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its an arm part of a sharpener system. there are different heads in the arm and 3 different arms in that one. i use the horl mostly as most of my knives are fairly sharp andts quick to just top them up. nowt worse than a blunt knife when cooking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Kitchen fire comes a pretty close second :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Man buns.
I'm sure I'm seeing them more often. Can something not be done before it's too late?
It's a sartorial affectation that is popular at the moment. A decade or so previously it was a fashion to sport a single small pigtail at the top of the head.
A current fashion that I do dislike are facial tatoos, and facial piercings: the latter I find so repellent that I can't look at anyone who has them fully in the face.
https://guardian.ng/wp-content/uploa...7911353620.jpg
I see what you mean, but it's somewhere handy to keep your 5" pizza.
There are several tribes in Africa where the women wear lip plates. The largest group are the Mursi who live in the Omo Valley in South Ethiopia, near the northern border with Kenya.
I have seen them when I visited the Omo valley. The Mursi male warriors are considered by many to be the most vicious in Africa. Sporting huge machetes and rifles they are not to be messed with - but they gave us no trouble.
Well you did say earlier that you can't stare people with facial "adornments" fully in the face, and that probably saved you from death or worse :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
No, it's only the women who wear lip plates. The men are 'unadorned'.
A week of mixed fortunes so far...
The first three days of this week might just be the toughest ever for me. Monday saw my phone recording 14,000 steps, half of it pushing a 20kg barrow, the other half with 60kg of old sodden turf on board, filling an 8 yard skip. Then it was cutting a 15 metre trench for drainage, followed by shovelling twelve assorted tons of sand, gravel and soil. I am now aching in places where I didn't know I had places.
But then yesterday I spent an interesting few minutes watching a female sparrowhawk trying her best to get at a sparrow in a bush, while paying no heed to me (it was less than 3 metres away). She was unsuccessful, but it was great entertainment for me. Then the customer's neighbour, who was having a garage clearout gave me a nearly-new Ryobi sander. Maybe because I was making a fuss of her dog.
I tell anyone who'll listen that I'm retiring, but I don't think I can. I'll enjoy a long weekend of chilling, but I just know that by Tuesday I'll be climbing the walls.
Oh, to be young again.
After almost a year, Anita's lad has parted company with his girlfriend. It's taken him almost a year to finally accept that he's allergic to screaming skulls and that she is a SCREAMING SKULL capital letters.
The signs were there from the start, already having three kids by two different dads. And now that she is pregnant again, it's four for three. There's a common denominator there. And to add to the fun, two of the kids have ADHD. Call me cynical and unsympathetic, but when I was at school the correct term was 'little shits'. Now I don't doubt the condition exists, but I suspect it is over-diagnosed, and used to excuse crappy behaviour.
When a teacher phoned yesterday to report the oldest one's violent and unpredictable behaviour, the mother let forth a barrage of abuse with a good dose of expletives her kids would have been proud of, then turned on Anita's son when he had the temerity to suggest the school might have a point when they use d words like accountability and discipline. Basically saying "it's got nothing to do with you, they're my kids". Because mum knows best.
Or maybe he just didn't want to trade in his rather nice Honda Civic for a crappy 7-seater people carrier to ferry them all round in.
So now we'll have an extra body and a shit load of bin bags to shoehorn into our bungalow. What joy.
Sorry for the rant, but then Abstract Chat has been rather quiet today.
Sounds like he's well out of it so that's good.
Can he not live in his car, though? Like Bobby Chariot?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TaEM-CTETI
Well his Honda Civic does have a cigar lighter socket, so heating Cup-a-soups would be no problem :)
Bobby Chariot, never heard of him, very 70s... reminds me a bit of Bernard manning, who once did a stand-up at a pub local to me. He was terrible. Only thing he said that was slightly funny, was how when his old mum was ill, he had to carry her downstairs every morning to make his breakfast. 70s was a bad time for stand-up comedy.
Just returned from shopping in IKEA. What a nightmare: you are supposed to follow a one-way system; many of the items are not clearly marked with their price, and worse of all when you go to the lower level to get to the checkout (all self service) you have to change the plastic carrier sack or bucket for a metal trolley.
Now in itself that should be nothing to get troubled about, but in my case every time I touched the metalwork of the trolley I got a static shock. I got so fed up with that I was obliged to put on my gloves.
I was wearing leather sole shoes, but I can't see how that should have made a difference.
I'm not a fan of IKEA shopping either. We were there a couple of weeks ago for some Kallax shelving for grandkid's toys (not assembled them yet). Time before that was about 3 years ago - we got to checkout, when Anita realised she'd forgotten something. I set off back, going against the one way system. I got a bit lost, so she waited about 20 minutes for my return.
To relieve the boredom I used to predict how many pregnant women I'd see there. Lots of small children now, I guess time marches on.
I don't know who the bloke is that does the tannoy announcements, he sounds like someone's grandfather looking for the exit.
This morning Anita ordered a tall lamp from IKEA on her phone - it will be delivered tomorrow to a post office local to us, for an extra 4 quid. That's more like it :)
The trolleys are designed to keep giving you shocks until you've spent a sufficient amount.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Clever, those Swedes.
Another thing that amused me was the wide range of storage 'cubes' (think they are called KALLAX) allowing the storage of LPs amongst other things, yet the complete absence of any CD storage.
Yes you'd have thought they could've come up with a mini version for CDs by now. I'd buy them. I have an 8-er for LPs, it's holding about 500 albums with one square left.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Only issue with Kallax for LP storage is that they are rather deep and there is no back. But I have a cunning plan :)
I think they are meant to be wall mounted. They do look good and come in a variety of finishes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Based on your experience, I think I would 8 - 12 cubes to hold the rest of my collection.
Buying CD storage new seems to be impossible. Was after some a few years back. Nothing on tinternet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
I eventually got some storage towers from the charity shop but I was checking for ages before any came in. I suppose people just skip them. Probably with the CDs still in them.
I think you're right, wall mounting is the intended method. But my concern would be the weight - based on a rough calculation of an average 5 albums per kg, a filled eight-cube Kallax would weigh in at about 120kg (about 265lb in old money) plus the shelving itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
But just sat directly on the floor just didn't look right to me, so I cut some pieces of 3x2 timber into 100mm lengths, matt sprayed them black and placed them under the shelving. Looks a bit more like proper furniture now.
I've since come across things like this on Amazon - hundreds of different designs and finishes available - but I'm not changing them now.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/QIMEI-SHOP-...%2C106&sr=8-63
And to get around the issue of the albums pushing to the back when taking out/replacing, I'm going to cut 8 pieces of 23x50mm roof tile batten (total cost about 3 quid) and fix them on the shelves towards the back to make a "back stop".
I had forgotten about his shows.....:eek: Priceless. Hello John got a new Motor?Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
He did some great stuff. Alexi Sayle's Stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffin
Think he's just writing books now since they're not allowed to make good TV shows anymore.
Haven't you seen 'Live from the Apollo'? There's a female one, a black one, and a middle class white guy, or there might be a lesbian, a Muslim guy, and a yes, a middle class white guy, who wants to talk about his kids. They're all about as funny as sitting in a hospital waiting room for a colonoscopy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
What, you're saying a colonoscopy can't be funny?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
https://youtu.be/MAFdKiK_loI?t=3
Yesterday a customer offered me a biscuit from a tub full she had baked in readiness for Eid al-Fitr today, and when I said it was nice she tipped a load into another tub for me to take home. Then her husband appeared from nowhere to give me two bananas. I've had a variety of gifts over the years, but two bananas does seem particularly random.
He could at least have given me a tin of custard to go with them.
He was lurking with those bananas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Just spent the last two weeks completely redecorating my partner's flat. So that's kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom.
Everybody thinks my overalls are a new sartorial direction for me, and that I have changed my aftershave to white spirits. :D
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8c/ab/7c/8...31acd2f099.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
It's a look that's been around for a while... Well done with the decorating, but you missed a bit :D
Nah - my 'overalls' are actually a boiler suit; the sort you climb into. But they do have a fashionable rip in one of the knees! :lol:
My partner has offered to buy me a new replacement. When I had a look online, and found one for £250, she lost interest. :D
:eek: £250? What were the buttons made of?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
These look to be decent value, but postage is bit much. Maybe the Post Office are anticipating some big expenses coming up...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315196864...Bk9SR9CMo6baYw
Your first boiler suit should last a lifetime. The stains and repairs are like campaign medals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Mine would have done but someone borrowed it in 1997 and I never got it back.
These work fine for storage-Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/gnedby-...hite-40277143/
It did - it belonged to my father. I now use it, and it's been used hard and I have never had the rips or worn parts patched. It's too far gone to do anything about it nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Surprisingly it has very few stains on it - I'm far too neat and tidy when painting to let that happen.
They're made by an outfit called &SONS and are called Churchill Denim Coveralls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
I can't find a direct link, but only showed it to my partner as a joke.
People earning six figure salaries complaining that they're skint:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/othe...y/ar-BB1lxKru?
This poor bloke is barely getting by:
''We have the same holidays we had £50,000 ago. We might go on holiday once a year to somewhere like Portugal, and we’ll stay in a Hilton. We might do a tasting menu in central London once every three months.''
My heart bleeds for them
Imagine being reduced to staying in a Hilton. I mean it's barely above sleeping in a cardboard box under a flyover.Quote:
Originally Posted by guy
And he's able to save 1.5k per month!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I'm moving into a flat in 2 weeks, £925 rent per month, which is cheap for Brighton & Hove!! The kitchen is tiny, but apart from that it's quite nice, haven't told them about my dog, hope it doesn't cause problems. Gee I wish I owned my flat, and had 1.5K per month to save, times sure are hard here. Apart from that I'm only able to cook my own food, chicken most days, and since I've given up alcohol I must be saving, oooh, £2000 per month!!! No em, £200 per month? Not bad when you think about it, that's £1200 per year, a holiday in Portugal perhaps? Anyways, looking forward to being back in the centre of town, I really fucking hate catching buses.
Where's yer van? Or is it like a lot of places, where using the bus is cheaper than city centre parking?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
£925 per month does sound pretty good for city centre accommodation - we pay about £150 per month less than that, but we do live a bit out in the sticks where you need transport to get to anything interesting. Still, that's for a detached bungalow with lots of garden, your dog would be well pleased once he got used to the funny accents.
£995/month round here gets you this
https://i.ibb.co/s5LXYNz/house.jpg
In a good area too, not in the ghetto like where I live.
Studio flats are around £450/month for a tidy one.
That looks pretty tidy, and a decent size for a new 'un. Ok it's a semi, but they have thoughtfully built it with the front doors together, which means the lounges (listening rooms :)) are at the opposite ends of the building. So you can play your bagpipes as loud as you like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Yep, and if you want it extra loud they've provided a garage to convert into a dedicated room as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Although I suppose the landlord might have an issue with that.
Van is rather large for popping out to a cafe!! Besides I walk my dog in the afternoons, but cos its always raining now we have to get the bus, or if not then she just can't walk that far anymore. A bunglow in Brighton would be rented out for about £1800!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
How do you know that the lounges are at separate end of the building?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
I recognise the layout from the outside view. Walking through the front door you'll have a small wc and washbasin to the right, and a long narrow hallway leading to lounge on the left, stairs on the right and dining kitchen at the end. Probably.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
A music lover's guide to house buying:
https://www.farrellheyworth.co.uk/re...nt_800x600.jpg
Wrong. Doors apart means lounges adjoining.
https://mr0.homeflow-assets.co.uk/fi...D240175_01.jpg
Correct. Doors together means lounges apart. And having a downstairs bog next to the front door can be handy if you get home desperate for a dump :)
Aah, I see!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony