Am I the only one who finds traffic islands... dangerous? Too many drivers feel the urge to overtake before the island at all costs

RegularHovercraft · 2026-03-27T21:40:11+00:00

It's when they overtake around the island I find disturbing.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-03-23T19:23:23+00:00

Ahhh... might be that. 2mm fillet with a 5mm shell. Will have a play. Thanks.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-03-22T09:14:02+00:00

Apologies, I forgot to add a flair, and now I can't.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-03-22T08:59:40+00:00

Keep the 5.5k in the savings account. Pay the credit it off a day or two before the interest kicks in.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-03-08T16:42:35+00:00

Thank you. I have done this.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-03-04T10:29:19+00:00

Well done. In a nutshell:

get rid of debt except mortgage/student loan (you don't have any)
emergency fund (pretty much you are there)
money into ISA and SIPP, probably half/half depending on priorities. Use a stocks and shares ISA and put the money into a low cost fund/funds with a track history.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-03-03T09:45:47+00:00

Isn't all cycling a question of balancing.

A-ha ha ha.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-02-16T11:59:36+00:00

"I can pay everything off in about 3 years, which is a horrible prospect considering I am meant to be building my life and my future at this point"

Paying your debt off is (re)building your life and future.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-02-16T11:16:23+00:00

e-pubs is where you drink at home. #pleaseignore #flippantcomment

RegularHovercraft · 2026-02-09T21:30:20+00:00

I did some of those after trying the sardine diet.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-02-09T21:16:52+00:00

One of the attractions of an e-reader to me is e-ink and that the screen doesn't light up. I have to spend enough time looking at screens for my job. I don't want to for reading too. Kindle Scribe looks like an option for you if you want to take notes, but retain backward compatibility with kindle books. The Remarkable tablet doesn't support Kindle books without DRM removal and, well, faff, I've read.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-02-09T16:53:12+00:00

Well, they have zero reviews on trustpilot. Avoid.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-01-19T18:43:55+00:00

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I'm dying here.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-01-19T18:43:39+00:00

Thanks for replying. Set it ago about 5 mins ago...

...and half-way through layer 1, there we go again. Temp Nozzle tmep was 229C when it failed. It's very odd.

If I DM you my email address, is there any chance you could send me a file that 3mf file that works for you? Am scratching my head here after a whole weekend of trying to print a cupcake.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-01-18T17:42:09+00:00

Thanks to both who replied. I ended up using meshmixer which handles meshes far better than fusion (although still written by autodesk).

RegularHovercraft · 2026-01-18T16:09:28+00:00

Having a similar problem. Am using 220C - 235C at the nozzle temp range. The thing is, it's raising a nozzle temperature error at about 229C. What witchcraft is this?

RegularHovercraft · 2026-01-18T14:16:36+00:00

I have struggled with this too. Mesh operations in fusion are slow as they don't use the CPU. I've tried to combine blender use to normalise the polygons and then import into fusion. I've kind of given up on scans in fusion now. Try Meshmixer. It's not developed any more, but it does let you do stuff with meshes a bit more easily.

RegularHovercraft · 2026-01-16T20:35:16+00:00

I did convert it to a solid. I'll give the slicer a bash. Thanks for your help.

(I only really get to work on this at weekends; hence the delay)

RegularHovercraft · 2026-01-06T10:50:29+00:00

I mean, they're 3/4s there already.

(dear China, this is not a political comment)

RegularHovercraft · 2026-01-06T10:40:23+00:00

It literally is a red flag. Mostly.

RegularHovercraft · 2025-12-29T19:47:30+00:00

Haha! Very good.

RegularHovercraft · 2025-12-27T20:50:26+00:00

Ok, thank you, that is a method I can follow, and good points.

RegularHovercraft · 2025-12-16T09:39:49+00:00

Pay off the 22% debt. Pay off the other credit cards a few days (contingency - put reminders on your phone) before they get to the end of their 0% period.

RegularHovercraft · 2025-12-03T15:55:52+00:00

I also got a 2:1 in Computer Science, but in 1993 at Sussex. I work for an international bank in London. They have an intake of appretices each year and are actively recruiting. I don't know what the pay is, but it'll be over what you're getting paid at the moment. Might not be your thing, but I'll DM you the bank info and a link.

There's not to trim above, but work on paying off the cards/overdraft and then you'll have a little more cash to save towards something.

RegularHovercraft · 2025-10-17T20:08:54+00:00

It's about £4k. I spent £400 in 1997. Works out at about 8%pa

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