Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,325
    Drivers thinking that cyclists are a menace. They ain't seen nothing yet.
    E-scooters are coming their way. Literally.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,398
    pblakeney said:

    Drivers thinking that cyclists are a menace. They ain't seen nothing yet.
    E-scooters are coming their way. Literally.

    Just stick to Clarksons two magic rules for cyclists and motorists and all will be well:
    1. Don't be a d1ck to other road users if you don't want them to be a d1ck back to you.
    2. Traffic lights: learn the difference between red and green.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Beat my PB by 12 second and went under the 2 minute barrier for the local club hill climb over lunch.
    _
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,316
    2 mins for a hill?!
    Not much of a hill. Come to Scotland.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    Land, water and air.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,316
    focuszing723 said:

    Hills, Mountains, Munroes, Lochs, fresh water and fresh air.

    FTFY.

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    pinno said:

    2 mins for a hill?!
    Not much of a hill. Come to Scotland.

    It is the Cambridge Cycling Club Hill Climb. Presumably twined with the Dutch national mountaineering top peak challenge.

    Strava segment, so not an official time since I'm attacking it with a rolling start, but same distance.
    _
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    Recently got into listening to the Adam Buxton podcast, pretty good.

    His latest release is one with Joe Cornish in which he works through the recent demise of his mother. Down subject I know but after listening to him and the support provided by Joe I came away feeling more positive about how friends can interact.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    Watching water bead on nasturtium leaves.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,325
    focuszing723 said:

    Watching water bead on nasturtium leaves.

    Been wondering for a while why similar has not been used to waterproof clothing.
    Google says they are aware but I can't find any products.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    Yeah, there is a chemical process to do it I saw a while ago.

    A jacket made out of nasturtium leaves would look cool would it?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,316
    edited July 2020
    rick_chasey said:

    pinno said:

    2 mins for a hill?!
    Not much of a hill. Come to Scotland.

    It is the Cambridge Cycling Club Hill Climb. Presumably twined with the Dutch national mountaineering top peak challenge.

    Strava segment, so not an official time since I'm attacking it with a rolling start, but same distance.
    Stayed in Cambridge for a while. Worked at Sankey M.C.P in the industrial estate one summer and stayed at Bailey Mews.

    Where I was first introduced to Charrington's IPA and,, is it, Tolly Cobbold, IIRC?

    Some street had a cycle shop and the cinema and the snooker club. In the window was the then Chorus gruppo. I drooled at it. 2 years later, there was the Mavic rear mech - (on S Kelly's Vitus, on a poster, on the wall), in the shop. Proprietor told me in the shop 'It's totally strippable'. I couldn't afford it, it was £40. I bought a slightly more modest Suntour superbe instead.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,316
    Oh yeah - and got knocked off my bike on the way to work one morning by a guy in a Ferrari 308. He was ever so apologetic, stuck the bike in the back and gave me a lift to work (about half a mile).
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,325
    This old photo popping up.
    Carefree halcyon days. What you see here is my entire kit for a week of touring the SW. First decent bike with Reynolds 531c throughout. Note that there is only one bottle cage, and it is empty of bottles.
    The plan was simple. Breakfast. Ride till 11:00 when the pubs open. Pint. Ride till next town around lunchtime. Pub lunch. Ride till around 15:00. Pint. Ride to next town, find B&B, dinner, pints, sleep. Repeat.
    Bliss! Nutrition? Pah! SIS? Pah!

    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,316
    'Kin hell Blakey, that was before war broke out.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,325
    edited July 2020
    Just after Yugoslavia broke out, yes. Got caught up in a squaddies leaving do lock in.
    Next day was hard.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,316
    At least someone around here has a sense of humour.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    This encrochat bust story is amazing. Good on the French.
    _
  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    rick_chasey said:

    This encrochat bust story is amazing. Good on the French.

    I'm guessing this part of the police services would escape your defunding attempts?
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,398
    rick_chasey said:

    This encrochat bust story is amazing. Good on the French.

    Looks like the servers were based in France and the hack took place by accessing those servers.
    https://news.sky.com/story/encrochat-what-it-is-who-was-running-it-and-how-did-criminals-get-their-encrypted-phones-12019678
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Reported elsewhere it was French hackers, why pick at that?!?!
    _
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,398
    Just stating the facts. Would probably have had to be the French security services given the location.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,915
    rick_chasey said:

    This encrochat bust story is amazing. Good on the French.

    I read the article thinking that sounds like a good phone. I probably value privacy more highly though.

    I would have been really surprised if GCHQ couldn't hack the phone, but I guess this is police with a bit less expertise.

  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,398
    TheBigBean said:

    rick_chasey said:

    This encrochat bust story is amazing. Good on the French.

    I read the article thinking that sounds like a good phone. I probably value privacy more highly though.

    I would have been really surprised if GCHQ couldn't hack the phone, but I guess this is police with a bit less expertise.

    Was the monthly subscription price not off-putting for you?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,915
    Stevo_666 said:

    TheBigBean said:

    rick_chasey said:

    This encrochat bust story is amazing. Good on the French.

    I read the article thinking that sounds like a good phone. I probably value privacy more highly though.

    I would have been really surprised if GCHQ couldn't hack the phone, but I guess this is police with a bit less expertise.

    Was the monthly subscription price not off-putting for you?
    That only came later on in the article. Is a little steep I will give you that.
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,973
    pblakeney said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Watching water bead on nasturtium leaves.

    Been wondering for a while why similar has not been used to waterproof clothing.
    Google says they are aware but I can't find any products.
    I used to work with the people who were doing this....

    https://naturesraincoats.com/

    I've not looked at the site in detail, but i know that the process was used for all sorts of things, including clothes and boats.


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,346
    orraloon said:

    Recently got into listening to the Adam Buxton podcast, pretty good.

    His latest release is one with Joe Cornish in which he works through the recent demise of his mother. Down subject I know but after listening to him and the support provided by Joe I came away feeling more positive about how friends can interact.


    I'm going through that process right now. I generally don't share my most personal thoughts on Facebook, but having done one status about the pain, and realising how much friends close and not-so-close can give you a sense that you're not alone, I've carried on, partly to celebrate Mum being Mum while she's still (just) alive.

    For all its problems, Facebook does seem to be quite a powerful way of dealing with the subject, and the process of grieving.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,325
    capt_slog said:

    pblakeney said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Watching water bead on nasturtium leaves.

    Been wondering for a while why similar has not been used to waterproof clothing.
    Google says they are aware but I can't find any products.
    I used to work with the people who were doing this....

    https://naturesraincoats.com/

    I've not looked at the site in detail, but i know that the process was used for all sorts of things, including clothes and boats.
    As I said, I could find lots of bumf about how it could be used but zero on actual products.
    Seems to me to be potentially much better than dwr which washes out.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    briantrumpet said:

    orraloon said:

    Recently got into listening to the Adam Buxton podcast, pretty good.

    His latest release is one with Joe Cornish in which he works through the recent demise of his mother. Down subject I know but after listening to him and the support provided by Joe I came away feeling more positive about how friends can interact.


    I'm going through that process right now. I generally don't share my most personal thoughts on Facebook, but having done one status about the pain, and realising how much friends close and not-so-close can give you a sense that you're not alone, I've carried on, partly to celebrate Mum being Mum while she's still (just) alive.

    For all its problems, Facebook does seem to be quite a powerful way of dealing with the subject, and the process of grieving.
    Ah, best wishes BT. Been down that road myself. Is life eh? When good forces its way through the bullshite clouds of the world we have become then delivers a happy feeling inside.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,325
    pinno said:

    'Kin hell Blakey, that was before war broke out.

    If you thought that one was old.....
    Same trip, somewhere on the Devon/Dorset south coast.



    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.

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