Everyday is a schoolday - what did you learn?

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  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    NGale wrote:
    I have learned that men are totally blind to the obvious even when it's staring them in the face :cry:

    Sounds a bit like Barnes' a sense of an ending...

    This is just a bloke who really just doesn't get it and short of pinning him to a wall and telling him straight out I don't think he will ever get it.
    Officers don't run, it's undignified and panics the men
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    NGale wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    NGale wrote:
    I have learned that men are totally blind to the obvious even when it's staring them in the face :cry:

    Sounds a bit like Barnes' a sense of an ending...

    This is just a bloke who really just doesn't get it and short of pinning him to a wall and telling him straight out I don't think he will ever get it.


    ALWAYS tell people straight.
    _
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,466
    NGale wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    NGale wrote:
    I have learned that men are totally blind to the obvious even when it's staring them in the face :cry:

    Sounds a bit like Barnes' a sense of an ending...

    This is just a bloke who really just doesn't get it and short of pinning him to a wall and telling him straight out I don't think he will ever get it.


    DDD can be like that.....
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  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    NGale wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    NGale wrote:
    I have learned that men are totally blind to the obvious even when it's staring them in the face :cry:

    Sounds a bit like Barnes' a sense of an ending...

    This is just a bloke who really just doesn't get it and short of pinning him to a wall and telling him straight out I don't think he will ever get it.


    ALWAYS tell people straight.

    believe me I know that. Problem is that's the difficult part.
    Officers don't run, it's undignified and panics the men
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    What did i learn today? I remembered that old trick of filling up a jug without looking, by putting the index finger inside it just below the rim to feel the water hit the level without having to watch it fill.

    Also found out that casually strolling across the living room swigging the last few drops of red from the bottom of the glass with an exaggerated tip of the head, whilst walking underneath the new longer lampshade that you forgot that you'd fitted last week cos it looks similar to the previous one, results in a nasty knock to the teeth and the last few drops of red being wasted on the now no longer clean T shirt instead of going down the intended route. Berk.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,857
    Gussio wrote:
    PBo wrote:
    The back of the hand is called the dorsum.

    I think that dorsum refers to your back, or the back of any part of the body. Would say " the dorsum of my hand" rather than just "dorsum". Latin, innit.

    Like dorsal fin.
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  • jejv
    jejv Posts: 566
    Drive
    Treib
    τρίβω
    Seem to come from the same PIE root

    More bikeradar posters who claim to have tried both prefer Swisstop green to Koolstop salmon, but some people prefer Koolstop.
  • bobbygloss
    bobbygloss Posts: 317
    If it doesn't shift properly on a workstand, it probably won't shift at all on a cold dark commute the following morning.
  • tetm
    tetm Posts: 564
    Most offices prefer it if you remember your trousers when you turn up for work.

    Fortunately my boiler suit was under my desk, and with the arms tied round the waist and a nicely ironed shirt tucked in nobody noticed.

    (Everybody noticed, and laughed.)
  • twist83
    twist83 Posts: 761
    That Turkmenistan is one of the slowest countries in this world to get anything done. Also they have some of the strangest laws I have ever come across and that they expect you to have an Aids test done when you land in the country.....

    They also 'apparently' have mighty fine russian hookers...

    I am going here for 2-3 weeks with work.
  • Wrath Rob
    Wrath Rob Posts: 2,918
    2 bike related things:

    To quickly tighten the right hand pedal after installing, hold said pedal and use it to spin the cranks backwards. Result!

    When leaving a bike shop, give the bike a once over. You then might spot the obvious like the back brake not being closed and prevent a nervous moment when braking sharply. In the wet. With 1 functioning brake.
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  • cyclingprop
    cyclingprop Posts: 2,426
    My commuter had a 30-12 cassette on it. Doesn't anymore! Mwahahahahah
    What do you mean you think 64cm is a big frame?
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Wrath Rob wrote:
    To quickly tighten the right hand pedal after installing, hold said pedal and use it to spin the cranks backwards. Result!

    Why just the RH pedal? Works for the left too :wink:
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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    That I don't like Cricket, I love it.

    Seriously, I learnt that instead of just randomly wandering into a shop to by the EPO a birthday present that it is much more pleasant to go out shopping with her and let her choose, she gets what she wants and doesn't end up with another gimp mask. :D
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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  • Keith47
    Keith47 Posts: 158
    TailWindHome wrote:
    That it's a huge mistake to underestimate the stupidity of your manager.

    +10000000000000000000000000000000 :evil:
    The problem is we are not eating food anymore, we are eating food-like products.
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    tetm wrote:
    Most offices prefer it if you remember your trousers when you turn up for work.

    Fortunately my boiler suit was under my desk, and with the arms tied round the waist and a nicely ironed shirt tucked in nobody noticed.

    (Everybody noticed, and laughed.)

    This is a recurring nightmare I have.... (The forgetting, not the boiler suit solution...)

    Maybe offices with several cyclists should start a "grufty box" like at school for those who forget their PE kit...
  • vermin
    vermin Posts: 1,739
    PBo wrote:
    tetm wrote:
    Most offices prefer it if you remember your trousers when you turn up for work.

    Fortunately my boiler suit was under my desk, and with the arms tied round the waist and a nicely ironed shirt tucked in nobody noticed.

    (Everybody noticed, and laughed.)

    This is a recurring nightmare I have.... (The forgetting, not the boiler suit solution...)

    Maybe offices with several cyclists should start a "grufty box" like at school for those who forget their PE kit...

    I have once chaired an early morning meeting with clients, wearing a beautiful charcoal grey handmade suit, teamed elegantly with a bright pink and blue Lampre s/s jersey. Seemed to go ok.
  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    edited November 2012
    vermin wrote:

    I have once chaired an early morning meeting with clients, wearing a beautiful charcoal grey handmade suit, teamed elegantly with a bright pink and blue Lampre s/s jersey. Seemed to go ok.

    Somebody has to do it, so it may as well be me...

    fat+lampre+guy.jpg
    Nobody told me we had a communication problem
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    walkingbootweather wrote:
    vermin wrote:

    I have once chaired an early morning meeting with clients, wearing a beautiful charcoal grey handmade suit, teamed elegantly with a bright pink and blue Lampre s/s jersey. Seemed to go ok.

    Somebody has to do it, so it may as well be me...

    lampre-man-1.jpg

    I cant see this picture at work, but I dont need to do I?
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    The Nintendo Wii has built in wifi. I thought you needed to hard wire it.
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    The Nintendo Wii has built in wifi. I thought you needed to hard wire it.

    My Wii is quite old....so, I had to hard wire mine - not seen a wifi option.

    In other news: Loraine Pascale, great food and she is a babe!
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    gtvlusso wrote:
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    The Nintendo Wii has built in wifi. I thought you needed to hard wire it.

    My Wii is quite old....so, I had to hard wire mine - not seen a wifi option.

    In other news: Loraine Pascale, great food and she is a babe!

    Are you absolutely sure? Unplug it from the internet and then do a search on the Wii for your wifi network. My one doesn't say anything overt to tell you it has wifi.

    I've just done a quick search and apparently all Wiis do have wifi.
    Wii specs
    Yahoo answers "Does the nintendo wii have wifi?"

    In other news, Loraine Pascale: On a scale from one to ten, I'd give her one.
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    gtvlusso wrote:

    In other news: Loraine Pascale, great food and she is a babe!

    Amen brother!

    +1
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    gtvlusso wrote:
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    The Nintendo Wii has built in wifi. I thought you needed to hard wire it.

    My Wii is quite old....so, I had to hard wire mine - not seen a wifi option.

    In other news: Loraine Pascale, great food and she is a babe!

    Are you absolutely sure? Unplug it from the internet and then do a search on the Wii for your wifi network. My one doesn't say anything overt to tell you it has wifi.

    I've just done a quick search and apparently all Wiis do have wifi.
    Wii specs
    Yahoo answers "Does the nintendo wii have wifi?"

    In other news, Loraine Pascale: On a scale from one to ten, I'd give her one.

    HOLY F*CK today is a win win for me!

    I now have to shoot home at lunchtime and try the Wii wifi out! And 2 fellow contributors agree with me that Loraine Pascale is hot stuff!

    EKE has also educated me on fashion - I am going to be more daring and to hell with the proles.
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    gtvlusso wrote:
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    gtvlusso wrote:
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    The Nintendo Wii has built in wifi. I thought you needed to hard wire it.

    My Wii is quite old....so, I had to hard wire mine - not seen a wifi option.

    In other news: Loraine Pascale, great food and she is a babe!

    Are you absolutely sure? Unplug it from the internet and then do a search on the Wii for your wifi network. My one doesn't say anything overt to tell you it has wifi.

    I've just done a quick search and apparently all Wiis do have wifi.
    Wii specs
    Yahoo answers "Does the nintendo wii have wifi?"

    In other news, Loraine Pascale: On a scale from one to ten, I'd give her one.

    HOLY F*CK today is a win win for me!

    I now have to shoot home at lunchtime and try the Wii wifi out! And 2 fellow contributors agree with me that Loraine Pascale is hot stuff!

    EKE has also educated me on fashion - I am going to be more daring and to hell with the proles.

    I can't take much credit for the Wii wifi thing. Mrs EKE has had a Wii for years, I've been around it for nearly two years and I found out two days ago that it has wifi. I like to max-out my technology e.g. my hi-fi is connected to my AV receiver by optical lead and two phono leads to cover all eventualities. For me to not connect the Wii to the internet is a massive oversight.

    MIDDLE AGED MEN FIND FORMER MODEL WHO LOVES TO COOK A BIT OF A HOTTIE SHOCKER. Not really shocking is it?

    I don't do fashion. Fashion is temporary, style is permanent.
    You guys are giving me too much credit. I just wear stuff I like and seems a bit timeless. I try to imagine myself wearing the same stuff 50 years in the past or 50 years in the future. If it seems too out of place, its out.

    Oh yeah, big up for using the word "Proles". One of my favourites. If you don't know what it means, you are probably a prole!
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  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    Oh yeah, big up for using the word "Proles". One of my favourites. If you don't know what it means, you are probably a prole!

    Sorry I'm too much of a pleb to be able to use a word like prole.
    Nobody told me we had a communication problem
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    I resent that!!!! I am not middle aged...IMHO. :lol:

    I did not know that Ms Pascale was a former model, I have not done my research, as usual. I see your point on the context of fashion and style.

    As for 'proles' yes I am one, but the comment is meant in a 'Fawlty Towers' way.
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    I think that we have a not unreasonable chance of living to 100, so that would mean that, if you have three ages (young, middle aged, and Gregs) then the first 33 years of your life you are young, 34 to 67 is middle aged and after that you are well into Greg territory.

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  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    Wow, I think she's far, far more attractive now than in 1998...

    Of course, when I see her on the tellybox now she's almost always cooking; I'm sure that has nothing to do with it...
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    davis wrote:
    Wow, I think she's far, far more attractive now than in 1998...

    Of course, when I see her on the tellybox now she's almost always cooking; I'm sure that has nothing to do with it...
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    Happy now?
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