Shoe Appreciation

I have a pair of real, full leather shoes, leather sole and heal, everything.  I came across Tring Shoe Shop's video.  I have a lot more appreciation of them.

Power Bank

Once upon time, we carry a second battery for our mobile devices.  For the last 15 years, people have been moving to power banks.  All the batteries on small devices give ratings in milliAmp Hours, mAh.

We had a free power bank, its rating was not properly marked, I assume it is about 1000mAh @ 5V, which is 1Ah @ 5V = 5Wh.

I bought a new one from Amazon, it was advertised as 10400mAh, and turned out to be 1400mAh.  This is the definition of mis-advertisement!  False advertisement even.

I thought I would utilise my old solar panel, so I rigged it up with a 17Ah battery as the reservoir, which is 17000mAh at 12V, which is 204Wh!  I am going to charge everything with it!

IAM Advance Rider

I finally decided to pursue the IAM advance rider qualification, let see if I can get it over the Winter. 

Wheel Nuts

I never had a car with alloy wheel, so I didn't fully understand the need or anatomy of a locking wheel nut: Weird pattern / non-standard nut.

Bloody Yob II

Those fuckers had another go at my garage door.  Thanks the neighbours calling the cops, and chased them away.  

More struts, more reinforcement.  Tossers.

First and Last Croque Monsieur

I had my first and last croque monsieur today.  Ham and cheese are great, but I hate mustard.  Bye monsieur.

La Palma Volcano

I remember watching a science programme on cable TV and it said if La Palma erupts, in a certain manner, the East coast United States will be destroyed.  So when I read La Palma volcano erupted, we are all waiting to see if it will fulfil the scientific prediction.  Not yet.