Good.

I ordered this vernier caliper from Focalprice and its quality has surprised me, it's a beauty and the big clear display will be liked by my aging eyes (that's the reason for buying it.

The surprise is that it's a quality unit in a nice case and would make an excellent gift/prize for someone, and the receiver wouldn't even think the giver was a cheapskate. Only US$14.52 and comes with a spare battery.

Golly this is an ad! But no I don't get paid, I only posted because it impressed me.

A dilemma.

I bought this oil as part of a air/oil filter and oil package which meant virtually getting the oil filter and oil gratis after when you account for the normal price of Tru's uncommon air filter.

The dilemma is Repco appear to now be using Penrite as the supplier of their oil, where previously it was Mobil.

I rate Penrite oil about as highly as Kevin Rudd's term as PM, and don't really want to use it in any of my engines. I might try to give it away but that could come back and bite me but it could be a good gearbox oil for someone.

Very useful toy.

Checking the mower blades just became real easy thanks to the hoist :)

This should explain the bracket.

I bought the hoist a fair while back as it was on special and thought it would come in handy either here, or if we lost our house in the new place.
Finally I could mount it here after seeing our house isn't in the line of the new highway......yet.

Next job will be to cut the rails on the walkway it's mounted beside and remount them in a removable fashion. This will make moving bulky items upstairs (or down) far easier.

A new project takes shape.

The welding is my usual crud but hopefully it'll be strong enough for the task intended. I've been at it for three days and only another couple should see the job done.

My body hurts and gets exhausted after not much work, but hopefully it may improve after a while once the effect of those "pure evil" Crestor pills wear off.
Actually for many people they're great but some of us are unlucky enough to react in strange ways.

A bit of fun.

It looks like the Coles' bakers have a good sense of humour, I suppose that'll get ground down over time.

This massive happy octopus/spider was labeled and would presumably cost the same as the small loaves to its left.

Here we go again.

I thought Lipitor were bad news pills after racking up a huge cost at the hospital for a pill caused false alarm, but these Crestor the doc put me on in place of the Lipitor are possibly even more dangerous.
I've been as sore as buggery lately but didn't give that much thought as I've had balance problems that concern me enough to book a stint to see the doctor next week. Grace mentioned that perhaps the pills were causing the problem so I did a bit of checking and bingo! These Crestor can cause Rhabdomyolysis (wish I could say it but i'll write it down for the doc) and are very dangerous, methinks they're doing it to me and my kidneys are in poor enough shape as it is.

I think I can live with my cholesterol, it was never high anyway, the cure seems worse than the disease.

I'll still see the doc though as I think the loss of balance I have is a different issue and predates the Crestor use by a long way, it was only a fluke that I saw a link with Crestor and the pain I've been in.

Of course the doc will tell the official line of how Crestor is even more perfect than the flawed Lipitor that preceded it. Meanwhile the drug companies bask in their subsidised riches.