[09:03] <daftykins> mornin'
[09:03] <zxmpi> morning. awaiting lithium aa batteries to make my psion immortal ::evil cackling::
[09:04] <daftykins> :O that sounds like a fancy upgrade
[09:04] <daftykins> i never did chase RMC about whether mine ever made it to him, bit disappointing
[09:04] <zxmpi> well the pricey aa energizers i'm using have averaged 6 months use so i really can't complain :-)
[09:05] <daftykins> does beat the waste i'm sure
[09:05] <daftykins> i have a pile of batteries leaking on a shelf that i don't know the place i'm supposed to take to get rid of
[09:05] <zxmpi> if asked it's so i can sync my nokia and psion battery maintenance :-P
[09:06] <zxmpi> every supermarket here has a battery box for dumping old alkalines. i make 1-2 trips a year with a small detergent box i use to hold the drained ones
[09:06] <zxmpi> cannot abide when i see people throwing batteries on the ground
[09:06] <daftykins> mmm they stopped for some reason, at the ones near me here in the centre of town
[09:07] <zxmpi> part of eu regs. maybe brexit meant they could stop?
[09:07] <daftykins> well we're not part of the UK
[09:07] <zxmpi> but still have a few eu regs annoying and oppressing you :-D
[09:08] <daftykins> ah no doubt
[09:08] <zxmpi> biggest use for me is a trailcam i use to take pics of cats, foxes, hedgehogs, squirels and birds. 8 batteries every 2 months or so
[09:09] <daftykins> what kind of gadget is that o0
[09:11] <daftykins> ooh hang on RMC has a donations video, let's see
[09:11] <zxmpi> just a weather resistant box that holds a cheap digital camera and a stack of batteries that uses pir to spot movement and take pics or video https://www.guidefitter.com/blog/trail-cameras-for-newbies
[09:11] <zxmpi> of course in ireland weather proof is 'relative' have had 1-2 destroyed by irish rain
[09:12] <daftykins> cor
[09:12] <zxmpi> though i don't think the designers envisaged wind blowing it upside down and blasting rain into the seams till it fried
[09:13] <zxmpi> hedgehogs have been around a lot in last few weeks https://twitter.com/angryearthling/status/1514348499697082369
[09:13] <daftykins> caught in the act :D
[09:14] <zxmpi> they love cat food
[09:14] <daftykins> i was getting a lift home a while back when we encountered a hedgehog on the main road out of town heading west, always fun
[09:14] <daftykins> i used to encounter some cycling at night and have to dodge, too
[09:16] <zxmpi> even the squirrels are down to it a few times per year https://twitter.com/angryearthling/status/1521508025114234880/photo/4
[09:17] <zxmpi> foxes and hedgehogs don't seem to bother each other https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRHSj2LX0AAr0dn?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
[09:18] <zxmpi> we initially got the trailcamera as we thought there were more than 3-4 cats that were been fed. at the time we found 10 cats, plus 3-4 foxes and hedgehogs. quite a parade in the garden after dark :-)
[09:21] <zxmpi> and best wildlife encounter on irish roads was in 80s when cycling in dark with no lights using stars to get home our cycling caused the insects to fly up off road and bats swooped around us to get them. wonderful stuff till one crash landed on my cousin. resulting in cycling into ditch and much screaming :-P
[09:23] <daftykins> xD
[09:23] <daftykins> i've taken a bat to the face before cycling around the narrow lanes down south
[09:24] <zxmpi> that whole using radar infallible thing seems a little overstated when that happens, doesn't it? :-P
[09:24] <daftykins> :D
[09:25] <zxmpi> in cousins case it crashed into his chest and then started climbing we think to his shoulder to relaunch
[09:28] <daftykins> ooh
[18:24] <daftykins> https://i.imgur.com/YYYaMPb.jpeg
[18:25] <daftykins> and yes, she does mean the whole hour
[19:59] <zxmpi> used to take 3 people to take i=our cats temp. not a fan of rectal thermometers in 70s and 80s
[20:00] <zxmpi> 4-5 to get her into my mothers shopping bag to take her to the vet
[20:00] <zxmpi> 3 to give her a flea bath
[20:00] <zxmpi> otherwise a fairly well behaved cat