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Haven't been to a concert in ages and semi spontaneously got tickets for Skinny Lister. Just on my way home and it was a blast, can fully recommend. Someone I know one called going to gigs like therapy, I think I'm starting to understand him 😄

Had a brilliant snow day on Monday Snow was so grippy too, was a blast. Sadly cut short by my brakes freezing. Didn't mix enough antifreeze in with them. Beginner's mistake.

I'll need to dig it out again and see if I can still get it to work I remember it being an accidental buy on amazon (1click buy button or whatever it was called) and I had no idea it was coming - my mum wasn't that amused.

Thought this was 100% some odd bot. I remember enjoying the trials discipline in Moto Racer 3. It somehow felt nice (but I can't tell how it'd feel to play it now, mind).

The vape thread reminded me of something that made me happy (and still does). Walked through Bristol 3 weeks ago and found a ton of trials spots that I just knew from vids (most memorably courtesy of @manuel and Matt). May have geeked out. My girlfriend may possibly have questioned my sanity. Walked through the bit with the shops towards castle park and, these walls in front of me somehow ringing a distant bell, said 'I think I've seen someone riding these walls'. Walked through the park past the church and - picture a small kid entering a toy shop - exclaimed 'we're [i]here[/i]!' excitedly pointing to what in her eyes must've been a bunch of walls with some scuff marks on them. Skip to two mins later and we past the sloped wall up to the 'bridge' (repeat my exclamation) and then past the wine st. spot where I sort of managed to suppress another exclamation for her sake.. I never realised that all those spots were so close together! Bit jealous, I admit. Pretty sure she did think I lost my marbles for a bit, but I showed her a couple of vids since and I think she understands now

Was in the UK a few weeks ago and noticed a ton of people vaping. I didn't realise that it got so big, there's way more people on regular cigs back home and the vaping somehow never took off. And then I found out how much a pack of cigs costs in the UK, which probably partly explains it..

Trying to do some weight saving and looking at crank options for my arcade (2015) and came across the Middleburn RS7 cranks. Compared to the RS8 these have a kinked arm to clear chainstays. The Q factor appears to be "approx. 182mm", so they should/could/might work? I have no clue what specs I need in general, from this thread I gather 68/73 and the length of my choice, correct? Also, any disadvantages of square taper? I don't think I've ever had square taper cranks before.. But the price difference looks quite beckoning.

Okay, that's a very nice thing to have.

One part of me is most surprised that this worked out cheaper. Looks brilliant!

I'd go for the hex or similar personally. Comp bikes can feel very odd and feel at home on the rear wheel more than on both. If I'd want to over exaggerate I'd say that riding on both wheels on a comp bike is like doing a constant push up. :p Something like the hex is ridable through town too if you take your time and doesn't feel too sketchy if you want to ride down a hill fast or try a tiny bit of a trail. To me the general riding is more fun on street bikes. I frequently take my arcade from a to b* and have had fun by popping a manual and bunny hop or two along the way. I doubt I'd take a comp bike out to do the same. * I know, depending on where you are in the US that won't be on the cards with your longer distances

I've been using a basic bbb chain tool for a while and never really had any issues that occasional brain farts. As long as you don't push the pin all the way out of the linkage it's not too hard on the tool to get it back in again. (I don't know if it's possible to push it back in after its all the way out, I always gave up if that happened. )

That pedal mount looks nifty!

Trying to get stoned I see.

Yeah, we've had a bit of that sahara dust around too.

I'm glad that we actually had a short period between restrictions being lifted and the new top news, so it wasn't quite a 1:1 swap here. Covid hasn't gone though and most people I've spoken to know that too but are enjoying their freedom which is nice.

I must say, it looks pretty cool actually

I saw that (or a similar video) a while ago and played around with bismuth a little, trying to make/'grow' those little crystals. It's a pretty amazing metal with its low melting point and good fun to mess around with.

Part of me thinks that that won't hold up well enough. ..The other part of me kinda wants it.

On my end it currently looks like it managed to fail doing it again. Edit: Now it's telling me that my phones date & time are ahead - they're correct, I've double checked. Getting the regular certificate thing on the pc though.

I put some in about a year ago.. I'm just leaving it alone now for the time being. Not sure if I can be bothered trying to justify averaging down either now, but I suppose I should technically look into it more again. Is anyone here accepting crypto payments for anything, or has been? I've been wondering about what would be the best way to go about that.

Not being in the UK I did a quick google and I doubt there's a requirement for all rooms to be heated. You may get a rent reduction if it's cold, but that's it. And the price is very very low to start with, so it's fair. I was round yesterday and took my infrared thermometer with. Contrary to my belief the wall is brick and not freezing. The cold is seeping up through the floor and is particularly bad in the corner where that cupboard is standing. I can't quite explain why it's that cold there though. Might not be possible to do anything since the floorboards of the livingroom 'continue' into the cupboard, so the cold would be transferred into the room at any rate I guess. A few photos: Cupboard on the left, roof on right. There must be a space between the back wall and the roof. The wall on the left of the cupboard is an inside wall. Blurry photo of cupboard: Odd decoration for a cupboard: Crisp. (floor near skirting board) Identical 'cupboard-roof' setup in the kitchen which is absolutely fine. Difference is the floor.

Not a buying but an insulation related question. My girlfriend's living room has proven to be fairly cool in winter - she knew the flat (top floor) couldn't be heated very well with one little gas heating in the hall (no radiators leading anywhere or anything else!) when she moved in, but with the living room getting rapidly colder towards one corner, whilst some parts of the room and the others are acceptable(-ish) at 18/19°C, I thought I'd take a closer look at it. One side of the dining table is 18° whilst the other end of it barely reaches 17°. There's a very slightly, cool draught that I followed to a little built in cupboard in a corner. I found this to be a pretty efficient wine cooler.. At 11°C! I'm assuming that there's a completely hollow space separating the back wall of the cupboard from the roof. (inaccessible) Next time round I'll check if there's a crack inside that cupboard leading out, or if the whole rear wall is that cool. My bets are on the latter though, so I was wondering if there's anything that we could place inside the cupboard to insulate it a tiny bit? Everything is wood so it should be relatively easy to attach things to. I have however not once thought about insulation before and have no clue whatsoever. Plus there's nothing we're allowed to change permanently since it's rented and the owner is fussy. If there's a non messy solution it'd be a big plus! I thought being able to sit on the couch without blankets, or at least one less, in February would be a nice goal to aim for!

I'll interpretate the lack of (obvious) sniggering at "Bang Gang Village" as a sure sign that people on here really are getting old.

I managed 2:30am. I was trying to pretend to be clever and grown up this year and got some presents sorted in summer already. The downside being that I kept remembering them as I thought that I finally had finished. Merry Christmas everyone!

That would be an idea, but would entail massive issues with MOT because Switzerland. If it's visible that something structural has been welded it won't pass. I was told that I technically wouldn't have been allowed to have them retubed either, but that's not something they can see. I could simply strip it again after MOT and respray when it's due again.. Apparently from the govt point of view it's better to use 80+ year old tubes that possibly are crusty internally than exchange them..