[meehalych]

- my vacation goes to its end, gonna work on Friday
+ won a nice coin on the Ebay
- the daughter caught cold

[Dazzler]

- my vacation goes to its end, gonna work on Friday
+ won a nice coin on the Ebay
- the daughter caught cold

You still collect coins (I still have the ones you sent me) 

Hope your girl gets better soon. 

[meehalych]

Dazzler
Yep, I had to put it off for a while when I decided to buy a new home and a new car later on, but now I think I may afford myself to set some money aside for my hobby. Moreover I want to buy a metal detector.

I hope too, thanks)

[Shambles]

Nice life story Misha

Hope your дочь gets better soon.

And nevermind the coin collecting, get making a son

[tohis]

I was outside and had to get the camera and tripod out quick before this show of Aurora Borealis was over. Here at 62° latitude we see them occasionally, but in Lapland (up to 70°) they occur more often and can be much stronger and look way better. Many tourists visit Lapland every winter in hope to see this magic. 

[Dazzler]

I was outside and had to get the camera and tripod out quick before this show of Aurora Borealis was over. Here at 62° latitude we see them occasionally, but in Lapland (up to 70°) they occur more often and can be much stronger and look way better. Many tourists visit Lapland every winter in hope to see this magic. 

Very nice! Thanks for sharing tohis

Our equivalent of it is visible in Tasmania from time to time but I've never been in the right place at the right time. 

[meehalych]

+ here is what I'm obsessed with now - making my childhood's dreams true
+ think of changing it to XP Deus


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[Dazzler]

Took me a minute or two to work out it was a metal detector! 

[meehalych]

Took me a minute or two to work out it was a metal detector! 

Yes, it is . With my current work pattern I can hardly find a day for digging unfortunately.


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[meehalych]

+ We will fly to Stockholm next month to celebrate my wife's birthday
+ finally sunny and warm days have come to us

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[Dazzler]

+ We will fly to Stockholm next month to celebrate my wife's birthday
+ finally sunny and warm days have come to us

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Good to see you enjoy the fruits of your long work hours. 

[xiziz]

Had a hell of a last few months, I decided to change jobs to shave 20+20 minutes of my commute(amongst other things), so been very busy trying to tie up all the loose ends. Getting to the tail end now, working tomorrow, off on Friday and have my final day on Monday officially handing over the baton to the next manager.

But

Passed my MOT yesterday, only comment was "damn, brakes took good!" so good for another year.
I'll only be working 5-6 days for the entire 12 weeks of summer, had a lot of parental days I need to take out or else my nanny state will take them back. Tough luck.

As the (facelifted) MY20 Ioniq EV is soon rolling out (sept) they have lowered the prices of MY19, and my new (actually also my previous) job is in range of that one, only 55km away... Fingers are itching but wallet says to keep I30 another ~2 years. Tough choice!

[Dazzler]

@xiziz

Wow! you have got a bit on (and happy Birthday) 

I'm assuming Angel will start a dedicated thread soon. 

[meehalych]

+ I bought one more treasure detector, this time much more handy as it is completely wireless - XP Deus
- nothing interesting has been found so far
+ I am to fly to Istanbul for three weeks, for B737Max training in the middle of June (last attempt when we were supposed to study it in UK failed - too many people were in the list, I guess)


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[The Gonz]

Is that for the Max 8?

[meehalych]

Is that for the Max 8?

Well, yes

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[Dazzler]

Is that for the Max 8?

Well, yes

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@meehalych

I guess you know all this?

Boeing 737 MAX groundings - Wikipedia

[meehalych]

Is that for the Max 8?

Well, yes

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@meehalych

I guess you know all this?

Boeing 737 MAX groundings - Wikipedia

Yes, I do)
- B737Max training was cancelled for unknown reasons
+ returned from our trip to Stockholm some days ago; the weather was splendid despite the forecast (sunny and warm) and it only rained on the day when we were leaving

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[Dazzler]

Is that for the Max 8?

Well, yes

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@meehalych

I guess you know all this?

Boeing 737 MAX groundings - Wikipedia

Yes, I do)
- B737Max training was cancelled for unknown reasons
+ returned from our trip to Stockholm some days ago; the weather was splendid despite the forecast (sunny and warm) and it only rained on the day when we were leaving

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I think we can guess the reason..

Good about the weather in Stockholm. 

[xiziz]

Got to take home my new car yesterday, so a trip to the hard liquor store and a little celebrating yesterday. Happy camper. Had a 1 work day week last week, next week three days, then another three days, and then a one day and I'm free from work until August.

Scratching the notches!

[Dazzler]

Happy times @xiziz 

[tohis]

Got to take home my new car yesterday

Sounds cool. Pics or didn't happen... 

[asathorny]

Good nooooos 

[xiziz]

Sounds cool. Pics or didn't happen... 

Why of course.

Picked it up exactly one week ago(within the hour anyway), only managed some 800km so far. Got my home charger working during the week too. Still waiting for roof rack and cargo barrier, one has to be shipped from Canada, the other from Germany. Going for a 220km round trip tomorrow over some pretty hilly countryside, EPA is 200km. It will be fun to see if I can make it or if I need to stop by the new Ionity charger in town on the way home (I kinda want to test that one anyway).

[Shambles]

Looks great that xiziz   In fact it looks just like my Ioniq (except, I have a proper grill )

Quick question... why not put the power output (120PS) in your sig rather than the battery capacity (28kwh) ?

[asathorny]

hope it does the round trip 

[Dazzler]

@xiziz

Shame you've got to put roof racks on. I imagine the extra drag will adversely affect your range. You'll have to let us know!

[xiziz]

I made it back without visiting the quick charger, just about though ended up at a total of 217km and got home with 2% charge remaining, was down on 1% but regenerated back up to 2% when I braked to turn into my driveway. Wife was a little worried the last 50km, after I decided to bail the charger with indicated range of 62km. We ended up getting stuck in a pretty good downpour that sucked a lot of energy (was supposed to be dry all day today so it came out of nowhere). I did stick to the speed limit all the way (like I usually do) no slowing down shenanigans (and ofc AC on all the time...). I reckoned I had just enough to make it home no sweat. The rain ate my 10% security buffer I had planned for, but hey, that's what it was for.

Was some pretty curvy roads close to the destination, and I must say I'm very impressed with the handling, a blast taking tight corners, and the power is always there no waiting to get to the right revs or changing gears.

@Shambles Good idea, makes more sense.

@Dazzler Yeah, I expect it too, they won't be mounted all the time though, just use them when I need them. I did order Yakima whispbars that are supposed to be very aerodynamic, but putting anything on them will ofc make a big difference. Hopefully my roofbox is aerodynamic enough to atleast get 150km at decent speed, but its very large (600l) so will have to thoroughly test that once I get the rack. I mainly need the rack to lug planks and other oversized stuff from the builders depot 10km away, but it would be a shame if I can't take my roofbox on holiday anymore.
Readouts seem quite accurate of kwh used, so should be able to get some decent figures for how consumption is affected.

[Dazzler]

Enjoyed hearing about that. No way I'd cope with that sort of  range anxiety.  My PD makes me stress more than i used to about stuff like that.

[xiziz]

Only had range anxiety twice, once driving dad's old tuscon up the mountains it friends when I first got my license and the fuel light lit 70km from the closest town and we did not know if there even was a fuel station there or if we had to go another 50km to our destination before filling. No smartphones or range estimates back then.
Second time was in the i30 and had missed both the fuel light and the range estimate going to dashes in unfamiliar territory due to screaming kid in the
back seat. Ended up doing 70km before I found a station that was workable.

Here the range estimation seems very accurate and goes blank first at 3km remaining. I think range anxiety has more to do with with inaccurate information, the diesel would give up trying to show how much more I could do at 50km left. If you know how far you need to go and you got a good estimate of how far you can go, it's easy to adjust speed or plan another stop so you know that you can make it. Just don't be in a hurry, in that case a full tank of petrol will always feel better.

Most of my trips I won't have to think about range and the few long trips I usually have planned the stops anyway. I deliberately drove it to the edge to know what would happen this time.