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by Stonesie
Yesterday, 21:27
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
Replies: 11997
Views: 2114896

Re: What did you do to your bike today ??

... cooler by channelling more air to the cooling fan and blocking some vents to channel the air out of the exhaust vents without it just swirling and getting hotter and hotter. Then adapted the wiring to the EZcan and plugged in the laptop to set the current limit on that output. The diagnostic's ...
by kiwikrasher
10 Jun 2024, 00:44
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you doing today ??
Replies: 18745
Views: 3235561

Re: What are you doing today ??

... part of me enjoyed being stuck home, pottering around the yard, doing a few odd jobs on the Mrs car while teaching her son stuff as I did it, getting the fire roaring, and settling down to some mulled cider in the evenings.
by kiwikrasher
06 Jun 2024, 10:28
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you doing today ??
Replies: 18745
Views: 3235561

Re: What are you doing today ??

... installed the coffee machine. As it has a boiler, takes 30 mins to warm up. I already get up at 5.45am to make Jess a coffee, so be f**ked if I’m getting up at 5.15 am to turn the machine on. The smart plug lets me set a schedule, and also can be voice activated or switched on from my phone. Gotta ...
by Kwacky
30 May 2024, 15:08
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Work
Replies: 1119
Views: 746143

Re: Work

... slagging off anyone and everyone, me included. He's leaving because we're not giving him enough work and we're doing the work ourselves instead of getting him to do it. Good riddance.
by Cav
27 May 2024, 17:45
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you doing today ??
Replies: 18745
Views: 3235561

Re: What are you doing today ??

... I was a proper idiot. I had 2 nights to myself and it was too much time to think. I'd been fantasising over a friend of my Wife and I and it was getting more and more scared that one day things might happen. When in person, I did not feel anything towards this person, but when I was on my own ...
by StMarks
26 May 2024, 08:36
Forum: Religion, Politics, and other Unmentionables
Topic: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
Replies: 1595
Views: 413461

Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread

Kwacky wrote: 25 May 2024, 22:09 I see the Tories are making sure more youngsters vote against them.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpddxy9r4mdo
I see what you are getting at, but wouldn't almost anyone who would be effected by the implementation not actually be voting in this upcoming election.?
by D6Nutz
23 May 2024, 20:17
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Rattling the charity tin
Replies: 10
Views: 231

Re: Rattling the charity tin

... anything I could find. As the rest of the group made it down we started the slog over to Snowdon. As it was 11pm by that time everyone was getting tired and we tried to sleep, but for most including myself it wasn't very successful. 3 - Snowdon (Wales) I was like a new man as I got out ...
by Kwacky
14 May 2024, 19:21
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Work
Replies: 1119
Views: 746143

Re: Work

Our systems track and record pretty much everything. He might think he's getting smarter but he doesn't know it's all being recorded.
by StMarks
14 May 2024, 19:18
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Work
Replies: 1119
Views: 746143

Re: Work

... familiar with your systems and more proficient (at deceiving you all, without being discovered). Fwiw I would have no hesitation whatsoever in getting rid, without delay.
by kiwikrasher
08 May 2024, 22:18
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you doing today ??
Replies: 18745
Views: 3235561

Re: What are you doing today ??

Getting home, overnight stop in Adelaide and pushed my 6am Sydney flight back to 9am so having a nice buffet breakfast and relaxed morning and will still be home before everyone gets back from school and work. Byron’s done ...
by Frankie
01 May 2024, 18:55
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
Replies: 11997
Views: 2114896

Re: What did you do to your bike today ??

... you should think about having it looked at mate. GWS Thanks mate, being seeing the physio, all being looked after, killed me today, but hes getting things working thats for sure. I wont be on the MX for a bit though. Needs to heal, I have done some damaged but it could have been a lot worse.
by C00kiemonster
01 May 2024, 08:50
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: Will Automated vehicles mean the end of Motorbikes ?
Replies: 19
Views: 7846

Re: Will Automated vehicles mean the end of Motorbikes ?

The software can be improved. Sadly driving standards in the UK seem to be getting worse. There's over a million people driving without insurance. If they feel safe enough to do that, what else do they feel safe enough to do? Phone use is prevalent, I frequently ...
by Kwacky
01 May 2024, 07:55
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: Will Automated vehicles mean the end of Motorbikes ?
Replies: 19
Views: 7846

Re: Will Automated vehicles mean the end of Motorbikes ?

The software can be improved. Sadly driving standards in the UK seem to be getting worse. There's over a million people driving without insurance. If they feel safe enough to do that, what else do they feel safe enough to do? Phone use is prevalent, I frequently ...
by kiwikrasher
29 Apr 2024, 12:31
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you doing today ??
Replies: 18745
Views: 3235561

Re: What are you doing today ??

... different but I’ve worked for the wallet and to put myself and my family in a good position and it’s taken a toll on my own sanity and is only getting harder for those around me. So now (well soon) it’s time to do something for the soul and feel good about my work. Jess was working retail when ...
by StMarks
28 Apr 2024, 10:10
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Adventure/Camping/Day Trip Gear
Replies: 3
Views: 5831

Re: Adventure/Camping/Day Trip Gear

... There is something comforting & nostalgic about the scent of meths mixed in with cooking food that does me as much good as the actual "getting away from it adventure" itself. Also, the fact that it takes a while reinforces the " getting away from our fast, instant gratification ...
by Cav
27 Apr 2024, 18:45
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Adventure/Camping/Day Trip Gear
Replies: 3
Views: 5831

Adventure/Camping/Day Trip Gear

Hoping this post can be used by all as its multi-use. I'm considering getting myself a JetBoil or something similar for making coffee, pot noodles, and also for frying bacon to make a sandwich... does anybody have equipment they use for similar? Keen for recommendations ...
by Monty
26 Apr 2024, 15:42
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: Mmmm should I?
Replies: 48
Views: 36290

Re: Mmmm should I?

So far over the last week, I've managed to get 10 hours and 441 miles on it. It's getting easier and I can do around an hour without having to stop. But bu66er me (literally) it hurts to begin with. It's booked in next Saturday for the first service, so just another ...
by D41
23 Apr 2024, 19:03
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: The Football Thread
Replies: 325
Views: 519800

Re: The Football Thread

I'm watching soccer...or rather I would be if it wasn't for the ongoing debate over some team or other getting screwed out of two or three penalties, the impartiality (or not, as the case may be) of a particular referee, etc.
by Stonesie
22 Apr 2024, 12:24
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
Replies: 11997
Views: 2114896

Re: What did you do to your bike today ??

Nothing yet, when it stops raining I'm going to give it a wash after 190 miles of getting lost / Exploring new roads in the Yorkshire Dales up near Whitby, My friends insisted I lead and not use a sat-nav.
by StMarks
21 Apr 2024, 22:03
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
Replies: 11997
Views: 2114896

Re: What did you do to your bike today ??

Kwacky wrote: 21 Apr 2024, 18:04 It's the Optimate 2.

It's a standard battery in the MV
That must be getting on a bit now, if it's an OII
Nonetheless should be perfectly good enough if the MV runs a Lead Acid, shouldn't it. (I naturally presumed that it would be a Lithium as standard).