Unhappy Thread

[crewearpley40]

Chris

See from post#3213 down.

Thanks that's what I meant I've never been good at science and have been following this

Still looks beautiful

[Graham]

When was that? Awesome pics!

This was Saturday night near Gembrook, (end of the Puffing Billy line) where she lives. Just walked down the road and set up the tripod to take them.

[Bealman]

Wow! Uber cool! 

That is one thing I'd really like to see in what I've got left of me life, but it probably won't happen.

There.

I've just got us back to the unhappy thread.

Whoops, I  meant

[Papyrus]

You can reduce the chance of that happening again by installing the Aurora App on a phone or tablet. I have been using it for a couple of years now and it has alerted me to possibilities of seeing Aurora Borealis several times and delayed me going to bed.

Thanks! I've installed the app, and I got a notification to say that I can see it if I go to Iceland! (No, not the supermarket, before anyone suggests it...) It will be interesting to see what it comes up with.

Cheers,

Chris

[NScaleNotes]

Woke up to the sound of water dripping. Never a good start.

Turns out a pipe joint behind my newly lime plastered/papered/painted wall in the kitchen had sprung a leak and water was running down said wall. The wall will probably be fine but the paper is ruined. Why it didn't go down the other side of the wall into an unfinished room and ruin that instead is the annoying thing.

Regards the leak, the only thing I can think is that an old push-fit joint (its grey plastic pipe work) came loose after the pipe it was joining was flexed slightly. Pipe was put in years ago by the previous-previous owners and the joint is now completely inaccessible.

Aaaarrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhh 

So I've had to cap and cut off that whole section of the pipe work so no hot water to that part of the house now. Nightmare but at least the immediate problem is over.

Now I just need to get someone out to see about laying a new section of pipe via an alternative route.

I'm trying to stay positive so the only somewhat good thing is this happened now and not after the new floor, the wooden worktops and units I've built from scratch were installed in the kitchen.

[dannyboy]

this happened now and not after the new floor, the wooden worktops and units I've built from scratch were installed in the kitchen.

At least it happened now and not sometime in the future. That would have been a bit annoying!

[The Q]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce991j48q72o.amp
Ok not N gauge, but I've been a member of the SRPS / Bo'ness and Kineill railway for um... 49 years..

[dannyboy]

Such a sad reflection on how respect for other people and property is shown these days. And it will not get any better due to the lenient system we have now - but that is for another topic. 

[Newportnobby]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce991j48q72o.amp
Ok not N gauge, but I've been a member of the SRPS / Bo'ness and Kineill railway for um... 49 years..

What a great looking layout. Shame I never saw it on a visit a couple of years ago.
I guess even if they catch the scumbags responsible there'll be the usual smack on the hand

[Malc]

This would sort them out Mick

[Trainfish]

That may be difficult as they probably haven't dropped yet.

[Newportnobby]

I popped down to Bamber Bridge station to see Bulleid pacific 34067 come through yesterday evening. Admittedly the last time I went there (much prefer Leyland station) was last year but they have made the BB car park a RingGo pay zone and, though I had my mobile with me, I didn't have my wallet so I immediately did an about turn and left. I must admit to wondering where the usual crowd of old boys were but obviously, in one fell swoop, BR have got rid of all the steam enthusiasts so I'll need to find out where they go now.
Leyland station car park is run by South Ribble council and it's just a quid for all day parking.

This is a great shame as many railtours head north through Preston behind an electric or a diseasel, change to steam at Carnforth for the trip to Carlisle and then run steam from Carlisle via Hellifield/Blackburn westbound through Bamber Bridge and change back to electric/diseasel at Preston, so it's not steam going southbound at Leyland

[crewearpley40]

Its a sad situation at Bamber Bridge Mick

Maybe looking at railscot.co.uk or abcrailwayguide.uk

Or seeing if there's a supermarket free car park and stand at the level crossing.  Reckon Leyland best bet now on

[Newportnobby]

I have owned a Nextbase 320XR dashcam for mre than a year now and have had no issues with a Nextbase 32GB sd card in it. However, I want to do a shortish (1000 miles or so) road trip in my car and record it all on my dashcam, so want more capacity as once the card is full it gets overwritten. So I bought a 256GB sd card, only to find out I should have read the manual as the max size card which can be used is a 128GB . So I bought a Nextbase 128GB sd card as recommended at huge cost(also felt cheated a bit as it's actually only 116GB). Formatted it, put it in the dashcam and went for a drive. Nothing got recorded
Put the 32GB one back in and everything works fine.
I've contacted Nextbase Support and been given a ticket number along with the obvious "Have you tried...." standard format questions asked by a machine.
With the sd card in my laptop I can copy all sorts of files to the card so it's not as if it's corrupted
Clues, anyone??

[dannyboy]

There are various types of SD cards Mick, as I am sure you are aware -

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/computers/buying-guide/everything-you-need-to-know-about-sd-cards

However, I would have thought that a branded Nextbase card, bought from Nextbase, would have worked alright. I bought a 128GB U3 Industrial Grade microSD Card @ €68.99 direct from Nextbase a few months ago and it is working fine - I have the 622 version of the dashcam.