Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 28)

[Bomma220]

Didn't have any trees where we lived. Or an estate.

There was a girl called Jackie who worked in the breakers yard you could get bits from though.

[anonymous-user]

Bomma220 said:

Didn't have any trees where we lived. Or an estate.

There was a girl called Jackie who worked in the breakers yard you could get bits from though.

There is a bloke at the local builders merchants you could get bits off of too, he has a false leg and teeth.

[Bomma220]

V6Pushfit said:

There is a bloke at the local builders merchants you could get bits off of too, he has a false leg and teeth.

Chap I know has a false leg. Lost it on an oil rig.

You'd think a one legged chef would be more careful, but there you go...

[DickyC]

Drove to the auction today with Old Peter. He's a bachelor of pension age who likes to help out occasionally. He lives in digs and is at war with his landlady who thinks he takes advantage of them.

"We'll, I suppose I have got three cars. I'm selling one though."
He paused and then added.
"And four tractors. I had one when I moved in but bought three more. Classics, not modern."
There was another pause.
"And two stationary engines. I take them to shows."
There was yet another pause.
"And a lorry. It's a Crossley. It's very rare. I've been told it's the only one like it."

The woman is a saint if I'm any judge.

[leglessAlex]

I can't say I've ever lost either of my legs more than once...

In trivial news, I have an engineering degree now. A first class one, as it happens.

[57Ford]

My 'bag for life' has developed a hole. My lunchtime sandwich was poking through. I've only had the bag 3 months! Whose life are they basing it on?
Can I sue for misrepresentation? Hmm... maybe I should move this to SP&L?

Edited so as not to fall foul of the Naming & Shaming policy.

Edited by 57Ford on Thursday 22 June 14:04

[Nik da Greek]

leglessAlex said:

In trivial news, I have an engineering degree now. A first class one, as it happens.

(in a non-ironic way, of course)

...any chance you can come and re-engineer my fking leaky garage roof?

[anonymous-user]

57Ford said:

My asda 'bag for life' has developed a hole. My lunchtime sandwich was poking through. I've only had the bag 3 months! Whose life are they basing it on?
Can I sue for misrepresentation? Hmm... maybe I should move this to SP&L?

There was a bloke in Aldi last night whose 'bag for life' had the same problem and started leaking. They made a quick exit.

Horrible.

[57Ford]

V6Pushfit said:

There was a bloke in Aldi last night whose 'bag for life' had the same problem and started leaking. They made a quick exit.

Horrible.

Was it his sandwich too or was it too difficult to tell?

[lucido grigio]

Congratulations Alex.

That makes you approximately 100% more intelligent than me......

[anonymous-user]

57Ford said:

V6Pushfit said:

There was a bloke in Aldi last night whose 'bag for life' had the same problem and started leaking. They made a quick exit.

Horrible.

Was it his sandwich too or was it too difficult to tell?

She tried to make it look like a sandwich, put it that way.

[DickyC]

leglessAlex said:

In trivial news, I have an engineering degree now. A first class one, as it happens.

Congratulations, Alex!

Have you thought about specialising? Aeronautics? Prosthetics? Pinball machines?

[Bomma220]

leglessAlex said:

In trivial news, I have an engineering degree now. A first class one, as it happens.

Well done old chap, Congratulations .

Anyhow, this Old Peter business Dicky. Where on earth is the chap living? On an old airfield somewhere?

[anonymous-user]

DickyC said:

Congratulations, Alex!

Have you thought about specialising? Aeronautics? Prosthetics? Pinball machines?

Civil/structural/aeronautics/mining/electrical/genetic/value?

Or the whole goddamn shabang??

[lucido grigio]

Dinner didn't take long to eat due to me spilling 3/4 of it into the washing up bowl.

Clumsy ,thick .useless all added to the list of my failings.....

[Bomma220]

lucido grigio said:

Dinner didn't take long to eat due to me spilling 3/4 of it into the washing up bowl.

Clumsy ,thick .useless all added to the list of my failings.....

I wouldn't worry too much about that old chap.

I can normally bugger up about 9/5ths of a barbeque

[leglessAlex]

DickyC said:

Congratulations, Alex!

Have you thought about specialising? Aeronautics? Prosthetics? Pinball machines?

Thanks Dicky and others.

I'm going to hopefully do an MSc in Biomedical Engineering and then work in prosthetics R&D. That's the dream anyway

[ali_kat]

leglessAlex said:

I can't say I've ever lost either of my legs more than once...

In trivial news, I have an engineering degree now. A first class one, as it happens.

CBs not got you 'that' drunk yet then

Well done sunshine.

BTW - it seems like we're doing DDs on 27/7 in Remembrance of DMN, I'll keep you all updated.

[DickyC]

leglessAlex said:

Thanks Dicky and others.

I'm going to hopefully do an MSc in Biomedical Engineering and then work in prosthetics R&D. That's the dream anyway

Mate, I can't tell you how cuffed I am. For you to be able to turn something so life-changingly awful into a force for good is off-the-scale admirable.

[EvoDelta]

DickyC said:

Mate, I can't tell you how cuffed I am. For you to be able to turn something so life-changingly awful into a force for good is off-the-scale admirable.

Completely agree. Good on you Alex! Well done.