Another Gmaxx is born

[BL_RV0]

Added to my arsenal of vocabulary.

[mkrusedc]

Originally Posted by BL_RV0

If you don't mind me asking, what is a pleb?

pleb
Noun Brit informal, often offensive a common vulgar person

Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006

[suicideneil]

Collins dictionary has an interesting definition there- informal is definately correct, but I tend to think of a pleb as just a bit of a doofuss, rather than a common vulgar person; I am very common and vulgar myself, but definately not a pleb. Pleb to me is just another word for silly or stupid, or dim-witted etc. I wonder if 'numpty' is in the dictionary too...

[thephilonator]

Hmmmmmmm

pleb to me looks like a typo for prob, some how

wonder who coined it? and why?

[suicideneil]

One can never have too many insults to throw at people...

[mkrusedc]

It comes from the latin plebius meaning common or lower class people.

[suicideneil]

Well I'll be buggered, guess I cant really use that insult any more- I'll stick to numpty instead...

[BL_RV0]

God, all these english expressions that i had no idea existed.

[thephilonator]

Originally Posted by mkrusedc

It comes from the latin plebius meaning common or lower class people.

ahhh i remember my latin classes where plebians (probly spelt wrong) were the lowwer class and patritians were the upper.

[suicideneil]

Update:

Well, after cooking the hackerclone on boxing day, I broke down and ordered another 'stod' from hobbycity to tide me over- sunday looks like the earliest chance I'll get to take the old girl for a spin, given the weather is finally starting to improve in sunny old blighty.

I have also just ordered an 80mm 2000kv medusa, yay! Finally got to use that gift certificate from Rabosi that I've been sitting on for 6 months or more; cheers dude, much appreciated

On the downside, my PC just took a dump, and one of the recovery discs is corupted so I cant fix it with the aid of a £££ repair shop. So, just ordered me a nice new yet modest PC base unit with some nice upgraded specs compared to the old one:

360gb vs 40gb hdd
2gb ram vs 256mb (upgraded to 1gb a while ago)
2.6ghz amd processor vs 2.6ghz intel celeron
dvd burner drive vs busted cdr drive & external cdr
6 channel sound card vs stereo out jack?
a few other things too.

That cost me £280 including shipping, but I elected to have XP installed; no vista for me ta very much.

I also bought a furry hotwater bottle, electric panel heater, ped egg (google it, or ask the wife), and I also need some new shoes & trainers; what recession?

Mental note- must play lottery on saturday....

[Rnemhrd]

[QUOTE=suicideneil;263295]Update:

Well, after cooking the hackerclone on boxing day, I broke down and ordered another 'stod' from hobbycity to tide me over
Do you ever take your own advise? Another hand warmer/ toaster/fire starter? You will love the Medusa. I got a 36-70-2300 and it is a bear. It made me buy it new diffs though.

[mkrusedc]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Update:

I also bought a furry hotwater bottle...ped egg (google it, or ask the wife)...

My wifes Christmas gifts

[suicideneil]

Neccessity is the mother of invention- wait until you see my cooling solution for the temporary motor..

Good choices Mark, it is nice to have something warm and cuddly in my bed on these cold winter/spring nights, and my feet are in serious need of some TLC; normally I would use the dremel and sanding drum attachment, but Im all out of drums...

[Rnemhrd]

Boat cooling coils, some sort or radiator, and a fan? You could use the hot water for tea when you are done.

[suicideneil]

close, but I didnt bother fitting it in the end- no way it would have stayed on the truck with my driving. As it is.... I cooked the hobbyshitty motor, but only after 2 hours of fun; 258*F this time. Annoying thing is I was just bringing the truck in to check temps- I didnt let it get over ~165*F during the first 2 runs with a123s. Ran great, ton of power and only a few little glitches on the radio (FM is nice, think its the ideal cheap upgrade to AM- will add a ferrite ring to the rx lead though just as a test). A123s didnt excede ~95*F, nor did the lipos though I killed the motor before they had a chance to really warm up. Ambient temp was ~50-60. I made a kick-ass video though, compared to my usual efforts. Will process it when my new pc arrives.

Peace...