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- Sat Jun 25, 2022 5:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The official cycling thread
- Replies: 3556
- Views: 450981
Re: The official cycling thread
So I've been on a family camping holiday in the Cote d'Azur and have rented a bike for the last week. The place is like a cyclist's wet dream. Glorious roads, nice steady climbs and great views, all with 32degree weather. I managed a trip up to Ventoux on Friday which was epic. I expected it to be ...
- Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The official cycling thread
- Replies: 3556
- Views: 450981
Re: The official cycling thread
4 weeks out and I'm getting to the point in the build up to an event where I'm just bored and sick of training for it :lol: . Did 3200m climbing on Wednesday which was the most I've done to date but given the geography of where I live, the longest climb was 5km at 5% so I'll get a serious kick in t...
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 10:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: R.I.P. Pedrie Wannenburg gggooonnneee
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2684
Re: R.I.P. Pedrie Wannenburg gggooonnneee
Awful news, was a wonderful player. RIP. I showed this to my wife as we are moving our family to Austin this summer and she is now panicking about our safety :( Assume you’re going to rent for a while as Austin has experienced a significant increase in real estate prices over the last 5 years and t...
- Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: R.I.P. Pedrie Wannenburg gggooonnneee
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2684
Re: R.I.P. Pedrie Wannenburg gggooonnneee
Very sad news. He also coached Rice University, I believe they have set up a GoFundMe page for his family.
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Winner of the US Election, cocks on the block
- Replies: 132
- Views: 10153
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Winner of the US Election, cocks on the block
- Replies: 132
- Views: 10153
Re: Winner of the US Election, cocks on the block
Cleaning them as I type. Any recommendation for load sequence for the 12 gauge - should I go No 8, No 4, buckshot and repeat
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 6:46 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Winner of the US Election, cocks on the block
- Replies: 132
- Views: 10153
Re: Winner of the US Election, cocks on the block
I'm busy erecting my non-scaleable fence....us folks in the suburbs need to be prepared
- Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:11 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Help me choose a reasonably decadent car
- Replies: 146
- Views: 7577
Re: Help me choose a reasonably decadent car
I wouldn’t go near a kit car, but there are some excellent factory built turnkey cars available from: Superformance (pictured), Kirkham and ERA.
- Thu Jun 25, 2020 3:05 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Phew what a scorcher!
- Replies: 80
- Views: 7177
Re: Phew what a scorcher!
5" of rain overnight, it's eased off but is still coming down, it's supposed to stop by midday.
My son's high school graduation is scheduled for this evening at the football stadium, I can't see that going ahead
My son's high school graduation is scheduled for this evening at the football stadium, I can't see that going ahead
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
- Replies: 6897
- Views: 709471
Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Yes, NATO uses Full Metal Jacket (FMJ) rounds, it's a general agreement between the worlds military's (although the US is now going to use 9mm Jacketed Hollow Points (JHP) in their service pistkols). FMJ has better penetration through objects and since assault rifles are full auto you aren't as wor...
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
- Replies: 6897
- Views: 709471
Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Yes, NATO uses Full Metal Jacket (FMJ) rounds, it's a general agreement between the worlds military's (although the US is now going to use 9mm Jacketed Hollow Points (JHP) in their service pistols). FMJ has better penetration through objects and since assault rifles are full auto you aren't as worr...
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:33 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
- Replies: 6897
- Views: 709471
Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Yes, NATO uses Full Metal Jacket (FMJ) rounds, it's a general agreement between the worlds military's (although the US is now going to use 9mm Jacketed Hollow Points (JHP) in their service pistols). FMJ has better penetration through objects and since assault rifles are full auto you aren't as worr...
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 6:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
- Replies: 6897
- Views: 709471
Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Yep especially with the hollow point rounds that are used by the cops, the head squashes on impact and then makes a mess inside x( Wow that seems fairly barbaric? I thought hollow points were outlawed by Geneva Convention.(or whatever the relevant piece of law is) Seems not the case ... stopping po...
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 6:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
- Replies: 6897
- Views: 709471
Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
The choice there seems to be let him get away and everyone lives, or shoot him, and he probably dies. And as pointed out, they know who he is and can find him again surely. Sure, by their laws they're probably just about justified, but that doesn't mean the laws are right. I'm no gun guy so am all ...
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 2:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
- Replies: 6897
- Views: 709471
Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
The choice there seems to be let him get away and everyone lives, or shoot him, and he probably dies. And as pointed out, they know who he is and can find him again surely. Sure, by their laws they're probably just about justified, but that doesn't mean the laws are right. I'm no gun guy so am all ...
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 2:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
- Replies: 6897
- Views: 709471
Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Well I watched a Joe Rogan clip where Rogan claims that the guy asked the cops to get him an Uber and if they did that and had his car towed then fingers crossed the guy can wake up in the morning and possibly think about getting help for any substance problems he has. But I don't know if what Roga...
- Fri Jun 12, 2020 4:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: New Outlook client
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2444
Re: New Outlook client
Thanks, I was wondering where it had goneSandstorm wrote:Can someone please send me the home address of the cnut @ Microsoft who decided that the Search box on the O365 client should move from the RHS of my Mailbox and up onto the top of the mother-bastard application border?
Thank you in advance
- Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Are Looters Bad?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 5581
Re: Are Looters Bad?
Thanks, he'll be studying engineering at A&M, so we'll have an Aggie in the family, which will be a bit of a cultural change for us Englishers....Mr Mike wrote:
Good luck to your son for the next stage.
- Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Are Looters Bad?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 5581
Re: Are Looters Bad?
Judging by the number of “looters will be shot on sight” signs posted around our gated community during Hurricane Harvey, I think there was a firm view formed that looting is generally unacceptable. Fortunately we had some community minded folks patrolling the lakes and streets in their kayaks “loc...
- Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Are Looters Bad?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 5581
Re: Are Looters Bad?
Judging by the number of “looters will be shot on sight” signs posted around our gated community during Hurricane Harvey, I think there was a firm view formed that looting is generally unacceptable. Fortunately we had some community minded folks patrolling the lakes and streets in their kayaks “loc...
- Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:59 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The official cycling thread
- Replies: 3556
- Views: 450981
Re: The official cycling thread
Perfect for chasing those KOM's....during your group rides, obviouslyukjim wrote:On a happier note I have just bought some new wheels.
- Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The official cycling thread
- Replies: 3556
- Views: 450981
Re: The official cycling thread
So what's happened to Strava. I'm guessing they don't like me not paying them money so are dumbing things down to zero. I'm just too cheap I guess. Their business model of giving almost everything away for free seems to have been unsuccessful. Especially with all the extra lockdown log-ins. Probabl...
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 3:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The official "Low and Slow" BBQ thread
- Replies: 301
- Views: 44952
Re: The official "Low and Slow" BBQ thread
Been looking at a Kamado for a long time to accompany my enormous masonary grill. Still not sure I want to shell out for it You can't go wrong with a ceramic grill, BGE has got the established industry name but I don't think there's a lot of difference between most of them. I ended up going with a ...
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 3:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The official "Low and Slow" BBQ thread
- Replies: 301
- Views: 44952
Re: The official "Low and Slow" BBQ thread
Just got a Treager Timberline 1300, huge leap forward in functionality with WiFi enabled control. Great kit. https://contentgrid.homedepot-static.com/hdus/en_US/DTCCOMNEW/fetch/FetchRules/Rich_Content/312506102-tfb01wle-traeger-timberline-1300-pellet-grill-consistency-3-2020.jpg Nice one MM, that s...
- Tue May 26, 2020 7:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: And the favourite cut of lamb for kiwis is..................
- Replies: 78
- Views: 9545
Re: And the favourite cut of lamb for kiwis is..............
Butterfly the leg, season and marinade for 24 hours in garlic and rosemary, charcoal grill rare. Delicious broke in a new treager smoker over the weekend with some brisket. That recipe sounds like an overdue return to my heritage.... I use a Big Green Egg and love it. A friend of mine has a Treager...
- Tue May 26, 2020 5:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: And the favourite cut of lamb for kiwis is..................
- Replies: 78
- Views: 9545
Re: And the favourite cut of lamb for kiwis is..............
Butterfly the leg, season and marinade for 24 hours in garlic and rosemary, charcoal grill rare. Delicious
- Wed May 20, 2020 8:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 750 MW
- Replies: 59
- Views: 7908
Re: 750 MW
I just can't understand how us engineers get the reputation for being anally retentive.....Uncle Fester wrote: You can tell I'm process rather than mech eng, can't you!
- Tue May 19, 2020 8:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 750 MW
- Replies: 59
- Views: 7908
Re: 750 MW
Is it specialist equipment or infrastructure? Swagelok supply both, so it's not an issue sourcing metric fittings. We use a shit load of 1/4" SS piping, but we purchased a huge portion of our equipment from a Finnish company, who deal.in metric. Can cause issues the odd time, bit it's mostly ok. In...
- Tue May 19, 2020 3:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 750 MW
- Replies: 59
- Views: 7908
Re: 750 MW
Is it specialist equipment or infrastructure? Swagelok supply both, so it's not an issue sourcing metric fittings. We use a shit load of 1/4" SS piping, but we purchased a huge portion of our equipment from a Finnish company, who deal.in metric. Can cause issues the odd time, bit it's mostly ok. In...
- Wed May 13, 2020 5:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 750 MW
- Replies: 59
- Views: 7908
Re: 750 mW
I presume you mean MW - Megawatt? rather than mW Kind of depends where in the world you are as power consumption per home can vary a lot, but you would expect somewhere between 350,000 and 600,000 homes I did, thanks. So pretty chunky then? I have some follow up questions if you, or anyone else, kn...
- Wed May 13, 2020 3:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 750 MW
- Replies: 59
- Views: 7908
Re: 750 mW
I presume you mean MW - Megawatt? rather than mW Kind of depends where in the world you are as power consumption per home can vary a lot, but you would expect somewhere between 350,000 and 600,000 homes I did, thanks. So pretty chunky then? I have some follow up questions if you, or anyone else, kn...
- Tue May 12, 2020 8:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Has anyone heard from Globus?
- Replies: 290
- Views: 44073
Re: Has anyone heard from Globus?
Hmmmm beef ribs... good bump Hey MM, how are you guys doing, keeping up the Houston tradition of totally ignoring any Gov't guidance, particularly when it comes to Covid :roll: . Unfortunately we went back to the office this week, but at least the traffic is light..... Doing well thanks and hope al...
- Tue May 12, 2020 7:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Has anyone heard from Globus?
- Replies: 290
- Views: 44073
Re: Has anyone heard from Globus?
Hey MM, how are you guys doing, keeping up the Houston tradition of totally ignoring any Gov't guidance, particularly when it comes to Covid . Unfortunately we went back to the office this week, but at least the traffic is light.....Mr Mike wrote:Hmmmm beef ribs... good bump
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Modern vacuum cleaners Suck! Or rather, they don’t....
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4111
Re: Modern vacuum cleaners Suck! Or rather, they don’t....
Whole house system is the best vacuum with the minor complication being that you have to install the piping when you build the house
- Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The official cycling thread
- Replies: 3556
- Views: 450981
Re: The official cycling thread
I used to use a Kurt Kinetic which was fine but I found the VP calc wasn’t very reliable and I wanted to be able to use ERG mode that smart trainers provide, which makes sites like TrainerRoad, Zwift, etc a better experience. So I got a KickR when they were first released and would highly recommend...
- Tue Apr 21, 2020 3:33 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Oil price
- Replies: 86
- Views: 9179
Re: Oil price
Pity I've no big boat these days, got about six gallons in the outboard tanks when I got back from the holidays. Probably end up putting that in the car which is full right now. I read somewhere yesterday that you can fill up , in the US mid-west, for 12 cents a gallon. I think someone's pulling yo...
- Sun Apr 19, 2020 4:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The official cycling thread
- Replies: 3556
- Views: 450981
Re: The official cycling thread
I used to use a Kurt Kinetic which was fine but I found the VP calc wasn’t very reliable and I wanted to be able to use ERG mode that smart trainers provide, which makes sites like TrainerRoad, Zwift, etc a better experience. So I got a KickR when they were first released and would highly recommend ...
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 7:59 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The official cycling thread
- Replies: 3556
- Views: 450981
Re: The official cycling thread
Yes I'm surprised it loses pressure, I was under the impression that the sealant would take care of any minor leaks. Before I put the sealant in I left the tires for an hour or two to allow the beads to set and the tires to settle into their actual shape. During this time they went down to about 20...
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 4:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The official cycling thread
- Replies: 3556
- Views: 450981
Re: The official cycling thread
has anyone actually gone tubeless? Friends and family are raving about it but it seems a bit of a hassle and not easy to get right without the right tools and being of sound mind - both of which may be an issue. See my post above. I converted three weeks ago and have about 500 miles on GP5000TL's. ...
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 4:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The official cycling thread
- Replies: 3556
- Views: 450981
Re: The official cycling thread
has anyone actually gone tubeless? Friends and family are raving about it but it seems a bit of a hassle and not easy to get right without the right tools and being of sound mind - both of which may be an issue. See my post above. I converted three weeks ago and have about 500 miles on GP5000TL's. ...