Mundane News

[biggs682]

My working day and week is completed

 

[DCLane]

I'm currently marking postgraduate student assignments. Some have been really good, some mediocre and a few poor but less than I'd feared although a few are still to submit. These have been a decent bunch and I've enjoyed the sessions with them.

However, the one I've just marked appears to be 100% AI written. Either that, with the metadata showing a potential 'ghost' author, if they paid for it they need a refund!

It's atrocious. Badly written, nonsensical, not answering the task set - which is designed to fool gen-AI systems - and scored a hugely optimistic 12%. And that's me being generous.

 

[DCLane]

Given the number of bikes you have, I'd have thought puncture patching was a breeze !

Putting tubes in is fine. I lack the dexterity needed to patch them, probably because I've an incredibly low boredom threshold.

My experience, can't say where, what or how says that magnesium burns spectacularly! An entire development lab reduced to smoking metal. A side issue meant it became a contaminated site. The clean up cost a lot, lot and blew the yellow jacket and clipboard budget


Are new inner tubes that expensive? Unless you want the near weightless ones made of fairies winks and held together by butterfly kisses?

Hmm ... sounds interesting

And no, they're not expensive. I've got some really cheap ones somewhere in the parts shed. But it's a trek outside to get to it. And it's cold in there.

 

[rockyroller]

5 dumb kids & 1 staff person wore fake mustaches in their portraits. can't believe the school let them. can't believe the photog let them. school is super pissed & it's causing all kinds of issues. an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, eh?

 

[DCLane]

SWMBO has come home and - after coughing and spluttering on me - announced there's a nasty respiratory bug going round the hospital wards she's been working on.



As I'm classed as vulnerable, and have to be careful, she has been banished.

 

[biggs682]

Putting tubes in is fine. I lack the dexterity needed to patch them, probably because I've an incredibly low boredom threshold

I am exactly the same

 

[Mike_P]

A Breville ultimate deep fill sandwich toaster acquired from Argos in Sainsbury's having first checked the store shelves for what they had. Hopefully will shut with my chunky, "thin" according to cutting guide, sliced bread.
Latest app offers annoying , no reduced price milk. No yellow labels noted either.

 

[postman]

Just back five of us from the Sheesh Mahal restaurant.Our son's 30th birthday meal,it was superb as always,now watching a brilliant Wrexham v Forest cup tie.

 

[mistyoptic]

Salmon Moqueca for dinner. Now enjoying a nice glass of Miyagikyo single malt whilst listening to Boom radio.

 

[Reynard]

It's been a dark, dank freezing cold and, hosey-with-rain kind of day here chez Casa Reynard.

Sleep was a bit meh. Dozed off in front of the laptop last night. Woke up and went to bed, and then it took me a bloody age to nod off again. Overslept some, but still feel meh. The usual choresy morning was had, doing things quickly to limit the amount of time spent outside in the hissing rain.

Lovely luncheon of a crusty roll, some fancy cheese, some pate, a pear, a banana and a

Had a quiet afternoon. Well, as quiet as peeling and de-stoning a mountain of mangoes can be. I have 5lbs of mango to turn into chutney. Was going to divert a few fruit to a friend, but they're not up to snuff. So I'll pop two into the fruit bowl, and the remaining pair will be turned into an apple & mango crumble.

Re-did the dressing on my shin. A visible improvement since Tuesday, and the wound is holding together, even without the stitches.

Lovely supper of the last of the cullen skink, a crusty roll filled with pickled herring, and a warm Min Spy with cream.

Now sat here listening to the FA Cup football on the radio.

 

[Reynard]

Salmon Moqueca for dinner. Now enjoying a nice glass of Miyagikyo single malt whilst listening to Boom radio.

That sounds good, may try that. But will swap the coriander for parsley.

 

[Jenkins]

The evening's hot chocolate has been had and I now fancy something cold and hop based.

No snooze was had this afternoon, possibly due to the various coffees had during the day while trying to keep warm. At least it seems to have stopped raining for a little while.

 

[Jenkins]

Putting tubes in is fine. I lack the dexterity needed to patch them, probably because I've an incredibly low boredom threshold.

This is why I use the pre glued patches - the only time taken is to find the hole. No applying glue, waiting for it to go off and then holding the patch in place. Just apply and press down for a few seconds.

 

[Gravity Aided]

My experience, can't say where, what or how says that magnesium burns spectacularly! An entire development lab reduced to smoking metal. A side issue meant it became a contaminated site. The clean up cost a lot, lot and blew the yellow jacket and clipboard budget


Are new inner tubes that expensive? Unless you want the near weightless ones made of fairies winks and held together by butterfly kisses?

Some Douglas DC-3s (Dakotas) in the war were made of magnesium, which is why Ricky Nelson's plane caught fire. South Wind gasoline heaters and magnesium do not play well together. Very tragic.

 

[Gravity Aided]

This is why I use the pre glued patches - the only time taken is to find the hole. No applying glue, waiting for it to go off and then holding the patch in place. Just apply and press down for a few seconds.

I still have a few tubular sew-up tires round about, but I live in an area prone to blizzards. Not much to do but shovel snow. Although I am currently in about 5c territory, and super cold weather has not been present for a week or so.