So... What oiled your gears today?

[BanditsHigh]

For the past week, the new game I'm writing in 6502, has been going absolutely mental ... things being displayed which shouldn't, things not being displayed which should, things not behaving in the manner they were supposed to.

1) Memory was being overwritten by one routine because I forgot to increase the space for another, so table for things moving about was being corrupted.
2) Missing graphical data was due to memory being cleared on a display change, which just happened to contain the data!
3) Display change issue also meant I effectively lost 2k of coding space as it was being cleared each time.

Finally figured out all the issues and how to get the 2k of coding space back ... gears well oiled

All the best ... Barry

[Easy-X]

Bought a new gas oven a few months ago. The glass lid for the hob with the cut-out switch wouldn't stay up, something had gone awry with the hinge springs.

Logged it as a warranty repair and I'd have to say I'm quite impressed with the service. Beko oven, repairs done by Domex.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[hellkat]

One of my neighbours took a nice picture of me on the doorstep today ...
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[hellkat]

...And then he followed it up by showing me a dick pick

*Sopranos Oh! Montage*
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[Diggs]

[A100man]

[Diggs]

I think it is the fact that I know the 'owner' of said clout that would unnerve rather than the image per se.
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Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting...

[hellkat]

Well it was certainly the last thing I expected ...

But as it was only about 8.30 am and he had a can of Special Brew (or was it Red Stripe? ) in his hand and reckoned he'd already done a quarter of vodka and was bunking work and on his way back to his mum's ... I guess I shouldnt be so surprised This was one of those "Oops I swiped too far in my photo library" kind of thing, yeah right mate.

I think that "those who do", actually imagine that it is going to make them more attractive.

Now, I'm of the inclination that if I'm interested enough to ask for a dick pic, then I'm likely to have been checking a guy out for some time by then and I'm obviously in it for the long game.

But this guy is (pardon my ego) so far out of his depth with someone like me that its laughable.

So although he caught me out and I was actually quite shocked (I really did actually do that Soprano's "Ohhh!" thing ) but as you guys know me so well, I have to admit that it was rather an attractive one.

Just a shame its attached to a complete dick-head, LOL
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[Freddyfruitba...]

[hellkat]

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[hellkat]

ok so ... not from anyone whose I haven't already seen it ...
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[hellkat]

But, much like most women, I have had many many unsolicited ones from people I have never met (and no intention of).
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[Easy-X]

[blurredman]

Dish washer started tripping the earth switch next to 'fuseboard'. (And I think this has been the cause for the earth trip for a few years now that has been occuring anywhere between twice a week to no problems for months). But now it was hapening every single time the device is plugged in, and tested with different socket spur (right terminology?).

Removing the earth from the plug made the machine work but confirmed an 80v going through the chassis of the 20 year old machine which was traced down to the motor area. Disconnecting motor start capacitor but connecting earth loom properly again and the thing didn't trip the meter.

I was waiting for a capacitence tester (I needed one anyway to replace from capacitors on some computer PCBs) but with the multimeter alone (mine is too old to have capacitence testing facility) I found that althought the capacitor did discharge voltage, it was giving a persistent 1.1a throughput with a 12v bike battery connected.

The tester arrived and I got 2.6uF instead of the rated 4uF from the capacitor and went to RS components but they said it would be a few days to order in and that's when I remembered being a pikey is good in situations like this -- I have an old fridge freezer that's been in my garden since 2019 and I looked for the capacitor when I got home. It too is 4uF, and testing it, it proved only just outside the 5% stated tolerances (3.72uF) but good enough! Adapted the wiring, hooked everything up and we now have an operational dish-washer again.
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S, 1979 MZ TS150.
Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 10k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 39k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 50k.

[Diggs]

Bamboo underpants
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Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting...

[thx1138]

Friend of mine, has said I can have a motorcycle that has been under a cover in his garden for a few years, he's moving into a flat , it's a 125cc that his son crashed first time out and doesnt want back. Neighbours kid had their 125cc stolen in the summer, so hoping to get it for them.

Quite a lot of fingers crossed involved, but it's free, worth a try.

[to v or not to v]

[hellkat]

My dendrobium orchid has about ten new little shoots on it which look like they might just come out by Christmas.

Or not.

Moody bastards.
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[BanditsHigh]

Asda over charged me by 46p on an online order, I complained and got a £5 voucher

[blurredman]

In August my server started acting weird and freezing etc and eventually refused to boot win at all. Made in 2004, used to be my main PC until 2008 and then from 2015 the machine (athlon xp1700, geforce fx5200, 512mb ddr ram, Asus A7V8X-X) has been 'on the line' 24/7 non stop other than upgrades or for fixing components or replacing hdds. Including installing sata controller as I had run out of ata133 discs (or even less) but SATA is everywhere and cheap. Also replaced the capacitors on the gfx card a few years ago too as that failed on me due to the caps.

I eventually bought my capacitence tester the other day (which already allowed me to diagnose a dishwasher fault), and I could see the board obviously had bulging capacitors - though they weren't too bad at all physically (I have an old Soltek board which has had leaking capacitors since 2009 but it's still running!). I removed and tested all of them and in the end replaced 7. I re-installed the ones that checked out fine. I think they were cpu voltage regulation specific.

Anyway, now the computer's been on-line a day and other than fixing a lot of weird OS issues it all seems to have gone well. I really didn't want to build a new OS on a different mobo (although having onboard SATA would certainly be a benefit! - SATA controller card installed doesn't support SMART) as that would take a lot of time configuring and getting the system to work how I like it - so spending a tiny amount of money and a small amount of time replacing capacitors negates spending many many hours building up a new system and installation getting things how I want them to be.
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S, 1979 MZ TS150.
Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 10k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 39k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 50k.

[Easy-X]

Athlon?!

https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExYzdsZmM2N3h2dzV0cDBxaWNobmt4MmQ0eDhmMjQ5cGNqZ3k4eG44OCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/RPm4wUQ8coWDS3WwUU/giphy.webp

I'm all for wringing value for money out of equipment but you can eventually end up trapping your data in such antiquated equipment you no longer rely on data recovery skills and instead turn to archaeology!
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[blurredman]

Nah, just like PowerVR, SATA isn't going away yet... But I am glad I upgraded to that instead of juggling with low capacity, failing IDE or SCSI interfaced devices.. My collection of those really was getting very thin. And don't get me started on the tape backup.

On other news BBS's are quite fun to visit and I chat IRC on the AMSTRAD PC1512 all the time! Seriously.
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S, 1979 MZ TS150.
Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 10k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 39k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 50k.

[Easy-X]

Caught our granddaughter singing a song:

Peppa Pig!
Tripped on a wire,
Fell in a fire.
Bacon Strips...
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

First time using the Furygan Heat Blizzard heated gloves out on the bike. I had tried them in the house and wondered if they were even working, but on the bike it was immediately obvious and made a huge difference compared to the same journey on Thursday.

[stinkwheel]

I went cheap-arse on xmas dinner this year.

I stood in a huge queue at the butchers on Monday behind people picking up their turkeys. The six people in front of me were all well over £100. I bought an ox tail (a whole one) for £9. The butcher said it's his favourite bit as he was handing it over. Brined for 2 hours then slow casseroled for 4 hours and served in a reduction of it's own stock with a healthy dollop of homemade redcurrant jelly and red wine with asparagus and home grown pink fir apple tatties. Ye can keep yer turkey!

The beef sandwiches tomorrow are going to be awesome. With horseradish and finely chopped onion.

Just letting it go down enough to fit sticky toffee pudding on top.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.