Tell us something really trivial about your life (vol 25)

[Adenauer]

Good Morning, Agents. I have a a secret mission for the clever amongst you, what might the weight of a 140 x 140 x 6510mm piece of wood be?

It's either bloody heavy, or I'm a poof.

[TheDoggingFather]

No, that will come next Friday.

Good greetingtides sports fans!

[DickyC]

Adenauer said:

Good Morning, Agents. I have a a secret mission for the clever amongst you, what might the weight of a 140 x 140 x 6510mm piece of wood be?

It's either bloody heavy, or I'm a poof.

You're practising for the traditional Rhineland-Palatinate v Scotland Nude Caber Tossing?

[BritishRacinGrin]

63.8kg, based on an average dry timber density of 0.50x10^3kg/m^3

[Adenauer]

DickyC said:

Adenauer said:

Good Morning, Agents. I have a a secret mission for the clever amongst you, what might the weight of a 140 x 140 x 6510mm piece of wood be?

It's either bloody heavy, or I'm a poof.

You're practising for the traditional Rhineland-Palatinate v Scotland Nude Caber Tossing?

Just tell me how much it weighs, Q

[Adenauer]

BritishRacinGrin said:

63.8kg, based on an average dry timber density of 0.50x10^3kg/m^3

Boom

I should be able to lift it up then, although I don't even lift. Difficult as it's lying flat on the floor.

[DickyC]

65kg ish. Twould appear I'm with the Grin on this.

[Adenauer]

Missus Adenauer and I have to lift it into place this afternoon, 2.5 metres up, should be fun

[DickyC]

Is it worth the £250 you'll get from You've Been Framed?

[57Ford]

Remember, the manual handling courses always state ' If an item is too heavy to manage alone, get assistance'. Therefore, the correct course of action is to get assistance from the wife in the actual lifting with you performing the role of supervisor. A problem shared being a problem halved and all that...

[pad58]

Adenauer said:

Boom

I should be able to lift it up then, although I don't even lift. Difficult as it's lying flat on the floor.

If you have bathroom scales ,balance it on them ,Nein?

[Adenauer]

57Ford said:

Remember, the manual handling courses always state ' If an item is too heavy to manage alone, get assistance'. Therefore, the correct course of action is to get assistance from the wife in the actual lifting with you performing the role of supervisor. A problem shared being a problem halved and all that...

I 'like' this.

[DickyC]

Sold a chap some bits and took them to his house to drop them off. Despite him having some nice cars and good motoring stories, most of our conversation was taken up with him buying a milling machine, transporting it home and then putting it in place in the corner of the garage on his own using a collection of jacks, lengths of rope and bits of wood. His sense of accomplishment was palpable.

[Adenauer]

Daughter hates her car, (well, which daughter wouldn't hate an Audi 80 Cabrio as their first car)?

So yesterday I stuck it on Ebay for sts and giggles with a small reserve.

It's already up to €500 with 6 days left to go

If it sells, I'll buy her something else, that'll teach her

[Fishtigua]

Adenauer said:

If it sells, I'll buy her something else, that'll teach her

Get her a Carina diesel auto in dull green. Possibly the most boring car I've ever had the misfortune to drive. The Ford Orion/Vauxhall Belmont were dreadful but at least had some character.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/toyota/carin...

[Adenauer]

Fishtigua said:

Adenauer said:

If it sells, I'll buy her something else, that'll teach her

Get her a Carina diesel auto in dull green. Possibly the most boring car I've ever had the misfortune to drive. The Ford Orion/Vauxhall Belmont were dreadful but at least had some character.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/toyota/carin...

I'm watching this

http://www.ebay.de/itm/like/Alfa-Romeo-147-Modell-...

[EvoDelta]

Fishtigua said:

The Ford Orion/Vauxhall Belmont were dreadful but at least had some character.

I had the mis-fortune of driving a Mk1 1.3 Ford Orion from Buxton to Newquay and back in my teens. It go me a holiday, but I needed one once I was back. Complete st-box.

[Fishtigua]

I like the way it says 'Colour - Rot'. So very true.

It ain't going to stay at that price for long.

[Fishtigua]

EvoDelta said:

I had the mis-fortune of driving a Mk1 1.3 Ford Orion from Buxton to Newquay and back in my teens. It go me a holiday, but I needed one once I was back. Complete st-box.

Did Plymouth to Hereford to Warwickshire and back for a weekend. Not much fun in the Orion, in the snow.

[Adenauer]

Fishtigua said:

I like the way it says 'Colour - Rot'. So very true.

It ain't going to stay at that price for long.

Only got another two days to go though, I reckon it'll go for around €1200, the Germans are scared of Alfas