What have you done today thread?

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Felix wrote: Fri Jun 13, 2025 9:39 pm I grudge the price of oil and my For Engine only takes 7lt :lol:
I paid $71 for 5 gallons of Rotella T4 (in Arizona).. Yesterday I paid $57.88 for 4 (individual) quarts of Mobil MX 4T for the ZRX11 & $28.91 for a 5 qt jug of cheap shop brand oil for the SBH here in Ca
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Just after 5am here, roomie just left to drive to her daughters place in Tucson.. I get a call just after she left telling me she "almost hit a guy wearing a dress walking down the middle of the road" about a mile from the house...
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Got my mesh jacket out, ready for riding in this heatwave! :thumbup:
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AH HA!! Garage is ALL MINE!!! ALL MINE!! until next Sunday. WooT!!

First project: tool tidy up & put away.

Then oil/filter change on the SBH, may even get ambitious & wash it.... or at least hose it off a bit.

Also: Need an oil/filter change on the ZRX11, but also need to investigate a rattle (possibly bolt on the alternator), fit a new starter/alternator chain & a new chain tensioner doodad for that.. which I have sitting in the stash, I bought the chain & doodad in 2005...
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Taipan wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:59 pm Got my mesh jacket out, ready for riding in this heatwave! :thumbup:
Glad I'm not over there - it's gonna rain now !!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Today I was asked if my motorbike had air conditioning.

Yep.

Seriously asked. :wtf:
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gremlin wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:11 pm Today I was asked if my motorbike had air conditioning.

Yep.

Seriously asked. :wtf:
That’s like when I didn’t think my right arm would be able to control the throttle and told a mate that when I got back here I’d just swap the controls over and make the bike LHD -

She asked in all seriousness “so are the bike controls opposite over there? So LHD is normal??”

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Although, I do now know that cycle brakes are opposite here 😳😳🤣🤣🤣
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Noggin wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 9:02 pm Although, I do now know that cycle brakes are opposite here 😳😳🤣🤣🤣
Same in the US, grabbed a handful of *rear* brake & about rotated the bike & me around the front axle.
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Today, I'm gonna give you lot the chance to point, laugh and look smug...

The aircon in my bedroom packed up a few days ago and it's fucking roasting in there. :oops:

Over to you.
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Taipan wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:59 pm Got my mesh jacket out, ready for riding in this heatwave! :thumbup:
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gremlin wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:33 pm Today, I'm gonna give you lot the chance to point, laugh and look smug...

The aircon in my bedroom packed up a few days ago and it's fucking roasting in there. :oops:

Over to you.
It's just sitting in the corner unused because it ain't that bleednin' 'ot
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Any who, today I have mostly been scrambling like a mad bastard, finishing off all the work on my desk and getting ahead of work that's not on my desk yet, all done so I can now turn everything off and drop out of society for a week.
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Successfully fixed one of my floor jacks.
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gremlin wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:33 pm Today, I'm gonna give you lot the chance to point, laugh and look smug...

The aircon in my bedroom packed up a few days ago and it's fucking roasting in there. :oops:

Over to you.
Open a window. It's not hot overnight.

We never need or want air-conditioning here
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Yorick wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 5:46 pm
gremlin wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:33 pm Today, I'm gonna give you lot the chance to point, laugh and look smug...

The aircon in my bedroom packed up a few days ago and it's fucking roasting in there. :oops:

Over to you.
Open a window. It's not hot overnight.

We never need or want air-conditioning here
That's because you're 25º all year. It's going to be 35º in London for a couple of days. It's that temperature here now, but it's only for the next three months, then it'll get nice again. 🥵
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Pirahna wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 6:04 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 5:46 pm
gremlin wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:33 pm Today, I'm gonna give you lot the chance to point, laugh and look smug...

The aircon in my bedroom packed up a few days ago and it's fucking roasting in there. :oops:

Over to you.
Open a window. It's not hot overnight.

We never need or want air-conditioning here
That's because you're 25º all year. It's going to be 35º in London for a couple of days. It's that temperature here now, but it's only for the next three months, then it'll get nice again. 🥵
And the houses over there are built for the heat, whereas overhear they're built to retain heat
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Pirahna wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 6:04 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 5:46 pm
gremlin wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:33 pm Today, I'm gonna give you lot the chance to point, laugh and look smug...

The aircon in my bedroom packed up a few days ago and it's fucking roasting in there. :oops:

Over to you.
Open a window. It's not hot overnight.

We never need or want air-conditioning here
That's because you're 25º all year. It's going to be 35º in London for a couple of days. It's that temperature here now, but it's only for the next three months, then it'll get nice again. 🥵
Won't be 35 overnight 😉
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Cooled down a bit here since yesterday...
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Yesterday:
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Tried out the new welder, got it (& myself) dialed in within a couple of minutes. 8-)
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