Tell us something really trivial about your life Volume 40

[fatboy18]

Byker28i said:

fatboy18 said:

Good Moaning
https://www.turkeyrun.com/

That is all

Nice, unfortunately we've the grandkids this weekend and Santa is coming to the Christmas Market in the castle. He usually abseils down the huge tower, practicing for all those chimneys obviously

Santa was probably upset when Fred Dibnah hanged up his clogs, going down those big stacks op norf must have been a mission!

[glenrobbo]

fatboy18 said:

Good Moaning
https://www.turkeyrun.com/

That is all

I have struggled to find out exactly where this event is to be held:
I am presuming it is actually not in the UK, but somewhere in Merika?
Possibly at or near Daytona Beach Raceway?

If so, Ah'm oot, as my sponsors refuse to stump up the travel insurance costs.

Sorry, Fatboy.

[DickyC]

hammo19 said:

Byker28i said:

hammo19 said:

Scaffolding still needs to be broken down, you just can’t rely on these blokes.

In laws staying tonight as off to NCL early tomorrow heading for Tenerife. House will need sprucing up, packing has already been completed.

I got told they leave the scaffolding there as 'storage' until it's needed for another job

Think I’ll charge them front of house rental in that case.

When we had the extension built and the front garden filled with material, I noticed some of it was being taken by the builders. A couple of lads from the same company but not working on the house would turn up with a truck and take stuff. I let it go for a while and then asked if they were using our house as a yard. Matters improved over a couple of days. If they'd have just asked, we would probably have agreed.

[fatboy18]

glenrobbo said:

fatboy18 said:

Good Moaning
https://www.turkeyrun.com/

That is all

I have struggled to find out exactly where this event is to be held:
I am presuming it is actually not in the UK, but somewhere in Merika?
Possibly at or near Daytona Beach Raceway?

If so, Ah'm oot, as my sponsors refuse to stump up the travel insurance costs.

Sorry, Fatboy.

Yes, the Venue is across the puddle in the continent of the US of A.
Its called the Turkey run because it co-inside's with Thanksgiving weekend. The area around Daytona is packed with petrolheads in Hot Rods, Classics, Customs of all types. Oh and there's a Beer fest too! T

[Bomma R1]

That's enough boat buggering for one day, I'm off to the horse spittle to see how Futtette's fairing.

Pumping her full of antibiotics on a drip thing, they are. Gawd knows where it all goes, if I was in charge of doing it I'd be worried that she'd burst.

Never mind, I'm sure they know what they're doing.

[Bobberoo]

glenrobbo said:

Bobbers, I hope your day is not too fraught with unneccesary problems, there does seem to be a need for a review of inspection procedures at wemakeplanebits.com to validate first-offs prior to producing large batches of scrap or non-compliant components necessitating lots of reworking or expensive concessions.
Is there a shortage of qualified inspectors?
There seems to be to much shutting the stable door after all the horses have bolted!

Thanks for the kind words glenrobbo, sadly it is just a continuation of yesterday's crap.

As for the part about inspection, qualified people, and procedures, we have reams of paperwork for different processes and procedures, we have a fully staffed inspection department, sadly we also have a union, which protects individuals and makes disciplining them incredibly difficult.
We have a weak leadership team and a general lack of skill base, which unfortunately is an industry wide problem.

I could pontificate for hours on just how many issues we have.

[Byker28i]

glenrobbo said:

...so I intend to get Up! & Atom and attempt a bit of a walk. Not far, probably just to there and back, which is a bit further than previous forays. A policy of incremental improvenents, eventually leading to advancements by leaps and bounds, probably mostly in my imagination.

All sounds good progress GR.

When I had my knee rebuilt, I was really bored at home, so when it snowed I was sat outside on a dining room chair having a snowball fight with the local kids.
Mrs B was not impressed when she came home and caught me.

[Byker28i]

glenrobbo said:

fatboy18 said:

Good Moaning
https://www.turkeyrun.com/

That is all

I have struggled to find out exactly where this event is to be held:
I am presuming it is actually not in the UK, but somewhere in Merika?
Possibly at or near Daytona Beach Raceway?

If so, Ah'm oot, as my sponsors refuse to stump up the travel insurance costs.

Sorry, Fatboy.

Convalescence? I understand Orlando is nice this time of the year
1801 West International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach;
From I-95 S, take exit 261-A; from I-95 N, take exit 261. From I-4, take exit 129. Located on US 92 (International Speedway Blvd.) 60 miles from Orlando, St. Augustine, and Kennedy Space Center.

[Dermot O'Logical]

Is it that time already??

Good aftermorn, then. I haven't overslept, I'm in the midst of a busy day, and I thought that the worst part of it would be that I'm on bin duty this afternoon, which means that I'm responsible for removing all of the sacks of rubbish from the wheelie bins and forming them into separate piles (recycling and general waste) for collection on the morrow. What could possibly go wrong?

I live in a block of 20 apartments. We have two (2) colours of wheelie bin, green for recyclables and blue for other household waste. We bought the wheelie bins ourselves, due to the unique way in which the local Council is funded, because we needed receptacles for the bags of waste which were rodent-proof. Good idea. Who knew that rats could gnaw their way through a wheelie bin? None of our blue bins have been unblemished by the little feckers either eating their way in, or becoming trapped and eating their way out.

Eventually, they appear to have lost interest, and gone elsewhere.

And, as it turns out, as a result of a little light toof-phlossing last Friday evening, a part of one of my teef which had been previously repaired, became un-repaired, and popped out onto the bathroom floor. So suddenly the bin duty became the second-worst part of my day, after reconstruction of a large section of tooth, achieved by what felt like scaffolding being erected by the dentist, who appeared to have climbed inside my mouth, much drilling and reconstruction, followed by more drilling and grinding. Followed by a session with the lovely hygenist for removal of six months worth of limescale deposits, and polishing. At least I now have a fully functioning and immaculate set of gnashers, all without the need for a safety net or anaesthetic.

I expect even Bobbers' day has been better than mine.

[Bomma R1]

I must be getting old.

I've just seen a paramedic over at the hospital, she hardly looked older than Grandbomma.

She's 11 at the mo.

Hellfire.

[Bomma R1]

Mind, shouldn't be surprised really.

Had a couple of coppers at the boatyard last week, investigating a break in at a nearby property they were.

I swear they were only about 14, bloody pair of them.

[fatboy18]

Cheese Breath, Ive just eaten a tub of Christmas mini Cheddars! Now to hide tub from mrs fatboy!

[pequod]

Bomma R1 said:

That's enough boat buggering for one day, I'm off to the horse spittle to see how Futtette's fairing.

Pumping her full of antibiotics on a drip thing, they are. Gawd knows where it all goes, if I was in charge of doing it I'd be worried that she'd burst.

Never mind, I'm sure they know what they're doing.

I trust Futtette is feeling better Bom, you didn't say?

[hammo19]

DickyC said:

hammo19 said:

Byker28i said:

hammo19 said:

Scaffolding still needs to be broken down, you just can’t rely on these blokes.

In laws staying tonight as off to NCL early tomorrow heading for Tenerife. House will need sprucing up, packing has already been completed.

I got told they leave the scaffolding there as 'storage' until it's needed for another job

Think I’ll charge them front of house rental in that case.

When we had the extension built and the front garden filled with material, I noticed some of it was being taken by the builders. A couple of lads from the same company but not working on the house would turn up with a truck and take stuff. I let it go for a while and then asked if they were using our house as a yard. Matters improved over a couple of days. If they'd have just asked, we would probably have agreed.

Scaffolding has gone,
I repeat scaffolding has gone.
They did need it for another job.

[pequod]

fatboy18 said:

Cheese Breath, Ive just eaten a tub of Christmas mini Cheddars! Now to hide tub from mrs fatboy!

I noticed the Christmas adverts have started, unusually M&S haven't promoted their 'Nigella's Special Selection' of snacks yet. This could be a major error, if consumption has already begun of Mini Cheddars, and no mistake! Early bird, and all that...

[pequod]

hammo19 said:

Scaffolding has gone,
I repeat scaffolding has gone.
They did need it for another job.

Marvellous. I imagine the threat of charging for storage may have prompted their response? Eh?

[Bobberoo]

fatboy18 said:

Cheese Breath, Ive just eaten a tub of Christmas mini Cheddars! Now to hide tub from mrs fatboy!

Rinse your mouth out with bourbon?
Gnaw on a garlic bulb?
Gargle with brandy?

[Bomma R1]

pequod said:

Bomma R1 said:

That's enough boat buggering for one day, I'm off to the horse spittle to see how Futtette's fairing.

Pumping her full of antibiotics on a drip thing, they are. Gawd knows where it all goes, if I was in charge of doing it I'd be worried that she'd burst.

Never mind, I'm sure they know what they're doing.

I trust Futtette is feeling better Bom, you didn't say?

She's on the mend now old boy, thanks.

The team who are looking after her are pleased with the progress so far, apparently they need to keep her on the drip for a little bit longer and if all's well she can return home.

Thank The Lord There's so much washing up in the sink, there's barely enough room to have a piss in it

[Bobberoo]

So sorry to hear of your toothy woes Dermot O'Logical, not what you need at any time of year.

[Jordie Barretts sock]

Managed to rip the front bumper off my Auris this morning. Reversed onto the grass to turn around and caught the bottom of the bumper on the concrete lip. Looked like it had had a stroke, palsy all on the driver's side.

Anyway, five minutes swearing, and two minutes of lift and push in the right places and it's all back together like nothing had happened. Of course I was covered in mud...