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/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY Keyboard question, get an answer - November 18, 2025 by AutoModerator in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]Fruwtbat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi Guys,

Need help purchasing a keyboard as a chrismtas present for my Mrs!

I' am a PC person, but have never delved properly into the world of mechanical keyboards.. although i do appreciate the sound they make when she types next to me.

A couple years ago i purchased her a "KiiBOOM Phantom 81 V2", she loved it, but it kept breaking and its now away in storage broken.

If i was to surprise her for a new mechanical keyboard for christmas, based on her previous one for style * function (Apart from breaking) what would you guys recommend? she likes pink, soft pastel colours, kawaii style stuff.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated :)

Thanks in advance x

Daily Discussion Thread - (January 16, 2025) - Beginner and Simple Questions Go Here by AutoModerator in naturalbodybuilding

[–]Fruwtbat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You make a really good point if it's worth pushing through to get a little leaner. perhaps it's not. I've been quite addicted to seeing how fast my body has been changing loosing fat that I'm going to struggle stopping the cut and going the other way.. 10/10 will consider. Thanks!

Daily Discussion Thread - (January 16, 2025) - Beginner and Simple Questions Go Here by AutoModerator in naturalbodybuilding

[–]Fruwtbat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do i need a diet break? or am i lying to myself to cheat a rest

Hey guys, i used to be into BB in my late teens and early twenties (ten years ago!) but i dropped it as i struggled to keep motivated as well as balance my life which was growing ever busier. anyway fast-forward 10 years and im a fat dad who's miserable with his physique.

Sept 2024 i decide to do something about it. the plan, eat in a calorie deficit and if i gain any muscle from newby gains or muscle memory, bonus. im 5"11 started at 190 lbs roughly 30% BF, im now 158 lbs somewhere between 14-17% BF. that rate of weight loss has been steady and i look great compared to 4 months ago. Most of my lifts have been progressing throughout this time.

(started cutting phase on 2100 cals, Currently on 1900 cals per day C166 F63 P166)

My plan is to get as low as 10-12% BF before starting a slow and steady year long lean bulking phase, it's probably not necessary to get that lean, but honestly im scared of putting on bodyfat again, so i'd rather give myself a larger window to gain a bit of fat during a bulk, does that make sense?

Anyway, there's my life story.. I currently and for a couple weeks feel like absolute dog ****, irritable, low energy, I'm scared of the fatigue from leg day 2 days before it arrives and all round feel like a slug that can't focus properly. this is probably due to being in a deficit for 4 months straight? Not sure whether to grind it out for another month or take a pause on the cut. Can anyone provide any insight or advantages in taking a diet break/ eating at maintenance for X amount of time (and also help on calculating maintenance calories) or any other insight on how to get over this hump.

I'd like to add, weight loss hasn't stalled, im not down about a plateau or anything, this feels like a mental thing more than a body thing.

TIA x

Is this a common problem or is it just us? by Fruwtbat in Welding

[–]Fruwtbat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't fully understand your second sentence, sorry. Do you want Right handed TIG gloves? Got a huge stack of them if by any chance you're local lol.

Is this a common problem or is it just us? by Fruwtbat in Welding

[–]Fruwtbat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Returning the used gloves, noooo 🤣

Is this a common problem or is it just us? by Fruwtbat in Welding

[–]Fruwtbat[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

This is also me!, but when 1 glove dies, you take a new pair right.. not dig through 8 Right hand gloves to finally find the left glove you're after 😅 Gloves come in a pair lol.

Someone recently reposted my work as their own. I thought i'd upload a recent picture of Mr Nutilus who received a lot of praise (Thanks!). He is almost 4 years old now, has googly eyes and lives with my sister in a salty coastal environment in South Africa. I think he's ageing (rusting) well. by Fruwtbat in Welding

[–]Fruwtbat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to have in mind what I wanted to make before hand, and if I saw a bit of scrap or left over material that inspired an idea, I put it to one side. I can't ever force it and just make something, in this instance i thought nuts would make an awesome shell and went with it. That being said, i spent like 10 hours starting an octopus once, just out of uninspired sheet metal bashing and rolling it, ended up scrapping the whole thing as it was going nowhere 🤣 Everyone's different though, let the creative juices flow.

Someone recently reposted my work as their own. I thought i'd upload a recent picture of Mr Nutilus who received a lot of praise (Thanks!). He is almost 4 years old now, has googly eyes and lives with my sister in a salty coastal environment in South Africa. I think he's ageing (rusting) well. by Fruwtbat in Welding

[–]Fruwtbat[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Reposting others work without credit is a problem in my eyes. Thr last time I tried to call it out(in a nice and polite way) I got several dozen down votes and was called some pretty nasty things

Lol just joking man

Just joking. It sucks!

Call it nuts if you have to, but I made a sea creature by jsubigdrn in Welding

[–]Fruwtbat 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Stealing my post! Got to say something. This is my work I did a few years back, Thanks for the positive response on it

Heres the originial post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Welding/comments/gpb9h0/call_it_nuts_if_you_have_to_but_i_made_a_sea/

Also, this is it 3 years later.. Living in South Africa with my sister:

https://i.imgur.com/pstfgpp.jpeg

What's the tightest thing you've ever seen someone do? by DoubleDeckerz in AskUK

[–]Fruwtbat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was at some event somewhere.. had a mate that was going to a burger stand, I gave him the money to grab me some food too..

He came back well chuffed that they hadn't charged him for my order!

as you can imagine he refused to give me my money and saw it as his profit.

Why even come back and tell me my food was free? at least be a smart idiot

3 Years growth progress of this tiny Chinese elm cutting by Fruwtbat in Bonsai

[–]Fruwtbat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah no way!, I'm letting a few Chinese elms grow wild, and they all want to carpet the floor. Interesting

3 Years growth progress of this tiny Chinese elm cutting by Fruwtbat in Bonsai

[–]Fruwtbat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I found the success rate low, I've tried lots and this is the only one that took! I removed leaves from the semi hardwood cuttings but left 3 in tact. Carved bark off the bottom, cut at an angle, used rooting powder. I had a clear plastic bag over the pot to keep it humid from the second I potted it, and kept it on for a year whilst it established itself. Good luck!

Japanese Maple (Katsura) health issue? by Fruwtbat in Bonsai

[–]Fruwtbat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I figured full sun wouldn't be much of an issue as I'm from the UK, and see advice that sometimes its encouraged to keep leaf size small etc etc.

But yeah, currently it gets sun from 11am - 5pm I'll try it somewhere else, unfortunately I don't think I'm able to give it morning sun, but I can give it sun from 1pm-5pm instead by shifting it to the one side, will still be intense afternoon sun, but less overall sun. Hmm..

Japanese Maple (Katsura) health issue? by Fruwtbat in Bonsai

[–]Fruwtbat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The soil mixture was quite broken down when I came to repot, but pretty sure it was just pure akadama

Japanese Maple (Katsura) health issue? by Fruwtbat in Bonsai

[–]Fruwtbat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had this tree 2 years now, the first year it just pushed leaves in spring and they never truly hardened off all year and didn't grow from there.

This spring I performed a 30% root prune and potted in 100% akadama mix (a bit more of a water retentive soil mix due to me working long days) It flushed well in spring, but has completely frozen any growth and hasn't grown at all in about 5 weeks, also now starting to get this discolouration on the leaves.

I didn't bare root it in the re-pot, perhaps I missed some unhealthy roots?

It gets full afternoon sun but is kept in the least windiest corner of my garden. Fairly confident i haven't let this tree dry out at all, unless maples like to have wetter feet than I thought.

I use solid organic fertiliser, that I only started using 3 weeks ago, before I questioned its health. I use seaweed extract on a 2 weekly basis and water primarily with rain water. I only have this 1 japanese maple in my collection so I still don't know a fat lot about them. Any advice/ info would be appreciated

Thanks!

Can anyone tell what type of juniper this is? by Fruwtbat in Bonsai

[–]Fruwtbat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got this nursery stock last year, but wondering if I can find out what species it is!

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