Irritations - dump here thread

[Rum Pig]

This is how we should settle disputes
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[Woodwould]

This is how we should settle disputes
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Why does that irritate you? I find it quite a refreshing approach.

[Woodwould]

A new irritation (for me at any rate): Trades people who don't turn up as promised after they have agreed to carry out some work and then, despite not responding to numerous phone call messages and emails over several weeks, turn up on the door step and crack a wobbly because the work has been completed by someone else who had the decency and good manners to turn up when they said they would.

[jimbur]

Why does that irritate you? I find it quite a refreshing approach.

I'm cold enough already
Cheers,
Jim

[Sturdee]

The motor of my drill press blowing up 6 months after the warranty expired.

Even more annoying was finding out that it would cost more to fix the motor then buying a new one.

Guess what I did ?

Peter.

[Manuka Jock]

Planned obsolescence strikes again huh Peter

What did you do ?

[Sturdee]

At least I salvaged the Jacobs chuck with MT2 as a spare for use with my lathe and an assortment of bits and pieces for later use.

The new one is very similar and came from Pop's Shed a recently new wood turning supply shop that is very helpful and gives discounts to turning club members.


Peter.

[jimbur]

At least I salvaged the Jacobs chuck with MT2 as a spare for use with my lathe and an assortment of bits and pieces for later use.

The new one is very similar and came from Pop's Shed a recently new wood turning supply shop that is very helpful and gives discounts to turning club members.
Peter.

You can gather quite a collection of parts from clapped out machinery. It's very difficult to throw them out.

[Manuka Jock]

Storage can get to be a problem tho

[rsser]

Doesn't work for body parts either.

How's the knee MJ?

(posted from Howman's Gap camp)

[Manuka Jock]

Doesn't work for body parts either.

How's the knee MJ?

(posted from Howman's Gap camp)

It's still telling me about the weather . And some cramp in both is keeping it company .
And a long session at the lathe sets me feet tingling .
So in time off from the workshop my brain sends me off on weird turning ideas


Howman's Gap camp looks great Ern , how long are you there for ?

[rsser]

Just a couple of nights MJ, then I remove to Mt Beauty and drive up each day.

As a YMCA camp they do groups but Friday and Sat nights they have space for individuals.

Well I'm sorry to hear your knees are giving you curry.

If it's any use I can recommend a good physio; mine is keeping me going, along with his exercise regime. But my prob is soft tissue, not bone. Yet!

[Manuka Jock]

Just a couple of nights MJ, then I remove to Mt Beauty and drive up each day.

As a YMCA camp they do groups but Friday and Sat nights they have space for individuals.

Well I'm sorry to hear your knees are giving you curry.

If it's any use I can recommend a good physio; mine is keeping me going, along with his exercise regime. But my prob is soft tissue, not bone. Yet!

I appreciate the physio offer Ern , but the swim and the walk might be a bit of a bother .
Anyway , this one is hereditary , the Celtic ' Iron in the Blood' syndrome .... and thats' irritating

Whats' at Mt Beauty ?

[rsser]

Mt Beauty is an ex hydro scheme construction town that's morphed into a holiday town to serve the snow field here as well as summer walking, fishing etc. I spent some years there as a kid and had always hoped to retire to it - but the prices have gone loopy.

Well, time to get out on the High Plains. It's about -4 C, snowing and windy. Just the way I like it.

[hughie]

My wife and daughter share a dyson vac as we share the same home at present and as they have two grandchildren helping us, we need to vacuum on a daily basis. The house is a two storey with the entire ground floor common area tiled, around 100sqm.

On carpet its great, no doubt about it. But on tiles its well nigh useless. The head tend to push more away in front of it than suck up, irrespective of being full or empty.. oh yeah it doesn't lose suction. I have tried the various settings..two only Nope one sucks so hard its hard to push this is the carpet option. The other is the brush option....woeful. Tried the power head, not too bad but damned noisy on a tiled floor and its not that great on the corners

Also the hose runs around the outside on the right hand side allowing the ribbed hose to catch every corner on this side. To add further insult to injury the damn hose likes to kink up as well.


I brought this little grievances up with dyson who told me it did not lose suction and they could replace the hose. My reply was that it takes more that not losing suction in designing a vacuum cleaner. I also pointed out we have an el cheapo that doesn't to have any of these problems. I must admit its sucking power is pretty woeful. ...incidentally its a bag less vac similar to the dyson and has the hepa filter etc etc.

But my point was if the el cheapo can get these points right why not them? and considering the price variation about 8 times yours truly was not real impressed.