dozeydustman Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 And now the normally well behaved black cat has decided the litter box is not longer adequate and has pissed in the basket of fresh laundry I've just taken out of the tumble dryer. Cunt grogee, BorniteIdentity, AnnoyingPentium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 23 minutes ago, chaseracer said: Anyone? I've mislaid my 2Sav translation module... 😁 He bought a nice Dawes folding bike. It was cheap but if the seller had sold it in the home counties it would have been a lot more mitsisigma01, tooSavvy, chaseracer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMcD Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Buy cheap, buy twice. I didn't think I was even beating on it that much😂 grogee, Remspoor and Yoss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, Gerrymcd said: Buy cheap, buy twice. I didn't think I was even beating on it that much😂 If you can find one, an old Record Fitters Vice, won’t be cheap, probably as much as a new Chinese vice or maybe more but it’ll last indefinitely. tooSavvy, mk2_craig and myglaren 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Did the same thing years ago with a large Record one that cost about £40 from the boot sale. I was really disappointed, it must have had a hairline crack in it when I bought it that I hadn’t noticed. twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 12 minutes ago, Angrydicky said: Did the same thing years ago with a large Record one that cost about £40 from the boot sale. I was really disappointed, it must have had a hairline crack in it when I bought it that I hadn’t noticed. Usually the screw will strip before the cast breaks. Obviously use them as intended, pressing big bearings with a bar on the handle is when you should be using a hydraulic press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 11 minutes ago, sierraman said: Usually the screw will strip before the cast breaks. Obviously use them as intended, pressing big bearings with a bar on the handle is when you should be using a hydraulic press. It was a suspension strut I had in there at the time, trying to undo the top nut and the vice wasn’t gripping properly, so I was thumping the handle with a lump hammer and it just suddenly let go. Ive got a (smaller) secondhand Record vice now and haven’t managed to break it yet. The abuse the ones at work get, which are not particularly good quality, meant I was very surprised that I broke the one at home which had a fraction of the use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Gerrymcd said: Buy cheap, buy twice. I didn't think I was even beating on it that much😂 Thats the ones that keep showing up on Google ads for me .fk knows why I wouldn't go near one. Ranging from 11.99 to 39.99 ....made of cheese but ok if you need help to rip a tissue.... P.s whereabouts are you ? I have s few vices of varying sizes , mainly Record ,if IRC GMcD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Oh my fscking god... It's been a while so I'd forgotten what an utter and complete arse it is trying to set up Windows. Housemate's laptop had got to the point of literally taking 20+ minutes to boot up to a usable state, so I called time and have stuck an SSD in it and am about to set it back up. Was still on the original OEM Windows 7 install from 2012... I've been at it for an hour now and I think I have *just about* got an actual bootable flash drive... Why do I need to use a fucking special media creation tool from MS? Why can't I just write an ISO straight to the damned thing like I have with every other OS I've installed since about 2003?!? Why won't the tool let you select where the damned image is once you've rebooted into Windows (assuming you HAVE a working Windows install, God help you if you don't), rather than downloading all eight bloody gigabytes AGAIN despite the thing already sitting there on the desktop... *Bashes head against screen* I've got far too used to... 1. Download ISO image. 2. Open USB Image writer. 3. Write image. 4. Boot from USB stick. 5. Click install. 6. Answer maybe half a dozen questions then wait 10-20 minutes. 7. Done. Every time it's been a while I forget quite how much I despise every iteration of Windows that has followed XP. myglaren and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, Zelandeth said: Oh my fscking god... It's been a while so I'd forgotten what an utter and complete arse it is trying to set up Windows. Housemate's laptop had got to the point of literally taking 20+ minutes to boot up to a usable state, so I called time and have stuck an SSD in it and am about to set it back up. Was still on the original OEM Windows 7 install from 2012... I've been at it for an hour now and I think I have *just about* got an actual bootable flash drive... Why do I need to use a fucking special media creation tool from MS? Why can't I just write an ISO straight to the damned thing like I have with every other OS I've installed since about 2003?!? Why won't the tool let you select where the damned image is once you've rebooted into Windows (assuming you HAVE a working Windows install, God help you if you don't), rather than downloading all eight bloody gigabytes AGAIN despite the thing already sitting there on the desktop... *Bashes head against screen* I've got far too used to... 1. Download ISO image. 2. Open USB Image writer. 3. Write image. 4. Boot from USB stick. 5. Click install. 6. Answer maybe half a dozen questions then wait 10-20 minutes. 7. Done. Every time it's been a while I forget quite how much I despise every iteration of Windows that has followed XP. Making bootable media for Win10 has been a headache but never annoying for me. What is annoying is all the "help Windows perform better" questionnaire bollocks that the installer is mainly comprised of. Oh, and the fact the latest update has crippled my 32 bit laptop so much it cannot run a browser and Word at the same time. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 16 minutes ago, Fumbler said: Making bootable media for Win10 has been a headache but never annoying for me. What is annoying is all the "help Windows perform better" questionnaire bollocks that the installer is mainly comprised of. Oh, and the fact the latest update has crippled my 32 bit laptop so much it cannot run a browser and Word at the same time. Think one of the big problems for me simply is that I don't use Windows...so I probably wasted half an hour trying to get the damned install media to work before giving in and restarting into Windows. Which of course then wanted to install about 203745192973 updates because I'd not booted it in about three months and promoted me about four times to reboot while I was downloading the media creation tool...all the while badgering me about it having been too long since I had Windows Defender scan my PC and oh look you don't have antivirus software installed...just shut up already and let me get on with what I'm doing... I've got too used to stuff *just working!* Edit: I've also just realised that you need to connect to a MS account as part of setup...so much for my intent of handing over a clean laptop with a post it simply saying "here's your temporary password, please change it." myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Gerrymcd said: Buy cheap, buy twice. I didn't think I was even beating on it that much😂 Vice ≠ anvil; if you want to twat things with a hammer use something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, Zelandeth said: Edit: I've also just realised that you need to connect to a MS account as part of setup...so much for my intent of handing over a clean laptop with a post it simply saying "here's your temporary password, please change it." Turn the Wi-Fi off when setting up accounts. That's how I got around it. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMcD Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 hour ago, mitsisigma01 said: Thats the ones that keep showing up on Google ads for me .fk knows why I wouldn't go near one. Ranging from 11.99 to 39.99 ....made of cheese but ok if you need help to rip a tissue.... P.s whereabouts are you ? I have s few vices of varying sizes , mainly Record ,if IRC I paid £20 quid 😁 To be honest I'm not bothered about it. The "yer a cheap shite what did you expect" thread would have been more appropriate. Stay in Barrhead mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, Gerrymcd said: Stay in Barrhead mate. Say no more... GMcD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Zelandeth said: Oh my fscking god... It's been a while so I'd forgotten what an utter and complete arse it is trying to set up Windows. Housemate's laptop had got to the point of literally taking 20+ minutes to boot up to a usable state, so I called time and have stuck an SSD in it and am about to set it back up. Was still on the original OEM Windows 7 install from 2012... I've been at it for an hour now and I think I have *just about* got an actual bootable flash drive... Why do I need to use a fucking special media creation tool from MS? Why can't I just write an ISO straight to the damned thing like I have with every other OS I've installed since about 2003?!? Why won't the tool let you select where the damned image is once you've rebooted into Windows (assuming you HAVE a working Windows install, God help you if you don't), rather than downloading all eight bloody gigabytes AGAIN despite the thing already sitting there on the desktop... *Bashes head against screen* I've got far too used to... 1. Download ISO image. 2. Open USB Image writer. 3. Write image. 4. Boot from USB stick. 5. Click install. 6. Answer maybe half a dozen questions then wait 10-20 minutes. 7. Done. Every time it's been a while I forget quite how much I despise every iteration of Windows that has followed XP. rufus is your friend here https://rufus.ie/en/ if you dont have a pre-existing windows install handy you can make a bootable windows USB stick by actually just strategically copy and pasting the files from the ISO to a correctly formatted USB stick (note manually copy and pasting, only works if the machine supports UEFI booting!) I do agree tho its much easier when you can just DD the fucker LOL 53 minutes ago, Zelandeth said: Edit: I've also just realised that you need to connect to a MS account as part of setup...so much for my intent of handing over a clean laptop with a post it simply saying "here's your temporary password, please change it." they burry it in the bottom left hand corner of the setup screen but there is a setup with local account option when you get to the "sign in with microsoft account" section AnnoyingPentium, myglaren and TataBobu 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 We got there in the end. The result is a machine that's running lightning quick and is doing everything that it needs to - currently aside from being able to see the network printers, but that's down to the peculiarities of our network I think rather than the computer - nuking our network from orbit is probably going to be one of my bigger projects for this year as some of the issues it has at the moment drive me mad. There are a bunch of things which just don't work how they should which I want to sort. Very little of the original kit will be left when I'm done. Even though it will mean routing even MORE sodding network cables through the house because that's so much fun... I did try manually setting things up for the installer on a USB stick last time I was doing this - and in doing so managed to completely brick a 32Gb USB stick, so I was reticent to mess around with the partition tables manually on there again...just rebooting and begrudgingly using the MS tool was the lesser of two evils. myglaren, AnnoyingPentium and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 06/02/2022 at 15:21, Mally said: Ah, but it's denailed by hand! The word Patina is used, that doubles the price! myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I had sinuitis and a bad chest after covid. The antibiotics combined with my inhaler has left me with a very painful mouth - swallowing hot food and drinks is agony. The joys of oral thrush. I swear I am turning into a giant fucking mushroom... crad, AnnoyingPentium, myglaren and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 19 minutes ago, Bren said: I had sinuitis and a bad chest after covid. The antibiotics combined with my inhaler has left me with a very painful mouth - swallowing hot food and drinks is agony. The joys of oral thrush. I swear I am turning into a giant fucking mushroom... That sucks. Or blows. I get mouth ulcers from time to time and they're just horrible. It's a continuous nagging pain which makes the thing I like doing most (eating) into a painful ordeal. I've tried the various potions they sell which are at best just temporary numbness and don't speed up recovery. AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Bren said: I had sinuitis and a bad chest after covid. The antibiotics combined with my inhaler has left me with a very painful mouth - swallowing hot food and drinks is agony. The joys of oral thrush. I swear I am turning into a giant fucking mushroom... Or just an irritable cunt ? 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 39 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said: Or just an irritable cunt ? 😂 Already one of those AnnoyingPentium, myglaren and twosmoke300 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Join the club 😂 I woke up angry today for no real reason . After a couple hours at work I had a reason ! Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 due to ongoings have to come home early from trip not gonna be fun this next week after what they told me (and didnt) on the phone earlier oh fuck Saabnut, myglaren, Jerzy Woking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 4 hours ago, Bren said: The antibiotics combined with my inhaler has left me with a very painful mouth - swallowing hot food and drinks is agony. The joys of oral thrush. Apologies if teaching granny to suck eggs here but if it's the beclomethasone type, my GP told me to always rinse my mouth out with water or better still, use the inhaler before brushing your teeth in the mornings and evenings to stop those symptoms. Bren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Had some work done on the car... dropped it off at midday Friday and most of the work was done at the end of the day. I've just received the invoice thinking it'd be £200 or something. Well nope Fuck. Only 18% of that is parts. The rest is labour and VAT. mitsisigma01, HillmanImp, mercedade and 7 others 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, Fumbler said: Had some work done on the car... dropped it off at midday Friday and most of the work was done at the end of the day. I've just received the invoice thinking it'd be £200 or something. Well nope Fuck. Only 18% of that is parts. The rest is labour and VAT. Have you got a full breakdown of what they've not done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 6 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said: Have you got a full breakdown of what they've not done Yes- the maths is rather confusing but I think it's how the invoice is laid out which is causing the confusion. I'll follow this up with a friendly call to the garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 What? I have a windows licence? Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 54 minutes ago, Fumbler said: Had some work done on the car... dropped it off at midday Friday and most of the work was done at the end of the day. I've just received the invoice thinking it'd be £200 or something. Well nope Fuck. Only 18% of that is parts. The rest is labour and VAT. What car? What work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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