What Did You Do Today (2016)

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Ah I guess that must be the missing (L) ink then!  

Norman

(OK I'll go and tidy the workshop now! ………..I may be gone some time )

Edited By NJH on 30/07/2016 17:41:11

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

My message was aimed at helping out Sam…

Neil

[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 30/07/2016 17:49:04:

My message was aimed at helping out Sam…

Neil

I blame it on the pills the doctor has got me on — sorry –

But yes! it did say click & collect at Argos

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Gentlemen,

Good evening, well I've had a couple of busy weekends, just over two weekends ago I was displaying one of my Stationary engines, a Hamworthy/Lister Compressor set, at a local Vintage rally, on what I thought was level ground, when on the Sunday afternoon the engine started screaming so I turned off the petrol and stopped it, when I turned her over by hand there was a tight spot so I removed the inspection cover to find the there was no oil to splash about and all of the white metal has left the big end and it was sprayed all around in the inside of the crank case.

Last Saturday I took the engine totally to pieces and found the big end totally shot but fortunately no other damage, the engine relies on splash lubrication, in my my back garden the engine now sat level and showed the correct oil level hence my thought that at the rally the oil had run to one side, I ordered the new big end, a new head gasket and sundry gaskets and today I've cleaned and assembled the engine with its new parts and in the last hour had it running for an initial ten minutes, tomorrow she will run for several hours whilst I cut and tidy the privet hedges that way I will know she is fit for her first five day rally at the Great Dorset Steam Fair in August.

Martin P

[here againParticipant @hereagain]

Phone you card provider and tell them you have lost the credit card..They will stop it..Send you a new one with a different number ..Bye bye Argos

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Sam Longley 1 on 30/07/2016 18:05:59:

I blame it on the pills the doctor has got me on — sorry –

But yes! it did say click & collect at Argos

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No problem, Sam … It just had me rather bewildered

Click & Collect at Argos is indeed an option

… but I chose the [free] courier delivery.

MichaelG.

[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

Posted by here again on 30/07/2016 19:16:32:
Phone you card provider and tell them you have lost the credit card..They will stop it..Send you a new one with a different number ..Bye bye Argos

I was think of suggesting to Barclaycard that i might find it easier to change card provider if they did not help

But your way seems infinitely simpler provided it does have a different number & I suspect they send one with the same No. but a different pin on the back which will not make any difference — or will it?– I know little of these things

Edited By Sam Longley 1 on 30/07/2016 19:31:30

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 30/07/2016 17:49:04:

My message was aimed at helping out Sam…

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Ahh !!

I thought your "You" meant Me, not Him

MichaelG.

[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 30/07/2016 19:51:19:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 30/07/2016 17:49:04:

My message was aimed at helping out Sam…

.

Ahh !!

I thought your "You" meant Me, not Him

MichaelG.

I am really beginning to wish i had not bothered now

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Grrrrr Was planning to be driving through London at this time, first time in years, but warned of major problems and bridges closed for cycle event. Why do something like this covering both east and west side instead of leaving at least half unaffected.

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

Posted by here again on 30/07/2016 19:16:32:
Phone you card provider and tell them you have lost the credit card..They will stop it..Send you a new one with a different number ..Bye bye Argos

Simply invalidating the payment method may not necessarily break the "agreement". It's possible you may still be liable for any missing payments – and possibly added interest? Perhaps the Citizen's Advice Bureau might be able to help.

Thanks for alerting us to this semi-official scam. It's outrageous that the likes of Argos seem to be endorsing / facilitating it.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Found this in the garage/store room… Apparently it's been wrapped up by a daddy-long-legs spider.

It doesn't look happy, but I'm quite chuffed with how the A/F has performed.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Well done, Neil

… and Neil's camera.

MichaelG.

[Anonymous]

Here's what I did yesterday and today.

At work I'm under considerable time pressure at the moment, and so look forward to the weekends for a bit of R&R. The way this weekend has gone I'm now looking forward to the working week instead.

Saturday morning was overcast, so breakfast and then coffee with the paper. Then a chat with my neighbour who brought round a bottle of wine in return for me watering the greenhouse while they were off sailing round the Greek islands. Early afternoon out to the gliding club to fly the big glider. Get there and the weather doesn't look too hot. Then there are reports of several landouts and aerotow retrieves required. Brief one of the tug pilots, as he's going to a farm strip I've flown from a lot in the past. Decide not to fly the glider and go home. I've got the hydraulic copy unit set up on the lathe ready to make a couple of parts for the traction engines. I file up the pattern, fit it and start experimenting. There's a problem with the orientation of the follower as it is driving the unit flat out at one point. Re-orient the follower to cure the problem. Sort of works, so I start cutting. Then the follower twists and drives the tool into the work, and the lathe jams solid and stalls. As a plus the carbide insert survives. Sulk. Cut another length of 3" diameter bar. Hacksaw and file a new follower without the crank, so it shouldn't twist. Doesn't work. That explains why the straight followers I have are cylinders, not wedges. More lessons learnt. Fix original follower. Now seems to work well. Except there are two slight marks on the work where I don't expect them. Trace these to small indents in the pattern where previous foul ups have dented the pattern. File these away and carry on. System has a wobbly and I end up with an undersize part. Give up and have a big sulk, and also have a nasty accident with a large bar of Fruit 'n' Nut after which I feel better.

Sunday morning get up early and after breakfast have another go with the hydraulic copy unit. Perfect, in an hour I have a spiffing part, yippee. Have coffee and post on ME forum. Earlier in the week I'd agreed to fly up to the Welland gliding club for tea on Sunday, as it's their flying week. Go out to the club about 1:30pm after the grid has been launched. Sort out the tug and stick a rope in the back (you never know when you might need it). Second tug is taxiing back to refuel so plan to check that pilot is happy for me to take the tug away. Get beaten to it by a club member demanding that I get my rear in gear and go out and launch club gliders as the other tug is going to do an aerotow retrieve to Dunstable. Explain that I'm not on duty, but am happy to do a couple of tows before heading off. Total chaos ensues; takes an hour to do two tows as club gliders keep landing long and blocking the takeoff run. And, since the day is dying, there are a lot of gliders landing so have to hold off from landing. Eventually make it to the Welland club at Lyveden. I haven't got out of the tug before I'm accosted by a glider pilot demanding a tow back to Hus Bos. Explain that I've not come from Hus Bos, but Gransden, and I'm here for tea not retrieves. He apologises and I go and get tea. The Hus Bos tug turns up and off goes their glider. Then another glider lands, and what do you know, it's a Gransden glider. Speak to pilot and it turns out he's flying a comp at Dunstable and so wants a tow there rather than Gransden. No problem, as it's not far out of my way and will be cheaper for him as I'm already on hand. Start taxiing out and there's a problem. Some wally has driven the tractor and gang mower over the aerotow rope and got it tangled up. Dooooh. Speak to glider pilot and we ring the club to say I will be back at some point and not to institute a missing aircraft report with the emergency services, as by now it's getting late. Fortunately someone knows how to splice a rope and eventually we head off with a rope that is 6 feet shorter than it used to be. Pleasant flight towards Dunstable checking the map as Dunstable is inside Luton controlled airspace and it would be embarrassing to enter it accidentally. Equals probable prosecution and loss of licence. Pilot pulls off a bit south of Bedford at 3800 feet and I wish him well in the rest of the comp and head back to Gransden. Get help with refueling and washing plus all the other small tasks that need doing. Head home for supper.

Man, I'm looking forward to the beginning of the working week for a rest!

Andrew

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

yeeeerk. please confine macro images to engineering topics not icky bugs or I may have to retaliate with any parts of the rat the fox has left.

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Andrew,

You've just made my busy and interesting weekend repairing one of my engines seem boring if I'd known you were to drop a glider over Bedford I would have stared skyward with my camera Welland is a bit of a distance from me how long did that take.

I've got an easy week servicing equipment in Portsmouth University.

Martin P

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 31/07/2016 17:28:25:

QUOTE. Found this in the garage/store room… Apparently it's been wrapped up by a daddy-long-legs spider. It doesn't look happy, but I'm quite chuffed with how the A/F has performed. QUOTE.

House spiders, long legs, small body. Difficult for humans to see and probably other spiders too! Not much of them but they are a top ambush predator and attack spiders and insects many times their own size. I always clear them from the shower before I use it, worried about being wrapped in silk and left hanging on the shower head. Nice picture Neil!

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Nasty little bits of web all over the place too, wouldn't be so bad if they built half decent proper webs so we could see them easily and remove.

Edited By V8Eng on 01/08/2016 00:38:19

[Anonymous]

Martin: Sorry about that!

It took me 30 minutes to get to Lyveden from Gransden, about 45km. That's relatively slow despite cruising at 90kts. However, it was partly into wind and we have a fine pitch prop on the tug, not so good in the cruise. The trip back took 30 minutes as well. Initial climb with the glider was full power and 70kts and then ease back on the power at 1500 feet. Once above 2000 feet increase speed to 80kts and start easing back more on the power until we're climbing at about 100fpm with 2400rpm over 3000 feet. From west of Bedford back to Gransden was quick, downwind and flown at 105kts with a few hundred fpm descent to arrive back at about 500 feet.

Andrew

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

I spent Sunday afternoon at a neighbour's 70th Birthday party, in the garden. Our conversation was repeatedly interrupted by small aircraft flying over to/from Elstree. I cannot understand why people are allowed to pursue such an incredibly noisy ecodestructive hobby on a Sunday in a built up area where they disturb 20,000 people at least. If I went into someone's garden and started hammering metal I would get arrested, yet they can do the equivalent to thousands with impunity.

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Perhaps we could stop all the flying out of Heathrow for the same reason!

Silly nonsense people wanting to go on Holiday or Business trips anyway.

(Yes I do get them overhead).

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Bazyle on 01/08/2016 13:34:23:

I spent Sunday afternoon at a neighbour's 70th Birthday party, in the garden. Our conversation was repeatedly interrupted by small aircraft flying over to/from Elstree. I cannot understand why people are allowed to pursue such an incredibly noisy ecodestructive hobby on a Sunday in a built up area where they disturb 20,000 people at least. If I went into someone's garden and started hammering metal I would get arrested, yet they can do the equivalent to thousands with impunity.

Anyone got plans for a street-legal anti-aircraft gun that could also be used to cull caravans and incontinent dogs!

Only joking,

Dave

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

I would suggest that if you held up a sound meter they make surprisingly less noise than you think, considerably less noise than my neighbours five year old birthday party, locked in the house for seven hours with the windows shut so we could hear ourselves think and when I asked if they could turn the music down I was verbally abused. Quiet aircraft anytime.

Martin P

[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

I fly model aircraft at a well regulated club. There is a private flying field nearby where we originally had the club but due to friction we found another dedicated field where we can fly every day except every other sunday when a gun club use it.We have specific local council planning permission for the use

It was originally agreed with the airfield that the planes would not fly over our field due to the obvious danger. We are restricted to 400 ft . I believe they can fly below 500ft unless near people buildings etc or landing. They regularly fly below 400ft.

In the past there has been the odd encroachment but recently it has got so bad that last Saturday we had a pair of byplanes doing pattern aerobatics over us, about a dozen encroachments plus 2 micro lights.

Each time we have to land our models for safety, plus the recent bad publicity re drones might spread over to us & result in our hobby being restricted.

It is all extremely annoying & the airfield seem to think that they can ignore original agreements

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

A few years back a nephew moved from NZ to Brisbane, he took his RC hydroplane to the local boat pond, and soon got told"you can't run that here, the boat has a 10 cc glow motor, local regs only allow electric or other silent power.

Ian S C

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