Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

[Sadlonelygit]

Corrected for you.

How is it copyright and pirating infringement. Its a free internet channel thats geo- restricted.
A bit like you watching BBC in Spain without a UK license........hang on, that's a criminal offense!

It's geo-restricted for copyright and licencing reasons.


(I'm not saying I agree with those reasons in anyway, just correcting your mis-apprehension that the geo-restriction is for any other reason).

I would agree about licensing, but not copyright! Pretty sure it's BT sport (going back a bit) or whoever does the English version owns the copyright.
However auntie beeb do a good job weeding out vpn servers and blocking them, servus don't seem to bother for some reason.

But I still bet that Piranha watches BBC illegally

[Count Steer]

Sloppy legislation. The final nail in the coffin of Mamod model steam engines was.....

....anti-terror legislation.

(The little hexamine fuel tablets they use are potential bomb making materials so use is now licensed - you'd need a sackful. They went from meths burners to solid fuel for safety reasons...probably to stop kids drinking it ).

Model aircraft flying clubs have been hit by the laws that were designed to put a crimp on dodgy drone flying.

Oh well, kids can always just spend their time on the Internet......

[Pirahna]

But I still bet that Piranha watches BBC illegally

The answer is, I don't. There is a TV, a nice 56 inch plasma, it was in the house when we bought it. The last time it was switched on was last Christmas when wifey wanted to watch a film on Amazon Prime. We never watched TV in England and don't watch it here. I have a videopass subscription for MotoGP and watch it on a tablet. I have subscriptions for Prime and Netflix which wifey watches, I rarely do.

[MrLongbeard]

Sloppy legislation.

Thank you, that's reminded me I need to go and buy something silly to replace something now made illegal to own later this month

[gremlin]

Sloppy legislation.

Thank you, that's reminded me I need to go and buy something silly to replace something now made illegal to own later this month

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[MrLongbeard]

Well it is 12"

[Count Steer]

Sloppy legislation.

Thank you, that's reminded me I need to go and buy something silly to replace something now made illegal to own later this month

Planning on hacking through the undergrowth to get to the bottom of the garden?

[MrLongbeard]

Sloppy legislation.

Thank you, that's reminded me I need to go and buy something silly to replace something now made illegal to own later this month

Planning on hacking through the undergrowth to get to the bottom of the garden?

Planning on this being the last time I obey stupid laws brought on to the books by stupid people and have exactly zero impact on the issue they're trying to address

[Rockburner]

Thank you, that's reminded me I need to go and buy something silly to replace something now made illegal to own later this month

Planning on hacking through the undergrowth to get to the bottom of the garden?

Planning on this being the last time I obey stupid laws brought on to the books by stupid people and have exactly zero impact on the issue they're trying to address

ok, you're going to have to narrow that one down....

[MrLongbeard]

Planning on hacking through the undergrowth to get to the bottom of the garden?

Planning on this being the last time I obey stupid laws brought on to the books by stupid people and have exactly zero impact on the issue they're trying to address

ok, you're going to have to narrow that one down....

Ordinarily I would, hell up until this morning I would have posted up a photo of what I've bought when postie drops it off later this week.
But no more, a lot of what I do / did / do has been infringed on by ever tightening laws, so I'm not posting about it any longer lest it comes back to bite me in the ass at a later date when the next 'something must be done' gets shouted from the red tops.

[DefTrap]

Sloppy legislation. The final nail in the coffin of Mamod model steam engines was.....

....anti-terror legislation.

I had a (new) Mamod steam engine in about 1981, and they were using solid fuel then.

I have two questions -
- did 1980s Britain really have this level of anti-terror legislation? (supplemental question: wasn't this prior to everything being "world's gone mad" and all H&S being categorised as "political correctness"?). Surely we were all still enjoying lazy sexism and racism prior to the revolution of transpararent fairness arriving at our doorsteps (before being quickly bundled up into "woke" so we could hate that again and go back to normal).
- why have you left it 40 years to vent your frustration?

[Count Steer]

Sloppy legislation. The final nail in the coffin of Mamod model steam engines was.....

....anti-terror legislation.

I had a (new) Mamod steam engine in about 1981, and they were using solid fuel then.

I have two questions -
- did 1980s Britain really have this level of anti-terror legislation? (supplemental question: wasn't this prior to everything being "world's gone mad" and all H&S being categorised as "political correctness"?). Surely we were all still enjoying lazy sexism and racism prior to the revolution of transpararent fairness arriving at our doorsteps (before being quickly bundled up into "woke" so we could hate that again and go back to normal).
- why have you left it 40 years to vent your frustration?

Because it was only in 2023 that the hexamine tablets required a licence.

Hexamine fuel tablets
Hexamine fuel tablets have been banned in the UK since October 2023 because the chemicals in the tablets could be used to make explosives. Hobbyists need a license to own the product, and can purchase one from the government website for around £40. Licenses are valid for three years.

[DefTrap]

Because it was only in 2023 that the hexamine tablets required a licence.

Thank God I sold my Mamod about 20 years ago (when it became clear my sons weren't remotely interested ).

A friend has one on top of his kitchen cabinets as an ornament - I might tell him about this infringement of his civil liberties to see if that rile him up. (He is a Paddy though, so he's probably already had his terrorism equipment forcibly removed).

[Cousin Jack]

"Reply All" as the standard response to an e-mail with a loooong distribution list. You should be replying to the originator alone, most of us have no fcuking idea who you are, nor do we care why you are 'special'. I have just had 23 e-mails of which only one, the original, was relevant.

[Noggin]

I watched it in English via vpn
You are clicking on livestream aren't you?

Yes, I was. Obviously did something wrong, but I did try. And, TBF, right now, if it's too complicated I just can't be arsed! Too much else needs the brain cell!! LOL

[Sadlonelygit]

Autodoc........even more than last time!
Big box arrived today. Had a spare hour before dinner, so started to rebuild the Moho rear brakes. Handbrake shoes, a faff but done, disc on. FFS, the locking bolt is wrong. Not insurmountable, but a ballache. Caliper bracket fitted, open box with the new pads in.......hmmm they don't look right. Sure enough, wrong pads. For the time being slapped the old pads back in as a workaround. Of course their customer service is closed now, but tomorrow an ICBM is coming their way!

[Sadlonelygit]

Garages that don't use the right tool and fuck things up for the next bloke!
Last time my back brakes were done, short on time so a garage did them. Carrier bracket is bolted on with 18mm bolts.......
Guess garage/apprentice didn't have an 18, so used a 19, which rounded the bolts off just enough to render a 19 and 18 useless! Had to hammer an imperial socket onto them.

[mangocrazy]

Garages that don't use the right tool and fuck things up for the next bloke!

I had a water pump failure a day or so before I was due to drive back from France to the UK so put the car into the local (French) garage.

The twat decided I needed a new timing belt (it didn't - it had only been changed less than 500km before) and in order to fit it had to remove the crankshaft pulley, which is held on by a 38mm nut. He obviously didn't have a 38mm socket and couldn't be arsed to get one, so removed the nut with a fucking cold chisel.

Then to put the cherry on top, he didn't tighten the belt tensioner up properly and the belt jumped, wrecking the engine - 7 out of 8 valves bent.

[Taipan]

Banks are boiling my piss today for sure. Their push to back a cashless society is so obvious. Been to about 8 cash points today and surprise surprise they all say insufficient funds. I'm onto you fuckers!

[MrLongbeard]

Stripped out a bolt hole in a brake caliper carrier on the car, none to be had at any local scrappies, bleedin' buggery bollox.