Mundane News

[Illaveago]

today Wifey hired a professional organizer. we were almost traumatized

Were they an ex sergeant major ?

 

[Illaveago]

Or just tap around the rim of the lid with a knife handle.

Does it understand Morse code ?

 

[randynewmanscat]

Does it understand Morse code ?

No, just a nice rhythm to accompany you while you contemplate fetching a large set of pump pliers or that rusting stilson wrench from the shed.

 

[Illaveago]

Morning .
It is a sort of grey here but dry out.
I have been watching some Aircrash Confidential programmes and find it totally unbelievable how plane manufacturers allowed safety systems to be switched off without any warning sounds to warn the crews that they had been , especially when our cooker hob tells us that we have just wiped it over with a damp rag. I wish I could disable that !
I was talking about 2 incidents , one was on an Airbus where constant pressure on the joystick took the plane out of auto pilot, it was only discovered after the crash. Another one was on an Embraer business jet which switched it's TCAS , airplane avoidance warning off without knowing. It also seems daft that the system needs the other airplane to have the system in order for it to work .

 

[Illaveago]

My friend bought a new speedometer for his bike and given it to me to sort out ! . It is a Halfords wireless one . It took a while to figure out which way to mount the brackety type things .
It is the trying to follow the instructions for setting it up that is what I'm having problems with . Reading the instructions as you go I've found that it is impatient and will assume that's what it should be. Kph ! Hang on a minute ! I haven't got my fingers on the buttons yet!
I eventually managed to change it to mph and got it working . Figuring out how to do the clock now is the next daunting bit .

 

[PeteXXX]

My friend bought a new speedometer for his bike and given it to me to sort out ! . It is a Halfords wireless one . It took a while to figure out which way to mount the brackety type things .
It is the trying to follow the instructions for setting it up that is what I'm having problems with . Reading the instructions as you go I've found that it is impatient and will assume that's what it should be. Kph ! Hang on a minute ! I haven't got my fingers on the buttons yet!
I eventually managed to change it to mph and got it working . Figuring out how to do the clock now is the next daunting bit .

Are the instructions in Chinglish?

 

[Illaveago]

Are the instructions in Chinglish?

A bit more like the drawings in Egyptian tombs!
We finally managed it with a joint effort! Smaller nimbler hands does help!
It was a bit of a fiasco and managed to go through the whole procedure several times before we did it! Just as we got to the last digit we tried to store it and it would take us back to the beginning again !

 

[Illaveago]

I suppose you could liken the setting up of that speedometer as being on the Circle Line of the underground when you keep missing your station !

 

[biggs682]

Put a few in for me Biggs, it's 8am and I'm still in my pit contemplating how to approach the day.

I would stay there as 30 mile circular route with a headwind all the way around

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Right, that's the census done. Tea beckons.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Census done. Green tea 🍵 now

 

[randynewmanscat]

Jeezo! My lie in interrupted by the gate bell ringing. Went out in dressing gown to meet neighbour and his kids greeting me with two live trout, he threatened to bring some round today, I had forgotten.
Took them inside and got my priest* and dispatched them in the kitchen sink, dinner was going to be roast pork, change of dinner.
*euphemism for a small club, delivers the last rites.

 

[randynewmanscat]

Still in my dressing gown cooking breakfast the neighbours lad calls holding the crankcase of a small bike engine, he needs to get the flywheel off so I beckoned him into the lounge and went upstairs to the extractors and pullers cupboards.
Flywheel off, thankful youth, back to full English.

 

[classic33]

Or just tap around the rim of the lid with a knife handle.

That's another way.
The change to your non dominant hand part*, came from research carried out. Showing you put more force through it for less effort.

*Works for smaller lids as well, where tapping with a knife wouldn't.

 

[snorri]

I'm a little bit annoyed with the world since injuring my right hand (I'm right-handed) last week, a cycling ban has been imposed.
After struggling a bit to write some notes and complete household chores one-handed this morning, I thought a large mug of instant coffee might improve the mood. Alas, I've just poured a goodly portion of milk into my coffee jar instead of into my coffee mug.
Any chance of some words of sympathy please? Thanking you all in anticipation.