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by RIP
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:19 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19361

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

When we got to the hide we worked out which side we normally lay on, me on my left and Mike on his right, then worked out which side of the floor to have so as not to wake up face to face inches apart :lol: Good job Ralph in the middle sleeps on his back or he'd have been guaranteed to wake up faci...
by RIP
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:05 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1122
Views: 181213

Re: What are you listening to now?

For no reason at all, the great Roy Wood of Wizzard and The Move fame. Ah, those halcyon 70's - superwide collars on flowery shirts, bell-bottomed jeans, Bird's Angel Delight, the Six Million Dollar Man, power cuts, fighting with your brother in the back of the car on 8 hour holiday journeys to Tenb...
by RIP
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:28 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19361

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Top report as usual Sean. Enjoyed all the little factoids and stories. That hide was pretty cosy for two :smile: .
by RIP
Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:56 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: GB Duro Entries open
Replies: 39
Views: 1076

Re: GB Duro Entries open

Especially when Meta's carbon footprint running various social media platforms is massive. "According to Greenspector, there were 4.33bn social media users globally in May 2021. Across the 10 social media platforms the company looked at, their combined use adds up to 262m tonnes CO2e. That’s 0...
by RIP
Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:19 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19361

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Looks like a red light area to me.

Underpass kipping - another original idea in the Gritty Urban Realism series :-bd
by RIP
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:18 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1122
Views: 181213

Re: What are you listening to now?

Just taken delivery of Macc Lads "Beer & Sex & Chips & Gravy" CD replacement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEOLkwMd5Hs

I'm dead shy about the size of my dick
And chips n gravy make me sick

Muttley, the poet laureate of Macc
by RIP
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:10 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: The post man's been ...
Replies: 11421
Views: 1905526

Re: The post man's been ...

voodoo_simon wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:58 am Poor Taylor being used as a swear filter word…
The ultimate BBB honour really :smile:
by RIP
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:37 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you drinking now?
Replies: 704
Views: 69575

Re: What are you drinking now?

Only 3 months late. Or 9 months early.

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by RIP
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:09 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482251

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

fatbikephil wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:58 am drinking beer and woodland management
Nice. Just planted ten black poplars at the river this morning. Ultra rare these days. Tea and biscuit break.
by RIP
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bikepacking race tips from a pro...
Replies: 10
Views: 427

Re: Bikepacking race tips from a pro...

Dave Barter wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:07 pm video of me eating a poo off the floor
This is already turning out to be my personal favourite thread of the year :grin:
by RIP
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:06 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bikepacking race tips from a pro...
Replies: 10
Views: 427

Re: Bikepacking race tips from a pro...

Especially the Clif Bar observation "After I managed to blast that turd out, I turned to see how big it surely was (*). To my surprise (and heartbreak), it was only the size of a quarter and looked precisely like the Clif bar I was eating (yes, eating while you poop does save time.)". X_X...
by RIP
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bikepacking race tips from a pro...
Replies: 10
Views: 427

Re: Bikepacking race tips from a pro...

Yeah good article. "of all the things I sought... bikepacking... community prevails". :smile: Aww, sniff, <sheds a small tear>. 'Tis true. :-bd Some awe-inspiringly graphic details about "personal hygiene" :-bd Oh, can we get the swear filter to change "sto k ed" to &qu...
by RIP
Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:24 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

grid battery As well as having England's largest wind turbine (soon to power an electric buses terminal as well as the town), we also have the UK's first grid-level battery storage facility just round the corner from our gaff (now where are those house-sized jump leads :wink: ): "The 6MW/10MWh...
by RIP
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482251

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Amen to that, it's fun to have a bit of shock-value :smile: . Looks a bit like a beetle or something out of Aliens.
by RIP
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482251

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Mmm. Looks fun! But I have to say I'm not keen on the 'flowing' lines style-wise. Reminds me of the fashion for horrible formed S-shaped downtubes on MTBs, for example the nasty object below. Gimme nice straight lines every time. Eye of the beholder and all that of course :grin: https://live.staticf...
by RIP
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:02 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482251

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

I heard the longing for proper controls in cars like we used to have is... Knobstalgia :lol: :lol: Sign me up! I want a bumper sticker too! Well, I also prefer it when one has to, er, flick a stalk up and down to activate something, so can we have a sticker for that too please while we're at it? :g...
by RIP
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:18 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

Yeah well his 'environmental credentials' are somewhat suspect so he's on my 'ignore list': "Vauxhall to unveil a lightweight, high-performance and genuinely sleek roadster with far more sharp edges than Toyota’s MR2 or Mazda’s MX5. Vauxhall had another surprise in store when comedian Griff Rhy...
by RIP
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:11 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482251

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-13153771/Car-makers-ditch-distracting-touchscreens.html?spot_im_scroll_to_comments=true&spot_im_highlight_immediate=true Car touchscreens totally out of hand now, agreed. Menus with about 20 levels. Not that I know what's going on though, Mrs P's...
by RIP
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

The problem with modular reactors from my perspective is that nimbys will object to a small reactor just as much as a large one and it's much easier to guard a few large stations than lots of small ones scattered about. Two good points there I don't know of anyone or community volunteering for the ...
by RIP
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:59 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

thenorthwind wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:44 pm pub at the end of the bike ride (or better still, in the middle)
or better still: both :grin:
everyone is free to choose which table(s) to sit at though :cool:
Surveying and earwigging the whole room from a well-positioned barstool can frequently be illuminating too :smile:
by RIP
Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

I'm afraid the plants and animals will have to go How do you see that working out for your children and grandchildren? This has been taken out of context. If you read the whole paragraph it should be clear that I'm referring to the plants and animals that will be displaced by the wind farms not eve...
by RIP
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

Re coal and its high calorific value for power generation and our own plentiful supplies - and I speak as someone who is very interested indeed in the mining thereof, and the social history of its communities - on the debit side we have: Aberfan, Senghenydd, Gresford, Oaks, Blantyre, Cilfynydd, emph...
by RIP
Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

'Saving' one thing can be at the cost of 'losing' another. The view of what's 'saved' and what's 'lost' is frequently subjective, and even if there's an objective angle the facts surrounding it can be blurred. Speaking of facts, this has been a fairly interesting thread but it's also been fairly 'ha...
by RIP
Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:52 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Tyvek groundsheet - how long do they last?
Replies: 8
Views: 457

Re: Tyvek groundsheet - how long do they last?

Yes that's the stuff. I very boringly went with white :sad: . Also vaguely remember getting 4m x 1m.
by RIP
Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

As for 220m turbines on-shore, it's bonkers, the civil engineering in the base is going to be huge I'm interested to learn more about that to increase my knowledge. At the moment we have the highest one in England just outside our town at 147m. Apparently it's also the most powerful, generating 4.1...