What have you done today thread?

[Yorick]

Finally got round to repainting the path at side of house.
Whole day sanding and filling prep

Then expensive 2 pack primer
Then silly expensive 2 pack top coat.

It's gotta stand silly hot sun

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[Noggin]

@Yorick - you missed a bit

[ZRX61]

It's been so long since I've had to use the heater in the car that I forget the sequence of buttons to push to turn off the AC & make it toasty. Drove about 14 miles, never did get it working...

[MingtheMerciless]

Still getting over lurgy , a day on the sofa rewatching Arcane Season 2 and fiddling with the new camera.

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[Count Steer]

Took a much cherished Jaeger jacket (bought early 90s) to a tailor to a) make it smaller and b) put smaller shoulder pads in. The shoulders are a bit 'power dressing' style + I've shrunk.

Paid up front. Could've bought a new jacket for what it cost.

But, couldn't have bought one the same.

Bought a pair of desert boots.

[Yorick]

[Docca]

Looks amazing


I got a tax rebate today. £16k for over paid NI

Last week my MIL got a pension rebate for £89k for a pension underpayment we didn’t know was an underpayment

No idea what is going on

[Skub]

I got a tax rebate today. £16k for over paid NI

Last week my MIL got a pension rebate for £89k for a pension underpayment we didn’t know was an underpayment

No idea what is going on

Holy sheet.

Mine's a Guinness.

[ZRX61]

The regular trivia night. Only me & the former B-i-L on the team tonight, we got 8th place with 33/48.

We ran one round which was 7 questions that all had something in common & the 8th question was what it was.

Q1: Napoleons biggest loss: Waterloo
Q2: Lovable bear: Paddington
Me: It's London stations
Q3: Real life location of the platform to go to Hogwarts: Kings X
Other answers were Wimbledon, Baker St, Abbey Rd. I forget the 7th.

Edit:
7th was Fleet St

[Mussels]

Looks amazing


I got a tax rebate today. £16k for over paid NI

Last week my MIL got a pension rebate for £89k for a pension underpayment we didn’t know was an underpayment

No idea what is going on

Is that 89k taxable? that could be expensive in one hit compared to being paid out over several years.

[Sunny]

Yesterday: told my team I'm leaving. Got bowled over by private Teams messages expressing various combinations of shock, sadness, and gratitude (for what I've done here, not that I'm leaving, before somebody says it ).

Bit humbling tbh.

Today: Got written garden leave confirmation. Two more weeks to 'work'. Then two months off.

Also got an invite to my future work's Christmas do.

[MingtheMerciless]

Dog walk, cleaned car, walked dogs again, almost over rancid cold but still expelling humungous mounts of lung butter.

[mangocrazy]

Yesterday: told my team I'm leaving. Got bowled over by private Teams messages expressing various combinations of shock, sadness, and gratitude (for what I've done here, not that I'm leaving, before somebody says it ).

Bit humbling tbh.

Today: Got written garden leave confirmation. Two more weeks to 'work'. Then two months off.

Also got an invite to my future work's Christmas do.

Well done you - didn't see that coming from what you've posted recently. I take it your new employer is a direct competitor, given that you're being given enforced garden leave? Anyway, congrats and hope the new job lives up to expectations.

[rodbargee]

Bike Trip in N Spain lots of twisties and a few stiff joints Everyone round today shiney side up report to follow oh and the Sun shone!

[Sunny]

Yesterday: told my team I'm leaving. Got bowled over by private Teams messages expressing various combinations of shock, sadness, and gratitude (for what I've done here, not that I'm leaving, before somebody says it ).

Bit humbling tbh.

Today: Got written garden leave confirmation. Two more weeks to 'work'. Then two months off.

Also got an invite to my future work's Christmas do.

Well done you - didn't see that coming from what you've posted recently. I take it your new employer is a direct competitor, given that you're being given enforced garden leave? Anyway, congrats and hope the new job lives up to expectations.

Ta! I iz professional. Innit.

And sort of - competitor/future partner. They're bigger than the current place. Either way, I'll take it

[Taipan]

Half way through emptying the small shed-of-plenty and it delivers! Found some really useful tools and clamps. There’s also a myriad of bike parts in there! EBay will be selling those for me later!

[Taipan]

A couple of those toolboxes have been buried in there since the early 90s and I’ve no idea what’s in them. I’m starting to feel Like Henry Cole or an episode of American pickers!

[weeksy]

lol did you just open the door and throw shit in for a few years?

[Taipan]

lol did you just open the door and throw shit in for a few years?

Sort of! It was stacked up in there as a temporary measure but 2 of the shelves collapsed and it kinda just stayed that way!

Found my grandads old penknife which I’m very pleased about!

[Ditchfinder]

Lost my sodding tool roll, realised half way round my ride, back-tracked looking for it but nowhere to be seen

Annoying as I felt I'd got what I needed in there and was comfortable I could cope with most trailside stuff with it.

Oh well at least the weather looks like it's on the turn so it will give me a chance to build up a new one without missing out too much riding.

Managed a few longer trickier trails today and I was pleased how much more confident I'm getting with relatively little practice.

The whole front dash, rack, screen assembly is overkill for what I need and rattles and shakes like crazy. I'm going to take it all to bits and see if it can be improved as all the nuts & bolts seem tight.