Internet diversions from COVID-19 whilst WFH

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by yakcam

It's working for me. Maybe try clearing your cache?

You must have a special 'puter as cache is cleared frequently and trying with Opera, Firefox or Chrome it still comes up........................

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by GasoLane

You must have a special 'puter as cache is cleared frequently and trying with Opera, Firefox or Chrome it still comes up........................


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Works ok for me, Gaso.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

Works ok for me, Gaso.

Hmm...ok what browser etc

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by GasoLane

Hmm...ok what browser etc

Just using Chrome on my work laptop at home.

Edit. Interesting, tried it in Edge and got the same result as you, Gaso.

Double edit: and now getting same result in Chrome.

Triple edit: Tried navigating to the page from the home page and it works ok in both. Try this url https://www.tcraustralia.com/first-l...rg-esport-cup/

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

Just using Chrome on my work laptop at home.

Edit. Interesting, tried it in Edge and got the same result as you, Gaso.

Double edit: and now getting same result in Chrome.

Oh no! it's spreading.......................like a virus!

[5thFordWA]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

Just using Chrome on my work laptop at home.

Edit. Interesting, tried it in Edge and got the same result as you, Gaso.

Double edit: and now getting same result in Chrome.

Triple edit: Tried navigating to the page from the home page and it works ok in both. Try this url https://www.tcraustralia.com/first-l...rg-esport-cup/

Hmm, seems to be some sort of problem.
I did go back and edit the link after your first comment Gasolane. The link was copied from the TCR News item and maybe something dropped off, but it checked OK after I re-copied it. I'm just using Chrome on W10, nothing special.

But as per above comment, just go to TCR Australia web page and its right there as a news item.

Cheers.

[yakcam]

Still working for me, I'm using Firefox. Just tried it in Edge and it works too.

[cs123]

https://tetris.com/play-tetris

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Pis-ton broke

so you know stu, hes at brooklyn. i did welding on the boats hull. i guess you know brooklyn, thers a quarry there.
you might like sv seeker- dougs scratch built 74' junker

Yes, knew of Stu and Brooklyn very well, lived on board our yacht SV Felix there (Sandbrook Inlet Marina actually) for 3 years.
Very famous pure white sandstone quarry is at Wondabyne, only accessible by rail or barge. We would mountain bike from Kariong, over Woy Woy rail tunnel (longest tunnel in the Southern Hemisphere) down along walking track to Wondabyne station. One of the few stations where you still hail the train to stop, to get back to back to Hawkesbury River Station.



Yacht has bilge keels so would sit on the bottom at lower tide while the finger berth would keep floating.
Beautiful place.

Youtube wise "Idiana diesel" has some great stuff too, he is "Bus Grease Monkeys' son. Dangar Stu went to the US and met them to learn more about Driptroits.

edit..... I can relate to Stu as years ago in my 20's I converted a wooden ex trawler into a liveaboard Hawksebury river cruiser, long before the "Net" I to taught myself wooden boatbuilding skills and fitting out.

[Pis-ton broke]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Yes, knew of Stu and Brooklyn very well, lived on board our yacht SV Felix .....

one day i might build a houseboat for the hawksbury, its been in my head for years. thats how i met stu, thought watching boat videos, and i offered my services. is the woy woy tunnel still used by trains, i,d like to hike it.

i,ll check out those videos you said.

nice boat, did you you sale it in deep water?

[oldel]

Originally Posted by cs123

https://tetris.com/play-tetris

Nice. At first I was disappointed in the music, but then I muted the sound and just fired up the c64 sid player with c64 music version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqvIAmjPQew
It really helped me get into it, but I got so into it I couldn't get much further than level 7 because damn it starts moving fast then

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Classic game

https://www.80r.com/games/canadair-water-bomber

[Pis-ton broke]

i got to level 8 on the tetris game.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by CJR09

In lieu of F1 - actually quite compelling, more over takjng than F1 anyway...

Anyone else addicted to this? Have started watching each of the seasons in order, including the Sand Rally series.



Very addictive!

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Pis-ton broke

one day i might build a houseboat for the hawksbury, its been in my head for years. thats how i met stu, thought watching boat videos, and i offered my services. is the woy woy tunnel still used by trains, i,d like to hike it.

i,ll check out those videos you said.

nice boat, did you you sale it in deep water?

Yep, Brisbane Waters National Park trails crisscross over the top of Woy Woy tunnel, train line is one of the busiest on the Eastcoast. I was going to build a houseboat but found an ex trawler was a better way to go.
Felix is a steel 30ft blue water yacht and we have sailed along the NSW coast. I later added a Tabernacle mast step so the mast folds down to go under bridges. Draft is 4ft beam 10ft.

Felix is currently laid up awaiting steel hull repairs in country Victoria 100 miles from the sea.

[Pis-ton broke]

i won,t go in the tunnel then. maybe you have a bruce roberts boat? he does steel boat design. if you need fabrication and or welding advice/help, drop me a line.

if you want laugh or cry, check out SV Rusty Junk, ive never seen anything like it, pretty dangerous build, imo.

[oldel]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

Anyone else addicted to this? Have started watching each of the seasons in order, including the Sand Rally series.



Very addictive!

Yeah, I loved that sand rally series. The guy's commentary is pretty good.

On the 4th race I kind of went for RN3 due to 2x 2nds and I knew it was due for a win ;-)

5th race was so close, but rn3 did poorly. 6ths race was rn3 all the way so I was cheering for my guy
I miss motogp and f1 so much. When they're on it gets me interested week to week to keep on going, something for free to look forward to when there's not much good news or anything happening in my real life.

Then the last race was so close. My guy I picked by chance and as a fluke did well.

[Captain Stubing]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Yes, knew of Stu and Brooklyn very well, lived on board our yacht SV Felix there (Sandbrook Inlet Marina actually) for 3 years.
Very famous pure white sandstone quarry is at Wondabyne, only accessible by rail or barge. We would mountain bike from Kariong, over Woy Woy rail tunnel (longest tunnel in the Southern Hemisphere) down along walking track to Wondabyne station. One of the few stations where you still hail the train to stop, to get back to back to Hawkesbury River Station.

image

Yacht has bilge keels so would sit on the bottom at lower tide while the finger berth would keep floating.
Beautiful place.

Youtube wise "Idiana diesel" has some great stuff too, he is "Bus Grease Monkeys' son. Dangar Stu went to the US and met them to learn more about Driptroits.

edit..... I can relate to Stu as years ago in my 20's I converted a wooden ex trawler into a liveaboard Hawksebury river cruiser, long before the "Net" I to taught myself wooden boatbuilding skills and fitting out.

I've been refreshing a Sabre 22 for the last 8 months... got her on the water to learn how to sail last month, we got up to 11-12 knots in some dubious weather on the first trip with a mate. Took the wife and family for the second trip and pulled up at a deserted beach for a swim. Pure gold!

[Rallye Sport]

A couple of Ford Escorts being driven far faster than they were originally intended.
In car footage in the first one is great, the navigator is egging him on all the way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYw1...ature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwl40XFvpLE

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Pis-ton broke

maybe you have a bruce roberts boat? he does steel boat design. if you need fabrication and or welding advice/help, drop me a line.

Thanks for the offer, appreciate it.
Do like the Roberts yachts, mine is a NZ design Hartley "Silver Image"


Swanny,
Really nice yacht mate. Only way to learn is to jump in and go, eh.

[FairmontGS]

John Authers of Bloomberg’s five must-read books when you can’t leave the house.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...-scary-new-era

[FairmontGS]

a live cam of tropical fish in a reef.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F109TZt3nRc

[FairmontGS]

The city of Kangbashi in northern China is empty. Although its owners continue to make a profit by speculating on rising property values, the city – complete with towering apartment complexes and elaborate recreation centres – is almost completely uninhabited.

https://aeon.co/videos/an-abandoned-...-on-capitalism

[CJR09]

Originally Posted by FairmontGS

The city of Kangbashi in northern China is empty. Although its owners continue to make a profit by speculating on rising property values, the city – complete with towering apartment complexes and elaborate recreation centres – is almost completely uninhabited.

https://aeon.co/videos/an-abandoned-...-on-capitalism

Thanks for that link fairmont, there are some cool stories in there, cheers

[Pis-ton broke]

these young fellas have had some interesting repair/builds, i thought there latest was appropriate. a zombie apocalypse vehicle, dang!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXMototNBdw

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Pis-ton broke

these young fellas have had some interesting repair/builds, i thought there latest was appropriate. a zombie apocalypse vehicle, dang!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXMototNBdw

Excitable, aren't they.
Dang. Looks like they have never seen a C/Onan diesel genset before....anyways.

[GCRXR6]

Originally Posted by Rallye Sport

A couple of Ford Escorts being driven far faster than they were originally intended.
In car footage in the first one is great, the navigator is egging him on all the way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYw1...ature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwl40XFvpLE

Flamin' irresponsible navigators, makin'em drive like that!!

[Pis-ton broke]

enthusiastic.

they have done some good rebuilds. i think they did a lambo some time back.

[Pis-ton broke]

Originally Posted by Rallye Sport

A couple of Ford Escorts being driven far faster than they were originally intended.
In car footage in the first one is great, the navigator is egging him on all the way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYw1...ature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwl40XFvpLE

many many years ago, i had a 1976 two door 1600 4sp escort. i used to flog the crap out of it around the back paddock. this one day i rolled it, and it nearly rolled completely upside down, then it rolled back onto its side. the car had a sunroof, and during the roll over i had to brace myself , i put my arms up against the roof , so as i didn,t fall through it. at that time, i was young and didn,t need a seat beat , thats because i was young and bullet proof.

so the car rolled back onto its side, i got out, some local kids that were watching me from the fence line ran over and we all lifted the car onto its wheels. i got in, didn,t lift the hood or any checks. turned the key, and engine starts , and away i go.
good old memory's.

[Brodes]

Working from home, new office in the shed, beer fridge close.

Living the dream.

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