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Siamese fighter Male looking after fry.
With Siamese fighter fish, it is the male's job to look after the nest and the fry when they hatched.
In the video you can see the very tiny fry and the male looking after them.
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/xqsnzccu
Kaaimans River Bridge.
Two days ago, I wrote about Clifford's Cave, if one follow the railway line for a short distance further one gets to the old Kaaimans River Bridge. This bridge used to have a nice walkway, but these days the railings are broken, and I won't feel safe to cross this river by walking on the walkway.
It is quite beautiful here.
The see and the river meets here, on the video you can see a boat entering the river from the sea side, looks quite dangerous to me.
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/ocmazmir
Wilderness Beach
I love it to go for early morning walks on the beach. As you can see it is very quiet on the beach, with nobody present on the photos, but as you can see there are quite a few foot prints in the sand, thus, it seems that I was rather late than early, but I was on holiday and taking it slow.
I also found this snail on the edge of the beach, he seemed quite out out of place in this environment, perhaps he was also enjoying the fresh sea breeze!!
What a nice day to start your day, with the fresh sea breeze to breath and the ocean and never ending waves right next to you.
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/vhhobvqs
Siamese Fighter Male and Fry
In this video, you can see the Siamese Fighter Fish looking after the newly hatched fry. You will note this is a different male than in my previous posts. I had two pairs males and females that spawned. This one had more fry that hatched, but surprisingly, the other one had more that are still alive.
The fry is very small as you can see, I am feeding them the yolk of a hard boil egg, that is smashed fine and dissolved in water as well as micro worms. (Walter worms in my case)
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/uxaectwq
Siamese Fighter Spawning.
Yesterday I wrote a post named: Siamese Fighter Bubble Nest, today I am writing about the Siamese Fighter Fish Spawning.
This is quite a process, that starts with quite a bit of aggression, before the spawning takes place.
When the fish spawn, they embrace each other, the female then releases the eggs and the male fertilise them. The eggs then drop towards the ground, the male then catches the eggs, and deposits them in the nest, where he will care for the eggs as well as the fry when they hatch.
In the photo, you can see the male tending to the eggs in the nest.
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/qvqhyzmm
Siamese Fighter Bubble Nest
Siamese Fighter Fish, also known as Betta's are very interesting fish. The male Siamese Fighter Builds a nest consisting of hundreds of small bubbles. The video shows the male, busy with his nest.
When he is finished, the female will inspect the nest, and only then will she spawn. The male then catches the eggs, and deposit them in the nest, where he then cares for the eggs and the fry once they hatch.
Below you can see the nest from close up.
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/xhlqykbv
1961 VW Beetle: Start up
As some of you might remember, I recently bought myself a 1961 VW Beetle, which is a project.
Before starting it for the first time, I needed to clean the fuel supply system as the car stood for a few years. The photo above is of the inside of the fuel tank. It had a lot of rust and dirt inside it. I removed the fuel tank, and had the tank cleaned out and relined, before fitting it again.
This car originally did not have a fuel gauge and had a aftermarket fuel gauge, which is period correct, fitted. This gauge works with a float, which has a cable connected to the gauge inside the car. The mechanism was also frozen solid, with rust and dirt. I also cleaned this up before fitting the fuel tank back in place.
I also cleaned the fuel lines, before connecting everything again.
Before starting the car, I also drained the oil and replaced the oil with clean oil.
The video shows the engine running, and I must say the engine sounds great!!
I still have not taken the car for its first test drive, as the brakes are also not in a working condition, I am currently working on them.
The plan is to test drive the car, to assess the condition, before stripping the entire car before I start the restoration process.
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/ijbtmvpf
Home Solar System
As some of you may already know, we have a huge energy crisis here in South Africa, where we have various stages of rolling power cuts. As I write this post, we are varying between stage 3 and stage 4. Stage 4 means we have 3 power cuts of 2h30 during a 24 hour period.
I decided to install a solar system to at least ensure power during the power cuts.
I installed the following:
- 10 x Solar panels of 550 watt each
- 2 x 5kwh Lithium Batteries
- 1 x 8.8 kw inverter
This system will not take me off the grid, but at least, I won't suffer from power cuts. (I have this system for just over a month, and did not run out of power yet. We however have summer rains, here where I stay, and we are now going into summer. (Over the week-end, I went as low as 31% power left on the batteries!!)
I also note that my electricity bill came down by 66%, which is quite a substantial saving. Taking into account that they want to increase our electricity rate by 30%, the savings will soon become quite large!!
The photo at the top is of the inverter and batteries, before the installation was completed, it looks quite a bit neater now that it is finished.
The video shows the power flow, during a power cut, I tested the system, with the kettle on, you will see with the kettle on, the power came from the sun and the battery, when the kettle switched of the power switched to charging the battery again.
These inverters are quite smart, and one don't even notice when the power cuts take place, everything happens automatically!!
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/lrtofiuo
Classic BMW Motorcycle to swap!!
I recently decided that I wanted to swap my classic 1981 BMW R100RT, for a more modern BMW 1200GS.
I proceeded to make a video of the bike and took a photo or 2 to advertise the bike on our local BMW group.
As I was making the video and afterwards looking at it, I realized that I actually love this bike and will not be able to part with it, even in exchange for a more modern bike, I have now decided to keep this bike.
It definitely is a keeper, what do you think!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/nmgexkip
My brother has an old classic VW Beetle, that is giving us headaches!! The car was running fine, until he changed the generator. After putting everything back together again, the car was not running smooth.
As he had to remove the carburettor and intake manifolds to replace the generator, we thought it had to do something with the carburettor or manifolds. We replaced the packings and checked for air leaks, but still no improvement.
We then thought something could have fallen into the intake, when the manifolds were off, thus we decided to check the compression, but all 4 cylinders had compression. While at it we also reset the valve clearances and replaced the sparkplugs and spark plug leads as they were old. We checked the spark as well and all was in order. We also set the timing and we also checked for blockages in the manifold, which was also clear.
We determined that it was the right side's two cylinders that was not working, as can be seen in the video, removing the spark plug leads of these two cylinders has no effect on the running of the engine!!
Perhaps @technicalside or anybody else could give some suggestions on what the issue could be??
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/ujcpaaat
Café Barcelona: Live music!!
Café Barcelona is a small restaurant in an older part of Pretoria, giving an opportunity to unknown musicians to perform.
If you read some of my earlier posts, you would know that my friend's daughter plays keyboard in various groups.
This group is called Jealous Hearts and they mostly cover popular songs.
The Café Barcelona also serves great food, we all had pizzas and had a great time listening to the music, eating pizzas and socialising with friend.
I love to go to these small venues, supporting the unknown artists!!
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/ycasylyd
Focus Reward Chest opening: SPS Reward
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Currently I am having a real battle to advance in Splinterlands and is still at Gold II, where I used to end at Diamond II or I.
I only received 5 chests as reward for my focus challenge.
This was however the first time that I received some SPS as reward. In total, I received 9.09 SPS and on top of it, I received 24 Merits and a Tide Biter card, which is an Epic card. This was not to bad!!
Somehow the going is tough but I will persevere, hopefully reaching Diamond before the end of the season!!
Keep on Battling!!
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/pqgofbhe
Road Trip Day 9: Paternoster
When we arrived in Paternoster, which is a very small town on the West Coast of South Africa, we suffered to get accommodation. As you might remember, we did not reserve any accommodation on this trip!!
Then by luck we found accommodation in the Waterfront Collection. The apartments were basically built in an old fish factory.
The video shows the inside, as well as the view from the inside, which we loved. The photo above shows the outside, which does not looks like much.
Like most fish factories, this one was situated right next to the ocean, and we were surrounded by the sea!!
We took a leisurely stroll to explore the surroundings.
Soon the sun started to set, colouring the sky in the most beautiful shades of orange.
As I have mentioned before, here in South Africa we have a thing called load shedding which is basically scheduled power outages as we don't have enough power supply to match the demand, and the power outage was scheduled to start soon. This gave us the opportunity to have a nice romantic candle lit dinner, with the fire place going as well.
My wife made some salad, and I had some meat on the fire, just outside the door. Soon it was dark, and we could enjoy our dinner, after which we went to bed.
The next day we awoken to a great winters day, with the ocean all around us!!
We went for a morning stroll, breathing in the fresh sea breeze
and enjoying the view.
We really enjoyed our stay in Paternoster and decided to stay for a few days as this little town was great and we really relaxed here!!
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/qiggehyw
Day 5 of Road trip: The road to Garries
After my early morning walk and some nice breakfast, we hit the road on our next leg of our road trip from Hondeklipbaai to Doringklipbaai. Like I mentioned in my post of yesterday Hondeklipbaai is in the middle of nowhere and all roads leading to it are gravel. Just look at this long straight corrugated gravel road.
Well there are some turns in the road.
There are also some fairy Circles next to the road.
My son's girl friend's father does research on Fairy Circles in Namibia and his theory is that the Milk Bushes causes the Fairy Circles when they die, because they alter the Hydroscopic qualities of the ground. You can read more about it in the link below.
We did find Milk Bushes along the road, which could explain his theory and the circles that are also found in these parts.
Prof Marion Meyer
Fairy Circles
You can see a number of clear circles in the photo below and also in the video.
The gravel road eventually came to an end and we arrived at the small town of Garries, where we had some coffee, before continuing with our journey to Doringklipbaai!!
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/rbdussyk
3rd day of Road Trip: Morning at Augrabies.
On the 3rd day of our road trip we started the morning shortly after sunrise with some coffee and rusks. Quickly we had some feathered friends visiting us looking for some crumbs to eat!! In the video you can see all the birds visiting.
For breakfast we moved into the chalet for some nice eggs, sausage, meat taken from yesterday evenings kebabs and buns!!
This is Quiver tree country, and outside our chalet their was a nice one growing. The indigenous San people used this tree's hollowed out branches to make quivers for their arrows. Read more about the Quiver tree by clicking on the link.
I love the look of this tree!!
After breakfast we started our next leg of the road trip towards Port Nolloth.
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/upkqymho
The first thing we did when we arrived at the Augrabies Waterfall and after booking into our chalet, was to go and have a look at the waterfall.
This waterfall is basically the Orange river falling down the gorge. The falls are about 56 meter high. These falls has recorded a flow of 7800 cubic meters during floods in 1988 which is 3 times as much as high season flow of the Niagra falls.
According to folklore the pool below the falls is filled with diamonds!!
You can read more about the falls by clicking HERE.
The photo below shows the view from our chalet, one cannot even see the waterfall, but it is right there, running in the gorge!!
We had a visitor before the sun started setting. We braaied for dinner. (The kebabs and sausage, I wrote about in my post 1st Farmstall of a few days ago for #MarketFriday.) They turned out great.
If you watch the video and turn up the sound, you will here were the Khoi name of Place of Great Noise come from.
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/wwfvazwm
I usually Power Up my Leo every now and then. I don't have too much Leo as I am relatively new to #Leofinance, but today I took part in the LPUD, even though it is a day late.
Hopefully this won't be my last participation in LPUD, one need to begin small and grow over time. I have been neglecting my posting lately, and need to put some more time into posting again.
Remember, I am an old Railway Worker, and don't know anything about crypto's, but I am learning every day!!
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I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day!
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Today was the end of the first season with the new reward system. It was quite the uphill battle for me, but in the end I did achieve Diamond II League.
I also received 50 chests as the end of season reward. I received the following
- 5 Potions
- 20 Monster Cards
- 2 Card Packs
- and quite a lot of DEC!! (I actually need a calculator to add the lot)
It was with mixed feelings that I played this season, but I think I am now used to it!!
I see SPS value dropped a lot, and the APR is also going down and is now around 44%, I believe currently it is still a very good investment - we will have to wait and see!!
Further on I noticed that our beloved HBD did loose a bit of its pegged value, to about $0.87, but recovered nicely to a Dollar!! I note as we speak it is dropping a little again. Not as stable as one would like, but still very commendable in these volatile markets!!
Remember, I am an old Railway Worker, and don't know anything about crypto's or investments, thus this is only my opinion and not financial advice.
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I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day!
Keep on Battling!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/slskjjal
Today it went better with my Splinterlands Focus Quest. I had the Water Splinter for my focus.
I managed to accumulate 6 chests. The loot in the chests was however a bit disappointing, 2 monsters, 32 DEC and 3 potions!!
My next focus is the Fire Splinter, which is my favourite Splinter!! I now managed to advance to Diamond III, hopefully the rewards will be better.
I see the price of SPS came down to $0.077 but the APR is still as a high 49%. I wish I had more money to buy SPS, as I think it is good value for money, and should only go up from here.
Remember, I am an old Railway Worker, and don't know anything about crypto's or investments, thus this is only my opinion and not financial advice.
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I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day!
Keep on Battling!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/bjvwmcby
Today, I received 5 chests as my reward. The reward consists of 3 monster cards and a nice 5300 DEC.
These days the DEC rewards seems to be better than in the pasts. I can buy some nice monster cards of my choice or just keep it to increase my SPS airdrop points.
I still find it quite difficult to progress and am still finding me in the Gold League.
Keep on Battling.
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/nercxkld
Today, I am again posting on my focus reward in Splinterlands. It seems as if I don't get time for other posts as #Splinterlands takes up all my time.
Today I did not put in a lot of time, as we went to church, where after we visited family, where we had Sunday Lunch together.
When we arrived home I had some other stuff to do, where after I started fighting.
I only managed 3 chests today. At least all three chests contained cards, with one being a rare card.
I am still having a hard time to win and my RC rate reduced to below 50%!! At least I am back at Gold I.
I also battled a bit on my wife's bronze league deck, but did not manage to ger a chest, it is really tuff on the lower league. I transferred some of my cards and summoners to her to improve her own cards, it looks if this is helping somewhat!!
I see the SPS price and APR% both dropped a bit, hopefully the price will turn positive soon.
Keep on Battling!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/mwurnbky
The Splinterlands Focus reward that ended today was for the Earth Splinter. Although I did suffer again, I at least made it into Gold I League, as you can see from the video, it was only just.
I received 7 chests, which did not have the best rewards, I have seen, but at least I am making progress.
I was trying to play with my wife's pack, starting from novice, but that is a real struggle, as many of her cards are still starter pack cards, this is making it quite difficult to receive chests. I was trying to make use of her own cards, but that limits the team a lot.
I wonder how people who just begin feels about this, as it seems very difficult to progress and earn rewards.
Keep on Battling, I hope you enjoy the new version of the game.
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/hspvvynd
I don’t really know how to feel about the new Splinterlands format. I ended up at Diamond II in the last season. For the new season I was back to Gold, and although I was doing my best to win battles, it was a struggle and at the end, I only managed to achieve 3 chests, with my Water Splinter Focus.
My new focus is the Dragon Splinter which I do like quite a lot, but the same thing is happening, I struggle to progress, and it took a lot of time, which I don’t have a lot off!!
I am currently at work, (I am writing this on my work PC, and will e-mail it to my personal e-mail to post later when I am at home) and cannot play Splinterlands at the moment. When I arrive home I will give Splinterlands a go again, to see if I can get some chests for the new focus.
For a person who is working full time, who has a family with commitments, who also want to post on Hive and curate on Hive, the time to play Splinterlands is really limited. In the past I quickly finished my quest and if I had time, I battled to improve my league.
I slipped away early from work, arriving home around 16:00, giving me about an hour's playtime before I had to leave for another commitment.
With all the effort, I only received two chests, and that from a Splinter I like!!
Hope I have more success with the new focus!!
Keep on Battling, I hope you enjoy the new version of the game.
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/fynnorzz
Today I finished my new Water Focus quest. I did have trouble with this quest and lost a lot of battles.
After all the effort I only received
1 x Venari Bonesmith
2183 DEC
It seems that the effort is much more than previously for less reward.
I will see how it goes going forward and as the season progresses.
Keep on Battling, I hope you enjoy the new version of the game.
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/bokpbmcz
Danger of always using the same Tactic!!
Predictable opponent. I noticed that my opponent always used Obsidian as summoner!! I don't normally like to fight against increased magic attacks, but if you know this is going to happen you can prepare for it.
My Team! I used the fire splinter, where I have Lord of Fire and Elvin Mistic, both with silence.
The reduction in magic attack caused my opponent's monsters to all end up with only 1 magic attack!!
I used Grum Flameblade who has Void, that reduces magic attack, in the front position. With only 1 Magic attack for all opposing monsters and Void in the first position, the opponents attack was reduced to zero!!
Comfort Zone Trap I often find myself in the same position, where I become comfortable with the same Splinter and the same Summoner!! This will give your opponent an advantage as he/she will be able to prepare for the onslaught!!
I even find myself using the same monsters over and over, and not giving my team enough thought and not experimenting with different ways of winning battles.
Keep on Battling!!
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/fhvpaegr
Distinguished Gentleman's Ride
Every year the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride takes place. This is a classic motorcycle ride for bikes older than 30 years, or newer bikes in a certain style. This is an annual world wide event, that takes place on the same day everywhere.
The DGR aims to collect money for men's health.
You can read more about the DGR here.
My trustworthy Stead
This year my bike of choice was a 1963 BMW R69S. We were a small group of riders that came together in Pretoria to ride to the start point in Johannesburg.
Below you can see it takes team work to adjust the helmet's strap!!
Bikes start rolling in
The start point was just behind The Mall of Africa, there is a large open space with paving and a nice lawn that could accommodate a large number of people.
We arrived early but there was already quite a number of bikes present and they kept roling in!!
The building is the PWC (Pricewaterhouse Coopers) office building, which has a very unique shape!!
Mid Point
For the midpoint we rode to the Museum Africa where a group photo was taken. It was quite a show with traffic cops, with sirens blaring, directing traffic and ensuring everything went smoothly. We had lots of people looking on as we progressed.
The End Point
The end point was at a nice open area, with a bar area and some food stalls. The photo above shows our little group that rode together from Pretoria. Note that the riding atire is not your normal biker wear as it is a requirement of the event to dress dapper.
They also had some live entertainment, with the young lady and her saxophone, keeping everybody entertained.
I got myself some nice food at the stall below, which specialised in chicken.
I ordered the burger pictured on the right, which is called the Italian Job, I don't know where the name come from, but I must say it stated even better that what it looks like.
The Very End!!!
Off cause after the end, comes the very end, a few of us went to another restaurant after we rode back to Pretoria, for a last Beer, after which we said our farewells. We had a very successful and enjoyable day, spent in the company of good friends!!
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/lnvqcdfs
Wild Flower Jazz Quartet @ the Jarr Bar!!
Yesterday, my wife and I decided to go for lunch at the Jarr Bar, which is in Pretoria.
We went in support of our friend’s daughter who plays in a Jazz Quartet. This girl really works hard to make a living out of her music. It is not easy to make a living from music in South Africa. She plays in 4 groups, she also teaches music part time at a local high school and she is still busy studding towards her masters degree in music!!
The music was great and we also had some delicious pizza, and as everybody knows, Beer is the perfect complimentary drink for pizza. I had two different beers from Jack Black Brewery, one a Pale Ale and the other a Lager.
This venue, asks a cover charge, and all proceeds from the cover charge goes to the musicians performing there. This is a nice win-win situation, as the performers draw an audience and everybody drinks or eat something from the restaurant / bar!!
My friend’s daughter is the on the keys. She is also the one who compiles the music for the band. As I mentioned before this is a quartet, but the poor drummer is not visible, as he is sitting behind the glass!!
I hope you enjoyed the post and that you have a wonderful day!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/drmogtmk
Death Quest!!
The Death Quest is not my favourite quest, and when my opponent uses the Waka Spiritblade as summoner I hate it even more!! The Waka Spiritblade gives all the monsters on her team the poison ability.
Luckily I had Mimosa Nightshade as summoner, reducing the range attack from the enemy and giving the void ability to all friendly monsters and Doctor Blight guarding the back, with a poison ability himself.
In the end, I did pull through and received my quest reward!!
Keep on Battling!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/ghgxaogm
Queen tribute.
A while ago, my wife, brother, sister and I went to watch a Queen tribute together with our spouses and some friends at the Barn Yard Theatre. The theatre has some tables and one can eat there as well. It has a rustic look, but it is great to watch shows at this theatre. They normally do music shows and the quality is great. I recorded a short clip of one of the songs!!
We had a great time out as family and friends!!
I hope you enjoyed the post as much as I enjoyed creating it.
I hope you have a wonderful day!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/wnveyxts
Today, I finally made it to Diamond League II, just in time for the end of season. For my troubles, I received 12 chests to open, which contained:
- 6 x Moinster Cards
- 3 x Potions
- 39 x DEC
2 Of the monsters were rare cards.
I will now just wait until the season end to collect my 50 reward chests!!
Keep on battling!!
I hope you have a great day!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/wplgyyvh
Angel fish laying eggs!!
Angel fish is one of my favourite fish. I have been trying to breed with them without any success. The video shows one of my females laying eggs, with another one following and eating the eggs, the first one just laid!!
I have recued some eggs on another occasion, but was also not successful in hatching them and raising the young, I only got two to hatch and both of the fry died soon afterwards. I will keep on trying and hopefully will succeed soon!!
I hope you enjoyed the post as much as I enjoyed creating it.
I hope you have a wonderful day!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/judejavi
There are very few monsters that can beat a Magnor at his best. In this case the rule set was silenced summoners and stampede.
My opponent came with a heavy magic attack, but luckily I had the Lord of Fire in my attack, which has the silence ability - reducing my opponents attack!!
I also had Zalran Efreet with the cleanse ability, which could counter the stun ability.
If it was not for these abilities of my monsters, the outcome could be very different, as the Magnor was stunned, but cleansed before his turn!! Then the Magnor got going and it was all over in no time!!
I love this monster even more, when the blast rule set is in working as then it is totally unstoppable, first softening the second monster with blast and then taking it out, when it gets to the front!!
Keep on battling!!
I hope you liked the post as much as I liked writing it.
I hope you have a wonderful day!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/gwdimyje
VW Caddy 2.0TDi - Diesel Filter replacement
Yesterday, I posted about the air filter replacement on a VW Caddy 2.0 TDi, today I am posting on the Diesel Filter replacement.
You will find the diesel filter on the left front of the car, when you stand in front of it. The diesel filter is fastened with 6 x torque type screws. In the photo above I have already removed 5, with the one still remaining.
The filter lid is quite tight fitting, and needs to be pried loose after removing the six screws. In the video you will clearly see where this needs to be done.
The new filter comes with a new O-Ring type seal that must also be replaced, to prevent diesel leaks.
The Diesel Filter replacement, is also a very easy job that can easily be done at home, if you have the correct tools, in this case you need a Torque Type screw driver, which can be bought at most hardware or car part shops.
By doing this type of job yourself you can save a lot of money. In my case VW charges around R3000.00 for a minor service, where the parts costs around R900.00. (Oil, Oil Filter, Diesel Filter and Air Filter)
I plan to share the oil filter replacement soon, but unfortunately, the video and photos are not of good quality.
I hope you liked the post as much as I liked writing it.
I hope you have a wonderful day!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/iidadqcw
VW Caddy 2.0TDi - Air Filter replacement
December is Holiday season here in South Africa, and as we planned to go to the coast for a small while, it was time to service my car, which is a 2015 VW Caddy 2.0 TDi.
The first thing, I replaced was the Air Filter. This is a very easy and simple job.
You just loosen the 8 screws on the Air Filter Cover, lift the cover, take out the old filter and put in the new one. Replace the cover and fasten the screws again.
The video shows the steps.
I hope you liked the post as much as I liked writing it.
I hope you have a wonderful day!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/ehgszfpg
Chaos Legion Pack: Is it worth the cost?? (#2)
This is the 2nd post I am writing with on the same subject. Yesterday the value of the pack was $2.04.
The Chaos Legion packs cost $4.00 each. This is not the total cost as you also need a voucher, which you must buy at $8,60, if you don't have enough staked SPS to receive the airdrop. In my case I do receive 4 vouchers per day. My cost is thus $4.00.
Today I opened a pack, I also used potions (another added cost at $0.09), but this is what I received.
- Blinding Reflector: $0,20
- Time Mage (Rare): $1,05
- Hardy Stonefish: $0,17
- Disintegrator: $0,19
- Rivernymph (Rare): $1,30
Total Value: $2,91
If you sell your voucher for $8.00 and add the $4.00 to purchase a pack, you have $12.00 to buy cards on the open market. For your $12.00 you will receive $12.00 in value, of cards of your choice.
The question however will be if you will be better of over time or not, as you could receive an epic gold card if you are lucky, this will offset a lot of low value packs!!
I hope you liked the post as much as I liked writing it.
I hope you have a wonderful day!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/xatgzwvb
Chaos Legion Pack: Is it worth the cost??
The Chaos Legion packs cost $4.00 each. This is not the total cost, as you also need a voucher, which you must buy, if you don't have enough staked SPS to receive the airdrop. In my case I do receive 4 vouchers per day. My cost is thus $4.00 per pack, without taking into acount the cost of potions, which I also use.
Today I opened a pack and this is what I received.
- Xenith Archer: $0.59
- Radiated Scorcher: $0.20
- Shilent Sha-Vi: $0.40
- Deeplurker: $0.67
- Hill Giant: $0.18
Total Value: $2,04
As you can see that the value received is basically half of what I paid. This is only one pack opened, and thus it may not be a true reflection of average value. I will monitor more packs to see if this is value for money. I decided to check this as I felt that the value received from my 63 packs bought was not so great.
If the value received is less than what one pay for the cards, it will make more sense to just buy cards on the market, as in this way you will get what you want and need, with no luck involved!!
If nobody however buy packs, it will create a shortage of cards on the market, which could drive prices up again!! I however dont see this scenario playing out.
I hope you liked the post as much as I liked writing it.
I hope you have a wonderful day!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/rkymzlxz
Finally the long awaited Chaos Legion has arrived.
I purchased 63 packs and today is the day that we could start opening our packs.
I only recorded the 2nd pack I opened and here is the video of the pack opening.
The monsters are looking interesting, but now we will need to get to know all their abillities, strong points and weak points in battle!!
Enjoy your new monsters!!
Keep on Battling!!
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=rynow/cebrveki
Today I was battling in Gold League I, it did not go to bad, and I received 8 chests for my trouble.
The chests was however a big disappointment, I only received 12 DEC and 5 potions!!
I would have loved some cards, or at least some decent DEC!!
As the saying goes; Some you win, some you loose!!
Hopefully I will have better luck tomorrow!!
I hope you liked the post as much as I liked writing it.
I hope you have a wonderful day!!