Waterfall Wednesday.

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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,081
    Right I'm off for beers in town, see you lot tomorrow!

    Never thought I would say this, but wish I was you tonight - would love to see the stone roses
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,692
    AGM done, Stone Roses would have been preferable.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,086
    Veronese68 wrote:
    AGM done, Stone Roses would have been preferable.

    Did you hand in your notice? Was there lots of jumping up and down with joy?
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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Did anyone notice?

    I did 2 years as Chairman of the school PTA. 6 months after I left members of the committee were still asking me about stuff.
    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.
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,125
    you probably were competent

    once that happens, you're marked for life
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,086
    I worked for 11 years running a voluntary recycling project. We were in the local paper at least 4 times a year. We received 2 National Gold Star awards. We recycled cans and waste cooking oil. We had 36 bring banks on 28 locations and we collected from pubs/catering outlets etc.
    I still get calls from members of the public saying that their bin is full... 'Can we purchase some white bags from you?... when is my black wheelie bin going to be collected, it's over flowing'.
    The inlaws keep asking me when are we(?) going to open the new civic amenity site? I get questions like 'How long have you worked for the council?'

    In all that time, the local populace have been shagged by the regions waste plan and the council. We have provided employment for all sorts of individuals with Mental health problems, long term addiction/alcoholism, learning difficulties. We've even got at least a dozen individuals back into full time work and yet the GP still don't know who we are and what we do and what we recycle and why.
    What I will take from it is pride in our level of service. Pride in our commitment and reliability. Pride in our great relationships with purchasers and the quality of our product. The banter and the total lack of aggression or insubordination from my ever changing and evolving crew. But and it is a big but, the work that we have done for the local community, the environmental impact, the good reputation we generated with agencies is soured by the complete and utter ignorance of the wider community. To the point that I have become totally and utterly cynical about them.
    ...and I also bet that these ignoramuses will vote in the EU referendum.
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,658
    ^^ Hat.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,086
    As an aside, new carbon seat post and seat turned up today - China special - to go on the Madone.

    From examination, easily as well made as FSA seat post it is replacing and the seat looks nice and robust. £30 all in, so if they break I'll smash what's left with a hammer and chuck the remains in next door's garden.

    ...but almost twice as much:

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FSA-SL-K-Seat ... SwbYZXWJOc

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FSA-SL-280-L- ... SwHPlWeUQ2

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fsa-sl-250-xc ... SwvgdW2wuU

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gravity-Gap-b ... SwbYZXXxWi

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ex-Demo-FSA-S ... Swvg9XWYNu
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,658
    Pinno wrote:
    As an aside, new carbon seat post and seat turned up today - China special - to go on the Madone.

    From examination, easily as well made as FSA seat post it is replacing and the seat looks nice and robust. £30 all in, so if they break I'll get A&E to remove the shards of broken carbon from my ar$e and put them in a takeaway bag so I can chuck the remains in next door's garden.

    ...but almost twice as much..

    FTF.. MF
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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Pinno wrote:
    As an aside, new carbon seat post and seat turned up today - China special - to go on the Madone.

    From examination, easily as well made as FSA seat post it is replacing and the seat looks nice and robust. £30 all in, so if they break I'll smash what's left with a hammer and chuck the remains in next door's garden.

    ...but almost twice as much:

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FSA-SL-K-Seat ... SwbYZXWJOc

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FSA-SL-280-L- ... SwHPlWeUQ2

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fsa-sl-250-xc ... SwvgdW2wuU

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gravity-Gap-b ... SwbYZXXxWi

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ex-Demo-FSA-S ... Swvg9XWYNu

    Uuuurrrrggghhh - no thank you. far too conventional.
    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
    Pinno wrote:
    As an aside, new carbon seat post and seat turned up today - China special - to go on the Madone.

    From examination, easily as well made as FSA seat post it is replacing and the seat looks nice and robust. £30 all in, so if they break I'll get A&E to remove the shards of broken carbon from my ar$e and put them in a takeaway bag so I can chuck the remains in next door's garden.

    ...but almost twice as much..

    FTF.. MF

    Oh, spinning wheel, how far removed you are. Best stick to road general, communting and hanging with Ugo if you're going to be like that......

    Anyhow, carbon won't shard like that as its glued together - it'll just snap leaving me two things to hit with a hammer and throw into next door's garden.
    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.
  • Flâneur
    Flâneur Posts: 3,081
    you really want to throw stuff over the fence don't you
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,658

    Oh, spinning wheel, how far removed you are. Best stick to road general, communting and hanging with Ugo if you're going to be like that......

    Anyhow, carbon won't shard like that as its glued together - it'll just snap leaving me two things to hit with a hammer and throw into next door's garden.


    Well it's your butt.. :P I'm sure this would feel a tad uncomfortable wedged up your clacker though...

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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Don't worry - I'll take the risk - thank you for your concern nonetheless. It'll be like the millions of carbon Chinese wheels and frames that are floating about that you and your mate Ugo say are going to explode but, errrrrr, don't. Bizarrely.
    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.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,086
    Don't worry - I'll take the risk - thank you for your concern nonetheless. It'll be like the millions of carbon Chinese wheels and frames that are floating about that you and your mate Ugo say are going to explode but, errrrrr, don't. Bizarrely.

    [Get sh1t stirrer out]

    I wouldn't buy Chinese goods as a matter of principle*.

    *It is difficult, I know.

    [Put sh1t stirrer away]
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,658
    Well that was disappointingly easy.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,086
    Well that was disappointingly easy.

    Is it fortnightly signing on or weekly in Straya?
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 60,598
    Pinno wrote:
    Well that was disappointingly easy.

    Is it fortnightly signing on or weekly in Straya?
    Are you talking about visits to the parole officer?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,658
    Pinno wrote:
    Is it fortnightly signing on or weekly in Straya?
    Depends on type of contract. If I am hired directly by the client via my Company, it's usually only a week. In this case it was two weeks because of the way I've been hired, via a consultancy, plus being an OS assignment. But being a nice chap and all, I've agreed they can back date that notice period to include this week.

    Means I get paid for next week to chill at home though, which is a nice bonus. 8) In freelance contractor land, that doesn't happen often!
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,658
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Well that was disappointingly easy.

    Is it fortnightly signing on or weekly in Straya?
    Are you talking about visits to the parole officer?
    My "PO" is escorting me home on the plane... :D
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,086
    Pinno wrote:
    Is it fortnightly signing on or weekly in Straya?
    Depends...often!

    The Dole office muppet. :roll:
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,658
    Pinno wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Is it fortnightly signing on or weekly in Straya?
    Depends...often!

    The Dole office muppet. :roll:
    Dunno. Never applied. Probably fortnightly would be my guess.
    Well that was disappointingly easy
    Well you missed that one... :roll: I was referring to getting MF to bite. Fish. Barrel. Etc.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,086
    Pinno wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Is it fortnightly signing on or weekly in Straya?
    Depends...often!

    The Dole office muppet. :roll:
    Dunno. Never applied. Probably fortnightly would be my guess.
    Well that was disappointingly easy
    Well you missed that one... :roll: I was referring to getting MF to bite. Fish. Barrel. Etc.

    He's thinking about it. In Casa MF, there's a whirring, crunching, grinding noise emanating from his head which is probably annoying Mrs/Mr* MF to beat hell.

    *Ha ha.
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