bad day (AKA Monday), Mar 9th, '26...

[ST1100Y]

Daylight Savings:
Proof that losing one hour of sleep can ruin an entire week...
and then some...



G'Day...

4°/16°C... haze, a few clouds, should stay sunny an dry throughout the day...

after a rather relaxing weekend... back in the mine...

absorbed the home Nespresso without noticing, nor much effect... need to up the dose...
office Nescafé also already empty... I suspect sabotage...

commute went without incidents... that's something at least...

but a strange atmosphere at the company... trying to figure out what that's about...

however, a start into a new week... oh dear...

 

[steve3b3]

Good morning and thanks for the coffee start, Martin.

It's 48, going to 62 in Geneva this morning.

We had a nice walking tour of the city, and then took a walk along the lake. More walking brought us back to the same Italian restaurant where we ate the day before. Pizza, this time.





The chair is to remind people about landmine damage.

Today, we're off on a bus trip to Annacy, and it's old town.

Enjoy your day,
Steve

 

[Obo]

Morning all, and thanks for the startup, Martin.

Hope everyone remembered to set their clocks forward from seasonal depression to regular depression with extra sun.

-1 here and foggy, headed to a cloudy +7. Lots of black ice on the roads this morning.

Hope everyone has a super day, and like Steve, avoids land mines. No one needs charity.

Obo.

 

[ibike2havefun]

Good morning everyone

Thanks for the coffee, Martin. It used to be, when I was up at this hour it was stupid early. Since yesterday it's just regular early.

It's 44°F and clear in Rockville, slated to be sunny with a high around 75. That should be about ideal for a round of goof, which will occupy me for most of the day.

stay safe and well everyone and tell your dear ones you love them. Do it today, NOW, for tomorrow may be too late.

 

[STooRay]

Thx Martin!

7˚c/45f, grey, 15mph wind from south, rain later.

Fridays surgery went well. They put me to sleep, and three seconds later they woke me up, good to go.
My clock insisted I had slept for two hours.
Will take some weeks until I have the full use of the hand again, but I’m not in a rush.
Pain is bearable.

Today is just about nothing.

Have a good one!
Stu

Before



Two days after, when replacing the dressing. Think of what a landmine could do….

 

[ST1100Y]

Think of what a landmine could do….

Yeah, those stitches look like they've been done by an apprentice...
Anyhoo... good you're over that, now to the remobilization, reha and physio (AKA more ouch-time) begins...
You hang in there, hoping for a fast recovery...

 

[Obo]

Based on the before and after photos, all I can say is they ruined a perfectly good spider man web shooter hand.



Hope you heal up quick!

 

[Nashcat]

Good morning, everyone. Thanks for the start, Martin.

47/72 and mostly cloudy.

Oil change day, so it’s off to the parts store for filters. I have a fresh 5 gallon pail that will be just about be empty when I’m done. F250 gets 7qts, SUV gets 7qts, ST1300 gets 4, and the mower get 1.5. So, when I’m done, I should have 16 ounces left out of the pail, which is just enough for an oil change in the generator.

@ibike2havefun I was waking up stupid early, now I’m waking up regular stupid.

John

 

[Sadlsor]

Thanks for the coffee, Martin.
Yeah, it could be stronger. But at least it's hot and it's not left out overnight.
I agree with your view of Stu's stitches, but most of us don't do that every day, and I could only have done it a little bit better, not a lot better.
But I do have a nice set of different X-acto knives in a variety of shapes for carving... by hand.
Saturday I changed the oil on the GSA, and after changing the filter and refilling it, i found the crush washer in the old oil.
What?! That was just dumb!
Also found my very old plastic oil catch pan has a tiny spider crack on the very bottom, allowing the oil in it to slowly seep out of it. Fortunately, I always put it on cardboard, so I saved the driveway from a huge mess.
No problem, I'll go to WallyWorld Sunday and buy another. Nope, there was only one, and I didn't like it.
So, off to Auto Zone. They had only one and it held 16 quarts. Much too big, I don't have a diesel truck. Strike 2.
Hello, ...Amazon?
And of all the crush washers at Auto Zone, none were the size I need. I'll reuse the old one again.
Fortunately, the bike didn't leak oil Saturday overnight, so I rode it to church, and I checked under the bike before I left, no leaky.
Sunday afternoon I decided to drain the oil back into the original oil jug. It BARELY fit under the oil drain, with the bike on the centerstand. Maybe a quarter inch between the drain bolt and top of the jug.
So I put the oil jug in another large pan, which caught the oil for the 2 seconds or less while I slid the jug directly beneath the drain and put the old crush washer back on the drain bolt.
A common maintenance chore doesn't require all this drama. And it usually doesn't happen this way. But it's me.
Checked this morning, still no oil drip.
Works for me.
Next I need to plug in the GS911 and reset the maintenance interval.
No oil on the driveway, only on my hands.
The simple oil change should not have required all these words, but there it is.
No rain expected today until its time to leave the office. Then it is 80%, potential damaging storm warnings.
Meh.
I have all i need to stay dry.
But Kaiser does not, so no ride for him today.
I didn't forget any other stories today, and the oil level in the BMW is correct, so y'all have had enough out of me for coffee this morning.
I'll see y'all later in another thread, unless someone calls me back here.

 

[ST1100Y]

Sunday afternoon I decided to drain the oil back into the original oil jug. It BARELY fit under the oil drain, with the bike on the centerstand. Maybe a quarter inch between the drain bolt and top of the jug.

... frankly, I would have simply attached the hose of my shop-vac to the oil filler neck and let it rip while removing and re-installing that darn drain plug...