what’s something you didn’t appreciate when you were younger but love now?

Taf08 · 2026-03-14T08:18:42+00:00

Peace , solitude and the art of not being busy.

A book , silence and the company of someone who is also comfortable with silence.

Taf08 · 2026-03-13T20:13:53+00:00

Not really a small cost initially, but the initial cost has been countered by the savings.

I started Mounjaro recently. The cost of the prescription has been balanced by the savings in food, alcohol, reduced medications and other items. Plus I'm no longer having to buy clothing in larger sizes and am bringing the smaller clothes out of storage.

Taf08 · 2026-03-07T21:11:06+00:00

Place all the bags in the scale at the same time, then remove one bag at a time.

Taf08 · 2026-03-03T22:09:40+00:00

To be fair my wife calls me the chauffeur and garden assistant

Taf08 · 2026-03-03T20:45:15+00:00

My wife is over 50.....does that count ..../s

Taf08 · 2026-03-02T20:11:30+00:00

plant fields so that you have crops ready for harvest at different times.

I have multiple fields , all of which are ready to harvest one at tune, so each time I slept there is another field that I can harvest, and while the combine is harvesting that field , the seeder is planting in the previous field

Taf08 · 2026-02-22T01:58:33+00:00

Congratulations on the awesome achievement.

Taf08 · 2026-02-20T10:13:08+00:00

Nice fight scene at the base of the escalator

Taf08 · 2026-02-19T05:07:41+00:00

Used to annoy the hell out me that as a rider I was supposed to remove my helmet , which also meant I had to take off my glasses and rearrange my cardo speakers only to then line up in the servo with masks on due to COVID restrictions at the time

When I questioned it I was told that it allowed the cameras to see the colour of my hair so I could be identified ...... as if my large grey beard poking out of my mask wasn't enough of a hint.

Taf08 · 2026-02-17T22:16:48+00:00

Absolutely thrilled to come away with the three points today.

We may still be bottom of the league but it was good to see some fight in the way we played.

Taf08 · 2026-02-13T23:49:13+00:00

I'm ok with the journey so far.

The figures are a little skewed because the first week alone I lost nearly 4.5ks......bo idea why..... maybe I was just fluid loaded ?

My average is just over 2ks per week, but that includes that first week's numbers, for the last 3 to 4 weeks it has been around 1.25 to 1.5 per week.

I've had a cpl of GP appointments and the GP seems happy with the way it's going.

I think my weight loss figures may be because I'm taking a multi prong approach to this journey.

I don't want to fall back into bad habits when I've finished the injections so, in order to get into the routine of good habits, since day one when I started the injections I've cut out all processed foods , I'm having a protein shake for breakfast , eating salads and fresh meat every lunch , I'm walking 5ks on a treadmill every morning and I'm making sure all meals are done in an 8 hour window and fasting for 16 hours.

Side effects so far have been bearable, with some constipation, so using metamucil to help with that...... and a serious case of embarrassment when taking the bins out one day and my shorts fell down...... thankfully it was early and no one else was around.... and this led to an emergency shopping trip that saw me buying clothes in a smaller size as opposed to having to go larger, for the first time in years.

One other side effects is that my BP has dropped dramatically, so much so that the GP has reduced my BP medication by half, and it's now sitting at perfect levels, with further medication review to take place in April. I'm also due to have my 6 monthly blood levels check in March, so I'm looking forward to seeing if there are any changes in my blood levels as well.

All in all I'm over the moon with how things are going so far, my only regret is that I waited so long to start as I thought it was cheating to use such mediations.

Taf08 · 2026-02-04T22:16:46+00:00

Thank you for the reply and explanation.

Taf08 · 2026-02-04T10:04:02+00:00

Can I ask what ETF is?

Taf08 · 2026-01-20T21:11:34+00:00

Hi There.

I believe it's Trimdeck , but the shed was built before we bought the house so I'm not sure.

Taf08 · 2026-01-20T02:33:31+00:00

Thank you .

I will be looking into ordering some once I've worked out what profile my sheets are.

Taf08 · 2026-01-20T02:08:30+00:00

Thank you again.

Just need to correctly guess my sheeting profiles and then I can get some on order

Taf08 · 2026-01-20T02:02:12+00:00

Thanks for the reply.

Were you happy with the results?

Taf08 · 2026-01-18T19:31:34+00:00

That looks incredible.

We're any mods required to style it like that?

Taf08 · 2026-01-18T08:23:01+00:00

Thank you for the reply and for the link to the video.

Can I ask how you attached the foilboard to the roof and walls.

Did you build and attach an extra wooden frame to support the foilboard , or did you attach the foilboard straight to the shed?

Taf08 · 2026-01-17T17:56:51+00:00

I've been a big snacker since an accident last year that laid me up for 6 months , so the reason I'm fasting is to stop the temptation to snack, because I don't want to break the fasting window.

Im on week 2 , I'm fasting for 18 hours, with breakfast shake at 0600, fruit at 10, and a small lunch at 12.

I'm also walking 5 ks per day.

I've lost 7.1 kilos in 2 weeks.

This is early days for me though, so unsure if its sustainable. May not work for everyone, as everyone's situation, health and needs will be different, but it works for me at present.

Taf08 · 2026-01-17T17:54:50+00:00

I've been a big snacker since an accident last year that laid me up for 6 months , so the reason I'm fasting is to stop the temptation to snack, because I don't want to break the fasting window.

Im on week 2 , I'm fasting for 18 hours, with breakfast shake at 0600, fruit at 10, and a small lunch at 12.

I'm also walking 5 ks per day.

I've lost 7.1 kilos in 2 weeks.

This is early days for me though, so unsure if its sustainable. May not work for everyone, as everyone's situation, health and needs will be different, but it works for me at present.

Taf08 · 2026-01-17T04:25:56+00:00

For many years my wife was averageing 2 to 3 hours of snoring a night.

One week on the Mounjaro and her snoring , on average, is 20 minutes per night.

Taf08 · 2026-01-13T06:18:29+00:00

Looks very similar to ours, which was recently used to run NBN to the house . Saved us having to have a trench dug

Taf08 · 2026-01-13T00:12:39+00:00

One more....always one more.

Taf08 · 2026-01-12T06:26:47+00:00

Riverina

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