Lady Elanore

I drive people nuts professionally (please no misquotes ) but alas I don't do drones as a pro....I'd be skint if I did The sub 250g drones got a pass on the regs that caused everyone else to register their drones and pass a brief theory test, but the new rules has dragged some of the lightweight drones into more or less the same category as the bigger drones ie a DJI mini 2 might be considered similarly to a DJI Air etc. If I understand it right, it comes down to whether the sub 250g drone is a toy, like some of the Hubsans etc. But the DJI Mini 2 has a camera and can shoot pretty good quality video, so it might not be considered a toy, therefore you need to register it and put your flyer id on it. I spoke to a PSC cameraman about it only a couple of weeks ago and he was debating whether to get a sub 250g DJI as it was a pain flying bigger drones commercially, especially as it was something he rarely did anyway (you have to do flight plans etc and pass an extended 2 day course, where they will check your flight competence amongst other things). But as we chatted it came to light that the 250g DJI mini 2 was being treated as it's bigger brethren, so he scuppered that idea anyhoo. The test is pretty easy to pass and you get a 3 years 'Flyer ID' from it (or at least you did, don't what the current timescale is), you have to register for your Operator registration every year. EDIT: I found my link that the CAA sent me just before Christmas https://mailchi.mp/045f37696d1f/update-on-new-uk-drone-and-model-aircraft-rules-and-registration-renewals?e=72d9004bd4

Apart from I want one even more than ever, I wonder if anyone knows what the extra black buttons on the dash consol do? The one he describes as a tyre on a pole, or something, looks like a clutch pedal switch of some sort ? Also, he talks about the power outlets on the outside (hydraulics not electrical surely), but they have numbered and coloured caps (some have obviously fallen off) that correspond to the buttons by the joystick, which makes me think the coloured buttons switch the hydraulics to the joystick controller and they are not electrical outputs as Doug thinks.

I think it's time we resurrected the unofficial Unimog thread It's been Doug'd

Although I think LH is a bit of a pillock, he seems to have a good measure of integrity to him and I've never heard anything terrible about him. I work with a couple of guys that have worked with him quite a bit on the F1 circuit and even though they both think he is a bit of a knob, he is a decent chap underneath, means well and is obviously a supremely talented chap.

This video has been doing the rounds recently. Probably shows why the current M3/4 is the first M car to not have the press whinge about the brakes

Well deserved honour I suspect he won't be one of those celebrities, that we find all sort of horrendous things about somewhere in the distant future and then have to watch endless investigative tv shows about, before he is finally stripped of his knighthood.

I'd have thought the colour of the dog was just genentics and so he wouldn't have much choice

I would love one of these, I could live without the S model. So pretty too

I was asked to step back by an official and I felt something under my foot!!!!! (they are very low cars and it was a bit of a rugby scrum at the time )

Heres a name drop....I was working on that race and actually stood on the grid just before the start I remember seeing the used tyres piled up behind the pits steaming in the rain. Wish I had a camera with me at the time. Amazing day and I got paid for being there, double win I nearly broke Alain Prosts nose cone (his cars), but that's another story

Here's Neal and Plato together with Mr Smith

Plato's Schumacher story is one I did not expect. Amazing tale!!

Haha. Guy (or Gal) who owned the RS4 probably felt like the dogs doodahs driving around in it....until he came back to it and found his thunder stolen by it's grandad parking in the next bay Love the dog

I traded my Vitara at almost 5 years old and it was worth around 50% of the price I paid for it new! I haggled a separate deal on the replacement car so it was a fair price for the Suzy and not overly inflated to get me a 'price to change' It was a diesel and was incredibly economical and very reliable. It's a solid little thing, even if the materials are a bit cheap to feel. It's 4x4 system really works well, although you might not want to go seriously green lane-ing in it due to ground clearance being only a little better than a regular hatch. I now have the Hyundai Kona. A bit more premium inside and with a smooth DCT 7 speed box and a decent 4x4 system (centre coupling lock) it's as much 4x4 as I will ever need. The standard spec is huge, but the downside to the car is, in petrol guise at least, the economy is really poor. I have the 177ps version, but even so, it's not great in the mpg stakes. It is rather heavy for a small car too and the extra 4x4 bits probably don't help. It is an incredibly easy car to life with though and would make a superb 'retirement' hatch.

I sometimes use the Bose when I'm in a noisy hotel (when did people start to forget the good manners of being QUIET! when walking about in the corridors and turning the tvs DOWN! in their bedrooms?????) and just switch the cans on without connecting them to anything. The noise-cancelling lasts about 2 hours before auto shut down through lack of signal occurs. There is the usual low level hiss from the noise-cancelling circuitry, but that's pretty normal and unobtrusive.

The Bose QCs are incredibly comfortable, imho I'd say of the dozens of different headphones I've worn over the years, they are the most comfy. Their noise-cancelling tech is excellent, but the sound quality is only decent. I've got my new Senny 450s and after a tweak on my phones audio test and correction software (it's basically plays various frequencies and levels to your cans and determines the deficiencies of your ears/cans/or the combination of both) I'd say the massively cheaper Senny's sound slightly better overall, even though the noise-cancelling can't hold a candle to the Bose. One thing of note though, is the passive noise-cancelling afforded by the ear cups and their rather firm grip they have on your head, offer excellent noise rejection just by wearing them.

Actually it was a man and a woman packing it

Sad to read she has left us after suffering from Alzheimer's for many years But on a personal level, I have many happy memories of her acting

So I've just done a job and my colleague had all this in his Yeti (chair and waste bin not included) Total weight is probably somewhere around 300kg+ I was impressed

I'll be interested to see what you think. Make sure you disable the voice alerts on the Tx/Rx as it might speak when your cans pair every time! I couldn't justify a set of really expensive headphones for work, as they'd be bust inside a year probably :(

Btw your B&Os support APTX (as you probably already know) and are a very, very, very nice pair of cans (which you will definitely know) They are Bluetooth 4.2 which won't be a problem at all in your house if you are using a decent Bluetooth Tx'er

I've just bought the Senny 450BTs on Amazon Got a job I can use them on coming up soon I have a pair of Aventree Headphones that are class 1 and APTX LL (now discontinued by Aventree I think) that I use quite a bit as they are fine for speech, and also a pair of Senny 4.5s but they don't support LL or Class 1. My home cans are Bose QCs but although light and reasonable sounding, they don't support APTX and are class 2. My work cans when using wired headphones are Senny HD25s, which are rugged and easy to get replacement bits for. I also have various earbuds too. I get through a lot of headphones

Just looking through available products and I see the Sennheiser HD450s look good value as they are Bluetooth 5, Class 1 (12.5mw tx power so reasonable) and has the APTX codecs onboard. I'm now thinking of buying them myself https://assets.sennheiser.com/global-downloads/file/14806/HD_458BT_Manual_EN.pdf https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-Wireless-Headphones-active-cancellation-Black/dp/B083T4XJDY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Sennheiser+HD+450BT&qid=1607438633&s=instant-video&sr=1-1

A bit late to this post but I use Bluetooth transmitters a lot at work. I'd recommend (assuming you haven't got around to buying one already) buying a class 1 Tx which supports APTX LL (Low Latency) APTX is a great for quality and if your Rx device supports LL as well, then you get less than 40ms delay in the transmitted sound so you can watch tv without any major sync issues with audio. Class 1 Tx isn't so important but it does give a greatly enhanced broadcast range if you have appropriate receiving gear. As the headphones/earbuds have to 'handshake' with the Tx device, they will also need to be class 1 to get the best of the potentially enhance range. Most Bluetooth devices are class 2 which is fine for line of sight and the latest Bluetooth 5 spec improves stability a little bit. Currently, I mainly use an Aventree class1 Tx device which supports APTX LL/HD along with other codecs etc. I listen on either an appropriate pair of headphones or use Mee in-ear buds which have a Bluetooth adapter that fits directly to the buds and gives me LL capabilities. You can also buy cheap little hockey puck looking devices that are APTX LL/HD and you can then plug your headphone/earbuds into. Aventree Tx/Rx class 1 APTX LL/HD - that also has fibre optic i/p https://www.amazon.co.uk/Avantree-Bluetooth-Transmitter-Receiver-Wireless-Black/dp/B07BQYYDNJ/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=avantree+tx&qid=1607436366&sr=8-8 Mee Bluetooth 5 APTX LL earbud adapter (these are for Mee earbuds but other similar models are available for different manufacturers earbuds) https://www.amazon.co.uk/MEE-Bluetooth-Wireless-adapter-monitors/dp/B07TN2HJYH/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=mee+bluetooth+adapter&qid=1607436701&sr=8-4 Here is a handy APTX guide to what is available. If you don't need LL or Class 1 range, I'd still recommend going for APTX devices for the improved quality available with their various codecs. https://www.aptx.com/product-listing

Hello, don't worry about your English, it's better than mine I reckon and I am a native of these isles