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NormK #108614 21/09/20 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by NormK
....... there is nothing else on TV most nights

That is so true. I haven't watched general TV for ages, and since I've got Netflix and Amazon Prime, I've found that most stuff on there is crap also. Hardly anything worth watching these days.


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NormK #108616 21/09/20 10:03 PM
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I record Miami Vice which is on one of the ch9 channels at midnight. At least there is good music, good cars (although regular bad taste in clothing).
MacGyver, Cheers, and a few others are on sporadically, but have seen most of those

American pickers is quite good as well (and other shows of that ilk) plus outback truckers.

Colbert is good for a laugh about Trumpie

In general, most other stuff is useless

Tyler #108617 21/09/20 10:12 PM
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Graham Norton is about the only TV host I can stand watching. And reality shows of any ilk do my head in. For a while I was watching reruns of British comedy shows and actually watched every Star Trek episode/movie as I'd not seen them before. Took a while smile I guess that's while I read a lot.


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NormK #108618 21/09/20 10:14 PM
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I used to like Outback Truckers and Aussie Salvage Squad, but they have started to be a bit predictable and are playing up to the camera. Ice Road Truckers wasn't too bad and I have no idea how they live and work in those conditions. Then there is the rescue show up in Canada where they have to drag smashed up trucks back up onto the road in the most appalling conditions, waist deep in snow. You can't fake that sort of stuff for the camera.

NormK #108619 21/09/20 11:16 PM
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Now, Tyler you just had to get me thinking of Shawnwear didn't you? And I thought I had that image out of my head.


As far tv watching for some reason my concentration isn't what it use to be. I get about 15 into a movie and I walk off or go off to sleep.

NormK #108620 22/09/20 12:32 AM
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Hi AVB

Can't say I have heard that term (or at least remembered it). Is that a yankee term for pastel linen suits, t-shirts under armani jackets and white shoes without socks?

NormK #108621 22/09/20 01:18 AM
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I believe NormK will remember this member with the knitted colorful shorts.
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NormK #108622 22/09/20 02:05 AM
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Thanks AVB - I looked it up in the forum history

I can't un-see that

Tyler #108625 22/09/20 04:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Tyler
Thanks AVB - I looked it up in the forum history

I can't un-see that
There are images on the Web that make one wish somebody would invent 'eyeball bleach'....


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NormK #108626 22/09/20 04:07 AM
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Originally Posted by NormK
I had it on but I was reading the paper so did not take much notice of it, besides there is nothing else on TV most nights
I refuse to have a TV in my house - something which has jaws dropping, when I mention that to friends!


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NormK #108627 22/09/20 07:37 AM
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Hi AVB,
I sure do remember Sean, not sure if he did the knitting or his wife, never really got my head around what it was all about but from memory it amused Jack

NormK #108838 03/10/20 07:42 PM
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Looks like I made another Whoopsey today, blokes coming around the streets trimming back the trees on the nature strips and one of them asked my son if we wanted any mulch. I said yes that is fine, never expecting it to end up like this

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NormK #108839 03/10/20 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by NormK
Looks like I made another Whoopsey today, blokes coming around the streets trimming back the trees on the nature strips and one of them asked my son if we wanted any mulch. I said yes that is fine, never expecting it to end up like this
Take what you need, then gumtree the rest @ $$ per trailer load - customer to load it. cool
Even if some of it gets pinched by fly-by-nighters, it's still out of your road!


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NormK #108840 03/10/20 09:45 PM
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You could have used it to fill in your old swimming pool earlier.
Seriously, how did you get into that situation.? Didn't your son think to say that's enough thanks?


Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
NormK #108841 03/10/20 10:14 PM
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MF - you have to know before you ask them that they will not stop tipping the truck out until no more comes out - they will give you 1 load or 10 loads, but not 1/2 load.

You can tell them to stop - they won't take any notice - only chance they will stop tipping is to offer them a 6 pack of cold beer each haha.

Norm, make sure you put a bit of fertiliser under the mulch - fresh mulch pulls nitrogen out, then puts in back in 6 months later as it decays. Just something to note if you are using it on picky/prized plants.


Nice looking house by the way

NormK #108844 03/10/20 11:23 PM
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My son heard the driver saying as he got back in the truck "thank f**k for that" Gadge, within 5 mins it was on gumtree, market place, facebook . Had a few enquiries so most of it should be gone tomorrow. At least it has given the neighbors a bit of a chuckle
Thanks Tyler, been here for over 40 years now and when we moved here I was doing work here I kept saying if things I was doing lasted 40 years I would be happy, problem is the 40 years are up and the maintenance is catching up on me.
MF, the pool ended up with a 4 inch concrete slab poured over it and it has 35 44 gallon plastic drums under it giving me 7500 litres of water for the garden, so win win there

NormK #108845 04/10/20 01:13 AM
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Once it gets over 30, things start going wrong.

I am currently contending with sagging gutters, need roof refinished/pointed as the gutters end up with lumps of pointing and tile sand,
car port sagging causing water to flow the wrong way, soakwells full of crap (and 3 are under the lawn), one corner of the house has sunk slightly so sliding door is a pain,
need to do flywires, tap seats all on their way out, water hammer, rusty water coming through in the morning so other things stuffed as well.

Plus I need to rip to toilet off the floor and put in a new rubber mounting gasket

Don't know what to do first

I am interested regarding the 44gal drums. Did you link all of them together with pipe and plumbed in a bore pump?

NormK #108849 04/10/20 07:49 AM
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Hi Tyler,
I know what you mean about what to do first, been in that situation here for the last 40 years. Over the years I have fitted 25 steel beams in here to hold this place together and countless tons of concrete. There is also 5 submersible pumps around the place pumping water out but I still have a water problem that has developed in the last couple of years in the garage downstairs that is causing me concern. Many of the problems here are a result of my own doing, every action has a reaction so I can't blame anybody but myself. Another cause of problems is the fact the block has a 3m rise from the street to the highest point in the back yard. This gets me back to the 44's, there is the 35 under the pool and another 9 under the house and they are all interconnected with 20mm hose. I drilled a hole in the bottom side of the drums (so they can stand vertically) tapped them 3/4 inch BSP and that has worked well with no leakage problems. The pump is at ground level under the house which is the same level as the bottom of the drums and that is connected to 3 hose reels around the house so it is only a matter of flicking on the switch and anywhere around the place can be watered. It is setup so that if we end in drought I can direct the water from the entire house, garage,carport and a couple of sheds all into the drums so any rain we get can be captured. Crazy I know but the place has kept me busy for 40 years.
BTW the steam coming off this pile of mulch this morning is a bit alarming, there is a lot of heat going on in there

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Tyler #108855 04/10/20 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Tyler
Once it gets over 30, things start going wrong.
Sometimes even sooner than that! My house was about 13yo back when I bought it in 1988; and it's a quite basic 3BR design, but constructed to a very high standard [Vic Housing Commission; brick veneer, concrete tile roof, with concrete stumps and hardwood flooring].

In the first year I owned it, had to replace the water line from the meter to the house - pitting corrosion had eaten through the underground section of the gal line. So that got re-done in copper.

Then the gravity feed HWS sprang a leak in the base of the tank!
With a bit of in-ceiling jiggery and pokery, my brother and I managed to sweat solder a copper patch over the split in the bottom of the copper tank.
With another patch about 10 years later, I got a further 19 years of service out of that system, before I pensioned it off in 2007.

At the same time, I had the plumber replace the old gal cold water line under the house with copper - in some places, the gal line only had a ~8mm hole through it; rust had closed it up that much.

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I am currently contending with sagging gutters, need roof refinished/pointed as the gutters end up with lumps of pointing and tile sand,
car port sagging causing water to flow the wrong way, soakwells full of crap (and 3 are under the lawn), one corner of the house has sunk slightly so sliding door is a pain,
need to do flywires, tap seats all on their way out, water hammer, rusty water coming through in the morning so other things stuffed as well.

Plus I need to rip to toilet off the floor and put in a new rubber mounting gasket

Don't know what to do first
Start with the issues that can/will cause structural damage.
Top of that list is the roof, followed by the gutters. My gutters are way overdue for replacement, but I first have to get a root blockage in the stormwater line fixed up.

When I can find a local plumber that actually wants the work, that is...


Cheers,
Gadge

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NormK #108857 04/10/20 01:21 PM
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Forgot the kitchen drain has roots through it (which I can control reasonably well with copper sulfate) and judging by the extra green patch of lawn we get (and the sewage pipe that runs directly under it) I can conclude what has happened there as well haha

Norm, I also catch the water off around 1/4 of the house into several drums and 240L bins. Then I just use a submersible pump to drain it out. I also have a mate with a double garage under the house - complicated by the fact he also has a double carport at the front. He is forever worried the drain will fill up and flood.

I figure the significant amount of moisture in the fresh mulch causes the steam. Don't be surprised if you need to pressure wash the driveway underneath as the heat rots the bottom stuff quick smart.

Gadge, the gutters are what worries us the most (and the carport) so that will definitely need doing before winter. Fortunately they haven't rusted through, however the sagging directs water the wrong way. Only 2 spots have issues, and thats presumably where the water runs the wrong way over the seam. I have drilled a few holes to funnel to water out into the garden.

I have been trying to work out the pipe material as getting rusty water has to be steel of some description. The only part I can think of it the HWS tank as the rest should be copper in a 1987 house. But, only certain taps are affected, the laundry runs clear after approx 9l, but the bathroom can take 40l before it runs clear.


Anyway, probably will have plenty of time soon enough. Breaking news 5 mins ago another container ship over here with a covid out break, so we will be beyond stuffed soon enough.

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