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FYI! Last read at 04:30 on 2025/04/24.

Sakura!

The sun shone for a (very) little while on Sunday, so I took a few more photos, here's one of them.
Pink cherry blossom
Pink cherry blossom for the win!

 

Peas and corn

Looks like the peas are already starting their journey to peaifying.
Peas
Peas starting.

The sweetcorn is also starting out too. Nothing as yet from the melons (on the right).

Sweetcorn
Sweetcorn (on the left).

 

More AI art messing

If you feel that pictures of goth girls with guitars/teddies/chainsaws isn't entirely age appropriate (which just means your sense of humour doesn't match mine), then it's pretty easy to age them up. How about this?
The rocking granny.
The rocking granny.

By tweaking the prompt, I can always make them older. How about this? I can't help but think these ones might be a little too old, no?

Skeletons playing guitars.
Skeletons playing guitars.

Now while it's not bad, it's not exactly "metal". This can be improved.

Fiery skeletons playing guitars.
Fiery skeletons playing guitars - this is the right amount of epic.

Okay, now that is metal. If in doubt, just add fire. It works for Rämmstëïn...

 

Strimmer repair

On Sunday, I used the little electric strimmer to tidy up around the cherry tree. I could sense the strimmer seemed to be struggling, even when held up and not whacking weeds.

I pulled the thing apart, because that's just the sort of person that I am. ☺

Inside, it was clear that the motor was kept cool by sucking in air from above the motor, passing it through, and expelling it out the sides below the motor. The thing is, there are no filters so all sorts of bits of smashed greenery finds its way in there. The motor, thankfully, was easy to pull apart and clean. Just undo the springs around the carbon brushes, move them aside, and pull the rotor out for a good clean up.

Fixing the strimmer motor.
Fixing the strimmer motor.

Just think, if they had made a tiny redesign of the casing and popped some little bits of foam in there, it would stop all the crap getting into the motor.

 

 

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SteveP, 15th April 2025, 12:48
"Just think, if they had made a tiny redesign of the casing and popped some little bits of foam in there, it would stop all the crap getting into the motor." 
 
But then the motor wouldn't fail so soon, and you could avoid buying a new one...
Rick, 15th April 2025, 15:21
Ah, but the flip side is that if the motor failed so soon for such a dumb reason, my next and future purchases would be from a *different* company. 

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