Author Topic: The "I'm Such a Fecking Div" Thread (Read 442208 times)

bhoot · « **Reply #2325 on:** 09 February, 2021, 10:39:05 pm »

Wrong island for my contacts, they are Berneray and North Uist. Another possible avenue to explore would be rowers, I think there is quite a lot of skiff activity and they probably have them, you might be able to get club contact details.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #2326 on:** 10 February, 2021, 10:39:34 am »

Would IanG be able to put you in touch with someone?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #2327 on:** 10 February, 2021, 11:04:44 am »

I've only just noticed something quite fundamental in Stuart MacBride's Logan McRae series:

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rogerzilla · « **Reply #2328 on:** 10 February, 2021, 11:51:17 am »

20210210_114831 by rogerzilla, on Flickr

PaulF · « **Reply #2329 on:** 10 February, 2021, 12:01:57 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 10 February, 2021, 11:51:17 am

20210210_114831 by rogerzilla, on Flickr

Stripped thread in cranks? Or simply a clipless moment?

rogerzilla · « **Reply #2330 on:** 10 February, 2021, 12:10:33 pm »

Look harder.

Neil C · « **Reply #2331 on:** 10 February, 2021, 12:12:35 pm »

Rebuilt with axles swopped. Oops!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2332 on:** 10 February, 2021, 12:12:43 pm »

In preparation for:

PaulF · « **Reply #2333 on:** 10 February, 2021, 02:00:09 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 10 February, 2021, 12:10:33 pm

Look harder.

Probably best if you just put your cleats on backwards then.

tiermat · « **Reply #2334 on:** 10 February, 2021, 02:07:05 pm »

Quote from: PaulF on 10 February, 2021, 02:00:09 pm

Quote from: rogerzilla on 10 February, 2021, 12:10:33 pm
Look harder.

Probably best if you just put your cleats on backwards then.

Which is what my mate Dave did, the first time he fitted cleats to his shoes.

Took us bloody ages to work out why only one side (per shoe)would clip in...

grams · « **Reply #2335 on:** 10 February, 2021, 06:50:11 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 10 February, 2021, 12:12:43 pm

In preparation for:

Does the person on the back pedal forwards or forwards?

robgul · « **Reply #2336 on:** 10 February, 2021, 07:05:29 pm »

Quote from: grams on 10 February, 2021, 06:50:11 pm

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 10 February, 2021, 12:12:43 pm
In preparation for:

Does the person on the back pedal forwards or forwards?

Both chains appear to be crossed . . . but the engineering logic doesn't seem to be correect?

Diver300 · « **Reply #2337 on:** 10 February, 2021, 07:21:56 pm »

Quote from: robgul on 10 February, 2021, 07:05:29 pm

Quote from: grams on 10 February, 2021, 06:50:11 pm
Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 10 February, 2021, 12:12:43 pm
In preparation for:

Does the person on the back pedal forwards or forwards?
Both chains appear to be crossed . . . but the engineering logic doesn't seem to be correect?

I think that the front chain crosses twice. The intermediate pulleys are there to stop the long chain flapping around and catching on things.

cycleman · « **Reply #2338 on:** 10 February, 2021, 07:37:50 pm »

The stoker pedals forward. I had a go on the back at Mildenhall a few years ago

Beardy · « **Reply #2339 on:** 11 February, 2021, 06:43:14 pm »

When ordering a birthday card (or any card I assume) online it is important to ensure that you have deleted all the example text when you check out. I mean, it’s a pretty poor UI that allows such mistakes, so it is their fault.

Fortunately the recipient doesn’t have a fragile ego and found the addition of a spurious name somewhat funny.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #2340 on:** 12 February, 2021, 06:59:01 pm »

In other news, I've got 11 days hols to use by the end of March. It was only when talking to my colleague earlier today that she pointed out that was 2 weeks holiday.

I've spent the last few months thinking I have a week and a bit to take.

Better fecking hurry up and book it then.

T42 · « **Reply #2341 on:** 13 February, 2021, 08:59:43 am »

When I got my first work contract in France I was pleased by the holiday entitlement it promised, about 5 more days than I'd had in the UK. Then someone pointed out that it was that many jours ouvrables, i.e. the number of days on which a company could legally open as opposed to jours ouvrés, the number of days when it actually did. In other words, they counted the Saturdays against your entitlement.

Kim · « **Reply #2342 on:** 13 February, 2021, 12:22:59 pm »

Barakta's current employer has a similar approach to bank holidays and the Christmas period.

T42 · « **Reply #2343 on:** 13 February, 2021, 02:31:36 pm »

American-owned/run?

Beardy · « **Reply #2344 on:** 13 February, 2021, 03:19:54 pm »

The firm i sued to work for, a well known multinational telecom provider, did this for certain groups of people who were required to work bank holidays. But in their case the bank holidays were added to their holiday entitlement. They also changed the holiday entitlement to hours for none management grades because the flexible* working patterns meant a lot of people were working 9 day fortnight and the like. Management were expected to work the hours needed to do the job without recourse to overtime though a certain amount of time off in lieu was tollerated.

*flexible for the company natch.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #2345 on:** 13 February, 2021, 03:28:52 pm »

Nipped out to the local farm shop on the shopping bike today. It is cold. Very cold. Fingers lose feeling.

Get back, go to unlock the SEECRIT bunker. To do this I need to remove my gloves, the better to fumble with the keys with my numb fingers.

Pull off glove using teeth. Misjudge end of finger/end of glove interface. Bite down on end of finger which it seems isn't quite as numb as I'd thought.

ElyDave · « **Reply #2346 on:** 13 February, 2021, 04:43:31 pm »

About ten minutes into todays turbo trainer session, I thoughtvi felt a seam digging into me at the front. That's when I realised I had my shorts on back to front

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #2347 on:** 13 February, 2021, 05:41:11 pm »

Quote from: Beardy on 13 February, 2021, 03:19:54 pm

The firm i sued to work for, a well known multinational telecom provider, did this for certain groups of people who were required to work bank holidays. But in their case the bank holidays were added to their holiday entitlement. They also changed the holiday entitlement to hours for none management grades because the flexible* working patterns meant a lot of people were working 9 day fortnight and the like. Management were expected to work the hours needed to do the job without recourse to overtime though a certain amount of time off in lieu was tollerated.

*flexible for the company natch.

I've had employers get grumpy when I had acrewed 10 days of TOIL within the first 3 months of a year...

They did not agree with my belief that the company was short staffed...

J

Kim · « **Reply #2348 on:** 13 February, 2021, 07:20:50 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 13 February, 2021, 12:22:59 pm

Barakta's current employer has a similar approach to bank holidays and the Christmas period.

Quote from: T42 on 13 February, 2021, 02:31:36 pm

American-owned/run?

A BRITISH ex-poly university with a reputation for being a bit of a piss-taker in this respect.

Beardy · « **Reply #2349 on:** 13 February, 2021, 08:06:51 pm »

Quote from: quixoticgeek on 13 February, 2021, 05:41:11 pm

Quote from: Beardy on 13 February, 2021, 03:19:54 pm
The firm i sued to work for, a well known multinational telecom provider, did this for certain groups of people who were required to work bank holidays. But in their case the bank holidays were added to their holiday entitlement. They also changed the holiday entitlement to hours for none management grades because the flexible* working patterns meant a lot of people were working 9 day fortnight and the like. Management were expected to work the hours needed to do the job without recourse to overtime though a certain amount of time off in lieu was tollerated.

*flexible for the company natch.

I've had employers get grumpy when I had acrewed 10 days of TOIL within the first 3 months of a year...

They did not agree with my belief that the company was short staffed...

J

An individual’s approach towards TOIL very much depends upon a) your position in the company and b) your aspirations towards improving that position. Neither of these _should_ matter but corporate Britain relies on the ‘jam tomorrow’ principle, and the young aspiring keep falling for it.