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Installing auxiliary high beam lights, 2025 NX500

Any advice on finding the high beam wire to tap into for the the relay? I haven't started looking yet, saving the job for this weekend. The only legal way to install in NSW is to have the aux lights triggered by the high beam, so please no "just wire it directly to a switch".

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u/JohnnyGlasken — 8 days ago

Asking for a friend, how close to sail date do Carnival share the onboard activity schedule?

My neurodivergent friend is sailing in 40 days and is having a slight freakout that he can't plan his days on board.

On my last cruise I don't think I even bothered looking at it until boarding but I was curious to know if it was available earlier.

Anyway, I'm silently laughing because I predict he'll spend the whole 9 days doom scrolling in his room 🤣😩

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u/JohnnyGlasken — 1 month ago

Tradie hate on lane filtering. Or is it scooters?

I picked up a mate's maxi scooter from being serviced and rode it home this afternoon, Sydney to the Southern suburbs. Timing wasn't ideal, school zones were active and every second vehicle was a van or ute heading home. I could not believe the level of hate aimed at me for filtering!! I don't shoulder filter, nor filter alongside heavy vehicles (illegal), rather just slowly make my way forward and zip off when the light goes green. No less than 6 times, utes closed the gap in front of me. And if I did make it to the front, it was like a vendetta for them to fly past me at high speed, then slowing down the minute they get in front.

This particular scooter gets along very quickly so there was never an instance where I was holding up traffic. Maybe it was that I was on a scooter rather than a bike? It is narrower than my bike so I was able to filter more easily, getting through gaps that would stop my bike so I can't compare to that.

Anyway, I made it home safely but can only imagine a bunch of crying tradies, bleating how unfair it is that old mate on a scooter left them in his wake. Rant over...

Edit for clarity. Truck and bus filtering is allowed, but discouraged. I don't do it anyway. Nor do I filter in school zones. The rules are pretty easy to follow 👍🏼

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u/JohnnyGlasken — 3 months ago
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Looking for good quality jute, sisal or hemp rope in Australia.

Hi folks, not sure if this is the best forum but I hope you can help. I am looking for good quality 6-8mm natural fibre rope. I am a scout leader looking to replace all my troop's rope. Most of it is low quality, like the 6mm rope on the left. On the right is an old piece of 8mm that is still in fantastic condition, soft and strong. It gets regular use, wet and dry, resists mold and is at least 15 years old.

Is anyone aware of any local (or international) suppliers of good quality natural fibre rope?

u/JohnnyGlasken — 3 months ago

Seen on TV in the 70s. A group of people (maybe a family) camping on a beach. Voices heard at night, telling the group not to be scared, they just want to be friends.

Pretty sure they were driving a VW combi van, which had been disabled while they were sleeping.

The voice speaking to them was female and friendly sounding, but they were definitely being terrorised. I don't know if this was the main plot or just part of the movies but I haven thought about it often over the years.

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u/JohnnyGlasken — 3 months ago

Broken clip on my immersion wand

Backed up using a ratchet clamp.

I'm annoyed though. Currently in the middle of a 24hr cook. Left it last night looking OK and woke up to the wand sitting lop-sided and the clip broken off. Still working but it's only about 3 years old. Cheap brand "Masterpro".

The cook is beef ribs 👌🏼

u/JohnnyGlasken — 3 months ago
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The new Netflix movie "Apex" contains the song "Go" by The Chemical Brothers. First released in 2015, it has experienced a 429% increase in Spotify streams since the movie's release. What other songs have become instant favourites or were 'discovered' because they were in a movie?

This example is top of my list at the moment, but other examples for me have been "Life is a Highway", originally by Tom Cochrane in the early 90s and again by Rascal Flatts for the movie "Cars" (2006). Another for me is "Harder Than You Think" by Public Enemy (2007). I had never listened to anything by PE until it was included in the opening scenes of "End of Watch" (2012).

What other songs have jumped out at you when you heard them in a movie?

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u/JohnnyGlasken — 3 months ago