packed and waiting for collection, the laptop has gone. Bloke said he'd just collected one that had fallen off the front of a blokes jeep and been trodden on by a horse!

ETA: I removed the WiFi card from the stricken PowerBook and swapped it with the one in the G5; anyone who has been around me when using the G5 for online tasks will have heard much swearing about how crap the wireless is. Since swapping the cards over it has been stable. I bought the card originally fitted on eBay and I wondered if it was genuine; perhaps it was not. Either way - swapping them over appears to have sorted the G5's network issues.

Fail

Nov. 9th, 2007 04:58 pm
Tried to fit reversing camera.
No drills large enough; used dremel to enlarge hole for wiring (why on earth they fit a full-size RCA connector for something for car use...), slipped and scuffed paint (no matter, it's hidden and the tailgate is rusty).
Can't get wire to camera down side of tailgate.
Can't feed the wire the other way, either. May need to fashion tool from wire.
Power lines for camera are so small, I need to make up a thicker adaptor to be able to connect it to reversing light for power.
Tailgate trim is massively heavy and bulky. Refitting was hell. Have hurt right shoulder.

Also, pissed off with countless broken ATMs in Hawick, lack of content for reviews, and number of dithering fucktards in Morrisons.

Need tea. And sit down.

Profile

edwards

August 2016

S M T W T F S
 123456
789 10111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Sep. 22nd, 2025 09:22 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios