Early Risers.

[simontaylor484]

2 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. My dad held the highest regard for the Gurkhas having served alongside them in Burma. He ended up at Imphal where the Japanese had surrounded the Allies. At night the Japanese tried to infiltrate the perimeter but that was protected by the Gurkhas who used to go into the jungle at sunset and come back in the morning with several pairs of ears each.

That reminded me of a story I was told. Many Australian Aboriginals were also cannibals. There were also many Chinese labourers imported during the early years when Australia was opening up. It was said that the cannibals preferred the Chinese to the Europeans as their meat tasted sweeter.

Brings a whole new meaning to going out for a Chinese 

[simontaylor484]

My eldest has opened my eyes this afternoon. We were on about this abandoned super duper football league. He is a Man Utd fan much to my chagrin but there we go. We ended up talking about Golf and Jesper Parnavik (i think) antagonising the alligators. He asked if i had ever watched Ladies Golf. I had seen it years ago played by women built like East German female shotputters. He showed me You tube clips of Paige Spiraniac and some Chinese lady golfers its enough to send you blind

 

Beautiful

[Ozexpatriate]

1 minute ago, simontaylor484 said:

Paige Spiraniac

Known more for <social media platform du jour> than LPGA leader boards.

 

From her Wikipedia page:

Quote

Spiranac first played professionally in December 2015, joined the developmental Cactus Tour in May 2016, earning a win in June at Scottsdale's Orange Tree Country Club. In August, Spiranac failed in her attempt to qualify for a card to play on the professional LPGA circuit, and she retired from professional golf in December 2016.

 

[Dave Hunt]

During one of my spells in the Falklands in the '90s There was a Ghurka company in residence. The first evening of my stay I went to the gym for a spot of exercice biking and watched in amazement as two Ghurkas did single arm chin ups on the high bars whilst casually chatting to each other. A few evenings later I was chatting to one of their officers and asked what they were doing the following day. He said that it hadn't been fully decided at that stage but they were going to start after breakfast by taking them to Goose Green, which is about 30 k over very rough ground, then getting them to run back . "That'll take most of the day surely," I suggested. "Shouldn't think so," he said, "They'll want to be back for lunch."

 

Little smiling guys as hard as hardened nails.  

[simontaylor484]

You couldn't make this one up

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56822571

[polybear]

31 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said:

He showed me You tube clips of Paige Spiraniac and some Chinese lady golfers its enough to send you blind

 

Beautiful

 

Beer BEar iz Stugle STrelging stvhhinG carnt zee Zer KEEboooooooooooooooord veRRy wel........

[Coombe Barton]

... and a philosophy bit ...

 

https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2021/04/21/mister-fixit/

[Winslow Boy]

40 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said:

You couldn't make this one up

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56822571

I seem to recall something similar being reported several years ago. It was along the lines that an employee left and his departure not being reported so that his wages etc could be shared out.

[Tony_S]

I had a modelling moment that was the equivalent of not measuring twice, cutting once today. Among my slot cars I have a quite elderly Ford Mondeo. It has quite a nice body but is mechanically poor. So I thought I would upgrade it with a modern chassis, motor etc. I had put it all together but needed to check how wide to set the wheels when I noticed the chassis wouldn’t fit at all. At this point I realised I had purchased a Ford Sierra chassis. I decided to leave the Mondeo  alone and have ordered a Sierra body. I don’t think my outbreak of dimness can be blamed on Covid vaccine side effects as I did the ordering well before the jab. 
Tony

[leopardml2341]

Goodnight folks.

 

An early start tomorrow, so best get some shuteye.

 

Sleep well, stay safe and sane and make the most of your tomorrow when it arrives.

[jamie92208]

22 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

I seem to recall something similar being reported several years ago. It was along the lines that an employee left and his departure not being reported so that his wages etc could be shared out.

I seem to remember  that there were similar stories about printers in Fleet Street pre Wapping. Many of the names on the payroll had not been seen for years.

 

Jamie

Edited April 21, 2021 by jamie92208

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[polybear]

29 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

I seem to recall something similar being reported several years ago. It was along the lines that an employee left and his departure not being reported so that his wages etc could be shared out.

 

Apparently there was a similar case at Bear's first work location (until the Grown-Ups shut the wrong site.....) - by all accounts he lived very close to the site, so would come in every day, unlock his desk and put some papers etc. on the desk; cup of tea, be seen by one or two people, put his overalls on then proceed to go to another part of the site "working" on whatever he was doing.  In practice he was going home for the day; he'd come back about half an hour before finishing time, cup of tea & be seen by one or two, put his papers away & lock his desk and then clock out.  Went on for years, apparently.

[polybear]

Things take a very serious turn for the worse:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56836377

[Tony_S]

3 minutes ago, polybear said:

Things take a very serious turn for the worse:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56836377

You will just have to buy Caterpillar cakes instead. 

[Erichill16]

13 hours ago, jonny777 said:

 

Depression seems to have gone away. It is a very strange beast - comes from nowhere, washes over everything like a tidal wave, stays as long as it fancies and then quietly moves on. 

 

 

Know exactly how you feel, and I describe it as a wave crashing over me.

Sometimes I prepare to go out for the day and crash, plan abandoned and sometimes I’m out and suddenly think ‘why am I here,’

Keep  your up,

Robert

Edited April 21, 2021 by Erichill16

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Yahoo, yippee, that’s it, the ceiling is no more, it’s all gone

 

Well, as I’d hoped this morning, the last bit of the cellar ceiling was all removed by dinner time. Although it was a little bit more difficult than yesterday, as I was working very close to the wall, which restricted my arm movement slightly. Anyway, it’s now all contained in 8 bags and is sitting on the patio next to the fence. I swept and filled the bags as I was cutting sections of ceiling out and once a bag was at my safe lifting limit, it went outside. Once I’d finished I was able to swill the floor off before packing up for dinner. 

 

After dinner, I swilled the floor again before getting out my mop and bucket and giving the floor a cleaning. It’s a lot cleaner, but I’ll need doing a few more times with the mop tomorrow.

 

Out of curiosity, later in the afternoon, I sat and planned the cable run for the 14 down-lighters. If I wire them in a zig-zag pattern, I’d use 3ft more cable than if I’d wire them in a spiral pattern! Also an anti clockwise pattern uses more cable than clockwise pattern!

Edited April 22, 2021 by BSW01

[BSW01]

Goodnight all 

[Erichill16]

Evening All,

Funny sort of a day. Been into work to collect some paperwork and show some people around some business premises I have to rent. They seem interested.

Had Sydney for most of the day which made a change and after taking him home I watched my team beat local rivals Huddersfield. We are  in the playoff places with a six point gap to the team below with only nine points left to play for. I, like many supporters I know are a little apprehensive and even may be called mad. I’m not sure I want promotion to the premier league as the gap, which ever way it is measured, is huge and I would hate to have a season of humiliation. Anyway shouldn’t be counting my chickens.

Hopefully I’ll get some paperwork done tomorrow as it’s building up as I’ve not done any for a week or so.

Anyway, late so goodnight,

Robert

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all

[TheSignalEngineer]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

Things take a very serious turn for the worse:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56836377

[Ozexpatriate]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

by all accounts he lived very close to the site, so would come in every day, unlock his desk and put some papers etc. on the desk; cup of tea, be seen by one or two people, put his overalls on then proceed to go to another part of the site "working" on whatever he was doing.  In practice he was going home for the day; he'd come back about half an hour before finishing time, cup of tea & be seen by one or two, put his papers away & lock his desk and then clock out.  Went on for years, apparently.

 

Milton in Office Space

Bob Porter: I looked into it more deeply and I found that apparently what happened is that he was laid off five years ago and no one ever told him about it; but through some kind of glitch in the payroll department, he still gets a paycheck.

Bob Slydell: So we just went ahead and fixed the glitch.

 

And the Swingline stapler is a superior product. Sadly I have a pair of braces exactly like the ones worn by Bob Slydell. They were very comfortable. Unfortunately (after many years of use) whatever was used to colour the leather deteriorated and began to stain my shirts.

 

Edited April 21, 2021 by Ozexpatriate

[TheSignalEngineer]

43 minutes ago, BSW01 said:

Out of curiosity, later in the afternoon, I sat and planned the cable run for the 14 down-lighters. If I wire them in a zig-zag pattern, I’d use 3ft more cable than if I’d wire them in a spiral pattern! Also an anti clockwise pattern uses more cable than clockwise pattern!

Obviously got too much time on your hands.

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. 

There was a person in one of our departments on the council who used to claim overtime which he hadn't worked. He got away with it for years as he was his boss's 'blue eyed boy'. Then his boss took early retirement and the new boss who was on site when he was supposedly doing overtime and knew he hadn't done any overtime so he refused to sign the overtime sheets. Then the idiot complained and it was discovered that he'd been claiming overtime that he hadn't done for years. He wasn't prosecuted because it would have opened a can of worms but he was quietly ordered to resign. He was a nasty bit of work anyway and everyone was glad to see the back of him.

1 hour ago, jamie92208 said:

I seem to remember  that there were similar stories about printers in Fleet Street pre Wapping. Many of the names on the payroll had not been seen for years.

 

Jamie

Very true, there was a printer who used to come into a working mans club in Romford, stay till closing time getting very drunk the drive to Fleet Street and get there sign on and then go and sleep it off until knocking off time. Until one night he was stopped and breathalysed. He wasn't sacked but the drink got him within a year.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.