Many thanks to Robbie, who was a great help!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The Sewing Room is Finished!
Here it is, end of August, finished at last:
Many thanks to Robbie, who was a great help!
Many thanks to Robbie, who was a great help!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
A change of job
I have been laid off from Nucon Ltd and am now working back at NZ Sugar Ltd. It feels quite homely to be back at NZSugar as I have been back and forwards from there about 4 or 5 times since 1998. At the moment I do not know how long I will be here.
I am doing the compressed air schematic. You would think this would be fairly straightforward, but this is an old plant and water pipes look just like air pipes!
I'm curious and a bit apprehensive about the Nucon project I left behind (a food factory in Indonesia).
To see the NZSugar site you can go http://www.NZSugar.co.nz
I am doing the compressed air schematic. You would think this would be fairly straightforward, but this is an old plant and water pipes look just like air pipes!
I'm curious and a bit apprehensive about the Nucon project I left behind (a food factory in Indonesia).
To see the NZSugar site you can go http://www.NZSugar.co.nz
Friday, May 16, 2008
What Happens When You are Tired and it is Foggy....
Don't know why I am posting this....maybe I am too embarassed to tell it in person. Maybe I am just getting the details out of the way so I don't have to keep repeating them.
On Friday 17th May I was wending my way to work on my bike, then upon nearly going out of Cornwall Park, I somehow fell off my bike. I can remember that it was in the park. I say somehow because I cannot remember what happened. All I can remember is waking up lying on the road and having some sort of conversation with about 3 people. They told me later that I introduced myself 3 times....so god knows what other drivel they had to put up with!
Looking at my helmet I realised I had been knocked out. Two of the people were a retired couple, and they offered to take me to their house and wait there while Rose my wife came and picked me up.
He went and got his car, and I was taken to their house and Rose was called, who came and took me to Auckland Hospital A and E.
There I was diagnosed as OK. (Apart from a slight headache, which is normal.) So here I am 24 hours later with still a headache, but only mild.
I have several "battle scars", scrapes to the hands and the right knee, but nothing serious. I felt not too bad after it, but today can feel sore muscles in the arms and so on.
It is recommended that you do not hit your head again for the next three weeks, so I am giving up cycling for that period.
All a bit scary really, when they hand you a sheet saying "Watch this person for 24 hours...if they are hard to wake up, call 111..."
Can only think it was caused by a combination of factors-I was tired, I had already cycled to work 3 days, it was foggy, I had a few personal problems on my mind. I am going to go back to the scene to check if there is any obvious cause for the accident.
On Friday 17th May I was wending my way to work on my bike, then upon nearly going out of Cornwall Park, I somehow fell off my bike. I can remember that it was in the park. I say somehow because I cannot remember what happened. All I can remember is waking up lying on the road and having some sort of conversation with about 3 people. They told me later that I introduced myself 3 times....so god knows what other drivel they had to put up with!
Looking at my helmet I realised I had been knocked out. Two of the people were a retired couple, and they offered to take me to their house and wait there while Rose my wife came and picked me up.
He went and got his car, and I was taken to their house and Rose was called, who came and took me to Auckland Hospital A and E.
There I was diagnosed as OK. (Apart from a slight headache, which is normal.) So here I am 24 hours later with still a headache, but only mild.
I have several "battle scars", scrapes to the hands and the right knee, but nothing serious. I felt not too bad after it, but today can feel sore muscles in the arms and so on.
It is recommended that you do not hit your head again for the next three weeks, so I am giving up cycling for that period.
All a bit scary really, when they hand you a sheet saying "Watch this person for 24 hours...if they are hard to wake up, call 111..."
Can only think it was caused by a combination of factors-I was tired, I had already cycled to work 3 days, it was foggy, I had a few personal problems on my mind. I am going to go back to the scene to check if there is any obvious cause for the accident.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
The nightmare continues....
Please excuse my crap efforts at brightening the pics!
Well, here we are and it is Sunday 4th May 2008. The renovations are still not finished, although they are closer. I have had a prelining check...ok...a bracing panels only check....ok.....now just a fight to the finish.
At a rate of 3 bits of gib/weekend, this is rocketing along!
This has all been a bit of a pain: I want my weekends back!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
My Bike Trip to Work
Yuck.....7.15am and I am on my way to work-it takes about an hour. 
This is Waterview Park-My first port of call just out from home.
This is my bike, an Apollo Vispo. The original nice wheels I wrecked, so these are just cheapies to replace them. I have had to get the bottom crank replaced and a new chain, so I must have done some k's. (It is about 15km to work.)
This is the "cliff" in Liverpool St near One Tree Hill. I always like to stop there to remind myself that we are just a very minor grain in the history of the earth and I always wonder just how old the layers of sediment are.
I know that this biking thing is mad (dangerous)--maybe that is why I do it. There are some fitness benefits, but the summer does not seem to last very long and I slip backwards in fitness in the winter. I also have to run a fine line between overdoing it, as I seem to get very tired.
This is the top of Golf Rd, just where I join the road around One Tree Hill. I usually stop and gasp for breath about here for a minute. But it is good to know it is all down hill to work from around here.
This is the road around the bottom of One Tree Hill- On a nice morning, it is the highlight of the day with the fresh oak trees, animals and fields.
Here we are on the way home---this is a house in Sandringham where I like to stop and have a drink of water. I really like this house. It has a brilliant front yard with a cat that sleeps on the front step.
This is Waterview Park-My first port of call just out from home.
This is my bike, an Apollo Vispo. The original nice wheels I wrecked, so these are just cheapies to replace them. I have had to get the bottom crank replaced and a new chain, so I must have done some k's. (It is about 15km to work.)This is the "cliff" in Liverpool St near One Tree Hill. I always like to stop there to remind myself that we are just a very minor grain in the history of the earth and I always wonder just how old the layers of sediment are.I know that this biking thing is mad (dangerous)--maybe that is why I do it. There are some fitness benefits, but the summer does not seem to last very long and I slip backwards in fitness in the winter. I also have to run a fine line between overdoing it, as I seem to get very tired.
This is the top of Golf Rd, just where I join the road around One Tree Hill. I usually stop and gasp for breath about here for a minute. But it is good to know it is all down hill to work from around here.This is the road around the bottom of One Tree Hill- On a nice morning, it is the highlight of the day with the fresh oak trees, animals and fields.
Here we are on the way home---this is a house in Sandringham where I like to stop and have a drink of water. I really like this house. It has a brilliant front yard with a cat that sleeps on the front step. Monday, February 18, 2008
More Building Renovations Progress
Well....how can I possibly have taken 4 hours to nail on 6 boards?
Maybe the answer lies in the fact that a lot of things went wrong...but here it all is - ready for the building inspector next Friday....
Maybe the answer lies in the fact that a lot of things went wrong...but here it all is - ready for the building inspector next Friday....
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Trip to Langs Beach
This is Langs Beach, it is about 1 and a half hours north of Auckland.
The creek forms a lagoon in the foreground.
The creek forms a lagoon in the foreground.
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