What made you feel good today? - Page 119

**DJR-351** · 05-11-2021, 07:20 PM

Finally getting of the ship, taxi will pick me up in 1 hour then heading to the Mercure at Darwin Airport for the night, fly out tomorrow arvo......

First 4 weeks away was ok, the last 1 & 1/2 not so.......**** Covid and the carrier it rode in on!

.:4:. · 06-11-2021, 10:30 AM

So earlier this year i got my kid his 1st phone. Optus gave me an offer too good to pass up when i upgraded my phone plan. So i kept it all a secret, my kid knew soon he would get a phone but assumed it would be one of my or his mums old ones and on pre paid. So i received the brand newey, a galaxy a21 so not a bad bit of kit, put a back cover on it and one of those glass screen protectors on it, put it on a plan linked to my account etc. So my kids really good with stuff, overprotective would be the term. So he was super excited to have a brand new current model phone. I was speaking to him yesterday and he was devistated. He dropped it and cracked the screen protector. He was surprised that i didnt care in the slightest. The $10 screen protector did its job. Optus offered me the phone for $36, my kid doesnt know that, they retail for more then that. But its good he treats things respectfully. He is 12 so you'd like to hope so.

slowsnake · 06-11-2021, 10:56 AM

Just waking up late, had a lie in till 5:30am, and am not as sore as I thought I would be, I'm surprised really, put big effort in on Fairmont yesterday, and all back and leg stretching, but my right shoulder is achy, but, mustn't grumble, cars fixed, just have to see how this " no name el cheapo alternator " goes, the wreckers wanted $160 for second hand one?......bit rich, not rebuilt but second hand, so a brand new no name for $184 plus postage, express $12 extra I thing was good, it's a shopping trolley, and I feel good it's fixed

**Cav** · 06-11-2021, 08:51 PM

Here I am in Hervey Bay where I met up with a couple of my Vietnam Veteran mates for a funeral of a fellow Vietnam Vet.

We went downtown for brekky the next day and this couple paid for our meals and thanked us for our service

AMAZING!

slowsnake · 06-11-2021, 11:30 PM

That's a really nice sentiment from the couple who shouted your meal, good on em, hope you had a good catch up with ya mates even though it was a funeral!

slowsnake · 07-11-2021, 12:31 PM

Getting a pm from "oldel" telling me he would drop off his dent puller for me to my place in Perth, he lives in Perth too, but not near me.
What a very kind gesture, and totally unexpected

I am usually the one who does everything for others, but it feels funny when someone I don't know offers to help, feels weird, but I'll take it, lol, all day....

Too cool!

.:4:. · 07-11-2021, 05:37 PM

So back on the rc car business. I updated the firmware. So anyhow, previously the thing bluetoothed to my phone and showed speed, rpms, temp and battery voltage. However the thing has a gyroscope for the adjustable yet somewhat annoying if up too much stability management thing. The update, that gives you 2 inclimotetre guages. So for general use, yep useless. But for suspension setup, great. So the left and right i was out 2°. Theres 2 constants an 1 variable. The constants are fixed compnents on the right and in the middle, the variable is the battery on the left side. A smaller one weighs less then a bigger one. So i wasnt too far off. Got it to equal. Front to back was 4° rake towards the rear, but thats my prefference. Ran it hard and checked again without lifting it up an effectively resetting the suspension. Left and right was zero, front to back was 5° rake. So thats absolutely where i like it.

.:4:. · 08-11-2021, 02:47 PM

So conditions are good today, gave the rc car a run. So happy with the suspension setup. So ripped it as it was, then just to see if there was any room for improvement i upped the spring preload. Well, that made it less good. Set it back to where it was and back to good. Lowered the pre load, same thing. So set it back to where i had it and i think its the best it can be handling wise for what it is. Its a 1/10th 4x4 monster truck so its never going to handle like a dirt track racer, however it does jump well and gets over stuff.
So the suspension bits ive put in it, im done. So things will remain untill i break something. So the stock remaining suspension bits are front steering blocks and rear caster blocks. Its got extended upper and lower suspension arms, extended steering rods, upgraded springs, ally front caster blocks, heavier shock absorber oil and aftermarket axles. So yes 'stock' shocks, but they're ally and rebuildable with heaps of aftermarket bits so you can re valve them etc but thats out of my realm, they work so I'll keep them as is.
So ask me again in 3 weeks, but currently im a bit surprised yet happy with how much suspension alone improved this thing that was already not bad stock. So i dont think i will modify driveline just yet, if i do it will be gears, but i struggle to max it out at 81kmh in the small space i run it and the motor isnt stressed doing that so its got the power for longer legs. Gears are cheap, so maybe I'll do that because i can, but not today or tomorrow.

**GasoLane** · 08-11-2021, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by .:4:.

So conditions are good today, gave the rc car a run. So happy with the suspension setup. So ripped it as it was, then just to see if there was any room for improvement i upped the spring preload. Well, that made it less good. Set it back to where it was and back to good. Lowered the pre load, same thing. So set it back to where i had it and i think its the best it can be handling wise for what it is. Its a 1/10th 4x4 monster truck so its never going to handle like a dirt track racer, however it does jump well and gets over stuff.
So the suspension bits ive put in it, im done. So things will remain untill i break something. So the stock remaining suspension bits are front steering blocks and rear caster blocks. Its got extended upper and lower suspension arms, extended steering rods, upgraded springs, ally front caster blocks, heavier shock absorber oil and aftermarket axles. So yes 'stock' shocks, but they're ally and rebuildable with heaps of aftermarket bits so you can re valve them etc but thats out of my realm, they work so I'll keep them as is.
So ask me again in 3 weeks, but currently im a bit surprised yet happy with how much suspension alone improved this thing that was already not bad stock. So i dont think i will modify driveline just yet, if i do it will be gears, but i struggle to max it out at 81kmh in the small space i run it and the motor isnt stressed doing that so its got the power for longer legs. Gears are cheap, so maybe I'll do that because i can, but not today or tomorrow.

It would probably be a good idea to start a separate Radio Controlled thread, I'm sure other members would like to see your cars and compare mods.

slowsnake · 08-11-2021, 03:17 PM

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It would probably be a good idea to start a separate Radio Controlled thread, I'm sure other members would like to see your cars and compare mods.

Yep, bloody good idea, I certainly enjoy reading number 4's RC escapades, I'm not or never have been interested in RC cars etc, except I would love to fly an RC Spitfire or Hurricane WW2 era, or even a Mustang P51, but an RC thread with number 4 at the controls, lol, would be cool.

**PG2** · 08-11-2021, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by .:4:.

So conditions are good today, gave the rc car a run...

Hey mate, I would love to be able to read about your RC car without reading the other stuff in between.

Would you be willing to make a build thread in here about it?

No dramas if you don't want to, I'd just like to know more about them.

Syndrome · 08-11-2021, 04:05 PM

We are one race closer to ending the Mercedes Grand Prix streak in Formula 1. Go Max!

slowsnake · 09-11-2021, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Syndrome

We are one race closer to ending the Mercedes Grand Prix streak in Formula 1. Go Max!

Stuff Max, go Dan.....

Citroënbender · 09-11-2021, 06:12 PM

Had the AC in the most recently acquired car serviced, it’s a bumper off job. Recovered about 1/3 of a charge, pumped it to 200PSI with H2 and used Big Blue foaming liquid plus a sniffer, nothing. Mate reckons a combination of marginal condenser porosity, tiny compressor seal seep, and maybe a failing O-ring on the evaporator connection, were the contributing factors of that refrigerant loss over 4½ years. 550g of 134A back in, with a shot of dye. Nice and cold!

slowsnake · 09-11-2021, 11:43 PM

Just sitting here alone, been hearing this whisper, a very quiet sound, its a voice from whence it comes I do not know, but its definitely talking to me, a very quiet barely audible whisper, I know what it's saying now, it's crystal clear...bed calling Billy!....bed calling Billy....Goodnight folks

.:4:. · 08-11-2021, 05:00 PM

I said 3 weeks but then checked ebay. The way i stop myself buying crap is set it to Australia only and postage. So current gearing is 2.08:1 with a 24 tooth ally pinion and a 50 tooth nylon spur gear. Turns out gears are cheap and available in australia. So i ordered and went with a steel 26 tooth pinion and steel 46 tooth spur. So ratio down to 1.77:1. But thats nothing to do with final drive, pinion attaches to the motor, spur attaches to the driveline. So the rest is diff gearing.
But it should at worst get it into the 90s top end wise.

**FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0** · 08-11-2021, 07:09 PM

Got out for my first run in nearly three weeks. I expected it to be slow after that long without much exercise. I normally do 7km, but was happy to run 5km without stopping. 29m 34s, so was pretty slow.

Was bloody hard, too. Didn't think I was going to make 2km!

But, now that I've done it, I feel bloody great for it.

slowsnake · 09-11-2021, 01:06 AM

Not today, but what's made me feel good tonight is watching the Obeid family on Channel 2 Four Corners, oh I love it I love it, this parasite Obeid and his family have screwed the NSW public and taxpayers for years, with the help of corrupt politicians, and what is being investigated tonight is just staggering in its depth, very good journalism too, hope the whole corrupt family get jailed with Daddy, or Uncle Eddie!..

.:4:. · 11-11-2021, 01:08 PM

Yesterday i ordered some bits for my rc car at about 3pm from queensland. Arrived today at 11am. So dont ask me how that works for $3 standard postage with aus post. So i got new bumpers and bash plates as theyre cheap and my bumpers have seen enough bumps and my bash plates have been bashed almost as often as a pedo in prison. But the big ticket item i was excited for was something i had yet to find in stock in Australia. Priced the same as from the US or UK, but without the absorbent postage and legnthy shipping times. It was the gps receiver. So more accurate speed readouts. So it did have speed readouts before, but similar to a real car in that effectively its wheel speed. So tell it gearing and wheel and tyre size and it calculated off motor rpms. So now it uses the honest aliens in space.
Plus a few days back i rebuilt the rear diff using much thicker silicone to stiffen it up. Left the front diff be as to not affect turning performance. The main improvement is braking performance as the brakes are the motor so it slows the driveline, and being open diffs, the front isnt an issue due to weight transfer. But the rear would send braking force to the tyre with least resistance. So its much better in that department.

.:4:. · 11-11-2021, 05:32 PM

So i tested the gps unit. So same setup but using effectively wheel speed it ran 81. On gps 1st run was 81. Run 2, just for repeat results. That didnt go so well. So atleast now the speedo doesnt give false readings due to wheel spin, but on the grass with the fronts spinning i copped the concrete of my driveway on the sidewall and ripped a tyre. Just my luck. So new rims and tyres ordered. But in that time new gearing should arrive and i can install that whilst the rims and tyres are on the way. I could have just ordered tyres, but my rims are pretty beat up, so a good excuse for new ones.

slowsnake · 12-11-2021, 10:21 AM

Being me, Billy, or slowsnake!....yep that makes me feel good today, just being me and a very happy me.....

slowsnake · 13-11-2021, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by .:4:.

So i tested the gps unit. So same setup but using effectively wheel speed it ran 81. On gps 1st run was 81. Run 2, just for repeat results. That didnt go so well. So atleast now the speedo doesnt give false readings due to wheel spin, but on the grass with the fronts spinning i copped the concrete of my driveway on the sidewall and ripped a tyre. Just my luck. So new rims and tyres ordered. But in that time new gearing should arrive and i can install that whilst the rims and tyres are on the way. I could have just ordered tyres, but my rims are pretty beat up, so a good excuse for new ones.

I was of the opinion you were going to start a special RC thread number 4?
I think good idea, but don't really matter does it, as long as it makes you feel good!.....

Tonz · 13-11-2021, 10:54 AM

geez slowsnake this would be a boring forum without you yakking every hour

your a crazy dude but I think your sense of humour would work well with mine.
I just control mine more ...

.:4:. · 13-11-2021, 05:59 PM

So many months ago my mum was, complaining isnt the term, but reffering to the mobile phone lifestyle. So cracked screen, battery life shot so charger to charger. So for me, eh, thats normal. So again, months ago i bought her a new phone for her birthday. Im a heaps good child. So i not only got her the new phone, i baby proofed it. So rear case and screen protector. My mums not that old, shes 67, but still, treat the old as you do the young.
Anyhow, she chose not to use the new phone but texted me yesterday to ask if i was available on the phone today as tech support.
Long story short (its long enough already) my 12 year oldkid did the data transfer. Only issue he had was a minor fouble. Sim cards dont fit if the tray us upside-down.
My mums larry as happy but. Dont ask my why it took her months to decide to swap over to a new phone. She did ask me what my kids phone cost. His phone is the same as hers. I got a mad deal from optus, so $36. Hers, well i paid retail, and it wasnt $36. Im not going to say price, and if it wasnt for my mum i wouldnt have done it.

slowsnake · 13-11-2021, 09:37 PM

Waking up early as usual, but noticing almost immediately that my right shoulder which had a good workout on my bonnet, well was feeling very good, but, last night I was feeling even better, my good friend and neighbour who is a fine young lady by the way, has had a very bad wry neck, couldn't get in to see her GP so I got her in to see my GP, all in an hour, this was 2 weeks ago, after MRI Scan which was carried out at my behest, did the same morning at my request to the Radiology clinic, these folk know me well and like my attitude towards life, and death, hold me in high regard, mainly because I do not whine or complain.

So, after getting showered last night, covered in sanding dust and needing a good scrub, I decided to check on my mate and neighbour as you do, I asked about her neck, she asked about my shoulder, that's a fair exchange eh, so I said to her, sitting in her cut off denims and singlet, no bra that time of night, that about 7:30pm by then, and told her Lethal Weapon 2 was on, so she put TV on and we had a cuppa, I noticed though that like me she had to turn her torso to talk to me, I asked when she is getting her cortisone injection, turns out she had more than a pulled muscle, but a nerve the C5 was impinged in the left side exit foremen but her pain was on the right side, neck and shoulder blade?

I had explained to her about referred pain, which she now fully understood, that the pain from one place is felt in another place!
So what's next?......hehehe, a massage of course, she had Goanna rub creme, so I asked her to put her hair up and sit on the carpet infront of me, mmmm, singlets in the way, what can we do, she paid $45 bucks for it, so I'm about to pull the straps to the side, and before I could she lent forward and whipped it off in one swift move! so I got the Goanna creme and massaged this beautiful young ladies neck, shoulder, spine and around her scapular, we watched the movie from start to finish, I was still massaging this woman, 2 hours all up, what a way to end the day!.....nothing sexual of course, just one neighbour helping another in distress!.lol.....and I loved it too!

This morning at about 10pm, I was up very early working on bonnet and heard this sweet, soft, soothing voice behind me, telling me how well she slept and how good she felt after waking, cool, what are neighbours for!

She asked me what movies are on tonight, lol, and said I have to get some more Goanna rub, I said ok no worries, so looks like old slowsnake gets to help my "poor painful" neighbour out again tonight!.....

jaydee · 13-11-2021, 11:21 PM

Gee SS, I thought the story was going to get frisky there as she sat there braless in cut off denim shorts.
Dear Playboy, this is a true story, I dropped in on my neighbour and before long one thing lead to another and we....

slowsnake · 14-11-2021, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

Gee SS, I thought the story was going to get frisky there as she sat there braless in cut off denim shorts.
Dear Playboy, this is a true story, I dropped in on my neighbour and before long one thing lead to another and we....

Hahaha, if only it was a Dear Playboy story, but alas it's all true, and what's worse is my severe lumbar spine injury from 1989 finally did what my neurosurgeon said it would, and that is destroyed my ability to do anything ( Playboy or Hustler like ) lol, past 9 years have been arid, not that I haven't had proposals, but like the Pope I am only good for ****ing

jaydee · 14-11-2021, 11:29 AM

The day has only just started, but reading Lewis Hamilton has been hit with a 5 place grid penalty for an engine swap.

slowsnake · 14-11-2021, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

The day has only just started, but reading Lewis Hamilton has been hit with a 5 place grid penalty for an engine swap.

Yippee, go Dan go

slowsnake · 14-11-2021, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

The day has only just started, but reading Lewis Hamilton has been hit with a 5 place grid penalty for an engine swap.

That really does make me feel good, Hamilton has had a charmed run, fast car, moderate opposition, but Verstaffen closes on the mighty Team Mercedes with Red Bull, and as for Dan, don't think he will ever become F1 World Champion, and its not inferior equipment, it's inferior attitude and thinking, but I have never trusted Mercedes, not one micron, they are as sneaky and as deceptive as Schumacher and Vettel were, but 5 places, well depends who 2,3,4 and 5th place are, I am assuming he is in P6.