PhobosAnomaly

Well jeez, I didn’t expect to find an Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters reference here, especially this late to the party.

Here’s another good source if you’re interested.

The stage one music is a banger too.

Tell you what I absolutely love is postcrete.

Useless in your scenario, but it’s just satisfying as fuck to pour in and watch harden in an hour (giggity)

Yeah alright cheers man, how was yours?

I spent most of my free days digging a big fuckoff hole in the garden, putting a swing in, and filling it back in.

The day i did most of the digging, I gave it a rest at half two in the afternoon and ran a three mile detour to pick the kids up from school, and I was absolutely bollocksed. My back didn’t appreciate a day of digging and half hour of running vigorously putting one foot in front of the other and the other parents must have wondered who Quasimodo here was supposed to be visiting.

Successful week in all.

I’ve got an MG5 Trophy, and it does alright. The range is slightly disappointing - from 100% in Eco mode, it says it’ll do 221 miles.

Will it bollocks. If you were going 30mph up and down a flat runway then maybe, but hills and motorway is kryptonite for batteries, and I’m sure it’ll be worse in winter. Rapid chargers - 50kW and above - are fucking incredible mind and the infrastructure isn’t half bad, but you’re not far off petrol rates for the convenience. That said, I’m usually stopping off somewhere for a coffee - so to charge it while I’m doing that means I’m only “losing” five or ten minutes off my journey.

As for how much I saved, obviously depends on the tariff but I’d say probably twenty quid. It was a 7 kW charger in a car park so they generally sit around 40p/kWh. I’m not complaining. In fact I’m still thrilled 😂

Fingers crossed your father will listen to reason too. I hope you have many years ahead of you both 😊

Yeah not bad cheers fella, how about you?

I took the EV out on a fairly long distance trip. Planned in a charging stop halfway along, but didn’t need it.

Had planned out plan A, B, and C’s for charging at the venue… but as soon as we pulled up to the hotel, the other half says “hey that looks like a charger over there”, and sure enough it was. It was a ChargePlace Scotland charger, but strangely wasn’t listed in the ChargePlace Scotland app.

Tapped the card, plugged her in, and off she charged.

Disconnected it the following morning, got the invoice email though:

£0.

Absolutely banging, a free drive!

I’m here to provide no answers whatsoever and admire the ASCII art. I am a simple man.

alright mate yeah cheers, how was yours?

Went to a local indoor stadium event venue thing on the weekend, £9.30 for a pint, fuck me

I’ve got a lavender bush that overhangs my garden path, and every time I step into the grass to avoid disturbing the bees on the flowers.

I’m getting real fuckin’ bored of soggy feet so my bee bros need to finish their flower humping real soon.

Funnily enough, I got an email from MS plugging their Copilot shit.

I don’t give a fuck about what I’m subscribed to, I give a fuck about the link to unsubscribe from it.

Yeah alright cheers bruv, how was yours?

Been trying to fight off a cold this weekend, tried to get up for work at 5am on Sunday but it absolutely wasn’t happening. Binned the shift off, went back to bed, woke up at half three in the afternoon. I haven’t slept that deeply in some time.

Yeah alright cheers bruv, how was yours?

Not that I want to brag or nothing, but coming off a night shift on a moist Monday morning and getting into bed just as everyone else is setting off for the day while you’re getting into bed is just a perverse bliss that only a small fraction will ever understand. It’s the working equivalent of taking off your socks at the end of the day.

Ah man, tough week then.

Old folks - family or otherwise - can be challenging. I suppose one never really knows what it’s like to lose independence until the day finally arrives. I deal with loads of folk who really shouldn’t be driving, but it’s hard to keep encouraging them to surrender their licences when a) it’s their lifeline in a rural community to stay social, and b) a lot of places are built around a car as the primary mode of transport these days. None of the above excuses driving dangerously, but you can see why people cling on to their independence for as long as they can. I hope your dad finds a compromise soon.

Silly question about your phone, can you wireless charge it? If it’s a fucked charging port then it may be easier to circumvent it altogether. My other half just bought a phone (well, I pay the bills, but it’s her phone so obvs she gets to choose) and I’m consistently stunned with how much they’re costing over the contract length these days. I’m loathed to buy anything other than a Nothing phone and a SIM only deal with mega grandfathered rights these days!

Good luck with the bairns. The six hours of peace and quiet is nice, though 😊

yeah alright cheers fella, how was yours?

I can’t quite see whether they’re addressing the outright theft of handsets; or the increasing amount of thefts of the infinitely more valuable staff handheld terminals.

It’s a shame either way. I suppose an answer would be to stun or disable all phones until they are activated at a point of sale, rather than the opposite way round.

It still doesn’t mitigate the attack vector of a corrupt employee though.

Brilliant! I’ve booked to take the squad next year too. Last minute hols are always exciting though, I hope you enjoy it.

An old touristy shop fairly close by didn’t survive the pandemic finances, but has reopened this week as a motorsport themed cafe. There’s some cool stuff in there, and got pub-like massive TV’s at one end of it so I’m quite looking forward to going down on a Sunday and watching a GP there. Should be a giggle.

yeah alright cheers mate, how about yours?

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Nice one dude. I watched the qual live, but honestly most times I watch the praccy, qual, and race highlights on the Formula 1 YouTube channel now. They’re pretty good at getting the highlights up within an hour, so it’s not a mega drama to dodge spoilers.

They generally put highlights of the F2 and F3 up as well which is always a good waste of twenty minutes each day.

Hopefully the rest of your week stays unremarkable!

yeah alright cheers mate, how was yours?

I don’t know, can you??

…and other great 90s teacher questions!