Incident Creator @vik@mastodon.nzoss.nz

Someone is being economical with the truth. Your call.

New pool pump much more oomph than old one. The vacuum head went all fragmentary. Another trip to town...

Judith Collins doing her best impression of cleaning the rats out of the hay barn with a flamethrower there. #nzpol

For those of you who thought I was joking when I said I was setting fire to my plumbing to fix it: #IamEngineer
https://youtu.be/PsKGGbEziXw

Those who have not been vaccinated in NZ will soon be forced to receive viral RNA in their system to generate antibodies. It just won't have been tested, sterilized, and administered by a medical professional under monitored conditions.

Yay! Pool pump now goes without smoke or jetting water from every joint. New motor uses 1/3 the power too, and to greater effect. Time for a cuppa.

Did You Know?
If you smear pipe solvent cement around the outside of an existing PVC pipe joint (slit it first) and set fire to it, when the flames die down you can peel the old joint apart? Some obvious caveats here...

"I add solvent to little pipe and set fire to it here..."

Pool pump make fire after capacitor repair. New pool pump has completely different plumbing joints. [sings] "I'm Igor Pachmelnik Zakuskov and I am engineer"

Staff at #Masterton Waiscan medical services with nose-dicks peeking over their masks, and masks inside out. Unimpressive.

Note to anyone with my landline number: Now I can't get a line that works during a power outage there's no point, so I'm retiring it. Please delete.

Hello @BucketFountain@twitter.com !

"Woohoo! @RocketLab@twitter.com launching Kiwi rockets from NZ! "

Actually an American company launching US military payloads, but yeah, from NZ. Nein danke.

Got it registered and warranted in the end. Phew! That was a mission and a half.

So why my trailer lights still no go? Everything is ... oh.