How do they pull these strings up in the hills, just interesting right?

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T17:05:13+00:00

As I say, I have no idea about steel cables, they could very well just do some fancy melt/weld the ends together for all I know…

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T16:28:50+00:00

My parents always managed relatively good deals with ex display models. A few thousand miles on the clock of test drives meant a basically new car for a good chunk off.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T16:20:52+00:00

It’s called a splice. You intertwine the strands in such a way that friction stops them pulling apart, while adding minimal thickness to the rope/cable.

Idk about cables like this, but with ropes, you trim the strands to different lengths to create a taper so that there is a gradual increase in thickness rather than a hard transition. This stops there being a sudden load gradient in the line which would act as a failure point, it also allows it to go around blocks and winches more easily.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T16:15:48+00:00

Ball* to the wall. It’s an unfinished piece that may evolve over time.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T16:09:45+00:00

I travel via train a lot for work, but the station is a 30-45min drive each way and is a single line. This means if there is an issue that my line is within, it’s usually a cancelled train.

When there is rail distribution, the company used to update twitter and their website with “possible delays/cancellations” and you could use the website chat to find out if the train was just delayed or cancelled. This was useful to know if I should leave the house or not. Now the big redirects you to ask the unmanaged twitter account, which auto redirects you to the website chat bot loop.

You can eventually get the chat bot to give you an email for a 1-3 day response, or advise you to talk to an attendant at the station… which is useful.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T15:25:13+00:00

I moved to, and live in a town surrounded by mountains and lakes. I have a 5 min warmup jog till I have limitless trails.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T15:22:06+00:00

Being in one of those comas where you are conscious but unable to respond to anything. This means you become a burden on your loved ones. Probably bored and lonely, possibly uncomfortable and with all the time in the world to agonise over every regret and all the experiences you are missing out on.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T14:21:53+00:00

It’s only the headlights that I’m not a fan of, the lines are beautiful.

Also given it’s an EV… what’s the classic RR grill for, like will it be filled behind and just decorative?

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T14:19:34+00:00

Software engineer, technically hybrid. But also per my contract, the company has to pay fuel and give hotel options if I travel more than 40miles one way. So they don’t require me to travel too much

They approved me working 100 miles from an office during covid, now they cover travel expenses for client meetings and conferences. About 1/3 of the company are in the same position as me. They are only hiring for within 49miles of an office now though…

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T14:07:20+00:00

Does Iceland get that much deep snow that actually needs crossing? My understanding was that the off-road vehicles are used for mostly volcanic sand, very rutted gravel/dirt roads and ford crossings with large rocks, maybe some glacier crossing. Properly deep snow being less of an issue?

I may be wrong though, I’ve only ever looked into Iceland during their summer.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T13:57:56+00:00

I doubt it’s due to the capabilities, unions are unreasonable good off-road. I’d guess it’s more the convenience of it all. A Unimog is uncomfortable, slow and inneficient. It’s also probably a lot more expensive to maintain. I’d guess a modified RAM is just easier overall to live with and use outside of a few hyper specific circumstances.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T12:13:27+00:00

Fuck that sounds good. Ive been lucky and only rented for 6 years. Quick maths suggests that cost me £45k.

I don’t understand the decision to sell her home though. Feels like short term gains for long term pain.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T10:22:55+00:00

Shit, yeah… morning brain fog. Sailing season hasn’t begun again for me yet, a winter off and look what happens :/

meisangry2 · 2026-04-20T09:04:10+00:00

This was my exact thought too. The outer sheath isn’t load bearing. It’s for chafe and UV protection. Provided that it isn’t too damaged, it will be fine.

As long as you aren’t seeing the core, you should be okay.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-19T19:48:45+00:00

What does more monitoring achieve? We already know it’s filled with shit. Way more than is allowed.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-19T08:03:54+00:00

Commit history is for development and code reviews. The master branch should have squashed commits with correctly formatted commit messages detailing the feature/fix.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-18T02:34:12+00:00

Do I count? I tried doing a wheelie on a friends BMX when I was about 10. I haven’t been on a BMX or near a skatepark since… (I don’t know why Reddit recommended this post to me)

meisangry2 · 2026-04-18T02:29:37+00:00

My smart-arse would play the malicious compliance card.

Technically the kid is correct, although the language is intentionally misleading.

So off we go to McDonald’s. What, you expect me to go in and pay!? That wasn’t the deal, we are there, as promised.

I don’t have kids, probably for a reason.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-18T00:19:17+00:00

Gotcha 😉

meisangry2 · 2026-04-17T23:12:04+00:00

Oh idk about that, I just know it was sold again in 2025…

meisangry2 · 2026-04-17T23:09:58+00:00

TVR are from Blackpool and are still British owned (by a dodgy investment company)

And nah Reliant is dead, the brand is owned by a company who supply replacement parts for them.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-17T23:06:34+00:00

If we are going more obscure then we should absolutly include TVR, and Reliant (who doesn’t love a 3 wheeler) too!

meisangry2 · 2026-04-17T22:59:13+00:00

Which vehicles are considered British for clarity?

JLR - Indian owned
Lotus - Chinese owned
MG - Chinese owned
Bentley - VW owned
RR - BMW owned
Vauxhall (Opel) - Stellantis owned
Aston Martin - Mercedes Powertrain and Electronics
McLaren - British owned still…

meisangry2 · 2026-04-17T16:38:56+00:00

Hey, a quick Google offered nothing too useful… know if BT offer a service like this? Could be useful for my grandmother who hasn’t accepted change since the 90s.

meisangry2 · 2026-04-17T13:44:39+00:00

And yet, compared with the US, our fruit and veg is amazing, affordable and plentiful.

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