Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,916
    edited July 2021
    kingstongraham said:

    Did a lap around Richmond Park. First time outside on a road bike since 12 March 2020.

    Did you see lots of slow people, then realise that you were actually slower? I've had that experience a few times.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,554
    Discovering that there is such a thing as a fractal vise.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,322
    edited July 2021
    rjsterry said:

    Discovering that there is such a thing as a fractal vise.

    My mate bought a vice which rotates in 2 directions and if you flip it over, it has a fractal vice. I was a bit miffed, 'cos I just bought a new one and feeling rather smug as it only cost £60 and his cost just £80.
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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    pinno said:

    rjsterry said:

    Discovering that there is such a thing as a fractal vise.

    My mate bought a vice which rotates in 2 directions and if you flip it over, it has a fractal vice. I was a bit miffed, 'cos I just bought a new one and feeling rather smug as it only cost £60 and his cost just £80.
    Where from?


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,152
    TheBigBean said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Did a lap around Richmond Park. First time outside on a road bike since 12 March 2020.

    Did you see lots of slow people, then realise that you were actually slower? I've had that experience a few times.
    I've definitely moved from slightly faster than average to slightly slower than average.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,322
    capt_slog said:

    pinno said:

    rjsterry said:

    Discovering that there is such a thing as a fractal vise.

    My mate bought a vice which rotates in 2 directions and if you flip it over, it has a fractal vice. I was a bit miffed, 'cos I just bought a new one and feeling rather smug as it only cost £60 and his cost just £80.
    Where from?
    I can find out.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    When there's a chunky piece of work to do and when you get to it you realised you'd already done it a week ago.

    _
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    rick_chasey said:

    When there's a chunky piece of work to do and when you get to it you realised you'd already done it a week ago.


    I think I'd be more worried about the fact I'd forgotten...
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    edited July 2021
    I got confused this morning when someone with the same name as me put up a FB post about Exeter, and I wondered how I could have forgotten about it, until I relaised it wasn't me.

    And then that reminded me of a rather more famous namesake... I rarely use Twitter, apart from making public complaints or trying to get a quick answer from a company, but this exchange amused me, and still does.



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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,408
    Going up into London for a beer with some mates :)
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,322
    briantrumpet said:

    I got confused this morning when someone with the same name as me put up a FB post about Exeter, and I wondered how I could have forgotten about it, until I relaised it wasn't me.

    And then that reminded me of a rather more famous namesake... I rarely use Twitter, apart from making public complaints or trying to get a quick answer from a company, but this exchange amused me, and still does.


    Too small to read.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    pinno said:

    briantrumpet said:

    I got confused this morning when someone with the same name as me put up a FB post about Exeter, and I wondered how I could have forgotten about it, until I relaised it wasn't me.

    And then that reminded me of a rather more famous namesake... I rarely use Twitter, apart from making public complaints or trying to get a quick answer from a company, but this exchange amused me, and still does.



    Too small to read.

    You need to put your glasses on... ;)
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,152
    Or get a new phone.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    pinno said:

    briantrumpet said:

    I got confused this morning when someone with the same name as me put up a FB post about Exeter, and I wondered how I could have forgotten about it, until I relaised it wasn't me.

    And then that reminded me of a rather more famous namesake... I rarely use Twitter, apart from making public complaints or trying to get a quick answer from a company, but this exchange amused me, and still does.


    Too small to read.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,816
    pinno said:

    briantrumpet said:

    I got confused this morning when someone with the same name as me put up a FB post about Exeter, and I wondered how I could have forgotten about it, until I relaised it wasn't me.

    And then that reminded me of a rather more famous namesake... I rarely use Twitter, apart from making public complaints or trying to get a quick answer from a company, but this exchange amused me, and still does.


    Too blind to read.
    Ftfy, even I could read it.

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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    After all this time, discovering that I can download a CSV file from an online Nationwide list of custom-filtered transactions... makes chasing overdue payments much easier :)
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    Making it to Laon in France today. Tomorrow will be the second leg, to get to my house, but making it past the frontier police with the aid of a letter from my mairie was sweet. Summer's arrived.

    BTW, Laon is well worth a visit. The cathedral is nuts.


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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    Well done BT. Please send some sunshine northwards.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    edited July 2021
    orraloon said:

    Well done BT. Please send some sunshine northwards.

    It's going to be tiddling down tomorrow, apparently. Dunno why I bothered... could have made do with Tiverton.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,554
    briantrumpet said:

    Making it to Laon in France today. Tomorrow will be the second leg, to get to my house, but making it past the frontier police with the aid of a letter from my mairie was sweet. Summer's arrived.

    BTW, Laon is well worth a visit. The cathedral is nuts.


    Shades of Hawksmoor in those towers.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    rjsterry said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Making it to Laon in France today. Tomorrow will be the second leg, to get to my house, but making it past the frontier police with the aid of a letter from my mairie was sweet. Summer's arrived.

    BTW, Laon is well worth a visit. The cathedral is nuts.


    Shades of Hawksmoor in those towers.
    There are three more too... it really is quite something.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,322
    kingstongraham said:

    Or get a new phone.

    I never log on to BR on my phone.

    So, the lap top has made it small.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    briantrumpet said:

    Making it to Laon in France today. Tomorrow will be the second leg, to get to my house, but making it past the frontier police with the aid of a letter from my mairie was sweet. Summer's arrived.

    BTW, Laon is well worth a visit. The cathedral is nuts.


    How rigorous were any checks at the border?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,322
    Back OT.

    There's a sharp right hand bend near me at the beginning of a downhill stretch and the camber is with you but... there is a road on your left just at the Apex which has always been gravel.
    This means taking it easy around the corner because there is always lots of gravel spread across the road.

    ...and recently, it's been tarmacked so the gravel is slowly disappearing and I can now launch myself off the top with a little less caution.

    Just a note to all you cyclists.

    Picture the scene - driving along on a summer day with sunglasses on and you go under a canopy of trees. It's dark, your eyes have not adjusted, you failed to anticipate this and move your sunnies up or off and there in front of you is some cyclist in this years black, in dark shadow...

    Today (before the above mentioned hill), I went through a tunnel of trees and it was remarkably dark in there.

    So, no matter what time of year, I always have a flashing LED on the rear of my bike.

    Stay safe.

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,329
    ^^^ Yup! I experienced similar while driving a couple of years ago and saw a couple of "invisible" cyclists at the last minute but thankfully on the other side of the road. I now always have a flashing rear light.
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    I have flashing lights front and back. Don't want some tw@t pulling out in front of me.
    The extra weight makes no difference at my speed.
    Slow is slow is slow.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    surrey_commuter said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Making it to Laon in France today. Tomorrow will be the second leg, to get to my house, but making it past the frontier police with the aid of a letter from my mairie was sweet. Summer's arrived.

    BTW, Laon is well worth a visit. The cathedral is nuts.

    How rigorous were any checks at the border?

    The French plod checked health declaration, vaccine certificate (though not the AZ batch number), manifest, and PCR test certificate, and all were uploaded to Eurotunnel in advance. She wanted to know where I was going, and my reason, so it was helpful to give her the letter from my mairie, even though I don't think you now need a reason to travel. But French border police are a bit of a law unto themselves, so that was my insurance policy.
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    briantrumpet said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Making it to Laon in France today. Tomorrow will be the second leg, to get to my house, but making it past the frontier police with the aid of a letter from my mairie was sweet. Summer's arrived.

    BTW, Laon is well worth a visit. The cathedral is nuts.

    How rigorous were any checks at the border?

    The French plod checked health declaration, vaccine certificate (though not the AZ batch number), manifest, and PCR test certificate, and all were uploaded to Eurotunnel in advance. She wanted to know where I was going, and my reason, so it was helpful to give her the letter from my mairie, even though I don't think you now need a reason to travel. But French border police are a bit of a law unto themselves, so that was my insurance policy.
    Did you see many being turned away?
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    The twenty somethings who work for me are getting 2nd jab after four weeks
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    That's good going, I've just had my second AZ.

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