madbradd

I get the sentiment of walking cos you live close to the shops, and 300m is close.... I'm just not sure it's corona close (I live 500m from the Engen Woolies and 1km from the PnP, will be driving either way).

I get this completely, and my followup wasn't directed at you. There are people who can do more than others. I just believe that it's up to each of us to do as much as we possibly can. 3 weeks is not a long time, trust me. I've worked in places where I'm between my room and the canteen and an office for 6 weeks at a time while my daughter was a few months old - that's ***. 3 weeks at home is not the end of the world. Everything that you do outside your property put you and everyone else at more risk. The consequences of that risk are this lockdown being extended for a few months. All I'm saying is that going for your few hundred meters "comfort walk" might not seem like it makes a big difference, but when 50M people all go for their comfort walk, it adds up. If I seem a bit passionate about this, it's because I have a son due in 5 weeks time and am pretty much scared shitless that he won't come out at the end of all this.

Again, it's OUR social responsibility to do EVERYTHING we can to make this successful. It's not about what's convenient and what's not. If its vague and you have the means to contribute to a more successful lockdown, as far as I'm concerned it's your duty to do it. Affording to run a car..... if you have a car and were planning on walking to the shops it's likely within 5km. 3 weeks of lockdown means at most 4 trips to the shops. 40km of car running costs in 3 weeks??? I don't buy that as a valid reason to walk to the shops. Again, I think this is very simple. It's not about what you can/can't do/get away with, it's about what you should/shouldn't do.

I reckon you'd be looking for trouble. If this is to work properly, guidelines on what you can do: 1. Is it necessary for survival? Yes, then you can do it. 2. Does it serve a specific purpose of the lockdown? (these jobs have been stipulated). If yes, then you can do it. 3. Treat yourself as though you're infected, and treat the virus as though it is more contagious than it is. Everywhere that you go and everything you touch becomes an infection site for others. IMO Grocery stores should have the rule that if you touch it you buy it. But if you walk 2km to the shop, then you should treat that path you walked on as contaminated for 24h (I know its not, but I don't know where you sneezed / coughed etc). My money is on this being extended to a minimum of 6 weeks because South Africans are generally oblivious to how their actions affect others.

Watched The Invisible Man last night. Good enough to recommend, but I felt that there was more they could have done with it.

Wheels are pretty uniform (its a circle). Bars are a complex shape with various profiles. I'd go with bars are harder to design, and harder to manufacture, but the mold is smaller and there is less material which is why they're cheaper than rims.

I was thinking of something like this and putting LED light strips behind curtain rails (or similar) with a local switch behind the curtain.

Wish I had money to donate..... it means that I would have some!

This is why those "push and hold / timed" type taps were invented.

Good point on the fan. I use Bluetooth speakers so that's taken care of. And the laptop I use lasts longer than I do. But the fan is a real thing..... Edit: I'm on a kickr1 and have lost a few sessions to load shedding.

I'd say that with load shedding here for what looks like a while, not needing power is a HUGE draw card.

I was actually looking yesterday and was going to ask about a straight steerer... My On-One inbred is lacking love and I was thinking converting to gravel could be an option

There would still need to be a transformer. And then still the frequency is an issue (this primarily affects ac motors which will spin faster with a 60Hz supply than a 50Hz supply). But I imagine the high power comes from the heating element which should be swappable. I'd get in touch with the agents in the US and see what the spares would cost for a full conversion (should only be the heater element, control unit power supply, potentially the pump motor and pump motor protection circuit).

Not sure if this has been posted, but it looks really cool. https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Lever-Espresso-Machine/

Can you do a license before buying? Or is the license for a specific firearm? Or is that competency you do before hand.

Thanks, From my reading and then chatting to a few guys, it seems .270, .30-06 and .308 are all great for "all rounders", with a slight limitation on the .270 (but the way I see it, I probably won't be taking on an Eland any time soon anyway). I suppose if there is a good deal going on something (apparently a friend of a friend has a Weatherby 30-06 collecting dust), I'm with you on there not being much point for me going bigger than the .270. Again, this is early days for me - so I need to load myself up on knowledge for a year or two before buying anything!

Mongoose - How did you get to choosing the .270 over the .308/30-06. I see you said you'd stick to shooting springbok for the time being which is fair, but any other reason? How are you finding the trigger on your Howa 1500? I am very inexperienced with guns (read shot only a handful of rounds), so probably wouldn't know the difference, but there are alot of opinions that the trigger is the "only" real weak point on the Howa 1500 (though apparently pretty inexpensive to rectify/replace).

Any ideas on something like this https://www.home.co.za/pdp/delonghi-dedica-pump-espresso/_/A-154001AABE9 Already have an aeropress and a chemex with a porlex mini hand grinder, looking to potentially add espresso to the mix.

No, he isn't. Our office has a dual 80KVA UPS, each would comfortably run your house. The batteries are specced to last 30 mins at full load - ie it would probably run your house including geysers and oven for a load shedding cycle. That's a UPS, not an inverter (market terminology used for "inverter"). Edit: they are 60kVA each not 80.

I've only seen them for R6-6.5k locally (admittedly not alot of shopping around for them) Seen them alot less internationally though.

Sony's on sale for R4499 on Takealot if anyone is interested. https://www.takealot.com/sony-wh-1000xm3-wireless-noise-cancelling-bluetooth-headphones/PLID53187912

Ahh ok. Thought there was a catch.

Or new for less than 10k apparently... https://capecoffeebeans.co.za/products/mazzer-super-jolly-doser-timer-espresso-grinder?variant=7709095264303&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqLr4n_b75AIVzkPTCh2aOwCNEAAYASAAEgJY1PD_BwE

What case did you get?

I did the same on the same deal a few months back. Really happy with them. Light, Comfy, great sound, ok noise cancelling. At the price they really are magic.