OV9

Looks like the typical suborbital starship launch. Currently in the pile driving into the ocean phase.

Wonder if he’ll last long enough to make use of his newly renovated office which won’t be ludicrously overpriced and delayed.

M25/M26 has been closed since this morning and the TFL app looks welcoming

And I burnt my hand on a chrome door handle

Yep, mousing over shows the temperature anywhere in the world. I had a good look around Antarctica to psychologically cool down.
The coolest bit is near live satellite image though and seeing the region of twilight rapidly moving.

I have found a new favourite map.
https://zoom.earth/maps

There seems to be absolutely no breeze today.

Mito Man wrote: Tue Jul 08, 2025 10:21 am I don’t know if any of you chaps are eligible for Saga car insurance (over 50 only) but the prices my dad pays with them are ridiculously cheap - the M cars are £150 each.
Something to look forward to once one hits 50

Gone to £129 now for him.

Mine have all gone up £20 this year

My dad wanted to do some forestry on Father’s Day. It was “only” 26 degrees. This was me after an hour in the morning when it was much cooler
https://i.ibb.co/G321xC7V/IMG-3484.jpg
It got to the point where I was wringing out my T-shirt every 20 minutes by lunch time.
In the end it wasn’t the ...

Yes it's unfortunate that we have primarily casement style windows which are the worst for this application. Amazon sell cheap sealing kits, fiddly to fit but more effective. Also there are 3 types of portable AC units. Single hose outlet (least efficient), double hose (so pulls air from outside and ...

You can't go wrong with Husqvarna or Stihl. My small saw is a Stihl MS 182, despite it not being rated for professional use it's happy doing 6 straight hours of work and must be 10 years old now.
In the same price range and size I bought a Milwaukee M18 saw as I already have the batteries. It's not ...

On non-lawnmower (but still plant related topics) - has anyone seen a robotic pollen sweeping/catching machine... its getting a bit ridiculous here...


https://files.ekmcdn.com/garmacltd/images/stihl-ms500i-petrol-chainsaw-79cc-139511-1-p.jpg


No one appreciates my chainsaw gushing but we ...

Beany wrote: Mon Jun 22, 2026 4:46 pm
What he doesn't want you to know.

Hmm, we need a chart for declining fertility rate in men and another chart for the proportion of cars sold with leather/vinyl seats. This could be a scientific breakthrough

I have a South African friend who has some kind of childhood trauma from black leather seats. He buys nice cars but everything has to have cloth seats

Got AC in the flat. Even have a portable one which is very good but noisy because the flat one is a crap central unit so whenever it breaks I have to book an appointment, wait a week for the engineer, who then has to order parts which take weeks to arrive.
No excuse to suffer, the portable ones work ...

Matty wrote: Mon Jun 22, 2026 12:53 pm

Beany wrote: Mon Jun 22, 2026 12:39 pm I had to stop and say to myself that this must be satire, because with that lot, they'd genuinely try it.

Have you received your Trump phone yet? Don't take it apart though. No Chinese parts in there, you have to trust us.

Will go nicely with the Trump watch.

So Trump’s tweet about it yesterday was true.

Whose really pulling the strings here

GG. wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2026 11:10 pm

Foreshadowing

I put acoustic batten panelling on the roof. It was £20 per 2.4m x 0.6m - not too bad as it’s very easy work and it’s a final solution with no additional finishing work. Even acts as insulation as it has a felt backing which also allows it to bend a tiny bit to take up any discrepancies. But it was ...

“God had to nerf this angel or she’d be too powerful”

Surely they will just call a general election. They spent years moaning about the Tory leaders not being selected by the electorate so it's only right they stand by their values.