What Did You Do Today (2016)

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Today I fitted a a box I built into the rear of my company van to give me two accessory sockets, one is wired direct to the live twelve volts and the other socket is supplied via a voltage detected relay which wont switch on until the voltage reaches a set level allowing the battery to be charged first and when you switch off the ignition it shuts down allowing me to leave an electric cool box connected but not draining the battery, all parts were bought via the internet, I just bolted them all together.

Later in the afternoon I nipped over to my local ALDI to collect a constant 1600 watt, max 2000 watt load inverter generator which runs really silent and is to be used to charge my mobility scooter batteries, without disturbing the other campers, when attending the Dorset steam fair in August with one of my engines.

Martin P

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by martin perman on 03/07/2016 21:02:12:

Today I fitted a a box I built into the rear of my company van to give me two accessory sockets, one is wired direct to the live twelve volts and the other socket is supplied via a voltage detected relay which wont switch on until the voltage reaches a set level allowing the battery to be charged first and when you switch off the ignition it shuts down allowing me to leave an electric cool box connected but not draining the battery, all parts were bought via the internet, I just bolted them all together.

Later in the afternoon I nipped over to my local ALDI to collect a constant 1600 watt, max 2000 watt load inverter generator which runs really silent and is to be used to charge my mobility scooter batteries, without disturbing the other campers, when attending the Dorset steam fair in August with one of my engines.

Martin P

Martin – surely you should be adapting a Suffolk Dredging Tractor into a steam powered scooter (that would be popular down the supermarket)

More seriously I've spent ages working out and rewiring the dual circuits in three different campervans. The only thing you can be sure of is that the wiring in any second hand van WILL be bodged! Choc-boxes are your friend!

Neil

[David CambridgeParticipant @davidcambridge45658]

Finished the build of my foundry furnace (well actually it was yesterday!)

David

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Neil,

Its a good job then that my van, company supplied, is brand new with only 7000 miles on the clock I've connected my box of tricks into a existing 20 amp live feed at the rear of the van so no bodging required. I have a very helpful MD, I can use the van for my hobby as long as its fit for purpose on Monday mornings.

Didnt understand the bit about the tractor though.

Martin P

[DMBParticipant @dmb]

Bazyle,
Black 5 just been painted – still strong smell of paint in there.
John

[WindyParticipant @windy30762]

Had a busy Sunday watching various types of Horse Power first at Malton Show then back to York Raceway.

Finally Firestorm testing engine etc. **LINK**

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Realised I've got tonsillitis! What a stupid thing to catch at my age.

Neil

[hthParticipant @hth]

I discovered that my great great great grandfather was from Essex , his occupation was' Gentleman' and he was worth 16,000 quid . What did a Gentleman do ? Mike in Australia

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 08/07/2016 09:20:49:

Realised I've got tonsillitis! What a stupid thing to catch at my age.

Neil

My children brought me a gift from school. Chicken pox. Very nasty indeed, I was off work for three weeks.

Dave

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by hth on 08/07/2016 11:13:52:

I discovered that my great great great grandfather was from Essex , his occupation was' Gentleman' and he was worth 16,000 quid . What did a Gentleman do ? Mike in Australia

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As much or as little as he liked … He could afford to pay others.

MichaelG.

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You may find this useful.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 08/07/2016 12:33:46

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 08/07/2016 09:20:49:

Realised I've got tonsillitis! What a stupid thing to catch at my age.

Neil

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I'm sure you deserve improbably generous portions of Ice Cream.

MichaelG.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 08/07/2016 12:36:22:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 08/07/2016 09:20:49:

Realised I've got tonsillitis! What a stupid thing to catch at my age.

Neil

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I'm sure you deserve improbably generous portions of Ice Cream.

MichaelG.

I've just been force-fed polenta. My daughter bought some to find out what it's like.Assuming it was fine couscous I microwaved some and added butter, tasted OK but smelled faintly of burnt rubber. Apparently I should grill or fry it.

But I will take your suggestion, there's a box of magnum-a-likes in the fridge.

Niel

[NJHParticipant @njh]

discovered that my great great great grandfather was from Essex , his occupation was' Gentleman' and he was worth 16,000 quid . What did a Gentleman do ? Mike in Australi

Hi Mike

To relate that to todays values I calculate that £16000 in 1780 ( a guess at his d.o.b.) would be worth about one and a quarter million Australian dollars today !

That should set up a nice workshop and leave some over for a tinny or two!

Cheers!

Norman

[Rik ShawParticipant @rikshaw]

Neil – I had my tonsils out in 1992 when I was 46. Quite painless really but within twelve hours came down with MRSA and ended up in critical care. It was a touch and go job! My advice? Gargle a lot and avoid men in white coats! – Get well soon. – Rik

[Chris Evans 6Participant @chrisevans6]

Spent ages today cleaning the workshop ! I have been making aluminium parts all week for someones petrol engined remote control car/buggy thing. Got through a 20" x 15" x 1/2" sheet of aluminium. Back onto motorcycle stuff now.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by NJH on 08/07/2016 13:43:11:

discovered that my great great great grandfather was from Essex , his occupation was' Gentleman' and he was worth 16,000 quid . What did a Gentleman do ? Mike in Australi

Hi Mike

To relate that to todays values I calculate that £16000 in 1780 ( a guess at his d.o.b.) would be worth about one and a quarter million Australian dollars today !

That should set up a nice workshop and leave some over for a tinny or two!

Cheers!

Norman

Norman's figure is correct if you do the RPI calculation, but the value that gives can be somewhat misleading because what can be bought, the cost of labour, and the relative distribution of wealth across society have all changed significantly over the years.

Compared with the average Englishman your ancestor was a rich man. A Gentleman didn't have to work for a living and his money probably came from rents and/or investments. The "economic status" value of his £16000 in 1800 would be equivalent to over £20,000,000 today. That's about $40M AUD.

It would be interesting to find out where the money went. Quite a few of the Gentleman class were heavy gamblers, or perhaps you're the missing heir to half of central London!

Cheers,

Dave

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Rik Shaw on 08/07/2016 18:07:05:

Neil – I had my tonsils out in 1992 when I was 46. Quite painless really but within twelve hours came down with MRSA and ended up in critical care. It was a touch and go job! My advice? Gargle a lot and avoid men in white coats! – Get well soon. – Rik

>ouch<

Seem to be recovering now. Throat has been sore for several days, the tonsils only swelled up this morning, but going down again now. Sneezing and tired, but not as bad as this morning.

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by hth on 08/07/2016 11:13:52:

I discovered that my great great great grandfather was from Essex , his occupation was' Gentleman' and he was worth 16,000 quid . What did a Gentleman do ? Mike in Australia

In pre-industrial days the 'gentry' are/were those of elevated class – landholders, senior cleric and some of the well-educated etc. who still were a rung below the titled classes (lords & ladies etc.) Technically a 'gentleman' was the lowest rank of the gentry in a society that was obessed with social position and a good example might be the 'gentleman farmer' who owned his own estate and owed his status and much of his worth to that.

Neil

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, well on a lighter note, today I had to go south to Hitchin to deliver some consumable kit for a customer, for their shoot blasting process, that I've been fabricating at work all this week, made for a fairly easy last day of the week.

Regards Nick.

[Four stroke FredParticipant @fourstrokefred]

Winter is here ,the west winds are blowing and it's time to make some castings and keep warm at the same time. The above picture shows today's efforts. These are the cam gear drive cases for my 67 cc V 8. The back of the castings are recessed for the train of gears. I will make 2 more tomorrow as spares and will add photographs of the crankcase later.

George.

Bundaberg.

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

Both me and my wife seem to have caught the tonsil bug, had mine out just after the war so ok there. Y0u seem to have it easy now- ice cream ? I was given dry toast after the op., my brother had his done two years later and got bread and treacle, next brother got ice-cream.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Your mouth spends its whole life fighting bugs and beasties because it's an ideal moist home for them.

I've found that Lidl 47p mouthwash has made a huge difference and partake of it 2 or 3 times a day. So far mouth ulcers and morning sore throats have become an annoyance of the past

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Staying away from the Dentist helps a lot as well.

[roy entwistleParticipant @royentwistle24699]

KWIL How true

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by KWIL on 09/07/2016 13:17:50:

Staying away from the Dentist helps a lot as well.

I wish I had stayed away in the 70s, all my problems arew with teeth filled in the days when any sign of anything meant a filling. All the teeth that escaped unfilled are still intact now.

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