Coronavirus - Keeping it light :-)

[static zap]

WEC Wireless extension cable.
That will be the product to freak out nervous wifi haters .
( I know someone who's cat saves them at night --By sleeping on the router )

 

[littlespark]

Is that what’s meant by POIP... power over IP

 

[Mike Johnson]

Just don't stand between the transmitter and receiver, or if you do wear a beanie hat and rubber soled shoes.

 

[pirate]

Agreed! All that radiation...

 

[Mike Johnson]

Could effect your pacemaker, you will either run very fast or keel over.

 

[Wilko]

Just don't stand between the transmitter and receiver, or if you do wear a beanie hat and rubber soled shoes.

This would be my choice of ppe

 

[telectrix]

I went to the chemist today and asked the assistant "what kills the Corona Virus?"

She replied to me "Ammonia Cleaner"

I said "Oh, I am sorry, I thought you worked here"

 

[James]

love the wifi power distribution.
I wonder how many people believe it to be real?
far to many for humanity to remain intact I think!!

 

[westward10]

love the wifi power distribution.
I wonder how many people believe it to be real?
far to many for humanity to remain intact I think!!

What!! I've just ordered one.

 

[pirate]

I don't have a pacemaker...was more worried about my gonads!

 

[James]

tesla worked very hard on wireless distribution of electricity.
p.s. not the electric car guy (for you young ones)

it got him ridicule in the scientific community. now we DO HAVE the ability to transmit power through the air, just has the small problem of causing damage to anybody who stands between transmitter and receiver.

its just the small matter of power concentration.
a 400 Watt hair drier, you could focus on my entire hand for hours and I would not consider it dangerous.

a 400 Watt soldering iron focused on my right nipple might cause a noise that would wake the neighbours!!

 

[davesparks]

tesla worked very hard on wireless distribution of electricity.
p.s. not the electric car guy (for you young ones)

it got him ridicule in the scientific community. now we DO HAVE the ability to transmit power through the air, just has the small problem of causing damage to anybody who stands between transmitter and receiver.

If you get past all of the conspiracy theories and other junk he did get somewhere with it.

 

[Mike Johnson]

And so did Brunel with the atmospheric railway and look how that ended.

 

[pirate]

Clive Sinclair too...
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Oh...and just to add to the debate...
remember when a wee upstart joined the hi-fi bandwagon in the 70s and dared to market amplifiers with ICs? Nobody believed the hype, nobody bought Amstrad gear...
oh, wait...

 

[DPG]

Clive Sinclair too...
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Oh...and just to add to the debate...
remember when a wee upstart joined the hi-fi bandwagon in the 70s and dared to market amplifiers with ICs? Nobody believed the hype, nobody bought Amstrad gear...
oh, wait...

Some of the Amstrad hifi stuff was shocking. Definitely built to a price.

 

[Mike Johnson]

When Clive Sinclair sold out to our version of Donald Trump in 1985 Mr Sugar revolutionised the computer market and allowed the ordinary man on the street to have one of decent quality of their own.

 

[telectrix]

back on topic......

Thinking a mask is going to stop Covid-19 is the same as thinking that your underpants will protect everyone from a fart.

 

[Mike Johnson]

No underpants are meant to protect your trousers from a follow through.

 

[telectrix]

so that's what made the skid marks. Traffic Police thought I'd braked hard.

 

[telectrix]

gov.uk suggested a hobby to save getting bored during corona. had to mahe some shelf space for 40 bottles of home brew. can't post image. will try when dan's fixed it.

 

[static zap]

some shelf space for 40 bottles of home brew.

Mental image already in head ...
I always drain my tea cup these days
, but not always bottled brew !

 

[telectrix]

try this i saved as a pdf: need to upload and scroll. it's a big pic.

 

[littlespark]

@telectrix , is the “caution below” tape referencing how dangerous your home brew actually is?

 

[telectrix]

@telectrix , is the “caution below” tape referencing how dangerous your home brew actually is?

hope so. lala. 3 words.

 

[ferg]

@telectrix , is the “caution below” tape referencing how dangerous your home brew actually is?

I'm pretty sure it's to stop him from dying of a heart attack when looking at a shelf of electrical bits where he thought there should be beer.

 

[telectrix]

in 3 weeks time there will be another brew on the go to replace the ones that get drunk. trouble is , it's PITA sterilising and filling bottles. next brew will be barreled.

 

[davesparks]

in 3 weeks time there will be another brew on the go to replace the ones that get drunk. trouble is , it's PITA sterilising and filling bottles. next brew will be barreled.

Just cook them in the oven to sterilise them, that's all I do.

 

[telectrix]

Just cook them in the oven to sterilise them, that's all I do.

never thought of that. but 2 problems arise .
1. can't fit 40 bottles in the oven.
2, they'll be red hot so can't handle.

think i'll stick with streilising fluid (pinched from the baby's paraphernalia) and hot water.

 

[westward10]

Used to make beer back in the 90s worst job the bottling. Few times I have left it a day cos couldn't be bothered but it can turn overnight into vinegar.

 

[davesparks]

never thought of that. but 2 problems arise .
1. can't fit 40 bottles in the oven.
2, they'll be red hot so can't handle.

think i'll stick with streilising fluid (pinched from the baby's paraphernalia) and hot water.

It's the way I've always done it, it's the way my mother used to sterilise jam jars.

They're only hot until they've cooled down! Let them cool and bottle once they're cold.

I avoid sterilising fluids as I don't like the idea of any chemicals hanging around in the bottles.

I've never made beer though, only cider and mead which I try to wild ferment whenever possible so I'm not ever using much in the way of chemicals or additives.

 

[DPG]

Barrel always seems easier to me. Less hassle.

 

[davesparks]

Barrel always seems easier to me. Less hassle.

How soon do you drink beer after it has been bottled/barreled?

 

[Baddegg]

How soon do you drink beer after it has been bottled/barreled?

Immediately.....oh is that just me?

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

A good mate of mine has a little distillery in his shed and makes his own spirits. stuff is like rocket fuel when it has been through. he dilutes it down to 40% to make it easier on the throat.
as long as you stay small and dont flog it then apparently you have no need to get a licence from hmrc but may have to inform them

 

[davesparks]

Immediately.....oh is that just me?

I don't know, I've never made beer, I make mead which needs to age at least 6 months in the bottle but ideally a year or two

 

[telectrix]

How soon do you drink beer after it has been bottled/barreled?

needs at least 3 weeks in bottles.

 

[Baddegg]

I don't know, I've never made beer, I make mead which needs to age at least 6 months in the bottle but ideally a year or two

I’m joking Dave, I’d imagine it would some settling period?
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A good mate of mine has a little distillery in his shed and makes his own spirits. stuff is like rocket fuel when it has been through. he dilutes it down to 40% to make it easier on the throat.
as long as you stay small and dont flog it then apparently you have no need to get a licence from hmrc but may have to inform them

Moonshine!....mmmmmmmmmm

 

[davesparks]

as long as you stay small and dont flog it then apparently you have no need to get a licence from hmrc but may have to inform them

I think that should be, if you stay quiet and dont flog it you won't get caught by HMRC!

It is illegal to distill spirits in the UK without a licence regardless of size or scale of the operation.

 

[littlespark]

My brother in law in New Zealand had home brewed spirits when we went over in ‘17
It was dangerous stuff, I was Ill.

one of his mates tried to take a bottle of his whiskey into Australia.... don’t know if he managed it.

 

[ferg]

I'm not sure about anyone else but I think the title of this thread 'Keeping it light' is inappropriate.

My wife is currently bored shitless and baking like a woman possessed.
I have today been forced to eat two different types of freshly baked bread, cheesey twists, some form of spongecake, home made soup and ginger biscuits.

Light is now a distant memory along with needing a belt.

So next time spare a thought for others when choosing a thread title that may be inappropriate.