Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
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Oh that's how you did it
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Same in Valencia.
You have cards 'bay parked' against the kerb, then they are boxed in by cars which are 'parellel parked' - but with the handbrakes off. You often see mums with all the shopping directing their children to play jenga with them.0 -
"When the forklift truck was invented.... forks were a lot heavier than they are now."masjer said:Oh that's how you did it
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The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Pross said:
That's pretty impressive, I think I've only ever managed to do anything that tight once and it was in a Mini with front and rear sensors. I had a Focus that had the self-park system but never risked it and it wouldn't have attempted a space that tight. Did you get back out though?briantrumpet said:Still having the ability to park in small spaces, when there's only one space left in town for my old banger. And no, I didn't nudge either one.
Probably won't need to drive it now until May... so it's up to the others to get out (but they did have more room than me).0 -
I got back at silly o'clock in the morning after delivering some pre-fabricated central heating pipework on a flat bed truck to somewhere deep in the Fens. I popped the truck keys in the deposit box (my mistake) only to discover my car was blocked in.
But there was a gap, not much of one but enough to get my modest Fiesta XR2 out. Making this more difficult was the fact that the windows were frosted up and an idling engine doesn't warm up that quickly.
So I started the 50 point manoeuvre and managed to get out.
At 6am, I was rudely awoken by my phone ringing and on the other end was my foreman who said "I am really sorry to tell you this but your car has been stolen".
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The thing that cheers me up is that the other drivers probably deliberately parked with what they thought gave them the biggest possible space that another car wouldn't get into.briantrumpet said:Pross said:
That's pretty impressive, I think I've only ever managed to do anything that tight once and it was in a Mini with front and rear sensors. I had a Focus that had the self-park system but never risked it and it wouldn't have attempted a space that tight. Did you get back out though?briantrumpet said:Still having the ability to park in small spaces, when there's only one space left in town for my old banger. And no, I didn't nudge either one.
Probably won't need to drive it now until May... so it's up to the others to get out (but they did have more room than me).0 -
Pross said:
The thing that cheers me up is that the other drivers probably deliberately parked with what they thought gave them the biggest possible space that another car wouldn't get into.briantrumpet said:Pross said:
That's pretty impressive, I think I've only ever managed to do anything that tight once and it was in a Mini with front and rear sensors. I had a Focus that had the self-park system but never risked it and it wouldn't have attempted a space that tight. Did you get back out though?briantrumpet said:Still having the ability to park in small spaces, when there's only one space left in town for my old banger. And no, I didn't nudge either one.
Probably won't need to drive it now until May... so it's up to the others to get out (but they did have more room than me).
Actually, most people around Topsham are pretty good, as they know that inconsiderate parking there is an offence that carries the death penalty. I did check that they could get out.0 -
As done 40-odd years ago...
https://youtu.be/ZWbnrfKRFxI "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]2 -
One for Brian when he wants to go all Pete Townshend.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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rjsterry said:
One for Brian when he wants to go all Pete Townshend.
Haha, yes. Seems to be a thing now in some of the shows... I get friends posting photos of the silly performance directions some of them have. Still, makes a change from "Allegro moderato" in a G&S operetta.0 -
This one is even better.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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rjsterry said:
This one is even better.
I think there's a shedload of them now, if you go looking...0 -
Eric Satie was ahead of his time:
Musical directions in Erik Satie’s piano works:
“Wonder about yourself”
“Provide yourself with shrewdness”
“Alone, for one moment”
“Open the head”
“Very lost”
“Superstitiously”
“In a very particular way”
“Light as an egg”
“Like a nightingale with a toothache”
“Moderately, I insist”
“A little bit warm”
“Very Turkish”
https://thewholegardenwillbow.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/musical-directions-erik-satie/0 -
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Hopefully that won't include doing a bit of "research" on the Internet...rjsterry said:One for Brian when he wants to go all Pete Townshend.
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Doing our first school choral concert tonight in Exeter Cathedral for two years. The last time was in March 2020, the day before lockdown was imposed... just scraped in.
Even better, I had some nice squeaky trumpet parts to play: Handel Coronation Anthems, and Rutter's Gloria.
And here's a photo I took earlier, which also cheers me up.
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Well, someone doesn't mind flaunting the size of their organ!briantrumpet said:
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Harry182 said:
That was built in 1662 by John Loosemore.0 -
Saw a Tree creeper in my garden today.seanoconn - gruagach craic!4
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Whilst waiting for my car to be MOTed, I went for a short walk and spotted three woodpeckers (and the car passed).3 -
You couldn't call yourself much of a tinkerer if it hadn't passed.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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We have a lesser spotted woodpecker at the bird table at this time of year regularly.
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Getting the first spring sun warming up your bones. As nicely demonstrated by Muffin..
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[Sorry BT]masjer said:
They can be sneaky and fail them for a 3mm split on a drop-link rubber--like last year.pinno said:You couldn't call yourself much of a tinkerer if it hadn't passed.
Oh ha - eons ago, I had a Rover SD1.
Remember that long dash with all it's instrument panel lights?
They were virtually all dicky so they failed it.
I pulled the dash and pulled the bulbs. To fix them all, would have taken me weeks. I decided to give it 2 days before re-test 'cos 30 minutes would have been a bit suss.
It passed. I popped them all back in.
Then the f*ckers failed my 1300 Mini pick up. The only thing wrong with it was the petrol tank breather.
My W202 Merc needed an MOT and I knew there were bits to do. The main thing was the n/s front suspension. It was moving around when you put your foot on the brake or accelerated.
I figured that it would fail, I would have a diagnosis (being lazy) and then I would fix it within the time limit and re-test it.
The bloody thing passed!seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Oh, so you are a `bulb puller` too. They've not found my missing (taped over) bulb yet.0
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Italian electrics, circa 1989. I had an Alfa which had brake pad wear sensors in it, to a light on the dash. In theory, when the pad wore through enough the two contacts in the sensor would touch the disc itself and complete the circuit, triggering the light.masjer said:Oh, so you are a `bulb puller` too. They've not found my missing (taped over) bulb yet.
I bought replacement pads which did not have the slot for the sensor. No problem I thought, just make sure it's taped out of the way and it will be permanently open circuit.
Nope, light on.
Maybe damaged sensor I thought, so I clipped the contact block off, split the wires and made sure the ends were insulated.
Light still on.
Feckit.
Removed light bulb from dash. Fixed.
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