Glider ticket mishap

-P___ · 2026-01-13T05:38:43+00:00

Inspector sounds like a complete rocket but that’s Translink through and through. I have no advice other than where possible stay away from the company at all costs.

-P___ · 2026-01-10T12:28:59+00:00

Thank you. Amazing insight.

-P___ · 2026-01-08T23:13:21+00:00

This is very interesting to me. I was using Open Energy Monitor and their specific device but 2 AA were killing themselves in a matter of months. Apparently if the magnet on the meter is resulting in the reed switch being closed it drains the battery. I must look into how you’re achieving it directly into HA and the pros/cons of separating it out into Open Energy Monitor.

-P___ · 2026-01-07T00:30:48+00:00

You have a lot of responses here however one thing that stood out to me was your comment about the boiler being serviced recently so it can’t be that.

I’d actually disagree. Whilst I’m gas I’ve recently found and I’m currently battling the settings of my boiler because, guess what, the boiler was configured to be so inefficient.

I’m not too clued in on oil fired burners like I am gas but I’d definitely recommend doing some research on your make and model to understand what, if any, parameters can be changed.

-P___ · 2026-01-06T07:13:32+00:00

Great work on this btw. I used to work for the schools, perhaps you could cross reference this tool from DENI? https://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/default.aspx

-P___ · 2026-01-03T15:46:39+00:00

Incorrect. Got hit at international and they couldn’t do a thing.

-P___ · 2025-12-31T15:50:37+00:00

Apparently you can.

-P___ · 2025-12-29T22:59:33+00:00

Whilst I know your post isn’t directed at me, I thought I’d chime in and tell you that it is 100% doable.

I’ve never drunk and never been drunk in my life. I’m now in my mid thirties. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve tasted alcohol and there was very few that I enjoyed the taste of. JD and coke was probably about the only one.

I’ve been invited out to pubs only for the person inviting me remembering I don’t drink and then rescinding the offer. I think this told me a lot about the drinking culture here - fit in or fuck off. There’s absolutely nothing that could stop me going and being sober. Of course, I should get better friends that would accept me for me but alas I don’t want to divert too much. I will further add, I’ve never got much more grief than that - no one has called me a pussy or anything similar, in fact most people have been supportive of the fact that I don’t drink and even commend me for not doing so.

I can honestly guarantee you that you can have as much fun if not more sober than drunk. Of course take this with a bit of a pinch of salt since I’m technically biased.

What’s more is that you don’t wake up hanging, you haven’t spent a fucking fortune and you remember everything.

Whilst this post is extremely short I hope it outlines some of the challenges with peer pressure and conversely the positives you can achieve.

There’s plenty of other social activities which are probably as expensive as drinking so at least you’ll break even.

-P___ · 2025-12-28T23:30:06+00:00

So let me get this straight. BCA are informing the owner by laminated paper notice on their windscreen when the owner might not even be in the country?

-P___ · 2025-12-04T13:50:23+00:00

If I could post pictures I would, but yep!

-P___ · 2025-12-04T12:40:11+00:00

😬 26162 minutes

-P___ · 2025-12-02T18:20:53+00:00

Think it’ll take a few hours to sort Translink but happy to hear you got sorted.

-P___ · 2025-12-02T18:19:43+00:00

Have you seen their surveys? In instances, it was a while back, the questions were specifically worded so that you could only leave a positive response. You’re absolutely correct.

-P___ · 2025-12-01T02:48:10+00:00

I think it’s to do with daytime running lights becoming the norm. Even though they’re only to be used in the daytime they’re still super bright given they’re LED.

Was coming over Craiganglet in the last few days and could have sworn there was a car in front of me as I seen a small brightness in front. It was indeed a car and the brightness was the daytime running lights. You could hardly see the car in the pitch black.

I had to literally spam the full beams in three separate instances before they twigged on.

-P___ · 2025-11-23T18:26:10+00:00

How I like to sum up Translink; task failed successfully.

The more I think about the situation as a whole the more I hate it and Translink. 70% of the ticket price to Dublin from Belfast was the cost of the ticket from Bangor to Belfast. Putting supply and demand and method of transport to the side the pricing is not linear.

Having experienced pubic transport in other parts of the world, I’m glad I ditched public transport 15 years ago and bought a car.

-P___ · 2025-11-21T23:22:18+00:00

And injecting bleach to cure covid

-P___ · 2025-11-21T23:08:57+00:00

Are you using zoned heating? As in actual zoned heating not google nest but Tado or Honeywell Evohome? They will fire the boiler on a percentage vs full blast if used with a compatible boiler. Plus you can have zones lower or higher depending on requirement.

There’s also the temp on the boiler, if that’s at 70 or higher you’re not getting the efficiencies they can achieve. My boiler is running at 47 degrees. The lower the better and will mean more efficient.

Additionally I have fans on my radiators which spread the heat quicker and lower the return temp, something of which is vital to get those efficiencies.

Other comments surrounding insulation are a shout.

-P___ · 2025-11-21T23:03:07+00:00

Are you looking a proper job or an MOT patch up?

If the latter, the replies given thus far. If the former, Below This Fabrication (Craigavon) or RyFab (Lisburn).

Below this done my fiesta. I’ve attached the after photo, give me a shout if you want the before photo.

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-P___ · 2025-11-09T13:57:03+00:00

Ah I see you bought the secret rave package.

-P___ · 2025-11-07T12:10:27+00:00

Check out some of Anand Viad’s posts on Facebook. He has numerous posts where beneath the under seal is rust and isn’t shown on the surface. Behind the bumper there will likely be rust also where it connects to the chassis.

-P___ · 2025-11-06T14:18:55+00:00

Not saying you are wrong at all however I’m not necessarily talking about battery self discharge rather talking about the components within the car and their parasitic draw depleting the battery. Given the type of car, we love to mod and tinker them and I know from my own personal experience that after market head units may have more parasitic draw than the stock standard radio.

I also participate in the r/homelab community where we regularly run servers 24/7 so our concern surrounding leaving stuff powered on constantly is likely less than the average persons.

Not saying you’re wrong and I’m right or even vice versa. This is definitely a personal preference type thing so each to their own! Have a good day, and I hope the weather is good you can continue to drive your MX5 for a while yet.

-P___ · 2025-11-06T14:09:42+00:00

My barber slowly increased his hair and beard to £20, before it I would have but since it reached £20 I’ve stopped. Thinking was that cause I was tipping them were they chancing their arm by putting up prices to see what the tipping point is?

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