Things that please me - Part 5

[Mofra]

im hoping they swap the instantaneous gas to an instantaneous electric. then i can forget about gas bottles

at my own house, which i have tenants in, i expect a call at any moment regarding the gas hot watersystem as its 10 years old. when it goes, i will tell plumber to replace with instantaneous electric and the house will no longer need gas for anything

I'm now on full electric at my place and I love it. Put a new got water system in at the start of this year (got 20 years out of the old one), it's an off peak system that shuts off during the day. Good investment

 

[Scotland]

The VL commodore had a Nissans motor in it ...I guess that's where the change started.

Never understood people who owned a VL turbo but hated 'Jap crap'. The RB30 motor which was in that and the Nissan Skylines was excellent. The VK sill had the Holden black motor which was just the final incarnation of the red motor that was produced since the 1960s. Used to shit me how far behind the rest of the world Holden and Ford were when they were always crying out for govt funding. Building the Holden Cruze (a basic small car already made all over the world) here was a giant waste of money.

 

[Scotland]

I'm now on full electric at my place and I love it. Put a new got water system in at the start of this year (got 20 years out of the old one), it's an off peak system that shuts off during the day. Good investment

I went from electric instantaneous to gas instantaneous at my last place when the original unit packed it in and it was a game changer.

I am on board with reverse cycle heating/cooling but I'll be hoarding gas bottles if gas water heating and cooking ever gets phased out.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Never understood people who owned a VL turbo but hated 'Jap crap'. The RB30 motor which was in that and the Nissan Skylines was excellent. The VK sill had the Holden black motor which was just the final incarnation of the red motor that was produced since the 1960s. Used to shit me how far behind the rest of the world Holden and Ford were when they were always crying out for govt funding. Building the Holden Cruze (a basic small car already made all over the world) here was a giant waste of money.

After the smaller VK/VLs they went bigger VN/VP with Berrick motor.

True they were behide the rest of the world.

 

[Scotland]

After the smaller VK/VLs they went bigger VN/VP with Berrick motor.

True they were behide the rest of the world.

That Buick motor was an OHV V6. It was fine for what it was but was old tech. The GM "high feature engine" that replaced in 2004 again was fine for what it was but was hardly cutting edge technology for its time. I mean Toyota were selling the hybrid Prius before Holden made a DOHC engine in the Commodore.

 

[Billy ray]

I'm now on full electric at my place and I love it. Put a new got water system in at the start of this year (got 20 years out of the old one), it's an off peak system that shuts off during the day. Good investment

whats your unit for hot water?
i was just doing some reading and when the call comes from my agent for my house, i think ill get a heat pump rather than electric instantaneous

 

[MP_]

I found two blue tongue lizards today. One was big and fat shuffling around in a garden bed. My cat was curious so I helped him to hide under my back deck. The other was a small one in my shed. I heard they help keep snakes away but I don't know if that's true.

Urban myth that lizards keep snakes away. Also your fat blue tongue may have been pregnant it’s that time of year for them having babies.

 

[PoppedCorn]

If shitting on Australians was an Olympic sport you'd be a gold medallist

Bit off topic but did Brocks magic cube in his car really work?

the polariser?
nahhh

The VL commodore had a Nissans motor in it ...I guess that's where the change started.

those vls looked nicce
im a ford person but that shape and front end i always liked
if money was endless id barra turbo one

 

[rocker_oz33]

the polariser?
nahhh




those vls looked nicce
im a ford person but that shape and front end i always liked
if money was endless id barra turbo one

I've had two VLs before .

Ex Mrs i lend too (stupid me).
Smashed every pannel in and walked away.

Second one .
Was T boned on the way to cricket training .
2 fire trucks, ampo and cop cars turn up....

 

[Over The Post]

Have landed a small consulting gig this week, hoping it can somehow take off as a side gig (ie slush fund)

So you're not with one of those companies that makes you sign a "anything you do even if its got nothing to do with us and you do it at home or outside hours still belongs to us forever" agreements when joining?

 

[Over The Post]

Owners putting a brand new hot water system in.

But not til tomorrow. Lucky its not winter i guess.

Two years ago we scheduled the replacement of our gas hot water with a youbeaut heat pump system, prior to installing the solar panels. It was all going to be done the week after we got back from a month in NZ.

Eight days before flying out, the gas hot water shit itself.

All cold from then on. Fortunately I still had the factory so we could shower there.

 

[Over The Post]

I'm now on full electric at my place and I love it. Put a new got water system in at the start of this year (got 20 years out of the old one), it's an off peak system that shuts off during the day. Good investment

After installing the solar panels, ours is on a timer and heats up between 10am and 12pm when its pretty much guaranteed to use electricity from the roof. It'll switch on at other times if the mid-tank temp drops to 35deg, but it hasn't done it in two years and I'm pretty good at the long hot shower lark.

Edit: This is the crowd we got it through, and it uses a Reclaim heat pump. Bit more $ but Mrs Post is very green credentialled and we didn't mind supporting local industry:

Home - Earthworker Energy Manufacturing Cooperative

Solar hot water systems made in Gippsland. Building worker-owned manufacturing and a better future for all.

earthworkerenergy.coop

 

[Mofra]

whats your unit for hot water?
i was just doing some reading and when the call comes from my agent for my house, i think ill get a heat pump rather than electric instantaneous

Everhot. I hadn't heard of the brand before the plumber suggested it, manufactured by Rheem.

 

[raskolnikov]

Can't light a ciggy off an electric hob.

I've done it.

 

[Over The Post]

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[Frank Bunn]

I went from electric instantaneous to gas instantaneous at my last place when the original unit packed it in and it was a game changer.

I am on board with reverse cycle heating/cooling but I'll be hoarding gas bottles if gas water heating and cooking ever gets phased out.

The Victorian government banned gas connections for new dwellings from January 1, 2024. I doubt they will phase it out for existing properties.

 

[the_interloper]

So you're not with one of those companies that makes you sign a "anything you do even if its got nothing to do with us and you do it at home or outside hours still belongs to us forever" agreements when joining?

Nah, all my boss said was to keep the meetings out of work hours. It's a condition of the contract that I can't speak about my current employer anyway.

I think that's why I got asked, I have a lot of experience in a particular industry and my latest role is outside of that so I can speak fairly freely.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Ticketek are mostly dickheads but the 'view from my seat' feature is helpful and cool

 

[Mofra]

Can't light a ciggy off an electric hob.

Wouldn't that just be like lighting it off an old school cigarette lighter in a car?

 

[Gough]

Wouldn't that just be like lighting it off an old school cigarette lighter in a car?

I'm an instant gratification sort of guy.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Wouldn't that just be like lighting it off an old school cigarette lighter in a car?

Reminds me of Ronnie getting green lit in the shield .

Green lit .green lit .

 

[the_interloper]

Have landed a small consulting gig this week, hoping it can somehow take off as a side gig (ie slush fund)

Can report this went well, and wasn't a video call either so my attire of jacket and shirt with tracksuit pants and Asics wasn't required.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Can report this went well, and wasn't a video call either so my attire of jacket and shirt with tracksuit pants and Asics wasn't required.

If the extra $$$$.
You open up your own ice cream shop ...

 

[the_interloper]

If the extra $$$$.
You open up your own ice cream shop ...

Let’s just say I gave my personal account details and expect to donate much of it to Sportsbet ha ha