Author Topic: The Good News / Bad News Thread (Read 405248 times)

Kim · « **Reply #2275 on:** 24 January, 2017, 09:58:37 pm »

Quote from: Jakob W on 24 January, 2017, 05:39:02 pm

I could see the picture earlier, but now I can't. No matter; out of interest, where might one acquire such a fine piece of headgear?

Apart from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, you mean?

Jakob W · « **Reply #2276 on:** 24 January, 2017, 10:32:37 pm »

Well, I'm not sure even the notorious Canadian politeness extends to letting people pinch your headgear...

Tim Hall · « **Reply #2277 on:** 24 January, 2017, 10:56:37 pm »

Quote from: Jakob W on 24 January, 2017, 10:32:37 pm

Well, I'm not sure even the notorious Canadian politeness extends to letting people pinch your headgear...

So failing them, try the British Boy Scouts and British Girl Scouts (an early splinter group from what went on to become the Scout Association)

Linky to a news item about buying hats: http://bbsandbgs.org.uk/news.php#ni3. Use the Contact Us page to order one. I got an email from the head honcho, who sent me a pro forma invoice. Bank transfer and the hat arrived a couple of days later. The hats are made by Olney http://www.olney-headwear.co.uk/ but they don't seem to show them on their website, so it might be an exclusive deal with the BBS. The Scout Association also do a lemon squeezer hat, but it's ~~rubbish~~ not very good when compared with the BBS one. The hat band is thin pvc (despite the website saying it's leather) and it felt like a toy.

ElyDave · « **Reply #2278 on:** 24 January, 2017, 11:06:38 pm »

So are you a scouter? That's a good price for a lot of hat even if you're not.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2279 on:** 25 January, 2017, 11:46:52 am »

Quote from: Tim Hall on 24 January, 2017, 10:56:37 pm

The hats are made by Olney http://www.olney-headwear.co.uk/

What an impressive website! They appear to have found someone who is a cross between Woolly and Wowbagger to model their hats.

Polar Bear · « **Reply #2280 on:** 07 February, 2017, 10:23:27 pm »

BN: Our 14 year old washing machine stopped working at the weekend.

GN: Diagnosis says that it's just the motor - probably worn brushes.

BN: Bosch no longer recognises our model number.

GN: Ransom Spares does and has the part necessary for a princely £7.25.

Fingers crossed that new brushes gives us a few more years of washing.

Vince · « **Reply #2281 on:** 08 February, 2017, 07:01:11 pm »

Good luck with that.

We had an ancient Bosch washing machine that we got second hand and used for a further six or seven years, it must have been 20 years old and apart from the occasional blockage of the drain hose, worked faultlessly. Had to leave it in Holland as it was left hand drive.

CAMRAMan · « **Reply #2282 on:** 11 February, 2017, 01:06:30 pm »

GN: I have seen a job advertised that I could most definitely do: Technical writing experience in CAD software - yes; Swedish language knowledge - most definitely

BN: It's via an agency & I fear my vintage almost certainly will rule me out of their candidates

GN: I've managed to find the company with a bit of digging - right up my street and I'll approach them directly

BN: It's too far to commute by bike

GN: There's a direct train that takes me within 3 miles, albeit with a 1-hour journey

Jakob W · « **Reply #2283 on:** 12 February, 2017, 10:54:17 pm »

GN: freed up one and a half alcove shelves in the front room by having a tidy.

BN: a sweep of the other rooms filled all of this space with books, as well as taking the bedside to-read pile to vertiginous levels...

Canardly · « **Reply #2284 on:** 12 February, 2017, 11:14:28 pm »

GN new kitchen works start tomorrow

BN House now looks like Steptoe's yard despite three visits to the tip.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2285 on:** 12 February, 2017, 11:21:23 pm »

BN: Letter in an envelope with a window.
GN: It's not anything I have to pay.
GN: It's telling me someone's paid me.
BN/GN: It's an invoice I sent out in 2013.
GN: It's in euros so I end up with more in pounds now than if they'd paid four years ago!
BN: It was only a very small amount.

Vince · « **Reply #2286 on:** 18 February, 2017, 02:20:33 pm »

BN. Running the sound desk for an 8 hour hard core concert and I don't appreciate hard core music.
GN. It's in a brewery.
More GN. The drink is free for staff.
BN. I can't drink because I'm running the sound desk.

Kim · « **Reply #2287 on:** 18 February, 2017, 03:07:39 pm »

GN: It's hard core, so they won't notice if the soundie is drunk.

Canardly · « **Reply #2288 on:** 18 February, 2017, 03:42:02 pm »

GN kitchen works are going well.

BN boiler is playing silly beggars, new board so far and still indicating fault. Luckily we have a gas fire and immersion heater.

Footnote. Exposed construction details within this house are poor.

PaulF · « **Reply #2289 on:** 20 February, 2017, 01:05:24 pm »

Bad News: I forgot to pack my Bluetooth speaker condemning me to tinny music from my phone's speaker.

Good news: The hotel I'm staying in has them as standard in the room

Better News: It's a really good speaker!

andrewc · « **Reply #2290 on:** 24 February, 2017, 12:26:24 pm »

GN, I saw an amusing video on Twitter with tigers chasing a drone.

BN, on checking it's filmed in a notorious "tiger farm" in China

[size=78%] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-24/darker-side-to-video-of-tigers-taking-down-drone/8299490[/size]

andrewc · « **Reply #2291 on:** 03 March, 2017, 07:53:03 pm »

GN: I'm home, there will shortly be steak, asparagus & red wine

BN: 2 1/2 hours later than I should be due to 2 different sets of customers who can't live in sensible time zones , Leftpondia I'm looking at you

Andrij · « **Reply #2292 on:** 04 March, 2017, 09:13:29 am »

Quote from: andrewc on 03 March, 2017, 07:53:03 pm

BN: 2 1/2 hours later than I should be due to 2 different sets of customers who can't live in sensible time zones , Leftpondia I'm looking at you

The joy of clocks being changed on different dates is still to come...

Canardly · « **Reply #2293 on:** 07 March, 2017, 08:27:18 am »

GN new kitchen arrived late last night and very pleased with it.

BN I missed ordering a 600 wall unit and this despite double checking the schedule several times...............manufacture lead in time 4 weeks. Senility beckons.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2294 on:** 08 March, 2017, 04:19:25 pm »

GN: The fire alarm is working correctly.
BN: The electricians are not.
GN: There is no fire.

Kim · « **Reply #2295 on:** 08 March, 2017, 05:10:43 pm »

Are they going to have to install some new magic smoke in something?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2296 on:** 08 March, 2017, 07:48:54 pm »

No, I think they decapitated a vole or squashed an ant. Something like that.

Basil · « **Reply #2297 on:** 12 March, 2017, 05:50:22 pm »

Good news. The 20 mph signs which have been going up on all roads in the village were uncovered the other day. The speed limit is now in force.

Bad news. A car just passed me doing at least 40.

Kim · « **Reply #2298 on:** 12 March, 2017, 05:54:16 pm »

Quote from: Basil on 12 March, 2017, 05:50:22 pm

Good news. The 20 mph signs which have been going up on all roads in the village were uncovered the other day. The speed limit is now in force.

Bad news. A car just passed me doing at least 40.

84% of them will, apparently: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/533244/free-flow-vehicle-speeds-great-britain-2015.pdf

Basil · « **Reply #2299 on:** 12 March, 2017, 06:01:07 pm »

I'm assuming there will be a period of 'grace' before the speed camera vans are deployed.