MaC
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If he builds her an ensuite, it'll pre-empt a lot of hassle
Tell me you work in IT, without telling me you work in IT?Would an outdoor cludgy count?
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My daughter was in London yesterday for a friend's birthday, with a group of others. They did the National History museum, went to an Italian restaurant for lunch, then Carnaby Street and an Irish pub, where she had her first (and second, and possibly third) Guinness. They still made it back on time to St Pancras to catch the train and the school minibus.
A Guinness on St Patrick's day! I am so proud
Show off.The production line is already up and running with chiilies out of the propagator, tomatoes & aubergines taking their place and cucumbers and courgettes, along with leeks in pots.
Today it’s time for the parsnips. Line up the saved toilet roll inners in a tray, fill with compost, moisten compost and make seed holes with a pencil. Finally insert the…. Awww fuck, fuck, fucking fuck!!!
Note to self about listening to that little voice of doubt telling me I’d forgotten something at the garden centre this morning.
I probably should have written that post 3 weeks ago, in the "What did the Post bring today ?" thread but as our kitchen window sill faces north, I got one of those "Click & Grow" thing, and a combination of salads, thyme and basil (3 of each).
The plan was (and still is) to make my own pods rather than the excellent but dear C&G ones, salads will be replaced with parsley, chives and a few others. I'd love tarragon but it likes a dry soil so maybe hydroponics is not for it, or maybe I need a shorter reed at the bottom so that it only draws water in the first couple of days after the refill.
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The one on the window sill, yes. The ones in the loft, however...I’ve always wondered if anyone really used these for Legal herbs….
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This one is only 6.2% but a genuine trappist ale too with a much lower output, it comes highly recommended if you can find it.
I had a successful day by wrapping an inch long wire round two prongs of metal.
What was so good about that?
If I hadn’t, it would have cost me £4,000! (Well it would have cost my work budget that)
The hall stage has motorised curtains. Push to open. Push to close. Push to stop in the middle.
Pretty simple but complicated enough when you look in the box of tricks.
This is without the cables so it looks nicer, plus there’s things going on at the motor too.
I had tried a few bits over a couple of sessions and couldn’t work out what the fault was, having little idea of how electronics works. (Fernox was no good either!)
On Monday I had a chap come out who used to make them. (A paid visit) He concluded that the board was dead and told me that they’re no longer made so would need a whole new system.
I figured that I had little to lose in dismantling further and sat with my multimeter,YouTube and Reddit.
This morning I noticed this little tear in the copper trace.
I wonder…..
It worked!
Yes, I’ll solder something nicer later or get a trace repair kit.
Anyway, tomorrow will probably be unblocking toilets or cleaning up vomit…
I had noticed that bit!Nice fix, put some tape over the repair when you are done and a bit more over the exposed trace in the corner of the image. Don't want your genius going up in smoke
to be fair, neither has Kev,Show off.
I’ve planted nothing so far.