Maybe if they made cheese that wasn’t gross they’d sell more? 😁

Definitely not a plumber as my plumbing always leaks!!

I had a crack at plumbing in my mid-thirties when NHS analyst/developer contract work dried up for me.

Did one job.

Whilst in a crawl space I decided my various biking injuries were too much and I was already too old. **** it off and eventually returned to the glowing screen.

I’d have gone for carpentry/cabinet making as an ideal, but figured plumbing was easier to launch a career from. And it would have taken me years to get any good at it as I’m a bit of a slow learner with manual/DIY stuff.

I’ve got an NVQ in plumbing, though and what I learnt comes in handy from time to time.

Also:don’t become a postman. Worst time of my life, that – genuinely came close to ‘going postal’!

Now in the NHS for real, although fixed-term and it seems to be a surprisingly safe place to be. But I do have some quite in demand skills – I can use Excel, don’t you know!! 🙄

A pound off this week and still under target.

Rob is quite happy with that.

I turned out of a field into a street party in Burghfield on a ride this afternoon. There were 3 people, all at a sensible distance from one another (:

‘We’ won in Europe, don’t you know!

I’m a bit uppy-downy, but under target, so I’m pretty happy.

Another reason to shift some fat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52561757

This tubby thing is very much a reason for caution – we’re focussing on BMI>25 as one indicator of risk. I’m now at 24…

What’s German Yoga?

https://lmgtfy.com/?q=german+yoga&t=i

Crikey, indeed!

Mayonnaise you do, so why not eggs?

Because it’s an emulsion?

*Do not use it on your skirting boards

Chocolate, no, we freeze it. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

That’d be messy!

Done.

No time travel was involved.

Hozelock metal are decent. The plastic are good, but smash fairly easily.

I used to make them, don’t you know…

Jubilee clip, rather than tape to keep the hose attached.

Rob’s been drinking too much.
Rob’s weight is going the worng way.
No alcohol for Rob for the next month – it’s become far too much of a habit to drink every night…

Don’t sign anything.

I think I’ll follow this advice :)

They can’t enter the place to evict you; they can’t set debt collectors on you; and the courts are closed so they can’t formally evict you anyway.

Apparently, no eviction petitions will be looked at until the end of June ATM, so there doesn’t seem much they could do.

I think we’ll be telling them we need an assured notice period to give us time to find us a new hovel in which to dwell.

So… They’ve agreed a sale and want us to sign a contract, which as I read it, gives us 2 weeks notice to get out once lockdown is lifted.

4 The property is sold with vacant possession.

5 Representations
Neither party can rely on any representation made by the other, unless made in writing by the other or his conveyancer, but this does not exclude liability for fraud or recklessness.

6 Occupier’s consent
Each occupier identified below agrees with the seller and the buyer, in consideration of their entering into this contract, that the occupier concurs in the sale of the property on the terms of this contract, undertakes to vacate the property on or before the completion date and releases the property and any included fixtures and contents from any right or interest that the occupier may have.

Note: this condition does not apply to occupiers under leases or tenancies subject to which the property is sold.

7 “Force Majeure – Public Health Emergencies

Should either party be unable to complete this matter due to regulations imposed by the UK Government or guidance given by Public Health England [Public Health Wales] or their Agencies in relation to the novel Coronavirus Covid-19, specifically legal or practical restrictions on movement of persons essential to the transaction and/or where the banking system is restricted or prevented from receiving and transferring monies, then neither party will be deemed to be in default for this period and the Completion Date shall be delayed to such other date as agreed by the Parties not later than 14 days after the said regulations have been revoked or the said guidance has ceased to apply and the banking system is up and running and, in the absence of an agreement, the Completion Date shall be the 14th day after such revocation or cessation. Nothing in this Force Majeure provision shall have the effect of annulling or frustrating the strict contractual obligations of the parties but only to delay these obligations for the period described in this clause. In the event that completion does not take place by …… 2020 then either party may serve written notice upon the other rescinding the Contract with immediate effect and with no further recourse thereafter to the other party.”

They can’t put dates in as it’s a case of who knows when, but it doesn’t seem great.

For a dessert, rice pudding straight from the tin is where it’s at

I’d rather eat my own shite.

Hot or cold?

Baked beans are **** gross!

I don’t mind drinking a can of cold soup, mind…

Chandoo has lots for learning Excel

They’re probably after the sausages

Remember to say malaka as often as possible

just looked it up, ill try not to 😀

I’m seriously! I go to Crete a lot and malaka, or variations of, are used like punctuation.

Malaka, malakas, malako, malakeas – wherever you can fit it in.

See also: pousti
e.g. Pousti malakas :)

Remember to say malaka as often as possible :)

Shall we be friends too? 🤗🤗

Not racist in a similar way to Ron Atkinson, it seems.

The key is Newton’s second law

Third

I have found that home working means I drink much less water than in the office.

Rob, also.
Now there’s no one making tea rounds I completely forget.

Maybe I’ve misunderstood what the numbers on your graph mean

No maybe about it

Leather good to learn with. Progress to wire.

If it’s impacting your shoulders you’re doing it worng.

Best starting without a rope to get used to bouncing.

Doubt they’re SIDs if they’re 20mm, so guessing Revelation.

Dammit! Should have looked closer.

Rob votes 2010 SIDs

What does Rob win if Rob is correct?

Wrist guards are a good idea too.

Rob’s left wrist agrees.

Don’t underestimate how **** difficult it is

I think it’s been amazing how easy I have found it to get back on track with weight loss during this time. I work away a lot and eat rubbish food because I have no self-control and get bored so eat. Whilst at home I have exercised, eaten at a decent time, eaten well.

Enforced WFH/lockdownlite is doing wonders for me! I now have time to go shopping and cook and make salads.
I’m losing weight without really trying as I can’t go to the pub every night, I’m drinking less and can be arsed to ride a bike again – YAAAAAAY!!

stripeysocks
Member
Long time lurker on STW now joining for chub club Q2.

Welcome, stripes!
Being portly, falling to bits and not riding mountain bikes is what we’re all about – you’ll fit right in :)

You spelt wrong wrong.

That’s the joke

LOOKUP is duff as the numbers do not run sequentially

Maybe so, but vlookup() need not be sequential unless you’re using it to do a binary search.

Now someone is going to tell me that what I done is pure muppetry and then tell me what I should do.

If it works, it works. I’d use ifna() as it’s specifically for missing values instead of all errors.

VLOOKUP is rubbish.

Worng

=IF(ISERROR(MATCH(target_number,A1:A100,0)),”number ain’t there”,INDEX(B1:B100,(MATCH(“target number”,A1:A100,0)))

Also worng – you’re missing a parentheses :p

OP: nest your Index(Match()) inside IFNA()

I’ve had the washing machine and boiler both pack up this week. They got sorted double quick – the sparky said work has vanished, so you might not have that much issue finding someone to do it.

NIN might not be the first band you’d think of for ambient, but hey – these are free

GHOSTS V: TOGETHER AND GHOSTS VI: LOCUSTS

Edit: Dammit! Hadn’t noticed it’d already been posted…

chrisdb
Member
I’ve just come across this thread and would love to join for Q2, just sent a PM.

I’m a mega chubber but dropped three stone in Q1 and looking for motivation to keep going!

Great work so far Chris! Keep it up.
Have included you in the spreadsheet & email distro list.

Markie
Member
Thank you Rob!

And sorry, I didn’t mean to infringe. Hope you and yours all well!

No worries, Markie. It’ll be handy to have someone I can hand it over to should I need at some point – and you’ve just volunteered yourself :)

The 2 uses being:
Pub bike, or
Chuck in a skip
?

Hi guys, sorry for the lack of contact, things have gone through the roof lately. I’m one of those NHS types – not front line, but been busy-busy.

World Chub Series Q2 will be a goer!
Who knows, I might even join in this time :)

I’ll send an email tomorrow.

Obvious narcissistic personality disorder is obvious

@Team for the whole team
@ will bring up the list of individuals you’re after

You owe me :)

https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/use-mentions-to-get-someone-s-attention-in-teams-eb4f059d-320e-454e-b111-03361d4d6855