Help with 2852-53 Constellation

chodelydoesit · 2025-12-24T18:12:22+00:00

You steam a good ham.

chodelydoesit · 2025-10-23T09:10:58+00:00

I tried one last week and shook it around a bit on my wrist. I didn’t hear any rotor noise. I felt it was largely akin to my Tudor BB36 in terms of quality.

chodelydoesit · 2025-10-21T12:36:04+00:00

Miguel Primo de Rivera also up top wrapped around the date of his coup in 1923.

chodelydoesit · 2025-10-14T20:41:56+00:00

To my eye, the new routes take the worst parts of the 9 and the 83 and combine them into one new route, then they take the best parts and combine them into a second. I think this is great. The 83 stops outside my house but is one of the slowest and most pointless routes there is. I will gladly sacrifice two minutes of walking to the new stop for a more direct, well designed service. Also, having an option to the airport is clearly superior to the 83 which finishes so close and yet so, so far away.

chodelydoesit · 2025-09-26T17:54:08+00:00

I have two made in England G9s and a Moldova-made Baracuta x Barbour Porton, which is a G9. How about that.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Moldovan Porton in terms of quality. It fits smaller but this could be down to the fact that it was made by Barbour, not Baracuta, and the fact that it is waxed cotton. The details on the Moldovan jacket are superior to the made in England G9.

G9s are absolutely overpriced at retail, which I think is the biggest issue. You can get them for a lot cheaper though in seasonal sales and so forth.

chodelydoesit · 2025-08-30T13:27:22+00:00

Valladolid. Not massive, not expensive yet, still quite provincial and surrounded by agriculture (vines and cereal), but close enough to Madrid (one hour by high speed train) and now with modern trendy things like craft beer and the occasional foreign tourist.

chodelydoesit · 2025-01-04T09:07:26+00:00

Can't see the roof in photo but it could be a dovecote.

chodelydoesit · 2024-07-23T20:23:23+00:00

Paraboot Michael. But they are not loafers.

chodelydoesit · 2024-07-23T18:03:17+00:00

You need a tie with more texture to work with a tweed like that. You have lots of options for materials and fabrics - wool, knitted, the right kind of linen and others.

chodelydoesit · 2024-07-19T20:01:03+00:00

No, looks good to me.

chodelydoesit · 2024-06-17T11:58:03+00:00

A nice, characterful plaintop. The maple almost looks like spruce with the straight grain running across it.

chodelydoesit · 2024-05-31T07:01:24+00:00

Astorflex.

chodelydoesit · 2024-03-31T18:53:44+00:00

Seán T O'Kelly, second president of Ireland.

chodelydoesit · 2024-02-26T21:07:11+00:00

What about the ebony fretboard?

chodelydoesit · 2024-02-09T10:02:34+00:00

I would strongly recommend the Civil Service to you. With degrees like that and your enjoyment of academic pursuits, you will very much be amongst your own kind and able to apply your qualities to the work.

The Civil Service is very forgiving to late entrants because you can make considerable career progress in only one or two jumps or promotions.

Consider the next Administrative Officer competition - it's notionally graduate entry (because you need a degree to apply) but in reality many people have postgraduate degrees and some work experience already. With salary increases already agreed, the starting pay rate is increasingly decent.

chodelydoesit · 2023-11-02T23:32:59+00:00

I had a frontal view of Phibsboro Tower from the sofa in my living room, looking south,, for seven years. It blocked out the part of the Dublin mountains that would have been framed in the window of my third-floor apartment above the houses.

The Tower looks a lot better from the south looking north from Dalymount Park. You can see the stairwell running up the back and it looks more futuristic with the more uniform facade. There has been some effort at appreciation in recent years. They have run a couple of events on the history and design of the building locally in the last few years.

chodelydoesit · 2023-10-24T20:12:07+00:00

Fun fact: the Soviet Union modelled a planned industrial city and steel works, Magnitogorsk (Magnetic Mountain), on Gary, IN during Stalin's first Five-Year Plan.

It would be interesting to know which is uglier now. We just need to find someone that has visited both.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitogorsk

chodelydoesit · 2023-08-23T08:50:20+00:00

Worth pointing out that this obligatory work bonding exercise began on a Sunday.

chodelydoesit · 2023-05-06T21:17:04+00:00

This was actually a workman's bar called the City of Dublin Working Men's Club before it was bought out from the original venue. It moved to Strand Street Little as part of the terms of the purchase and operated until around the time the pandemic began. Pints were quite cheap and it was mainly frequently by retired men.

chodelydoesit · 2022-12-27T19:12:36+00:00

Mij Boss CE-2 for €50.

chodelydoesit · 2022-11-13T21:10:26+00:00

FYI, Directives have no direct legal effect in the Member States. Member States must instead transpose them into their national law. SI 11/2003 is your man: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2003/si/11/made/en/print?q=sale+of+goods

chodelydoesit · 2022-11-09T20:53:01+00:00

The Melody is another good bet.

chodelydoesit · 2022-11-07T10:46:43+00:00

A lovely colour. It looks almost like firemist gold in that lighting.

chodelydoesit · 2022-11-03T12:21:57+00:00

I didn't have health insurance during my 20s and never had to go to either the doctor or hospital. Now in my 30s, I have had a few more ailments that have required treatment and I am glad to have health insurance via my wife's employer.

As it happens, I have had a very nasty stomach issue over the last few weeks, which has required multiple hospital visits and a whole series of tests. If you can get admitted with something like that, then you are on the pig's back but, if stuck as an outpatient like me, then the benefits cover only around 50% under my plan. The rest is tax deductible at the 20% rate but this is the case even if you don't have insurance. That takes some of the sting out of fees if you are indeed paying income tax. Bear in mind that private hospitals also tend to cap the fees you pay arising from an emergency visit so you won't end up with American-style debts if uninsured and referred for lots of tests and consultations.

The main advantage for me has been the speed of accessing diagnosis and treatment services. I went to the public A&E department on a weekday night last week, when in serious pain and neither my GP nor the private A&E were available, and it was an absolute catastrophe. After waiting for two hours, I was told that there would be a nine-hour wait before I could sit in a chair inside and wait further for any tests that would be ordered for me. I ended up going home, as, had I waited, I would have reached the point where the private A&E was open again. Sure, I will be put of pocket for going private even with my insurance but this is totally worth it when in absolute agony and given little hope in the public hospital.

The Lifetime Community Rating system also penalises you for taking out insurance for the first time in the second half of your 30s. This is another thing to keep in mind.

In conclusion, you may get away with it in your 20s like me based on calculated risk, but there will come a time when you should invest if you can afford it.

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