What did you do Today 2018

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18 February 2018 at 22:23 #342179
Bazyle
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@bazyle
Found old Raspberry Pi, could not think of any password that I might have used, tried reset instructions but the card decided to be write protected, went hunting for notebooks, found loads of things I'd forgotten buying including some 2GB SD cards. Loaded a Light version only to get it into a state of refusing the default PW. Fed up. Try again tomorrow.
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18 February 2018 at 23:10 #342185
Muzzer
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@muzzer
Eugene – yes, I bought some Raimondi (Italian) ones. As these tiles are dead flat and will show up any horizontal misalignment, I thought it best. You tighten the clips up with a special tool – this clamps the top surfaces of adjacent tiles to the same level and afterwards you kick the clips away and grout over the join. Obviously you need some give in the adhesive. It could still go horribly wrong!

I've already used self-levelling screed to get the floor very close to level, otherwise the cost of adhesive could be a problem. The first tiles down will get a lot of attention from the laser and spirit levels…

Murray
19 February 2018 at 10:38 #342223
Robin
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@robin
A Raspberry Pi has a password? How unfriendly can you get? I thought they were supposed to lead people in to programming not stymie and frustrate them at every turn. Have you tried "password" because that is the only logical response to such a stupid idea.
19 February 2018 at 22:20 #342329
Bazyle
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@bazyle
Tried Recovery mode which aaaagh locks the card. Ordered a new card, Finally found a method (involves HKEYS) to clear lock and reformatted the original card. Each new install involves over a GB of download 40 years ago I ran a word processor that used 2k.
20 February 2018 at 17:02 #342464
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Just heard the police are pleading for people to stop ringing them up to say KFC have run out of chicken.

The mind boggles…

Neil
20 February 2018 at 17:37 #342467
David Standing 1
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@davidstanding1
Posted by Neil Wyatt on 20/02/2018 17:02:47:

Just heard the police are pleading for people to stop ringing them up to say KFC have run out of chicken.

The mind boggles…

Neil

No worse a waste of time than the hunt sabs who got their Land Rover stuck in a slurry pit a couple of days ago, they called the fire service to pull them out!
23 February 2018 at 15:43 #342942
Michael Gilligan
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@michaelgilligan61133
NEWSFLASH: << Vice in Macclesfield >>

Now that I have your attention … The WindyWays Charity Shop on Chestergate has a Record No.2 Vice in the window, priced at £10

It's a little rusty, but looks very restorable.

MichaelG.
23 February 2018 at 16:32 #342946
clogs
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@clogs
Mr Gilligan,

u make me laugh, thank you………clogs
23 February 2018 at 17:17 #342948
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
NEWSFLASH: <<MACCLESFIELD POLICE ARREST MAN FOR WASTING POLICE TIME>>

Apparently the Macclesfield Vice Squad were called out to a charity shop on a false lead…
23 February 2018 at 18:00 #342952
David Standing 1
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@davidstanding1
Posted by Neil Wyatt on 23/02/2018 17:17:40:

NEWSFLASH: <<MACCLESFIELD POLICE ARREST MAN FOR WASTING POLICE TIME>>

Apparently the Macclesfield Dog Unit were called out to a charity shop on a false lead…

Fixed it for you Neil
23 February 2018 at 19:16 #342962
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Wishing I hadn't tuned in to the Archers…

Neil
23 February 2018 at 19:40 #342967
David Standing 1
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@davidstanding1
Posted by Neil Wyatt on 23/02/2018 19:16:07:

Wishing I hadn't tuned in to the Archers…

Neil

Why? Was it one of them the Macclesfield Police arrested?!
23 February 2018 at 20:03 #342973
Russell Eberhardt
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@russelleberhardt48058
Posted by Bazyle on 18/02/2018 22:23:27:

Found old Raspberry Pi, could not think of any password that I might have used, tried reset instructions but the card decided to be write protected, went hunting for notebooks, found loads of things I'd forgotten buying including some 2GB SD cards. Loaded a Light version only to get it into a state of refusing the default PW. Fed up. Try again tomorrow.

Default user is "pi" password is "raspberry", of course if you've changed it. . . .

Russell
23 February 2018 at 21:17 #342989
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Posted by David Standing 1 on 23/02/2018 19:40:22:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 23/02/2018 19:16:07:

Wishing I hadn't tuned in to the Archers…

Neil

Why? Was it one of them the Macclesfield Police arrested?!

No it was a genuinely traumatic episode. "Tonight, The Archers' audience listened in shock as one of the programme's much-loved character's, Nic Grundy, lost her life to sepsis."
23 February 2018 at 21:29 #342994
martin perman 1
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@martinperman1
Neil,

Can I ask please that you dont give the plot away, I listen to the weeks programs on Sundays and now I cant because you've ruined it.

And yes I am serious.

Martin P
23 February 2018 at 21:31 #342996
David Standing 1
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@davidstanding1
Posted by Neil Wyatt on 23/02/2018 21:17:15:

Posted by David Standing 1 on 23/02/2018 19:40:22:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 23/02/2018 19:16:07:

Wishing I hadn't tuned in to the Archers…

Neil

Why? Was it one of them the Macclesfield Police arrested?!

No it was a genuinely traumatic episode. "Tonight, The Archers' audience listened in shock as one of the programme's much-loved character's, Nic Grundy, lost her life to sepsis."

I was watching Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast, and they put mange tout in a paella. Now that was traumatic!
23 February 2018 at 21:41 #342999
Robin
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@robin
Traumatic? I was watching From Ice to Fire on telly last night, the science of temperature, when my sister came on and started talking about Pangea. I nearly choked on my Easter egg. If anyone is interested it was a Cadbury's chocolate egg with a rather miserly packet of buttons in the bottom of the box
23 February 2018 at 22:19 #343001
David Standing 1
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@davidstanding1
Ah, bugger model engineering, we've discovered real world problems here!
23 February 2018 at 22:20 #343002
Clive Hartland
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@clivehartland94829
You survived the Cadbury chocolate? It is so full of Palm oil now it tastes peppery.
23 February 2018 at 22:55 #343004
Bazyle
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@bazyle
Food and Model Engineering? Just got back from the EDMES AGM at which the Secretary provided chilli and rice. I seem to have got elected to another office so whichever end of the country – Members I want your Subs
24 February 2018 at 08:12 #343020
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Posted by martin perman on 23/02/2018 21:29:14:

Neil,

Can I ask please that you dont give the plot away, I listen to the weeks programs on Sundays and now I cant because you've ruined it.

And yes I am serious.

Martin P

Sorry Martin.

I was still in shock.

Neil
24 February 2018 at 19:15 #343079
Bazyle
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@bazyle
Sort of coincidentally that there is a thread about making bronze at the moment today I went to talks on copper and tin mining and a 2 hour walk to a 16th century tin working, Amazing that they could find the ore in the middle of nowhere and decide to mine it. Peak years were around 1550 so probably used in the bronze cannon used against the Armarda. Prodigious tonnages of earth moved all by hand. The copper mine just a mile or so away was not worked until mid C19 so some 300 years later although many many other workings were going on maintaining a level of activity spanning 500 years.
24 February 2018 at 19:22 #343080
Tractor man
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@tractorman
Today I turned a new motor drive pulley for me smart and brown lathe, made it a crown style for the flat belt drive.
Having done that I fitted the newton tesla inverter drive kit to the lathe so I can measure the required belt length and obtain the flat belt required to finish the project.
24 February 2018 at 20:34 #343083
Mick B1
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@mickb1
Posted by David Standing 1 on 23/02/2018 21:31:17:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 23/02/2018 21:17:15:

Posted by David Standing 1 on 23/02/2018 19:40:22:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 23/02/2018 19:16:07:

Wishing I hadn't tuned in to the Archers…

Neil

Why? Was it one of them the Macclesfield Police arrested?!

No it was a genuinely traumatic episode. "Tonight, The Archers' audience listened in shock as one of the programme's much-loved character's, Nic Grundy, lost her life to sepsis."

I was watching Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast, and they put mange tout in a paella. Now that was traumatic!

Traumatic? Hah! I remember when Tom Forrest shot Ned Larkin's brother Bob back in about '57…
24 February 2018 at 20:43 #343084
daveb
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Posted by Clive Hartland on 23/02/2018 22:20:36:

You survived the Cadbury chocolate? It is so full of Palm oil now it tastes peppery.

Haven't had any chocolate for a while now, having to watch cholesterol and sugar intake. Ever tasted a Hershey Bar? tastes of soap to me, at least I wouldn't eat much of it!
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