Author Topic: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread (Read 438701 times)

ElyDave · « **Reply #1125 on:** 10 November, 2018, 05:06:41 pm »

Just thinking about that is OUCH.

Reminds me of my own divness re allen keys, I'd been looking for the 3mm from one set all round the shed for most of the summer. Found it in the back pocket of my winter jacket.

Basil · « **Reply #1126 on:** 10 November, 2018, 06:08:24 pm »

Quote from: ElyDave on 10 November, 2018, 05:06:41 pm

Just thinking about that is OUCH.

Reminds me of my own divness re allen keys, I'd been looking for the 3mm from one set all round the shed for most of the summer. Found it in the back pocket of my winter jacket.

I find all sorts of lost things where change of season jackets are concerned. Not just cycling jackets.
A watch I'd given up as lost. A purse with two tenners in. Poo bags. Always poo bags.

ElyDave · « **Reply #1127 on:** 10 November, 2018, 08:20:35 pm »

do you actually have a dog? Otherwise I'd be very worried about that.

TheLurker · « **Reply #1128 on:** 10 November, 2018, 08:33:29 pm »

In 2 1/8" there are 17/8 not 19/8.

It took me half an hour to work out I'd got that basic bit of arithmetic wrong and that's why the lines were more than 1 3/4" apart. Thank $deity MrsLurker does the household accounts.

andytheflyer · « **Reply #1129 on:** 10 November, 2018, 09:43:55 pm »

Quote from: TheLurker on 10 November, 2018, 08:33:29 pm

In 2 1/8" there are 17/8 not 19/8.

For a minute there I was trying to understand why you had such an odd music time signature in quavers (maybe because I've been doing my music theory homework).

T42 · « **Reply #1130 on:** 11 November, 2018, 09:17:09 am »

Quote from: ElyDave on 10 November, 2018, 05:06:41 pm

Just thinking about that is OUCH.

Reminds me of my own divness re allen keys, I'd been looking for the 3mm from one set all round the shed for most of the summer. Found it in the back pocket of my winter jacket.

All the same, there's a certain pleasure in finding something after you've bought a replacement, and thinking "hey, now I have TWO!"

Russell · « **Reply #1131 on:** 12 November, 2018, 12:33:53 pm »

I was prepping the folder to start a train/cycle commute in an effort to reduce the unreasonably long journey time. I thought that it would be a good idea to waterproof the battery for the Chinese Cree LED light so I slipped the battery into two lastic bags and then put it all into the fabric pouch. The bags were much too big so I got the scissors out and cut off the excess bags and cut the battery lead in half as well!

Soldering iron and heat shrink fixed the problem and I was able to shorten the lead as well.

ian · « **Reply #1132 on:** 26 November, 2018, 10:09:20 am »

On Fridays, before I finish up, I check my calendar for meetings on the following Monday in case I have to travel.

This process would have been aided by checking on the right Friday, not one in December.

On the plus side, the trains were busy being screwed up, so I'd have been late anyway and if I'm going to be late, I'd rather it be because I'm sleeping.

ian · « **Reply #1133 on:** 30 November, 2018, 10:26:36 am »

This Friday has started well. I made coffee neglecting to empty the water from the pot into the coffeebot. So I had a pot of water. Fortunately, coffeebot has a no-grind mode so I could put the water in and re-attempt.

Then, finally armed with coffee, I spent an hour on a graphic that's basically a pie chart with spines coming out of it to link other charts. It looks pretty cool, even if I do say so. So I celebrated my early morning productivity with a second cup from the pot. Then came back, sat down, pushed back from my desk and looked at my work.

I've basically drawn a giant swastika.

Sigh. It's for a German customer too.

Paul · « **Reply #1134 on:** 30 November, 2018, 11:04:50 am »

Can we see it?

ian · « **Reply #1135 on:** 30 November, 2018, 11:12:48 am »

Sadly, it's Top Secret. It's not an actual swastika, it just looks with the angles of the lines coming out of the pie-chart – well – a bit swastika-ish if you sit back.

Paul · « **Reply #1136 on:** 30 November, 2018, 11:21:49 am »

Especially if you come from somewhere that might be a bit sensitive about that sort of thing, you mean?

ian · « **Reply #1137 on:** 30 November, 2018, 12:25:32 pm »

Well, I suppose I have previous form with Hitler, so I might just go with it.

Paul · « **Reply #1138 on:** 30 November, 2018, 12:28:08 pm »

Ham · « **Reply #1139 on:** 30 November, 2018, 01:50:06 pm »

Need any cat pics to go with it? http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigbest.pl

ian · « **Reply #1140 on:** 30 November, 2018, 02:15:47 pm »

Stop it. Hitler is officially verboten for me, even though everyone thinks that it's the second best sales presentation they've ever seen*.

Reminds me though, I have an interview with the ELT in a couple of weeks for a new job, I need material.

*I know – second – first place goes to our former US sales director who having trudged through hundreds of dull slides, eyed up his somnolent mid-afternoon audience, cleared his throat and launched into a stentorian I Will Survive. The entire thing and, unexpectedly, he was really fucking good.

citoyen · « **Reply #1141 on:** 02 December, 2018, 05:30:04 pm »

I'm posting this on my wife's behalf...

She went to Reykjavik with her friend this weekend and should have been home by now, except they missed their plane because they were standing in the wrong queue for boarding.

Fortunately, they're able to get a later flight so will be home tonight.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1142 on:** 03 December, 2018, 01:58:34 pm »

I nearly got on a plane to New York instead of Denver once, but that was BA's fault for changing the departure gate and not shouting the news loudly enough. Much undignified running across LHR T5 ensued.

Beardy · « **Reply #1143 on:** 03 December, 2018, 02:02:41 pm »

The airlines used to,get rather stressed if someone checked in their luggage and then didn’t show for the flight. Have they decided that no one could possibly get s bomb on board these days so it’s nto an actually problem.

Torslanda · « **Reply #1144 on:** 03 December, 2018, 02:17:55 pm »

Think they still would.

Mind you, Michael Ryanair would probably whinge and bitch about lost revenue due to having to remove someone's bags...

Ham · « **Reply #1145 on:** 03 December, 2018, 02:23:20 pm »

AIUI, there's a point in time when if you haven't turned up, they offload your bags even if you do turn up.

ElyDave · « **Reply #1146 on:** 03 December, 2018, 02:53:40 pm »

I was on a flight from ABZ to NWI one friday evening.

Pilot comes over the tannoy "welcome to this flight to Norwich".

Bloke in a row behind me stands up "I'm supposed to be going to Manchester!"

How TAF he managed to get onto the wrong airplane with two supposedly thorough checks inbetween I have no idea. I don't fly BMI any more.

Zipperhead · « **Reply #1147 on:** 03 December, 2018, 03:07:33 pm »

My wife was flying to Buenos Aires in September, on the Sunday evening she told me. On the Friday before I spotted that the flight actually departed on the Saturday evening.

rafletcher · « **Reply #1148 on:** 03 December, 2018, 03:59:56 pm »

Quote from: ElyDave on 03 December, 2018, 02:53:40 pm

I was on a flight from ABZ to NWI one friday evening.

Pilot comes over the tannoy "welcome to this flight to Norwich".

Bloke in a row behind me stands up "I'm supposed to be going to Manchester!"

How TAF he managed to get onto the wrong airplane with two supposedly thorough checks inbetween I have no idea. I don't fly BMI any more.

An old boss of mine managed to get on the wrong plane (an Aer Lingus one) from Dublin once. I don't think its that rare that it happens, especially with multiple gate changes.

Ashaman42 · « **Reply #1149 on:** 03 December, 2018, 04:33:53 pm »

A workmate of my partner managed to miss her flight home from holiday by turning up at the airport a full 24 hours late. Twice!

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