{"id":226,"date":"2008-08-27T07:27:01","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T05:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=226"},"modified":"2008-08-27T17:07:55","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T15:07:55","slug":"what-i-did-yesterday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=226","title":{"rendered":"What I did yesterday afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always get my best ideas in the shower. In this case, the best way to get power to the gate motor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300621r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-227\" title=\"s6300621r\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300621r-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300621r-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300621r.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a plug point in the living room, I drilled a hole through the wall, fitted this box on the outside, and ran a pipe &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300622r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-228\" title=\"s6300622r\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300622r-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300622r-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300622r.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; through this Malawian-dug trenchette &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300623r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-229\" title=\"s6300623r\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300623r-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300623r-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300623r.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; to this weatherproof box, where I will eventually fit a plugpoint for vacuuming the car &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300624r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-230\" title=\"s6300624r\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300624r-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300624r-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/s6300624r.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and via a flexible conduit you almost can&#8217;t see in the above pic, to the gate motor.<\/p>\n<p>A dip in the jacuzzi with a <a href=\"http:\/\/tanya.dw.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">good looking girl<\/a> and a glass of red wine rounded off the day.<span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:1168,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/tanya.dw.co.za&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240303070329\\\/http:\\\/\\\/tanya.dw.co.za\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-31 01:39:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-03 11:18:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-07 03:04:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-10 05:18:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-14 18:58:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-18 09:54:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-21 17:46:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-26 11:21:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-26 11:21:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always get my best ideas in the shower. 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