Little things I like

[DejaBrew]

What's your hourly rate @DejaBrew you could maybe side hustle.....?

Honestly, the frustration in getting this all installed tells me it’s not worth turning that into a side hustle. I’m one of those people who isn’t a natural handyman and can often feel out of their depth doing that sort of stuff, but then I get a bee in my bonnet about certain things and decide I’m going to do it myself or go stir crazy trying. More often than not, those situations work out well, albeit with me having reduced my lifespan due to the stress

 

[AuSammy]

LTIL (the TL : DR version) -: Managed to install the new rangehood last night, so the stove is officially back in service!

LTIL (the full saga) -: Rangehood delivered by Appliances Online as promised on Tuesday afternoon, taking the faulty rangehood away with them. Note that I'd elected to not take up the offer for them to professionally install for $217 (given that was basically 2/3 the price of the whole rangehood!!).

Pulled everything out of the box and naturally, not only are there no mounting screws (which I was admittedly expecting to be the case), but various designated mounting points are completely obstructed by the fan motor and cowling. What idiot designed that, let alone what idiot signed off on that design?? Took a trip to Bunnings to purchase the requisite screws and extended screw bits for my drill (as there was no way my hands/fingers were getting in there to hand screw the thing in place), got home, held the thing in place to confirm the mounting points would work ok and then realised the power cord was slightly more to the right than the previous unit, meaning the hole in the cupboard meant for feeding the power cable through would not fit. Bunnings now closed, so no rangehood install on Tuesday.

Visited Bunnings last night to purchase a holesaw for the drill so I could easily drill out the extra space needed. Choked when I saw the prices!!! Walked away with a cheapo Ryobi set that was pretty average but would do the job for $40. Get home and start to drill out the hole - get halfway down and holes refuses to go deeper. Start drilling smaller holes around the area and discover a random screw poking in from the wall (i.e. as if someone has drilled from the outside in, rather than from the inside out. Weird!!) that was obviously fouling the holesaw. Manage to clear around it and make the requisite space, so all good. Hold the rangehood back into place to check the fit and we're in business! Then realised I can't hold it in place and secure it to the cupboard without assistance from someone else, however given it's a 60cm wide unit, having someone else hold it means I don't have space to get in underneath and see what I'm doing. Aargh!!!! Stressful thoughts ensue until I realise I can "MacGyver" a hoist and brace out of some wood offcuts and a vehicle wheel jack!

Off I go to Bunnings again to locate some offcuts. Soon after, I'm heading back home with a flat offset for the princely sum of $2, and another chunkier piece to use as a vertical brace that the Bunnings guys gave me for free and kindly cut into shorter lengths for me (also free). I set to work constructing my hoist/brace and (finally) have the thing held in place with enough surrounding space that I can see what I'm doing and start securing it to the kitchen cupboard above. Success! I mean.... sure it cost me almost $100 to buy the bits and pieces necessary to do the job myself, but $100 < $217, so happy days

Perhaps I should now change my name to Richard Dean Anderson?

After all that $217 sounds a bargain

Although I reckon my usual electrician would have done it for $150

 

[DejaBrew]

After all that $217 sounds a bargain

I was starting to think I should have just paid for installation, but got the job done in the end. So all's well that ends well

 

[DejaBrew]

LTIL (albeit something I do my utmost to avoid) -: The sheer relief that washes over you when you only just manage to make your flight!!!

Reminder to self… don’t sleep through your alarm and wake up at 5:31am when you’re scheduled to be aboard a 6am flight (especially if it’s boarding from Gate 16 in AKL)!!

Thankfully wasn’t the last passenger to board and was also greeted by a friendly face servicing the J cabin - FA Chris - who serviced my AKL>MEL flight yesterday and looked equally relieved to see me (as he remembered I was supposed to be on this particular flight today ).

 

[mel-world]

LTIL - the wonder of flight by a young passenger near me on a recent SYD-MEL mid-afternoon departure. He was so amazed by the excitement of it all - 'We are moving - backwards'; 'Wow - look at all the different planes'; 'Now we are taking off on runway 25.... or maybe 2 and 5' and finally a big WOW as we took off. He did quiet down from that point so it did not get annoying. Much better than a crying baby.

 

[DejaBrew]

LTIL -: Managing to get in a mini sleep and not wake up with only 30mins prior to your scheduled flight. Yeah, I’m looking squarely at you “yesterday DejaBrew”!

 

[tgh]

LTIL..
So today is just another coughpy morning ( same s** diffrn't day) , feeling a bit ordinary and have to face up to fixing up
the little farm tractor in bits in the shed which has some terminal diseases.
Walking across to the shed there was a box on the parcel tray at the gate.
It was a gift box addressed to swmbo and self.. huh ?? what gives ??
Turns out to be some champers and nibblys from a local real estate agent and her client.
I looked at a house pre market that might have suited us .
It turned out to be a lovely property in need a heap of renovation that was now beyond me.
I did , however attend a meeting and wrote a bit of a summary addressing the issues and proposing a way forward.
It was just a bit of fun for this pob , a subject I knew a bit about and happy to help
The box was a thoughtful and unexpected reward and suddenly my miserable day is a tad brighter...

 

[DejaBrew]

Hope that's just the start of a much better day for you @tgh