I am man: hear me roar!!!

[Bjornebye]

3 hours ago, A Red said:

No, just a woman

 

1 hour ago, Captain Willard said:

I suspect a defining characteristic of the partners of regular GF posters is that they are not that fussy. That’s why they picked us. 

I hate to agree with two tories however.... I do. 

 

Tap looks boss though 

[Clem H Fandango]

On 07/07/2022 at 15:46, A Red said:

I bet this whole thing wasn't your idea and you were quite happy with the arrangement before. 

Twas my idea of having a tap which isn't the norm, choices were led hot and cold cold which were blue/red. Ideally I wanted a glass basin in a rectangular design but the plumbing made it too difficult.

[TheHowieLama]

roar

 

 

[Harry's Lad]

2 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

roar

 

 

The grass could do with a mow.

[TheHowieLama]

6 minutes ago, Harry's Lad said:

The grass could do with a mow.

I'll tell the wife.

[Captain Willard]

3 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

roar

 

 

Looks nice. I’m guessing you don’t live in this country 

[VladimirIlyich]

10 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

Looks nice. I’m guessing you don’t live in this country 

Our own Florida Man is Howie.

[Captain Willard]

7 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Our own Florida Man is Howie.

Yes I was thinking Florida or Australia. I was pretty sure it wasn’t South london. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Just sewed the button back on my shorts.

[Clem H Fandango]

3 hours ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Just sewed the button back on my shorts.

Shorts have buttons?

[Babb'sBurstNad]

1 hour ago, Clem H Fandango said:

Shorts have buttons?

At the top of the fly.

[Ne Moe Imya]

On 10/07/2022 at 12:48, Harry's Lad said:

The grass could do with a mow.

That's St Augustine - it's supposed to look like that, basically.

 

The wife convinced me last year to spend hundreds of dollars and a few days of labour ripping out the St Augustine and then she seeded it with something called Zoysia, which looks about 10% better, in exchange for being about twice as much maintenance.

 

No, I'm not bitter about it at all. Why do you ask?

[Harry's Lad]

5 hours ago, Ne Moe Imya said:

That's St Augustine - it's supposed to look like that, basically.

 

The wife convinced me last year to spend hundreds of dollars and a few days of labour ripping out the St Augustine and then she seeded it with something called Zoysia, which looks about 10% better, in exchange for being about twice as much maintenance.

 

No, I'm not bitter about it at all. Why do you ask?

You learn something new every day.

 

We had ours flagged with Indian sandstone getting on for 20 years ago.

I couldn't maintain it as a garden due to illness, plus I always hated gardening, I never had the patience and seeing we have dogs it made sense.

 

I do appreciate a nice garden though.

[Strontium]

I was having serious issues with my PC, couldn't play any games that were graphics intensive for longer than 5 minutes before I lost the image totally and I had to reset.

 

Got a program to run a stress test and quickly identified the issue - the graphics chip was going over 100C and shutting down, even with the fan running at full whack (it sounded like a wind tunnel).

 

So evidently it's a cooling issue. I bought some new thermal paste and dismantled my computer. Took the graphics card out and removed the heatsink. It was full of dust, and the old thermal paste had dried up.

 

Removed the old paste, put some new paste on there, reassambled everything, and boom. I've been running the stress test for quarter of an hour now, and the GPU temperature hasn't exceeded 70C. Fan running nice and quiet too.

 

Those of you who are techy minded have probably done this sort of thing dozens of times, but this was my first go and I'm pretty pleased right now.

[Mudface]

Just now, Strontium said:

I was having serious issues with my PC, couldn't play any games that were graphics intensive for longer than 5 minutes before I lost the image totally and I had to reset.

 

Got a program to run a stress test and quickly identified the issue - the graphics chip was going over 100C and shutting down, even with the fan running at full whack (it sounded like a wind tunnel).

 

So evidently it's a cooling issue. I bought some new thermal paste and dismantled my computer. Took the graphics card out and removed the heatsink. It was full of dust, and the old thermal paste had dried up.

 

Removed the old paste, put some new paste on there, reassambled everything, and boom. I've been running the stress test for quarter of an hour now, and the GPU temperature hasn't exceeded 70C. Fan running nice and quiet too.

 

Those of you who are techy minded have probably done this sort of thing dozens of times, but this was my first go and I'm pretty pleased right now.

Cool. Did the same with my CPU a few months back after its fan died. Whisper quiet and barely hits 40 under stress, very satisfying.

 

What card do you have? Always found AMD to be absolute hotrods.

[Strontium]

1 minute ago, Mudface said:

Cool. Did the same with my CPU a few months back after its fan died. Whisper quiet and barely hits 40 under stress, very satisfying.

 

What card do you have? Always found AMD to be absolute hotrods.

 

It's an Nvidia GeForce GTX 760! The PC is about 9 years old and the card was only middling even back then, but it still runs most recent-ish stuff okay.

[Bjornebye]

On 15/07/2022 at 15:00, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Just sewed the button back on my shorts.

You’re looking for the “I’m a Woman, hear me moan” thread 

[Mudface]

9 hours ago, Strontium said:

 

It's an Nvidia GeForce GTX 760! The PC is about 9 years old and the card was only middling even back then, but it still runs most recent-ish stuff okay.

Yeah, I had one of those up to about 6 years ago, then replaced it with a 970. I keep putting off another upgrade as there's nothing I want to play that I can't at reasonable quality. Plus the crypto dicks have fucked the market for the past few years. Replacing the CPU fan and heatsink cost about £30 so I'm happy with that if it gets me another year or two.

[Alan Sex]

I just found out that when putting a sleeping bag away it’s better to stuff it in the bag than the old tight roll method. Apparently it’s better for the bag too as it doesn’t create folds in the insulation. 
 

It’s also a hell of a lot more satisfying and gives you an excuse to make manly caveman noises. 
 

Definitely a win. 

[Carvalho Diablo]

On 16/07/2022 at 03:11, Ne Moe Imya said:

That's St Augustine - it's supposed to look like that, basically.

 

The wife convinced me last year to spend hundreds of dollars and a few days of labour ripping out the St Augustine and then she seeded it with something called Zoysia, which looks about 10% better, in exchange for being about twice as much maintenance.

 

No, I'm not bitter about it at all. Why do you ask?

Do you know Jeff Grey, Honor Your Oath civil rights activist?

[Bjornebye]

18 minutes ago, Alan Sex said:

I just found out that when putting a sleeping bag away it’s better to stuff it in the bag than the old tight roll method. Apparently it’s better for the bag too as it doesn’t create folds in the insulation. 
 

It’s also a hell of a lot more satisfying and gives you an excuse to make manly caveman noises. 
 

Definitely a win. 

Is this a euphemism? 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't believe I even had to ask you. 

[Alan Sex]

On 20/07/2022 at 19:01, Bjornebye said:

Is this a euphemism? 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't believe I even had to ask you. 

Not this time. 
 

now, off to watch some specialty movies and awaken my sleeping bag. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Unblocked a plug. Had to go round to a neighbour's to get to where the waste pipe went into a hopper, then up a ladder to remove a sapling that'd taken root.

 

I was at least four feet off the ground, and didn't even flinch.

[Bob]

I am man (and they are woman and girl): hear me (and them) roar.

 

Snowdon conquered.

[KMD7]

Great stuff Bob.