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This week we chat about the upcoming Community Racing Festival, the ongoing Herd Club Challenge, and the introduction of Zwift Racing Score as the primary categorization tool (along with the potential drawbacks). We once again try to convince Brent to Everest, this time in response to a rant about XP. Also, apparently it's possible to hack into Shimano Di2 shifting, and now we wait for a mass mechanical in a pro race. All this in addition to the weekly discussion of the Herd Racing schedule.

If podcasts were countries, and episodes were drivers, then this iteration of Elis and John would be covering a hell of a lot of ground. One minute it's loco coco dads, the next it's a deep dive into the Gibraltar national football team. And between them you've got shy builders, biro yachts, and a cappella jingles.Solving your dilemmas has become one of our main priorities, and this week is no different. Matthew Crosby is on hand to help a band member in need, where for some reason the question ‘do you want to be a slimy juggler' is part of the solution.Keen to share something with the BBC's youngest broadcasters? Send us an email today on elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk, or WhatsApp the show on 07974 293 022.

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Checking in, July 7, 2023If you feel like voting for me for the 2023 Gold Logie, you can do so at https://www.tvweeklogies.com.au/Stay up to date on more upcoming NTNNNNN shows by joining the mailing list here: Osher Günsberg - Better Than Yesterday Podcast | LinktreeAnything else? Come visit us on discord. Join the oshergünsberg Discord Server! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second and final installment of the “Disability and Fandom” double episode, Flourish and Elizabeth get the perspectives of even more disabled fans. Featuring conversations with Lindsay Mixer and Valerie Gristch, and voicemails/letters from Soph, TallysGreatestFan, Lizard Socks, May Barros, Cora Maria, miscellanium, Bodge, Julia, and Jessica. Topics covered include depictions of disabled characters in erotic fanfiction, conflicting accessibility needs on the web, and how both music venues and artists make concert-going difficult—if not outright impossible—for disabled fans.

There's a little bit of everything in this week's podcast.  We start with a story about how people who either ignore or don't know by-laws and regulations (not to mention common sense and personal responsibility), can get their come-uppance. And then we slide into the second part of the Lawyer in the Hot Seat webinar with David Bannerman. But first we bring you the story of a person who really should have known better, who laid down a timber floor which, in its design, could not have been noisier if it had drums and cymbals attached. Complaints from the downstairs about night time crashings and bashing were dismissed or, at the very least, downplayed by the committee. But then something happened that will bring a smile to the face of anyone who has ever had to deal with a noisy and inconsiderate neighbour and a committee reluctant to get involved. Then we hear part two of Lawyer in the Hot Seat where David Bannerman answers our questions about everything from defect claims to the appointment of compulsory strata managers. TRANSCRIPT IN FULL NB: The timings on these transcriptions do not match the exact timings on the podcast audio as the Lawyer in the Hotseat section comes from a different recording. Jimmy  00:00 We've got a bit of a lighter load today, Sue. Sue Oh, yeah? Jimmy We're going to be listening to the second part of the David Bannerman Lawyer In The Hot Seat webinar, the thing we recorded a couple of weeks ago. And before that, we've got a really interesting story about somebody who has been caught having put down an illegal floor. Sue  00:22 Yeah, that's a cracker. That one. Jimmy  00:25 Yeah, well, you know, the people think they can just do what they want and get away with it. But sooner or later, they get caught out. So that'll be fun. I'm Jimmy Thomson, I write the Flat Chat column for the Australian Financial Review. Sue  00:37 And I'm Sue Williams and I write about property for Domain. Jimmy  00:41 And this is the Flat Chat Wrap. [MUSIC] Jimmy Okay, well, we're not going to name names here, because this happens to be one of the more litigious buildings in Sydney, let's just say. So the story is, first of all, background, a resident and owner in this building has been complaining for years about noise from her upstairs, thumping and banging all night, okay. Yep. And not being taken seriously by her building committee after a while. Sue  01:27 Oh, that's really hard, isn't it? Because you do get people complain a lot. And sometimes, other people start kind of getting complaint blindness and start thinking, well, maybe they're imagining it, or maybe they're oversensitive, or that kind of thing. Really. Jimmy  01:38 Yeah. I mean, that's a problem. You know, you do get people who complain a lot about not very much. But you also get people who complain a lot because they've got a lot to complain. So this person had been complaining about the person upstairs crashing and banging around and what seemed, she said was totally unreasonable. And then the person upstairs did a renovation. This is more recently. So this person had bought into the apartment block, years ago, done a big renovation, the person we know had moved in underneath and discovered all his crashing and banging. And you know, the committee was saying “Oh, we've never had any complaints before” kind of stuff and basically fobbing her off. To the point. I think it was so bad that she rented another apartment in the building just to have somewhere to sleep at night. Sue  02:27 Yeah, I guess she'd made lots of complaints to this guy upstairs before. Yeah. And the guy had not been particularly kind of helpful or receptive any in any way. Really. So yeah. But finally, it seems that the guy upstairs has been caught out. Jimmy  02:42 Yeah, because he's done another renovation. And during that renovation, something went wrong.

It's everyone's favorite rhythm fighting game that doesn't exist yet, ‘Rhythm Rumble', back for more discussion in this week's NiceThinking Episode. Ellen learns a new word, Mark rants about Unity's PlayerPrefs, and Stephen admits that he still hasn't learned to take good notes. They all agree that you have to spend more time researching than you want to, and that Dale is awesome.PlayerPrefs in UnityUnity Manual on Player PrefsBodge (definition) - Dictionary.comEllen has been playing games!Agent InterceptBanner SagaFlappy Dragon on mobileFlappy BirdJetpack JoyrideMark has been playing a gameMario and Rabbids Rhythm Rumble Stephen McGregorGame Design Stephen leaving an old employeer for a new job also leaves him room for improvement on a rhythm fighting game. The main problems with the old prototype: not rhythmic enough and too simple. The beats the player had to match were up to the sixteenth note (quarter beat) which left players not understanding which beat they were playing to, and an impression of the game feeling sluggish Some thoughts from the discussion -Use beat patterns rather than make people keep the beat -Being able to store (and playback) beats to conjure special moves -Give the instruments personality to the fighting moves they can make -Make the game into a metaphor, give it personality - these beats might control instruments, which control rock-em-sock-em robots, rather than making the avatars hit each other with a very expensive bass clarinet. They mention Sukuri's youtube video about the influence '90's fighting games had on the design of SmashBrothers Super Smash Bros. [Game Concepts] - MasahiroSakurai on Creating Games, YouTube

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Repairs sometimes need to be done in a pinch, on the side of the road or at the top of a mountain. On this episode we talk about temporary repairs and the unusual fixes we've come up with. Also, Michelle Lamphere tells us about Rocky Mountain Oysters, and we talk about other unusual, but good tasting cultural foods that the hosts of RAW have come across in their travels. Photos and links can be found on our website at adventureriderradio.com. If you've enjoyed this show please tell your friends, family and riding buddies about it. If you'd like to help out we'd love to get your support and to say thanks we'll send you stickers and maybe even give you a shout out on RAW. You can also follow Adventure Rider Radio on our social media pages: Facebook: AdventureRiderRadio Instagram: @adventureriderradio Twitter: @ADVRiderRadio

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Dodge it and Bodge it

It's been a long time coming but Reg finally managed to find it. Deep among the copious amount of Latina maid videos, Land Rover worship manuals and Conservative Manifestos. This is Marlon, Titch, Mule and Reg telling all about their first cars, terrible subwoofer installations, bad exhaust welds and police encounters. This episode's Beer of the Week is a selection from Fine Tuned Brewery. Yeah I'm pretty lit uploading this. Enjoy or don't, see if I care...

“WE’RE GONNA DO A NUMBER NOW. . .”   For anyone who has ever heard OZZY OSBOURNE perform live in concert, you already KNOW!  And in the unfortunate event you do NOT already know, let’s just say you’ve come to the right place.  Welcome to the Metal Nerdery Concierge.   “DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE OLD FILLMORE EAST???”   After leaving Sabbath in 1979, Ozzy embarked on a legendary solo career that would further expand the audience, fan base, and genre that the “Prince of Darkness” had helped to co-create and build during the 70’s with Black Sabbath.   “WHADDYA WANNA HEAR!?”   Ozzy’s solo career during the 1980’s marked the beginning of a NEW kind of Metal sound, one with a more mainstream appeal but with enough of Ozzy’s special brand of over-the-top, chemically infused lunacy, showmanship and metal madness; making him THE poster child for ALL of the excesses of the 80’s (doves…bats…ants…Wait, ANTS!?)   “ALL YOU PEOPLE…”   JOIN US as we tour through the 1980’s back catalogue of one of THE most iconic and critically pivotal artists in ALL of Metal, as Metal Nerdery celebrates the 1980’s solo career of one OZZY OSBOURNE. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on the iTunes/Apple Podcasts - Spotify or your favorite Podcast app Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch Listen on iTunes, Spotify, Podbean, Google Play or wherever you get your Podcasts. Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - Twitter Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com   Show Notes:   (00:00):  The voice of Ron “The Seasonizer” from #TRL #TheRibLounge / #healing and #unity and #masks and #gfy / The polar “opposites” of various Metal Nerderer’s weekends / #hillbillyspots and the new & improved and up and coming updates to Metal Nerdery HQ (and Milly’s inquiry)/ 2222021:  The anniversary of Ozzy’s “The Ultimate Sin” (#mandatory #blackalbumreference) / #POSTSABBATHOZZYCORE #newcore #manifest / #newcore #newgenre #genre (say it like that…it’s fun!) / a word from Obvious (80’s Ozzy) / Have YOU snorted #ants? / Ozzy & KISS and tangentionalness (albeit a reach) #crazy (He bit the head off a WTF did you just say!?) / Quick Gum Update / #hardreach / As you well know, we’re into the deeper cuts #onmicburp.   (09:16):  Remember record stores in the 80’s?  #noteven / The album cover of Blizzard of Ozz (#oldefaece #oldface) / The #AJFA treatment to the #drums (#weird) / ***CHECK OUT THE US FESTIVAL; 1983:  Ozzy Osbourne w/ Jake E. Lee***/ I Don’t Know (#consult the #drugtracker schedule) / You Lookin at Me, Lookin at You #revelations (Wait!  WTF is a #bonemovie?  Is that a porn?  I’m talking about No Bone Movies here…sorry.  #postulant #BODGE and #bonemovies and a #tangentional shout out to #metallica #postblackalbum #NEWCORE #POSTBLACKALBUMCORE / #stangler / Mr Crowley (#readthoselyrics) / You Lookin at Me, Lookin at You (#previouslyunreleased) / The “Sabbath Feel” in some of Ozzy’s solo work (Like “Sabotage” era Sabbath texture with a more radio friendly bent). #the80s Do you know who the #discokiller was?   (21:15):  Diary of Madman (#backshadowing #backalbumcover) / #blackvelvet #blacklight #yachtrock #manifestation #bonemovies / Intriguing facts about Ozzy Osbourne article (#sorryTexas) / #tinyiommi #tonyiommi #tinyoammi / Over The Mountain and Sharon vs Daddy  #takenoshit / Upcoming Metal Nerdery Ozzy banter compilation (#foreshadowing Ozzy #stagebanter is #awesome!!) / Over The Mountain (Reprise) #textured and that #guitarsolo is sick af! #earlythrash sound #shredsorcery   (33:00):  The meaning of S.A.T.O. (#satansanaltakeover? #sailacrosstheocean? #readthoselyrics #poundthebest) / ***Check out Matt’s new upcoming LIVE Comedy Album and Netflix Documentary***/ #dontdenythepowerof #SATO (Also, #readthosecredits for the album “Diary of a Madman” for the line-up). / ***DOES ANYONE REMEMBER LAUGHTER!?*** / Speak of the Devil (#louder) and the #scary #devil #runes / Matt’s only complaint regarding the tracking for “Speak of the Devil”:  the banter should be included in the “beginning” of the track!! (Symptom of the Universe) / #tangentionalality is a word (and a #hashtag or #tag)    (43:49):  Snowblind (dig the #stagebanter before Black Sabbath) “We’re gonna do a number naowwww…” (#russelspecial) / Ozzy Osbourne:  The Originator of the Dad Bod / “All you people…” #loudah / Bark at the Moon (1st album with Jake E. Lee and Russell’s inappropriate Facebook comment) / John Sykes style vs Jake E. Lee’s style (#onmicburp) / So Tired (the reason “yes men” are awful people) / Waiting for Darkness (Bark at the Moon) #killercloser / Bark At The Moon (***check out the music video from the DAWN of #MTV***)    (58:33):  Killer of Giants (The Ultimate Sin) #metalnerderyASMR #timetofrost / The evolution of Ozzy’s sound through the guitarists that worked with him over his solo career / Lightning Strikes & Fool Like You (#holditnow #waitwhat #recordscratch) / ***Does Ozzy get a “pass” for being classified as #hairmetal?  Or did he help to make Hair Metal credible BEFORE Hair Metal was officially Hair Metal? The “Truck Driver in Drag” description is spot on (and #funnyaf!!) Frosted Tips or Frosted Flaps?*** / Ratt Sabbath?   (1:10.13):  Enter Zakk Wylde with “No Rest For The Wicked” (Demon Alcohol & Bloodbath in Paradise and Charlie and the Family… #readthoselyrics) / Can you imagine being 19 years old and working for Ozzy and trying to be EVERY #guitarist that Ozzy had ever worked with!?/ ***CHECK OUT OZZY’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY:  “I AM OZZY” for #drugtracker #confirmation***  Napoleon was correct…   (1:18.53):  LouderSound.com “Ozzy’s 10 Craziest Moments” / Throwing a TV out of a hotel room window, drivers licenses, the Alamo, and #politicking “This might have been a mistake”… Dove snacks and Bat Snacks / We’ll leave ‘er on “Believer” / Ozzy 2021:  the next Ozzy album sounds like it’s gonna be tremendous because Ozzy #isablessin / ***THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO LISTEN TO AND SUPPORT METAL AND METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!***    

Colin Thomas and I do the WeWillFixIt podcast on PODAHOLIKS.com and here you get the messy less edited version. Always a lot of fun and totally family oriented! It is all about cleaning this show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thejamescast/message

Colin Thomas from WeWillFixIt talks the bodge job and what not to do, great lessons here! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thejamescast/message

This is a great segment that Colin does on how to avoid that crummy work and the need to go and refix it later! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podaholiks/message

Should you look into buying a vehicle online? Introduction of the podcast and we get into the pro's and con's of online vehicle purchases! Meet Dan and Bodge in this fun and informative episode.

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Episode Sweet 16. But this isn't March Madness, this is motherf#$&Iin Shop Talk with Steve Ferreira. And this week I'm back up here with my OG friend Mike Bodge. In an internet where mad people call themselves creative directors, Mike actually is one. Why do I say that? BC people have hired him for jobs that have that title, whereas you started a fake company on Instagram and called yourself it. But that's ok, we all pretend sometimes. Fake it til you make it. Don't hate the player hate the game. Have you noticed my show descriptions are getting crazier every week? Mike is the man on the web. Ask Nike, Facebook, Snapchat and a zillion other companies who were smart enough to do the right thing and pay the man to keep them in the game. We talk in depth about the monster that Is Tik Tok, and everyones favorite website Only Fans. We also talk a lot about politics but I'm sure it won't offend anyone as you would have to be out of your mind to be conservative and be a listener of this podcast. Guess what else? Right before we recorded this episode I got a call from my bank. Someone hacked my debit card. They hit a Pizza Hut in New Jersey and bought a month on a dating site called Zoosk. Sounds like you needed the money more than I do. Somehow I forgot to bring this up on the show. Follow Mike Bodge at the very forward @mikebodge and check out www.bod.ge to see his work... Of course I'm still chillin on the Gram @este617 and StephenFerreiraBarbering on Facebook. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stephen-ferreira4/support

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Mojo plus oneI was once part of a team planning, training and fund-raising for an expedition to the South Pole. It was going to be a cracking adventure. I loved the guys I was working with. I was stronger than I had ever been in my life. I would be able to write a fabulous book afterwards. They were exciting times.But the expedition bank account was empty. We failed to secure enough sponsorship, and the expedition had to be postponed. Season after season the funding deadline came and went. After five years I accepted that this season had been my final chance to get to Antarctica. I withdrew from the expedition. I had failed.I spent the next week in the pub feeling sorry for myself. We had poured so much time and effort into the expedition, placed our varied lives and ambitions on hold and come together in pursuit of this one dream. And all for nothing. It felt so unfair. Why wouldn't someone give me piles of their hard-earned money so that I could go on a chilly camping holiday? More pressingly, what was I going to do with my life now that the beautiful blankness of Antarctica stretching off into the distance had been exchanged for the stark emptiness of my calendar stretching off into the distance?Here's what I decided, in a welcome moment of clarity at the bottom of an inappropriately-early-in-the-day pint of lager. I was going to stop feeling sorry for myself. And I was going to stop blaming the world. From now on, I was going to take responsibility for my adventures rather than waiting for mystery angel investors to swoop down and make my dreams come true. I was going to see an empty diary as a wonderful opportunity rather than the mark of a loser. And I was going to make stuff happen. Myself. Now.Six weeks later, instead of hauling a stupidly heavy sledge through the vast, inhospitable wasteland of Antarctica, I began hauling a stupidly heavy cart through the vast, inhospitable wasteland of Arabia instead. Ever since I first read about Wilfred Thesiger a dozen years earlier, I had wanted to make a journey of my own into the Empty Quarter desert. After putting it off for so long, I now made the expedition happen in just a month and a half. Disappointment led to simplicity and action. I planned to walk across a section of the Empty Quarter desert from Oman to Dubai. It was appealingly romantic in concept and simple (though not easy) in execution. The critical act was committing to it. I blocked the dates off in my diary. (See: I was lucky to have an empty diary, not cursed.) Second, for a fiery injection of peer pressure and accountability, I told people what I was going to do. Then I recruited someone to come with me. I didn't really know Leon, though we would become good friends. It was enough that Leon's reputation suggested he was competent to handle what the trip demanded, enthusiastic about making it happen and willing to commit despite neither of us knowing what we needed to commit to. (I prefer not to ruminate on why I need to find a new partner for each big expedition and that nobody comes with me twice…)Finally, we booked our plane tickets. This was a necessary symbolic and financial declaration of intent: a point of no return. Throughout this book, I have chosen to advocate a deliberately gung-ho, flippant approach to planning and to life. I've done this because very few people need urging to be more cautious or pessimistic. The internet and your parents are bursting with sensible advice. I don't have anything of much use to add. Leon and I prepared, trained and learned as much as we could before our too-soon-but-set-in-stone departure date. It certainly was not perfect preparation, but very few things in life require perfection at first. Perfect is splendid, but good enough is usually good enough. And perfect is the enemy of done. Bodge things from what you already have. Scale back your ambition if you are short of time or money. Ask folk to help. Making do feels good.You will never simultaneously have sufficient time, money and mojo. All I ever hope for is 'mojo plus one'.The start of our Empty Quarter expedition was a farce. My favourite ones often are. This is what happens when you get going before you are ready. But the alternative would have seen me still at home two years later, deep in cart research, seeking funding and perfection, and hiding my lack of guts behind excuses. Whether you operate in the worlds of Minimal Viable Products, cajoling your kid away from a screen and into a stream, or merely making a crap cart to haul across a hot desert because it makes you feel alive, the principal remains the same. First, commit. Then, begin. Everything else follows.Our DIY desert adventure was seemingly a world away from the original South Pole journey I was so disappointed to have failed at. There were fewer penguins and less money: two thousand quid of my own cash versus £1,700,000 of corporate sponsorship. There was no glossy website or press release, no social media strategy or 'world first' record. No book deal or swanky speaking gigs.But the new expedition still contained the core ingredients that had enticed me into committing five years trying to get to Antarctica. A hard challenge with a friend, a journey in the footsteps of a hero in a land I would never otherwise have experienced, a good story and great memories. Leon and I successfully completed the trek and made a film, Into the Empty Quarter, that we were both proud of. Do I regret not making it to Antarctica? Hell, yeah! Did I enjoy the journey that transpired in its place? 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We want to suck you bloooood ah-ah! This week we cover The BBC Dracula series by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. We discuss all three episodes, try some tasty Dolly Mix, and Sheldon learns what "Bodge" means in the UK! Remember listeners.....Blood is lives..... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theanglofiles/support