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Yeh, thanks for your permission James Gunn…

Cornball was the Pangram in the NYT spelling bee the other day. This was my first thought.

Awesome to hear!

Mechanical speedo mod sounds like a good idea. The screen on the Fonz was also tough to read in sunlight.

That acceleration saftey factor is defs a big one for me - though i would have thought most Emotos would be great for sub-50km/h filtering. I’m more concerned about highways, when a truck decides to merge into me.

Yeah, Zero have been a bit messy lately. I got given a contact for a guy that has something to do with repairing them 😅 so I need to follow up on that.

I have a spreadsheet to compare bikes and the Braaaps value/specs for money is very appealing, but yeah I get sketched out by the company a bit haha.

I also realised that the chain guard may be there purely to comply with ADR laws - so may be dumb laws, not design.

Yeah, people can be legends. Once had a family invite me for a cooked breaky while I was solo moto camping on the cheap. Super nice.

Apart from useless chain guards, how do you like the Braaap Emoto? Which model? I’m hoping to make the switch to electric kinda asap~
Test rode the Savic (too $$$) and a Fonz Z series (fun azzz, but a bit lacking). Need to get on a Zero soon and maybe get one 2nd hand.

You can get good 2nd hand cook books for insanely cheap (compared to new) from op shops/thrift. It’s one of a few things that are still decent value on the 2nd hand market.

Ya that’s a good one. Still give that album 10/10 tho.

Modest Mouse - Pistol

It’s a classic song to hate on by fans. I don’t mind it now, but it’s pretty abrasive.

Youtube video titles that have been really bugging me lately (as they have become increasingly common) are the weirdly negative ones. Like, “THIS is why you suck at >insert your hobby here<”. It’s annoying because the video could raise a good point, but fuck, dont frame it by negging me. If I’m searching for videos on that topic, I want help, not put-downs.

Fair point about the sprongs. But. Coz phones are so big, when phone+dongle is in my pocket it often puts a lot of pressure on the USB. Which A, doesnt seem good and B, can easily cause the jack to very slightly disconnect and pause the song. Also, when the sprongs fail on the dongle it starts doing crazy shit like play/pausing song or adjusting volume.

I’d need to buy like 3 more dongles in that case…

I’d much rather just have an audio jack on my phone.

Did that. Still annoying. Have to bring it everywhere. Will wear out the Usb C jack faster (pretty hard to wear out an audio jack tho). Can’t charge and listen to audio.

I compared a tonne of flagship smart phones not that long ago. The Sony Xperia series was the only one to still have an audio jack. They’re quite expensive tho, so ended up with a phone sans the jack. I miss it dearly.

I think you can fly the flag upside down as a symbol of protest. But I love the thought and visuals with your gogogadget flag pole.

A decent question. Especially if this ban allows the ripper pouch style single serve sauces.
I have collected a tonne of the fish shaped bad boys at river clean ups, so maybe they’re somehow worse. Tbh takeaway sushi could improve in a lot of ways to reduce single use plastics, so kinda funny that the cute fish copped it.

Spunds like you need Super Hearing Pro. Now with the additional upgrade of in built ear-plugs.

News articles with dynamic scrolling that like, gradually reveal a graph and drip feed text. Just show me the fucking graph and text. Fuck.

Probably bought ahead of time, from China to save on tarrifs.

Oo, ooo! I know this. This is from the Modest Mouse video clip for the song Coyotes. It’s about mankind’s destruction of nature in the face of mankind finding so much beauty in nature.

Thanks!

Available only on BBC iPlayer currently

This is less to do with single-use plastics, but plastic is often a really good option from a functional POV. It doesn’t conduct heat like metal, it doesn’t break like glass/ceramics and has better moisture resistance than timber. (Not saying plastic couldn’t be replaced a lot of the time, but some times it’s a frustratingly good option).

In terms of complete single-use plastic replacement, I’m not sure, but would also be interested. I’d hope it’s mostly possible.