Author Topic: A random thread for small things that don't really warrant a thread of their own  (Read 348101 times)

Kim

  • An appetite for the epic, but no real stamina
Spotted on bank statement:

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POS9443 22MAY12 , BOOTS BIRMINGHAM , BIRMUNGHAM GB

Henceforth it shall be known as Birmungham!
With regard to wood not being straight, what do you expect trying to make things out of a dead vegetable!

AndyK

How cool would a thousand of these be on  a critical mass?

tiermat

  • King of the big shiny flange and flashy blu lights
Talk about completely fucking random agency spam.

I am used to the ones coming at me for 1st line support/hell desk roles.

I can even cope with the ones where the skillset is completely Windows based.

But today's just takes the biscuit.

The role is for a Sub-editor of an online service.

WTF?
Tony Stark: [to Loki] There's one more guy you pissed off... His name's Phil.


tiermat

  • King of the big shiny flange and flashy blu lights
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-rough-guide-to-britain-gavin-haynes

Warning, that site does have some decidely NSFW stories on it, but this one is SFW.  Found via Google Currents :)
Tony Stark: [to Loki] There's one more guy you pissed off... His name's Phil.


interzen

  • Surly.
  • Watch the birdie ...
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Talk about completely fucking random agency spam.

I am used to the ones coming at me for 1st line support/hell desk roles.

I can even cope with the ones where the skillset is completely Windows based.

But today's just takes the biscuit.

The role is for a Sub-editor of an online service.

WTF?
I can top that: CNC Machinist.
Anyone who knows me well enough will tell you that me and machinery get on like a house on fire. That's to say: screams, panic and general running for safety.

EDIT: I have just, as in within the last couple of minutes, received yet another bit of slave-trader spam which, although the roles in question might have been relevant, the whole thing read like it was written by a 5 year old  ::-)
More cowbell!

Now regretting drinking a cup of coffee in the meeting this morning, I have exceeded my average monthly caffine intake and am riding the FNRttC tonight.

I'm just on final approach to Mordor Central....

Luckily, I just sit here until we pull out again (backwards)
If I had a baby elephant, it could help me wash the car. If I had a car.

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arabella

  • no se porque yo no lo se
Acolleague is selling KMX, size up to 12 yo, which I reckon is about arabella-size.  However (i) ther's no way it'ld get down the passage at the side of my house without a great deal of swearing, new chain tattoos etc and (ii) it's probably not ideal for getting from A to B or audaxy types of things.
oh well, it was nice to dream until my ruthless pragmatism intervened
In the dark, all views are the same.

fuzzy

  • SWMBO's Toy Boy.
  • Apprentice Leathery Old Git
    • The Secret Cyclist blog
I bet a KMX will go easily down the side passage if tipped on its side...........

Just saying.
The mark of a true cyclist - prepared to try anything on offer.

Auntie Helen

  • Liegedreiradfahrerin
They're heavy though - tricky to manoeuvre whilst tipped up?
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fuzzy

  • SWMBO's Toy Boy.
  • Apprentice Leathery Old Git
    • The Secret Cyclist blog
I don't know but, I'm sure someone of arabella or somone of her aquantanice could fettle a contraption involving a bit of timber and some dolly wheels to leave inside the gate to make transporting the KMX down the alley on its side a breeze.

Not that I am trying to make arabella see sense and go fo the n+1 or owt.

Oh, and another thing arabella. Reason not to get the KMX ii)? Since when do practicalities come into velo purchase decisions?
The mark of a true cyclist - prepared to try anything on offer.

Kim

  • An appetite for the epic, but no real stamina
They're heavy though - tricky to manoeuvre whilst tipped up?

Having sensible points to grip it, and somewhere to stand that doesn't foul the wheels or seat, seems to be the key to getting tadpole trikes through gaps sideways.  Weight matters less if you can support it without having to bend an elbow.

We decided barakta could do it pretty well if the seat was removed, by hooking one of her fused left fingers around a chainstay to support the bulk of the weight while her right hand controlled it.  Though as we've been riding together we've generally gone for the much less complicated two-person lift (which is greatly simplified if there's a lockable rear brake) to get it through our door.

Alternatively, if it's a longer passage, turn it on its side, and rest one of the wheels on a Mk 1 skateboard.


More pragmatically, the issues discussed in this thread still apply...
With regard to wood not being straight, what do you expect trying to make things out of a dead vegetable!

spesh

  • gonzo forumiste
I bet a KMX will go easily down the side passage if tipped on its side...........

Just saying.

Bonus points if it's being ridden at the time. :demon:

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We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare.
Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true. (R. Wilensky)

Panoramix

  • 50 61 6E 6F 72 61 6D 69 78
  • Suus cuique crepitus bene olet
    • Some routes
That reminds me. I saw a vintage three-wheeled car - couldn't really call it a trike - air-cooled rear-mounted V-twin engine, long curvy metal and green bonnet, today. No idea what it was, but I wouldn't refuse one of them either, if the DS isn't available!

I am afraid but you can find a DS for not that much money

http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/306778391.htm?ca=6_s

Jaded

  • The Codfather
I'm just on final approach to Mordor Central....

Luckily, I just sit here until we pull out again (backwards)

That really spooks me because I sit facing the back on trains. Sometimes I can't swap over. YARFGFC.
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No magician who ever could have waved his wand could have waved it with more acumen than he has now at the present moment

That really spooks me because I sit facing the back on trains. Sometimes I can't swap over. YARFGFC.
You could swap seats with me, if I were opposite.
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

  • Hedgehog whisperer
I was at the hairdresser today, and he was telling me about another customer who had had a few days in Dublin. She'd gone out for dinner in a smart restaurant and had been thrilled to see Bono at another table with several other people. She's a huge U2 fan and worships Bono. She was too chicken to go and speak to him, but when she went outside for a cig, she got chatting to one of the people from his table and told him how much of a fan she was. The bloke she was chatting to told her to go and say hello, saying Bono wouldn't have a problem with it and would be quite happy to say hello, but she didn't dare. When she'd finished her meal she asked for the bill, and the waiter said "no bill, Madam, Mr Springsteen has taken care of that for you."  :o :D
My feminist marxist dialectic brings all the boys to the yard.




Clare

  • How many fs in i?
  • Correct, there's no effin' i.
In my rush-to-rant fest yesterday I forgot to say, if I didn't see Bill Nighy on the train then I definitely saw the love child of Bill Nighy and Michael Heseltine.

 :D

Random question regarding my B&M Cyo - What's better for the longevity of it? Save the switch by leaving it on and letting the standlight run out when I've finished or save the capacitor running the stand light by turning it off when I finish? Do capacitors wear out the same way a rechargable battery does?

And does my Toplight Line Plus have a cpacitor or a battery in it?

Miles cycled 2012 = 4038.1

Kim

  • An appetite for the epic, but no real stamina
Manufacturing defects aside, I'd rate the life of the capacitor over that of the mechanical switch.  It should last several zillion times longer than a rechargeable battery.

I assume the Toplight Line Plus also uses a capacitor.  The 'Multi' lights have AA battery powered standlights.
With regard to wood not being straight, what do you expect trying to make things out of a dead vegetable!


I am afraid but you can find a DS for not that much money

http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/306778391.htm?ca=6_s

WANT!

Hang on, does "direction assistée elle n'a pas les phares directionnelles ." mean it doesn't have swivelling headlamps?  I want those.

Academic, since I don't have £5000 Euros or anywhere to park it. Oh, unless MFWHTBAB wants a puddle of LHM accumulating on his newly cleared driveway...

I'm just on final approach to Mordor Central....

Luckily, I just sit here until we pull out again (backwards)

That really spooks me because I sit facing the back on trains. Sometimes I can't swap over. YARFGFC.

The journey to Winchester from York does it twice, so you'd be alright again after Reading.
If I had a baby elephant, it could help me wash the car. If I had a car.

See my recycled crafts at www.wastenotwantit.co.uk

Panoramix

  • 50 61 6E 6F 72 61 6D 69 78
  • Suus cuique crepitus bene olet
    • Some routes

I am afraid but you can find a DS for not that much money

http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/306778391.htm?ca=6_s

WANT!

Hang on, does "direction assistée elle n'a pas les phares directionnelles ." mean it doesn't have swivelling headlamps?  I want those.

Academic, since I don't have £5000 Euros or anywhere to park it. Oh, unless MFWHTBAB wants a puddle of LHM accumulating on his newly cleared driveway...

Try this one then: http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/313595555.htm?ca=6_s

Swivelling headlamps but no MOT.

 :demon:

Cudzoziemiec

  • You can see to Wales from the top of this hill.
All DSs driven in the UK should be RHD so that passers by can see you hang you arm out the window trailing a Gitanes and quoting Sartre. Or should that be a Gauloise and Belmondo? The mock-sheepskin seat covers on the other hand...
Yet Another Audax Truant.

interzen

  • Surly.
  • Watch the birdie ...
    • www.interzen.co.uk
A Lancaster bomber has just flown over - so low1 I could practically see what the pilot had for his breakfast.

Despite the Yorkshire Air Museum being just up the road, this is fairly unusual and it turns out that the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight are doing two flypasts in York today. The second flypast is timed for 1400, so hopefully I can get a few decent pics.

1 - Not altogether surprising given that it's incredibly overcast today, but anything that is capable of drowning out the sound of passing trains is pretty impressive ;)
More cowbell!


I am afraid but you can find a DS for not that much money

http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/306778391.htm?ca=6_s

WANT!

Hang on, does "direction assistée elle n'a pas les phares directionnelles ." mean it doesn't have swivelling headlamps?  I want those.

Academic, since I don't have £5000 Euros or anywhere to park it. Oh, unless MFWHTBAB wants a puddle of LHM accumulating on his newly cleared driveway...

Try this one then: http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/313595555.htm?ca=6_s

Swivelling headlamps but no MOT.

 :demon:

<hands over ears> I CAN'T HEAR YOU. LA LA LA LA LA...
If I had a baby elephant, it could help me wash the car. If I had a car.

See my recycled crafts at www.wastenotwantit.co.uk