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Chinese Botathon II

Well we are back with my arbitrary list of the Chinese Bots visiting the Blog.

We start with Beijing dropping 0.4% with 249 visits.  They are down from 249 Maybe my pep talk helped as they were 24% down before it.

Livzhou has sadly dropped 5.6% to 17 visits.

Taizhou is still increasing in visits  but has dropped down to 15.4% increase at 15.

Sadly Weihai has dropped off the top 250. I did wonder if it had peaked too soon.

I am a little concerned and wondered if one of the other Bots would check in on Weihai.

Please note that since starting this post Beijing has upped its game and is now up 0.4%  therefore at closing they are breaking even at 251

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Crypto?

What are your thoughts about cryptocurrency?

What are my thoughts….

To be short and succinct….A load of Bollocks.

So for a start they are/it is not legal tender that is recognised by governments.

Secondly the market is highly volatile so your gazillion crypto coins are worth ten by teatime … Somewhat of an exaggeration….

Thirdly. The market is unregulated… AKA the kind of scheme CMOT (Cut My Own Throat) Dibbler would be well up for. You cock up and go down the wrong route then you are on your own.

Finally and in a more political vein if Nigel FF Farage is interested in it then it basically tells you everything you need to know.

So in short who does it actually benefit… Average man on the street or some rich person getting richer….

As an aside a Crypto company was recently hacked as in Thursday 29th October  and lost something like $6.3billion. North Korea has been blamed….

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A Bit of Progress

Well today I really, really couldn’t be arsed but I decided I really needed to do something so I set to work on the field…

Covering the whole base in toilet paper to add a bit of strength and also to cover the foam.

I also started on a mini project… walkways. You can never have enough of them lol…

From top to bottom…basic, a bit more interesting and then interesting with added texture.

That’s another little thing sorted.

Still need to do a fence, another house using bought gear, aka foam and foam core …oh and I also need to build my Proxon.

Regarding the course, I had eight spaces and now have seven spaces left…this may not run at all.

It might be because of the location or people aren’t really interested… I am not sure what their minimum number is for it to run.

We shall have to see!

This is my pitch…

Creating Small Worlds
Get creative with miniature model-making! Learn new skills and discover how everyday objects and recycled materials can be transformed into buildings, landscapes and terrain for miniature wargames, role-playing or dioramas. Whether you’re an experienced crafter or a complete beginner, come along and see what you can create!

Please note: A £10 materials charge is payable to the tutor at the first session.

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Filling in the Gaps

Well after the fourth day. Of training in a row I am absolutely buggered, but needs must.

As you can see, I went for the vegetation option for filling the gap. This is done with my home made clump foliage that I made ages ago.

The remainder of my home made stuff compared to the bought stuff. I will let you work out which was the cheapest. Even the bought stuff is ancient. The stuff in the jar is about a quarter of the lump of foam I bought.

As this looks a bit old fashioned it reminded me of the bronze age… Don’t know why but this made me chuckle ..

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Ohhh Shite!

Literally!

Went for a tinkle earlier and as I flushed the loo. I know we are having high tides, but 3 miles from the sea… Went to investigate….

Lots of backed up ‘material’ in the septic tank header….after swearing and fighting with a hundred metre pipe I got it going again… It was a bugger it happened, but at least it wasn’t pissing it down!

My arms ache so I shall give building stuff a miss this evening.

A couple of people asked what was woven between the uprights…. Voila….

There was one missing so I got a quid off. I must have had it in my cupboard for over a year.

I am still toying with the idea of putting a bit of vegetation in the gap. I was actually just heading off to see what clump foliage I had knocking around.

Quite a nice view from the top of the hill. So I stopped and got a shit if it on my phone.

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Who Let the Sheep Out?

Well that would be me….

So idiot boy here snapped off the middle post in the foreground and did the battle fencing… problem I have now is that three posts won’t really work the same as the rest.

Therefore I may have to lay each strand and super glue each end to the rest of the fence…either that or say sodd it and add clump foliage to the gap with the posts.

Something to ponder tomorrow.

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Starting Something New…

With a couple of weeks left to go before my course I thought I had better crack on with something else.

So I got thinking about a little fenced area. I will do a couple and then a walled one. The first is a wattle one, second will be fence posts and rails and as I said some kind of walled thing.

Here is my start,  the more astute of you may be wondering why there is a ruler at one end and a bloody big weight at the other…. One word…Warping.

I actually used Copydex instead of PVA or Mod Podge. The base itself is pretty thick and it still bloody tried warping… swearing occurred.

So basically it is sitting there until tomorrow on case that helps.

#annoyed!

Anyway these are just full length at the minute.  They will be cut down to between 15 and 20mm depending on what looks right.

Had a long day of training today so not up to much this evening… actually surprised I didn’t have a little snooze.

So the weather is rolling back on with wind and rain expected. Flooding is also expected due to higher tides. A bit of an iconic photo from Last Week’s Apocalyptic rain…

Photo taken by the Peerie Shop… definitely not mine.

In case you aren’t sure, that’s inside the building!

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Personal Goals

Do you set personal goals for yourself?

Well I suppose I might set daily personal goals like get into work by ‘x’ time or go shopping after work…but to be honest I don’t really.

I mean as a trainer I want people to leave feeling the 7 hours etc was worthwhile but even then it is more a work thing than a personal goal.

To be brutally honest I don’t actually know what a lifelong personal goal would look like.

I always wanted to be married with kids and achieved it on a second attempt so yeah maybe I do.