Bought new Michelin Defenders for the 2010 RAV4, and had new rotors installed. Also wanted a front-end alignment but the shop said they couldn't do it, something about a recall of linkages(?); Toyota hasn't figured out what to do yet. 
What I did today -instead- of Rocketry.
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Had the family over to MIL’s house for a working bee. BBQ, good company and many beers. Heading back to the farm, and a huge backlog of work, tomorrow. 
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Had the family over to MIL’s house for a working bee. BBQ, good company and many beers. Heading back to the farm, and a huge backlog of work, tomorrow.
In the Southeastern portion of the US, if someone says I'm going to BBQ, it typically means meat smoked for many hours (pork, chicken, beef, etc). If people say I'm going to have a cookout or I'm grilling tonight, it means high heat outdoors with hotdogs, burgers, steak, fish, chicken, pork etc. In other parts of the US, BBQ means the same thing as grilling or doing a cookout.
I'm curious what a typical BBQ would include in Northern Rivers, Australia.
Sandy.
Good question. Ours was beef burgers and sausages for the carnivores, ocean trout and scallops for the pescetarians, and pea protein based burgers and sausages for the vegetarians. At other times there would be kangaroo steaks as well.
Add potato salad, green salad, beer, whiskey, Aussie rock music and a shed load of yard work.
Great day.
No shrimps on the barbie?
An advertising myth. We don’t call them ‘shrimps’, they are ‘prawns’, as in “Don’t come the raw prawn, Bruce”.
We had a huge feast of prawns at Christmas. ‘‘twas time for a change”.
Local fish supplier is excellent. In the last few weeks we’ve eaten fresh locally caught ocean trout, salmon, swordfish and scallops.
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I left that out on purpose. I *think* 90% of the American public knows that was basically a gag, but I hope I'm not wrong. If people from the US visit and ask for 'shrimps on the barbie' I hope they get a couple of raw crustaceans on top of a plastic doll. . .
Don't get me wrong, I like shrimp/prawns and cooking them on a skewer with veggies on the grill is a good call. I'll eat them boiled. I'll eat them fried. I'll even eat them at the establishment that claims to be an Australian steak house, but I know it was a marketing thing and I hope most Australians think most Americans know that. . .
Sandy.
I took a couple of naps.
Ozzie knows when we're being facetious.
Today I charged up my two new Astrocams. Trying to adapt the BA Cineroc replica nose cone to fit the camera. (The original replica).
Lots of cutting and filing.
But I think it'll work with some tape.
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Laters.
EDIT: Oops, wrong thread.
Today I charged up my two new Astrocams. Trying to adapt the BA Cineroc replica nose cone to fit the camera. (The original replica).
Lots of cutting and filing.
But I think it'll work with some tape.
Laters.
EDIT: Oops, wrong thread.
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Repaired an LED lamp driver in the luminaire in the bathroom. Intermittently working (lamp, not me). I expected to see dried-out electrolytic capacitors since there are heat lamps in the assembly. Turned out to be Chinese Toy Syndrome. Bad solder joint on the terminal block. They are paid piece-part rates so sometimes don't spend the time to heat larger parts enough for proper wetting. At least whoever did this one didn't belong to the Solder Conservation Society.
Looking at house plans, colors, tapware, tiles, carpet, door furniture, garage doors.
Looking at house plans, colors, tapware, tiles, carpet, door furniture, garage doors.
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That is very very funny. And what is a tap warehouse? Could be a new name for a Pub.
There’s always bad solder joints in Chinese toys. When my kids were young we had a ‘Daddy Fix’ box that would collect enough toys for repair about once a fortnight.
3 s's That's a lot of progress. Had no idea steam caused beards to grow that quickly....
Damn autocorrect. *Tapware.
I know the man that made the knife for CD. John Bowring. Haven't seen him in years.....
Is that shrimp on a barbie on the barbie?
Woulda been my first guess. Intermittents most often are due to bad joints. Don't go looking for zebras, as doctors say.
One of the main causes of intermittent operation of switch-mode power supplies on the mains is the electrolytics drying out and causing protection circuits in the driver to kick in. Most of the electrolytic caps are short lifetime 85degC rated rubbish because they are cheap. I have seen more of these than bad joints in off-line mains supplies.
Home. The dog missed me. Not sure about anyone else.
We had a very nice installer come over and hang a new TV we got for our home office. He set it up too. My wife is very happy. He also hooked up a new sound bar and subwoofer for us. I got the sound bar for my wife. It enhances dialog. Maybe she can hear it now. Again my wife is happy. Now I can buy more rocket stuff and not get in trouble.
Bathed the cat.
Looked at display homes.
Watching the Australian Open tennis on the TV.
Looked at display homes.
Watching the Australian Open tennis on the TV.
Charles_McG
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Turned a thousand pounds of sorghum syrup into about 400 gallons of sorghum wash.
Which will get distilled to about 65 gallons of high proof spirits.
Which will get distilled to about 65 gallons of high proof spirits.
Is this for your Brown Dog Whisky?
Charles_McG
Ciderwright
I live in Wisconsin. Can I mail order a bottle to try?
Charles_McG
Ciderwright
Sorry- I can ship the ciders, but none of the spirits, even in state.
But whereabouts in WI? It’s sprinkled around the state by my distributor.
I live between Spooner & Webster. Any distributor in Rice Lake?
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