mmccarthy

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• Coffee Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 23 hours

  

  I'm sure you've already seen this, but just be sure to make better coffee than this if you end up getting one:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0XeO66x­XAs
  
  

• Coffee Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 days, 20 hours

  

  No experience with older models unfortunately. On the plus side they are incredibly straightforward machines so assuming everything is structurally sound and there are no major leaks, I can't see it ever taking too much work to get one back up to speed.

  Struggling to think of anything that could go wrong that wouldn't involve replacing the heating element, new pressure-stat (not sure if they had one on the older models) or some new gaskets. That one does look to have some pitting on the chrome which I imagine is expected given the age.

  Any particular desire for such an old model? I'm quite pleased with how the design has stayed consistent over such a long period of time (aside from the base really). Just asking as my new one was less than that (not sure how much market rates vary across the Atlantic though).

  Edit: Just had a quick look and christ the new ones are expensive in the US. Never mind the above paragraph!

• Formula One ( F1 )

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• Formula One ( F1 )

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 6 days, 4 hours

  

  That is true, at first I thought it was a more-explicit ride height adjustment as it was triggered on the straights.

  It does seem like a potential season-dominating bit of tech, especially if it allows them to open up pit strategies due to elongated tyre life. Be interesting to see if there are any downsides regarding having the tyres 'cool off' around the lap causing lack of grip once back in standard configuration.

• Formula One ( F1 )

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 6 days, 5 hours

  

  And of course, Sky F1 think it's ingenious. I'm sure if it was Ferrari they'd be being labelled cheats at this point.

  Wasn't there a huge number of systems similar to this outlawed under the 'movable aerodynamic device' ruling? Surprised this gets around that (if it still exists).

  Edit: Thought it was a ride-height thing at first, ignore the aero comment above.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 6 days, 6 hours

  

  Somewhat related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4WtTW7H­oMA
  
  

• Coffee Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 6 days, 8 hours

  

  Unlikely you'll get decent filters in a supermarket, try here: https://www.pactcoffee.com/coffee-filter­s/clever-dripper-filter-papers

  Edit: Same filters as recommended above.

• EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 6 days, 8 hours

  

  Considering her track record on differentiating between opposites, I think considering multiple tenses is a step too far.

• EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 6 days, 10 hours

  

  So, person implementing anti-immigration laws being child of immigrants who would not be allowed into the country under the scheme she's implementing is not a point for discussion?

  That doesn't strike you as hypocritical at all?

  Not sure where the brown bit comes into play, unless you get extra points in this scheme for not being brown.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week

  

  Though Audi own Lamborghini