Celebrating Positives (offset of the Gripes Thread)

[nomadpete]

21 hours ago, octave said:

My positive today was a walk we did up Flinders Peak. 

Nice pics, Octave.

 

Looks like the view from my bedroom window

[willedoo]

An old work mate has cancer and I haven't seen him since late last year. I've been meaning to ring him for a while but didn't know what to expect considering how sick he looked last time I saw him. Anyway, he rang me yesterday and he sounded great, just like his old self. It was the chemo making him sick last time I saw him he told me. His wife has cancer as well and both have been on chemo and have had a lot of success with it. They're both doing well and are back to fairly normal lives, so good news.

[facthunter]

Good News.  Nev

[willedoo]

Yes, it is. He's a good bloke, a Kiwi originally and a machinist by trade. I used to do volunteer work with him at our local air museum. They sold their house in a hinterland town to move into a unit near the hospital, so between that and the health issues, he sold off all his workshop equipment. I bought most of it, a lathe, mill, bench grinders, steel welding bench, a press and heaps of other stuff. Being a machinist his lathe came with a lot of extras, a keyless chuck and heaps of tooling he'd made plus a lot of rounds in steel and ali for turning.

[Litespeed]

Which means you have all the gear to build that rat bike

[octave]

I wasn't sure where to post this.    For Victorians from today until July 31 there is a a 20% rebate available on your last year's vehicle registration.  I have just registered, and I am expecting $139.

 

One slight problem is that the website (Services Vitoria) is being overwhelmed and can be hard to log on to.  For some reason, I just sailed through without any problems.  It is not a huge sum of money but worth the effort.

[facthunter]

When you are on the Age Pension every bit helps. My vehicle Mileages has halved anyhow.  Nev

[octave]

One thing I use social media for is as a diary. Some people keep a written diary, but I am far too lazy for that, so it is mainly pictures and videos.  Most mornings, I will be presented with memories from 1, 2, or more years ago, which is nice because I usually only post good events.

 

This video came up today from 3 years ago.  It was on a rail trail that we ride fairly regularly.  The rail line, which is only 16km long, is used by a couple of tourist trains. One of these serves a three-course meal and has live music.   Whenever I see this train, I will usually take a pic or two, but after a while, all the pics look the same. On this occasion, I thought about how I could video this from a unique angle.

 

I think I may have posted this video before, but I think interesting enough for another airing.