What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[MikeR]

Played with my old phones today .....

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, Fumbler said:

Oh noes! I suspect a borrowed neutral, between circuits downstairs and upstairs to facilitate a landing light, is the cause. Sharing a neutral wire between two different RCD protected circuits will cause a current imbalance going through the respective RCDs and switch them off pronto (you'll have an 18th Edition board so they're probably RCBOs but let's be simple here). If any inspection happened prior, this would probably have been found and rectified as they're a right bastard to track down when the breaker is constantly tripping. As everything electrically worked before and still technically does, most of the testing wouldn't have shown it either... I'm fairly sure a continuity test would have but thet's usually limited to installing new circuits.

You've probably thought of this already, but, might you be able to plug in a light into the wall? Even better, remove the lamp from the holder(s) in the ceiling so no electricity can flow through the bad circuit. Should tide you over until the agent calls back the electrician for some faultfinding.

I've got a smart bulb in the hallway so I can get Google to turn it off once I've got the bedroom light on. The bayonet fitting is scabby as fuck with the wires pulled out (and the whole thing is seized, I tried to open it to tidy it up the other week) so I'd not be surprised if it was an easy fix. 

Equally, not long after we moved in I went to fit a lampshade in a bedroom and the wires and some tape came away with it... Was an extension taped together FFS. re routed the wire in the loft to reach but that'll be a bundle of laughs if he needs to get at the wiring up there... Won't think about it just yet! 

We found some of 1991s finest blue flowery wallpaper behind the old box though! Exactly the type Gary and Yvonne had in 1990s Goodnight Sweetheart, the Hoover Aquamaster era. Sadly the new box covered it up

[Leyland Worldmaster]

On 3/15/2021 at 10:44 PM, MrDuke said:

Absolute legend.

"Do ya think I'm bloody sexy?  ...... Err, no, not really"

Thankyou very much for sharing this! I recognise it from a BBC R4 program; it was used during the 'eighties! I've just ordered their best of! 👍 👍 👍 😎 😎 😎 

[artdjones]

After several tries I finally have paint mixed for the Saab.

[beko1987]

15 hours ago, Fumbler said:

Oh noes! I suspect a borrowed neutral, between circuits downstairs and upstairs to facilitate a landing light, is the cause. Sharing a neutral wire between two different RCD protected circuits will cause a current imbalance going through the respective RCDs and switch them off pronto (you'll have an 18th Edition board so they're probably RCBOs but let's be simple here). If any inspection happened prior, this would probably have been found and rectified as they're a right bastard to track down when the breaker is constantly tripping. As everything electrically worked before and still technically does, most of the testing wouldn't have shown it either... I'm fairly sure a continuity test would have but thet's usually limited to installing new circuits.

You've probably thought of this already, but, might you be able to plug in a light into the wall? Even better, remove the lamp from the holder(s) in the ceiling so no electricity can flow through the bad circuit. Should tide you over until the agent calls back the electrician for some faultfinding.

I presume you have qualifications to back up your 100% correct pub chat diagnosis! He wasn't here 3 minutes, all sorted! 

[Fumbler]

47 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

I presume you have qualifications to back up your 100% correct pub chat diagnosis! He wasn't here 3 minutes, all sorted! 

As it happens, I'm an apprentice electrician who has spent way too much time reading the regs books and watching videos on YouTube. I'm presently at college learning how to wire stuff correctly, what to look at when things go wrong and what tests matter and why we do them. Living in an old and mucked about with house helps as well! When time allows I'll be shoehorned into other courses that'll make me fully qualified.

Glad it got sorted so quickly!

[beko1987]

2 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

As it happens, I'm an apprentice electrician who has spent way too much time reading the regs books and watching videos on YouTube. I'm presently at college learning how to wire stuff correctly, what to look at when things go wrong and what tests matter and why we do them. Living in an old and mucked about with house helps as well! When time allows I'll be shoehorned into other courses that'll make me fully qualified.

Glad it got sorted so quickly!

Well, I'd say you're doing very well at it all, keep going!

[Jerzy Woking]

On 3/8/2021 at 6:21 PM, hairnet said:

just watching the top gear again where theyre in spain and lots of it is abandoned @Jerzy Woking im sure ive found out where and forgotten - how much to rent smol bike

i want to visit the dead end road and want an R8 just for the noise

I know the airport has only had one plane land there in the last couple of years, and is still unused.

The road is in the Sierra Nevada somewhere, but having ridden through it, all I can say is it is stunning, it's a big area, and we never found the road that runs out.

[somewhatfoolish]

Ferrari F0.4, 2350 yoyos, cloggyland

 

[808 Estate]

[GrumpiusMaximus]

 

Changing that cocking bulb helped after all.

[mitsisigma01]

3 hours ago, Jerzy Woking said:

I know the airport has only had one plane land there in the last couple of years, and is still unused.

The road is in the Sierra Nevada somewhere, but having ridden through it, all I can say is it is stunning, it's a big area, and we never found the road that runs out.

Pico del Veleta... maybe 

[louiepj]

Had to pick up a part from Mercedes-Benz of Gatwick today. Accidentally parked in the sales area 😀

[SRi05]

5 hours ago, artdjones said:

After several tries I finally have paint mixed for the Saab.

[mitsisigma01]

26 minutes ago, louiepj said:

Had to pick up a part from Mercedes-Benz of Gatwick today. Accidentally parked in the sales area 😀

See how much cash plus a Merc they'll give you for the Rene 👍

[mitsisigma01]

38 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Pico del Veleta... maybe 

Dare you to do it on yer pushbike

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/2664/big-ride-into-thin-air-on-the-pico-del-veleta 😲😲😲

[MrDuke]

Just had to go to the delivery office in the next town, as the seller of my latest watch had considerately used so much packing that it wouldn't go through my letterbox.

It's a G-Shock FFS.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

[camryv6]

3 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

Well that is the domino affect.....................................sorry i will go

[iainrcz]

Bought some bags of liquorice all-sorts from Lidl earlier.
Just opened a bag, it's fucking rammed with pink and blue knobbly ones.
Win.

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[beko1987]

2 hours ago, louiepj said:

Had to pick up a part from Mercedes-Benz of Gatwick today. Accidentally parked in the sales area 😀

Look how massive thst modern renner is against those mercs! 

[louiepj]

See how much cash plus a Merc they'll give you for the Rene

The sales guys watched me take the picture and found it amusing as well

[Wilko220]

[jmsguzzi]

Blasting this little tractor around the country lanes like a rally car is a great post work stress relief. 

[loserone]

@davehedgehog31 ^ 

[jmsguzzi]

45 minutes ago, loserone said:

@davehedgehog31 ^ 

What’s with the sad react, I’m not abusing it!

[loserone]

Poor mister hedgehog was reminiscing over this 205 only this week.  It's class! Glad you're enjoying it

[jmsguzzi]

1 minute ago, loserone said:

Poor mister hedgehog was reminiscing over this 205 only this week.  It's class! Glad you're enjoying it

Lmao It’s well loved, I’ve already had another former owner call dibs on it this week. 
 

Shiters syndrome means I’ll obviously get rid of it far to soon and put myself in exactly the same boat!

[MarvinsMom]

been busy today.

i have FINALLY got the frame sorted out for this t-shirt.

it was given to me by a dear friend, maybe 15 years ago after they had been on holiday in Canada.

i wore it the once, afterwards deciding that it was "too nice" to wear regularly, so, it got washed and hung up in the wardrobe.

until earlier this week when it got brought out, and washed for a second time, as many years in the wardrobe had frankly not done it any favours and i FINALLY got a frame bought for it.

ok, so i have had to carry the bloody enormous parcel up to my folks, and get me mam's help to properly mount it, 

and now all i need to find somewhere to hang it!

and for the record,  it is a Canadian National locomotive, and i'm thinking its a MLW M-420.....

i think i need to get out more!!

[Remspoor]