Take your protein pills.

turby · Apr 7, 2010

I had a brilliant chemical warmer (too big for hands, but perfect for
coverin my back) which was stuck in the microwave for 4 or 5 minutes to get
the fucker hot. After it cooled down (about 3 hours) there was the optionof
pressing a little "clicker" inside the pack. Press the clicker and the
chemical reqction took place and things got fucking hot fucking quickly, so
you could be out all day and never even think about the outside temps.

I eentually blew the thing up in the microwave when I warmed it but it
wasn't warm enough so stuck it back in for 30 seconds, but pressed 30
minutes instead. Went for a piss and came back to a dead pack and a stinking
microwave.
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Mine says specifically, "Do not put in microwave." You're supposed to
put it in boiling water for 15 minutes. I put the pot on the stove and
waited for it to boil. Woke up the next morning to the smell of hot
metal. Ruined a nice non-stick pot and burned a few dollars off the
stove gas overnight, but the heating pad was still on the counter, so
it's OK.

Those pads are great, but I screwed up. I use it for surfing and I
bragged about how well it works. Now all my buddies have them and they
stay in the water as long as I do. If I'd kept my mouth shut, they'd
be on the beach warming up while I catch their waves.

Beav · Apr 7, 2010

I had a brilliant chemical warmer (too big for hands, but perfect for
coverin my back) which was stuck in the microwave for 4 or 5 minutes to
get
the fucker hot. After it cooled down (about 3 hours) there was the option
of
pressing a little "clicker" inside the pack. Press the clicker and the
chemical reqction took place and things got fucking hot fucking quickly,
so
you could be out all day and never even think about the outside temps.
Click to expand...

Mine says specifically, "Do not put in microwave." You're supposed to
put it in boiling water for 15 minutes. I put the pot on the stove and
waited for it to boil. Woke up the next morning to the smell of hot
metal. Ruined a nice non-stick pot and burned a few dollars off the
stove gas overnight, but the heating pad was still on the counter, so
it's OK.
Click to expand...

Slightly different then coz I could do both with mine. I'd microwaved it
umpteen times with no bother and it pissed me off when it died.

Those pads are great, but I screwed up. I use it for surfing and I
bragged about how well it works. Now all my buddies have them and they
stay in the water as long as I do. If I'd kept my mouth shut, they'd
be on the beach warming up while I catch their waves.
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That's almost as bad as posting the whereabouts of a fucking good biking
road. Great one week, a fucking traffic jam the next.

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

Grimly Curmudgeon · Apr 7, 2010

That's almost as bad as posting the whereabouts of a fucking good biking
road. Great one week, a fucking traffic jam the next.
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Speed-limited and patrolled the week after that.

Maurice · Apr 7, 2010

darsy said:

On 3 Apr 2010 13:24:56 GMT, "sweller" <>
wrote:

Chap on the radio this morning has sent a camera up into space [1] for
the shed bound cost of GBP 500.
http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/about/
pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30721501@N05/sets/72157618814637849/
I was impressed.
[1] Alright, maybe not space but pretty fucking high.
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35 klicks is about a third of the way into "space", if you were going
on the x-prize definition.
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From what I'm given to understand, it's not mind blowingly impressive,
or in fact unique. There are loads of groups involved in 'high altitude
ballooning'. A group came to a venue in London and gave a presentation
on the simple technologies involved. That group launch from some place
near Cambridge. Several primary schools have sent teddy bears into
'space' using this method. it's 'cool' but not rocket science, the
skill comes in keeping the camera gear at a reasonable and functional
temperature, especially the batteries, which tend to stop working at -lots.
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This is impressive http://tam.plannet21.com/ The first model aircraft
to cross the Atlantic a few years ago now (2003) it's a dreadful
website mind.

Beav · Apr 9, 2010

Grimly Curmudgeon said:

Speed-limited and patrolled the week after that.
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Yeah and we see roads advertised too often in the bike rags.

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

Beav · Apr 9, 2010

Charlie said:

Tim said:

In message<5qmun.647603$2>, Beav

In message<hp80p0$os3$-september.org>, cat
<>
writes
darsy wrote:
On 3 Apr 2010 13:24:56 GMT, "sweller"<>
wrote:

Chap on the radio this morning has sent a camera up into space [1]
for
the shed bound cost of GBP 500.

http://www.robertharrison.org/icarus/wordpress/about/

pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30721501@N05/sets/72157618814637849/

I was impressed.

[1] Alright, maybe not space but pretty fucking high.
35 klicks is about a third of the way into "space", if you were
going
on the x-prize definition.

From what I'm given to understand, it's not mind blowingly
impressive,
or
in fact unique. There are loads of groups involved in 'high altitude
ballooning'. A group came to a venue in London and gave a
presentation
on
the simple technologies involved. That group launch from some place
near
Cambridge. Several primary schools have sent teddy bears into
'space'
using this method. it's 'cool' but not rocket science, the skill
comes
in
keeping the camera gear at a reasonable and functional temperature,
especially the batteries, which tend to stop working at -lots.

Batteries (normal ones obviously) pack-up at minus-not-that-much. They
degrade significantly below minus 20.

Put warm water in a thermos flask, but (sealed) battery in the warm
water,
seal lid and away yer go. Toasty battery and you can make a brew when
it
comes back down.

The easier choices were to get mercury batteries and a nice fleece
camera
jacket that had internal pockets for chemical hand warmers. After that
all
was fine, even at minus 35.
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I had a brilliant chemical warmer (too big for hands, but perfect for
coverin my back) which was stuck in the microwave for 4 or 5 minutes to
get
the fucker hot. After it cooled down (about 3 hours) there was the option
of
pressing a little "clicker" inside the pack. Press the clicker and the
chemical reqction took place and things got fucking hot fucking quickly,
so
you could be out all day and never even think about the outside temps.

I eentually blew the thing up in the microwave when I warmed it but it
wasn't warm enough so stuck it back in for 30 seconds, but pressed 30
minutes instead. Went for a piss and came back to a dead pack and a
stinking
microwave.
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You have an impressively large bladder.
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The toilet isn't in the same room as the microwave, but it's true, it's
mighty impressive is my bladder.

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

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