Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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I get that periodically, though usually when lifting.
I am 5 weeks into a core stability and lower back block. I intersperse stretching during each session. Ironically, during the last 3 winters, I have never completed the block because I will have put my back out during that period. Done things far more incrementally this time around and now feeling strong; no longer getting up in the morning with a twinge that I know needs to be heeded or else tying laces poses risk.
I have decided that I will taper this block session off but continue abs and core stability all the way through the season.
@briantrumpet : do some stretching you silly sod.
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Coffeee machines - shyte, over priced, unreliable and a faff.
Get a balloon whisk and a Stove top. Very little to break down.
In the time i've had my stove top, Mrs P had a De'Longhi, a Nespresso and some other Argos sourced one. I've had the same Bialetti for 22 years, changing the rubber once every 6 months. Don't worry, I converted Mrs P.
Really good one''s are eye watering: https://afterourtest.com/espresso/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA5fetBhC9ARIsAP1UMgFdnBz5Kf4Ek9mtTkVDzNvRY2GH4QbgVU49Tuv4Udv6iQ79Dq0NwRkaAhvmEALw_wcB
That's a lot of 52mm replacement rubbers. The first one is roughly 50 years worth. The second, 300*.
*Prices are subject to change. Inflation adjustments and currency changes are correct at the time of going to press.
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I notice that none of these reviews, including the model specific ones, actually mention taste or flavour. 🤣
A reflection on the reviewers, or the buyers? 😉
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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Disagree with Pino on coffee machines. They’re worth their price 10x over if you get a good one.
Stove top, which I also use most days, is quite a specific type of coffee which is fine but those balloon whisks are not the same as a good steamer.
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I bought a Dualit coffee machine with a broken tag on the water tank for £10 to use at work. Been going for over 10 years now, admittedly I've had to fix it a couple of times. The last time I replaced all the o rings. Proper coffee machine ones were about £10 each! I got some from stock at work for 6p each.
But I still use a stovetop at home due to limited space.
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I'm preparing to be sneered at, but coffee machines aren't even that expensive as long as you're not dead picky about your morning caffeine shot. Got myself one for £39 just before Christmas and does me very nicely when I'm WFH.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Got a £400 one (sage bambimo) in covid and though there are some minor software problems with it, it makes coffee that I prefer to most coffee shops and I can make froth as velvety as any barista bar a very high end one.
I make maybe 3-5 coffees a day with it.
As ever, user input has a large impact on quality of output.
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This is correct. Maybe you should learnt to use the balloon whisk properly.
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
On todays ride I noticed my headset was a bit loose. So while I tightening it up I as a bulge in front tyre which was the result of when I hit a pothole 3 weeks. So I thought I better change the tyre so I thought one of a pair of tubeless ready Kysurims I have.
30 minutes later and still haven’t been able to break the seal between tyre and rim so I can’t get a lever in. I give it once last go and the tyre comes away from the rim so lever in and one side off and inner tube out. 10 minutes later and still haven’t got the other side of the tyre away from the rim. Eventually I get it off, takes about 30 seconds to get the tyre I’m replacing off and about 2 minutes to fit the other tyre.
I suspect I won’t be able use my thumbs for about a week.
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You have my sympathy. I had what I thought was a puncture but then noticed the air coming out of the valve. The valve core was loose so elected to try and nip it up by hand. Within 2 miles the tube slowly deflated. I elected to change the inner tube. It had been in so long, the inner tube was stuck to the tyre around the valve where that thickened area is on a latex tube. I pulled it away only for it to tear.
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Why do people seem to need coffee?
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The steam heats the milk. I whisk mine* in my mug after going in the microwave and can create a really fine froth just like any good coffee outlet.
*Roller action between my palms. Takes practice.
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Monitoring cleaning and descaling cycles. And controlling all the moving parts. At least I think that's what it is doing for our office machine.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Ease of use mainly. Can pre programme your pre infusion, pull time etc so you can hit a button and off it goes.
Best thing about my machine is it warms up instantly.
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That gave me a flashback to that Red Dwarf episode where they had the 'Talkie Toaster'.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]1 -
You need to ride your bike more. FFS practicing whisking you’d be better off practicing something else beginning with W.🤪🤪🤪
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Funny. Once or twice a day for 26+ years is plenty pf practice thank you.
...and anyhoo, sex I find is dull on your own.
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
I even got a peak on the froth:
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Is that a leek and onion cup a soup?
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A 450ml Tesco soup mug circa 2003. Dunno how it has survived.
[Edited: September 2002]
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
You're desperately trying to convince yourself that the silly £££'s you paid for your fancy coffee maker was worth it. Give up.
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I was referring to the contents.
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I'm sure it's the finest coffee in Scotland. Looks nearly as good as what comes out of my Dolce Gusto machine 😋
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Who needs fwoff on their coffee? Wimps.
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The texture and flavour is quite different to a flat white.
So you prefer a beer with no head?
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Flat white? You kidding? Milky coffee! Wimps.
As 'schooled' in a coffee plantation in deepest brightest Colombia, don't mess with your 100% pure. It is the coffee, the water and the cafetière. Simplez.
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I was giving pinno the benefit of the doubt until he posted that pic 😂
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