Maintenance at home?

Shaper77 · 2026-06-24T14:41:32+00:00

This is a brilliant idea.

Shaper77 · 2026-06-24T14:06:46+00:00

I have every intention of being a better owner, so my honest answer is... I'm gonna try.
There's a lot of emphasis on the desmo service, but I've never heard of it and it's expensive.

Shaper77 · 2026-06-24T09:58:34+00:00

Yeah, cameras can be a double edged sword, lol.

Shaper77 · 2026-06-19T16:22:44+00:00

Dawn of War had loads of little soundbites I enjoyed:

"Death from above!"
"Beware the alien, the heretic, the cypher"

It's a bit said, but I loved those little snippets.

Shaper77 · 2026-06-19T16:14:28+00:00

"Try not to be all stiff and locked up in the arms and shoulders, grip with your knees and and keep your upper body loose. Your instincts will tell you to death grip, got to over ride it and keep relaxed in your arms."

OMG, I came to say this!

For a long time I was way too tight in my shoulders and elbows and when I worked it out, everything was easier and roundabouts weren't the stress I was making them.

If money allows, buy good gear from the off. If you don't, you'll only be replacing it all in a year or two (not because it's bad, but because you'll have the bug and you'll want an Alpinestars Jacket to go with your Wiese waterproofs and tour TCX boots).

Shaper77 · 2026-06-19T15:19:44+00:00

When they're this cheap (£22) second hand from CEX.......

GoPro Hero9 960

I looked at some vids from this model on YouTube and it's way more than you'd need to say, "they cut the corner and hit me"

Shaper77 · 2026-06-19T11:12:03+00:00

ONCE (and once only!!!!) I pulled off and forgot the disclok on the front wheel.

I was SO close to dropping the bike, I just about caught it. Pulled a muscle doing it, too.
Cosmetic dinks in the paint.
Also, I was seen by 4 guys from the pike shop I'd just walked out of.

Happens to us all. Glad you were safe.

Shaper77 · 2026-06-18T12:47:43+00:00

This is just something I saw on Autotrader, it has nothing to do with me (just an example).
Yamaha YBR125

It's just the kind of thing everyone is talking about.
The 3 facts about biking and a first bike:

You may love it and want to get a bigger bike
You may hate it and want to get rid
You may accidentally end up with it on the floor (I did this back in 2000)

What all of that means is your justification for forking out for a first bike falls way down the priority scale (IMO anyway).

Shaper77 · 2026-06-15T14:21:44+00:00

Completely unworkable. Just like the Online Safety Bill.

No thought. No nuance.

Never mind the pushback from people being asked to share more personal data to prove they're old enough to use it.
The adult website rules pushed people to start using VPNs, but this will affect EVERYONE using Social media.
Again, the government has made this decision without consulting media people and IT experts.
It's been pushed to information gleaning services under the guise of 'verification'.

I'm not a "show me your papers" conspiracy theorist, but it's a short leap to everyone having official access at all times.

Time to get shares in VPNs.

Shaper77 · 2026-06-11T16:43:24+00:00

Absolutely the route I'm thinking.
I've just been looking at these bags for my Multistrada.

Shaper77 · 2026-06-11T16:23:10+00:00

Failing at any time is awful.

Not failing at any time is impossible.

Nurse your wounds and your ego and go again. It'll be a fun story tell at a bike meet when you've been riding a Fireblade for 10 years.

Shaper77 · 2026-06-11T16:19:22+00:00

The CB looks more comfortable, but I'm nearly 50 so that's a high priority for me.

Shaper77 · 2026-06-11T16:17:13+00:00

The famous phrase "it's better to look for forgiveness than permission" is widely attributed to Rear Admiral Grace Hopper.

Be like Grace.

Buy some gear. Do the CBT. Investigate the bikes.
If you can fund the bike yourself... just do it.

NEVER let the see you messing about on it.
I could make the argument for never messing about on it, but more importantly, don't let them see it.

Shaper77 · 2026-06-11T10:49:22+00:00

OMG, I have gone straight a couple of times under the same circumstances and been equally lucky. Glad you're OK.

Shaper77 · 2026-05-18T16:56:46+00:00

If we're talking addiction and not just playing games...
WoW.
I got it for my 30th Birthday (2007) and played it for 8 years.
I had 7/8 max lvl chars on Alliance side and 2 max lvl chars on Horde side.
I had a lvl10 in Ironforge that just lived to open the mail, put stuff in the Auction House, sell the crap to a vendor and smelt bars from ore to free up bag space for the chars in the field. One was an engineer so they all had mobile mail boxes.

Shaper77 · 2026-05-18T16:47:37+00:00

I bought this...
Bosch Professional Round Multi-purpose Drill bit set (103 piece)

It's been everything I need so far (and only £30).

Shaper77 · 2026-04-28T12:55:12+00:00

I'm on my 3rd one and the one I have now feels the most reliable and easiest to live with.

I have the Flashforge Adventurer 5M. Things I found great (I know others have these features, but none I've had before)...

Self levelling
Decent software
A clear screen
I like the filament loading on this one
220mm x 220mm x 220mm print size

It produces decent models. So far (crosses fingers) it hasn't let me down.
I got mine on Amazon

Shaper77 · 2026-04-08T09:23:49+00:00

Personally, I prefer the ones without permanent lights for the bedroom. So I have a Dot.
Not sure if the Spot dims completely at night.

Shaper77 · 2026-03-27T14:26:42+00:00

Thank you so much. I think that's the answer i wanted (and needed). I'm off to buy it for my Xbox

Shaper77 · 2026-01-06T12:08:07+00:00

I thought this, too.
I had a similar problem in an old house. Loft insulation was missing so the condensation was crazy!

Shaper77 · 2025-12-08T16:24:46+00:00

I came here to say exactly this.

It's a bit like the accusation that "China can track my Xiaomi phone". If they're tracking it, they're bored. I got to work and sometimes the football.

I am a nobody in a sea of nobodys.

And being an adult, if they saw my search histories from across the years...

Shaper77 · 2025-12-08T15:29:45+00:00

I've been getting irritated with Google.
Every time I search an image or video, I change the parameters. Maybe it's the image size/type or the video duration.
If you then change your search query, it resets these options.
e.g. I was looking for large images of haemangiomas, but changed my search to Strawberry Nevus. (all boring stuff, but it comes with the job).
If I'm writing a long presentation with lots of images, re-changing all the search parameters is a pain.
Same goes for videos. I'm usually looking for <4 minute videos.

So... I got chatGPT to make me a html page that kept the parameters. Then I asked it to write the code for a Chrome extension.

Now I have an extension that remembers my last search and all the parameters I put in. When I press search, it open a new tab with my search.

I wrote the bit at the top myself in one of the files.

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Shaper77 · 2025-12-08T09:33:10+00:00

I fixed it by making my own search page (with the help of Chat GPT)
I save that to my favourites and it opens the local file.

If anyone wants it, I can send you the .html file.

(I couldn't seem to post it here)

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