….. Then DHL arrived with my shipment from Coffee Sensor. I only needed the silicon grouphead gasket, but ordered a few extras for my Europiccola to get free postage! 😁

My old RTX2070 graphics card failed about 3 or 4 weeks outside the 3 year warranty. New graphics cards are ridiculous prices and to get similar performance prices now approach £700!! MSI Poland agreed to RMA it for repair evaluation. A 90 euro diagnostic charge would result in a repair estimate, unknown. My cost to send the card to them in Poland (a nightmare, but only cost £17.50 tracked).

It arrived back today, swapped out for another identical RTX2070….no charges at all 😁Tonight, it’s out with the old crappy 10year old backup card…and back with the RTX 2070…thank goodness.

ear old backup card…and back with the RTX 3070…thank goodness.

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    DavecUK back with the RTX 2070

    Are you a gamer @DavecUK?

    Will also take this opportunity to ask if there is an off-topic tag?

    Back to topic: dimmer for Gene Cafe mod has arrived:

    I hope we can all take a moment to marvel at the beautiful craftsmanship and intricate soldering job (this is how it came, wrapped in a sealed bag and all) that had gone into this masterpiece of engineering:

    It is working though, believe it or not.

        Doram Are you a gamer @DavecUK?

        I do a little gaming, but I use the RTX 2070 for video processing, specifically H.265 for which it’s many times faster than my 8 core 16 thread processor…also for any CAD stuff I have to look at. The irritating thing is that to get similar performance to a 3 year old processor that cost me an overpriced £449 back then, I would have had to spend almost £700…which is ludicrous. I wasn’t pleased that it failed so fast especially as I wasn’t overclocking the card.

        The only topic of this thread is what came in the post, coffee or not, nothing off topic here, just as Offleys coffee lounge is on or off topic…just a discussion lounge. saves us having too many areas (tags).

        On to your Chinese triac dimmer…one does marvel in amazement at what those nimble Chinese hands are capable of. In the olden days, one could only get a UK made Varilight dimmer for 4 times more than you paid for that beautifully crafted box of electronics!

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            DavecUK The only topic of this thread is what came in the post, coffee or not, nothing off topic here, just as Offleys coffee lounge is on or off topic…just a discussion lounge. saves us having too many areas (tags).

            Oh, I didn’t mean that your post was off topic. I meant to ask if there was a place here where we can post something that has noting to do with coffee (apart from it being addressed to this community - e.g. a question about a lawnmower [not that I have such a question, just as an example. :-)]).

            DavecUK In the olden days, one could only get a UK made Varilight dimmer for 4 times more than you paid for that beautifully crafted box of electronics!

            Considering the build quality of this thing, I think I might have overpaid….

                  Doram Oh, I didn’t mean that your post was off topic. I meant to ask if there was a place here where we can post something that has noting to do with coffee (apart from it being addressed to this community - e.g. a question about a lawnmower [not that I have such a question, just as an example. :-)]).

                  Offleys, post about coffee or anything else

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                    A ROK Grinder to pair with the ROK lever machine delivered on Tuesday … Both in mint condition from Ebay saving over £120 on the retail price in the process.


                      Not to everyones liking, a bit ‘marmite’ really but I am not a fan of super fruit or high acidity.

                        Elcarajillo Definitely going for the full Indonesian experience. Lot’s of classic coffees….and the OBJ, I’d have to guess you are an ex smoker. @ronsil always used to like a bit of OBJ, a hint of leather, spice liquorice smoke and old Toureg carpet..

                        I used to enjoy OBJ….

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                          Strangely enough I am not an ex smoker, closest I was with smoking was a good Havana cigar occasionally, I could still fancy one but I do resist.
                          Ronsil did recommend one or two dark roasts in another place.
                          I do drink other coffee’s but prefer the thicker more syrupy mouthfeel ones. Suggestions always welcome.

                          Got to say I’m still on the dark side albeit decaf. That’s some memory you’ve got there Dave.

                          I received 4 bags of beans from Django. Never ordered from them before so looking forward to trying the various regions (Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia and Yemen).

                            Postman brought me an 8 LP Factory Records compilation. Not coffee related but I might sip a cup as I listen. :-)

                              Gagaryn I used to look forward to one of these coming through the door..flexi disks made of what felt like floppy thin plastic sheet. Some were music, some were stories, sometimes in magazines, or just on their own..

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                                  DavecUK

                                  Yup, I remember those. Sometimes you even got one that played without jumping. :-)