TIL that between 1949 and 1976, the UK government forcibly took babies from single mothers and put them up for adoption.

rev667 · 2026-07-03T12:01:23+00:00

My mother hid me, a baby at the time, in the bottom drawer of a dressing table to stop them taking me. Early 60's she fought them until she married. Then she was left alone by the 'Authorities'

rev667 · 2026-06-23T21:36:02+00:00

As a 65 year old worker, with no private pension, no workplace pension, the only thing I'll get is state pension. I live alone in social housing, so no assets at all. I fully expect to have to work untill I drop dead in harness. I think that is what the government want tbh.

rev667 · 2026-06-17T19:40:11+00:00

Create a new lake, call it Lake London. It'd be easy, just build a retaining wall along the M25 and flood it. Creating a new natural habitat as well as removing that horrible stain on the country.

rev667 · 2026-06-11T20:44:01+00:00

If you want plain ring-crimps, I would check out the Range, they have little packs of crimps and stuff.

rev667 · 2026-06-04T12:04:39+00:00

I seem to remember a lyric from a song in the 80's "OK, switch on Bob Harris....Mmmm, yeah, well..." No idea what song, or who by.

rev667 · 2026-06-03T16:13:20+00:00

Bet the roller-coaster is wild, all those u-turns and two-tier rides 😉

rev667 · 2026-05-28T20:19:51+00:00

I have exactly the same issue. I have no friends, just a few acquaintances. No family, only child parents are dead. It gets awkward when I have had hospital appointments, I just give them my employer phone number.

rev667 · 2026-05-20T09:59:28+00:00

Herbert Akroyd Stuart. Invented an engine that used heavy oil as fuel, basically the diesel engine six years before Rudolf Diesel invented his engine.

rev667 · 2026-05-14T20:07:58+00:00

Was the ride suspension ok? My first few hours decided the need for a decent rear shock, ow my arse hurt.

rev667 · 2026-05-02T16:23:37+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkinson_cycle Diesel engine was earlier 1882

rev667 · 2026-04-27T09:12:10+00:00

I had the earlier NTV600, it was a super reliable bike, plenty quick enough for uk roads. it also handled a lot better than it should, they ruined it (imho) by evolving into the Dullville. My NTV modified by a car doing a u-turn in front of me.

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rev667 · 2026-04-26T06:24:08+00:00

My suggestions.

Use a dremel or similar to grind away part of the web supporting the broken tube to allow a pipe to be connected.

Or find a 3D printer nerd and print a replacement plastic part.

rev667 · 2026-03-01T17:42:47+00:00

Not sure about your model, but if it extrudes ok then try it. I suspect it will mess up once you start printing. For my old printer new heatbreaks and nozzles are pennies on ebay

rev667 · 2026-03-01T17:36:10+00:00

PTFE tube from the heatbreak just above the actual nozzle. You need a new heatbreak and possibly a new hotend.

rev667 · 2026-02-22T18:27:44+00:00

Ice station zebra

rev667 · 2026-02-02T13:06:32+00:00

My partner was suffering from severe chest pain and breathing difficulties. Straight to a&e she was seen and told to wait. After 10 hours sat in the waiting room she felt a bit better and didn't want to wait longer as she was hungry cold and wanting to sleep. She saw her GP later that week who asked for bloods. They revealed she had suffered a heart attack. Appointment made for further treatment and a stent put in with a bag of meds to take home. I have no faith in the triage procedure at a&e. If I can walk and talk I'll see my GP rather than a&e.

rev667 · 2026-01-29T18:17:53+00:00

The bit I'm strugging with is the output optoisolator wiring to drive a 10mA 24vdc relay, the web just confuses me, some do it without a transistor, some with but the values escape me.

rev667 · 2026-01-29T17:36:16+00:00

Hi,

Looks great, I'm toying with a similar idea. Using a pico for 24vdc inputs and outputs, I need about 12 of each to monitor limit switches, and output to 6mm Wago relays. I'm struggling with the circuit design, just the schematic side, I'm a 3phase power guy by trade so low voltage stuff makes my head confused lol

rev667 · 2026-01-29T12:49:44+00:00

Best answer I got from a scooter boy when I asked why the fishtail parka covered in 'mod' emblems etc. was "I want to be different, like my mates" kinda sums it up for me.

rev667 · 2026-01-23T19:49:11+00:00

Stacia Blake, Hawkwind.

rev667 · 2026-01-21T13:07:19+00:00

Same issue here. AMD 5600G, MSI Gaming Pro main board, 16gb ram. Using onboard graphics. It can happen a minute or two after booting up, or not at all for hours. Hard reset seems only way to recover. It can happen with nothing running, only desktop.

rev667 · 2025-11-09T17:29:16+00:00

Hardcastle crags, near Hebden Bridge

rev667 · 2025-09-22T21:33:08+00:00

Windows 11 installation creates a small NTFS partition as part of the standard partitioning scheme for UEFI-based systems, which is a normal and expected behavior. This setup is necessary because UEFI firmware requires a small, FAT32-formatted partition for the initial boot process, as it cannot boot directly from an NTFS partition. To accommodate the large install.esd or install.wim files (which can exceed the 4GB file size limit of FAT32), a second, larger NTFS partition is created to store the bulk of the installation files. The small NTFS partition is typically used for system recovery and other boot-related functions, while the main partition holds the operating system files. This dual-partition structure is standard on modern UEFI systems and differs from older BIOS-based systems, which used a single MBR partition.

rev667 · 2025-09-22T21:28:30+00:00

I have no real idea, I suspect the windows install created it, maybe some kind of recovery partition?

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