The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.

[Kim]

IIRC the MSF signal only flags that there's about to be a DST change for the hour before the change, so it's entirely possible for the clock to miss it if the signal's iffy.  Which is has been ever since they moved the transmitter to Cumbria.

[Kim]

Ob GMT, BST and local time:

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/features/bristol-smallest-plaque-connection-clocks-going-back/

That article's got one of those comedy units we've been grumbling about:

To commemorate the job of this master clock and Langford’s efforts, Bristol’s smallest plaque, no larger than a 30cm ruler, can be found directly underneath the clock, now in a somewhat sorry state outside Costa on College Green.

So ≤30cm, then?

[hellymedic]

I have 3 such clocks, all out of my reach. They all face southwest.
If I wish to force a reset, I'll need to ask David for help. He's out right now…

Will wait and hope.

[hellymedic]

IIRC the MSF signal only flags that there's about to be a DST change for the hour before the change, so it's entirely possible for the clock to miss it if the signal's iffy.  Which is has been ever since they moved the transmitter to Cumbria.

Rugby was much better!

[Cudzoziemiec]

Ob GMT, BST and local time:

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/features/bristol-smallest-plaque-connection-clocks-going-back/

That article's got one of those comedy units we've been grumbling about:

To commemorate the job of this master clock and Langford’s efforts, Bristol’s smallest plaque, no larger than a 30cm ruler, can be found directly underneath the clock, now in a somewhat sorry state outside Costa on College Green.

So ≤30cm, then?

No. No, not at all that. A ruler always has blank bits at each end. So it's ≤30cm + a small, unspecified amount. They should really specify whether the rule is plastic, metal or wooden.

[hellymedic]

<pedant> I don't think steel rules have blank bits...

[ElyDave]

<pedant> I don't think steel rules have blank bits...

One of mine does
But the other one doesn't

[Regulator]

My body clock is refusing to reset... I was awake at 4.45 am this morning (instead of the usual 5.45 am).

[Tim Hall]

The Gorgeous Grandschildren came to stay at the weekend. Whilst being perfect at everything, they don't know about clocks, daylight saving and granddad's need for kip.

Actually I don't care, for they are wonderful, even at audax o'clock.

[hellymedic]

IIRC the MSF signal only flags that there's about to be a DST change for the hour before the change, so it's entirely possible for the clock to miss it if the signal's iffy.  Which is has been ever since they moved the transmitter to Cumbria.

Rugby was much better!

Facebook reminded me I also had clock issues this time last year...

[Pingu]

IIRC the MSF signal only flags that there's about to be a DST change for the hour before the change, so it's entirely possible for the clock to miss it if the signal's iffy.  Which is has been ever since they moved the transmitter to Cumbria.

Rugby was much better!

Facebook reminded me I also had clock issues this time last year...

Regular as... 

[hellymedic]

 

[mrcharly-YHT]

I had a plan to mow lawns this evening.

5pm and it is getting dark already.

Cheers, end of DST.

[rafletcher]

Young man, you may have gone to Harrow, and have a B.E. 1.1  and an M.Phil (Engineering for sustainability) 1.1 (Cantab), but your last communication leaves me in doubt as to whether you'd know one end of a spanner from the other.

[Salvatore]

<pedant> I don't think steel rules have blank bits...

One of mine does
But the other one doesn't

I checked mine. One end does, and just over 1 metre away, the other end doesn't.

Edit: It's not steel, it's aluminium, made in Sheffield.

[T42]

<pedant> I don't think steel rules have blank bits...

One of mine does
But the other one doesn't

I checked mine. One end does, and just over 1 metre away, the other end doesn't.

Edit: It's not steel, it's aluminium, made in Sheffield.

We were told in school that the extra bits on wooden rulers were there so that the ends of the scale would remain visible even if the corners got worn down. Steel rules didn't need them (unless used to test a grindstone).  Modernity doesn't care about what we were told in school.

BTW, why do we call a wooden one a ruler and a steel one a rule?

[Beardy]

I thought the steel ones were scales.

[Cudzoziemiec]

The rules have fallen from my eyes.

[fd3]

But what's this? Delivery charge for e-ticket £1.65
Gouging abstrads.

I remember going to a theatre to buy tickets.so that I wouldn't have to pay the retailer's handling fee; but the theatre add the charge even if you buy direct from them.
It's not really an extra fee if you can't avoid it.

@cudzo, well played sir

[SteveC]

Had to go to our local Asda for my flu jab this evening.
All the Halloween tat has been cleared away.
The bollards between the car park and the entrance each have a cover, with a C*******s candy cane on.

[Kim]

It was a perfect storm of pumpkins, poppies and christmas tat in Mr Sainsbury's Emporium Of Toothy Comestibles yesterday.  Like their calendar had really bad timezone issues.

[perpetual dan]

I went to the DIY shop for some araldite earlier. They didn't have any

The closest thing comes with two special single use plastic mixing nozzles. So a use twice tube of glue! This seems profligate, at best. What's wrong with a bit of foil and mixing with a matchstick?

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[Feanor]

Just yesterday, I had need to use a bit of 2-part epoxy to fix something.
I liberated a pack of Dexter Hysol Epoxi-Patch from my former workplace some years back, and it's lasted well and is Very Good.

Just googled it, and it seems the brand has been borged by Loctite, but this looks much like the box I have:
https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1Ktp_UGs-h0H-n8KN5Nu1v2d7MU99WErU

[Mr Larrington]

Dexter Hysol were the title sponsors of the Cheetah, the last bike to set an HPV flying 200 metre world record anywhere other than Battle Mountain, trivia fans.

[TheLurker]

I went to the DIY shop for some araldite earlier. They didn't have any

I think you may be unfortunate in your choice of DIY shop.  Araldite (other two part adhesives are available) can still be bought as a two tube blister pack complete with mixing tray & (stupidly small) spatula.  As any fule kno a cocktail stick is the only proper mixer & applicator for Araldite.