Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I think I prefer Pinno Beadle to Jeremy Pinno.

    Funny. This sprang to mind:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp-pU8TFsg0
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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    England being bowled out for 58.

    Such joy :)
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,699
    keef66 wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    Wheelspinner wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    Stop! Stop!


    For some serious workshop envy, have a look at Frank Howarth's YouTube channel.
    He does have some nice gadgets.

    Norm Abram on TV was another with a collection of shop tools to die for...

    My (new) shed is approximately 170 square metres of floor space and has a separate power board from the house, including a 3 phase circuit... and it's dangerously empty...

    I thought i was doing well with 7 square metres of shed. WTF does a 170 square metre shed even look like? that must be about the size of my house, garage and patio!!!

    Christ! That is indeed twice the size of the ground floor of our house + garage. Surely the term shed has an upper size limit? Wouldn't it more accurately be described as a hangar, light industrial unit or commercial warehouse?
    It is a *bit* bigger than we need. :D And it's VERY ugly, but that's fixable! Low res photo from previous owner with some of his old stuff laying about outside for scale..

    39150876750_4faba9225b_b.jpg

    That 170 m2 area doesn't include the bit at the right hand end which is another 35 m2 or so, because that has no power supply (yet) and is poorly sealed. Think that bit will be the firewood store basically for now.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,600
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    Wheelspinner wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    Stop! Stop!


    For some serious workshop envy, have a look at Frank Howarth's YouTube channel.
    He does have some nice gadgets.

    Norm Abram on TV was another with a collection of shop tools to die for...

    My (new) shed is approximately 170 square metres of floor space and has a separate power board from the house, including a 3 phase circuit... and it's dangerously empty...

    To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee, "That's not a shed..."
    Quite apt given where Wheelspinner is from.
    I don't just throw these things together, you know.
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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Wheelspinner wrote:
    keef66 wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    Wheelspinner wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    Stop! Stop!


    For some serious workshop envy, have a look at Frank Howarth's YouTube channel.
    He does have some nice gadgets.

    Norm Abram on TV was another with a collection of shop tools to die for...

    My (new) shed is approximately 170 square metres of floor space and has a separate power board from the house, including a 3 phase circuit... and it's dangerously empty...

    I thought i was doing well with 7 square metres of shed. WTF does a 170 square metre shed even look like? that must be about the size of my house, garage and patio!!!

    Christ! That is indeed twice the size of the ground floor of our house + garage. Surely the term shed has an upper size limit? Wouldn't it more accurately be described as a hangar, light industrial unit or commercial warehouse?
    It is a *bit* bigger than we need. :D And it's VERY ugly, but that's fixable! Low res photo from previous owner with some of his old stuff laying about outside for scale..

    39150876750_4faba9225b_b.jpg

    That 170 m2 area doesn't include the bit at the right hand end which is another 35 m2 or so, because that has no power supply (yet) and is poorly sealed. Think that bit will be the firewood store basically for now.

    Fair dinkum mate - that's a shed and a half.

    Imagine the amount of lab coats you could fit in there.....
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    Pinno wrote:
    A Dewalt circular saw. Done. Ordered and i'll be able to chop my fing... err, do some work with it Monday.

    Great tool ( not you ) just Remember to cut with the finish surface down as the blades cut up the way.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    What's the score with the Japanese saws. They look well cool.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,600
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    What's the score with the Japanese saws. They look well cool.

    They cut on the pull stroke rather than the push stroke, so the blades can be thinner, and they require less effort to cut through a given piece of wood. The ryoba has cross cut teeth on one side and rip cut on the other, which is dead handy.
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    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • bbrap
    bbrap Posts: 610
    Pinno wrote:

    (I really must do everything in mm. I've just about finished the bulk of the renovation and i'm still mixing up imperial and metric :roll: )

    I do that all the time. I often use whatever measurement system is closest to what I need. So for instance I will use 3ft of 25mm x 50mm, rather than the exact metric measurement. If I'm measuring a gap which needs to be filled I'll just lay the tape down and see which scale fits best and use that.
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  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Wickes having a 15% off offer on click and collect just as I'm about to spend over £600.

    Happy days.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Just noticed that one of the local hills has an 11% sign going up and a 20% sign going down.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    rjsterry wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    What's the score with the Japanese saws. They look well cool.

    They cut on the pull stroke rather than the push stroke, so the blades can be thinner, and they require less effort to cut through a given piece of wood. The ryoba has cross cut teeth on one side and rip cut on the other, which is dead handy.

    nice.

    i neeeeeeedthe largest one they have
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,344
    Webboo wrote:
    Just noticed that one of the local hills has an 11% sign going up and a 20% sign going down.
    Bet it feels the opposite way round. :lol:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    Webboo wrote:
    Just noticed that one of the local hills has an 11% sign going up and a 20% sign going down.

    That's like some shares I'm clutching onto at the moment.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,344
    Getting back out on the bike following an 8 month injury lay-off.
    There was no wind, and the sun was shining! Some basic chores to do, then cider time.
    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.
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    Hail stones falling here -- was sunny earlier with the cats sun bathing then when the hail started to fall they lay on for a while hoping it would stop but had to give up in the end and move their lazy asses and take cover.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Finishing this mornings Parkrun 90s faster than my 20yr old son. (Still need to shave 10s off my PB to beat his, though)
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Bancroft/Smith “tarnishing the nam of Australian cricket”

    Haha - that ship sailed long ago
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    Mary Beard's silver trainers.Great because:
    1. I like the idea that she has groovy silver pumps, and:
    2. I don't own a pair of trainers, and haven't done so for 15 years.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    The wife put GMB on this morning and I was getting ready to smash the TV at the first sign of Pen!s Morgan but it turned out he wasn't on (it's desperate times when the sight of Richard Madeley cheers you up!).
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    starting a dossy 3 day course and the sun is shining.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    todays New Zealand/England cricket score.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    jammy dodgers.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    The espresso that is served at Limoges airport, just the best I know!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    My recently acquired taste for gin
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,344
    Successfully getting my wife to go on a two week holiday with only carry on luggage.
    The best part is her admitting that it is better and that she didn't need the rest. :D 8)
    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.
  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Successfully getting my wife to go on a two week holiday with only carry on luggage.
    The best part is her admitting that it is better and that she didn't need the rest. :D 8)

    Can you get her to phone my wife? The number of times we've had to juggle stuff between suitcases cos she's overpacked! In fact I should put that in the trivial things that annoy you thread.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    She could probably start a consultancy business advising women up and down the country. Why do they think they need so much stuff?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,344
    Ballysmate wrote:
    She could probably start a consultancy business advising women up and down the country. Why do they think they need so much stuff?
    You will not succeed pre holiday. When you return you have to question how much of the stuff taken was actually used. Then reinforce that until it sinks in.
    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:
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Perhaps you have seen my post in the 'Annoy' thread re overnight bag? Unbelievable.
    I have had some success in reducing the size of suitcase she thinks she needs so given time, I may yet get there.
    When she sees my meagre luggage she will invariably ask."What if you want such and such an item?"
    Simple. If I don't take it, I can't wear it and will wear something else.

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