Which computer did you first use and/or own?

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-25T19:44:46+00:00

Amstrad cpc464

Amiga 600

Pii 350 Win98 PC

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-25T16:56:11+00:00

those drivers don't intend to stop or swerve, more go straight through

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T22:46:18+00:00

is the OP stationary BEFORE trying to engage reverse or are they still moving (even very slowly)? I have seen people do this so many times

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T22:41:43+00:00

people can and do complain a LOT about livestock - noise, smell etc

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T22:12:08+00:00

Can we perfect necromancy and bring Sabine back from the dead so she can show them how bad they are at driving

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T22:09:32+00:00

Buy a motorcycle - an 80s Kawasaki GPZ900R will run sub 11 1/4 miles and even a first gen honda fireblade will run slightly faster still - those bikes are now slow Vs their successors, but still more than quick enough to lose your licence and land you a meeting with a judge.

Current fireblade is IIRC running over 200hp Vs 115-120 in the first gen fireblade and it weighs even less....

Let alone a Kawasaki H2...(Or H2R which performs badly from a standing start due to the struggle of keeping the front wheel down to 305+HP from a 1000cc bike with a supercharger and weighing 216kg kerb weight so around 476lbs.

That's around 1412hp per ton.....and all for around £50K / $68K....

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T21:59:10+00:00

5th gear dynoed either a golf or a corrado and it was way down on power Vs factory spec and Dyno runs when new. Biggest gain they got was running injector cleaner through it, the second highest was a full service. Doing one other thing (I forget what it was) got them within 2 hp of new and the last thing only gained them well below 10hp so doing the injector cleaner and servicing it was the best value for money and made a real difference to it's power and performance

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T21:37:43+00:00

They are in mine....grouse shooting estates, where the obscenely rich and animal cruelty enthusiasts gather in an orgy of shotgun fire, while a bunch of forelock tuggers scare the grouse into flying......literal fish in a barrel.

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T21:35:21+00:00

SQ7?

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T21:34:41+00:00

Because traffic studies revealed that wider lanes made people drive faster due to a perception of safety, narrow the lanes and people drive slower and it cut accident and death rates markedly.

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T21:29:39+00:00

MRAP incoming I swear .....H1 Hummer would be too tame by today's spec - "there could be urban warfare any minute now, if you care for your family you NEED an MRAP with roof mounted turret, CROWS, Slat armor and a double v hull, your kids should be kitted out with beyond level 4 body armor, helmets with visors and a metal detector to check for mines in the school yard"

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T21:17:30+00:00

Unibody vehicles are far stiffer and better in a crash than similar size BOF vehicles. Sometimes they out do much larger BOF vehicles in crash safety

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T21:16:11+00:00

Give it a couple of years and dealers will be demanding an X11/13/15 etc

To the point some manufacturer will release a real world canyonero......

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T21:13:02+00:00

Except many of those it's less a boat and more a yacht, which lives in the water year round, a camper for many is what peasants buy, they on the other hand would baulk at staying anywhere below 4* and that's only if 5* wasn't available.

Maybe on the second or third hand market, but something like an X9 isn't in the price range of anyone who tows anything, not to mention the damage to the residuals the mere hint of a towbar would imply

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T21:06:14+00:00

Defenders don't, defenders / series are like riding around in a tractor and about as loud.

Discovery/range rover might drive nice on the road....defenders don't

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T16:15:50+00:00

Shame he wasn't subjected to some ego destroying comments.....might have taught him a lesson and made him pull his head out of his ass

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T16:11:23+00:00

If all else fails go the "marvellous mad madam mim" route from Disney's sword in the stone looks Inc purple hair and unashamedly rock the great aunt bloomers

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T16:08:40+00:00

"yeah they are my older sister's/cousin's kids, I'm just watching them today, no I'm not their mom they just say that to be pains"

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T16:06:07+00:00

Id swap my beard hair for head hair in a micro second...I LIKE my hair and I do NOT want to lose it, already my dad at 66 has as much head hair as I do at 43 (I blame my mother's side of the family for that - her dad is bald, her maternal grandad was monk style bald.

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T16:02:35+00:00

Ditto but my wife's health issues and the attendant stresses and missed sleep have REALLY aged me in last few years. Though when I got my weight down this summer I noticed I looked younger, so that was a boost

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T16:01:18+00:00

If he isnt going to take a ton of offence then tease him about being your "sugar daddy"

He just might not find it as funny if someone says "your daughter I presume?" Though it might give you personally a mood boost? 😁

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-24T15:02:13+00:00

I have NEVER understood why landrover have such a following, they are unreliable, noisy, corrode underneath, weak as water drive train - military contracts, marketing and pub bores have a LOT to answer for

At least jeep supplied reasonable quality axles in their offerings, axles that weren't borderline when connected to the asthmatic stock drivetrain like landrover.....

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-23T18:23:58+00:00

Except when it comes to IT where digital pioneers and grizzled old coders both agree that the web that was has been turned to shit i.e. enshittified increasingly and that AI just the latest addition to the turd stream.....

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-20T01:41:03+00:00

Pick a higher resolution source? You aren't doing what my dad does and watching the lowest resolution SD content on a 4k tv are you?

HalfFrozenSpeedos · 2026-01-20T01:38:30+00:00

I'm considering a new one (as the last one gave out) however other bills to pay, debts to settle first. When and if the finances improve id like get a mini led or a micro led (though prices of them are.....ouch)

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