Early Risers.

[Tony_S]

13 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

it was a bit later he may have seen the irony of being sent here  for stealing pineapples

The video,I saw the other day about people from the Baltic region being welcomed to Australia having English lessons including the names of fruit “including the pineapple which you will soon come to know”. Preparing them for two years agricultural labour picking fruit. Though that wasn’t mentioned in the video.

[TheQ]

4 hours ago, Grizz said:

Morning All

 

Just noticed that this morning my RMWEB photo has a new adornment.. For some reason I now come with a red and white exclamation mark, triangular warning sign thingy…..not sure why this has appeared, don’t think that I am anymore of a risk to anyone today, than I was yesterday. 
 

Has anyone else ever experienced this? Can any of you see the warning sign at your end? 
 

Bit puzzled as I don’t think that I have upset anyone. …….oh no wait….I recently called out the BBC for using the word ‘FAT’ when describing bears and their natural desire to eat more and thus put on extra bulk, prior to their prolonged winter kip. 
 

But apart from that I don’t think that I have upset anyone. 

 

 

Have a great day all

 

ATB Grizz
 

 

I seem to remember from another thread on this forum, it means a message sent via  or from the forum to your email account has bounced..

[Sidecar Racer]

40 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

The video,I saw the other day about people from the Baltic region being welcomed to Australia having English lessons including the names of fruit “including the pineapple which you will soon come to know”. Preparing them for two years agricultural labour picking fruit. Though that wasn’t mentioned in the video.

 

 Pineapple harvest , also known as pass the the parcel .

 

 

[PupCam]

Morning (Pre-munch) All

 

4 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

Read

This

For

Me

 

Close and good logic given the context.    There's an abbreviated TLA of the FLA, both forms are used extensively in the world of engineering.   

 

That is:     Read The Manual

 

Your homework is to work out what the fourth letter stands for in the full version.   There are at least two acceptable words, one is, shall we say less Anglo Saxon than the other.

 

ION

 

Some garage re-arrangement has been conducted to place the tumble drier next to the fridge/freezer.     A strange thing to do I hear you cry but no, there is logic to my madness.   I've recounted previously how the fridge/freezer fails to function when it is cold.   We use the tumble drier a lot when its cold, so it's waste heat can keep the fridge/freezer warm (hopefully allowing it to keep functioning) rather than trying to warm up the garage door.   Time will tell if the idea is successful.

 

We are shortly to set of on a walk of the hills of Puppershire.  Well, it's a nice day for it.

 

TTFN

 

 

[Tony_S]

It is a pleasant day here. We have to post a parcel so we will have a short stroll round the park afterwards. It isn’t exactly hilly there as it has another role as sacrificial flood plain. Hence why it isn’t a park,with pretty flowerbeds. I don’t think it will be even damp today though. 
Tony

 

[monkeysarefun]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

The video,I saw the other day about people from the Baltic region being welcomed to Australia having English lessons including the names of fruit “including the pineapple which you will soon come to know”. Preparing them for two years agricultural labour picking fruit. Though that wasn’t mentioned in the video.

 

 

 

Fruit picking isn't so bad in comparison  - they could have been told to learn to spell  B.L.U.E  A.S.B.E.S.T.O.S. then sent off to Wittenoom like other migrants  were.

 

 

 

Edited October 9, 2023 by monkeysarefun

[polybear]

1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said:

Gotta say, I had to read this a few times in bewilderment before I realised that in the olden days people used an f when they meant an s.

 

 

 

Must've been a pineapple ring.......

[monkeysarefun]

16 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

Must've been a pineapple ring.......

 

 

Theres a saying here  about copping the "rough end of the pineapple" which did come to mind.

 

But that actually means to get a bad outcome from something. Which I guess may apply....

 

 

Edited October 9, 2023 by monkeysarefun

[Tony_S]

RTFM is now often RADTFM

[polybear]

8 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

There's a saying here  about copping the "rough end of the pineapple" which did come to mind.

 

 

As a young Cub a Certain Bear used to help the local Milkie at the weekends - he had a phrase which went as follows:

 

"He can go **** himself with the rough end of a pineapple"

 

I often wonder just which is the rough end, as neither seem in any way attractive to this Bear,

[Gwiwer]

1 hour ago, PupCam said:

work out what the fourth letter stands for in the full version.

The name of an Austrian village, I believe 

[Andy Hayter]

21 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

The name of an Austrian village, I believe 

 

No longer I am afraid.  The town sign* disappeared so frequently that the village decided to change the name to Fugging - pronunciation nearly the same .

 

* Perhaps not appreciated but these signs as well as indication the name of the town/city/village, they also indicate the start of the speed restriction zones in built up areas.

[Dave Hunt]

I’ve now arrived in Spain - well, actually I have been in Spain for some time but have only just got through the mile long queue at passport control thanks to Brexit - and on leaving the arrival area saw something which I think was mentioned here a while ago, I.e., a Japanese gravel garden, or something similar anyway.

Shame about the necessity for signs about what not to do there.

 

Dave

 

 

[Tony_S]

21 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

Shame about the necessity for signs about what not to do there.

Is the far one “no photography “? I did look up Spanish prohibition signs and the only one vaguely that shape was “ no skateboarding “.

Edited October 9, 2023 by Tony_S

[Compound2632]

48 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

a Japanese gravel garden, or something similar anyway.

 

You know, cats are very popular in Japan and with the constraints on living space, many of them don't go outside...

[Gwiwer]

1 hour ago, Andy Hayter said:

 

No longer I am afraid.  The town sign* disappeared so frequently that the village decided to change the name to Fugging - pronunciation nearly the same .

 

* Perhaps not appreciated but these signs as well as indication the name of the town/city/village, they also indicate the start of the speed restriction zones in built up areas.

I did read a piece from the local mayor. He complained that so many tourists kept stealing the ******* sign that it had become a ******* joke and that no-one knew where the ******* town began or ended 

[Winslow Boy]

2 hours ago, Tony_S said:

It is a pleasant day here. We have to post a parcel so we will have a short stroll round the park afterwards. It isn’t exactly hilly there as it has another role as sacrificial flood plain. Hence why it isn’t a park,with pretty flowerbeds. I don’t think it will be even damp today though. 
Tony

 

No No No you put the football pitch on the flood plain so that when it floods, usually in the winter, they can't play football on it. Simplz really or least that's what the housing developer thought.

Edited October 9, 2023 by Winslow Boy

[tigerburnie]

I received an email at work asking for m y involvement in a topic, it was full of abbreviations and acronyms, so I ignored, the following day the person came to see me to ask why I hadn't responded. My reply was that it was illegible and if he wanted to send it again in a language I understood, then I might be able to comment, he got the message and I got a new email in English.

[Winslow Boy]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

RTFM is now often RADTFM

You mean Root At Dar Top Floppy Mar sorry don't get that.

[Tony_S]

3 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

You mean Root At Dar Top Floppy Mar sorry don't get that.

In Rural Studies lessons I think it was green up, brown down…

[Coombe Barton]

When I get things with stuff I don't understand I ask that academic standards are used. In summary, from a good practice document:

• Introduce every acronym before using it in the text. The first time you use the term, put the acronym in parentheses after the full term. Thereafter, you can stick to using the acronym.
• Do not introduce an acronym unless you will use it a minimum of three or four times. If it only appears once or twice, write out the full term. 

That seems to shut a lot of people up.

[Hroth]

20 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

No No No you put the football pitch on the flood plain so that when it floods, usually in the winter, they can't play football on it. Simplz really or least that's what the housing developer thought.

 

If its flooded they could try playing water polo.

Or ice hockey if it freezes over...

 

[jjb1970]

I fear this may be a rant, something I'm not given to too often (Mrs JJB looks after the ranting). As I'm sure is normal for many others, Teams and Zoom is now a normal part of work, and working in an international industry like shipping it is if anything used even more as it allows connectivity across the globe, which is good. However Europe is making me more and more cross.

 

There's a bit of an unwritten convention for people in Asia and the US to take turns with the inconvenience and an awareness of time difference. Say what you will about the US but I find that maybe because people in the US know how infuriating it is they consider time zones when requesting meetings. However, many people in Europe (no offence to anyone) expect that all meetings will be in European normal office hours. That's not in itself a problem if it is only a call with Asia or the US as you can manage the time for both people. And people in Asia and the US are grown up enough to appreciate that if you need Asia, Europe and the US on a call then there's not much you can do about time zones.

 

However, more and more I notice people in Brussels especially scheduling calls for the end of their day which means late night for people in East Asia and getting stroppy if requested to change because it inconveniences their schedule. At the risk of sounding cynical they know that people in Japan will get up at any time if necessary, with Korean's not being far off and Chinese expected to work as required so they get away with it. I've had five requests for meetings this week to myself and people in Japan or China to join calls at the end of the business day in Brussels, Paris or London, including Friday. Being English (and also in Singapore, they're very different to Japan and have no problem saying no) I'm the one who has pushed back and suggested they find a slot at a reasonable time and have been met with a few harrumphs at the inconvenience it causes them to avoid someone in Tokyo having to join a call at 11PM on a Friday night. The really bonkers thing is four of five are primarily for their benefit and they are seeking support from Asia. I'll offer some free advice, if you're trying to keep people sweet to get a favour don't annoy them by refusing to show any consideration to time scheduling.

 

Rant off. Sorry.

[Winslow Boy]

7 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

If its flooded they could try playing water polo.

Or ice hockey if it freezes over...

 

Quite but who marks the pitch out?

[Hroth]

1 minute ago, Winslow Boy said:

Quite but who marks the pitch out?

 

Some poor council bu@@er with long bamboo poles in an inflatable dinghy, or rubber fishing waders if it isn't too deep...