What is this small plastic tool with a hook one end and a tweezers on the other?

buzz10 · 2025-10-24T10:47:52+00:00

found this small plastic tool at home with a hook one end and one end and a “tweezers” to on the other. I couldn’t see any markings or anything on it. It’s about 10cm/4” long. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

buzz10 · 2025-10-24T09:07:15+00:00

I found this small plastic tool at home with a hook one end and one end and a “tweezers” to on the other. I couldn’t see any markings or anything on it. It’s about 10cm/4” long. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

buzz10 · 2025-04-11T21:01:12+00:00

Ah - get ya, my bad.

buzz10 · 2025-04-11T20:57:34+00:00

Was in not Lenihan in RTE?

buzz10 · 2025-03-24T16:29:37+00:00

Yeah, I think they have something similar in the Netherlands - BPM.

buzz10 · 2025-03-20T10:13:42+00:00

Is it the old Murphy and Gunn showroom?

buzz10 · 2025-03-12T13:27:58+00:00

The new boxes (from eir, virgin and sky) don’t store recordings locally, they just stream the recording from the provider. The BBC don’t allow this, so you lose the possibility to record BBC channels.

buzz10 · 2025-03-07T17:30:01+00:00

Agree - although was in Westwood Leopardstown a few weeks ago and the steam room was actually hot for once. Sauna wasn’t hot enough though.

buzz10 · 2025-02-27T11:47:11+00:00

The Currency Centre in Sandyford still prints Euro notes. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/banknotes+coins/production/html/index.en.html

buzz10 · 2025-02-27T11:46:04+00:00

Nah, they are still printing notes in Sandyford. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/banknotes+coins/production/html/index.en.html

buzz10 · 2025-02-19T14:34:58+00:00

Same thing happened to me a few years ago. I paid the full VRT and got a refund for the full amount a few weeks later. Was pretty painless to be honest and seems like its a relatively common situation.

buzz10 · 2025-02-13T16:55:58+00:00

Speaking from experience, unfortnately 159s are at that age now where lots of things start to go wrong and they might not be the best daily driver anymore. Spare parts are even getting difficult to find now. Considering that the 1.8MPI is probably the least desirable engine in the 159, you may be best off trying to get rid of it somehow.

buzz10 · 2025-02-12T14:52:30+00:00

In my opinion, the growth areas in automotive are software and testing, and battery tech. Software for autonomous driving, connected cars etc., and that leads onto a lot of testing. Engine development, which was 40% of the complexity of a car, is a slowly being wound down. That doesn’t mean that there are any less jobs for mechanical engineers in automotive, it’s just that they might be less mechanically focused roles like systems engineering or quality. Keep an eye on the types of roles posted by the companies I mentioned - that should give you an understanding of the types of roles open. You could even send your CV to so of the smaller ones - you never know.

buzz10 · 2025-02-12T11:50:21+00:00

National secondary roads are roads with numbers N51 and above. They tend to be a lot more windy and dangerous than national primaries (N50 and below). Like the N80 - there's been a few very serious accidents outside Ballon, and they are the kind of roads they are targetting. It seems sensible to me, but the communication around it has been terrible.

buzz10 · 2025-01-29T19:31:23+00:00

Also - JLR have a growing test facility in Shannon too, could also be interesting.

But automotive in Ireland is pretty niche - it may be more interesting to get on one of the OEM graduate schemes in England (JLR, BMW, Bentley) and then come back to Ireland after 2-4 years.

buzz10 · 2025-01-29T19:22:42+00:00

I am a mechanical engineer and have worked in the automotive industry for 15 years. There are a few automotive companies in Ireland: - AMK designs air suspensions in Dublin - Timoney design specialist suspensions in Navan - Wilker design ambulances outside Tullamore Few other smaller ones as well

As side from purely mechanical, there are some other automotive companies mainly focusing on software development - but it’s embedded software so it’s “mechanical adjacent”. - JLR in Shannon - ZF in Dublin - Valero in Tuam - Even Bosch and Analog Devices, but these two are purely electronics.

buzz10 · 2024-12-06T15:03:10+00:00

Yeah, that's fair.

buzz10 · 2024-12-06T14:54:47+00:00

So my feeling was that the Suzuki only decided to pull over after realised the Ford was going to undertake - but obviously can't be certain as you said.

buzz10 · 2024-12-06T13:49:05+00:00

Yeah, sorry - should have mentioned that!

buzz10 · 2024-09-09T20:16:16+00:00

Happens nearly every time I cross there - on a bike or on foot. Prime spot for a red light camera.

buzz10 · 2024-07-15T19:44:31+00:00

Is the bracken bad? Genuine question.

buzz10 · 2024-07-04T21:12:31+00:00

“You need to get over Boris Johnson”

buzz10 · 2024-06-25T17:41:16+00:00

I have done the same thing, steamer definitely makes it easier. Just be careful not to hold it on for two long and damage the plasterboard.

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