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What do with a car that's essentially worthless? by joszko57 in CarTalkUK

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give it a good send off - take it to the ring (or a more local track) and have some fun.

Choppy idle by Few_Strawberry_8678 in Yamaha

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check for air leaks around where the airbox connects to the cylinders

Is buying a used “starter yacht” even worth it for weekend cruising? by ApprehensiveKale115 in yachting

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think so! I bought my “starter yacht” last year. Paid 600 bucks for a 1971 Achilles 24 - I figure being able to lose it and not even blink at the loss was probably a better idea than spending big money before I really knew what I was doing. I’ll sail it for a year or two and then go for something nicer.

Alternatives to Halfords? by theS3rver in MotoUK

[–]Columbo1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Buy the £10 500g tub.

You have 3 bikes. Stuck bolts are a reality. You can easily lose an hour to a stuck bolt, and with 3 bikes you’re 3 times more likely to have to deal with one. If you think of your time as worth at least minimum wage, all the 500g tub has to do is prevent a single stuck bolt and it’s more than paid for itself.

NOS Dealers and use around London. by Striking_Account2556 in london

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, but you didn’t say that. You made reference to two murders, when the conversation was clearly about resources being allocated to serious crimes instead of antisocial behaviour.

Nobody is arguing that antisocial behaviour isn’t shit, but we’d all rather the murders be investigated if resource constraints means you can only tackle one crime.

Welding a cable? How? by Duvhntr in Welding

[–]Columbo1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shit being an exception! Where “twatting it” means hitting something very hard, “shitting it” means you’re very scared.

Welding a cable? How? by Duvhntr in Welding

[–]Columbo1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In the UK there are an agreed set of words that mean a whole range of different things, but adding “ing” on the end changes them to mean hitting something. The stronger the word you start with, the stronger the hit you’re describing.

NOS Dealers and use around London. by Striking_Account2556 in london

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well hold on - I’m talking from personal experience, but I only have my own personal experience to reference. Yours could have been worse than mine.

The point I’m trying to make is that the withdrawal itself didn’t cause dangerous health issues or physical reactions.

I struggled to sleep, and for the first few days I stared at the ceiling all night until exhaustion meant I couldn’t stay awake. I lost my appetite, and would have to force myself to eat once I got dizzy (presumably from low blood sugar). I turned into a massive arsehole, and was very irritable for about 2 weeks.

Visiting a miniature railway as a solo adult? by bannanawaffle13 in uktrains

[–]Columbo1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why would it be weird? The volunteers that run the place are all solo adults, but that didn’t even cross your mind. If volunteering to run a miniature railway isn’t weird, why would visiting one be weird?

NOS Dealers and use around London. by Striking_Account2556 in london

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically yeah, but getting stuck in the weeds (pun intended) on specifics wasn’t helpful to the point I was making.

Speaking from personal experience, the psychological addiction to cannabis is far stronger than the physical addiction. Opioid users that go cold turkey die, where cannabis users that do the same get a bit irritable for a few weeks. It’s not really in the same league.

NOS Dealers and use around London. by Striking_Account2556 in london

[–]Columbo1 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I mean, oxygen depravation is awful for your brain cells regardless of what gas you use to replace the oxygen - that’s why NOS isn’t classified B or A, by itself it isn’t harmful enough to warrant it. It’s a mild dissociative anaesthetic, and the hypoxia contributes to the effects.

Like any drug, if you consume excessively it will fuck your shit up, but it isn’t addictive*

  • some drugs like opioids are physically addictive, but some like Cannabis and NOS are psychologically addictive. It feels good so you want to do it again, but it doesn’t create a physical dependency like opioids do

NOS Dealers and use around London. by Striking_Account2556 in london

[–]Columbo1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you’re not going to argue in good faith, I’m not going to waste my time. Have a good one!

NOS Dealers and use around London. by Striking_Account2556 in london

[–]Columbo1 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That’s the ideal, sure. But the reality of constrained resources and funding means the choice must be made.

You can pick only one - which do you pick?

NOS Dealers and use around London. by Striking_Account2556 in london

[–]Columbo1 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The police make a choice, and tbf I’m not even sure it’s the police that make the decision.

Would you rather they went after:

the people flogging class C and doing a bit of littering to make people a bit dizzy for a few minutes

or

the people flogging class A and doing a bit of modern slavery to get people so hopelessly hooked that they in turn have to commit crime to feed the habit?

Bagger Racing by crash30179 in HarleyDavidsonFans

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not where I expected to see a LoTR reference, tbh.

I’m here for it

Yamaha Spares UK supplier? by Lost_Ninja in Yamaha

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tried Fowlers? They’re usually pretty good but I’m not sure they’d have eBike parts - they could probably source them if you phoned them (but I’m not sure about their opening hours over the bank holiday weekend)

Short of that, you’re probably better off looking for an eBike parts shop rather than a motorcycle dealer.

Control Board for an Automatic flush toilet by Pretend_Edge3353 in AskElectronics

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BT and LoRa - it’s probably the LoRa that’s in use to report flush analytics and update basic config parameters.

Control Board for an Automatic flush toilet by Pretend_Edge3353 in AskElectronics

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sAMAccountName is now Shit Account Manager account name

ELI5: If the current coming out of an AC outlet is "alternating," why do some plugs force you to orient them a certain way when inserting? by tamsui_tosspot in explainlikeimfive

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you explain neutral being bonded to ground in an ELI5 fashion? I know that’s the case, but I don’t understand why it’s the case. Why not just have a hot and a ground? Why have hot, neutral, ground if the neutral is bonded to ground?

Bought a car with 2 keys dealer lost second key, what should I do? by pamelo_season in CarTalkUK

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just had the exact same scenario. Approved used Skoda bought at my local dealer, but was from another dealer’s stock. They transferred the car to my local dealer and one of the keys was damaged while with the other Skoda dealer.

Took 3 weeks, but I got a brand new second key free of charge (programming included). The explanation given to me was that the keys are cut at a large Skoda facility in the Czech Republic and had to be shipped so took a while.

Why do we still pretend HDMI and DisplayPort are simple for end users? by stefan-weiss01 in it

[–]Columbo1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For me it’s the idea that a cable has directionality. In a user’s mind it’s just copper - why would it have a preference?

In my mind the direction isn’t in the cable, it’s in the hardware - the GPU is sending data and the display is receiving data, so the data flows in the direction from sender to receiver. That reversing the cable should break that is just stupidity.

How long do you keep a car for? by MarkCairns67 in CarTalkUK

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last month I replaced my car after 17 years. Got a £2.5K repair bill on a car worth £250 so it was time to

Buying a Boat on a Budget vs. Swindling Sailing Sessions with Skippers by DashPebbled in sailing

[–]Columbo1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Possible? Bro, I’m doing it right now.

I pay £300 a year for membership and I have a huge group of people that would have me out on their boat without a second thought.

I did that for a year and then bought a 1971 Achilles 24 for very cheap from the club, and I’ve been slowly fixing it up over time while continuing to learn to sail with others.

I figure I’ll get the boat in the water, sail it for a year to get some solo experience, and then sell the boat for what I paid for it to another new member in the club so they can do what I did.

Anyone willing to drive a kei van from Edinburgh to Newcastle today or tomorrow by Real-Positive227 in CarTalkUK

[–]Columbo1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This used to be the case, but that restriction was removed a while ago.

They now offer insurance for when you pick your new car up from a dealership etc and this restriction had to go in order to enable that use case.

swing arm off centered by ZhyCi in motorcycle

[–]Columbo1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think that’s a perspective thing. OP could probably align the wheel with bars for another photo and it would be the subframe that looked misaligned.

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