monday time is best displayed by nixie tubes
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brrr again
ride cafes wfh laze
anyone seen the comet yet? clear nights here seem to be over for now
brrr again
ride cafes wfh laze
anyone seen the comet yet? clear nights here seem to be over for now
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
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Morning bashi Bazouks
Oh jeezo, it's a bit dark and dour and dreich and a wee bit depressing
Bad tenants gone a week now but stench remains.
This week mowslty sorting stench, a dump run, a bit of decoration (not as much as I had anticipated), some roller sessions by the looks of things, trying to keep mini clam Pinno happy as teachers strike...
Haven't seen the comet due to cloud but I have seen Beans legging it after a pheasant - He's no chance but god loves a trier
meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooooooooooow...
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Dropped Strifeys car off at the garage to sort the coolant leak. Will at least save me being a taxi service in the week. Now on the train into town for meetings and a free lunch then back to pick up the repaired snowmobile.
Bit nippy out with my new crew cut."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
In an office for a change 😳hounds have missed their long walk.
Later is undecided but need to swop cars back with my old chap as he has taken eldests rugrats car for MOT and service0 -
Icy fog wobble in. Initial cold fingers warmed sufficiently for a pleasant, relatively toasty ride.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0
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Bah, garage didn't have a part for Strifeys car repair so back we go on Friday..."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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Zwift (which crashed). Busy busy, site meeting this afternoon followed by some last minute WFH.
Need a few Euros for the weekend and to pull some luggage out!Advocate of disc brakes.0 -
Took the car to garage Thursday. It will be ready Friday afternoon at the latest they said. Still not bloody ready as they’re waiting for hoses and gaskets they didn’t need to order in the first place! They’ve also dropped the sub frame and taken off the suspension which wasn’t necessary for an egr valve replacement. 🤦♂️Stevo_666 said:Bah, garage didn't have a part for Strifeys car repair so back we go on Friday...
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Sounds like you're being conn'd Seano ('scuse the pun).seanoconn said:
Took the car to garage Thursday. It will be ready Friday afternoon at the latest they said. Still not bloody ready as they’re waiting for hoses and gaskets they didn’t need to order in the first place! They’ve also dropped the sub frame and taken off the suspension which wasn’t necessary for an egr valve replacement. 🤦♂️Stevo_666 said:Bah, garage didn't have a part for Strifeys car repair so back we go on Friday...
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Still a couple of hundred cheaper than other garages who wouldn’t let me supply my own tlw1 part…. atmStevo_666 said:
Sounds like you're being conn'd Seano ('scuse the pun).seanoconn said:
Took the car to garage Thursday. It will be ready Friday afternoon at the latest they said. Still not bloody ready as they’re waiting for hoses and gaskets they didn’t need to order in the first place! They’ve also dropped the sub frame and taken off the suspension which wasn’t necessary for an egr valve replacement. 🤦♂️Stevo_666 said:Bah, garage didn't have a part for Strifeys car repair so back we go on Friday...
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What a silly place to put the EGR valve.
Local farmer boy with a 14 plate black Nissan pick up truck had loads of bother with it so let it go cheap.
Turned out it was a blocked EGR valve which the purchaser chucked in a bucket if diesel for 48 hrs, dried it off, fitted it and off it went like new.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Funnily enough (but not at the time) I had a black nissan pick up and the EGR decided to collapse on the motorway on the way back from Wales.Advocate of disc brakes.0
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Forgot to say, a friend of mine has a very lovely Nixie tube clock. Unfortunately a few of the numbers have died but it truly is a thing of joy. Bought a kit and some old Russian Nixie tubes as I recall, problem is supply of spare tubes now.0
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they had such a nice glow, back in the 80s i used equipment with themveronese68 said:Forgot to say, a friend of mine has a very lovely Nixie tube clock. Unfortunately a few of the numbers have died but it truly is a thing of joy. Bought a kit and some old Russian Nixie tubes as I recall, problem is supply of spare tubes now.
the russians carried on manufacturing a lot of valves/related stuff for a long time, partly because a lot of their military stuff was ancient (and their semiconductor industry not advanced), but also equipment using them might survive better against nuclear emp than solid state
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