Author Topic: what I have learned today. (Read 857540 times)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #3200 on:** 10 February, 2019, 01:12:17 pm »

That in addition to releasing a bazillion albums under his own name, blues-rock Elvis Costello lookalike Joe Bonamassa has been part of a band yclept "Black Country Communion" with Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham and Derek Someone.

Phil W · « **Reply #3201 on:** 10 February, 2019, 01:29:33 pm »

That Space Oddity by David Bowie was written as a duet with one of his band mates at the time. The original demo tape is a duet with his band mate doing ground control. By the time a producer took it on his band mate had left and was working in the north east. So it became just Bowie.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #3202 on:** 10 February, 2019, 01:35:14 pm »

That there are products similar to No More Nails called:
Sticks Like Sh*t
The Dogs B*ll*cks (their asterisks, not mine)
I Can't Believe It's Not Nails.

T42 · « **Reply #3203 on:** 10 February, 2019, 03:08:09 pm »

Over here it's called Ni Clou Ni Vis.

rafletcher · « **Reply #3204 on:** 10 February, 2019, 05:05:01 pm »

That Alexa has what I will call “Mum mode” in that it responds to “Alexa, just be quiet”

T42 · « **Reply #3205 on:** 10 February, 2019, 05:22:32 pm »

When blasting the dust out of a PC with compressed air:

a. open a window, or better yet two windows
b. under the desk where it lives is not the best place to do it
c. wear a dust mask; alternatively, do not breathe
d. taking the side off the casing takes 30 seconds. Putting it back takes 10 minutes and words of power.
e. it's amazing the strange positions the human body can assume in a tight space.
f. it's best to plug the power cable back in before extricating oneself from under the desk

Clare · « **Reply #3206 on:** 10 February, 2019, 05:30:21 pm »

How difficult it is to find two deep red seed beads on the floor under my desk.

Beardy · « **Reply #3207 on:** 10 February, 2019, 09:43:58 pm »

That suction cups don’t work in a vacuum.

Kim · « **Reply #3208 on:** 10 February, 2019, 11:33:43 pm »

Quote from: T42 on 10 February, 2019, 05:22:32 pm

When blasting the dust out of a PC with compressed air:

Take it outside. Close the windows, apart from the minimum gap you can get away with for the power lead to the compressor. Wear a dust mask and eye protection, and try not to inhale. Open it up, blast the crud out of it, and wait a minute for the flying fluff to disperse before going back inside.

Beardy · « **Reply #3209 on:** 11 February, 2019, 02:31:13 am »

Quote from: Kim on 10 February, 2019, 11:33:43 pm

Quote from: T42 on 10 February, 2019, 05:22:32 pm
When blasting the dust out of a PC with compressed air:

Take it outside. Close the windows, apart from the minimum gap you can get away with for the power lead to the compressor. Wear a dust mask and eye protection, and try not to inhale. Open it up, blast the crud out of it, and wait a minute for the flying fluff to disperse before going back inside.

with the power disconnected the whole OS will be shut down so there’s no need to close the windows. HTH

T42 · « **Reply #3210 on:** 11 February, 2019, 09:01:44 am »

Quote from: Kim on 10 February, 2019, 11:33:43 pm

Quote from: T42 on 10 February, 2019, 05:22:32 pm
When blasting the dust out of a PC with compressed air:

Take it outside. Close the windows, apart from the minimum gap you can get away with for the power lead to the compressor. Wear a dust mask and eye protection, and try not to inhale. Open it up, blast the crud out of it, and wait a minute for the flying fluff to disperse before going back inside.

What I usually do but it was raining and one of the fans was wheezing. Humming away happily now.

Paul · « **Reply #3211 on:** 11 February, 2019, 01:00:15 pm »

I just learned, right now, while navigating on this thread, by accident that I can scroll on the mousepad if I use two fingers at the same time!

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3212 on:** 11 February, 2019, 08:49:48 pm »

Campagnolo track nuts are £21 EACH and nothing else will fit. You'd think someone else in the world would make a 10mm x 26tpi nut, but no. Even the Germans only have FG 9,5 and FG 10,5 - not FG 10,0 (which would probably be the same).

If I ever have to buy new ones, I'm only using a 6-point spanner on them!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #3213 on:** 11 February, 2019, 08:58:17 pm »

Yeahbut they're handcrafted by free-range organic gobellinos of the Veneto out of single-origin artisanal tullium.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3214 on:** 11 February, 2019, 09:06:09 pm »

Or stamped out of old supertanker steel in a crap foundry near Shanghai then marked up in price by 10,000%.

ElyDave · « **Reply #3215 on:** 11 February, 2019, 11:38:44 pm »

After eleven years doing this job, a day trip to Aberdeen holds nothing more than fatigue. Still, it was nice to catch up with a few folk.

Beardy · « **Reply #3216 on:** 12 February, 2019, 06:49:31 am »

Quote from: ElyDave on 11 February, 2019, 11:38:44 pm

After eleven years doing this job, a day trip to Aberdeen holds nothing more than fatigue. Still, it was nice to catch up with a few folk.

My sister has just returned to Aberdeen after a 17 year stretch in the Middle East. I bet you can’t guess what industry her husband is in.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3217 on:** 12 February, 2019, 08:59:01 am »

Kebab shop proprietor!

Pingu · « **Reply #3218 on:** 12 February, 2019, 09:41:55 am »

Rowie exports?

ElyDave · « **Reply #3219 on:** 12 February, 2019, 10:35:22 am »

International flower arranging, now branching out into moss?

Basil · « **Reply #3220 on:** 12 February, 2019, 12:36:26 pm »

Officially a FIFA Equality chief, but actually employed by MI6?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #3221 on:** 12 February, 2019, 02:08:56 pm »

That Exeter is well known enough to be used in a Polish headline with no explanation (none in the text either).

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3222 on:** 12 February, 2019, 09:27:41 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 12 February, 2019, 02:08:56 pm

That Exeter is well known enough to be used in a Polish headline with no explanation (none in the text either).

I bet those bloody Carlsberg car stickers have made it to Warsaw.

T42 · « **Reply #3223 on:** 13 February, 2019, 03:58:48 pm »

"Go west" predates Horace Greely's exhortation of pestiferous youth. It originally referred to travelling some distance west of Newgate, to Tyburn.

rafletcher · « **Reply #3224 on:** 15 February, 2019, 10:58:00 am »

That "Alexa" will respond to the name "Alexei" when it is used on the TV.

Author Topic: what I have learned today. (Read 857540 times)

Phil W