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

« Last post by andyoxon on Today at 04:29:16 pm »

...I shall ride 25 Km in the cyclo park first...

Another 2p.  As a training goal you could see if you can eventually build up do 25km in 1hour.  Not that I've done an Audax at an average speed of 25km/h before, but over 25km - if have reasonable potential fitness, may be a challenge to try.  Training on the same track could be 'boring' though, so after a while perhaps take it to a decent handful of diff routes...

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OT Gallery / Re: Readers' Instruments

« Last post by bobb on Today at 04:24:39 pm »

The shorter Gibson scale length makes A-shape barre chords a bit harder if you have fat fingers

If you can tell the difference at any given position on the fretboard, then you have an astonishingly sensitive touch! Even if you're barring at the 1st fret, meaning your fingers are squeezed up* at the 3rd fret, the difference between a 24.75" and a 25.5" guitar, centre fret to centre fret is less than 1mm! Having jumbo rather traditional frets will make a more noticable difference....

Nice rig though 

* No self respecting guitarist plays an A shape barre like that anyway, use the flat of you 3rd or preferably 4th finger 

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The Sporting Life / Re: County Cricket 2024

« Last post by Wowbagger on Today at 04:06:17 pm »

Indeed they are!

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Where The Wild Things Are / Re: A random thread for the wildlife stuff - you know the drill

« Last post by Mrs Pingu on Today at 03:55:22 pm »

Awful photos, but I was about to remove last year's barley straw from the pond when I found this dragonfly nymph on it, so I put it back sharpish. *dances vigorously*

PXL_20240426_124848623 by The Pingus, on Flickr

PXL_20240426_124858854 by The Pingus, on Flickr

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OT Gallery / Re: Readers' Instruments

« Last post by PaulF on Today at 03:52:12 pm »

Very nice, and the only colour for an SG

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OT Knowledge / Re: Wall repair prep pre decorating

« Last post by Mrs Pingu on Today at 03:50:54 pm »

So I was thinking about replacing this 10mm quadrant with 15mm quadrant to hide the gap a bit once I've done the filling. But that's not going to work when I get to the horizontal bit here which isn't deep enough to take 15mm quadrant.
PXL_20240419_151559263 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Any fantastic ideas? (Besides knock the house down and start again)

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The Pub / Re: Grammar that makes you cringe

« Last post by fimm on Today at 03:38:04 pm »

"So" has just become a filler word, just as "like" has, I think.

(I was laughing at a club member who was having a small rant about the English Of The Youth Of Today, while, like, using, like, "like", like, every, like, other, like, word. I felt guilty, though, because I suspect he has a bit of a stammer and that's how he covers/deals with it.)

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The Sporting Life / Re: County Cricket 2024

« Last post by Peter on Today at 03:38:02 pm »

South Africa II recovering well against Essex.

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Where The Wild Things Are / Re: Seen today

« Last post by rafletcher on Today at 03:36:02 pm »

Here in the shadow of the Chilterns, a pair of swallows and a buzzard.

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The Pub / Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.

« Last post by fimm on Today at 03:33:38 pm »

I'd expect it's something more arcane about how many trains of what type they can keep overnight in which depot.

Probably.
However they were clearly reading this thread, as it was a 6 carriage train yesterday...

What links: Mussolini, Swiss precision, YACF Grumble Thread?

They are the only things that can make trains run on time.

I didn't say it was on time, I just said it had 6 carriages...