A prize for being prize prat ;D
As many know, I'm into radio controlled models, and for the last couple of years, that's been quadcopters (drones, for the uninformed).
Well, I built up a new little racer 2 or 3 weeks ago, despite having the bits, bar the FPV camera, since last spring/summer time, but have been really fighting to get the telemetry to work. I check, double checked, and triple checked all the wiring, the flight controller settings and the transmitter settings. And then checked them again, and again, as the damn thing wasn't giving any telemetry data back from the flight controller, just from the receiver itself (which is pretty much naff all).
So, imagine the lightbulb moment, when it dawned on my that because I mounted the receiver upside down, I'd done the schoolboy error of connecting the wrong pin.
Quick bit of resoldering to the right pin, and issue resolved. What a first class pillock :-[
A prize for being prize prat ;DYep you get a prize....2 free tickets ;D ;D ;D
As many know, I'm into radio controlled models, and for the last couple of years, that's been quadcopters (drones, for the uninformed).
Well, I built up a new little racer 2 or 3 weeks ago, despite having the bits, bar the FPV camera, since last spring/summer time, but have been really fighting to get the telemetry to work. I check, double checked, and triple checked all the wiring, the flight controller settings and the transmitter settings. And then checked them again, and again, as the damn thing wasn't giving any telemetry data back from the flight controller, just from the receiver itself (which is pretty much naff all).
So, imagine the lightbulb moment, when it dawned on my that because I mounted the receiver upside down, I'd done the schoolboy error of connecting the wrong pin.
Quick bit of resoldering to the right pin, and issue resolved. What a first class pillock :-[
I hope that this doesn't start a thread on "What a b*llocking idiot I have been", because I do not want to overwhelm the Forum with my examples, thereby denying anybody else a look-in! :-[ ;DNo, you jump in bigron, take the pressure off me a bit ;D
Ron.
Silly me, I thought you were a decent sort of chap.A prize for being prize prat ;DYep you get a prize....2 free tickets ;D ;D ;D
As many know, I'm into radio controlled models, and for the last couple of years, that's been quadcopters (drones, for the uninformed).
Well, I built up a new little racer 2 or 3 weeks ago, despite having the bits, bar the FPV camera, since last spring/summer time, but have been really fighting to get the telemetry to work. I check, double checked, and triple checked all the wiring, the flight controller settings and the transmitter settings. And then checked them again, and again, as the damn thing wasn't giving any telemetry data back from the flight controller, just from the receiver itself (which is pretty much naff all).
So, imagine the lightbulb moment, when it dawned on my that because I mounted the receiver upside down, I'd done the schoolboy error of connecting the wrong pin.
Quick bit of resoldering to the right pin, and issue resolved. What a first class pillock :-[(https://i.imgur.com/HFIb57o.jpg)
It's nice when you find you've made a mistake like that and, upon rectifying it, discover that, as a bonus, you haven't let the smoke out of anything expensive. ;DIt takes immense skill to keep all the smoke locked inside the boards :)
Am slowly building a Guillows Cessna 172...My glider I had 30yrs ago lost an argument with a rugby post on its maiden flight...
The fuselage was fundamentally finished when it rolled from its parking place... Picked it up and after a cursory check it looked OK. Moved it yesterday, (rebuilding bedroom) and managed to put a hole in it :-[
Still, repairing it and building a replacement aileron that the dog ate... might offer some respite from Ikeas best efforts ::)
I've never smoked. It's probably the only thing in life I've got right! ;D
Yes - a booby prize! :y ;D
Ron.
Yes - a booby prize! :y ;D
Ron.
I like boobies! :)
Yes - a booby prize! :y ;D
Ron.
I like boobies! :)
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I've never smoked. It's probably the only thing in life I've got right! ;D
Ooops wrong thread! ::) Not sure what happened there.... :-\
Do I get a prize? ??? ;D
I've never smoked. It's probably the only thing in life I've got right! ;D
Ooops wrong thread! ::) Not sure what happened there.... :-\
Do I get a prize? ??? ;D
Well, you weren't joking when you said it was the only thing you got right, clearly. ;)
If it's any consolation, Ikea managed to deliver everything today... Only two minor hiccups. One mirrored wardrobe door had been folded :o and another dropped on one edge rendering it scrap...You should get a prize for buying Ikea shite!
A quick phonecall and the replacements will be here on Sunday 8)
Well, thus far, my only grumble beyond the broken doors, is that the floor and walls of my room are less square than I had presumed, still in the last three days, I have gutted my room, done three tip trips, laid a new carpet, built all the wardrobes and interior gubbins and hope to have the bed done before, well, bed time...If it's any consolation, Ikea managed to deliver everything today... Only two minor hiccups. One mirrored wardrobe door had been folded :o and another dropped on one edge rendering it scrap...You should get a prize for buying Ikea shite!
A quick phonecall and the replacements will be here on Sunday 8)
By the sounds of things I'm one of the lucky ones who've never actually been to an IKEA emporium,and I've no-one to pester me into doing so 8)It's not somewhere that I habitually frequent... But they sold what I required at a price which I deem acceptable. If it lasts half the seventeen years that the previous MFI stuff lasted, then I will be content with the ballache that is visiting Ikea on a school holiday...
It's shit not having kids, as you never know when the wee snotty bastids will be foisted on the general public...
By the sounds of things I'm one of the lucky ones who've never actually been to an IKEA emporium,and I've no-one to pester me into doing so 8)It's not somewhere that I habitually frequent... But they sold what I required at a price which I deem acceptable. If it lasts half the seventeen years that the previous MFI stuff lasted, then I will be content with the ballache that is visiting Ikea on a school holiday...
It's shit not having kids, as you never know when the wee snotty bastids will be foisted on the general public...
Its crazy, every time I go there (for their 50p hotdogs at lunchtime ;D), they are queuing for ages at the tills. And to buy Ikea cheap tat. I never ceased to be amazed (but then this is Milton Keynes).By the sounds of things I'm one of the lucky ones who've never actually been to an IKEA emporium,and I've no-one to pester me into doing so 8)It's not somewhere that I habitually frequent... But they sold what I required at a price which I deem acceptable. If it lasts half the seventeen years that the previous MFI stuff lasted, then I will be content with the ballache that is visiting Ikea on a school holiday...
It's shit not having kids, as you never know when the wee snotty bastids will be foisted on the general public...
.. and you made it to the tills without going postal. Quite an achievement. :y
MFIPeople used to knock More Flucking Idiots, but their stuff towards the end was actually quite reasonable and decent value.
Fitted a kitchen from MFI in the last house and it was decent stuff. Better than the rubbish the builders fitted here.It;s not the builders ,the developer / specifier picks the crap to get installed ::)
In 1990??? :o :)
once fitted it was a lovely kitchen, and what made it nicer was that I never did receive a bill from them for the balance of £3150. ;D
Yes, of course. I should have made that distinction. :yFitted a kitchen from MFI in the last house and it was decent stuff. Better than the rubbish the builders fitted here.It;s not the builders ,the developer / specifier picks the crap to get installed ::)
I still break out in a cold sweat thinking about that day. I swore I would never go back, and I never have. ::)
I fitted a few MFI kitchens from their quality (Hygena?) range and was quite impressed. MFI had gone by the time I fitted a kitchen here at home from Magnet, and although I specified the layout and units, it turned up with all sorts of decor panels and trims I had not ordered! Also the carcasses were 16mm and not 18mm thick as promised, so would not take the weight of my combi-microwave, and required a strengthening panel. >:( I would certainly not buy from Magnet again. >:(Fitted a kitchen from MFI in the last house and it was decent stuff. Better than the rubbish the builders fitted here.It;s not the builders ,the developer / specifier picks the crap to get installed ::)
I did quite a few "MFI" kitchens before they went bust
most was good stuff.
I got things like worktops, sinks and appliances elsewhere :-X
(mfi made money from extras ,designers where told to add all the fancy trims ,decor panels etc )
in the end ,mfi made it complicated ,you ended up buying off some unknown " sister company" on the invoices
worried if you'd ever get delivery :(
Our kitchen is a Schreiber one, 18 years old and still presentable 8)If fitted in 1999 you should check it's not suffering from millennium bug issues
Didn,t MFI take over Hygiena kitchens before they went tits up? Was very pleased with mine.
Demon Tweeks today. Chasing up where my egay order is, they replied telling me they had listed them on behalf of another company, who claimed to have them in stock, but didn't.How’s that working for you? ::)
Just thinking how I can express my opinion in just 80 characters ;DDemon Tweeks today. Chasing up where my egay order is, they replied telling me they had listed them on behalf of another company, who claimed to have them in stock, but didn't.How’s that working for you? ::)
Onanistic yoni massaging tissue abusing fecal wearing excuses for retailing scum.Just thinking how I can express my opinion in just 80 characters ;DDemon Tweeks today. Chasing up where my egay order is, they replied telling me they had listed them on behalf of another company, who claimed to have them in stock, but didn't.How’s that working for you? ::)
Lots of bay of E sellers do drop ship listingsIndeed, and I think everyone knows that. But this was Demon Tweaks, selling stuff (allegedly) on behalf of Sealey UK....
(selling stuff they don't physically have in stock ), shipped direct from their supplier
many ebay shops are just peoples homes,no stock , tat sent direct from china etc
I thought eBay was full of retards and mongs and, therefore, was off limits?Lots of bay of E sellers do drop ship listingsIndeed, and I think everyone knows that. But this was Demon Tweaks, selling stuff (allegedly) on behalf of Sealey UK....
(selling stuff they don't physically have in stock ), shipped direct from their supplier
many ebay shops are just peoples homes,no stock , tat sent direct from china etc
I think my BS detector might have activated.
It frequently is, but I stupidly though Demon Tweeks would be hassle free. Silly me.I thought eBay was full of retards and mongs and, therefore, was off limits?Lots of bay of E sellers do drop ship listingsIndeed, and I think everyone knows that. But this was Demon Tweaks, selling stuff (allegedly) on behalf of Sealey UK....
(selling stuff they don't physically have in stock ), shipped direct from their supplier
many ebay shops are just peoples homes,no stock , tat sent direct from china etc
I think my BS detector might have activated.
I don't leave feedback...on eBay, amazon marketplace. AO, Currys.........anywhere. The emails get more frantic before they finally stop. ;DIt frequently is, but I stupidly though Demon Tweeks would be hassle free. Silly me.I thought eBay was full of retards and mongs and, therefore, was off limits?Lots of bay of E sellers do drop ship listingsIndeed, and I think everyone knows that. But this was Demon Tweaks, selling stuff (allegedly) on behalf of Sealey UK....
(selling stuff they don't physically have in stock ), shipped direct from their supplier
many ebay shops are just peoples homes,no stock , tat sent direct from china etc
I think my BS detector might have activated.
Still, they turned up today, so that's all sorted as well :)
Not sure what sort of feedback to leave... ...I'm not shy to be brutally honest on feedback...
...which leads me onto another gripe about egay, that's becoming more and more prevalent - some kind of blackmail to make you leave positive feedback and 5 star DSRs. They tend to get -ve and 1 star DSRs, as I don't respond well to blackmail.
I don't leave feedback...on eBay, amazon marketplace. AO, Currys.........anywhere. The emails get more frantic before they finally stop. ;D