Mundane News

[Reynard]

The only downside will be the Dartford Tunnel on the way home on Sunday. Never had a clear run through there on a Sunday evening.

Eh, tell me about it...

Mind, you can always listen to Arsenal v Spurs on the radio while you wait for the traffic to clear.

 

[Jenkins]

Eh, tell me about it...

Mind, you can always listen to Arsenal v Spurs on the radio while you wait for the traffic to clear.

Torture on top of miserableness????

 

[Reynard]

Torture on top of miserableness????

Failing that, there's always Test Match Special.

Assuming England last that long, that is...

 

[Jenkins]

Or Now Playing with Tom Robinson on 6Music or all the stuff I've prrchased this year and stuck on the USB stick for the ICE

And it's the start of the Test matches that have brought on this lousy weather. Cricket is the UK's equivalent of a rain dance.

 

[Reynard]

Cricket is the UK's equivalent of a rain dance.

And lawn tennis.

if Wimbledon was on (as it would've been), we'd be needing Noah's Ark to get around...

 

[classic33]

And lawn tennis.

if Wimbledon was on (as it would've been), we'd be needing Noah's Ark to get around...

You mean

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5gjeGCfRNWk

 

[raleighnut]

Or Now Playing with Tom Robinson on 6Music or all the stuff I've prrchased this year and stuck on the USB stick for the ICE

And it's the start of the Test matches that have brought on this lousy weather. Cricket is the UK's equivalent of a rain dance.

Quick 'lockdown' video* for ya

* They're his kids and Julie his wife is filming

View: https://youtu.be/N9v8vtQRRQA

Not doing too bad for a 75 year old bloke

View: https://youtu.be/2qW2139LKN0

 

[Gravity Aided]

I watered my patio tomato, which produces such an embarrassment of tomato riches that it needs a brace to hold it up.

 

[Reynard]

You mean

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5gjeGCfRNWk

Don't have a canoe...

There is a rather rickety tin bath in the shed though.

 

[classic33]

Don't have a canoe...

There is a rather rickety tin bath in the shed though.

You do have a paddle though!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Sounds a bit like a beam saw,
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I'm surprised the 'elf 'n' safety bod in the workshop allowed a machine with a known fault to be operated, surprising lack of maintenance for a company in Germany. I'd always turn off a machine with the 'turn to release' off button rather than the simple 'stop' button if walking away from it but then that was part of my training through my 'City & Guilds.

It looks similar, although ours is long and thin, to deal with rough cut lumber rather than for sheets.

To be fair the fault wasn't known: that's why they assumed it was the "Turn to release" switch. It was a fairly small amount of crud, just in the wrong place. The crud is now cleared and the switch will be replaced today to make sure.

Accepted wisdom here (I now know) is that the "turn to release" switch shouldn't be used except in emergencies. On the other hand all machines here have two switches, usually in different places, so if you want to be sure it's safe you switch both off.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Apparently, the rain is going to stop today, yay! A few showers throughout the day, but it should be all over by 1800!

 

[Salty seadog]

I have no prejudice against Thursdays but they really aren't living up to their potential.

In the words of Arthur Dent,

'This must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays'

 

[IaninSheffield]

Phew! We seem to have got through the run of devil's machinery posts without loss of limb (or digit) and blood spraying everywhere!
In the words of Phil Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues, "Let's be ...

And that includes those using mandolins, cheese graters or cleavers in their kitchens! 👨‍🍳

 

[Illaveago]

A bit of useless information for you: they were formerly classed as belonging to the thrush family but they're now classed as old world flycatchers.

Is it a bit like the Pluto debate ?