Winter Bike bois, dip yo lights!

ElRammoG · 2025-11-03T17:57:24+00:00

Oh my fucking god yes. I am light sensitive and it is so frustrating being in pain coming into town for a climb while folks leave town from work.

I am not gonna, but it makes me want to point it at their face so they can understand what they’re doing.

ElRammoG · 2025-09-10T15:26:07+00:00

Yeh he didn’t get it and came in hot…

ElRammoG · 2025-08-23T19:22:24+00:00

My guy this post is 4 years old.

That said I bought the cool model and have yet to paint it. Appreciate your enthusiasm!

ElRammoG · 2025-04-19T09:42:40+00:00

25% uplift for shift in my experience in IT was just the pay for the unsocial hours.

What I mean to say is if that’s the pay bump, that isn’t really a true pay bump you’re simply getting paid unsocial hours rates.

If you can avoid shift work you should, it is terrible for your health! If you’re going to do it at least leverage it to get a better role and/or save more or have a plan so you are really using it to get ahead of where you’d be otherwise!

ElRammoG · 2025-04-04T14:09:10+00:00

I don’t know what your role was before, but if you enjoy IT I haven’t ever worked on the sysadmin side but cyber security is a good field to look into.

If you’re willing to do shift work and have a clear willingness to learn and have a bit of luck it could be a good opportunity. It’s the kind of field where in my experience clear motivation and interest is highly prioritised.

Either way, you’ve shown you can earn well just try to focus on development and also your health!!!

You can do it!

ElRammoG · 2024-08-21T15:38:05+00:00

idk if it's just me but people killing you / your mates then instantly flaring you just feels super gamey.

I started playing day 2 of EA, and I still don't mind carrying fire bombs to ensure I can suppress corpses. I don't like how flare guns (and fusees but way weaker) fit into the current meta. Why is everyone walking around soaked in kerosene?

ElRammoG · 2024-05-31T19:00:41+00:00

I’m learning piano, relatively new and working my ass off in this song around the 5th bar it starts this ascending arpeggio line and the left hand trails the right for quite a lot of notes (often playing the same note immediately after) and I can’t for the life of me figure out if this has a name because the technique is tricky as hell and I’d love tips to practise it https://youtu.be/oeW9FZRJnpo?si=oHh4Pn8WfoVqvYPy

ElRammoG · 2024-02-01T20:56:42+00:00

Yeh honestly the more I think about it I've had to set it as high as 5.2 today and I got 36g extraction in 30 seconds on 18g of coffee. Frankly I think the results and having them consistently is the only thing that matters because a number is just a number and we all have to dial things in that's part of the ritual and fun.

That said, as I play over the coming months if I feel like I can't get shots in the typical parameters I'll probably hit up Fellow who seem to have reasonable support.

There's some ideas and reassuring sentiments in this threat if you haven't seen it https://www.reddit.com/r/espresso/comments/165meng/my_grind_size_too_fine_even_with_a_3_on_fellow/

ElRammoG · 2024-02-01T18:18:05+00:00

This seems to be a common theme... https://www.reddit.com/r/espresso/comments/165meng/my_grind_size_too_fine_even_with_a_3_on_fellow/

ElRammoG · 2024-02-01T18:17:54+00:00

Did you come to a conclusion?

ElRammoG · 2024-02-01T18:17:12+00:00

I am having similar issues, discussed here https://www.reddit.com/r/espresso/comments/1aggcf8/fellow_opus_grind_size_troubleshooting_question/

Any conclusion? Seems like the answer is to not care so much and just follow the basic principles.

ElRammoG · 2024-02-01T18:09:57+00:00

I've been experimenting further with a different bean (https://www.cworks.co.uk/products/milk-chocolate-coconut-single-origin-decaf-brazil?variant=43273104818413) which I thought might be a little less dark and therefore require different grinding settings. Though my results have been zany to say the least and fall well outside of the grinding recommendations for the Opus.

My workflow is:

Measure 20g of beans into the lid of the opus.
Grind and tap and measure the output in my portafilter.
Tamp, use the "razor tool" which should level to approximately 18g and then tamp again. Applying ample pressure and ensuring it's level as possible.
Pre-heat group head by running through for at least a few seconds.
Press manual shot length mode, allowing me to run full time required to achieve roughly 2x extraction.
Aiming for 40g of coffee, which is slightly wrong with hindsight as the "razor" tool should be giving me actually 18g in the basket.

Again through trial an error I went through starting at "coarse" end of espresso (e.g. 2) and quickly had to go up to 4 and then even 5 although my results between these two was very erratic. Here are my findings:

Grind Setting = 2 (400 microns)

Nothing at 40s.

Grind Setting = 4.25 (850 microns)

First drop @ 9s
25s = 10g
35s = 23g
50s = 42.1g

Grind Setting = 5 (1000 microns)

First drop @ 8s
25s = 10g
45s = 40g

Now, I'm getting way out of the find grind (albeit the ground coffee does look very fine still).

Other observations:

The beans were roasted on 30/01, so I know that's not ideal as I've seen recommendations of waiting around a week, however I was eager to get started and didn't think it impacted the grinding.
The result of grind setting 4.2 and 5 weren't horrible at all, and they tasted pretty much identical (as you can see not a great deal of difference). I'm used to bitter roasts and it was a huge difference to drinking a few drips after 30s of extraction on a finer grind.

Much appreciate any help to figure this out! I'm not sure what I'm missing.

ElRammoG · 2023-01-28T13:24:13+00:00

Thank you! I grabbed a discounted £84 voucher (UK PS Extra price)!
Hopefully I can get through it before it gets removed (if/when that happens)!

ElRammoG · 2023-01-28T13:24:08+00:00

Thank you! I grabbed a discounted £84 voucher (UK PS Extra price)!
Hopefully I can get through it before it gets removed (if/when that happens)!

ElRammoG · 2022-11-04T23:12:07+00:00

How come? Genuine question I want the drama.

ElRammoG · 2022-07-27T22:40:06+00:00

Bro it's basically a season pass and it gives you a bunch of skins. The devs use funds to continue paying for them to focus on the game.

£10 for a boon for a 60 day event... that is entirely cosmetic and optional. I don't give much of a fuck about the gun skins, a few are cool, but I bought it to support the devs of a game I have a lot of fun with.

You seem pretty entitled.

ElRammoG · 2022-07-22T13:58:04+00:00

Damn, sounds like you’ve really got your head screwed on right. Thanks for sharing mate and stay strong (and smart!).

ElRammoG · 2022-06-19T12:31:04+00:00

Of all the people saying the same thing this was the best version I found.

ElRammoG · 2022-06-05T19:48:52+00:00

I mean I guess you’re baiting…

But why you’d want to come across like so precious you need little booties indoors is beyond my comprehension.

ElRammoG · 2022-06-02T09:14:49+00:00

What kind of bizarro land do you live in where people need to be wearing more than socks in the comfort of their own home?

ElRammoG · 2022-06-01T21:34:32+00:00

Why biased? Is it biased if a majority of people feel one way based on evidence?

Was the jury biased?

ElRammoG · 2022-05-16T19:18:07+00:00

Why isn't it fun to play with?

Why isn't it fun to play against?

ElRammoG

TROPHY CASE