Another try at Jupiter with the P510.

Of course a zoom camera isn't a tool made for planet shooting but it can get a result. An issue is that to see the banding of Jupiter you have to lessen the exposure to a degree that hides the moons. To show the moons overexposes Jupiter, anyway it was a few minutes of fun until the mosquitoes and the moon appeared.

Clear skies here are unusual so it may be another year before I can have another blast.

It's by jingo weather here now.

So guiltily I bought a box the other day, normally I'd leave the red ones for Grace, they were her favourites. That suited me as I like the white ones and the orange ones, so Grace got the red and green, of course it doesn't matter any more.

A horrid surprise.

Grace's brother Bernie died today, I didn't know him well but he was a good man, even if he sold cars.

These are about the only photos I have of him.

A nice surprise.

The TV I ordered on Thursday arrived today, much earlier than the predicted Friday delivery.
It's quite a bit smaller than the old monster but you soon get used it, a perfectly acceptable unit for the price and the mere 90 Watts it consumes.

Here's the old one resting in the front room on the cruddy stand I made the other day.
Peter from next door gave me a hand to tote it about, it was so heavy it took him a bit of rest and beer to recover. I suppose I took the photo at about 14:50, but it was a long time after the delivery arrived.

Good enough.

Another new use for something old.

The bung under the spare wheel of Cubby must have gone missing some time in the distant past and a quick measure indicated a sink plug could be adapted to fit with a tiny modification.

So I got the rotary tool onto the old plug and ground a bit of a groove into the bit that was slightly oversize.

Resulting in a lovely fit.
It looks rat eaten because we had a rat sized mouse in the house in October, which after much effort I exterminated. New plug bought on Saturday $1.69, old plug recycled, despite having a right lean politically Jimmy loves to recycle things.

Yet another repair job.

It seems every time I use something I have to fix it, the drill I used to screw the stand together decided it didn't want to engage reverse any more.

Problem was a bent plastic tang on the switch.

Patched up by a blast of a blow torch and a bit of a twist while it was soft.

Pink arrow shows the location, I expect it will break again soon enough, then I'll just use this in forward and buy another reversible drill.

A Jimmybuilt Stand.

Or in real English, badly built.

It's about 45 cm high and I plan on resting the big TV on it.