What made you happy today?

[Mugwump]

Yes, it's no Versailles, that bathroom , is it ? The dog wants its money back.

Still, one of the joys of a holiday house is that it doesn't have to be. Good luck with the renos and thanks for putting the pics up.

[stui magpie]

The bathroom is never going to appear in any magazines or on TV, but it's clean and functional so I'm disinclined to spend coin for appearances.

You take a shit in there and wash yourself in there, you don't spend hours per day in there.

[Mugwump]

[stui magpie]

It works mate, don't **** with it.

[HAL]

He wrote "Total Recall", "Man in the High Castle", and "Blade Runner. "

[swoop42]

The ending.

[stui magpie]

Young bloke from "the Drain man" came out today to fix the blockage in the sewer / storm water / grey water pipe. Damn he was good.

First he ran the camera down the pipe. He had a thingo with a screen so he could see what the camera could and it also measured distance. So 22 metres down he found the blockage.

First up, called the water company and got a bloke to check the plan to see if the blockage was my problem or the water companies "no point you paying me if it's their job" he said. Bugger, 1.5m on my side. Oh well, off he goes.

Runs a high pressure hose that has a small metal head with a number of tiny holes that shoot out needles of high pressure water. Used that til he got the blockage clear, then swapped the head for a bigger one that actually cut through tree roots with the high pressure water.

Geez he was good. The way we watched the screen while moving the camera with one hand and the water hose with the other to get just the right touch was like watching a vascular surgeon at work. I commented that he had great touch, he said thanks and that it had taken a couple of years to master. he much prefers the water than the mechanical auger as you have a lot less feel and touch with those.

Cleaned the blockage and cleared the pipe of roots, for now anyway.

29, very polite, well mannered and well spoken, happy to have a chat, very nice kid for a Carlton supporter.

Cost me $500, but money well spent

[Mugwump]

^ bloody good story. There is always something heartening about someone doing a good honest job, showcasing human ingenuity in the process. It's also another amazing application of digital probe technology.

I got a crappy tooth done yesterday, root canal and the rest, and they now show you everything on a large magnifying screen above the chair as they are doing it. I'm not sure I'd want that when they were actually drilling, though perhaps it's better to see what is happening than to await the nerve shock - but as an explanation of what was wrong and options to fix it, it was great. This type of digital technology has made a difference to so many things.

[Bruce Gonsalves]

[think positive]

[HAL]

I will take that under advisement. And second?

[stui magpie]

Nice weather today, got the smoker going in the backyard with a pork shoulder and some beef short ribs. Chuck some burgers and snags on later.

Some coleslaw, potato salad and some bread rolls, that,s dinner tonight

[think positive]

Yum, don’t you just love BBQ weather?! I love Sunday dinner, cos hubby cooks it! Tonight BBQ chicken, and left over salads and veggies I made for dinner last night.

Got so much done today, hubby and junior were working, they left at 5am, eldest and BF slept til 11.30 and the puppy woke me at 7.30 so I got stuck into the EOFY taxes, all done, and then the guy over the back fence came over and we pruned his trees that were dropping Leaves and seeds in the pool. He and his kids even helped me clean it all up! Downloaded and sorted all the pics from Hawaii, inc the GoPro, gunna hit the spa with a Jim beam! Cheers!

[stui magpie]

Family came over, at outside, little bloke was like a wind up toy, full tilt round the yard. God I love the warm weather and daylight savings.

Took the little bloke into the park next door after dinner, few people in there, little bloke just runs over and yaps to anyone.

Asian woman comes in with 2 daughters. Chatting to her, she asked me what the little blokes name was.

Tyler I told her.

Couple of minutes later, he ran up to her and started yammering. She said to me, it's like he's speaking in a foreign language. I said, he's speaking tylerese. She looked at me confused until her (around) 10 year old daughter whispered in her ear and explained. Ah, she said, she's Australian I'm not, she understands, sorry.

[think positive]

That’s so cute, he’d be about 18 months 2 years now?