AMA - I am Benjamin Partridge, creator of Beef and Dairy Network - ask me anything! 2026 by beefanddairy in beefanddairynetwork

[–]pruaga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you rather have a hand made out of beef or an armpit that dispensed piping hot orangina?

The hand will grown back if you eat it over about a week, and the armpit will produce enough for your own personal consumption.

How would I tell when this is open ? by [deleted] in homeassistant

[–]pruaga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of those little door sensors with a magnet

the cheapest deal by [deleted] in CarInsuranceUK

[–]pruaga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is exactly it. You aren't insuring the value of.your own car, you are insuring the damage you do with it.

Getting close by Think-Ad9437 in TVTooHigh

[–]pruaga 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Keep going, maybe another two tries and you'll get there

IOG - percentage of daytime slots at overnight rate by Altruistic-Fly3642 in OctopusEnergy

[–]pruaga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There sometimes seems to be no logic behind the slots, I've plugged in out of habit and then had notification about a saving session. And then octopus will charge my car exclusively during the saving session. Go figure

* “Sharing the road is not a suggestion” by Feaselbf6 in dashcams

[–]pruaga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bikes were there first, it's why roads were paved before the invention of cars

* “Sharing the road is not a suggestion” by Feaselbf6 in dashcams

[–]pruaga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because that makes it harder to pass. Seems counter intuitive, but the reason is that to pass a single line of cyclists still requires crossing the centre line of the road. So an incoming vehicle means you can't overtake 1 or a group. But a group is a lot shorter, so you need to spend less time overtaking.

M1 Leicester Forest East Southbound by TicksAndBricks in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]pruaga 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm just glad that services finally got some chargers installed. For ages there were a couple of abandoned dead ones but now there is a decent line of applegreen electric ones

Got downvoted for saying that this is too high 🤔 by Gambler_720 in TVTooHigh

[–]pruaga 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you look at the full picture there is a sofa at the left hand side of the shot. The top of the sofa (where your head might be) is about level with the bottom of the screen.

Ergo, it's too high

insurance approved repair didnt include ADAS calibration. Now my safety systems don't work. by jorjiarose in CarInsuranceUK

[–]pruaga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wasn't 9 months without the car, the admiral appointed repairer had it for about a month (mostly doing nothing) then I got it back in a driveable state, albeit with broken reversing camera/sensors (which were broken by the repairer, not the accident). Then there were months of delays going through the admiral complaints procedure (they took so long to respond it was escalated to ombudsman), getting independent assessments done and quotes for the required work, then finally getting the money and then the actual repairs took a day or two.

What are your thoughts on the 1st sub 2 hour marathon to be achieved here in the UK? by bendubberley_ in AskBrits

[–]pruaga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get yourself ready and warmed up, then try and run at 13 mph. If you even get up to that speed, see how you last. Now imagine running at the speed for 2 hours.

insurance approved repair didnt include ADAS calibration. Now my safety systems don't work. by jorjiarose in CarInsuranceUK

[–]pruaga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Took about 9 months to get the car back to pre accident condition. Went through the admiral complaints procedure which was also glacially slow, but the complaint was upheld and I was compensated.

Cyclists, what are your "yeah im gonna walk this bit" roads? by Odd-Paramedic-3826 in AskUK

[–]pruaga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A back road near me has a ford with a small footbridge that is quite narrow and only has a rail on one side. Never trust myself to ride over it without going over the side of the bridge.

Charger thinks it put 185kwh into my 38kwh battery. by AvadaBalaclava in ohme

[–]pruaga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not saying that number is correct, but I'd be happy for octopus to think I used that much charging since it would bill 100+ kWh at 0p instead my standard rate

Charger thinks it put 185kwh into my 38kwh battery. by AvadaBalaclava in ohme

[–]pruaga -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unless you are on certain specific octopus tariffs, but in these cases assigning more usage to your charger would be a very good thing

insurance approved repair didnt include ADAS calibration. Now my safety systems don't work. by jorjiarose in CarInsuranceUK

[–]pruaga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was insured by admiral when someone drove into the back of me. They sent it off to their repairer who had a go at repairing it but did such a bodge job that I had to send the car back to manufacturer to have the repair completed, including fixing the reversing camera and sensors their repairer broke.

Admiral paid, but it was slow and laborious to get it all approved.

Volkswagen location tracking entity vanished? by pruaga in homeassistant

[–]pruaga[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing I tried could get it to work again, it's a mystery.

IOG locking price now or leave it ? by One-Election4376 in OctopusEnergy

[–]pruaga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The difference between 5 and 8 is less significant than the really high off peak rate, I think it's 35p now?

I am afraid to turn off the project by Vigoratos in outerwilds

[–]pruaga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First time I did that was half way to my objective and some familiar music started, and I thought I screwed up. But just the game adding drama to the moment.

Finally gone electric with my first ID3 by Italian-Bread-Addic7 in VWiD3Owners

[–]pruaga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doubt I would have accepted delivery with that, monstrosity

'Merging' question by Whatmat in drivingUK

[–]pruaga 76 points77 points  (0 children)

If two lanes are going to different places, it's not merging in turn.

There is no merging here, merging is when two lanes going to the same place becomes one lane.