andybrad – Member
So ive got to give a 2 min presentation, with a visual aid, on a task.

This went down well (back when a lot of vehicles used optical keys).

Take an optical TV remote – How can you check it?

This illustrates the range of ‘visible light’ 400 – 700 nanometres (nm) within the spectrum.

Optical remote controls e.g TV / DVD / some car keys / HiHi etc use ‘Infra Red*’ which is outside the range of ‘visible light’ (greater than 700nm).

*Infra means: below / lower than

So if you need to check a remote, the human eye cannot see if it is working.

However, if you point the remote at a mobile phone camera, the sensor can detect IR light. When the remote buttons are pressed, it will show on the phone screen as a purpleish light if the remote is working OK.

Show the audience on their own phones – job’s a good un.

Good source of waffle:
What Wavelength Goes With a Colour?

Thanks cg – looks like another first week = double episode on 4 Mar.

Jamie – Member
… And the best STW thread misread response goes to …

Award accepted

However, personally, I cannot ever recall an instance of ‘Thread Killer’ being used as a positive comment.

To paraphrase Cougar: Every day is a school day

doordonot – Member
Junkyard – lazarus
teasel – Member
avdave2 – Member
captainsasquatch – Member

Thanks for the input.

If I am just being oversensitive to the new thread / ‘Thread Killer’ in the title…

doordonot – Member

Apologies

doordonot – Member

At nine o’clock in the evening, you had nothing better to do in your life than start a condescending thread – taking the trouble including a link.

That says far more about you than it does about me.

Suggested Reading

revs1972
…but they couldn’t give an explanation for its disappearance when I picked it up from them.

Let’s face it, it was just a ‘Little Mix’ up, ‘You Gotta Not’ get stressed, hope that’s ‘Good Enough‘. They’re just ‘Weird People’ and ‘They Just Don’t Know You’ really wanted the tickets and that you’re ‘Going Nowhere’ until it’s resolved. The letter was possibly face down. I.e. not ‘Word Up‘. This is not going to ‘Change Your Life’ and it’s not ‘Black Magic‘, so ‘Move’ on, ‘Pretend it’s OK’
this resolution is ‘Good Enough‘.

Being discussed on LBC radio now (12:19)

scaled – Member
Make them famous, show their mothers, wives and daughters the sort of people that they are.

Plus 1

But from the competence of the Wing (Chun) mirror removal, I would hazard a guess that it’s not the first time she’s done that.

If you click on the Vimeo poster’s name, from two other videos, he clearly is involved with bikes:

Cross: 30 seconds of cyclo-cross comedy gold

Danny Macaskill: 49 seconds of err Danny Macaskill

However, on a lighter note, also worth watching…
Skillz: 53 seconds of “Yeah I’ve got skills – What you gonna do about it?”

Kryton57 – Member
…But also trips to Legoland family trips, MTB weekends away…

PM sent yesterday

nickc – Member
oh…yes um…do a search on Sutton Hoo dancing warriors should bring up what you want I’d have thought.

Actually, I was aware of the Anglo Saxon helmet found at the Sutton Hoo burial ground – and IIRC that the warriors / beasts depicted could be interpreted as imaginary adversaries.

It was the:

nickc – Member
There are quite a few known horny viking helmets…

That I was interested in – which is why I truncated the quote.

johnx2 – Member
Can you get me a soy bean vanilla mocha half caf 3/4 please mate?

:-) Horned helmets – Next Hipster trend? Oh no, that’s been done.

Cougar – Moderator
I thought the horns myth came about due to their helmets having ear flaps which they could fold up when not fighting. From a distance, the flaps sticking up (quiet at the back) were mistaken for horns. Or is that just another myth also?

I don’t know – I was told the Hollywood thing when I spent a while in Sweden in the 1980s.

Further googling found this:

It is a myth, though, that their helmets were decorated with horns, antlers, or wings…Ornamented Viking helmets entered popular culture and imagination in the 19th century when writers and artists began depicting the Scandinavian marauders wearing them.

“A stereotypical painting by Mary McGregor from 1908 of Leif Ericson landing at Vinland”

“History.com says the roots of the stereotype may be in the 1800s, when Gustav Malmström, a Swedish artist, and Wagner’s opera costume designer Carl Emil Doepler both depicted Vikings in horned helmets.”

From here:
Exposing the Roots of the Viking Horned Helmet Myth

nickc – Member
weeeelllll, no quite.
There are quite a few known horny viking helmets…

Source? I’d be interested.

EZrider – Member
… if this enough to get me into Valhalla?

According to my Swedish associates, it will help if you:

Do: Wear a Tor’s Hammer amulet.

Don’t: Have horns on your helmet. (As the first horned Viking* helmets were reckoned to be in a Hollywood film.)

*Other cultures are known to have worn them.

mikey74 – Member
You’ll need to die in battle, don’t forget…

True – But not difficult in Ikea on a busy weekend.

Klunk – Member
… orsumly loud btw

This is good (59m) (It requests a TV licence though)

Play it Loud: The Story of the Marshall Amp

4 days left to view (from 17/02/17) on BBC4 online.

DezB – Member
See this? This is this. This ain’t something else. This is this.

Note to self – Don’t ask to borrow DezB’s spare boots.

Jamie – Member
Of course we’re all related to rulers. As we all have a helix in our DNA.

^^^ Very good :D

How about these in the 1970s

Also, found this image recently on one of those ‘photos of the week’ sites

Naranjada – Member
First quote to crown reduce by 2m a mature sycamore tree …£510 inc VAT

That does sound a bit expensive; however, we have used the same tree-work people for years (family firm who are not cheap).

I always try look at like this:
If their quote is £x.
Real quote = 2/3 £x plus 1/3 extra for having decent people at our / the neighbours’ properties.

There are a lot of ‘do as you likeys’ in this game.

jambourgie – Member

^^^ Good link

LOL at Arial being #3 of ‘The Worst Resume Fonts’

Arial 12pt is what I use.

MartynS – Member
its edgey..

wilburt – Member
Is it complete no or are there circumstances when it could be ok?

Converse Jack Purcell Classic

Very sad – but reminded me of this.

Back in the late 1990s she was very well known as the unattainable ‘posh totty’ in FHM, Esquire etc.

In Dec 2001 (after 9/11) there was a prolonged battle at the ‘Tora Bora’ cave complex in Afghanistan (Trying to capture UBL).

The American forces called the complex ‘The Caves of Death’.

The British referred to them as ‘Tora Bora Tomkinson’.

geetee1972 – Member
I will give you two really good examples:

The BW image taken by an “up and coming NY based fashion photographer”.

… yet it’s execution clearly shows the photographer to be a skilled studio shooter.

Huh? It’s an available-light street portrait.

I struggle to see what this has to do with fashion photography. It reminds me of those ‘Apprentice’ TV shows where they are tasked to make a commercial and end up trying to be Cecil B. DeMille without any shots of the product.

To me, it looks like a poor man’s Tom Daley who’s lost his shirt and covered himself with a piece of 1980’s bedlinen.

The Pink dress photo you juxtapose “This image however is not art” was never intended to be ‘art’.
From the info of your posted image:
Winter collection – Formals and casual wear 2014 release! (scroll down 7 photos)

It is an image intended to show-off and ‘sell’ the dress – which it does well.

I.e. this dress covers the bust / has straps but is backless / will swirl out if the wearer dances at a party.

I do like your own image ‘Brighton Front’.
However, FYI, whenever you post images on STW, they always look too dark on my monitor.

I am well aware of this curious effect (put it online and it appears darker) with my own images. So, whenever I have finished PP, if the photo is going online, I will usually tweak it a bit (E.g. increase gamma).

colournoise – Member
I post-process according to the Spinal Tap mantra…

Applause :-)

boxelder – Member
“Hans Rey escaped the Nazis on a bike and then got the Curious George book published which he was carrying as he fled”

No way…
Yes way (my underlining):

Knowing that they must escape before the Nazis took power, Hans cobbled together two bicycles out of spare parts. Early in the morning of June 14, 1940, the Reys set off on their bicycles. They brought very little with them on their predawn flight — only warm coats, a bit of food, and five manuscripts, one of which was Curious George. The Nazis entered Paris just hours later, but the Reys were already on their way out. They rode their makeshift bicycles for four long days until reaching the French-Spanish border, where they sold them for train fare to Lisbon. From there they made their way to Brazil and on to New York City, beginning a whole new life as children’s book authors.

About H. A. and Margret Rey

Just watched the third Q / forth Q / OT from a recording.

ROcKeTdOg Member
What.a.game!

plus 1

If you missed it, highlights are on BBC1 just after midnight: ‘The NFL Show’ Tue 7 Feb 00:20AM – 01:00AM

FYI
When I log in to post, there are no edit buttons and the ‘Preview Post’ is just words not a button.

Log out – then log back in – and it’s OK again

(Windows 7 – Firefox 51.0.1)

BikePawl – Member
perchypanther – Member

Gotcha :-)

Edit

Junkyard – lazarus
…rather than admit my error?

Admit an error 8O this is STW you know!

Junkyard – lazarus
Yes I see how that would work

How I wish I could calculate pi
Number of letters:
How (3) I (1) wish (4) I (1) could (5) calculate (9) pi (2)’
3.141592

5.343443

You achieve this how?

Awaits conspiracy theory that the true value of pi is 5.343443 and that we’ve been lied to for centuries by the illuminati.

nickc – Member
Maybe…It could also be from the symbol design from Bavaria.

I stand corrected (abbreviated for brevity – full text on link):

In July 1917, Franz Josef Popp registered the name Bayerische Motoren Werke, thus distancing the new company from the former Rapp Motorenwerke aero engine company… While the name was registered there wasn’t yet a new logo.

It was on October 5, 1917 the BMW trademark was registered… It featured the circular design of the Rapp logo but with the letters BMW at the top of the outer ring. The inner quadrants featured the Bavarian Free State colors of blue and white – but in the opposite order – as it was illegal to use national symbols in a commercial trademark.

The design was not in any way connected with aircraft engines or propellers. The idea that the blue and white had anything to do with spinning propellers comes from a 1929 advertisement, which featured aircraft with the image of the Roundel in the rotating propellers…

Origins of the BMW Logo (and the Spinning Propeller Myth)

1/ The Emma Peal character in the Avengers was so named because the producers wanted a female with ‘man appeal’ – abbreviated to ‘M appeal’.

2/ ‘How I wish I could calculate pi’

If you count the number of letters in each word, you can remember pi to 6dp.

3.141592

3/ Because it has just appeared on a STW ‘Motability’ advert:

The BMW roundel represents a white aeroplane propeller against a blue sky.

Pete goes to the pub one day and bumps into his old school friend John.

Pete: “Hey, not seen you for three years, what have you been doing?“
John: “Actually, I’ve been doing a degree in Logic-Progression”
Pete: “I’ve never heard of that, what’s that all about then?”
John: “Well, I’ll try to give you an example… have you got goldfish?”
Pete: “Yes, I have.”
John: “Well, if you’ve got goldfish, I bet it’s not in a little plastic tank – you would have a pond in the garden.”
Pete: “Yeah, that‘s right.”
John: “ So, if you’ve got a pond in the garden, you probably have a decent house.”
Pete: “Yeah, I suppose I have.”
John: “ So, if you have a decent house, with a pond in the garden, you probably have a nice girlfriend.”
Pete: “Yeah, I do.”
John: “ So, if you have a nice girlfriend, you’re probably getting a good sex-life.”
Pete: “Yeah, I am – that Logic-Progression is amazing, I see what you mean now.”

So, the next day, Pete goes the pub and sees another of their old school friends Rob.

Pete: “You’ll never guess who I saw yesterday – it was John.”
Rob: “Not seen him for three years, what’s he you been doing?“
Pete: “He’s been doing a degree in Logic-Progression”
Rob: “What’s that all about then?”
Pete: “Well, I’ll try to give you an example… have you got goldfish?”
Rob: “No, I‘ve never had a goldfish”
Pete: “Then you’re a w**k*r.”

stever – Member
Watched another 2.5 episodes on catchup. Looks like it’s all there for non-Sky people

Thanks for the link.

For anyone who enjoys subtitle / crime / Nordic.
Having recently watched them for the second time, I would recommend these two DVDs:

The Hunters (Jägarna) (113 mins) £4.99 Amazon

And its follow-up set 10 /15 years later (and, in my opinion, the better film):

False Trail (125 mins) £5.99 Amazon

outofbreath – Member
Floods of Shiney Pound coins.

Too much polish?

Oh wait… #brexit

People who talk over you before you’ve finished a sentence.

People who finish your sentence with something they have incorrectly assumed you were going to say.

However, for the real ‘gold star’ wee boiling – finish your sentence with something they have incorrectly assumed you were going to say – and then start an argument about it*.

*an ex gf

^^^
Just realised the copied / quoted Post #11

“So clock / instrument draws only 0.001 amp at rest”

Should be 0.01 amp (10mA)

I.e. the original F650 forum poster ‘anthony’ refers to a total current drain of 0.04 amp (40mA) in both post #1 and post #11

Aus – Member
I’m feeling stumped

You might find this interesting:
F650 forum – Battery draw drain

Worth reading the lot, but the salient points (in amps e.g. 0.04 = 40mA) are:

Post #8
On the GS models, there is also some drain caused by the ECU. You can here some clicking noises for quite a while, after switching off the ignition and I don’t mean from the engine cooling down.

Post #9
I also checked the draw on initial connection of the battery and like you state the bike must have a small initial systems check or power up as the draw then can be as much as 1-1.5 amps but after 2 mins it settles down to just the 0.04 as previously mentioned.

Post #11
Some more interesting figures and facts
The instrument console on the 2000-2003 is not fuse protected
ECU disconnected also all fuses removed = inital connection = 0.085 draw = after 2-3 mins = 0.001 draw

everything reconnected = inital connection = 0.13 draw = after 2-3 mins = 0.04 draw
So clock / instrument draws only 0.001 amp at rest
ECU draw = 0.03 amp at rest.

So, in this case, measured current drain was 0.04A (40mA) most of which was the ECU.

Cougar – Moderator
mA, I would hope!

What Cougar means is:
mA is milliamp – 1000 th of an amp
MA is mega amp 1 million amps

More reading: F650 forum – The Battery FAQ

mark90 – Member
They also have the better quality ‘industrial’ cabs on a bundle offer
slimjim78 – Member
I would aim for the industrial ones if purchasing again
mrmoofo – Member
The industrial ones are worth the extra …

I bought the Industrial stack back in October.

Initially it was the same deal – top box plus roll cab for £299.

I (fortunately) dithered for a couple of days and then the offer was top box plus mid box plus roll cab for £349.

IIRC, at the time, I saw somewhere that a lot of the Halfords boxes arrive damaged. So if anyone buys, check for dents etc as soon as possible – mine were OK.

wors – Member
Has anyone used them for part ex?

Never for part-ex; however, over the last 6 /7 years I have made multiple online / mail order purchases from them (£££ 8O ) and don’t have any complaints.

I’ve also been to their premises / showroom twice for seminars on new lighting kit.
In my opinion they are a very professional company with the philosophy of look after your customers and they’ll keep coming back.

I received an email from them a few days ago (22 Jan 17) ago inviting trade-ins.

mindmap3 – member

My other half’s sister is really funny about people shortening her little ‘uns name, Alexander. It’s Ok to call in ‘Zander’ (WTF???)…

Nordic Noir fans?

In the recent Scandi TV series ’Follow The Money’ one of the main characters was Alexander but called Zander / Sander by his friends.

Excellent – cartoon style no-traction feet at 50ish seconds – proper lolz ?