Good Morning Thread - Come say good morning, tell us what you've got on today. :)

We have this thread on TilersForums.com and it's just been restarted because the old thread had 20,000 replies and 500,000 views. And there were 700 pages. Started to lag a bit on slow connections.

I think we had a bash of this before, but I can't find the thread, so thought I'd start another one off.

If you have time in the mornings, come post in the thread before you head off to work, let us know what you've got on and what the weather is like in your area etc. Anything at all is fine.

Posts and likes get counted towards your total stats in this thread.

So GOOOD MORNING PEOPLE - WEATHER IS NICE TODAY IN STOKE. I'M THANKFUL IT'S FRIDAY, HAD A RUBBISH WEEK. THANK GOD IT'S OVER.

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[Moley]

What do you do with the samples then mate? Do they need to be tested for something I assume? If so, what you looking for in it?

You've got a fair few miles on your van I bet?!

Depends on what the power station want. If it's just DGA (Dissolved Gas Analysis) and moisture content then I can do that. If it's more in depth analysis then the samples go to a lab. If a transformer develops a fault the oil will start to break down and produce gases. By measuring the gasses you can get a good idea of what, if anything, is going on inside the transformer.
The van mileage is really high now, 555 miles It won't stay low for long.

 

[Dan]

Christ mate you're not just a pretty face eh?! Do you have some chemist quals or is it just learned experience then?

When did you get your van and what did you go for?

 

[Moley]

I'm not even a pretty face
Most was on the job training from the guy I took over from. Been doing it for around 15 years now so I must be doing something right
I've got the new shape Tansit Connect. Only picked it up last week. Not a big lover of it so far.

 

[Dan]

I'm not even a pretty face
Most was on the job training from the guy I took over from. Been doing it for around 15 years now so I must be doing something right
I've got the new shape Tansit Connect. Only picked it up last week. Not a big lover of it so far.

Morning everybody.

@Moley does it have driving aids like lane assist etc? Wondering how advanced they are.

Do us a pic of the dash mate? ha

 

[littlespark]

Do us a pic of the dash mate? ha

Before it gets covered in old newspapers, sweet wrappers, coffee stains, broken bits and pieces

 

[Dan]

Used to get gravy all over mine from chips peas and gravy dinners.

It was the fault of the buttered bap and me dipping in gravy. Dribbled all over steering wheel it stopped the horn from papping for about 6 months.

 

[Moley]

Do northerners have gravy with everything? I've got a sick vision of a bowl of cornflakes swimming in gravy
Anyway, little photo of the basic setup. No buttons anymore, all touch screen. Only 1 stalk too.

 

[Mike Johnson]

I have never understood Chips with Gravy, most chip shops served limp fat undercooked and unappetising chips anyway without putting gravy on them and then have the audacity to advertise their chips are hand cut? I don't care if they are cut by a chimpanzee as long as they are crisp and not a soggy limp mess.

 

[littlespark]

What's the yellow thing looking out the window?

You know, @Moley that ive got a Jess The Cat in my VW Transporter, which was a gift from my girls as my first van was a red Berlingo, and they thought it was Postman Pat's.


Anyway... they take the buttons off the radio, and place them on the steering wheel.... Cant understand that one.
Old vehicles... you knew the feel of the radio... you could adjust the volume, change channel... insert a tape (or CD) all without taking your eyes off the road... Now its just a flat smooth screen.... how you supposed to touch the right part?

Actually.... is that 2 sat navs? You must get lost an awful lot of times

 

[Mike Johnson]

Agree, have a look at any touch screen phone after a years site use and its scratched to bits and you can't see what you are touching, and don't spill your gravy on it.

 

[Moley]

The yellow thing is Dennis the rabbit. Me and him have been together for the last 3, maybe 4 vans. We've traveled about 300,000+ miles together so far.
Yes, 2 sat navs. The Tomtom has much louder warnings for speed cameras and can be updated regularly. The van can either use the built in Sat nav (shown) or Android auto. Android auto had a nervous breakdown yesterday while going through Luton so it's lucky I still had Tomtom to fall back on. I remember when I had a huge collection of CDs in my van. Thing of the past now. They don't really cater for a memory stick now. Last Transit had a USB socket on the dash, out of the way, to plug your USB stick into. Now the only one is below the gearstick where it gets knocked all the time.

 

[littlespark]

Dennis….


The old boy came to the house with a cheque for me yesterday… the repair job with the rodent damage… which reminded me what his wife said to me while I was doing the work.

I was walking swiftly between the consumer unit at the front door, through the living room, dodging the furniture… into the kitchen then the utility room…. Back on forth, back and forth…

The old dear was sitting on the sofa doodling on a tablet.. she looked up and said something like…. “You’de be a good ballroom dancer, moving like that”


When I told my wife this, she couldn’t stop laughing.





Back at the big stately home this morning… PATting the white goods in the private flat.
I did the EICR there last week, but it brought up several C2’s that need addressed.
I know the office there has the previous report from 5 years ago, and I want to see if these same things were picked up then.
(Some sockets not on rcd, bathroom lights not on rcd, and the rcd protecting half the board is not tripping within time)

 

[Moley]

Dancing eh? Perhaps we should all video ourselves and post them up. I only do 'dad dancing' though complete with the '70s Travolta look
I spent most of the day PATesting all the equipment on 3 vans and in our stores/workshop and inspecting our harness'. I really can't work out how anyone would want to make a living from PAT.

 

[Moley]

Today I'll be packing the car and heading north. We've got a cottage about 1/2 hour from Inverness booked for the next 2 weeks. We're only going as far as the lake district today as I was expecting to be working today. So, in two weeks time I'll be coming home bright red, not from the sun but from midge bites

 

[littlespark]

Couldnae resist it….

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