Be Excellent To Each Other

So he's in Singapore now then? May as well have the meet up in his house this weekend as we'll have the bank holiday Monday too.

Singapore: plus you have two parkruns to choose between. And I'll be coming there in October. It's all good!

Cottage > Raffles . Fewer tigers.

Just above where we hold our annual camping meet ups, so now you already know how to get there! Speaking of what we need to arrange something for this year.

Yeah. Wasn't there a campsite you found that allowed fires and noise?

Too Southern. I bet you have to book tables.

I'm guessing there wouldn't be room for illegal street quad racing either.

Probably nowhere nearby to buy guns and knives either.

Oh I've got my bow and arrow to bring this year!

And a kayak too.

I'll start a thread.

Somebody mentioned in a comment about knitted jumpers the trails of planes in the sky. Another commenter then mentioned something about the 'drippy' texture not being g normal and that it was a 'chemtrail' rather than vapour. A third person said something about conspiracy theorists so not understanding what the heck people were talking g about I fell down the Google rabbit hole. Man, there are some nutty people about.

Oh yes, chemtrails are hilarious. I have a colleague who is a PhD chemist who believes in them having seen some footage where "a plane forgot to switch off the chemtrail generator when it landed and you could see it being pumped out." Idiot.

Me too!

Russ, they are at home with their grandparents at the moment, but in general they're being very positive about the whole thing. Think they will love it here... The school in particular will be great , within a few weeks of arriving they'll be on a school trip to a rainforest

Be handy for retrieving your Tundra.

Sounds awesome

Bloody lovely

This may be a long shot, but does anyone have a wii fit board in decent condition they are looking to sell? There are a few available on eBay, but many listed as untested, or looking a bit shonky, and not saying if they are official or third party. Also, risky business of strangers sweaty feet, and I'd much rather the sweaty feet of nerds I know and love, so thought I'd ask here first.

Now you ask, I am thinking about it. Having a general clear out, and that is one more thing I have and maybe don't need to add to things I store when I go away. Let me ponder it overnight - if anyone else gets there in the meantime, I won't be stroppy.

I should add that it is, of course, working - I have used it recently, if a bit sporadically.

I have one. I never used it. Can have it for free if you want?

Ferking hell it's hot.

I imagine that's all I'll be posting once we move here in December

Got absolutely no idea what I would make with it but I really want one of these:

https://shapertools.com/

A hand held CNC router. That's some really clever thinking.

Thank you, I'd really, really appreciate it, and that way JBR can keep his as even if he only used it occasionally he knows he has it.

I usually try to walk about 4.5 miles a day, but on days like yesterday, when Darwin was sick, I can't get out and I feel awful for it, plus it would be good to have some variety and something I can do in the evenings.

Let me also show you this pic. Where Darwin kept on being sick yesterday I spent a lot of unhappy time cleaning, but look at him desperate to help out. Melty , right?

Linen suits? Or being hipster and wearing merino all the way?

I forgot what it was like to wear outer clothes when I was out there. If you wear a jacket with your shirt then you're a lunatic. No matter what the occasion requires.

White shirt, translucently stuck to your back with sweat, stuffed into the waist of some linen trousers. That will be your uniform.

Merino is hipster, now? I googled that and got lots of results for underwear. Wool underwear? Hmm... Lots of claims about it being wicking and insulating (both true) but also antimicrobial (hmmm...) and in a 50/50 polyester blend. Blending it with plastic will definitely not help with microbes and bacteria, as it will trap sweat, and you'd be better off with cotton underwear than something that's half wool, half plastic.

Merino is gorgeous to handle, but most merino sheep are mulesed which I thought would be very un-hipster-y.

It's amazing how many different things people have linked to it. Brain controlling chemicals that force you to vote a particular way... something that makes you addicted to wotsits, airborne MMR vaccines...

I've been reading travel blogs where people have been singing the praises of 100% merino t-shirts for extended trips in both hot and cold countries. Downside, they cost over fifty quid. I've never had much luck with base layers in summer as both cotton tees and the technical shirt I tend wear hiking annoy me in different ways. I think I have a three season wardrobe.

After reading these blogs, I then went and bought a canvas 'messenger' manbag to try to resolve my 'lack of pockets for wallet, phone, and keys' problem I get every summer.

That is bloody genius.

Fine merino is gorgeous to wear. It does feel very cool against the skin as it's very smooth if it's top quality, but blending it with a manmade fibre would compromise that greatly. Have you looked at bamboo? That's the most wicking fibre I can think of. Not so warm for the winter months, but surely a better choice in summer.

Is there anything that is helping guide that, or is it just done with a very steady hand? Because it looks heavy.

Yeah, you just need to move it to the right area and then the cutting tool moves to the exact spot within that circle, if you move too far away then it'll just raise the tool up away from the work piece.

No, but I'm going to give it a go now.

I tend to cover up as even with gallons of factor 50 I burn very quickly. When I went to a sauna* with a friend, he pointed out that it was the first time he'd ever seen me in shorts.


* Not that kind.

What different kind is there, Kern?

For our 1:1 planes.

I think with our proven safety record in RC it's the only logical next step.

Wow, that's really cool. Well, now I want one, too!

We should maybe start with cat sized planes.

Cat buses.

Christ!

I bet that guide tape is pricey. We were looking at gaffguns last year (https://www.gaffgun.com/) and were on the verge of buying, but it turns out that they only take rolls of tape that are sold by the company that makes the gaffgun. Pricey.

I have it in the boot of the car, I am swimming in Cannock this evening, want me to drop it off?

Sold! (To Mimi). Brillo pad.

If you're coming by this way, that would be awesome! I'm in Walsall.

Over half of people in the UK surveyed say they feel their local culture is threatened by Ethnic Minorities

http://auroraprizemedia.com/2016-humani ... t=79j8FudS

Eugh. 18% more than the US. Eugh.