What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Wibble]

We were taught this in school, it seemed to stop when every appliance came compulsory with a molded plug, so a job no longer required. Sad, as youngsters have no clue about how to do this now.

Fine until you have to feed the power supply through a small gap that a plug won’t fit.

I do a lot of PAT testing too, nothing surprises me now with dangerous bodges we find.

[Wack]

7 hours ago, Wibble said:

We were taught this in school, it seemed to stop when every appliance came compulsory with a molded plug, so a job no longer required. Sad, as youngsters have no clue about how to do this now.

Fine until you have to feed the power supply through a small gap that a plug won’t fit.

I do a lot of PAT testing too, nothing surprises me now with dangerous bodges we find.

My brother in law was an electrician,  in the 80s one of his daughters came home from school with a plug she'd wired after being taught how to do it  , a plug with a foot of bare ended wire  on the other end 

Luckily she didn't plug it in , he went up to the school and had a word with the idiot who taught them 

[andy18s]

[Wack]

McDonald's 

Not often I visit but today they were particularly slow , at least 10 minutes stood there waiting 

In that time they produced 2 large just eat orders, put them on a non heated shelf where they sat for 10 minutes 

Mine was luke warm from the grill to the table so I can't think they'd be very warm after a 10 minute wait then being whizzed about on a bike for 15 minutes

[cobblers]

my new brakes turned up:

[Wack]

10 minutes ago, cobblers said:

my new brakes turned up:

I wouldn't press too hard unless you want the contents of your cupboards rearranging 

[Sham]

17 hours ago, DavieW said:

Not sure if it was a dog walker or dog groomer's van I saw  last week with the name "Fairy Dogmother".

Was this in Norfolk? My other half is friends with her if so. She's fit, like really, but is as much of a struggle to tolerate as the business name makes her sound.

 

There are about a hundred businesses with the same name around the country according to Google, presumably they all think its original and funny.

[DavieW]

1 hour ago, Sham said:

Was this in Norfolk? My other half is friends with her if so. She's fit, like really, but is as much of a struggle to tolerate as the business name makes her sound.

 

There are about a hundred businesses with the same name around the country according to Google, presumably they all think its original and funny.

No, this one was in Grangemouth. Never saw the driver to see if she was fit though.

[UltraWomble]

18 hours ago, New POD said:

Completed

Easy to let them get out of control - Ive a lemon conifer - supposed to be a dwarf but the fecking thing is about 15 foot tall now in the front garden - Ive bought a chainsaw and once the wasps have died ( its got a bloody great nest in it) I shall be setting too and cutting the bugger down.

[Dyslexic Viking]

I have long known about the small Norwegian fishing boats that went from Norway to Shetland during the war. But have now learned about a slightly unknown story several Norwegians traveled from the south coast of Norway to the UK and often Scotland in boats as in the picture below during the war. How insanely big balls do you have to have to do something like this?

Picture is a real one taken during the war by Norwegians who have crossed the North Sea and arrived in the UK in a typical boat type that was used.

[Saabnut]

Somewhere I have several books on this which I bought in Lerwick Books on port calls in pre internet days, including one called "The Shetland Bus". True heros. They are of course in English but I will see if I can find them (I may already have given them away) but if I find them I will bring them to Norway next trip and post them to you from there if you would be interested.

Also, send me an email address and I will send you an electronic copy of a book on the DS Rogaland (still in Stavanger) in Norwegian written by a late good friend, again if it is of any interest.

[Dyslexic Viking]

8 minutes ago, Saabnut said:

Somewhere I have several books on this which I bought in Lerwick Books on port calls in pre internet days, including one called "The Shetland Bus". True heros. They are of course in English but I will see if I can find them (I may already have given them away) but if I find them I will bring them to Norway next trip and post them to you from there if you would be interested.

Also, send me an email address and I will send you an electronic copy of a book on the DS Rogaland (still in Stavanger) in Norwegian written by a late good friend, again if it is of any interest.

Thank you, that is a very nice offer. But I struggle a bit with books due to my dyslexia, so shorter and simpler reading is best for me unfortunately. I have managed to work my way through some books, but it is a bit demanding.

But I have googled DS Rogaland and there is some information and stories online which I will read as it has been unknown to me until now.

[Bren]

My eldest had his term timetable sent out.

Blank as fuck.

[iainrcz]

My Mrs is dancing around and squeaking trying to stand on a massive spider 🤣

[High Jetter]

24 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

My Mrs is dancing around and squeaking trying to stand on a massive spider 🤣

She wants to stand on it? Is she thinking cheap transport?

[somewhatfoolish]

Leave the bloody thing alone; I ignore spiders and they ignore me.

[Popsicle]

2 hours ago, Bren said:

My eldest had his term timetable sent out.

Blank as fuck.

Daughter no.2's second year at uni timetable has come through, Mondays 0800-2000, with one 15 minute break in a 12 hour day, then just 1 hour to do on Tuesday, Wednesday off, normal days Thursday & Friday. You'd think the highly educated, while not living in the real world eejits could organise something a bit more manageable.

[New POD]

1 hour ago, Popsicle said:

Daughter no.2's second year at uni timetable has come through, Mondays 0800-2000, with one 15 minute break in a 12 hour day, then just 1 hour to do on Tuesday, Wednesday off, normal days Thursday & Friday. You'd think the highly educated, while not living in the real world eejits could organise something a bit more manageable.

Some years ago when I was working for Lucas, who were funding various research via the corporate department I worked in, I was offered, via A professor of Engineering, and my boss, the opportunity to do some paid evening lecturing on the subject areas, we were funding research on.  

It all fell through because the full time students ganged together via their student council, and put a case about student safety and female students having to walk home *late in the night.  

I'm sure that there's some way that 2 or more students could complain and get that changed. 

 

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Popsicle said:

Daughter no.2's second year at uni timetable has come through, Mondays 0800-2000, with one 15 minute break in a 12 hour day, then just 1 hour to do on Tuesday, Wednesday off, normal days Thursday & Friday. You'd think the highly educated, while not living in the real world eejits could organise something a bit more manageable.

Just getting them used to working on zero hours contracts.

[hairnet]

Hang on......

This isn't southport

[TheOtherStu]

20 hours ago, Sham said:

There are about a hundred businesses with the same name around the country according to Google, presumably they all think its original and funny.

Our local one is the "Furry Dogmother". There seem to be a few of those about too.

[iainrcz]

13 hours ago, High Jetter said:

She wants to stand on it? Is she thinking cheap transport?

Well she is a Hobbit.

12 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Leave the bloody thing alone; I ignore spiders and they ignore me.

That's what I said, but for some reason she seemed convinced this particular spider had a personal vendetta against her and would come in the night and whisk her away to parts unknown.

[hairnet]

Are we nearly there yet 

[Matty]

42 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Are we nearly there yet 

Where you off now?

[DSdriver]

1 hour ago, iainrcz said:

Well she is a Hobbit.

That's what I said, but for some reason she seemed convinced this particular spider had a personal vendetta against her and would come in the night and whisk her away to parts unknown.

When I asked a lady friend why she wasn't spooked by spiders after she just picked one up and put it out the window she said "I went to an all-girls boarding school, you didn't dare show fear"

[somewhatfoolish]

1 hour ago, iainrcz said:

Well she is a Hobbit.

That's what I said, but for some reason she seemed convinced this particular spider had a personal vendetta against her and would come in the night and whisk her away to parts unknown.

They don't do that, they just wait until you're asleep, crawl into your piehole and get swallowed. 😁

[Bren]

Given that it costs circa £40k to keep somebody in Prison I am surprised government have'nt spun the escape from Wandsworth as great value for the tax payer.

[DavieW]

Love the way she's holding his knob.......

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/211763008556394/

 

[richardmorris]

4 hours ago, DSdriver said:

When I asked a lady friend why she wasn't spooked by spiders after she just picked one up and put it out the window she said "I went to an all-girls boarding school, you didn't dare show fear"

My sister has an illogical approach to spiders. Black or brown ones that seem to materialise in the bath she can’t cope with, but the ones she comes across in Belize and Borneo as a rainforest entomologist are apparently fine - large, green or red kneed. 
The Australian huntsman are in another league though - I’ve seen videos of them fighting rats!

 

 

[Popsicle]

7 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

They don't do that, they just wait until you're asleep, crawl into your piehole and get swallowed. 😁

I thought they drank the fluid in your eyes first. 🤢