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G33K mobile issues of the year

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    The year 2025 seemed to be the year of the bike issues. I have a Can Am Spyder with three wheels so it can make life more interesting. From hitting things to needing new parts like a battery.   Some of the damage Around where the damage was, luckily missing more vital parts One of the issues I had with my bike was that one night I hit what looked to be a road coloured rock that went under my bike just before I entered the local highway on the Gold Coast. It was late at night and I was getting up to speed when I seen it at the last second. Under the bike it went and came out. I did stop, but decided to get home and sort it out later as I preferred to have issues after I get home. Turns out the rock had damaged right behind the radiator with the bash plate broken as well, making the bike lower when you go up driveways and speed bumps.   I had to get replacements for those and I was without the bike for nearly two weeks as I had taken it to my mechanic to have a loo...

Working up a storm

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  The year 2025 has been an interesting year work wise so far, although the year is nearly ended and a whole brand new year is about to begin we shall see what is going to happen. Will things change, or will they stay the same?   Working retail is always a challenge especially in a supermarket. Add people going on holidays and then things can spiral, but not always in a good way. I will admit the several months leading up to the Christmas or Shoppergeddon rush was not an easy time either. I work in the fun part, which is the cold section otherwise known as dairy that includes frozen and milk.   We did have a weather event that decided to visit earlier in the year and it did cause some massive issues that included no power with powerlines down on both sides of the border. I went to work one morning just before the worst of cyclone Alfred hit. The power went off and while there were only two managers and two workers, the store manager decided to send us home. Th...