Good morning all, it is a lovely, sunny Autumn day, temperatures are supposed to get into the mid 20s but I have been wearing my cardigan all morning.
Made the sad trek to Service NSW to get my licence reduced to car only. I haven’t driven a truck for a few years and I don’t really want to so this should stop people asking.
In the RTA days they used to print out a new licence on the spot but now all you get is a hole punched in the old licence and a bit of paper with your licence details on it, the new licence arrives in the post. Didn’t bother with having a new photo taken, the girls asked if I wanted one taken but the old one still looks like me.
The grass is growing like mad after that rain so I shall undoubtedly be out later with the mower os it is drying well.
Well, that’s all my excitement for the day, hope you have better things than me to do today .
Your posts are always a good read, fascinating snippets of information about life in Australia.
Driving Licenses for example, here in the UK once you reach 70 you have to renew your licence every 3 years.
There is a list of medical conditions you have to declare if you have them which will prohibit you driving.
Strangely, my multiple issues do not count.
I no longer drive, I have given up my licence voluntarily, simple reason, I am on 120 Morphine tablets a month, plus Oramorph, which is liquid Morphine.
I could continue to drive, but do not feel safe doing so.
Good morning - It will be sunny today but with a breeze. Nephrostomy dressing change today (takes about an hour with a little skin airing time) …and a haircut if I can talk Mrs mart into doing it. After that, I’ll be doing some more gardening.
Good game yesterday getting a wireless access point situated in an out-building working. When switching a Virgin Media modem to ‘modem mode’, the Ethernet ports at the back used to all work but now only one does after some change or other, probably down to VM. More re-routing of wires needed so I could get a feed from the back of the Google Nest router. Not a wire to be seen because they come through the wall.
Mine is still a 5 year licence but I have to have a medical every year from my GP, one of the reasons I got rid of my truck licence was that the eye test for a car licence only is far less stringent. At least I get my licence and rego free as a poor old pensioner.
Had a look at my digital driving licence on my phone and it is already updated to a “C” from “HR” but while I retain the same licence number the card number says, “Yet to be issued”.
I remember that in Britain if you were stopped by the cops they would ask your car rego number, that would be meaningless here but they do ask your driving licence number which stays with you unless you move interstate
Good afternoon all.
Here is still hot even we have a bit of rain this morning. The streets were unusually quiet today because the kids are on school break.
I drove around to run a few errands, two or three places in total.
For lunch, I only had two mini tuna burgers, but they were surprisingly filling.
Wishing everyone a very happy day today!
Morning all – another sunny day, although a bit chilly
I’m impressed by how technically minded some of you are – I am something of a technophobe – whenever anything goes wrong with my laptop I am off to my trusted computer nerd who lives in the next county! (I even had to get someone to set up my TV when I moved here!)
Today is more laundry – where does it all come from!! Then this afternoon my long awaited blood test – it only took me 4 weeks to get through to the surgery to book it! As my local GP surgery is still closed due to the heating and hot water not working (it has now been closed for over 5 months) I have to travel to one of the other surgeries in the group which is a half hour drive away – last time I went there I got lost coming back so wish me luck!
I haven’t posted on here for a couple of days as I’ve been feeling out of sorts, to use a quaint old expression
Not really ill, just weak, tired, and un motivated (Oh alright, what’s new I hear you ask?)
So I’ve spent the time watching YouTube videos, reading, and generally just sitting around, which is a shame as the weather has been nice
I feel a bit more lively today, and apart from two days’ of washing up I’ll carry on with a bit of painting
A week or so ago a friend gave me about 12 or 15 small cans of model making paint, and I’ve been working my way through them
I make my own colour charts from white card, so I can see exactly what the colour is, and what state the paint is in - whether it’s dried up, and so on
That has been just about the most active job I’ve been doing recently, but I’ll finish the last of that today
A drawback to the Google Nest mesh is that there is only one Ethernet port at the back (plus the port for the input from the modem). That was all I needed but but a network switch would be needed for more. A funny system. It has three units. Anyone of them can be set up as the router while the other two are set up as satellites. Choose any one at random. They are all the same.
Bright and sunny with a few wispy white clouds floating by on a brisk south easterly.
Just 3 degrees C early on, but it’s warming up champion, and in time for me to go out and get some work done in the garden. As soon as the sun comes round that is…
Afternoon good folks!
We have had a few people for our hairdresser - she comes to our house and the neighbours follow suit. It is a very social occasion. Then we stroll down the Roman Ridge with the wee dog. Then a nice lunch.
