What have you ordered, which turned out substantially bigger
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bazza white said:
Same as op, I ordered 2 large pizzas in Barbados to our hotel on the last night. They must have been 40 inches in diameter. What was bad was the tiny bin in the bedroom we had to get the boxes and left over pizza in.
where from? been here since october and haven't found anywhere who'll deliverGoing back a few years, my boss was supposed to place an order for stationery items, printed with cartoon characters, that were to tie in with the release of a children's film. The order went through our internal systems, was placed and a letter of credit was raised and sent. My department was Logistics and eventually, there was a delay getting the pencils ready, I got the call to arrange for a 40 footer container to ship over from China.
At a meeting a few weeks later the Chairman of the group asked me if the merchandise for XYZ film was on the water. I told him the 40 footer would be with us in three weeks. There were a few puzzled people around the table, including my boss, who couldn't understand why it was a 40 footer. A copy of the order was produced and instead of ordering 100,000 pencil sets my boss had actually ordered 1,000,000 pencil sets which roughly worked out at about one pencil for every child between the ages of five and nine in the UK, as I helpfully pointed out. To add insult to injury, the film tanked and The Great XYZ Pencil Mountain was still in the warehouse three years later when I left.
At a meeting a few weeks later the Chairman of the group asked me if the merchandise for XYZ film was on the water. I told him the 40 footer would be with us in three weeks. There were a few puzzled people around the table, including my boss, who couldn't understand why it was a 40 footer. A copy of the order was produced and instead of ordering 100,000 pencil sets my boss had actually ordered 1,000,000 pencil sets which roughly worked out at about one pencil for every child between the ages of five and nine in the UK, as I helpfully pointed out. To add insult to injury, the film tanked and The Great XYZ Pencil Mountain was still in the warehouse three years later when I left.
Last summer we purchased a new shed, and wanted to add in proper insulation. I spent ages measuring up and working out exactly how much I'd need to keep costs and waste to a minimum. Obviously the larger the board the cheaper (per sq m), so without thinking ordered half a dozen of the largest polystyrene boards, and to save money and having to wait in for delivery chose to pick them up from the store.
Turn up in the focus (hatch) and see these massive 2.5m x 1.5m boards in a trolley near the till, realisation hits that I didn't really consider exactly how big they are compared to the car. Cue a quick hunt in store for a cheap knife, and then hastily cutting them each in half in a busy, windy car park.
Note: cutting polystyrene makes a hell of a mess
Turn up in the focus (hatch) and see these massive 2.5m x 1.5m boards in a trolley near the till, realisation hits that I didn't really consider exactly how big they are compared to the car. Cue a quick hunt in store for a cheap knife, and then hastily cutting them each in half in a busy, windy car park.
Note: cutting polystyrene makes a hell of a mess
Hmmm, I guess no one is going to send the Queensland Police around the world 16 years after the fact to investigate it...
I was in a bar, half cut in Noosa, I'd mentioned to one of our bunkroom mates that I smoked a bit of weed now and again at home and I sort of missed it now I was in Oz but hadn't been brave enough to try to local a dealer.
This started the usual Aussie v Brit argument, our cars are better, no, our food is better, no our grass is greener, no our system of government is worse etc etc. Like Texans Aussies find it hard to believe that anything, however big or small could be, in anyway be better in another country, unless whatever it is, is bad – then it’s the worst in the world – their weed was better, I couldn’t argue, at the time our weed was crap. Discussion over, back to the beer (ours is better).
An hour later and now drunk a gruff looking man approaches me “hey mate, Dave here (points to my bunkhouse mate) says you want to buy decent weed for once in your life?” Unafraid (because our dealers are harder) I say yes, figures are mentioned in Dollars, of which I hadn’t yet really got a firm grip of exchange rate, and weights, metric weights (our dealers are better because they sell in fractions of an ancient imperial weight that no one under 60 understands) So for Honour, Queen and Country – I went for the biggest and hand over, when I know now was around £150. I sort of half expected to be ripped off and never see the Guy again, but no, 5 mins later he returns from his car with an A4 jiffy bag of weed. Ask me “Happy?” I look at it like I’m suddenly Pablo Escobar for bit, stopped short of rubbing some on my gum and saying “it’s pure” and say “yeah, it’s okay” he seals the bag, hands it to me and disappears into the night.
We smoked some around the back of the bar, threw a whitey and had to sit down (if you don’t know, beer and weed rarely mix well) and went home. I wouldn’t say it was a shock when I came around at midday that it was laying on the floor next to my bed, but if anything, it had grown over night. It soon became a liability, I did quite like weed back then, but a little bit and then maybe a little bit more a few weeks later – this would last me months, if not years. I gave a lot away, we tried to cook it into food – someone mention he knew how to make hashish out of it, but was a little vague exactly how it was done and as it required lots of rubbing alcohol it was only ever going to end in a fire / explosion so we buried it – it was fairly cheap stuff which had seeded, so if there’s a patch of weed growing wild behind a backpackers in Noosa now, you may have me to thank for that.
No photos sadly.
I was in a bar, half cut in Noosa, I'd mentioned to one of our bunkroom mates that I smoked a bit of weed now and again at home and I sort of missed it now I was in Oz but hadn't been brave enough to try to local a dealer.
This started the usual Aussie v Brit argument, our cars are better, no, our food is better, no our grass is greener, no our system of government is worse etc etc. Like Texans Aussies find it hard to believe that anything, however big or small could be, in anyway be better in another country, unless whatever it is, is bad – then it’s the worst in the world – their weed was better, I couldn’t argue, at the time our weed was crap. Discussion over, back to the beer (ours is better).
An hour later and now drunk a gruff looking man approaches me “hey mate, Dave here (points to my bunkhouse mate) says you want to buy decent weed for once in your life?” Unafraid (because our dealers are harder) I say yes, figures are mentioned in Dollars, of which I hadn’t yet really got a firm grip of exchange rate, and weights, metric weights (our dealers are better because they sell in fractions of an ancient imperial weight that no one under 60 understands) So for Honour, Queen and Country – I went for the biggest and hand over, when I know now was around £150. I sort of half expected to be ripped off and never see the Guy again, but no, 5 mins later he returns from his car with an A4 jiffy bag of weed. Ask me “Happy?” I look at it like I’m suddenly Pablo Escobar for bit, stopped short of rubbing some on my gum and saying “it’s pure” and say “yeah, it’s okay” he seals the bag, hands it to me and disappears into the night.
We smoked some around the back of the bar, threw a whitey and had to sit down (if you don’t know, beer and weed rarely mix well) and went home. I wouldn’t say it was a shock when I came around at midday that it was laying on the floor next to my bed, but if anything, it had grown over night. It soon became a liability, I did quite like weed back then, but a little bit and then maybe a little bit more a few weeks later – this would last me months, if not years. I gave a lot away, we tried to cook it into food – someone mention he knew how to make hashish out of it, but was a little vague exactly how it was done and as it required lots of rubbing alcohol it was only ever going to end in a fire / explosion so we buried it – it was fairly cheap stuff which had seeded, so if there’s a patch of weed growing wild behind a backpackers in Noosa now, you may have me to thank for that.
No photos sadly.
Matt_N said:
A 48" CRT?
I didn't think they made them that big, I worked at Comet in 00/01 just when plasma TV first started becomming more common in shops and at the time we sold a 36£ CRT Toshiba. The picture was amazing but my god it was heavy, the box was huge and you'd need a van or big 4x4 to get it home in.
Was it this one:I didn't think they made them that big, I worked at Comet in 00/01 just when plasma TV first started becomming more common in shops and at the time we sold a 36£ CRT Toshiba. The picture was amazing but my god it was heavy, the box was huge and you'd need a van or big 4x4 to get it home in.
I had the 32" version, it was a stunning picture back in the day
I have done the same in Vegas, the pizza would not fit through the door and 4 of us could not eat half of it.
The other one was in Houston when I went over for work. We went out for dinner and the description for the starter was:
Slider - "Trio of bite size burgers"
I ordered them and a steak for main. The burgers were bloody full sized. As soon as I saw them I cancelled the steak...
The other one was in Houston when I went over for work. We went out for dinner and the description for the starter was:
Slider - "Trio of bite size burgers"
I ordered them and a steak for main. The burgers were bloody full sized. As soon as I saw them I cancelled the steak...
Edited by kennydies on Tuesday 10th January 13:52
shirt said:
where from? been here since october and haven't found anywhere who'll deliver
I can't remember now was about 6 years ago. If it's any help the company was between Bridgetown and Christchurch iirc. We got the number out of the directory.Many places wouldn't deliver to Christchurch but the storm didn't help our cause.
nice fix
Old lecturer of mine when working for a race team requested a set of paddle-shifters for a sports prototype. Machining firm called to say they'd completed the job, but it had took longer than expected due to the size. Perplexed, he drove over to pick-up. They'd made them six foot, rather than six inches.
We went out to have a look for a new three piece suite, in the funiture warehouse we came across this lovely leather corner sofa with a reclining feature on both ends, looked normal size in a huge warehouse full of furniture but when it arrived in our flat it took up most of the room.
Bristol spark said:
WestyCarl said:
An SUV in USA. Only 4 of us but as it was a road trip asked for a decent sized SUV at the desk. It drove exactly as it looked 
My 10yr old was impressed though
Ive also got that nice issue, this beast all to my self! (Its got 8 seats!)My 10yr old was impressed though
Its actually a realy nice drive, nice V8 sound, very comfortable, and loads of toys.
Its averaged 12 MPG, so will drink just over 260 Gallons through my trip
Glad im not the only one with the Pizza's.
Actually just googled the GMC's spec, its the SLT trim ive got, so its got a 6.2L V8 with 420 BHP!, no wonder it goes so well
Edited by Bristol spark on Tuesday 10th January 11:28
Ordered a turkey for Xmas 2015, had no idea on weight/person ratio so ordered a 13kg turkey as it was good value.
Lasted the 4 of us for Xmas dinner, leftovers, 2 massive turkey pies, 2 currys and about another kilo of meat left which we kept in the freezer. I think it's all gone now.
ETA: And it didn't fit in the oven
Lasted the 4 of us for Xmas dinner, leftovers, 2 massive turkey pies, 2 currys and about another kilo of meat left which we kept in the freezer. I think it's all gone now.
ETA: And it didn't fit in the oven
Curtains - I've never had to buy them before and my wife hadn't either, so we measured up the windows carefully, giving a bit extra on either side as we'd been told we needed to and placed the order online. They turned up, the colours were all fine and the sizes on the packet were correct, so I hung the curtain rails and took out a pair. The pair was for a window that was about 1.1m tall and 2.5m long, so I think we ordered 1.5x3.2m curtains. I had no idea that it was per curtain, they were massive. We thought that if you order curtains for a window, you measured the window and based it on that, rather than dividing the width by two. What was odd was that we ordered standard curtains off a website, but they would have been for a window approximately 1.2m tall and 6m wide, which seems like an odd window to me. Luckily my mother in law is good with a sewing machine.
The other one that I remember was a rum and coke in Barcelona. We were staying in a nice hotel and the barman took out a large brandy glass, put a little ice in it and started pouring in Havana Club. Eventually my wife told me I had to let him know when to stop, I had no idea. It had gone past the equator on the glass. The next night, we went out to dinner and decided to stop at the hotel bar for a drink before bed. My wife was at a table outside, so I went in and asked for the drinks, I got distracted by a TV showing football and again ended up with about half a bottle of rum in the glass. Good value, but not what I needed at that stage.
The other one that I remember was a rum and coke in Barcelona. We were staying in a nice hotel and the barman took out a large brandy glass, put a little ice in it and started pouring in Havana Club. Eventually my wife told me I had to let him know when to stop, I had no idea. It had gone past the equator on the glass. The next night, we went out to dinner and decided to stop at the hotel bar for a drink before bed. My wife was at a table outside, so I went in and asked for the drinks, I got distracted by a TV showing football and again ended up with about half a bottle of rum in the glass. Good value, but not what I needed at that stage.
Matt_N said:
Oakey said:
Was it this one:
I had the 32" version, it was a stunning picture back in the day
Yeh it was, lovely set.I had the 32" version, it was a stunning picture back in the day
I think Sony did actually produce a HD 1080P 40" CRT in the late 90s, but it cost something like £13k and weighed around 300kg!
The 36" Tosh was 120kg on the box iirc.
I did feel bad though, as an old guy who was semi- disabled turned up with his mate to take it away. They really did struggle to get it through the house and into his motability Nissan Note. With hindsight, I should have helped. Ah well
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