mu and Kashmir is witnessing rapid development in all spheres over the past one-and-a-half year, contrary to the earlier when hardly any money was spent and the vital projects were left languishing.
“We are moving rapidly with the cooperation and participation of the citizens. The Jammu and Kashmir is marching ahead. The administration is taking necessary action for overall development and is focusing on industries and channelizing the energy of youth in nation building,” the Lt Governor said.
He requested all concerned to pay attention to the development and development only. “That is what we have been lacking behind for a long time. Now this is the time to do more with vigour and enthusiasm,” he stressed.
Govt orders immediate transfer of Srinagar, Jammu...
Our business has been in the family for 40 years and we will continue as a small family business in the future. We are situated in the heart of Clyde’s historic precinct in picturesque Central Otago, home of the Rail Trail, superb fine dining and so much more.
Clyde is nestled in a sheltered basin at the foot of an immense and crooked gorge, now flooded by the huge concrete hydro dam just upstream. The old gorge was a severe test of mettle for early goldfields – traffic and horse teams often paused in Clyde to prepare for the rigors ahead.
The town is surrounded by an area renowned first for gold then for its stone fruit orchards, particularly in the Earnscleugh district. Many historic buildings have survived and the town centre has been declared an historic precinct. Some buildings have been refurbished as cafes, bars and places to stay.
Clyde is a small community and we are the only service station in town, which means we have a good community spirit and cherish our locals. To us it is all about helping our community. Most of our customers are regular and we know them on a social basis as well as in business and definitely by their names.
Our staff are our jewels, providing friendly, efficient and caring service both in the shop and on the forecourt. Our motto is “we are here to please” and we do that 7 days a week.
Jason and Ann-Maree Lines are the owner/operators of Dunstan Motors 007 Ltd, working alongside the Dunstan Automotive team, Butch and Jon, who are available for WOF, servicing, repairs and more.Yesterday I found out my Grandma had a stroke (2am Wednesday morning). From what I hear, she is doing relatively okay at the moment. Although one side of her body is [temporarily?] paralyzed, her brain was not significantly affected.
Amidst a flurry of not-so good midterms, this really puts things into perspective. My last midterm is tomorrow morning, and then I will be taking off to Lethbridge for the weekend.
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About a month ago my mom flew to Vancouver to visit her terminally ill sister who has since passed away. During this time, it was an opportunity for me to add a new face to her kitchen. It was quite a bit of work, probably about 40-50hours, but I am so glad I did it. I have to give a HUGE thanks to Benson, who on the day before my mom came home, helped me from 9AM to 3:30AM the next day. It was crazy. Here are some pictures before I started.
That receptacle with the yellow cord hanging out was pretty sketchy. Actually, it was very sketchy. The bottom plastic outlet was completely torn off from the refrigerator which has no wiggle room in that corner. It was the bare metal with live power running. I hate going to the basement, so [idiotically] I replaced the plug with the power still on (doin’ it live!). I managed to avoid a shock.
This tall cupboard was added a few years ago. I filled in that big space so it doesn’t look disjointed from the wall.
I scraped the stippling stuff off the ceiling. In this picture I am about 3/4 done. It was a pain in the bum, by the time I was done I was covered with a solid layer of dust and the entire kitchen was covered with little stipple rocks.
There was mac-tac/wallpaper all over these cupboards. The previous owners were too lazy to take the old stuff off when they put new on, so there was at least 3-4 layers in all the cupboards and drawers. When I finally got it all off, it revealed poor carpentry and some hella bad water damage.
I eventually filled all these little cracks in and sanded off the booger looking glue.
One morning when I went to her house around 7AM I seen these flowers in her yard and thought they were picture worthy.
More water damage in the cupboards.
To cover it up, and seal it off forever, I decided tiling this area would be the easiest and best looking way to fix the issue.
The area below the cupboard (above the counter top) was already tiled. I tiled the area inside the cupboard.
Here is Benson working on the floor after we painted the primer and final coat on the kitchen. The flooring underneath the old linoleum was in very poor condition, so I decided it would be best to leave the lino on and use a belt sander to rough it up before we stuck down the new tiles. In the end it worked out very well.
Here is me working on the final piece of the floor. It was about 3AM at this point. A few days after this I was in severe pain with a sore back. Now I see why.
Here is the kitchen in its completed form. I took all the cupboard doors and drawers home so I could router a new edge on them. The old edge was was a bumpy and square, so I rounded it off with a table router. I also put new handles on. I used all the old hinges, but I painted them black to match the handles.
I thought it would look nice if I used black receptacles and light switches to match the black and white theme, you can see one of them here. It’s crooked in this picture but I fixed that.
I painted the heat register black. It used to be a rusted brown register with some calcium on it for some weird reason. To get the calcium off I let it sit in a container of diluted hydrochloric acid.
This has nothing to do with the renovation but it’s a table I made for my mom last year and I want to show it off =P. Also, she really needs to get some new chairs.
I put new taps on and re-did some of the plumbing under the sink. The old taps were leaky.
I still haven’t put the quarter-round baseboard on to cover the edge of the flooring but I’ll do that some time.
The kitchen doesn’t look like complete garbage anymore so I am happy.
Nothing like a good crash.
Last night was a pretty dang fun night. My friends Boris, Benson, and I went to play with my two nitro-powered remote controlled cars.
This post is pretty long-winded, but it gets more interesting towards the end. Also note I put up another new post (photolog 2) last night on Waterton park.
If you’re wondering what the “nitro” is in these little beasts; it’s not NOS (nitrous oxide) and my name isn’t Paul Walker. The mixtures can vary between engines and environments, but my fuel consists of approximately 20% nitro-methane, 14% castor/synthetic oil, and the rest is methanol. For the oils, castor oil breaks down into a nice lubricant at high temperatures, while synthetic oil works well at lower temperatures but burns at higher temperatures providing little lubrication. This stuff doesn’t come cheap, it’s about $40/gallon, but it lasts for quite a while. Maybe I’ll do a more detailed post about the ins and outs of a nitro RC later. The engine is pretty interesting.
Back to the fun. The first hour and a half was pretty lack luster. I won’t bother with boring details, but basically I was having problems getting the engines started because the batteries in the electric rotational starter were dead (it kicks the engine over exactly like a car starter). Eventually though, I managed to get them both going at once, and then the fun started.
I was driving the Savage X SS for most of the time, while they were taking turns with the much smaller MT2. Both trucks are extremely fun for different reasons. The Savage is big enough that it can take easily tackle most curbs and traverse over some pretty intense terrain. It also has a very snappy acceleration due to the 3-speed transmission in it. The MT2 on the other hand, is much smaller, and has a higher top end speed (about 105km/h if I have it leaned out). It handles infinitely better than the Savage due to its narrower tires and overall smaller dimensions. The Savage is a 1/8th scale monster truck, the MT2 is a 1/10th scale stadium truck.
Even though these weren’t cheap, for some reason I LOVE to see an epic crash (and it’s a bonus when nothing expensive breaks). We were ripping around the parking lot, and I was getting slightly bored. I full throttled head on with the Savage right into the MT2. It was pretty awesome. The Savage launched