RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 I've seen duplicate posts before but at the moment I've got duplicate pages here - 2025 and 2026 are identical. Dave 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17 57 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: I've seen duplicate posts before but at the moment I've got duplicate pages here - 2025 and 2026 are identical. Dave Oh dear, the ER lurgie is spreading! 1 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17 2 hours ago, GMKAT7 said: Good afternoon folks, Several other expressions come to mind for those short on mental faculties, typically: Not the sharpest tool in the box. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. "Two steps short of the landing" "Two sandwiches short of a picnic" and "Not the full shilling" 4 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 I once worked with:- . "Surfboard" - Long, thick and had to be carried . "Two sheep" - One sheep is stupid, but two are....." . "Bungalow" - Nothing upstairs . "Jacobs" - Was crackers. . Also - "His lift doesn't go to the top floor" or worse "His lift never gets out of the basement" 10 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 My favorite was one that I heard in Toronto: "One brick shy of a full hod." 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 25 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: "Two steps short of the landing" "Two sandwiches short of a picnic" and "Not the full shilling" Not playing with a full deck. We also had an Olympic torch at one station, she never went out. Jamie 6 2 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 Ouch! Andy 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 59 minutes ago, SM42 said: Ouch! Andy I take it that your wallet is in agony. Try selling a shed to WB. Jamie 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17 I'm surprised that no one has contributed "they're as thick as two short planks"... 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 Ah, not the full shilling! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Yeah! Going home today 😀 8 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 (edited) 28 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: I take it that your wallet is in agony. Try selling a shed to WB. Jamie Yes. WB would need to buy a rather large shed. Something a bit bigger than yours. We are looking at deluxe sound fitted deltics times several. Well 10 at least. It might be cheaper to buy a new car. Andy Edited July 17 by SM42 1 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://stephaniehuesler.com/2020/07/22/euphemisms-stupidity/&ved=2ahUKEwj-hMapxq6HAxWNADQIHUbSBmEQFnoECBQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw22OOE9Pl7pE8XJ-zgJ-l8D 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 (edited) 20 minutes ago, SM42 said: Yes. WB would need to buy a rather large shed. Something a bit bigger than yours. We are looking at deluxe sound fitted deltics times several. Well 10 at least. It might be cheaper to buy a new car. Andy Holly carp! Demand to see the evidence. I once had a problem that looked like a bad ECU. Turned out to be the engine thermostat. Cost about $3. Edited July 17 by AndyID The actual electronics is usually very robust. It's more likely to be a faulty sensor or a bad connection somewhere. The garages don't want to spend a lot of time diagnosing issues. It's easier for them just to replace everything. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 5 minutes ago, AndyID said: Holly carp! Demand to see the evidence. I once had a problem that looked like a bad ECU. Turned out to be the engine thermostat. Cost about $3. It looks like the fuel pump is slowly self destructing and shedding bits. Fuel filter has stopped some of it. The diagnostic ( breakdown service , not the garage) was low fuel pressure in the fuel rail. Metallic bits have been found in the fuel filter. Garage looking to find cheaper parts as direct from the manufacturer it's more like 20 deltics Will be popping over tomorrow when I have transport. Mrs SM42 can walk to work. Andy 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 1 minute ago, SM42 said: It looks like the fuel pump is slowly self destructing and shedding bits. Fuel filter has stopped some of it. The diagnostic ( breakdown service , not the garage) was low fuel pressure in the fuel rail. Metallic bits have been found in the fuel filter. Garage looking to find cheaper parts as direct from the manufacturer it's more like 20 deltics Will be popping over tomorrow when I have transport. Mrs SM42 can walk to work. Andy Good. Sounds like they know what's going on. 😀 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 I might ask em for a trade in price 😁 Could be worse. I was going to fill it up today Andy 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 I once worked on a unit where the senior engineer was christened The Wedge…. ….. which is the simplest tool known to mankind. Dave 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 7 hours ago, PhilJ W said: There are several British sayings of the same ilk such as 'A sandwich short of a picnic'. I'm sure NM's can think of some others. I've had the, err, pleasure of working with some one who was perhaps best described as being the full hamper short of a picnic. Also "Upminster", way past Barking (check the tube map). And "Not the sharpest knife in the drawer". Adrian 9 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 I once had a colleague known as 40w cos he was a bit dim and concrete is another common name as it's dense Andy 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 17 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17 18 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: I once worked on a unit where the senior engineer was christened The Wedge…. ….. which is the simplest tool known to mankind. Dave We had a Battalion 2i/c know as Exocet: You could see him coming, but there was eff all you could do about it. 6 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 In some parts of Scotland glasses are referred to as "gegs". Glasses are also called "specs" (short for spectacles) and applying rhyming-slang that becomes Gregory Pecks. It's all quite straightforward once you get the hang of it. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17 There were two S&T techs in the NW London area known as hammer and spanner. S&T techs in this century are expected to have some high-tech skills..... 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Fox 34F Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 I used to have a P/Way colleague whose name was Dave, but his nickname was Box, because he was big and empty!!!!!! Paul 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 2 hours ago, SM42 said: Yes. WB would need to buy a rather large shed. Something a bit bigger than yours. We are looking at deluxe sound fitted deltics times several. Well 10 at least. It might be cheaper to buy a new car. Andy Too late. I offered the sledge hammer but you turned it down. So not buying any shed from you- all said in a very marked manner whilst floucing out the door. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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