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The Pub / Re: A random thread for weatherish things that don't warrant a thread of their own.

« Last post by Mr Larrington on Today at 01:08:33 am »

80% chance of rain for the entire bit of tomorrow when I'll be in a position to go to Mr Sainsbury’s House of Toothy Comestibles.

Arse.

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The Pub / Re: Just Stop Oil

« Last post by barakta on Today at 12:39:11 am »

Well done Pete. The courts are a complete shitshow. I hope they paid your accommodation costs as well as travel.

I feel sorry for the court staff and judges/magistrates cos they see the complete mess caused by cuts in police, courts etc every day and how to balance "getting anything done" with basic procedural fairness (not least cos if it's unfair, that's appealable).

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Arts and Entertainment / Re: RIP Bernard Hill.

« Last post by Paul on Today at 12:12:41 am »

Yosser, Theoden, The Duke of Norfolk & a lot of other stuff.


https://x.com/bbcbreaking/status/1787119899422212377

Aww. I remember him first as Yosser, best as Theoden, but most memorably in Shirley Valentine.

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Arts and Entertainment / Re: What's the last gig you went to see?

« Last post by Jaded on Yesterday at 11:56:12 pm »

The splendid Andrew O'Neil



and the fascinating Bridget Christie

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The Sporting Life / Re: Liverpool

« Last post by Jaded on Yesterday at 11:54:30 pm »

Yeah, but Tottenham. <snigger>

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The Pub / Re: What have you fettled today?

« Last post by Mrs Pingu on Yesterday at 10:37:12 pm »

The stair stringers, part elebenty. Sanded down the 2 coats of filler I'd applied previously. What a mess.
Then (after hoovering) I applied a teeny bit more filler on the missing bits. Can nearly see the bottom of the 1L tub of filler - that's never happened before.

Question - has anyone found a quiet vacuum solution suitable for running inside a home for a prolonged period of time while sanding? My Google-fu has failed to find anything affordable.

For my workshop I have a 45€ Titan vacuum cleaner which is bloody noisy, so I keep it on the far side of a wall and run the flex plus N metres of hose in through the wall. It has a rocker switch which is permanently on and it plugs into a remote switch in the workshop so that I have suction on demand and the neighbours get the racket. 

Vacuum-cleaner extension hose is cheap and so are connectors. You still need to connect to your sander but you can get stepped reducers that should work, possibly with the addition of a few layers of masking tape.

So if I understand correctly, a noisy vacuum far away with a very long hose?

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Further and Faster / Re: New bike for Audax from Halfords.

« Last post by Flite on Yesterday at 10:23:33 pm »

Well done both of you

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Rides and Touring / Re: Have you been out today?

« Last post by Feanor on Yesterday at 10:21:15 pm »

100k club ride, a bit spicy.

One p*ncture, on a tubeless which had not been topped up with sealant in years. Not even sealant dust. Tube installed, to much ribbing.

https://www.strava.com/activities/11337606790

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On The Road / Re: 'War on Motorist'

« Last post by CrazyEnglishTriathlete on Yesterday at 10:10:35 pm »

I have just been moved into another constituency by the latest boundary changes.  The MP of my new constituency send round a newsletter to all his new consituents which featured an article by a local councillor 'I believe we should be able to drive our cars how we want, when we want, where we want' rant.

I will stop there as I have no polite words....

... but this guidance shows just how badly they have broken government.

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Rides and Touring / Re: Isle of Wight Randonee - 5th May 2024

« Last post by GdS on Yesterday at 10:05:34 pm »

I rode it but started from Wooton so unlikely I'd have seen you. The island seemed to have its own weather today which after finally drying up in Freshwater deluged after Cowes. Twice the number of riders since last time I rode on the day pre-Covid although I have ridden the route every year. Cracking day out!

and I lost my coveted badge  :'(