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And the last paragraph is the point -- the SG isn't supposed to be perfect (especially during charging) but that's not its point, it's to tell you what fraction of your battery capacity you've used while discharging, and by all accounts it's pretty good for that -- at least, for LA batteries. It won't tell you that your battery capacity has degraded over time because it doesn't monitor current, but that should be obvious as discharge times get shorter and shorter. If you want something better (current, battery health/capacity) there are more complicated (and considerably more expensive) battery monitors on the market (e.g Balmar, Victron) which also measure current (and need a shunt installing), but for most people (not @MtB obviously...) just concerned about remaining capacity the Smartgauge is "good enough".

I'm not convinced that you can legitimately attach the label "Wagyu" -- especially is it's a cross, which I assume the X means -- to beef which doesn't come from cows treated palatially like those in Japan, complete with special feed and beer and massages, it's not just the breed it's how the cows are raised. Which explains the ludicrously high prices there (also Kobe beef, just as delicious -- or Matsuzaka beef, very similar) as well as the quality, and the reverence with which a chef there treats it, none of this "well done" rubbish -- and if you had the temerity to suggest mincing it up to make a burger you might not make it out of the restaurant alive... 😉 I have a photo somewhere of a butcher's window in Asakusa with a gorgeous piece of Kobe beef weighing several kilograms, and at first I though they'd mistakenly put an extra zero in the price because it cost rather more than my return airfare to Japan... 🙂

Ditto.

Literally true, but in reality I bet 100% of the speeding oiks bought theirs in the last few years so this get-out doesn't apply... 😞

The Duke of York?

What I meant is that charities are more like utilities (NHS, water, power) in that their primary purpose is to serve the public, the primary purpose of businesses is to make money. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's why the private sector does such a bad job (from the public's pont of view) of providing basic services -- water being a perfect example... 😞 Or a good job (from the business point of view) if you can manage to privatise profit and socialise debt --- see Macquarie and Thames Water... 😞

We called there (Plume of Feathers) a couple of weeks ago -- it's a restaurant really not a pub, but the food was pretty good and the beer was decent. Not the kind of place to get wedged in for a session, but good for what it is... 🙂

Since he'll be looking at it just after it's painted to decide whether he likes the result or not, looking at an old faded boat isn't going to be helpful... 😉 Either way photos and anything viewed on-screen really can't be relied on, it depends too much on the camera/screen -- on my monitor right now the photos I posted look pretty close to real life (because I have the RAL swatches here to compare with), but that may not be true on a different monitor, or even if different lighting. Lighting conditions make a big difference, as I found out with reds -- the one I chose (Signal Red) was much more orange in real life and bright sunlight than I was expecting, given that I looked at the swatches in dull winter light... 😞 If he can't find a boat in the right colour @STIG is welcome to borrow my RAL swatch book if he's anywhere nearby, otherwise I'd suggest lashing out £50 or so on one of his own. It sounds expensive but it's much cheaper than having to get a colour changed afterwards... 😉

Cobalt at the top, night at the bottom, and what night blue looks like on a boat in the sunlight...

Mine is RAL5022 Night Blue which is a bit lighter/bluer than cobalt. Don't rely on photos, get a RAL colour fan, preferably the big gloss one so you can fan out your colour choices together, and look at then in daylight and sunlight. Small patches are useless to see what the result is going to look like... https://www.amazon.co.uk/RAL-K5-Semi-Matte-Gloss/dp/B002M9DYQ4 True if you can find a boat in the exact colour you want, and it's been relatively newly painted. If not a decent RAL colour fan is the best alternative, you can then also compare different colours -- you might well change your mind, I did... 😉 P.S. @STIG Where are you? You can borrow mine if you're anywhere near London... 😉

The VMs above or below Star Lock?

Businesses raise prices above costs both to account for inflation, and because they usually work on a fixed gross margin in order to make a living which doesn't get poorer as time goes on -- otherwise they get squeezed between suppliers and end customers. They're not charities...

We looked in at Great Haywood (since we're now moored there) and it looked good, but I noticed the lack of prices on the meat which is never a good sign... Stanforth's in Skipton is the dog's wotsits for pies... 🙂

These are a better size for a hatch -- 8 self-adhesive 100mm x 25mm PTFE sliders for a tenner... https://www.amazon.co.uk/METALLIXITY-Furniture-Rectangle-Self-adhesive-Protector/dp/B0BB6X66KZ/

They are indeed variable, some are excellent, some not so much. Given how much people raved about the butcher in Alrewas, I expected better from them -- the sausages looked good but didn't deliver on their promise. All sizzle and no steak, you might say... 😉 IIRC some of their lamb was a bit tough and tasteless too. Maybe we caught them on an off day, like the Anchor at High Offley (twice)... 😞

That's because "bangers" were so-called when they were bulked out with cheap rusk and water instead of meat when this was expensive (and rationed?), all of which makes them split. A good sausage shouldn't do this if cooked properly.

I wasn't impressed with their sausages though, too soft texture and horribly prone to splitting. And yes, I do know how to cook sausages... 😉

Fix the HDPE under the hatch to cover the steel (like the photo I showed), a thin strip will be fine, and you could use a suitable glue rather than screws. This will have less friction and means the HDPE is hidden away so less subject to damage. Don't use HDPE on both surfaces, on a sliding surface you want one side to be hard and one soft.

That may be why on mine the long fixed sliders on the roof are stainless steel, and the plastic ones are strips under the hatch where they can't move or buckle because they're confined...

"For clarity if you have an electric bike with a ‘twist and go' throttle (that can be propelled without pedalling) this is NOT a legal e-bike, it is not allowed on towpaths and can be confiscated by the police if done so." "It's not currently legal to ride an e-scooter in any public place, except for where rental trails are being held. We've not allowed any trails to take place on towpaths. We issued this statement on e-scooters in 2020 This makes it clear that e-scooters are prohibited under our bylaws and that we will not be allowing e-scooters to be used on towpaths unless it can be proved that it is safe to do so. As yet, we have not seen such evidence. Loads of both on the towpaths (and pavements and roads) though, the rules are obviously useless without any effective enforcement ... 😞 (though as discussed earlier, it's difficult to see any way CART could actually do this in reality...)