Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life Volume 36
Discussion
Bomma R1 said:
Known by Saltley Loco Depot fitters as ‘a screwdriver’ 
I am currently ensconced at Small Heath International Railfreight Emporium, a vast open swathe of nothingness set in a sea of concrete, glass, weeds and bizarrely unfathomable graffiti. I can see the Rotunda on the horizon. Imagine ‘Bladerunner’ but with Brummie accents, you get the picture.
The Rotunda? I remember visiting Birmingham with a friend many years ago, we seemed to end up hopelessly lost in an attempt to escape the city centre.
I recall that no matter which way we tried to go, the Rotunda was always on the right hand side of us. I can only that assume we were going around in bloody circles...
I recall that no matter which way we tried to go, the Rotunda was always on the right hand side of us. I can only that assume we were going around in bloody circles...
Bomma R1 said:
Bobberoo99 said:
It's a good suggestion Bomma old chap, if just a little extreme, I may start with a toffee hammer and gradually progress until a suitable outcome is achieved!!!
It's just that I've heard of folk giving the pump a good whack if it's playing up. Mind, I think that's if it refuses to start rather than if it runs constantly.Anyhow, you weren't to know, were you?
I know some heating pumps have an overrun timer thing, maybe that needs a flick with a wet towel. Don't for gawd's sake take any advice from me on such matters though, you'll end up either flooding the place or burning it to the ground. Or both.
Old Viking motto: "Pillage before you burn". You know it makes sense.
StuntmanMike said:
White Stiletto said:
StuntmanMike said:
Very good S&M. I think this went well over the heads of the assembled multitude.
That’s one switched on kiddy in that picture.
Dibble said:
StuntmanMike said:
First check in on the thread for a day or two. I got the perishing reference... YSWIDT?
An excellent piece of advice there Dermot O'logical, sadly Mrs Bobbers is still insisting that I leave it alone!!! 
She muttered something about "remember what happened to my car when you tried to fix it!!!"
I have absolutely no idea who that bloke is or what the reference is, but I do know what IYSWIDT stands for!!!!
She muttered something about "remember what happened to my car when you tried to fix it!!!"
I have absolutely no idea who that bloke is or what the reference is, but I do know what IYSWIDT stands for!!!!
Bobberoo99 said:
An excellent piece of advice there Dermot O'logical, sadly Mrs Bobbers is still insisting that I leave it alone!!!
She muttered something about "remember what happened to my car when you tried to fix it!!!"
I have absolutely no idea who that bloke is or what the reference is, but I do know what IYSWIDT stands for!!!!
It's probably best to let S&M explain, after all he found the photo and he may have had first hand experience. I only know because I read about him in a novel.She muttered something about "remember what happened to my car when you tried to fix it!!!"
I have absolutely no idea who that bloke is or what the reference is, but I do know what IYSWIDT stands for!!!!
Bobbers, the submarine command course is known as the perisher course, and submarine commanders are known as perishers.
Every RN submarine has two perishers on board, the commander and the 2IC ( second in command).
If you go on this course and fail, you will never set foot on a submarine again.
It’s recognised as the toughest command course there is.
The main instructor is known as ‘Teacher’.
The man in the photo is Jim Perks, a former sub driver and former ‘Teacher’.
So he is the guy that teaches the best of the best.
Even the US navy admits everyone fears a RN attack boat.
Every RN submarine has two perishers on board, the commander and the 2IC ( second in command).
If you go on this course and fail, you will never set foot on a submarine again.
It’s recognised as the toughest command course there is.
The main instructor is known as ‘Teacher’.
The man in the photo is Jim Perks, a former sub driver and former ‘Teacher’.
So he is the guy that teaches the best of the best.
Even the US navy admits everyone fears a RN attack boat.
Also Bobbers there is an old series called ‘How to command a nuclear submarine’ I think it’s on Amazon prime.
Jim Perks is the Teacher on it, well recommended.
You get to see blokes looking through a periscope and doing trigonometry in their head making decisions with a type 22 frigate attacking them.
Jim Perks is the Teacher on it, well recommended.
You get to see blokes looking through a periscope and doing trigonometry in their head making decisions with a type 22 frigate attacking them.
DickyC said:
StuntmanMike said:
You get to see blokes looking through a periscope and doing trigonometry in their head making decisions with a type 22 frigate attacking them.
If you're ever tempted to give me conn remember I get flustered at supermarket checkouts. Right then I'm off for a kip!!
Bomma R1 said:
Bobberoo99 said:
Right then I'm off for a kip!!
At 3 in the afternoon? Haven't moved to bloody Spain have you old boy? 
Well, Robbopoppetlet has gone home with her Mummy, I have put all our toys away, cleared up all the Play-doh and the debris, and peace has descended on the homestead. The sun has decided to come out as well, but it's perishing cold out there, so I'm just chillin' in the conservatory listening to the voices in my head.
Life is good.
Is it beer o'clock yet?
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