This week I are mostly...

Sporky · June 2023

... not going to work, which is nice
... taking Nozzle to see her heart specialist for a check-up (and thorough fuzzling)
... building Lady BMcH a new gaming PC

The last on the list is already going super-well. She has a budget of a grand, so I figured I could man-maths a new 4070ti and she'd have my 3070ti and somehow we both save money. Except my power supply doesn't have two separate PCIe lines, so now I need to swap the PSUs as well. And it turns out you can buy DDR5 in either AMD or Intel flavour, so if course I bought the wrong sort. As I say, going pretty well to be fair. Old RSM being collected and new RAM arriving today.

Also I have some Lego coming in case I run out of things to do.

roberty · June 2023

Enjoy your time off. I am thinking of taking a week off work for hobbies which seems a bit mad but I usually lose days by not taking them in a year

fretmeister · June 2023

I have never built a PC but always wanted to.

My current 3950X with 32 GB ram will last me for some time, but I would like to upgrade my 2060 when I get a chance. My monitors max out at 60fps so it's really about running things on max details while still getting 60fps.

However in the hot weather I have noticed an annoying clicky noise when all the fans / pumps are running fast while gaming and I cannot find where it is coming from. I need to figure that out before I decide if I need to replace any other parts first. I'm hoping it's just the case exhaust fan on the back rather than the AIO.

bertie · June 2023

Im going to the tip

making a gate

cleaning, photographing and selling a load of stuff on Marketplace

possibly putting together the exercise bike

working out how best Im going put up the new cooker hood and splash back next week, cos with Mrs Berts new "post sertraline vigour" she'll expect it do be done at the end of the day it arrives

VimFuego · June 2023

I am nearing the end of a run of 8 days off with one shift in the middle (back in on Thurs).

I have done sweet fuck all in that time. Over the next few days I am gonna make a concerted effort to do even less than that.

digitalscream · June 2023

Now would be a great time to get your inner maker on the case, literally. I don't bother with PC cases any more...

Server:

My PC:

Image: https://tfb-user-images.eu-central-1.linodeobjects.com/9ece4c280e43c95327600a213a6d426c2931fe41c431ab80de

Wifey's PC, to fit in her IKEA shelves:

Image: https://tfb-user-images.eu-central-1.linodeobjects.com/ed4b132377e5c9306ad8c3103732fff4fc9f3f1e58c176423c

It does help having a 3D printer to make the brackets and stuff, I'll admit.

munckee · June 2023

digitalscream said:

Now would be a great time to get your inner maker on the case, literally. I don't bother with PC cases any more...

Server:

My PC:

Wifey's PC, to fit in her IKEA shelves:

It does help having a 3D printer to make the brackets and stuff, I'll admit.

The top one looks like a friendly robot, a bit like a naked Bob from disneys black hole

Sporky · June 2023

fretmeister said:

I have never built a PC but always wanted to.

It's not mad tricky.

The important thing to remember us that as soon as you do your first swear you stop for a bit.

I did not do any swears despite discovering the I needed to move the CPU radiator from the front of the case to the top, which meant taking the fans off and putting them back on twice.

My PC boots and shows pictures on a monitor, so do far so good. Lady BMcH's memory and case arrive today, the rest is here.

Also I'm meant to be swapping all the fixings on our picnic table to stainless steel, which means I get to play with my new impact driver.

And we might go to the pub for lunch one day. Pretending to be retired is a lot of work.

Tannin · June 2023

This week I are mostly studying enGLlish aS she are writ

Tannin · June 2023

Sporky said:

Pretending to be retired is a lot of work.

I used to find more spare time for outback field trips and other fun stuff when I was still working.

No joke! You have no idea how the time disappears once you are retired and "not busy"!

Mind you, my habitual three-hour breakfasts followed closely by a spot of morning tea are possibly not helping.

roberty · June 2023

Love the retro on/off switches @digitalscream. Looks like something a guitar player would use

bertie · June 2023

bertie said:

Im going to the tip

which was shut cos the fucking cunts are on strike,

TTony · June 2023

bertie said:

bertie said:

Im going to the tip

which was shut cos the fucking cunts are on strike,

You'll probably find that your local council operates an emergency tip facility when this happens.

It's "need to know" basis, so they don't advertise it, but if you turn up at their office car park you can generally find somewhere, usually just in front of the exit barrier, where you're supposed to leave all the rubbish.

HTH.

Brio · June 2023

Stock taking at the Garden centre. So today is counting all the terracotta pots. Easy enough except they are Stacked super high and some have loads of other pots nested inside them but with no external clue so you have to lift and move them.
Tomorrow will be composts and manures.
Joy.

bertie · June 2023

TTony said:

bertie said:

bertie said:

Im going to the tip

which was shut cos the fucking cunts are on strike,

You'll probably find that your local council operates an emergency tip facility when this happens.

It's "need to know" basis, so they don't advertise it, but if you turn up at their office car park you can generally find somewhere, usually just in front of the exit barrier, where you're supposed to leave all the rubbish.

HTH.

we did, a 12 mile detour.................. and was with the non advertised, non-collection of re-cycling for a week - it was kept very quiet that our local one wasnt actually open. Not even on the website

TBH its not the chaps on strike, I kind of understand it - its the fucking shit shambles that is South Glos CC - absolutely diabolical at communication

Offset · June 2023

TTony said:

bertie said:

bertie said:

Im going to the tip

which was shut cos the fucking cunts are on strike,

You'll probably find that your local council operates an emergency tip facility when this happens.

It's "need to know" basis, so they don't advertise it, but if you turn up at their office car park you can generally find somewhere, usually just in front of the exit barrier, where you're supposed to leave all the rubbish.

HTH.

Or alternatively, you could just dump it all in their office foyer :-)

DavidRees · June 2023

you inspire me @Sporky as you often do and although I had committed myself to doing very little or nothing this week I shall now do things. what they are and of what import they are is of little consequence but do them I shall ...

TTony · June 2023

DavidRees said:

you inspire me @Sporky as you often do and although I had committed myself to doing very little or nothing this week I shall now do things. what they are and of what import they are is of little consequence but do them I shall ...

People often call Sporky "inspirational". And in that spirit ...

This morning, in my coffee break (not that I drink coffee), I removed three wheelbarrow's worth of brambles and stinging nettles from one of the hedgerows. More of a weeding break.

I might do the same again later in my afternoon tea break (because I don't drink tea either).

Sporky · June 2023

I made a door wedge. Well, I chopped my previous attempt in half so it now actually wedges a door.

I finished Tchia (in, of course, the spirit of testing the new PC). I've done most of today's puzzles. It's going pretty well.

CoffeeAndTV · June 2023

Our tip was open @bertie and I’ve used it well today. I’m moving on Wednesday. It’s amazing to think of the crap I’ve accumulated over the past eight years.

Moving somewhere bigger and where my neighbours don’t sit in the garden all day smoking weed and drinking. I won’t miss their fights when they hit peak shitfaced.

Sporky · June 2023

TTony said:

People often call Sporky "inspirational".

But they don't always pronounce it right.

PolarityMan · June 2023

digitalscream said:

Now would be a great time to get your inner maker on the case, literally. I don't bother with PC cases any more...

Server:

My PC:

Wifey's PC, to fit in her IKEA shelves:

It does help having a 3D printer to make the brackets and stuff, I'll admit.

Is it not really loud?

digitalscream · June 2023

PolarityMan said:

Is it not really loud?

No - the two desktops are silent, and the server's really rather quiet. The light-up fans are all 140mm, so they don't have to spin particularly fast to get decent airflow. The other 120mm fans are similarly quiet and just need to get the air moving. I've since added a fan controller on the side, so I can adjust for warmer days...most of the time, it's on the minimum setting.

The drive caddies are all sitting on feet that I made out of two layers of Scotchbrite pads, which gets rid of the vibration noise (as well as the feet for the whole thing, which I cut from an acoustic isolation pad for hi-fi speakers). You can hear the drives themselves - it'd be hard not to, with 20-odd drives in there - but the sound is minimal, the birds outside are louder.

Sporky · June 2023

Lady BMcH's PC is built and starts. Just need to stick Wondiws on it now.

I might have over-achieved today. There's nearly a whole week left.

Sporky · June 2023

roberty said:

Enjoy your time off. I am thinking of taking a week off work for hobbies which seems a bit mad but I usually lose days by not taking them in a year

I missed this, sorry.

Having a week off to just do hobbies and have afternoon tea and so on is brilliant.

All the awesome of not being at work, without the stress and hassle and disruption of going away and not having your cuddly dinosaur* whenever you need him.

*other fine animals exist

bertie · June 2023

Offset said:

TTony said:

bertie said:

bertie said:

Im going to the tip

which was shut cos the fucking cunts are on strike,

You'll probably find that your local council operates an emergency tip facility when this happens.

It's "need to know" basis, so they don't advertise it, but if you turn up at their office car park you can generally find somewhere, usually just in front of the exit barrier, where you're supposed to leave all the rubbish.

Or alternatively, you could just dump it all in their office foyer :-)

so they're on strike for another 2 weeks, only collections being made are black bins, No recycling - including food bins - to be collected

I wonder if we'll get a rebate on our council tax.............................. " rolly eyes "

Grampa · June 2023

Doing as little as possible in the workplace, 51days 11hrs 9mins 44, 43, 42.....secs to retirement.

LastMantra · June 2023

I'm doing all sorts of nothing.

Brio · June 2023

I've got a Tonex pedal coming at the weekend so I'm sorting out my old big board with switcher to incorporate while trying to find a way to use it on. A miniboard.
Oh, and I'm making a mutton Madras and trying to decide what to do with a lambs neck and a couple of oxtails

Sporky · June 2023

Nozzle passed her check-up with flying colours, and was described by the vet a "quite the most charming dog I've ever met".

We had cake. On the way home we stopped at the woods we went to before we moved house. Now I am waiting for sausage rolls to warm up in the oven.

Later this week I will be replacing the glass in the wing mirror of the car, which fell off when Lady BMcH shut the door. Lady BMcH is not in trouble.

bertie · June 2023

Ive been cleaning and "rejuvenating" grout in the kitchen (using a mains rotary saw/dremel type thingy)

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