Diary Tuesday 5th August

Tuesday 5th August

It was a nice day today but not as warm as  would have liked.

I gave Bill a hand this morning to load the cow and calf onto a truck and we took the animals to there new home.   It is out Boonah way. The distance was about 25 k.

We had one little problem loading.   When the truck was back hard against the ramp, there was a small gap big enough for the cow to brake a leg in while stepping into the truck.

We closed the gap by shifting the truck slightly but then, the sliding door of the truck could not be closed to secure the animal.

Bill got me to take the drivers seat and he he got behind the animal and forced into the truck.  When he called out, I moved the truck forward a few inches and Bill slammed the door.

He was inside with the animal and the securing pin had jammed the door tight.
He couldn't get out.  I got a large rock and hit the door several times to force it across.   The animal was getting agitated and it was getting dangerous for Bill.  I hit the door in the right place and it came open.   Bill hopped out and the securing pin was put in place.

We set off on our journey. By the time we had delivered the animals and returned home, probably about an hour and a half had passed.

Later in the afternoon, we attempted to set up Bill's new wireless outdoor weather station.

Bill had mounted it and made the plug in connections but had gone no further.

Try as we might, we could not establish a wireless connection to the main unit in the house.

We left it for awhile and I went with Bill to Aratula.  He refueled his car and bought some diesl for the tractor.

We returned to the Weather statation, but we could not get a connection.

I read the manual again and discovered a small switch – it  has two positions – set and normal.   The manual says that once set as been pressed on the main unit, another I d will not be issued until the wireless switch is moved.

We will have to try this tomorrow as it had started to rain.   Tomorrow, we are going to Warwick.


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Regards

Laurie Leathem
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