What you doing this weekend?

[Guest Swagman]

5 minutes ago, rennie said:

Skype with The Norfolk Nutters Saturday night 

Does it go hand in hand at your house Rennie, Skype equals hangover.

[rennie]

Yes! and we're doing it tonight instead of tomorrow now 

[Guest]

Prepping my Harley for sale  

 

It has to happen, but I'll miss the bike. 

[Fozzie]

I've been using my dads workshop as its powered and big... But it's also in Wales. 

 

So this weekend I'm starting the process that will see my garage developed to have a work bench, complete with power tools, and a 2.2kw quiet running generator 

I love projects like this

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

This weekend is our son-in-law's 30th and my father-in-law's 90th.

 

We had big plans. Now it's just photographs of cakes. 

 

[Bender]

2 hours ago, rennie said:

Yes! and we're doing it tonight instead of tomorrow now 

If you put your telephone number up we all promise not to call you very early  

[Bender]

5 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

This weekend is our son-in-law's 30th and my father-in-law's 90th.

 

We had big plans. Now it's just photographs of cakes. 

 

You can't eat photos of  

[JRH]

12 hours ago, Bender said:

You can't eat photos of  

You can. Just print them out on rice paper.

[James in Brum]

I’m just trying to make apple leather. 

[S-Westerly]

17 minutes ago, James in Brum said:

I’m just trying to make apple leather. 

What exactly is apple leather if I may ask?

[Tiggie]

Probably what @rennie's skin is like after all the cider he's consumed over the years

[James in Brum]

It is cooked, mushed and then dehydrated fruit. Kids like things called Bear YoYos to eat, if you have come across those they are fruit leather. It is a preserving technique. A bit like fruit jerky.

 

I quietly lean towards the British equivalent of the American phenomena of ‘preppers’. (Not anywhere near as full on bonkers as them).As such I have spent the past couple of years getting an allotment and learning to grow food (still crap at it) and am

moving into how to preserve it for other  use. Going to try jarring some soup later I think.

I like the idea of have some self sufficiency and if the shops run out my family will be fine.

Edited January 9, 2021 by James in Brum

[Fish]

Seeing as I can't go shooting I thought I'd strip the guns down and give them a proper clean. 

 

Fish

[husoi]

When do you know is time to change your fork oil?

When it looks like this

[rob m]

Got the day off which means weekend nerd alert. Turned my Raspberry Pi 400 into a Commodore Amiga using Pimiga and have been transported back to 1994. 

 

Cannon Fodder, Chaos Engine and Speedball 2 are all still brilliant  

 

 

 

 

 

[Bender]

2 hours ago, rob m said:

Got the day off which means weekend nerd alert. Turned my Raspberry Pi 400 into a Commodore Amiga using Pimiga and have been transported back to 1994. 

 

Cannon Fodder, Chaos Engine and Speedball 2 are all still brilliant  

 

 

 

 

 

Defenders of the Crown.

[Tiggie]

Ikari Warriors

[rennie]

I am about to watch Wolves play the Baggies! 

Wolves nearly always lose when I watch them! 

But I have cider so that's ok 

 

Then a siesta then skype with the Norfolk nutters and more cider 

[James in Brum]

Take the kids out for a walk, entertain them otherwise and cook and bits of cleaning for today. Tomorrow is tip run from the allotment followed by allotment time away from family. A bit of time without the responsibility not all present. 

[skyrider]

1 hour ago, rennie said:

I am about to watch Wolves play the Baggies! 

Wolves nearly always lose when I watch them! 

But I have cider so that's ok 

 

Then a siesta then skype with the Norfolk nutters and more cider 

sounds like a good day to me 

[NeilM]

Watching the mighty whites at 3.

MOT

 

Went for an early morning walk. Lisa, I and dog.  Treacherous conditions to say the least. Sleeting down onto frozen snow!! 

Starting to melt a bit now thankfully. 

[husoi]

As promised here I am bragging about my new satnav carrier pouch

Reinforced front so the screen is protected.
As all other leather products I've made is hand stitched looks like that and is perfect for what I need

[Gerontious]

Funnily enough, I got a hard case with my Zumo, came with the unit in the box. never used it. I see they now cost £25. (wow)

as for saving the screen.. if you keep the unit for any length of time then the screen will be damaged, by your gloved fingers. if you want to prevent that put a film on it.

[husoi]

On 16/01/2021 at 15:53, Gerontious said:

Funnily enough, I got a hard case with my Zumo, came with the unit in the box. never used it. I see they now cost £25. (wow)

as for saving the screen.. if you keep the unit for any length of time then the screen will be damaged, by your gloved fingers. if you want to prevent that put a film on it.

Well..

That looks anything but genuine leather  but £25 is good enough for plastic hard case  

 

Oddly enough, Garmin says they advise against screen protector

 

Using a Third Party Screen Protector with the zumo XT

Third-party screen protectors may cause touchscreen issues when it is raining. The zumo XT screen was calibrated to be sensitive to work with gloves and was not tested to work with screen protectors.

 

Also, it is hidden in the warranty T&C that using a screen protector will affect the warranty.

Adding a screen protector or a anti-glare film is identified as an alteration to the device and the warranty will be void.

[Gerontious]

5 minutes ago, husoi said:

Oddly enough, Garmin says they advise against screen protector

 

Using a Third Party Screen Protector with the zumo XT

Third-party screen protectors may cause touchscreen issues when it is raining. The zumo XT screen was calibrated to be sensitive to work with gloves and was not tested to work with screen protectors.

 

Also, it is hidden in the warranty T&C that using a screen protector will affect the warranty.

Adding a screen protector or a anti-glare film is identified as an alteration to the device and the warranty will be void.

The technology is exactly the same as used on any modern smart phone.

To avoid warranty issues, remove it before returning it to the service department at Southampton, of course the only reason to use a film is to protect the screen from glove damage. If you don't mind that happening. then don't bother,.