The TPU UK Clubhouse

[dorsetknob]

Clean up the City " eat a Pigeon "

This Young Hawk was only about 5ft from me eating a freshly killed pigeon
as i had my phone with me i snapped a very quick picture with my phone
so i did not disturb him from his Kill.

I consider myself lucky to have photographed this ( probably only minuets after the kill).

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I had this problem in my first company, I have "finished" what was needed and I got "told off" a couple times for being on my phone. I mean do they expect me to be looking at blank screen or staring into space when i've finished what was needed and tested as much as I could?

I had the opposite.

The quicker I completed MY work. The less other workers started to do as the fastest worker would always get drafted in to pick up the slack. And if you keep finishing before everyone else. management will just slap the lions share on you and expect you to finish all of it anyway because they know you can and when you dont they'll shout at you and tell you off for being too slow.
Meanwhile everyone else that has 20-35% of the same workload are just swanning around treating the place like a social club and not really doing much of anything.

Had the same experience in multiple jobs of mine. so I dont really stick my neck out. I dont get paid any more than they do so why should i do 5x the work load?

Sorry been away for a week on a fishing trip to Cornwall, you can get passes on the bus from the driver but they will be a little more expensive than downloading and using their app, take a look here and see if it helps ..............

Weekly and longer tickets - Travel Devon

Catch anything good ?


(And hello - Its been a while since ive posted in this thread. Im still around but lurking mainly)

 

[Tatty_Two]

I had the opposite.

The quicker I completed MY work. The less other workers started to do as the fastest worker would always get drafted in to pick up the slack. And if you keep finishing before everyone else. management will just slap the lions share on you and expect you to finish all of it anyway because they know you can and when you dont they'll shout at you and tell you off for being too slow.
Meanwhile everyone else that has 20-35% of the same workload are just swanning around treating the place like a social club and not really doing much of anything.

Had the same experience in multiple jobs of mine. so I dont really stick my neck out. I dont get paid any more than they do so why should i do 5x the work load?



Catch anything good ?


(And hello - Its been a while since ive posted in this thread. Im still around but lurking mainly)

Only caught 2 fish all week, every single day 40+ MPH winds and torrential rain, had a 28 pound carp (not PB) and a 46 pound catfish (PB)

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Only caught 2 fish all week, every single day 40+ MPH winds and torrential rain, had a 28 pound carp (not PB) and a 46 pound catfish (PB)

Yeah its pretty shit here too. Ive only managed to get down to the bank only once for a few hours and didnt get as much as single follow.

I assumed you would have been out fishing on the pier since you mentioned Cornwall.

I definitely wish i could go sea fishing regularly but its 40mile drive to Southend or 80miles to Brighton. 46lb Cat does sound like a chonker though. One of my local ponds is infested with them. They managed to get rid of some but the population keeps on growing but none of the club members are interested in turning their carp or pole session into a cat session to help deal with the population. The place will probably have to be netted out eventually by the management.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Yeah its pretty shit here too. Ive only managed to get down to the bank only once for a few hours and didnt get as much as single follow.

I assumed you would have been out fishing on the pier since you mentioned Cornwall.

I definitely wish i could go sea fishing regularly but its 40mile drive to Southend or 80miles to Brighton. 46lb Cat does sound like a chonker though. One of my local ponds is infested with them. They managed to get rid of some but the population keeps on growing but none of the club members are interested in turning their carp or pole session into a cat session to help deal with the population. The place will probably have to be netted out eventually by the management.

It was a fishery with 13 lakes, 2 of which were specimen, we (me and my fishing buddy) had a lodge on site for a week, they have Catfish to almost 80 pounds and Carp to around 40.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

It was a fishery with 13 lakes, 2 of which were specimen, we (me and my fishing buddy) had a lodge on site for a week, they have Catfish to almost 80 pounds and Carp to around 40.

I might be heading out soon. Pike are spawning though so i'll be going with the light tackle for some chunky perch and jacks.

Also looking at building two other setups. A light/ultra-light baitcaster setup and a regular fixed spool carp stalking setup. Not going to dump a whole lot of money into either but its just nice to have some sport when the pike arent biting in the warmer months.

I used to catch a lot of carp in the summer months just freelining some bread or old pizza crust on the top in my youth. Was definitely a lot of fun!

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On an un related note - Would anyone have any of the dual core CPUs off this list?

Managed to pull an old laptop out of a skip and was thinking i could beef it up and do some basic stuff with it. It came with a SI-42 unfortunately so its by no means a premium device for its time.

 

[Space Lynx]

England is probably best place to go fishing in world, no mosquitoes to fuck with you.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

England is probably best place to go fishing in world, no mosquitoes to fuck with you.

actually no - We have these tiny gnats that will literally eat you alive in the exact same way. Thats why I stay away from rivers, big bodies of water or pack up before sun down. Its not a fun experience.

 

[Space Lynx]

actually no - We have these tiny gnats that will literally eat you alive in the exact same way. Thats why I stay away from rivers, big bodies of water or pack up before sun down. Its not a fun experience.

Good to know, I have not experienced those yet. Do they leave a little bump on you after they bite you? I had like 3-4 little bite bumps and I couldn't for the life of me figure out where they kept coming from, but I never was able to see what bug was doing it, couldn't feel the bite. My gf/fiance leaves standing water outside her yard 24/7 all year long... so maybe that is what it was.

I kept telling her to get rid of the standing water, but she wouldn't listen to reason.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

they start off as little tiny red dots then then bloom to something like this if you scratch/agitate them

Like mosquito bites. The more you scratch at them, the worse they get.

Best course of action would be Ibuprofen and an icepack to take the swelling down. My own body has always been pretty horrendous at dealing with bug bites.

 

[AusWolf]

not yet, but soon I hope. Aiming for May through early August, then its back to work in America. in mid-August

also, it was sunny like 90% of the time I was there last year, people were going crazy about how they didn't even need to go to Spain this year, made me laugh. I guess that weather has its downsides too though, if I remember the news headlines right they were starting to worry about droughts even... which is not a word I'd ever thought I'd hear in England. strange times indeed

Despite common belief, there's nothing wrong with the English weather. We have a week of winter in March, two weeks of summer around July-August and the rest is just spring or autumn, depending on whether it's raining or not. Sometimes the apocalypse is on us with a millimetre of snow in the "winter", or 25 °C schorches in the "summer".

 

[Space Lynx]

they start off as little tiny red dots then then bloom to something like this if you scratch/agitate them

Like mosquito bites. The more you scratch at them, the worse they get.

Best course of action would be Ibuprofen and an icepack to take the swelling down. My own body has always been pretty horrendous at dealing with bug bites.

hmm my bites didn't look like that, just a little red bump, it did have an itch though but I never itched, but about two hours later the bump would be gone.

so it might have been those gnats, or something else. I have no idea. I haven't had any of those bite bumps since being home in America though, so it was def her standing water (I saw bugs swimming in the water)

 

[FreedomEclipse]

hmm my bites didn't look like that, just a little red bump, it did have an itch though but I never itched, but about two hours later the bump would be gone.

so it might have been those gnats, or something else. I have no idea. I haven't had any of those bite bumps since being home in America though, so it was def her standing water (I saw bugs swimming in the water)

If its standing water it might need to lay down.

-- bad Jokes a side. Standing water would be mosquitos. Everyones body deals differently with insect bites

 

[Space Lynx]

If its standing water it might need to lay down.

-- bad Jokes a side. Standing water would be mosquitos. Everyones body deals differently with insect bites

I told her mosquitoes, but she said England doesn't have mosquitoes. lol

From a quick google search apparently England does have a certain type of mosquito, and its less common, and they are drawn to standing water... so yeah that is my guess as well.

 

[Tatty_Two]

I told her mosquitoes, but she said England doesn't have mosquitoes. lol

From a quick google search apparently England does have a certain type of mosquito, and its less common, and they are drawn to standing water... so yeah that is my guess as well.

Probably because that's where they lay their eggs

 

[AusWolf]

I told her mosquitoes, but she said England doesn't have mosquitoes. lol

From a quick google search apparently England does have a certain type of mosquito, and its less common, and they are drawn to standing water... so yeah that is my guess as well.

We're a culture obsessed with health & safety. Mosquitoes are illegal here.

 

[Space Lynx]

We're a culture obsessed with health & safety. Mosquitoes are illegal here.

then what bit me?

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

then what bit me?

A criminal

 

[Space Lynx]

I'm so confused right now, lol

 

[Tatty_Two]

then what bit me?

Most likely if not a Mozzy then probably a Midge or a Tick, they are both included in the top 4 "biters" of England ................

UK Biting Insects – A Guide To The Top 4 | Empire Pest Control London

 

[Space Lynx]

Most likely if not a Mozzy then probably a Midge or a Tick, they are both included in the top 4 "biters" of England ................

UK Biting Insects – A Guide To The Top 4 | Empire Pest Control London

my gf/fiance seems to think they it was midges getting me, but for some reason they never bit her. she never gets any kind of bites she said. strange that.

also that link you just gave, the picture of the tick OMG looks like something from fucking elden ring or dark souls or demonspawn in general, lmao

 

[AusWolf]

then what bit me?

I was only joking.

Although I admit, society's obsession with H&S can be quite irritating sometimes.

 

[Space Lynx]

I was only joking.

Although I admit, society's obsession with H&S can be quite irritating sometimes.

I didn't understand is all, Brits humor goes over my head sometimes even when I am there in person lol

 

[dorsetknob]

On an un related note - Would anyone have any of the dual core CPUs off this list?

Somewhere stored i got a couple of AMD Mobile cpu's
will have to find and identify them.
will pm you with details when i have them

 

[AusWolf]

On an un related note - Would anyone have any of the dual core CPUs off this list?

Managed to pull an old laptop out of a skip and was thinking i could beef it up and do some basic stuff with it. It came with a SI-42 unfortunately so its by no means a premium device for its time.

For free, any time. To pay for one, nah. They're too old for modern OSes and programs. I have a dual core in my netbook (a Celeron N4020) which at least knows modern instruction sets, has a TDP of 6 W, and its iGPU can do hardware decode.

With that said, the biggest problem with old laptops is usually the battery.

Edit: Oh wait, I see you actually want one of these CPUs! Sorry, I misread your post. Good luck and keep us updated.