mike morley
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When did anyone last have a phone call that wasn't a nuisance/scam call?
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For some years my definition of getting old has been that it takes ten minutes to answer whenever anyone asks how you are.
It now takes me fifteen minutes.
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Does anyone else frequently find themself spending longer (sometimes a lot longer) searching for something eaten by the Carpet Monster than it would have taken to make a replacement part?
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You can tell if the haircut you've just had was overdue when, even though it's milder today than it was yesterday, you find yourself having to wear a hat you didn't need the day before.
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Is 'despair' the right word to describe finding that every single set of points I've made for my next project is under gauge?
Be warned! Brass roller-gauges may be comparatively small but can expand by the best part of three-quarters of a millimetre between the cool of breakfast time this morning and the warmth of mid afternoon!
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I'm on my second culinary disaster in 24 hours.
I'm going on hunger strike! I'm going to refuse to eat until I'm provided with food!
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Which article of Sod's Law is it that decrees you will never notice the faults in a kit until after the point at which correcting the fault would be straightforward.
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This is supposed to be a hobby, not an obsession. So why have I just spent two hours trying (and failing) to find out how far up the walls of the cowhouse I'm making the tethering rings should go?
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Finally, finally found a clue.
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/620641
I make it the ring itself is 2'3" off the ground, which would make the staple securing it 2'6".
Is this the agricultural/architectural equivalent of rivet-counting? I've a horrible idea it is . . .
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My daughter and her husband have an Alexa. The other day he caught their three year-old teaching it how to fart - with some success, apparently.
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To hell with tomorrows football. Us rugby fans have spent most of today enjoying a succession of try-scoring extravaganzas!
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There is a knack to airbrushing: you've either got it or you haven't. I've just spent an extremely stressful half-hour reminding myself that I haven't and that in my hands an airbrush is simply an expensive tool used for ruining models.
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I've not been to Missenden but I have used the ones by The Airbrush Company, down in Lancing:
https://airbrushes.com/product_info.php?cPath=400_405_195_199&products_id=21875It's only a day and focused on Airbrushing so better value than Missenden for what it is. if you take the airbrush you have got the should be able to give it the once over to make sure it isn't that which is causing the problems.
Luke
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I started with a cheapish single action, but for N it was just a bit too coarse. I have now invested in an Iwata double action, and the difference is worlds apart. I run a compressor (with reservoir) bought from Aldi with a filter regulator downstream of the compressors built in one. Getting the paint thinning right is half the battle, and I have found some acrylics don't stay mixed well for very long. Why not get a couple of cheap Airfix style kits to practice on, more challenging than painting flat surfaces.
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You have to wonder about the quality of the algorithms used by internet advertisers when someone who achieved notoriety by getting sea-sick aboard a boat that was tied to the bank on the Thames finds himself inundated with adverts for cruises.
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To be honest though, a number of companies have worked in a basically similar way for ages.
A number of years ago, I worked in a university. One of my colleagues was in a house share at the time. The guy whose house he was sharing was receiving lots of unsolicited Tesco clubcard offers on certain lines - and politely tackled Tesco about this:
"I wonder why you keep on sending me clubcard offers on pork and alcohol."
"We'd noticed that you weren't buying them from us - and wondered if you might be interested."
"I don't think so."
He then went on to explain that there were religious reasons why he wasn't buying these lines - and wasn't likely to in future - mainly because he's a Muslim. Not surprisingly, Tesco's then got very apologetic at this point.
I must admit, though, to really liking this guy's restraint. I would have liked to have handled this stuff in a similar way - I would probably have managed to - but I can't say for certain.
It surprised me that Tesco had "tripped themselves up" in this manner - especially in view of what little I know about the guy who started the company.
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The trouble with putting aside a half-built kit for even a brief while is that you forget things. Things like what did I do with the brake gear? Why did I drill that hole there? Why did I modify that casting?
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At what point do you feel you are, perhaps, taking your hobby too seriously? Is it when you find yourself drilling microscopic holes in the back of a 4mm scale shed door in which to insert coat pegs, or when you find yourself re-drilling those holes on the slant because you've recalled that coat pegs are usually tilted up slightly?
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Why is that a drip or a splash of paint will stick with far greater tenacity to an unprepared, unsuitable surface (a trouser leg, say, or a floor in need of cleaning) than it will when carefully applied to a properly prepared surface that is allegedly perfectly suited to the type of paint in use?
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The price of nostalgia!
I was just having a Google down memory lane and decided I'd like a Laser 558 T shirt.
£19 P&P for an £18 T shirt!
Perhaps not!
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If you havent the slightest interest in cars it becomes very difficult to buy one. I end up wandering around dealers forecourts, taking photographs of anything that takes my fancy then Googling it to read the test reports. Do that for long enough and you come to the conclusion that there isnt a car on the market worth buying!
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I remember the first time I looked at a Kia Sportage, it looked huge next to our Citroen Picasso, until I saw the pitiful excuse for a boot.
We took a sample of our suitcases to the garage and tried them out - wouldn't fit so we bought a CMax instead.
Then the kids stopped coming on holiday with us and the Sportage would have been fine - always the way.
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After a couple of months watching NRL highlights on YouTube it has been very difficult going back to the ponderous, attritional grind of RFU.
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'Wigan score eight against Hull' How many people thought that headline referred to a low-scoring rugby league match, or clicked on 'Wood - no reason why I can't break records' expecting to read an article about one of cricket's faster bowlers? How many people have read an entire article on the sports page of a local paper with no real idea what sport was being reported? Join the campaign against bad journalism!
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What is that moment called when you discover you've dripped epoxy all down what, thanks to the enforced inactivity of the last few months, is now the only pair of trousers that still fit you?
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Why is it that you only notice the spider in the bath after you've got in with it?
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Hermes!
After more than one f*ck up to many I decided a while ago that I'd no longer buy anything from anyone who used them as a courier. Trouble is, I've now discovered, dealers abroad have no idea who their local couriers use for the final leg of anything delivered to the UK.
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It's not only dealers abroad. If you buy stuff from Amazon that can't go by Royal Mail, or indeed if they choose to use a courier even when RM is possible, you've no idea which courier they're using. Fortunately the local Hermes man is very good, and even Yodel is good around here! In fact the only problem I've had in 6 years has been FedEx who I won't use again.
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Batch-building a block of identical wagons is okay. Batch-building block of totally different wagons is okay. Batch-building a block of very similar wagons is a recipe for disaster.
Guess how I know . . .
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I have a new definition of boredom.
When growing a beard is regarded as something to do.
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You've defrosted the Bolognese and the garlic bread. You've managed to find somewhere selling pasta to top-up your dwindling supplies. You've bought a bottle of Valpolicella to go with it. You've set the pan of water for the linguine on to boil. You open the Tupperware box of Bolognese . . . and realise instantly that its actually a chicken curry you quite definitely aren't in the mood for.
