Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    edited January 2023
    pblakeney said:

    pinno said:

    Wahey!

    https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-135453/Planet GBC/gbc-bin-end-by-pinno/#details

    I’d like to be impressed but just how many bloody cookie options are there?
    Err, I dunno. It has just been 'published'. Haven't had a chance to scrutinise the site though I doubt I have much influence on it. Just erase the browsing history afterwards - i'm sure you've done plenty of that :wink:

    @briantrumpet Thank you.
    It's not that nuts, honest.

    Here's slightly nuts and then after that, very nuts.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Bqi3RYiWc

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ba5a40K404

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    Top spot on Planet GBC



    It's a good job I did an hour on the rollers or else I might not sleep!
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    Thank you to @masjer for editing the stills.

    There's more I need... :smiley:
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    edited January 2023
    pinno said:


    ...
    Err, I dunno. It has just been 'published'. Haven't had a chance to scrutinise the site though I doubt I have much influence on it. Just erase the browsing history afterwards - i'm sure you've done plenty of that :wink:
    ...

    That must be very satisfying, well done!
    And no, I haven't FYI. Prefer blocking cookies first. Probably wasting time but feels better.
    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.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    pblakeney said:

    pinno said:


    ...
    Err, I dunno. It has just been 'published'. Haven't had a chance to scrutinise the site though I doubt I have much influence on it. Just erase the browsing history afterwards - i'm sure you've done plenty of that :wink:
    ...

    That must be very satisfying, well done!
    Thank you.
    Yes and there's 5 other modules in the pipeline.

    I had to learn to use Stud.io Lego building software. I have been assigned this French guy and he has his own ideas (coughs) so I was resigned to creating build instructions. Now all he does is go over them and create them in Pdf form.
    So you create the module, create the build in Stud.io, have the instructions verified (there are GBC - great ball contraption standards), build the module from scratch using the Pdf, then film the module and provide stills and then after all tweeks have been sorted, it is authorised by the Planet GBC guys for kits and publication.
    They are very good and efficient though a bit slow.

    So quite a process.
    From now on, the whole process will be quicker and I can put a whole module together on Stud.io in 2 days.

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,821
    pinno said:

    Wahey!

    https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-135453/Planet GBC/gbc-bin-end-by-pinno/#details

    My wife refers to this place as the saddo forum, that takes it to a whole new level and I'm mightly impressed, well done sir. Don't think I'll show the EPO though :D
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    veronese68 said:

    pinno said:

    Wahey!

    https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-135453/Planet GBC/gbc-bin-end-by-pinno/#details

    My wife refers to this place as the saddo forum, that takes it to a whole new level and I'm mightly impressed, well done sir. Don't think I'll show the EPO though :D
    How about I assemble a module with mini figures ascending a conveyor and falling in to a container with 'BR' lettered on the front?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,558
    edited January 2023
    veronese68 said:

    pinno said:

    Wahey!

    https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-135453/Planet GBC/gbc-bin-end-by-pinno/#details

    My wife refers to this place as the saddo forum, that takes it to a whole new level and I'm mightly impressed, well done sir. Don't think I'll show the EPO though :D
    Jealousy is so unbecoming.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,423
    Surely the interweb is the place to release your inner geek? :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    edited January 2023
    The lyrics to the Mr Bean theme are:

    Ecco h0mo qui est faba

    Which means - Behold this man, who is a bean

    Howard Goodall (blackadder, red dwarf etc) is a hidden genius

    https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/mr-bean-soundtrack-theme-hidden-joke/

    (The exit theme? Vale h0mo, qui est faba)


    Edit - Oh for pete's sake Forum!!!!!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,558
    For @pinno .

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cnm47Eso-8w/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    edited January 2023
    rjsterry said:

    For @pinno .

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cnm47Eso-8w/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

    A mangle rack coupling.
    Yes, I know Brickworks: https://www.youtube.com/@JKBrickworks

    If you want something truly stratospheric:

    https://www.youtube.com/@akiyuky
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    https://youtu.be/5zCyhyP3cj0
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,558
    Ah yes, I've come across Akiyuki Brick Channel thanks to the YT algorithm.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,423
    pinno said:

    https://youtu.be/5zCyhyP3cj0

    Just out of interest what does you OH make of your hobby?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    Stevo_666 said:

    pinno said:

    https://youtu.be/5zCyhyP3cj0

    Just out of interest what does you OH make of your hobby?
    It's no longer a hobby.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,230
    Customer service levels from a public, non-privatised utility. Spot on, Scottish Water.

    Raised a query yesterday pm over the phone, asking for any info they might have on location of street stopcock, could not find it. Turned out to have been lightly covered over with surface dressing.

    Anyway, less than 24 hours later, all sorted. Bloke out with metal detector, found, tested working ok, all good.

    Now, compared to furrin owned Thames Water....
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Found a Xi'an style chinese near(ish) the office.
    _
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,372
    Having enough time in the day to cook a mahoosive liver & bacon casserole so I won't need to do anything when I come home after work tonight.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    orraloon said:

    Customer service levels from a public, non-privatised utility. Spot on, Scottish Water.

    Raised a query yesterday pm over the phone, asking for any info they might have on location of street stopcock, could not find it. Turned out to have been lightly covered over with surface dressing.

    Anyway, less than 24 hours later, all sorted. Bloke out with metal detector, found, tested working ok, all good.

    Now, compared to furrin owned Thames Water....

    Same level of service I had from them at PPP when the mains stop c.ock seized and I couldn't switch off properly to do works.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,423
    pinno said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    pinno said:

    https://youtu.be/5zCyhyP3cj0

    Just out of interest what does you OH make of your hobby?
    It's no longer a hobby.
    Whoops, missed that one. So what is it now?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    Stevo_666 said:

    pinno said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    pinno said:

    https://youtu.be/5zCyhyP3cj0

    Just out of interest what does you OH make of your hobby?
    It's no longer a hobby.
    Whoops, missed that one. So what is it now?
    Don't quite know how to describe it really. The next time i'm out pedalling, I can say to whoever I meet; i've turned pro'.
    The module is on 3 web sites with a global reach. There are 5 modules in the pipeline and I have plenty more ideas.
    In the meantime, it's almost full time hours with part time pay. When I have cleared the backlog of build instructions for the 5 modules and achieve some momentum (it's early days), then it will be pretty lucrative. That will take effort; clarity of assembly instruction, better vids etc etc.
    So it's all in my hands.
    There have been sales of the current kit and building instructions in less than a week of going online.

    How much cash I generate, I have no idea but I am not relying on it. We shall see how the cookie crumbles.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Always nice to be able to make something out of an activity you do for pleasure. I'm always envious of people who manage to earn a living doing something they love.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    Watching my Leopard tank shareeholding soar.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,154
    The guy who edits Mr Blobby into blockbuster movie scenes.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,558
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    rjsterry said:

    when I read that story I did laugh out loud.

    The only problem is that if he went back halfway to the dawn of humanity the bike would not be there so he would not know whether to go back as it may already have been stolen
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,558
    The Hu.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    edited January 2023
    The who?!
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,230
    Nah, Roger Daltrey turned into a bit of a brexshit-supporting k-nob.

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