Early Risers.

[Dunsignalling]

5 minutes ago, Barry O said:

the Rover 214 types shared a Peugeot diesel.. and of course the 214/216 and 414/416 were Hondas rebadged..

 

And,, when looking into a Rolls Royce I noted odd bits of Morris Marina in there.. door handles from the Marina were used in Range Rovers and Aston Martins at one time..

 

Baz

Not to mention light units shared between SD1 Rovers and the Ferarri Daytona!

 

I think the Marina door handles cropped up in all sorts from supercars to kit cars.

 

John

Edited January 27, 2021 by Dunsignalling

[Ozexpatriate]

12 hours ago, Barry O said:

Renault and Citroen use 'canbus" a digital system

I am familiar with the CAN bus. It was developed by Bosch in the 1980s and in production in the 1990s.  It was a very good idea for vehicles in the 1990s and 2000s and I believe it is the most widely used automotive networking bus. It's extensively used for on-board diagnostics. LIN is also used for very low bandwidth applications (like door locks, windows, mirrors, etc).

 

CAN is a serial bus and without additional encryption layers has low security. New ADAS appliances stress the bandwidth of traditional, serial, in-vehicle networks like CAN.

 

While automotive manufactures suffer terribly from "NIH"* (second only to aerospace manufacturers) in-vehicle network standards are widely adopted. While they help reduce signal wiring mass they don't solve the exploding cost of software and electronic content.

 

* not invented here

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon/evening all from Estuary-Land. The day seems to have flown by, bu@@er all has been done except for a visit to Tess Coes. 

2 hours ago, Tony_S said:

There was going to be a theme park (can’t remember which megacorporation)  near Rainham in Essex. Near enough to London to get London in its name. However it was too radioactive due to all the trimphones dumped there.  The glow in the dark feature was responsible.  

IIRC it was Disney but they went to Paris instead. I don't think that it was anything to do with trimphones, more to do with red tape. In fact Basildon's twin town in France, Ville de Meaux is right next to Euro Disney.

[leopardml2341]

Goodnight folks.

[Coombe Barton]

... and the Saggy Sofa Bums Club ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/01/27/looking-at-the-figures/

[jamie92208]

11 hours ago, leopardml2341 said:

Snap, except I've had my scan and fortunately nothing sinister discovered. Still experiencing random balance problems though, referral to a new specialist in place.

Hope you continue OK. My scan is next week, which is quick. The tablets seem to be working already.  I did something out of character today and looked them up on the interwenby thing. It turns out that the effect of stopping dizziness was discovered by accident with mice in 1957, but no one has a clue why they work to this day.

 

The other plus side of the scan  is that it might discover if I actually have a brain. Several people over the years have suggested that I don't.

 

Goodnight all.

 

Jamie

Edited January 28, 2021 by jamie92208

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[southern42]

‘ night all and nos da.

[Barry O]

2 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

I am familiar with the CAN bus. It was developed by Bosch in the 1980s and in production in the 1990s.  It was a very good idea for vehicles in the 1990s and 2000s and I believe it is the most widely used automotive networking bus. It's extensively used for on-board diagnostics. LIN is also used for very low bandwidth applications (like door locks, windows, mirrors, etc).

 

CAN is a serial bus and without additional encryption layers has low security. New ADAS appliances stress the bandwidth of traditional, serial, in-vehicle networks like CAN.

 

While automotive manufactures suffer terribly from "NIH"* (second only to aerospace manufacturers) in-vehicle network standards are widely adopted. While they help reduce signal wiring mass they don't solve the exploding cost of software and electronic content.

 

* not invented here

But it does reduce loom weight and complexity.. which was why I said it to say that wiring has reduced in more moden vehicles. When wevlooked at it we were already using the 1553 data bus for other system in Armoured Fighting vehicles to reduce cable weight and also to get better plug and play facilities in the systems we were designing.

 

Baz

[polybear]

10 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

One of reasons I stuck with Renault was that they allow you to include a number of options/extras from the start so avoiding have to have them fitted at the garage.

 

Bear seems to recall that some of the guys working at Vauxhall Luton had a nice little scam going - buy a new Vaxhall bas e model (such as a Cavalier L) with employee discount and then (on the night shift?) put it on the production line to fit all the top spec goodies, thus creating a GLX or whatever.

 

5 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

Sir!  Sir! I'm here Sir!  *                                                              

 

Far too much life getting in the way today.  A new trainee was entrusted to my gentle coaching care at the House of Fun; if anyone showed less interest in a job they might be mistaken for a shop mannequin.  That made the morning harder than it needed to be.  Trying to engage, never mind enthuse, someone who clearly wasn't interested was demanding.  Quite how and why this person managed to get through interviews and assessments escapes me.  Not least given the fact that we currently have many more applicants for most external-entry vacancies than we can manage.  Were all the rest even worse?  Or what?  Which part of "Watch the train" suggests that the person is required to turn their back, walk away from me (and the train) and gaze into space?   And in what universe is the answer to the question "Which colour of signal must not be passed by a moving train?" ...... wait for it ...... "White???"  

 

 

 

Hopefully new starters are employed with a probationary period?

 

Bear has been babysitting the plasterer again - he should be finished by lunchtime tomorrow.  I spent the morning researching cooker extractor hoods (though mine will need to work in recirculating mode as an external vent isn't possible) - I never realised that such things could be so complication.  Decisions, decisions.  I also signed up to a month's trial of Which? Magazine for a fiver, as this will help no end with test reports for products for the new kitchen (hood, hob, oven.......).  I'll cancel after a month, once I've downloaded as much useful info as possible.....

 

Bear's Thought for the Day:  How come wet plaster is capable of covering the house in a fine layer of dust??   I do seem to have minimised (or even escaped) any transfer upstairs though, or into the conservatory.  Mystified...

 

[Barry O]

Goodnight all!

Baz

[Tony_S]

27 minutes ago, polybear said:

I spent the morning researching cooker extractor hoods (though mine will need to work in recirculating mode

Ours works in recirculating mode. I don’t know if it is different now but a lot of the hoods looked similar. The filters for ours also fit a few other makes. There is quite a lot of badge engineering going on. We bought an Elica who seem to make them for a lot of other manufacturers. Ours fits into the unit above the hob.  We chose it as you could mount the controls remotely. Aditi wouldn’t be able to reach the switches otherwise. Being able to wash the grease filters in the dishwasher is nice. 

Edited January 27, 2021 by Tony_S

[laurenceb]

Birthday greetings to Mrs NHN

Night awl

Edited January 27, 2021 by laurenceb

[PhilJ W]

Bin day tomorrow, when I went to put the bags out just now it was mist and rain together.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

A fairly relaxed day, spent mostly in the cellar and a little more progress has been made. I was surprised at how quickly this section of wall has dried. It’s not fully dry, but it’s drying a lot quicker than the last section I did. I could possibly move some stuff about tomorrow, if it’s completely dry, but I’m going to wait until next week, just to make sure. 

 

So far today’s tasks include;

Floors swept - check. 

Floors mopped - check. 

Tools and equipment put away - check. 

 

This now means I’m not leaving ‘grey dusty’ footprints about the place. Once that lot was done, I found time to alter the font for the turntable decals. I’ve found one that’s almost, but not quite identical to one of the SR type fonts. A suitable colour was then chosen and a test print (on ordinary paper) out done. These will be cut out and placed on the control panel at the weekend to see how they look in position. 

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

Sorry not upto date with the comings and going’s so hope all is well.

Trip to dump it site  highlight of day. Took Sydney for a walk then one football match and two films watched..

Goodnight,

Robert.

 

[Winslow Boy]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 

Bear seems to recall that some of the guys working at Vauxhall Luton had a nice little scam going - buy a new Vaxhall bas e model (such as a Cavalier L) with employee discount and then (on the night shift?) put it on the production line to fit all the top spec goodies, thus creating a GLX or whatever.

 

 

Hopefully new starters are employed with a probationary period?

 

Bear has been babysitting the plasterer again - he should be finished by lunchtime tomorrow.  I spent the morning researching cooker extractor hoods (though mine will need to work in recirculating mode as an external vent isn't possible) - I never realised that such things could be so complication.  Decisions, decisions.  I also signed up to a month's trial of Which? Magazine for a fiver, as this will help no end with test reports for products for the new kitchen (hood, hob, oven.......).  I'll cancel after a month, once I've downloaded as much useful info as possible.....

 

Bear's Thought for the Day:  How come wet plaster is capable of covering the house in a fine layer of dust??   I do seem to have minimised (or even escaped) any transfer upstairs though, or into the conservatory.  Mystified...

 

Gravity perhaps? You don't come from super heavy planet by any chance?

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[monkeysarefun]

12 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

It seems like many on ER started off with something like a Vauxhall Scunthorpe, a Ford Canvey Island or a Rover P0.005 before progressing to either German-made or Asian-made cars (although having said that, I see no one is laying claim to having either owned or driven a Wartburg Knight, a Hindustan Ambassador, a Pyeonghwa Motors Samcheonri or a Thai Rung Xciter - which are also German and Asian made cars).

 Growing up in Australia 70's and '80's if you didn't have a V8 girls would shun you and you'd be suspected of "Studying Arts at Uni" as our mothers and grandmothers euphemistically called it. 

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[skipepsi]

I'm saying nuttin at awl. Good night.

[chrisf]

Greetings one and all

 

When my street was built, in the 1880s, no-one could have foreseen the proliferation of horseless carriages 140 years later, still less the behaviour of those who would drive them.  Yesterday a Land Rover pulled up outside my house.  It was towing a chipper for lopped tree branches.  Car parking spaces are always at a premium where I live and there was not enough room for the landy and chipper without encroaching on the pavement.  Such was the angle at which the combination came to rest that it blocked access to my front gate from both directions!  How was I supposed to get out?  I put this question to the occupants of the landy.  They had come to perform surgery on a hedge and a tree in Mrs Electric-Chair’s garden next door.  They uncoupled the chipper and asked me if I would move my car to allow room to manoeuvre.  Grudgingly I agreed, for when the arboreal work was completed the landy and chipper would depart and I could move my car smartly into the space vacated.  Four hours later all was as it should be.  It is not always that easy!

 

Best wishes to all

 

Chris

[jamie92208]

Good moaning from a damp part of the world.  The tablets seem to be working but the boss has decreed a day of doing not a lot.  I have been allowed one job, namely to cook a stew for tea.  I am going to enjoy that. I might even finish an article off and do a bit of reading.  Not a lot else to report.  

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie