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Stainless steel screws, which, after a couple of years outdoors, leave an orange streak.
The clue is in the second half of the name.
Its not stainnever steel.
After only TWENTY EIGHT YEARS they've only gone and changed the OD of the parasol tube.
I'm not sure as there was ever a "standard." There are two holes with metal tubes in my yard left by the previous house owners, I wanted to use one to mount a rotary clothes dryer. Turned out that both tubes are different diameters and I had to compare multiple airers to find one which would fit with one of the existing tubes rather than the supplied mount.
Next time I'm reluctantly dragged to a garden centre I'm taking the calipers 🙂 I dunno why I assumed they'd be the same other than mk1 eyeball. It's not like I've not been exposed to "MTB" standards! But it would have been fab if it has been say 20mm not 2. Probably wouldn't have noticed then.
Reply To All replies on mass emails, especially those that are single word replies like "great". Did you think everyone needed to see that?
Reply To All replies on mass emails, especially those that are single word replies like "great". Did you think everyone needed to see that?
Should be the sift criteria for redundancy programmes.....
Reading training material that i wrote *20 years ago* being reused in the wrong context, so it doesn't make any bloody sense anymore!!!
Strongly worded email already sent.
Reading training material that i wrote *20 years ago* being reused in the wrong context, so it doesn't make any bloody sense anymore!!!
Strongly worded email already sent.
Oh that reminds me, people presenting me a document I wrote as though they had written it!
Clearly they have never read said document or they would have noticed my name on it!
They are almost always using it to justify the opposite to what it actually says!
Listening to the lad on the train dumping his girlfriend by phone because she "goes around in short shorts and with her tits hanging out."
Though at least I'd recognise her if she comes to meet him at the station
Seems a bit unfair. She could be swanning around naked covered in her own shart.
Fockin Liz Truss - talking utter tosh with a MAGA hat on - or maybe i should be sympathetic cos she's clearly lost it......
Nah she is fully evil
The 'Num lock' key on PC keyboard, what is the point?
I often need to use the number pad for work and I regularly hit Num lock by mistake due to my sausage fingers. I haven't yet found a way to enable the Num lock to be permanently on without access to BIOS (I don’t have access to BIOS on work computer).
If it's a regular full-size keyboard, pry off the keycap (or wedge a bit of card underneath it).
Anyway I'm going to ring them up later. If they have an ACD explaining they are dealing with an unusually high level of calls, I shall be back here !
I emailed them instead and
"Due to the fantastic weather we're currently experiencing, our team is receiving an exceptionally high volume of enquiries. As a result, responses may take a little longer than usual.
Please be assured that we are working hard to get back to you as quickly as possible and truly appreciate your patience and understanding during this busy period."
They have made un-evidenced assumptions regarding my "patience and understanding" 😡
When you get the “Who agreed to that?” / “What, you want a holiday?” spiel from your boss.
Comedy gold.
Err...thanks for the info, subtitles!:
The 'Num lock' key on PC keyboard, what is the point?
I often need to use the number pad for work and I regularly hit Num lock by mistake due to my sausage fingers. I haven't yet found a way to enable the Num lock to be permanently on without access to BIOS (I don’t have access to BIOS on work computer).
Speak to your IT dept?
When I worked support years ago, I used to love doing little quality of life jobs like that, made a nice change from 'why is the printer not working again" 😊
Oh that reminds me, people presenting me a document I wrote as though they had written it!I had that shortly after i started here. I'd written a few chapters of a training course (and contributed to the book that the course was based on) then emigrated/moved company/etc.Clearly they have never read said document or they would have noticed my name on it!
Been here about a month and some poor bugger was strong armed into running the training. Page one of the training slide deck pops up, BIIIIIIG title block, reference to the book immediately under and then a list of contributors and the companies they represented, my name is about 1/3rd of the way down with my old employer listed... took about 30 seconds for the laughing to start.
Pointy bottomed sieves can get in the sea! Forcing me into the deepest darkest recesses of the kitchen just to find something they'll sit on without wobbling due to touching bottom.
Some potential crossover to political threads, but ...
Got a letter from the NHS for an appointment for an ultrasound. It's for a time I'm away, so I called to rearrange. I'll actually be away for a while, so the person said they'd have to wait until next month to make a new appointment and send out a new letter. As I'm away, I won't be able to receive the letter (duh). I asked if they can send an email or - wonder of wonders - use the NHS app to contact me? In short - no they can't/won't. So when I'm back I'll have to see when the new appointment is for and then rearrange if necessary - giving them little notice to fill the slot. It's not that I'm wanting them to accommodate me - I choose to be away, that's on me. But surely it would be more efficient all round if - in 2025 - they could use a more efficient means of communication?
Ah @DrJ I feel your pain !
Gloucester Royal - App to tell you you're getting a letter. Letter in PDF form notified via app.. Text before your appt and a ping on the App. It's a bit needy but all seems to work. Turn up, book in and now you have your proper time to start waiting 😉 To be fair fracture clinic has been pretty good in terms of time if not in consistency of message/advice.
Hereford - do you own a telex machine? or a horse? Letter for appt, letter after appt with what is generally script/randomness not related to appt, letter to my GP. Needed to move an appt, get a new one, I say "it's in my diary, all good, please don't waste time/paper sending me out a new letter". Four days later a new letter arrives.
It's playing blooming hell with capacity in the recycling bin!
Temporary traffic lights in a 30 built-up area, covering a space that's smaller than a parked car (gutter repair).
The roadworks have finished, but you didn't really need them in the first place, just put a few reflective cones out and collect them when you've done. It's too hot to sit in traffic needlessly!
Not coordinating works so that the other route has an equally needless temporary set of lights. Did you not see the Heineken ad?
Consultants from the big 4 who have turned up on mass for the last 2 weeks and clearly haven’t got the beginning of a clue despite claiming to be specialist in their area. They are getting the law wrong
The way that the pad separating spring in a bike brake caliper means you cannot see the gap between pads and disc through the only bit of the caliper that you could otherwise see straight through without being a contortionist.
(I grudgingly accept the need for the spring and whybit is there but I don't have to LIKE where it is)
The signs on the M6 that tell you the M6 Toll is clear. Of course it is, it’s the toll road. What I really need to know is if the M6 itself is clear so I can decide whether or not to spaff £10.50 on the toll road.
Temporary traffic lights in a 30 built-up area, covering a space that's smaller than a parked car (gutter repair).
The roadworks have finished, but you didn't really need them in the first place, just put a few reflective cones out and collect them when you've done. It's too hot to sit in traffic needlessly!
Not coordinating works so that the other route has an equally needless temporary set of lights. Did you not see the Heineken ad?
I saw a report that there are 7 sets of temporary lights in Chapel en le Frith this week. It's not big enough for 3!
Might have raised this one before, but they did a little bit of road works outside my old place ~30 years ago, they finished, reinstated the white and yellow lines, sealed the tarmac patch and then left the lights and generator there, blocking off one lane for (literally) 5 metres, directly opposite one of the two major access roads into a housing estate of ~500 middle managers.
Just enough space for two traffic lights, the generator/trailer thing, about 10 cones and a couple of barriers.
The little man came by once or twice a week to refill the fuel tank and it just sat there chugging away, 10 m from my bedroom window, continually, for probably a month. Got fed up one night (drink may have been involved), shut the generator down and moved the whole lot a little way down the road into an off road space. It stayed there for another few weeks, then disappeared when i was at work one day.
The signs on the M6 that tell you the M6 Toll is clear. Of course it is, it’s the toll road. What I really need to know is if the M6 itself is clear so I can decide whether or not to spaff £10.50 on the toll road.
Rule of thumb: if it says "M6 toll clear" then the M6 is also flowing freely. If it says that there are delays on the M6, then the M6 toll is worth the money.
In further exiting garden furniture news, not only did I get an email back offering me a replacement part for the princely sum of £10 but also a follow up phone call from a very helpful fella explaining it was the last one, as the original German factory had gone bust and now they ordered everything from China.
He added "so the new stuff lasts about 28 months not 28 years". I was disproportionately sad about that.
Still I'll soon be able to erect my new 3m parasol WITH SOLAR LIGHTS so I can sit under some low powered glow worms shivering in a blanket soon.
I have a new colleague who insists on using double question marks on everything. I am very close to telling them to do one. It's needless and makes your simple questions look aggressive.
My boss likes to send emails telling me to do stuff I've already done. When I point this out, instead of saying "Thanks, 10 I knew I could count on you", he likes to send me another task. In this case, I can't do both tasks simultaneously. So, I guess it's a trap! /Ackbar
The roadworks on the M8 at Charing Cross which have been going for about a decade with no end in sight and which seriously reduce the capacity of the road. The roadworks have been in place for longer than it took to build the road from scratch.
Her: "This room needs repainting."
Me: "Wait, what? I only painted it a couple of years ago, surely it's the last room that needs painting?"
Her: "Yeah, but there's marks all over it, it's been bugging me for weeks."
Me: wipes wall down "There you go."
Her: "... but I've bought all the paint!"
The Vitality intro/outro at every ad break on Sky in the cricket.
That is all...for now.
Her: "... but I've bought all the paint!"
My response to that would be, "crack on then, love! or take the paint back for a refund, if you need me, I'll be down the pub" 😆
Now, I actually think I’m proportionally cross about someone dropping their dog leavings in our Wheelie bin this morning. Yes it’s better than leaving it on the street, but our bin now reeks of shit, due to having shit in an untied bag dumped within.
Is it disproportionate that I’ve ordered a wireless camera, for next day delivery and fully intend to return any further leavings of the one of four suspects?
It won’t be in a bag.
Her: "This room needs repainting."
Me: "Wait, what? I only painted it a couple of years ago, surely it's the last room that needs painting?"
Her: "Yeah, but there's marks all over it, it's been bugging me for weeks."
Me: wipes wall down "There you go."
Her: "... but I've bought all the paint!"
I once ‘helped’ a friend in a similar situation. I turned up, declared we needed a pint first, drank all afternoon.
My friend was concerned nothing had been done and wife was due home soon.
so I got him to throw some dust sheets on stuff, open a few cans of paint and we painted around the light switches, corners and any visible marks.
Worked a treat. Wife was happy, we’d had a fun afternoon in the pub.
"I have a new colleague who insists on using double question marks on everything. I am very close to telling them to do one"
That seems like a sensible course of action and hopefully he'll take on board your comments and just use a single question mark from now on. 😄
I once ‘helped’ a friend in a similar situation. I turned up, declared we needed a pint first, drank all afternoon.
My friend was concerned nothing had been done and wife was due home soon.
so I got him to throw some dust sheets on stuff, open a few cans of paint and we painted around the light switches, corners and any visible marks.
Worked a treat. Wife was happy, we’d had a fun afternoon in the pub.
Is it disproportionate that I’ve ordered a wireless camera, for next day delivery and fully intend to return any further leavings of the one of four suspects?
It won’t be in a bag.
Large paper bag on doorstep, set light, ring bell, run 🙃
Something that annoys me, has done for years, and watching The Assassin on Prime, it happened on there and it still annoys me:
whenever people are shown using binoculars, the view they’re apparently seeing is this:
But it’s not like that it’s a circle, as anyone who’s ever used binoculars knows!
That really does bug me! 😖
Is it disproportionate that I’ve ordered a wireless camera,
When you could've bought a padlock instead, probably.
The chances of me remembering to unlock the bin, for the Bin men are slim.
The rubber caps for the charger ports on Exposure lights never seem to just pop back on easily. 3 months of not needing lights had caused me to forget this!
The very existence of The Hundred.