Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

No weight loss to report, but I had to get a new pair of jeans last week. The ones I "downgraded to" in April are now too big.

If you can get one of these, I'll hate you. IMO the only frame that can compete with the MOBU from a carbon tech POV. They both just look as if the layups are done with supreme care and attention, and they're super bikes. Yes. Yes yes yes.

Ha! Yeah, it's still being assessed for weaknesses, but after stress testing and Mikey jumping on it, there was only 1.5cm of droop in the one corner, likely due to a softer piece of pine on that side. It's going to get reinforcement at the double bed base / leg junction, so that it's braced on 3 sides (a dado joint, in essence) It's only really the torsional strength I'm looking at, as the base itself is stiff enough to take me (tested) and it's properly connected to the legs. If it was just Mikey using it, it'd be okay, but I don't like structures that I think are only okay. I've got a habit of over-engineering stuff. Next step after the bracing are the slats (not for my kid, for others) the headboard, and a hidden LED strip for reading by. Then sanding and painting. Any other ones I make will be out of commercial ply, instead of shutterply. Bed is made. I'm not a military man, and any perfect duvet rollout only lasts 5 minutes with the gremlin around...

Thanks!! I've propped his old ladder up in the corner, but I want to make a new one for him at the proper length. He gets down by jumping onto the double. It's strong enough for me to do pullups on, but I'm going to give it a bit more reinforcement so that I can sleep at the top if he has a friend over. That's my goal, at least. As for the blanket... I think it was Makro or Mr P Home. I bought it about 7 years ago, so I'm not entirely sure. It came with a pillowcase as well. It's not your typical duvet, it's more of a "throw" or whatever they call those duvets that are completely sewn together as a single blanket. EDIT: Just checked the label. Mr P Home.

it may also be simpler to make one yourself with some cutoff stock and steel tubing.

Gotcha... Yeah, I like boxing and MMA, having trying my hand at Jap JiuJitsu, Judo and Kung Fu over the years. Contact sports are still entertaining. There's a vast amount of training, technique and artistry to the whole thing, and mastery of any one area takes a loooong time. Utmost respect for these fellas. But: I'd try to talk someone down before moering them, unless impossible. If it's impossible, then escape is first prize, and moering is last on the list. If moering is the easiest and most efficient way out of a sticky situation that risks injury or endangers your life or someone elses, then ja well no fine. LOL.

The new Single Dad Small Spaces Sleeping Solution. Built it to hold me on the top bunk, this is the prototype and I plan to build some for ppl who want a more modern and stronger bunk that doesn't break the bank. Second pic. Not woodwork, but another project. Copper and LED.

Since when did trying to talk to someone / not hate someone / not liking boxing become the same thing as not stopping a burglar? Mega false equivalence there, gemmerbal. Dictation app or not.

yuuuuuup!!!!

Jeepers. I remember this stack... how long ago was this already?

what happens to shoes in an accident.... they come off if they're loose, and even sometimes if they're tight.

Same happened to my little boytjie when he was young. Got rolled and mauled by a GSD (no wounds, though, thankfully) but since then was never entirely comfortable around big dogs. BUT. When I'd take him for a jog he'd be off-lead and on perfect behaviour. Stayed by me, and would just keep on runnning with me. Just carry on running and give him a little "Yip!" if he lags or his attention wavers when another dog approaches.

Whiskey Throttle. Can't just open it full taps in 1st / 2nd like that and expect not to be flipped over the back...

I've got exactly the same one. Love it! Many happy cuts!

Ja, look - VR definitely didn't have the same pace as El Diablo and some off the other quick boys, but damn that was a performance from him all the same. If he hadn't made that small mistake at the end, I reckon he'd have been second. And it would have been thoroughly deserved. He made that bike look like an RV.

What a defensive masterclass from Rossi. A brilliant lorenzo-esque performance from Quartararo and a blinder of a race from Nakagami.

Keep it as "the one that beat me" but not really. The one that wouldn't come out without drilling it out...

Fair point

Why are you heating up the pedal spindle, when you want the crank to expand to release it?

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Oooooh, storms... Love them & respect the hell out of them. Hardly anything more wonderful to behold than a Drakensberg or Highveld storm. The smell, the charge in the air, the serenity amidst the ferocity. But, I've had the harrowing experience of seeing ball lightning in real life, up close, with my old man at home in New Germany, KZN. It was long ago, but damn. Never again, thanks.

I hate this song, but I love it.

It would be mighty helpful if you posted a pic of said bike...

Wtf is this kaaak!?

Norris is now my favourite driver on the track. Second is le Clerc, third Ricciardo. Norris is just so normal. Self effacing, talented and a bloody good sport. His (and le Clerc's) streaming and vlogs have been great during lockdown. He is the better face for British motorsport, imo.