Today we have done 6 POTA parks, two WWFF, two SOTA, four bunkers, a castle, a lighthouse, and a contest. Uploading all of that lot, plus my own log and a blog post, feels like a problem for tomorrow me...
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Sunset lasts a long time at 2000 metres.
Achievement unlocked: spoke in Spanish to someone who definitely knows English but did *not* immediately switch to English as soon as I opened my mouth
Pushed an update for Spothole so it doesn't blatantly violate QRZ.com TOS by letting any arbitrary visitor look up QRZ's callsign info using my login... (Apologies if you used that "feature" 😆)
No POTA nonsense for me this weekend. Taking a break to remind myself that doing things with family, friends and neighbours is more important than radio stuff.
What up, pineapple-on-pizza haters, get ready for...
Tomorrow's plan that I will probably regret: I am going to buy a tent.
I haven't owned a tent in nearly 20 years, so does anyone have suggestions of what to look for and what to avoid? Has technology moved on?
Definitely aiming for the cheap end of the spectrum. It's honestly not going to get used that much, highly unlikely I'll need to hike with it, just big enough to contain me plus stuff.
Got my next POTA rove sorted folks.
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@paul_j@hachyderm.io Something like that might be on the fallback list, we have a salary sacrifice scheme for EVs which is likely to make them a lot cheaper than otherwise, but it's pure EVs only rather than hybrids
Definitely didn't make lunch 30 minutes late because I was reading about isolated island communities again...
It's cold out there in the wind, and overnight low is forecast to be 2C! I guess we were due a reminder that it's not summer yet...
Anyone out there drive an electric car but without the ability to charge at home? How annoying is it? When I replace my ancient shitbox I feel like I should burn a bit less dinosaur juice, but I have no driveway, and not sure if I will hate having to charge it at public chargers all the time.
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#ev #cars
Only 7 sleeps until Gay Christmas!
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And another classic from the Visdeurbel sessions, here's Anita Ward (in the form of a Billy Bass) with Ring My Bell.
#FishDoorbell #VisDeurbel
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@bud_t@m.ai6yr.org I have this: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8163389 but honestly I'm moving away from it. I might keep it for genuine *tools* (soldering, cutters etc). But I'm getting some separate boxes for the miscellaneous stuff (cables, manuals, batteries, components, adapters) because every time I root through the toolbox for something I leave it in a mess!
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@mischk @hamchallenge Ah, I saw that spot and tried to work you but couldn't hear you (and didn't know it was you at the time!)
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@vk6flab@mastodon.radio Sorry, I did not order this abomination 😆 Maybe if it was free I would try it!
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@gintoxicating All my domains are with Mythic Beasts, and I'd happily use them again. But I discovered on my first renewal that they are a Tucows reseller so went with that option. I've never dealt with Tucows directly so no idea what they're like.
@cyberboy lol, that payment to "catboy agency" is going to cause some questions if anyone reads my bank statement 😆