Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2

[RammyMP]

Watching Pointless this evening, question was name a F1 driver who drove in 2020:
Me: Pierre Gasly, Kevin Magnussen
Her in doors: Michael Schumacher
Me: Eh? In 2020? Who drove a F1 car in 2020? He’s been in a coma for over 5 years?
HID: Yes? Michael Schumacher!
I repeated myself then gave up. After a few minutes she says “Oh! 2020! I thought they meant 2000”

Apparently it’s an easy mistake to make and I’m a tw@

[Bright Halo]

Watching Formula E on Sunday
Mrs:- There’s a driver called Roland, didn’t he race in F1?
Me:- You mean Roland Ratzenberger?
Mrs:- Yeah, yeah that’s him
Me:- He sadly died at Imola 1994
Mrs:- Oh

[Doofus]

Bright Halo said:

Watching Formula E on Sunday
Mrs:- There’s a driver called Roland, didn’t he race in F1?
Me:- You mean Roland Ratzenberger?
Mrs:- Yeah, yeah that’s him
Me:- He sadly died at Imola 1994
Mrs:- Oh

So why suggest him then?

'The Mrs' often can't do right for doing wrong in this thread.

[hersh]

RSTurboPaul said:

"You were right - that shelf [screwed into thin plasterboard only] won't hold those [massively heavy] boxes you said it wouldn't"

while holding said shelf with one hand and asking for a screwdriver to take it down before it now falls down

Have used similar to these and they take a surprising lot of weight

https://www.gripitfixings.co.uk

[snowandrocks]

hersh said:

Have used similar to these and they take a surprising lot of weight

https://www.gripitfixings.co.uk

I tried them recently to hang a relatively heavy mirror. Was quite impressed until it fell off the wall pulling the gripit through the plasterboard in the middle of the night - never leapt out of bed so quickly!

I think screwing into the stud is really the only failsafe for heavy stuff.

[Oldandslow]

This one is probably entrapment but it made me laugh.

While I was at work yesterday MrsO&S was getting a new UPVC door installed. It was a boring day at work so, ever the opportunist troll, I engaged her in the following Whatsapp conversation.

Me: So how is your new back door?
MrsO&S: I like it very well. I was worried I wouldn't like the tinted glass but it's very nice. It's really bright too.
Me: How's the lock action?
MrsO&S: Better than the old one.
Me: Ah good. So you're liking the back door action?
MrsO&S: Aye. It's nice.
Me: Hehehehehehehe
MrsO&S: Oh for fk's sake you're a dirty bugger.

[RizzoTheRat]

I had a day off today, and things are starting to open up, so the Mrs booked tickets to a zoo, and wanted to leave about 9 as it's 45 minutes away and she's booked a time slot from 10.

It wasn't until we came to leave I put the name of it in to google maps and discovered it's actually an hour and half away and not in the town she thoguht it was

[talksthetorque]

"Can you print off the bank statement I've emailed you, photograph it, and email the photo to the solicitors please"

[swanseaboydan]

My wife is top city exec and highly intelligent . . But comes out with some classics.
My favourite:
Me - ‘my knee is playing up again - really stiff today’
My wife - ‘ why don’t you put WD40 on it ?’


Speechless . .

[alorotom]

talksthetorque said:

"Can you print off the bank statement I've emailed you, photograph it, and email the photo to the solicitors please"

I had to do that exact thing for my current mortgage as they wouldn’t accept a PDF directly (oddly)

[bimsb6]

swanseaboydan said:

My wife is top city exec and highly intelligent . . But comes out with some classics.
My favourite:
Me - ‘my knee is playing up again - really stiff today’
My wife - ‘ why don’t you put WD40 on it ?’


Speechless . .

https://www.blog.ohmyarthritis.com/the-many-uses-of-wd-40/
Posted with a large pinch of salt .

[Doofus]

bimsb6 said:

swanseaboydan said:

My wife is top city exec and highly intelligent . . But comes out with some classics.
My favourite:
Me - ‘my knee is playing up again - really stiff today’
My wife - ‘ why don’t you put WD40 on it ?’


Speechless . .

https://www.blog.ohmyarthritis.com/the-many-uses-of-wd-40/
Posted with a large pinch of salt .

She might have been joking. After all, she's a top city exec and highly intelligent, and you're a malingerer.

[swanseaboydan]

Not joking unfortunately . .

[rossub]

First time she’s cut the grass for a long time....

Me: did you enjoy that?

Her: well not really, it doesn’t seem to float...

Me: yeah, it’s not a Flymo

Only after I thought for a bit did I realise she actually thought the wheeled Bosch would float...

[kowalski655]

Tonight she needs me to find a dress she wants to buy, after looking at it on her phone, as she cant find in her "History" in Chrome. She asks me to look for it on MY computer!!!
Turns out the daft bint used the app anyway

[alorotom]

“If you weigh yourself in KG you weigh less”

Apparently on probing this statement, it’s something to do with the way BMI is calculated in KG vs Stone/Lb’s but baffled me.

[Teddy Lop]

snowandrocks said:

hersh said:

Have used similar to these and they take a surprising lot of weight

https://www.gripitfixings.co.uk

I tried them recently to hang a relatively heavy mirror. Was quite impressed until it fell off the wall pulling the gripit through the plasterboard in the middle of the night - never leapt out of bed so quickly!

I think screwing into the stud is really the only failsafe for heavy stuff.

Grip-its are st. They do nothing a brolly bolt or spring toggle do except someone has a patent so can charge 50 times the price to non clued up middle class types.

[alorotom]

Teddy Lop said:

snowandrocks said:

hersh said:

Have used similar to these and they take a surprising lot of weight

https://www.gripitfixings.co.uk

I tried them recently to hang a relatively heavy mirror. Was quite impressed until it fell off the wall pulling the gripit through the plasterboard in the middle of the night - never leapt out of bed so quickly!

I think screwing into the stud is really the only failsafe for heavy stuff.

Grip-its are st. They do nothing a brolly bolt or spring toggle do except someone has a patent so can charge 50 times the price to non clued up middle class types.

I have two mirrors (1x100kg and 1x60kg) hung on plasterboard with gripits … neither have moved in the 3yrs since I hung them. I don’t see what peoples problem is - they do the job perfectly well and aren’t expensive.

[Red 5]

alorotom said:

I have two mirrors (1x100kg and 1x60kg) hung on plasterboard with gripits … neither have moved in the 3yrs since I hung them. I don’t see what peoples problem is - they do the job perfectly well and aren’t expensive.

Clearly quite strong, dependent on how the load is applied. That TV was the perfect example of inappropriate use.
The problem is, you are relying on luck.
Hanging 100kg items without strong mechanical fixings is asking for big trouble.
Nobody with a clue would risk it.

How do you know those fixings aren’t partially slipping from their locations right now?
You can’t really have a look, as any movement might remove one, leaving you under a 100kg glass avalanche.

[Teddy Lop]

Red 5 said:

alorotom said:

I have two mirrors (1x100kg and 1x60kg) hung on plasterboard with gripits … neither have moved in the 3yrs since I hung them. I don’t see what peoples problem is - they do the job perfectly well and aren’t expensive.

Clearly quite strong, dependent on how the load is applied. That TV was the perfect example of inappropriate use.
The problem is, you are relying on luck.
Hanging 100kg items without strong mechanical fixings is asking for big trouble.
Nobody with a clue would risk it.

How do you know those fixings aren’t partially slipping from their locations right now?
You can’t really have a look, as any movement might remove one, leaving you under a 100kg glass avalanche.

I wouldn't trust on whatevers holding the plasterboard to the stud to take 100kg TBF

The problem with grip-its as demonstrated by the pic is if blocked they can deform and not deploy properly, and there's no feedback of that, you just have to trust it.