Topic: Fun stuff to look at and do whilst we are stuck inside for eternity..

[kesey]

It's all a bit chilled and dubby there at the minute. Quality stuff.

[kesey]

Drop down to the next Island Formentera. Dub stuff and scratching going on. Sounds early / mid 90's USA stuff.

[kesey]

Now they're playing Fools Good . Nowt wrong with eclecticism.

 

[kesey]

Holy Fuck a Doodles.

Now it' s the Forgemasters A Track With No Name. It's the WARP label born in Sheffield. I had this on 12" in 1989.

 

[butchersdog]

I'm watching all the Bond films, back to back. I'd watch them with my friend Michael, but he's self isolating.

[Crosby Nick]

I'm watching all the Bond films, back to back. I'd watch them with my friend Michael, but he's self isolating.

Any Russian shits in black jumpsuits with lemon piping?

[Port_vale_lad]

watched all his vids over the last couple of days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sobgs07a3M&t=936s

brilliant and funny

[soxfan]

I don't normally like English people but Harry is great if you are a car lover. He used to write for the Times and EVO. Wonderfully cheerful guy who reviews mostly older European cars.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIB5XXHNAWWzTOw6guIMYCg/featured

[Ciara (with a capital "C")]

Anyone else found themselves not being able to enjoying watching LFC footage? I see so many tweets like 'this will brighten up your day' with clips of famous goals, big moments, trophy wins etc... I just can't bring myself to watch any of them. Especially related to the current team.

[Port_vale_lad]

1.
Hunt Nice Red Teams?

2.
Hip Twin Cows

3.
Her Sister Married Drink?

4.
Travis Or Her?

5.
Alex Can Wear Read?

6.
A Manic Match So All Die?

7.
Thump A Rotten Shot?

8.
Spit Hit Tackler?

9.
Normal Kick?

10.
Lager Grass Gown?

football team anagrams got 8 2 are pissing me off.

[Gerry Attrick]

Spoiler

2. Ipswich Town
8. Partick Thistle

[close]

[Elmo!]

5. Crewe Alexandra

[Ghost Town]

Think I've got them all

Spoiler

1.
Hunt Nice Red Teams?
Manchester United

2.
Hip Twin Cows?
Ipswich town

3.
Her Sister Married Drink?
Kidderminster Harriers

4.
Travis Or Her?
Raith Rovers

5.
Alex Can Wear Read?
Crewe Alexandra

6.
A Manic Match So All Die?
Hamilton Academicals

7.
Thump A Rotten Shot?
Tottenham Hotspur

8.
Spit Hit Tackler?
Partick Thistle

9.
Normal Kick?
Kilmarnock

10.
Lager Grass Gown?
Glasgow Rangers

[close]

[BlackandWhitePaul]

When this is all over I would love to do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-alaq0ayXk

[kesey]

A friends just put me onto this. You can spin the world and listen to any radio station. So far Ive been Canada , France and Italy.

 

http://radio.garden/visit/frosinone/oDF7uiM5

Ibiza Town is dropping some serious beats at the minute.

[Statto Red]

Can you name every single team that have appeared at a FIFA World Cup
https://www.sporcle.com/games/Bumble/worldcupteams

I got 69 out of 84, mostly as i ran out of time, & there's one i would never have got even if it took until next year, & try & get that team without looking it up.

 

[afc tukrish]

Can you name every single team that have appeared at a FIFA World Cup
https://www.sporcle.com/games/Bumble/worldcupteams

I got 69 out of 84, mostly as i ran out of time, & there's one i would never have got even if it took until next year, & try & get that team without looking it up.

 

Dutch East Indies, way back in the day?

[thejbs]

After me slagging coronovirus books on Amazon, my mate bought this and we had a 6-team pub quiz on the go last night: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quarantine-Quiz-Book-Self-Isolation-Coronavirus-ebook/dp/B086N4PXWW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38P0NEI5XQ5SZ&dchild=1&keywords=coronavirus+quiz+book&qid=1585993151&sprefix=corona%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-1

We all stuck in £25 and are going to keep a league table doing two quizzes a week - winner takes all. Although, more likely, we'll abandon it after 4 or 5 quizzes and just get pissed on zoom a couple of times a week.

[red1977]

Every episode of Ren and Stimpy:


https://m.wcostream.com/anime/the-ren-stimpy-show-2

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[soxfan]

Every episode of Ren and Stimpy:


https://m.wcostream.com/anime/the-ren-stimpy-show-2

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

YOU ARE A GOD.

[kesey]

Anyone up for a game of snooker  ?

It's Pro Snooker 2020 and we can play online against eachother .

Bored off me trolley.

[hixxstar]

40 Anti-Coronavirus DIY Solutions That Are Very Questionable.... 

https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-coronavirus-masks-protection/

[The Gulleysucker]

For the last few weeks we've been following https://tar1090.adsbexchange.com/ instead of the normal https://www.flightradar24.com/49.53,-2.44/7

It's quite interesting as it shows quite a lot of the Military traffic up and over and around the UK, AWAC's, Flight refuelling sorties etc, though only stuff that's not running in quiet mode...

Just press the U at the top right of the screen and it filters out everything else.

An annoying detail is I can't seem to find a way of making it remember where you centered it on and so it resets to the US Eastern seaboard each time you start it up.

Just been watching a Hercules practicing approaches into Exeter, see below. There seems to have been a bit of this sort of thing going on today, I imagine taking advantage of the very quet sky devoid of any other aircraft.

[CHOPPER]

I've been reading and being the presented the projects I've assigned the 4 apprentices in my department. They have 3 each of the below, Elecs to me, the Mechs to some other less skilled chap who is mechaincally biased. I set the projects up as our mech department don't, get, it, ...duh!... any way.....

What is a ball bearing, What is an Encoder, What is 4-20mA, What is a gearbox, What is a ring circuit, What is a radial circuit, What is a pump, What is Current, What is voltage, What is a plain bearing, What is a simplex chain, What is a duplex chain.

Not all done yet and they have to deliver one each of their own choice on any topic, but cracking listening and probing on topics - simple stuff like why have you got a roller bearing in the image?  and why do you think you can replace a transducer with a motor and it will rotate? is quite amusing and puzzling in equal measure to me, just as much as it is to them. I'm a c*nt, but a lovable c*nt.

[The Gulleysucker]

All go this morning at the moment.

A pair of Typhoons have flown over from Norfolk to out off the North Devon coast and are about to air-air refuel from an A332, while out in the North sea, an Awacs is currently being refueled...

[soxfan]

For the last few weeks we've been following https://tar1090.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c024

Hi, at the moment there are over 3000 aircraft on my map of the Eastern US but 0 on screen. What do I toggle to see the planes? I'm not very bright. 

Thank you.

[The Gulleysucker]

Hi, at the moment there are over 3000 aircraft on my map of the Eastern US but 0 on screen. What do I toggle to see the planes? I'm not very bright. 

Thank you.

Not absolutely certain why, but try the following...

Towards the top right hand side you will see a set of icons and letters down the side and there is one that looks like a cog wheel. the 4th one down just above the letter L, see first attachment below.

Click on that and it gives you a window of radio button options, see the second attachment.

Amongst those radio button options is one labelled Aircraft Postions, the second one down on the left hand side.

Select that and hopefully the aircraft icons will then appear on the map.


When that's up and running, you can then try https://www.satflare.com/isshd/ which shows live views of the Earth below from three cameras onboard the ISS.

The actual links to them are bit buried on that page, you have to scroll down until you see what looks like attachment 3, and then select either the front, nadir or rear camera buttons.

[soxfan]

Not absolutely certain why

I figured it out. The link you shared is for that one particular plane.  

For anyone else visiting, use https://tar1090.adsbexchange.com/

Kidding aside, I love the site. Thank you!

[The Gulleysucker]

I figured it out. The link you shared is for that one particular plane.  

For anyone else visiting, use https://tar1090.adsbexchange.com/

Kidding aside, I love the site. Thank you!

Probably my fault then. I'll edit my original post and put in the vanilla link instead, just in case anyone else tries it and becomes a cropper.

Glad you like it though, but it doesn't show every aircraft, only those with their transponders (ie squawkbox) turned on and I've also noticed some military planes sometimes just disappear. The two Typhoons refuelling out over North Devon/Cornwall seemed to just disappear off the map once they'd refueled.

Also had a surprise this afternoon around 3pm'ish or so when a FAA Merlin Crowsnest helicopter came right over our house at about 200ft that never showed up on it.

[soxfan]

No worries. I spent 30 minutes on it today. Thanks for the tip.

[The Gulleysucker]

I've yet to see any F35's over the UK appear on it but the US Ospreys based over here seem to be out almost every day futtering around over Holbeach ranges.

It gets very addictive when there's not much else to do...

[Peabee]

I've yet to see any F35's over the UK appear on it but the US Ospreys based over here seem to be out almost every day futtering around over Holbeach ranges.

It gets very addictive when there's not much else to do...

Is this your job now, GS, keeping an eye on air traffic?

You should get one of those scanners too and listen in to the radio transmissions

[The Gulleysucker]

Is this your job now, GS, keeping an eye on air traffic?

Not really, just curious in my current idleness, and always have been about the RAF as when I was young I wanted to be a pilot like my Dad had been. Unfortunately my eyesight deteriorated when I was 14 so that was that, dream over.

I do have a scanner, a Fairmate HP100E which is a bit of an old one now, I've had it for around 30 years, and although it still works very well <1300 Mhz many of the frequency bands are these days somewhat quiet unless you're in close proximity to an airport and also much military stuff these days uses secure encrypted datalinks, some of it bouncing off constellations of satellites higher up, so to all intents impossible for a civvy setup to listen in on.

I have on occasion used it to listen in to the ISS when it's overhead but it can be a bit hit and miss.

[Peabee]

A lot of us will be revisiting old hobbies or creating new ones this Spring.

We used to listen to scanners as kids. I didn’t know you could listen in to the ISS. that’d be pretty fascinating.

I’m currently nurturing a few Bonsai Trees and this weekend we’ll be clearing out the garage to create a space with a few plants and gym equipment. The garage is large and the roof is almost-translucent fibre glass, with a bit of a gap at the back letting in fresh air, so it has a greenhouse effect with lots of soft diffused natural light  with some fresh air. I’m hoping it’ll be a cool little private gym/space for the summer.

[tommy LFC]

I just got word that work won't be opening again until July 1st at the earliest.

I have been using my time so far to sort out the house - done loads of little DIY jobs that I'd been putting off, did a big spring clean and rearranged the furniture in each room a few times. I've been trying to exercise daily and I've been trying my hand at writing.

To be honest it is a bit daunting to think I have at least 10 more weeks of this. I'm trying to set some goals to keep my mind sane.

I'd like to learn more about early human history and the different ages of development. Going to have a look for online resources for this now. If anyone has recommendations please let me know.

I also like the idea of 30 day challenges. It could be anything from doing 20 push ups a day, to taking a photo a day, to watching a nature documentary a day for 30 days straight.

I'm hoping this could be a time to develop new healthy positives. But probably not 

[rob1966]

I've yet to see any F35's over the UK appear on it but the US Ospreys based over here seem to be out almost every day futtering around over Holbeach ranges.

It gets very addictive when there's not much else to do...

There was an RAF C17 Globemaster doing loops over ours yesterday for about an hour, I found a website to track it and could see its path and then it went back to Brize Norton. Had a chinook fly over early this morning. It's rare we see any military flights here.

Loved it when I lived in Southport, used to see the Typhoons before they went into service screaming over the beach.

A lot of us will be revisiting old hobbies or creating new ones this Spring.

We used to listen to scanners as kids. I didn’t know you could listen in to the ISS. that’d be pretty fascinating.

I’m currently nurturing a few Bonsai Trees and this weekend we’ll be clearing out the garage to create a space with a few plants and gym equipment. The garage is large and the roof is almost-translucent fibre glass, with a bit of a gap at the back letting in fresh air, so it has a greenhouse effect with lots of soft diffused natural light  with some fresh air. I’m hoping it’ll be a cool little private gym/space for the summer.

I've started making plastic models again, having bought a few in the past 2 years but never got round to building them. I've finished a Peugeot 205 T16 EV2 this evening, I've got a cracking 1980's vintage Tamiya T16 EV1 to do next. Also got a 1:24 scale Huey on the go, a 1:50 and a 1:32 Bell Jet Ranger, a 1:24 Mustang GT and a 1:12 Tamiya Yamaha R1. I've also got a full sized R1 to clean and service. Also got a 1:72 scale Messerschmitt 109 I'm going to build with my 9 yr old.

On top of that, I've tidied the loft and garage, just need the rules relaxing a bit so I can move stuff into a storage unit so I can board the loft and insulate that and my garage.

Last but not least, lose some bloody weight.

[Peabee]

I’ve lost some weight, because I haven’t been going to the pub and I’ve been out exercising every day to get some fresh air. Amazing what even a quick 30-60 min cycle can do when it’s daily and you get your heart pumping.

[kesey]

I’ve lost some weight, because I haven’t been going to the pub and I’ve been out exercising every day to get some fresh air. Amazing what even a quick 30-60 min cycle can do when it’s daily and you get your heart pumping.

Come out with me mate. We can knock over people on pavements.

[Tesco tearaway]

Come out with me mate. We can knock over people on pavements.

[The Gulleysucker]

Come out with me mate.

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