ALDI – Clothes dryer purchase

Off early to ALDI this morning to buy a clothes dryer for the younger kid and her partner.

RBA interest rates

Bad news for us retirees, the million dollar plus man at the RBA has decided to push the lever forwards and cut the cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.00% – bugger !!!

When I retired in July 2010 the cash rate was 4.5% and were getting 6.0% for the term deposit in our SMSF.

Al's Woodshop - kids tricycle repair

I've been given a kids wooden tricycle to repair. I feel like I'm running a community men's shed.

The damage is obvious, the handle bar was made from a softwood so no surprise the thing broke off. Here I'm knocking the pin out with a pin punch.

Bandsaw 42 - Update oops

Seniors moment during construction - last year!
Noticed today while using the saw that the whole upper blade guide arm assembly is skewed with respect to...err...everything else! How did that happen? with a good eye for true & square even before I pick up a square that should not have slipped past me!

Backtracking dismantling stuff to find out where the skew problem lies.

Square drive screws

While at Bunnings today finally got some 30 and 45 mm square drive screws (driver bit included), something I've been meaning to do for a while. Boy...they screw right in with no need for pilot or countersink - much better than the common Philips head type.

Telstra BigPond cable usage:

Our usage for half way through the current billing cycle - LOL

Telstra for Tuesday 5th May - possible interruptions.

No problem if needed create a Hotspot on my Samsung Galaxy for the WiFi tablets.