Things that make you go oooh thread....

[AleisterCrowley]

Ah, threadlock liquid
Buy the right strength or you'll never be able to disassemble the thing if you want to get rid of it

[AleisterCrowley]

I think threadlock relies on the erm, metallic reactions in the joint area to cure... or something
Is it nut-bolt, or steel screws straight into plastic (like on cheap radios)?

[AleisterCrowley]

Ah, self tappers. Araldite then , unless you are planning on moving it....!

[UncleEbenezer]

Self cleaning oven.

Is that another way of saying never-cleaning oven? Like a disposable nappy, though I guess it lasts a little longer?

(Genuine question - is that on my wish-list when I get around to the new kitchen? Self-cleaning is the kind of claim I'd like to understand before I trust it.)

The only other thing I would use instead of the self cleaning function is that woman at £95/hour - but it would be a tight decision.

How do you know how tight she is?

[AleisterCrowley]

Ah it's my trays and racks that seem to be impossible to clean
Oven pride eh?

[AleisterCrowley]

Sounds good - assuming this be the stuff it seems a bit more expensive on Amazon (but it does say 'kit')
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pride-Complete ... r=8-1&th=1

[panamagold]

Ah it's my trays and racks that seem to be impossible to clean

Hmm, 24 hours to clean?

If you have a dishwasher, chuck them in there on a hot one. Works wonders.

[AleisterCrowley]

I do have a posh Bosch dishwasher that I've never used (single bloke, two plates, always wash up after meals...)

[AleisterCrowley]

Pahndstretcha as they say in London. £2.99

https://www.poundstretcher.co.uk/ovenpride-oven-cleaner

I used to use it for the whole oven, but now just the racks and trays. More gloop available for that job anyway.

I recall seeing something similar in Wilko (may have been the Oven Pride stuff) so thanks for the reminder !

[kiloran]

Essentially, it bakes the crud into submission.

It took about an hour and a half where I did nothing other than 10 minutes tidying up at the end. All that was left behind was an ash type dust in the oven so I gave it a wipe with a bit of kitchen roll to loosen it off then I got the dustbuster out and hoovered it up. The glass door got another wipe down to shine it up.

The oven gets very hot (500 degrees according to the book) and I'd leave the windows open in the kitchen and close any doors as it smells a bit at certain points in the process..

So you're the cause of global warming

--kiloran

[scotia]

To add to my ever growing collection of cheap gadgety type things that make a small but real difference to your daily life, id like to add a Lidl dental water flosser.

Shoots a high pressure jet of water at your gnashers. Leaves mouth feeling very clean.

Spit into bowl to see the amount of detritus it removes.

A bargain at Twenty quid.

How did I miss it in my recent perusal of the Lidl man-toy shelves - my wife must have hurried me past before I bought another item which will remain unused in a dark cupboard. Mind you - even if I don't risk it on my (remaining) gnashers - would it be useful as a water pistol to deter the local cats from attempting to dine on our garden birds?

[DrFfybes]

I'm hearing that Harvey Weinstein has demanded a retrial - in Edinburgh of all places!

Not until he's cleared of Covid-19

[sg31]

I'm hearing that Harvey Weinstein has demanded a retrial - in Edinburgh of all places!

Not until he's cleared of Covid-19

I heard Harvey Weinstein had been infected by Covid 19.

Apparently Covid 19 has gone in to quarantine.

(poached from somewhere I can't remember)

[swill453]

I heard Harvey Weinstein had been infected by Covid 19.

Apparently Covid 19 has gone in to quarantine.

(poached from somewhere I can't remember)

The version I saw was "Chuck Norris has been exposed to the Coronavirus....... .....The virus is now in isolation for 2 weeks."

Scott.

[SalvorHardin]

Baby Yoda from Disney's Star Wars series, "The Mandalorian". Super cute, Baby Yoda has probably saved the Star Wars franchise.

"Cutest Disney princess I am"

https://screenrant.com/funny-baby-yoda-looking-up-memes-mandalorian/amp/

Someone has even done a Spaghetti Western style trailer for it (the series is very much like the "Lone Wolf and Cub" Samurai series).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IJH_RbnrGUs

[bionichamster]

Ah it's my trays and racks that seem to be impossible to clean
Oven pride eh?

Yeah, they have a large thick self sealing polythene bag in the box. Stick everything in their and pour in a good wodge of the cleaner. Leave for 24 hours (outside if possible), turning a few times to distribute the gloop. When done, snip the bottom corner of the bag and let it drain away. Rinse the trays/racks wit cold water.

For 2 or 3 quid, it's a bargain.

The Gloop is just Caustic Soda (i.e. Sodium Hydroxide, AKA 'Lye'), and I find the bags almost always spring a leak, but it absolutely works. If you have pure Caustic soda to hand you can use that instead.

BH

[dealtn]

Honor Blackman dies. Of natural causes, somewhat unusually.

I think you'll find that's most usual actually.

[kiloran]

However, I have since discovered speech to text on whatsapp and it's pretty damn good, even coping with my accent - as long as you have quick think about what your going to say first though otherwise it will end up being an endless incoherent ramble. Which most of my stuff is anyway.

Its changed my life. it really has.

If something as trivial as Whatsapp speech-to-text has changed your life......... you need to get a life

--kiloran

[mc2fool]

However, I have since discovered speech to text on whatsapp and it's pretty damn good...

Is it Whatsapp or just Android's feature you're actually using?

I don't use whatsapp but I recently, a few months ago, discovered Google has both voice and handwriting to text "keyboards", and yes, they're quite transformative, having basically changed my usage of the gizmo from a mostly read-only device to one that I can interact with, without increasing levels of frustration.

I can (or at least, used to be able to) do some 40wpm on a traditional keyboard but I've never learned to fly with my thumbs on the crappy little mobile phone keyboards, as the kids do. The voice recognition is, yes, pretty darn good, and the handwriting recognition (write with your finger), while not as good, is ok for situations where mumbling into the phone isn't socially acceptable or practical, and anyway is, in most cases, still better than fumbling with the normal keyboard.

[mc2fool]

Is it Whatsapp or just Android's feature you're actually using?

It's a WhatsApp feature

Just search 'WhatsApp speech to text'

Try https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... thod.latin instead and you can have speech-to-text everywhere, not just in WhatsApp