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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor23 Sept 2015, 4:13 am AEST

Night Shift

Since I am awake at 4am I thought I'd start this thread for those of us who have trouble sleeping and might find it helpful to have a place to go to chat. Whatever gets you through the night is alright.

To get the ball rolling, I'll just say that I enjoyed being part of the Topic Tuesday discussion tonight. I wish it was possible for these events to be weekly rather than monthly. Either way, thanks SANE and all the people I've met on here over recent months.

Edited June 2016 and February 2017: Night Shift is now open 24 hours a day. To join in, just click through to the last page of the thread at the top right of this post to get to the latest message.

Edited April 2017 and June 2017: For the sake of better communications between members here, I am adding that this thread is meant to be a caring, kind and gentle place of sharing. Humour is welcome, as long as its not unkindly directed towards other members. Hope your time in this chat thread is rewarding.

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TABSenior Contributor28 Feb 2026, 7:40 pm AEDT

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had some plywood may have thrown in fire already @plasmo see what can come up with even if have to wire it to dropper

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plasmoSenior Contributor28 Feb 2026, 8:56 pm AEDT

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yeh a lot of plywood doesn't hold up, grab a branch or someth9ng

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TABSenior Contributor28 Feb 2026, 11:05 pm AEDT

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oh, I meant screw plywood to dropper, then screw raingauge mount to plywood.

@plasmo yes, def got branches, some fell onto housos back fence right down the back 2 weeks ago, have not got around to removing it yet lol

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plasmoSenior Contributor28 Feb 2026, 11:07 pm AEDT

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yeh that would work, all my stakes have been scabbed

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TABSenior Contributor28 Feb 2026, 11:17 pm AEDT

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I have to get something unless dropper is a goer @plasmo

takes cheapcan get cheap as chips would use wire or builders adhesive doubt get screw in it oh pre-drilled have to work, also got nice soft wire or could use twine or trellis or concrete it into ground lol

could get fancy and silicone onto a bird bath lol

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plasmoSenior Contributor28 Feb 2026, 11:29 pm AEDT

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yeh i get obsessed with this stuff.. started fixing up a cheap compost bin.. upgraded all the bolts, cut off the rusted out legs then found i had skme galvanised posts so cut those up, drilled them out, bolted them on..

prob wouldn;t have bothered if i knew how much work would be. now got to find what i did with washers and screw together.. re-make lids.. drilling was a pain, had to get corded drill out. despite putting it in a vise and drilling thru the original legs as a template i still stuffed up a couple of holes.

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plasmoSenior Contributor07 Mar 2026, 6:06 pm AEDT

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hoot

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TABSenior Contributor07 Mar 2026, 7:29 pm AEDT

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hey @plasmo bed here soon. near missed whole Shield season. just signed into kayo again for fits and giggles

also got appletv for a month to see hm eps of sherlock can watch for $13 lol

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plasmoSenior Contributor07 Mar 2026, 11:33 pm AEDT

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heh nice

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PeppyPattiSenior Contributor07 Mar 2026, 11:38 pm AEDT

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He has this really big belly and he says a few words when I said my oldest son is a lawyer ( in whatever he specialises in ) in Brisbane and I was walking around with aware eyes he changed instantly to this astute intellectual with a black tee shirt on.

@plasmo @wonderingalice1 @Mazarita @TAB @tyme …….

is @Mazarita around ??

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