Give me some dialogue from your day

[pjd57]

I’d be having a word with the brewery. Ideally via their social media accounts.

Thought about it , then just let it go.

 

[bruce1530]

(after doing a few wee jobs at daughter’s house)

“Dad, how do you know how to do all this stuff?”

 

[Pat "5mph"]

(after doing a few wee jobs at daughter’s house)

“Dad, how do you know how to do all this stuff?”

Did you answer her she can too, it's all on You Tube!

 

[bruce1530]

Yes, it’s all on youtube. :-) But I knew how to do most of it before t’internet. And I’ve no idea how I learned about things like plumbing, electrics, decorating, and generally fixing stuff.

 

[gbb]

(after doing a few wee jobs at daughter’s house)

“Dad, how do you know how to do all this stuff?”

The reverse of this is I once said to someone...if you can't do DIY, you're facing a lot of expense over your lifetime.

 

[bruce1530]

Overheard in the queue at the cafe :

“Yes, it’s lovely weather, but surprisingly windy.”


We were in the cafe at the visitor centre in the largest wind farm in the UK.

 

[gbb]

In a conversation with my 13 yo granddaughter, she pointed out how many of the family are Into engineering (working with our hands at least)
'I guess were all influenced by our dads'....'my dad, your grandad was an aircraft engineer....your dad, my son is a gas engineer of course....and your grandads dad, my grandfather was a master carpenter and chief of works in Bristol docks'

I scrolled through my phone to find a photo of a photo of him and my grandmother, taken around 1915, hes In army uniform.

'Was he a soldier ?'
'Yep, he fought in WW1 and was gassed In France'
'Oh, you didnt know him then'
'Oh yeah, he died in the 1980s'
'Oooh, sorry, I thought it meant he died when he was gassed'
'No no, he survived'

She hesitated a moment and said...
'He must have been a legend'
'We're all very lucky nowadays, I can't imagine how they felt as 18 year olds'

 

[ColinJ]

The reverse of this is I once said to someone...if you can't do DIY, you're facing a lot of expense over your lifetime.

I once asked someone why he took his car to a mechanic to get simple jobs done. He told me that he didn't enjoy car maintenance and he got paid twice the hourly rate that a mechanic did so it made sense for him to stick to his own job, and let the mechanic do his!

 

[Lullabelle]

I looked in a full length mirror this afternoon

Me: s**t, I really need to lose some weigh

 

[gavgav]

As part of today’s training session, I had to stand up, with my hand on my head and shout the Spike Milligan “Ning Nang Nong” poem...........nope, me neither!! Suffice to say I needed this before getting on the train back home.

 

[gbb]

A section of a punnet sealing machine locked up today, no amount of force would free it, bearings broken up maybe, servo motor siezed or failed perhaps. This was after I'd spent an hour trying to get a checkweigher on the same packing line to work consistently...a busy morning. Eventually after stripping back the failed part of the machine to its component parts, I got it working.
Emil, line operator looked a bit sheepish...
'I'm sorry I've given you so much work today'
'Nah, no problem. That was interesting, something I havnt seen before, I like that, some proper mechanic'ing'

I never did work out why the machine jammed up
Later, a supervisor asked..
'What was wrong with it ?'
'Dunno, it's a bit like your car breaks down, you take a load of bits off, put them back on and your car now works....but you still dont know what the problem was '

 

[ColinJ]

I looked in a full length mirror this afternoon

Me: s**t, I really need to lose some weigh

I looked in a full length mirror this morning

Me: s**t, I really need to lose...






... that bloody mirror!

 

[ColinJ]

[Explanatory preamble: I went for a blood test this morning before heading off to Lidl to do my shopping. I have to have the tests done regularly to check that I am not over/underdosing on Warfarin. A test used to be done by taking a sample from a vein and sending it to a lab for analysis. Nowadays though there is a handheld machine which can do the test from one drop of blood in about 30 seconds; all very clever. The machine has a barcode reader built in to it. I get an appointment letter with a barcode on it. The nurse scans the code, which identifies me as the patient. If I forget to take the letter, the machine has no barcode to ID me and so I would get the needle in the arm; I don't like being stabbed, so I always remember to take the letter with me and hand it over for scanning as soon as I sit in the chair for the test ...]

Nurse: Good morning, Colin - eveything okay?

ColinJ (handing over letter with barcode on it): Yes, thank you...

Nurse (looking down at cycling shoes): Did you cycle here?

ColinJ: Yes, I always do unless it is raining.

[Quick chat about the Tour de Yorkshire, which started today. Waits for finger to be pricked. Waits longer... Finally...]

ColinJ: Er, is there a problem?

Nurse: No - I'm just busy reading your shopping list!

ColinJ: Eh, oh, I, er ... I'm still half asleep!

[Takes back shopping list and replaces it with appointment letter! ]

 

[Andy in Germany]

While at my interview yesterday (report here) The Xtracycle was parked in the lean-to barn just visible to the right of the mill above, and by the time I went to get my toothbrush et, c it was dark. After I'd found the 'torch' function on my phone three lads from the organisation, ca. 11 years old turned up and pointed out the light switch. Once it was on they noticed the Xtracycle, and the following discussion took place:

Lads: Woah, cool bike
AinG: Thanks.
Lads: (Inspecting Xtracycle): Hey, it's got handlebars, can someone sit on it?
AinG: Sure, my kids ride on it.
Lads: (Practically in Unison): Coooool...
AinG: You want a ride?
(Three faces light up the barn more than the light already has)

The next ten minutes was punctuated by "Woooooooooah!!" as we rode up and down the lane through the village.

Apparently my bike is now officially "Very Cool" and "Feels like an E-bike"

Obviously very well brought up boys of great taste and discernment.

 

[Vantage]

Shannon headed off for school this morning...
"Bye dad. I'm off to fail my GCSE's."
Me: "You'll do fine. Be positive!"
Her: "No! I'm British!"