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[Big_Dave]

Just got back from tonight's ride, it was a bit cold even by my standards @ -4.8 degrees C. Cut the ride short at 24 miles we had planned to do 35 but just too cold to keep properly warm, was ok apart from feet numb and felt like blocks of ice.

@Nigelnaturist great looking pics by the way!!

 

[Stonechat]

Good news got the bike back yesterday from LBS with gear cable fixed (I am still busy but will try some modest mileage today

 

[Nomadski]

Yay, got in the ballot for RideLondon 2015! And this time I dont have the added pressure of raising money for charity (even though that was very satisfying in the end in 2013)

Better get back in full flow on the bike!

 

[SpaCyclist]

Just got back from tonight's ride, it was a bit cold even by my standards @ -4.8 degrees C. Cut the ride short at 24 miles we had planned to do 35 but just too cold to keep properly warm, was ok apart from feet numb and felt like blocks of ice.

@Nigelnaturist great looking pics by the way!!

Well done that man!! I decided that discretion was the better part of valour, and went for a 7 mile local walk this morning rather than a ride. It's bright, but so cold and now quite breezy here. Real Brass Monkeys weather!

 

[Stonechat]

Phone calll just as I was going out delayed me 1/2 an hour and limited my options
Chertsey and Chobham and the wind was so cold on my face
https://www.strava.com/activities/250260886
21.18 miles at 15.1 mph 712 feet climbed
Oarticuarky cycling back along the river where the wind always whips through
I do need to stop the chain coming off, the stops on the front derailleur need adjusting.

Good news I think. In a few days Mrs S is coming home. The bad news is I am nowhere near ready

She needs a downstairs bedroom, which will be where I am sitting now
The bed could fit it, but we really neeed decent room around the bed, Will bring a single bed down here the desk and computer desk to go upstairs. The double bed should dismantle and get the aforesaid desk up there
Need wireless network card in this computer

There are two cupboards that used to be wardrobes in here
Currently have shelves in , need to be converted back to wardrobes, and all the jusnk moving upstairs and some of her stuff brinbging down. I though I had a couple of weeks and was trying to make it really nicve for her but will just have to do what I can now,

 

[Stonechat]

Well done that man!! I decided that discretion was the better part of valour, and went for a 7 mile local walk this morning rather than a ride. It's bright, but so cold and now quite breezy here. Real Brass Monkeys weather!

It's not just the temp , the windchill factor this morning was awful

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Phone calll just as I was going out delayed me 1/2 an hour and limited my options
Chertsey and Chobham and the wind was so cold on my face
https://www.strava.com/activities/250260886
21.18 miles at 15.1 mph 712 feet climbed
Oarticuarky cycling back along the river where the wind always whips through
I do need to stop the chain coming off, the stops on the front derailleur need adjusting.

Good news I think. In a few days Mrs S is coming home. The bad news is I am nowhere near ready

She needs a downstairs bedroom, which will be where I am sitting now
The bed could fit it, but we really neeed decent room around the bed, Will bring a single bed down here the desk and computer desk to go upstairs. The double bed should dismantle and get the aforesaid desk up there
Need wireless network card in this computer

There are two cupboards that used to be wardrobes in here
Currently have shelves in , need to be converted back to wardrobes, and all the jusnk moving upstairs and some of her stuff brinbging down. I though I had a couple of weeks and was trying to make it really nicve for her but will just have to do what I can now,

Best wishes. We had similar issues but came to the conclusion I was best off living upstairs because we don't have a bathroom downstairs! So my husband makes my food for the day and I live upstairs with a note pinned to the door to ring me, we live somewhere safe enough to leave the front door unlocked all the time luckily.

I am almost good enough to manage our stairs myself but not quickly and not very often.
Thankfully house sitting for our landlady for a month has meant a change of scenery. Her house has a downstairs toilet and a large 3 seated sofa I can just about manage to life on comfortably with plenty of painkillers but...

It's not fun falling all the time though. I have to remember to carry the phone everywhere with me just in case. I'm still losing my balance +20 odd times a day and finding myself on the floor or furniture one or twice a day!

 

[Leescfc79]

@Nomadski congrats, didn't get in this year and glad as its the weekend my other half is due to give birth to our first child so probably for the best! I will apply again for 2016 and hopefully be forth time lucky!

 

[Nomadski]

Phone calll just as I was going out delayed me 1/2 an hour and limited my options
Chertsey and Chobham and the wind was so cold on my face
https://www.strava.com/activities/250260886
21.18 miles at 15.1 mph 712 feet climbed
Oarticuarky cycling back along the river where the wind always whips through
I do need to stop the chain coming off, the stops on the front derailleur need adjusting.

Good news I think. In a few days Mrs S is coming home. The bad news is I am nowhere near ready

She needs a downstairs bedroom, which will be where I am sitting now
The bed could fit it, but we really neeed decent room around the bed, Will bring a single bed down here the desk and computer desk to go upstairs. The double bed should dismantle and get the aforesaid desk up there
Need wireless network card in this computer

There are two cupboards that used to be wardrobes in here
Currently have shelves in , need to be converted back to wardrobes, and all the jusnk moving upstairs and some of her stuff brinbging down. I though I had a couple of weeks and was trying to make it really nicve for her but will just have to do what I can now,

Sounds like you really got your hands full.

Rather than a wireless network card get yourself a pair of TP LINK Powerline Adapters. Cheap, easier to get going, no chance of wireless interference, and you can use them in any standard plug socket around the house.

I have these - http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/comput...8899!&ef_id=VMudPQAAAfQy6Hl1:20150204182759:s £25 from Currys.

If you can wait a couple of days for delivery, Ebuyer do the faster gigabit versions for a few dollars more - http://www.ebuyer.com/610681-tp-lin...ium=products&gclid=CICC8-_1yMMCFSfItAodxCQAHw £33.

I owned Belkin ones previously but they were rubbish, the TP Link ones have never needed resetting once.

How it works -

You router - Standard network cable into one Adapter which plugs into a nearby wall socket.

Where your PC is (or any device that needs networking) -> Standard network cable into the other Adapter which plugs into a nearby wall socket.

Press a button on one, press a button on the other within 30 seconds. Boom! Connected.

The ones I linked to are a set of two. Just check and see if they come with ethernet cables, you may have some lying around, or get some at Maplins. Use CAT 6 Cables if you go for the gigabit ones. EDIT: They come with 2x ethernet cables so your all set.

They are great and will save you hassle in buying and installing and configuring an internal network card.

Hope this is of some small help.


I went for my monthly (!) ride to celebrate my place in RideLondon, and because my body is telling me I reeeeeally need to. Cloudy day, little bit of rain, and quite cool but was well wrapped for it. Also was testing a new action camera for work so that was fun.

Got stuck in the rush hour(s) once I came out of the park which brought the average speed down a little, but I was hardly breaking 14mph before then anyway.

https://app.strava.com/activities/250347807

Hope everyone is well.

 

[Mo1959]

Need wireless network card in this computer

Damon's advice sounds good, and another alternative would be a USB wireless dongle for your computer. Hope you get everything sorted out. Sounds quite an upheaval.

 

[Stonechat]

Damon's advice sounds good, and another alternative would be a USB wireless dongle for your computer. Hope you get everything sorted out. Sounds quite an upheaval.

Thanks for suggestions
I already bought PCI express wireless adapter
I am rather busy at the moment
So sometimes do things when I am too tired.
I did tonight fit the adpter, a I have somehow b**@@ered the computer
Fitted cards, memory, etc before no probs.
Just does nor switch on
I have downloaded HP troubleshooting guide, will have a look tomorrow , but I DON'T HAVE THE TIME

sorry rant over

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Thanks for suggestions
I already bought PCI express wireless adapter
I am rather busy at the moment
So sometimes do things when I am too tired.
I did tonight fit the adpter, a I have somehow b**@@ered the computer
Fitted cards, memory, etc before no probs.
Just does nor switch on
I have downloaded HP troubleshooting guide, will have a look tomorrow , but I DON'T HAVE THE TIME

sorry rant over

Remove the card and try starting it up again. It could just be a bad connection but try again without first!

 

[Stonechat]

Remove the card and try starting it up again. It could just be a bad connection but try again without first!

it's even weirder than I can imagine.
I am as I said reorganising the house. I took my allegedly bust computer up stairs and it does actually work. Mrs S's computer which was working, now works in neither. Bear in mind that we had a partial rewire, and I wonder about the quality of mains/earth/neutral
Plug a lamp in, all socket work. They will come to look at wiring, don't know when. Unlike my working days, I have no test equipment.
Odd, and wasted more time!!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

when you say works or does not work - are you referring to the internet connection or that actual machine powering up?

I am wondering if something like the psu connector to the motherboard has worked loose in transit.... just a thought.
You can PM me if you want some support rather than hijacking this thread - I'm an it engineer by trade and have built machines from scratch and repaired thousands and thousands of them... one of the downsides of working in a school - kids break things rather too frequently so I have had lots of practice!

 

[Stonechat]

This for the offer
How ever seems to be mains issue