ChrisJ

2024-05-19T11:34:22Z

It was very loud the first time we met it Before it had the exhaust.

Friday at 06:50

You could try annemarie@clublotus.co.uk

May 13

I used to subscribe on YouTube to some wingsuit people. Without exception, they all took one too many risks and ended up splat.

May 13

Apparently, the bits conquered by Napoleon drove on the right, the rest drove on the left - to stick 2 fingers up to the aforementioned N. I was watching a documentary about the takeover of Austria and there was some footage of Vienna, and I said hold on, they are driving on the left.

Now if you want Belgium strange

May 12

In Austria, half of the country drove on the left, the other half drove on the right. All changed to the right after a Mr A H came to stay in 1938.

May 12

Looks a great location, would have loved to know about this earlier as we could have made this an area meet.

Look forward to photos.

May 10

I'm sure I've posted this before - doesn't harm a 2nd viewing. Love the howl and the way the cameraman follows the B52 takeoff path.

https://youtu.be/YYOgsgnZ8dw

won't embed sure it has done in the past

May 10

In newspapers - those were the days.

May 10

4 hours ago, Dan E said:

Italians are mad

This is an interesting entrance to a motorway in Italy

May 9

My Mazda 6 has speed recognition cameras and Intelligent speed assist - which is set manually. I can click a button to match what the car thinks is the limit, which is correct most of the time.

Driving up the M1 last Saturday in the 14 miles of road works from Luton northwards. Speed limit is 50 mph, detected this fine, set the cruise control or speed limiter to 50, and off I trundle. The road works are on the central reservation, and have speed limit signs of 10 mph, and yes, every so often my car would see these, flash up that the speed limit was 10 mph and furiously bong at me. If it automatically slowed me down it potentially would have been carnage. So Dangerous and short sighted.

I do find the ISA very useful in unfamiliar areas, and I will set it to 3-5 mph over the speed limit, as it saves me having to keep looking at the speedo all the time, and I can be more aware of the surrounding traffic, road conditions etc.

May 8

We'be also branched out to include Bucks as well as we have a number of members coming from there.

May 7

Beer in a trap can help - How to Get Rid of Slugs with Beer - Garden Myths

Although this time lapse on that page initially looks like they are just getting pissed

May 6

May 4

and they came weekly

May 4

and they came onto your property get fetch them, rather than now, if you forget to move them 20ft to the edge of your property, they won't come and get them.

May 4

Surfshark works fine so far - I'm on 23H2, although I don't have the security update listed here, so I'll keep an eye out for it sneaking onto my PC.

May 1

That is looking good.

May 1

1 hour ago, snowrx said:

"BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues."

Bugger

Get a VPN and set your location to the UK.

May 1

I've been using a VPN for 10+ years when abroad to be able to view UK only content - i.e. BBC iPlayer, and when I want to look at sites in another country as if I am in that country - some content in the USA springs to mind.

However I discovered late last year, it didn't work when I wanted to be "in" South Africa to view DSTV to watch some live sport - I had already bought a 2 week subscription. DSTV knew I was in the UK and wouldn't allow a connection.

I tried SurfShark and it worked out of the box, so have switched to it and dumped my previous supplier. You should be able to get 80% off from YouTube reviewers who have had their video sponsored by them.

I think some browsers (Opera?) have a VPN built in - I don't know if thei work.

May 1

Local elections tomorrow. We have had no election literature so no idea who is standing for which party and for what position.

April 29

Looking good !!!

Question - why is end of your nose taped off?

April 25

This is a new venue, and it is still in Hertfordshire (just). I asked @Rudi K and @thebartman if either could organise a breakfast in Buckinghamshire as they come from a long way to the meetings and we have a few other members located in Bucks.

We don't have to book as it is a first come first served. It opens at 8:30, and looks to have plenty of parking, so I'd suggest meeting up just before 8:30.

The address is: Ashridge House, Ashridge, Berkhamsted HP4 1NS