fubar57
General
Just got an email from the company. Its official, back to work on the 13th. Shift is now 14 on/14off for the summer. Time to buy some extra underwear............
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Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Took delivery of this today - Nissan X Trail 2.5L auto Columbia 4 x 4.
Driving the camper van for day to day use is not always convenient, and more so now with the COVID lock down - very good chance of being stopped by the Police, thinking I'm on a jaunt somewhere.
May seem like an odd time to buy a used car, but due to the lock down, car sales have, of course, plummeted, and there's some great deals to be had if one looks around. This was already reduced by £500, and I managed to negotiate a further £100 reduction, and get a full 12 months MoT (the annual safety test in the UK). The car is in very good condition inside and out, with a full service history and two previous owners, the first for ten years, and apparently 'sailed' through the MoT test. The dealer gave the car a full service and valet, plus a brand new battery and spark plugs, and delivered it free of charge too !
Just need a few hours - or days - to read the manuals, in order to figure out how all the 'bells and whistles' work, as well as the Sat Nav thingy !!
Driving the camper van for day to day use is not always convenient, and more so now with the COVID lock down - very good chance of being stopped by the Police, thinking I'm on a jaunt somewhere.
May seem like an odd time to buy a used car, but due to the lock down, car sales have, of course, plummeted, and there's some great deals to be had if one looks around. This was already reduced by £500, and I managed to negotiate a further £100 reduction, and get a full 12 months MoT (the annual safety test in the UK). The car is in very good condition inside and out, with a full service history and two previous owners, the first for ten years, and apparently 'sailed' through the MoT test. The dealer gave the car a full service and valet, plus a brand new battery and spark plugs, and delivered it free of charge too !
Just need a few hours - or days - to read the manuals, in order to figure out how all the 'bells and whistles' work, as well as the Sat Nav thingy !!
fubar57
General
Should have got more off for having the steering wheel placed on the wrong side. Gotta love the onboard navigation. With stricter laws concerning cell phone usage in cars here in B.C., placing my phone in front of the speedometer is frowned upon
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
wow Terry, very nice!!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Thanks chaps. The steering wheel is on the correct side, but the roads aren't !!!
Should have gotten more taken off for not being a Jeep. 
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
I had a Jeep Cherokee once - not bad, but a bit cramped, especially after having had a Range Rover, and thirsty too !
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Very nice Terry, but the hair dressers van had a lot of character and the thought of you driving around giving people hair perms was quite funny to me.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Ah yes, the old Vitara hairdresser' car - that went in 2011, how time flies !
The Role of Tranexamic Acid (TXA) in Military Trauma: Current Practices and Implications for the Future - PubMed
Been trying for a few years to get this paper published and there it is...
Been trying for a few years to get this paper published and there it is...
fubar57
General
Well done Hugh. First step to the Nobel
T Bolt
Colonel
Nice Terry. I've been thinking about trading my van in for a new truck for a while now. Might be a good time to look around for some deals
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Yep, there's some good deals out there, in the UK at least, so I'm guessing it's the same in the USA.
A BBC item a couple of days ago reported that UK car sales had plummeted to lower than the lowest recorded level, in 1946, due to the COVID crisis. The journalist must have an Honours degree in "Stating the Bleedin' Obvious" !!!
A BBC item a couple of days ago reported that UK car sales had plummeted to lower than the lowest recorded level, in 1946, due to the COVID crisis. The journalist must have an Honours degree in "Stating the Bleedin' Obvious" !!!
Got a new laptop. Had fun kicking off Windows 10, installing Manjaro Linux and my own desktop environment. It now boots in under 5 seconds.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
I was out for a run and saw a lawnmower out "grazing" all by itself. No operator required. It was electric and I wonder if it knows enough to plug itself in for a recharge. Just think, put one in the yard and it will relieve you of that chore.
They are becoming more and more common. They are programmed, run on a continuous schedule all week long, and yes they charge themselves. They have docking stations, and return to it to charge on their own.
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at6
1st Sergeant
Another day without catching the China Virus.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
I went running by there one day a few weeks ago and the Cylon Lawn Mower had encountered a tree and gotten confused. I guess that is probably a relatively rare occurrence. At least it did not try to chop down the tree.
Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
Proud Papa of one of the newest USMC 2nd LTs!
fubar57
General
Congrats to the youngling Greg
