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Post house move, I have finally got the shed into shape. So much more space than I had before! The mancave has room for all my RCs, plus space to work. And thats just a fraction of the total. There's a garage....and a workshop area too.
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Arrgh. ..... was going through the Rc cupboard sorting out a few odds and ends after finding my Baja a new home. Found my oild Spectrum radio. Can I find the receiver that goes with......no. No sign of it. When I mothball a radio, the rx goes in a bag and hte bag gets ziptied to the handle.....or I put the rx in the battery space. No. Somewhere in the shed is a pair of spectrum receivers......maddening!
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Are you trying to buy a Baja?
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Windows 10 .... why, since the last update...have you messed up my sound! Constant volume fluctuations which I can 'fix' by toggling effects on and off.....every day!
Well..suppose it could be worse. It could be a hardware fault. But I could at least fix that permanently. Googling it seems to show it's quite a common issue. Trying to work out now which update did the damage to roll it back
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I work in IT and turn off fast boot - fixes 90% of windows 10 issues I get called to. your computer will take a bit longer to boot.
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-windows-10-fast-startup
* note after the big updates you will have to redo this.
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I stuck with Win7 for ages - bought and built more machines than I kept track of. Resisted the Win10 upgrade till the last min (for the free 'upgrade') and bar my recent issue with homegroup being removed, touch wood, i've had no real problems at all - in fact the only other niggle I recall was onedrive and win10 not playing ball in the early days of win10 - and MS we're quick to get that sorted obv.
Will bear in mind the fast start up thing though. ta
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I hate E-Bay time wasters. Guy buys a CY motor I had on sale. I send an invoice after 3 days with no pay. I send a message after 5 days. Nothing. No payment, no contact. Finally, after a week...'I don;t want it anymore....sorry. Can I cancel'. NO you damn well can't. Don't want to buy...THEN DON'T BID! Make a mistake...don't wait a week to say so, or you might find a non payment case happens.
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Easy bro it's mick I'm sorry I've not been on for a while mate but I got ill and then thought that I was getting better and then wham!!! It goes n slaps me right in the face again!!! N it's only today that I'm starting to feel a bit better, n I hope that I've not just jinxed myself by saying that!!! Coz I said it the other week and then the next day I'm laid up back in bed again mate!!! So my fingers n toes are crossed!!
About the guy off eBay, total messer Nitro and that's one of the main reasons that I don't like to use eBay pal!! Only when I've got no other choice really is about the only time I will use it bruv!! How's your hand etc now??
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Good to hear you're feeling better
I'm fighting fit with nothing worse than a new scar for the collection. Finished the job that did the damage and am now busily engaged stripping the bike engine down to it's basic components. Selling stuff on E-Bay to cover the £70 for a gasket set....or I wouldn't be using it either.
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Poxy useless rip off garages. Get home and the wife tells me the MOT was passed.....but they replaced the coil pack due to a misfire. £150. At least she got the old part back. One corroded contact. Bit of a clean up and a £10 rebuild kit and it will be fine. £50 buys a good used item. Next time...I am going to take care of it. And them.
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Devils advocate but having friends who run garages...
Most of them won't fit secondhand parts unless supplied by customer. Just not worth the grief if it turns out bad or packs up after a couple of months. And rebuild kits are cheap as a DIY option but often don't save anything for the customer once you add in the hourly labour rate at a garage.
But mostly this is the fitters vs fixers debate, sadly fixers are a dying breed
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Boilers ... I get someone in to give it it';s annual health check, and it's going to cost me £500 to patch it up. £200 last year, and it's 8 years old.
I know where this is going. New boiler time. Otherwise it'll be the pump, the fan, etc. etc. and I wioll be throwing good money after bad.
Plans for an RC fleet reshuffle for 2017 have just been wiped out.
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I'll prob go for one of these next. Normal plumber fit job.
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They don't need the top removed to clean them, great idea, isolate, remove magnet, flush from the pressure of the system using the drain off, job done, now I hate magnacleans & there bloody leaking o rings!!
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Powerflush & a mag filter is being pushed my the manufacturers, if it's not done they try to weasel out of a warranty claim it's on the benchmark (filled out on job completion) so it's a must really. There is even a section in the new vaillant manual where they ask you to test the water after a powerflush to check if it's clean enough!
again, another get out clause imo.
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should not be allowed dogs. Just had a close encounter with an escaped pooch that has been boarded up in the alleyway behind my house. Chewed it's way out and was trying to claw it's way into the sheds. Dumb animal should be put down...and I don't mean the dog.
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Fallen out of love with 1/5 .... too big, too heavy, and just too damn awkward.
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Congrats to Danny Kent...first British world motorcycle champ since Barry Sheene. Good run up to the big one later on....
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Yay...snake feeding tongs on the way. That's the last time he'll get my fingers when it's chow time
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Sun is shining, but I'm stuck indoors
Viral ear infection is screwing my balance and giving me motion sickness every time I stand up. I need to test the Madforce.
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You now you need a break when you spend 10 minutes trying to calibrate an ESC before you remember to plug it into the damn receiver
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Noj is a witch! Noj is a witch! He turned me into a newt.......... I got better
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Shiny new exhaust for the bike. Can't wait to bolt the sucker on. Demon XLS shorty pipes in round polished stainless. Removable 'baffles' for added noisy goodness
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Marquez crashes....Rossi wins...and Cal Crutchlow gets a podium. A win for Danny Kent, 3rd for Sam Lowes and 3rd for Cal. Fine days racing
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I'm getting old. Buy a 900 Hornet...and what do I do. I fit a centre stand and mudguard extender. One upon a time it would have been loud pipes and a bellypan. I'll be telling kids how things were different in my day next!
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Buzzin hornet
Just picked up the new ride...CB900 Hornet. 140 miles back from Ripley and shes a little cracker.
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What a horrid week. Everything than can go worng has gone wrong. From a snapped windscreen wiper mount on the car turning into a major PITA to fix to the bike I sold at the weekend failing on the new owner after 5 days. 4 years without so much as a hiccup...and when I sell it, the engine management light comes on and the thing won't start. Legally...not my problem...but morally, I got to try and help the guy.
This week sucks!
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Space engineers .... why is it such an addictive game! Must stop playing and go test the servo setup in the Savage...
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Fine morning...off work...sun shining...time to get the cars out thought I...so I did! Blown a steering servo on the Savage, lost a driveshaft grubscrew on the Kyosho, and teh screen has failed on the FlySky GT3B. Couple of hours well spent
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Just what I wanted for Christmas...a banged up right knee. Thanks Ford Focus U-Turn merchant.
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Just had a chocolate lime sweet...from a so called reputable purveyor of sugary comestables...and there was NO DAMN CHOCOLATE. All lime.... what is the world coming to!
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Marvellous....just what I needed... kind soul knocks on the door to let me know there is a large bit of metal in the bikes rear tyre. Again. Manage to extract a 4mm thick metal bar 45mm long. Went through at a steep angle....through the centre tread...and out the other side! By a miracle..it hasn't pierced the carcass and the tyre is still holding full pressure.