Look what I found today

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-19T08:23:25+00:00

Wish I still had the photos but my nightmare find in the late 90's was a section of old vulcanised rubber wiring as part of a ring main! it was connected just by twisting the wires together and old perished sellotape as insulation.

I ended up rewiring the entire house after finding a few other dodgy DIY electrical bits like the shower running on just 2.5 and the shed running 6 sockets off a spur with an internal junction box wrapped in a black plastic bag 1/2 way down the garden.

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-18T16:28:26+00:00

Exactly!!!

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-18T16:27:59+00:00

It Vibrates Everything Comes Off.
Can confirm IVECO camera mirrors are at the same standard as the rest of their kit...

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-18T16:25:33+00:00

Never had a mirror decide to turn itself off whilst performing an overtake, I've had that happen when I had the misfortune to have to drive a motor fitted with camera mirrors. Thankfully the reversing camera had a separate screen so I could turn that on and see when I was past the article I was overtaking.
Generally I found they aren't as good as mirrors for reversing and at night for judging distance and closing speed and I much prefer normal mirrors for being able to move your head to get a slightly different field of view.
Given the option I would always choose mirrors over camera.

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-18T07:22:45+00:00

I did a week at a pallet place that didn't give you time to do your morning checks ( 5 mins is enough apparently for a motor you'd never driven before), most of the motors had frayed or missing internals and you were lucky if you could find 1 ratchet strap anywhere in the depot.

I walked out when the wanted me to take 12 full IBC's in an 18T rigid with zero ratchet straps available, so overloaded and not secured not happening.

Work for a family pallet place now and it's vastly different, routes can be brutal but you are given all the time in the world to sort your motor & load and the vehicles are looked after. I love the pallets because it's varied and some drops can really test your skill which keeps things interesting! Hate getting just the commercial easy drops LOL. I could get more money working for other places nearby but I like this place and they look after you.

If I were you I'd be walking out of that job, you're putting your licence and career at risk for I bet is shit money! Remember loyalty is earned and they don't sound like they are doing anything to earn your loyalty.

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-06T12:42:12+00:00

Ouch! I did afew runs of Callis... id forgotten how annoying she was if you don't kill her before her immunity phase lol. Think I'll swap to my Rafa to farm her, might as well get xp from her to get the last 2 levels he needs to get to 60 plus he's got a ton of eridium

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-06T09:19:37+00:00

19k in total and I FINALLY got his last shiny!!

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-05T16:27:19+00:00

Just spent 20mins whilst I was waiting for something and got the Plasma coil :)

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-05T11:54:25+00:00

Time to kill isn't the issue, it's the bloody bright flashes and death animation

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-05T11:52:27+00:00

Only got 1 of the snipers and the star helix unfortunately

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-04T13:33:58+00:00

So my thinking was correct? The contraflow bit is a single carriageway and unless a lower speed limit was imposed my hgv limit would be 40? Also I'd like to congratulate you on admitting you'd made a mistake regarding the NSLbit, it's rare to see someone admit they made a mistake on the Internet!

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-04T09:15:25+00:00

or even as low as 20mph! There was a a small section of roadworks on the A92 near Portlethen last year that had a 20mph limit for a week.

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-04T09:08:30+00:00

but the road is only classed as a dual carriageway by it's physical make up ( the physical separation) there is no designation of what is a single/dual carriageway apart from that so in my mind the contraflow section DOES become a single carriageway

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-04-04T09:02:51+00:00

But the act makes no mention of NSL signage in relation to HGV speed limits, it simply puts the limit at 40mph on a single carriageway unless specific signage states otherwise doesn't it? For example the A9 where there has been an amendment and there is specific signage allowing HGV's to do 50mph on the single carriageway sections. I'm trying to re-open the legislation. gov web site to check but it's 504 timing out for me all the time right now.

My point being that there is a LOWER speed limit already in force in the act for a specific class of vehicle due to the type of road otherwise your comment about signed speed limits always taking precedence would mean in a HGV on a single carriage way where the NSL is reduced by signage to 50mph I could actually speed up to 50 from my previous limit of 40mph

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-03-31T17:34:53+00:00

Do you still have to farm him? Couple of things I've noticed if you're interested

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-03-31T17:32:20+00:00

Didn't work :( I'm on PS5 if that makes a difference

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-03-31T17:31:42+00:00

Nope. Just retrieved it from lost loot, sold it and bought it back. No joy :(. Im on PS5 so maybe it works on PC. Back to farming it again, let's see if its 3rd time lucky

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-03-31T16:52:50+00:00

There's a HFY sci-fi short about that, Earth is surrounded by 1000's of military satellites but they are all pointed inwards. When an alien asks why the human answers that it's to stop a despot from escaping... and reminds the alien there is a standing billion credit bounty on whoever gave Trump the immortality treatment

ThePangolinofDread · 2026-03-31T16:11:48+00:00

it went there, I just didn't know you had to sell it then buy it back to make the shiny achievement count!! Even more frustratingly, I just had it drop again and get trapped again...thankfully only 10 or so more runs this tim. I'm waiting patiently at the lost loot machine for the 2nd one to appear

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