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Dog walks into a post office, says he wants to send a telegram.
"OK" says the clerk, "what's the message?"
The dog says, "Woof woof woof, woof woof woof woof woof, woof woof."
Clerk says, "OK, but for the same price, you can add one more 'woof'".
The dog frowns and replies, "But then it wouldn't make any sense."-
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Reminds me of this one.
Remote Scottish village, general store cum post office, bell tinkles as the door opens.
'Mrs McDonald' says the postmaster 'We dinnae see you too often'.
'Aye, well, Mr McDonald died. I'd like to put a wee notice in the paper, what's the cheapest?'
'£5, what d'ye want to say?'
'Mr McDonald died'
'Feh £5 ye get 3 more words'
'Mr McDonald died. Volvo for sale'
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Experimental ramp fitted to the Spector. A piece of scrap laminate floor cut to size and sprayed with about a dozen coats of rattle can black and lacquer, and then carpet-taped in place. I'll see how it goes.
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Finally joined the Covid club. Feeling utterly dreadful
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Fired rig up earlier. Rack compressor dead. Not a thing. Damn.
Grumpy face on. Start playing. Sound is feckin gorgeous
happy face on.
So, that's going to be an empty 1U space then
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Flightradar is so cool. I've just watched some in-flight refuelling taking place over the North Sea.
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It's not usually possible to see the fast jets doing operational stuff or operational traiing, at least for me. But if you want to watch fast-jet training, try west Texas (T-38s) and Snowdownia (Hawks, mostly from Valley). Sometimes you can see the electronic targets over the North Sea, but not often the aircraft flying interceptions.
Sometimes you get exotic stuff too. Hurricane hunters (mostly P-3s) over the Caribbean). NATO AWACS and reconnaissance aircraft over Bulgaria. Spitfires, Mustangs, SAAB Tunnan. The Canadian Lancaster when it came to the UK via Iceland.
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Folks, please if you will keep your fingers crossed for my sister in law today... currently under the brain surgeon's knife to remove a tumour. 🤞🏼
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Follow-up to my NSBD (New Skirting Board Day), finally got some in place. Very pleased with the design. I don't do a lot of DIY so I'm quite chuffed with this.
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I fitted a laminate floor in our bedroom and replaced all the skirting at the same time, rather than going the beading route. 2nd time I've done skirting. A satisfying job if your walls are square and plumb like they were on my 1st attempt, not so much when they aren't like, my 2nd attempt in a much newer house... But decent wood filler, decorators caulk and some patience with a paintbrush covers a multitude of sins!
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Further to the 'community?' thread, do any of the Bristol BC massive fancy getting together for a pint and a yak? Maybe even a ruby?
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Get a real kick out of seeing my band listed alongside some big names.
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God help us all.
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Had a bit of an eye-opener on a bass-oriented Farcebook group this morning. My god, there are some selfish c**ts in this world.
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Facebook is full of knobs. I've left numerous groups due to wildly snobbish / holier than thou postings. I remain on there for buying / selling, and for a few groups than are nice to be on. Don't let it bother you. It's just social media, where opinions largely only mean something to those posting them
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Had my 'growth talk' at work yesterday. A sort of career progression thing that must be really handy for the younger engineers especially.
Boss's first question (admittedly with his tongue firmly in his cheek): "So Rich, where do you see yourself in 5 years..?"
Me: "Retired."
Boss: "Want to expand your skillset? Anything you'd like to do in the meantime?"
Me: "Exactly what I'm doing now will suit me fine, ta."
End of talk.
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I tend to find these HR box-ticking exercises tiresome.
I'm doing what I do, it's the right mix of interesting, challenging, routine, inventive, procedural, ad-hoc, variety, and fulfillment for me; I don't need to fill in forms to say so.
Setting goals and suchlike are an irrelevance; if the business gets to the point where they don't need me then they'll ditch me and if I decide it's time then I'll move on.
I've been working in pretty much the same niche for years and have no desire or ambition to be "promoted" or chase any other perceived progression or career path.
I'm happy in my lane and have no plans to retire.
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Happy Rush Day (21/12)!
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Have just become hopelessly carried away in the Maruszczyk bass configurator... oh well, there goes the morning...
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Having almost exclusively used my Sire V7 fiver for soul band gigs for the last few years, last night I took the Shuker out for a spin instead. Oh my god, I'd forgotten how lovely it is. I think the Sire will be gathering dust for a while.
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Holidaying in Italy... I'd parked the car in a town car park while we wandered around, this was what I found on my return. Bloody Italians.
Luckily I managed to get in through the passenger door and scramble across. I may have accidentally scrawled the word 'TWÀT' in foot high letters in the dust on his bonnet before I left.
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How do you find out how heavy a red hot chilli pepper is?
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I drink a lot of coffee during the day. A lot. But none of it ever tastes as good as the first cup of the day.
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I have reason to believe that an ebay seller I recently purchased from has been giving my name and address out to third parties without my consent. I think this is a breach of GDPR and the Data Protection Act. What are my options?
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Data Protection Act does but I'm not sure what Ebay does to ensure it is observed as ultimately they act as the third party in the transaction and the name and address details must be given to ensure delivery from the seller.
Would say to discuss with Ebay, not sure they can do anything in all honesty
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I've had a busy working week, I've got a busy day tomorrow and a gig in the evening. All I want today is a bit of chilling time sat on me jacksy. Is that too much to ask?
Apparently yes, it is...
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I've noticed my left ear was a bit muffled of late, so all this week I've been popping a few drops of Otex in each evening in an attempt to soften it all up... last evening I gave it a good flush out with some hot water, and now not only can I hear in glorious stereo again, but I've got the makings of a good sized candle.
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I use a wax removal tool purchased from eBay for a couple of quid. It’s the one with the silicone spiral heads, and does the job pretty well. Got fed up of paying £60 for a visit to a
specialist, after my NHS surgery stopped offering the service.
( Will probably still go for an occasional professional de-wax, but less often than previously needed.)
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I didn't even realise that DIY wax removal kits were a thing. Now, I find this ...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185807364536?hash=item2b42fb61b8:g:PJ4AAOSwHONkCZUu&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4J3x%2FGcicXk2uaFah9%2BKqU6i8E%2BY04Zh4fDmloRP0s92ZirFEbtmqpMwG13OHmF6Ixrlyw0NcW0JhWsocDEzjkbZxLgIvVZugIG8Pn47HEdii7k4BfdQ7VJ1oq9MoTfFJcswT2j2RetVSGEvpyxnyZ6NV2ey9xC1LyVdC2ha1JIIBIypwND%2Be49F7AR1z3KLcPqm6O6CKroFRG0etXasCkrZTYuviLftXPMtLdAHtpM2eSuZfWed6Ll7edctjD5m8BNt6qzj0hjIQAZAn8AdozhEbtnkusESJzzbmnjEmwbQ|tkp%3ABk9SR7irxYqyYg -
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If I ever take my car to mainland Europe again, I am definitely getting one of these.
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In various locations across the country, railway workers are sacrificing their family Christmas time in order to perform vital upgrades to lines and infrastructure, improving efficiency and services to freight and travelling public alight. Spare a thought for these folks, up to their elbows in ballast and wiring and paperwork, as you tuck into your festive feast. I'll certainly be raising a glass to all my hardworking colleagues.👏🏻
And just in case anyone thinks I'm being sarky, no I'm 100% serious. I've done Xmas commissionings, and it's bloody hard work.
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some 5mm acrylic sheet is now in the post.
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