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    Small LiFePO4 batteries

    Strangely, they'll ship to Ireland, yet not the UK. Weird. Shipping to Ireland is under $8, each additional item is under $5. I've asked if they can configure that Makita pack as 10s1p which would suit me.
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    Dog food

    I have two dogs and I was buying a large bag of Winalot in Tesco and was standing in the queue at the till. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog. On impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Winalot Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last...
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    Does this seem like a good idea?

    I wish it were so, too. Unfortunately, it's not up to me, but what a judge thinks and we know how firmly rooted in the real world some of them are.
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    How do I know my battery/controller is 100% watertight?

    Lock an imp in the box and pour custard over it. When you open the box, if the imp has any custard on his spoon, you'll know there's a leak.
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    Another Battery tale of woe

    Yes, that'll work. It's time that does for lithium cells more than anything else, so the clock's ticking for the old one - and the new one, too.
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    Small LiFePO4 batteries

    They must have been sorely abused, in that case. Probably abused because the clowns with them thought they were fool-proof. No lithium cell is.
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    Small LiFePO4 batteries

    What would suit you down to the ground would be what I've got - a battery pack made of Konion cells. Actually 6x Bosch 36V toolpacks paralleled up to give 15Ah, but you could do with fewer. Unfortunately Konion cells are no longer made, which strikes me as daft, as they are inherently much...
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    Cycling - On Water!! (video)

    That's impressive enough, although considerably faster; but that lake one is as fishy as hell, pun intended.
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    Some people...

    Pulled up outside the farmers' store yesterday and went in. When I came back out there was a bloke standing looking at the bike. Not a problem, and he started asking me about it and I was telling him stuff. Suddenly, he started pulling and messing around with it, exclaiming about this, that and...
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    Cycling - On Water!! (video)

    I can't believe you're fooled by it. There's no way he's going fast enough on that size of hydrofoil, with his body weight. And we're meant to believe that he just pushes off from the jetty and immediately starts hydro-foiling? Give me a break, please. My head doesn't button up the back. It's a...
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    Cycling - On Water!! (video)

    It's on a submerged track and it's NOT EVEN APRIL 1st YET. Sheesh; what a waste!
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    Cycling - On Water!! (video)

    It would be great fun if it were possible.
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    World's best kart

    Note, not go-cart. Redneck GoCart - YouTube
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    Oh Sir, perfect throw

    Nothing unusual about this kind of throw when I were a lad. Doubtless there are others here who can attest to that. Nice to see the traditions are being kept up at least in some parts of the world. Ignore the 'French' in the blurb - it's Argentinian or somewhere close by. Yahoo! News UK &...
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    China Syndrome

    I can already hear the Greenies howling and chittering in the bushes.
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    Elliptigo - could this be converted:

    I'd never really seen a MacMillan Bicycle before, but now I'm convinced. Especially at 1:01 on that video.
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    Mlk

    Well, exactly. Look at how well it turned out in Rwanda, for example. Just let them get on with it, I say.
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    Renault Twizy

    I like that design a lot - saw something very similar being turned out on a Chinese production line recently and was inspired to think seriously about building one as it's just so well laid out. My next bike will definitely be a cargo bike of some sort but I'm not paying the through-the-nose...
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    Good on you, Roger

    Sometimes, you just have to say it as it is
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    Battery pack repair

    Neither does a gerbil. :) If you squeeze them tight to straighten up the cut, it just seems to make it worse, somehow.