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We've had a long-ish dry spell, and my car was covered in dust and stuff - so yesterday I took it down to the hand wash place, and got it valeted (I can't get a hose to the car without running it through the whole house, which isn't a good idea).
Then an hour later I get an email reminding me of the Recall work that is being done next week by the dealer which details what will happen:
Drop off between 08:00 and 10:00Pickup between 16:00 and 18:00Drivers Airbag replacementComplementary vehicle washDamnit! I could have waited a week and not paid for it!
And today? It's started raining, so the car will be dirty again by lunchtime ... and all the Saharan sand and dust would have washed off naturally. 
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What car is it Paul ? - my Honda CRV was recalled for airbag problems
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Mercedes A180.
Apparently, under "certain environmental conditions"* the airbag goes off too much in an accident and "may injure the driver". Joy!
* Not specified, but probably "like having any form of atmosphere" at a guess.
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That's what they said about mine - also they've been known to go off when you're driving 
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Interesting isn't it: one of the main safety features of modern cars turns out to be the most dangerous. 
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So Mercedes is finally getting around to replacing the Takata airbags. Talk about slow.
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The Law of Negative Expectations:
- Negative expectations lead to negative results
- Positive expectations lead to Negative results
IOW, washing your car to make it rain doesn't work...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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It's not Saharan sand, it's coal dust mixed with sheep droppings
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: it's coal dust mixed with sheep droppings
No, we call that Laverbread.
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Someone finally trained Flying Sheep?
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I got the recall on my Toyota and the airbag replace - apparently something to do with bits of metal potentially flying through the air if the airbag inflated 
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― Christopher Hitchens
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That is airbag not Claymore mine?
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I wondered why it had "Front toward driver" on the steering wheel.
As an Englishman I have never become used to the US "toward" rather than the British "towards".
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OriginalGriff wrote: Drivers Airbag replacement
Jeez, you're just now getting it done? I've had to wait (literally) months before my dealer got the spare parts and could do the work, but the recall notice was years ago.
Read all about Takata's sad story here.
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Holy moly.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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The recall only started on 25th August, so the timescale isn't that bad.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I hate it when that happens...
We've had a long-ish dry spell
Don't think I have ever read anything more Welch
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Penny had a meal aboard Amazon marauder(9)
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Penny - P
had a meal - ate
aboard(inside)
Amazon - riv er
Privateer
Had the answer for ages, but getting the full solution took longer... slow day.
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So you are up tomorrow! 
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Correct ... but too late!
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Well, it's going about like this now[^].
I am now using PETG filament and the print moves along, then suddenly breaks free and just globs up like that.
I set the slicer to use PETG (and noticed it does increase the nozzle temp to 215 (up from 200).
Maybe this is the print itself[^] (from thingiverse -- trying to print case front). Not sure.
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What's your bed temp? Looks like a lot of warping.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
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50C
I thought that was right. Maybe not.
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