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ian

i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« on: 23 April, 2021, 12:38:36 pm »
I really am. But I've no idea what it will be about. This is vexing me. Any ideas?

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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #1 on: 23 April, 2021, 12:38:57 pm »
BEARS

Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #2 on: 23 April, 2021, 12:41:03 pm »
May not be the right place but I could do with advice on when to plant out my beddings as they are trying to escape from the cold frame.  Is next weekend too early?

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #3 on: 23 April, 2021, 12:41:29 pm »
"I'm a topic starter, twisted topic starter... "
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Jaded

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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #4 on: 23 April, 2021, 12:41:51 pm »
It is simpler than it looks.

Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #5 on: 23 April, 2021, 12:42:48 pm »
It should be your suggestions for revised audax rules, obviously.

Beardy

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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #6 on: 23 April, 2021, 12:58:27 pm »
Something bicycle related?

Flying tents?
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ian

Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #7 on: 23 April, 2021, 01:00:20 pm »
It should be your suggestions for revised audax rules, obviously.

Reminds me, I was chatting with a work colleague aboard the mothership a while back, and she revealed that her husband (to be, at the time) was into something called 'audax.' I denied what little knowledge I had on the subject (gleaned from here) and made her explain her interpretation of the subject which was mostly extemporizing getting up early, disappearing all day, and coming home smelling of sweat and garage food and going straight to bed. He makes the sheets stink of Ginsters, apparently.

citoyen

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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #8 on: 23 April, 2021, 01:33:21 pm »
"How to build a garden path, with steps"

This is a project I am faced with undertaking this weekend, so any pointers would be welcome.

We took delivery of a tonne of hardcore this morning, which will be used for the substrate. The bag doesn't look big enough to be holding a tonne of anything. You certainly couldn't fit 12.5 of me in there - but I guess all that proves is that I'm not as dense as gravel.
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ian

Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #9 on: 23 April, 2021, 02:32:42 pm »
That's a skill beyond me. I got an O Level/GCSE in Craft, Design, and Technology for a 'painting area' – basically a glorified box for spray painting in, which some side bits to hold the paints (I have no idea why I choose this). It wasn't very straight and instead of doing proper joins and things, I simply nailed it together and then covered it in eight coats of thick blue paint so no one could tell.

This approach pretty much summarizes my life and career to date.

I bought a new cooker element the other week, it's still sitting there. There are screws involved. I hate screws. Which way are you supposed to turn them. Is this the correct type of screwdriver? Will a proper man materialize behind me and laugh?

Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #10 on: 23 April, 2021, 02:40:37 pm »
Elementary dear Watson the topic is.........how to
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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #11 on: 23 April, 2021, 02:41:00 pm »
I really am. But I've no idea what it will be about. This is vexing me. Any ideas?
Well, obviously it's, "i'm thinking about starting a topic later".  and you've already started it. 

GNU types, go find another thread. I've baggsied the recursion on this one.  :)
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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #12 on: 23 April, 2021, 02:46:34 pm »
I really am. But I've no idea what it will be about. This is vexing me. Any ideas?

I've saved you the trouble by starting one myself so you can relax now.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Gattopardo

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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #13 on: 23 April, 2021, 02:48:45 pm »
Is this about me?

Pingu

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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #14 on: 23 April, 2021, 03:25:41 pm »
Apologies for taking this thread off topic.

ian

Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #15 on: 23 April, 2021, 03:30:45 pm »
Oh yeah, magic levitating tent update. It's fallen down and now is sort of level, like an actual tent should be, but still levitating on a bed of underpinning vegetation.

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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #16 on: 23 April, 2021, 03:36:54 pm »
How to find the cause of the

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<ERROR> [fs] fs_device_open() called with invalid path '' (expected absolute path, starting with slash).
<ERROR> [ld] Failed to open ''.

error which has been driving me batshit for 24 hours.
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ian

Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #17 on: 23 April, 2021, 03:39:47 pm »
If the device is a door, trying approaching it via the garden path. If it still fails to open, try knocking or, if you have one, a key.

rogerzilla

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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #18 on: 23 April, 2021, 03:41:00 pm »
Whatever the topic, I will be able to find a dogging angle fairly easily to derail the thread.
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

Pingu

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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #19 on: 23 April, 2021, 03:42:22 pm »
You could start a new tropic. We've only got two and they're both quite far away from here.

Jaded

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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #20 on: 23 April, 2021, 03:56:12 pm »
Whatever the topic, I will be able to find a dogging angle fairly easily to derail the thread.

Is that a particular type of tool?
It is simpler than it looks.

Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #21 on: 23 April, 2021, 04:29:56 pm »
Quote
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@krishgm

I’d like to know what topics you’d like me to cover. What’s your top priority?

Hmmm. I wonder if K G-M lurks here.

citoyen

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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #22 on: 23 April, 2021, 04:33:50 pm »
Quote
Krishnan Guru-Murthy 18m
@krishgm

I’d like to know what topics you’d like me to cover. What’s your top priority?

Hmmm. I wonder if K G-M lurks here.

Have KGM and ian ever been seen in the same room together? Hmmmm?
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Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #23 on: 23 April, 2021, 05:04:17 pm »
Righty tighty, leftie loosie.
Do not clench. It only makes it worse.

Re: i'm thinking about starting a topic later
« Reply #24 on: 23 April, 2021, 05:19:50 pm »
This thread reminded me of:

What has a hazelnut in every bite.

Squirrel sh!t!

The other punchline regarding nut based confectionery popular in the 80s, involved removing peanuts from parts of your nether regions