Kate’s allegedly a human (although increasingly right-wing bigots would say otherwise). She’s definitely not a vampire, despite what some other people claim. She’s also mostly built out of spite and overcoming oppositional-sexism, racism, and other random bullshit.
So she’s either a human or a lizard in disguise sent to destroy all of humanity.
Either way, she’s here to reassure that it’s all fine.
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Breakfast in Bristol
So occasionally it occurs to me that Bristol is actually a city. A really nice, friendly city which has delightful places, some of which are open when I finish a night shift. I’d been meaning to try Full Court Press which I cycle by on my way to work. They open at 0730 which means…
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Technique B
So, as is traditional, having had a bit of a whinge about the world I went down to the garage yesterday morning and managed to locate the second tube. I also fixed the long-missing-a-washer roofrack bar, tightened up a loose retaining screw and popped the roofrack on the car. Then, considering the weight of the…
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Technique A has its limitations
So, over the deck so far has been constructed from pallets obtained from a nice business just a street away from us (although we have to wander around a fair bit to get to it, because there’s a bloody great spikey fence betwixt us and them). I popped in and said “can I have ’em?”…
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In which we demonstrate that things are fixed into the ground
So today was a big day for the deck. Also, we had polar network come around and install our free EV charger. Fun fun fun, really. It didn’t entirely start positively, though. One of the things I sold on ebay came back. My beloved AE-1 which served me perfectly came back as faulty. And it…
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Traditional post nights ramble.
This might be a shorter than normal ramble, because the world is not filled with excitement today. I’ve not a lot to add to the contents of the internet today, to be honest. I just wanted to share that I’ve been working on the deck again. The four pillars are concreted in. And incredibly for…
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Touch *NOTHING*
Oh god damn it. So, I had a lovely morning, until 10:32. Because at 10:32 I remembered the appointment that I was meant to be at, at 10:00. Cue apologetic angst ridden phonecall. New appointment at 11:45. Perfect. Make it with plenty of time… Return home. Parking Rebecca in the garage get the alignment right…
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Holey Poley
Err, sorry, I was overcome by the title, just for a moment. So, I seem to have managed to locate a bit of enthusiasm for working on the house again, thankfully. I think it was the thinking-about-heating post I did for Shades, but that prompted me to go and locate a radiator for the kitchen*,…
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This post is just for Shades
So, a few quick comments on tankless water heater/central heating. When we moved in we just had an ‘on demand’ gas water heater. Ugly as sin and sat in the main bedroom, but it worked fine. Dunno who made it. I imagine that the ideal brand isn’t one that’s available in the states, but if…
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You know those days, yes /those/ days.
So, it didn’t seem particularly like it was going to be one of those days. You know the ones, the ones which I consistently try hard throughout them to believe that there is no such thing as bad luck, and the universe can’t have so much interest in me as to make any particular day…
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The early iMiEV charging problem
So, as previously mentioned, the early iMiEV can’t charge from modern J1772 or Type 2 chargers. This is because it was built before the protocol that they speak was finalised. Or, to put it another way, The car no-speaka-da-lingo. The cable that comes with the early iMiEV looks like a J1772 compliant cable, but with…