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Post by The Doctor on Sept 14, 2008 22:42:23 GMT
Let's hope no metal robots inexplicably on fire spouting gibberish pop up this week.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 15, 2008 10:54:29 GMT
And the week begins with yet another job knock-back. Hurrah.
-Ralph
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kayevcee
Fusilateral Quintro Combiner
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Post by kayevcee on Sept 15, 2008 19:16:47 GMT
Toys'r'us is bedlam. My department was short a body on Sunday and the place was riotously busy. It was still a state when we got in this morning and with folk shopping (very) early for Christmas and lots of new promotions on we're not getting much opportunity to get the place fixed up. I'm shattered. Glad I'm off Wednesday and Thursday.
-Nick
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Post by legios on Sept 15, 2008 19:28:17 GMT
I've had one of those beginnings to my week. Yesterday I was dissassembling the case of the (non-functional) extractor fan in the bathroom to try to find out how it is attached to the ceiling. I unscrewed the case, took the bottom off and - lo and behold - the fan began to turn again. I stared at it for a moment, and worked out that it must have been striking on the case all along. So I was examining the case and its fit to try and work out how to resolve the problem. I turned away for a moment to drink a swig of tea. As I turned back fan, and motor dropped straight out of the case by three inches, being brought to a stop only by running out of slack in the wiring.
Of course, there was no way to fix them back into place. That would have been too easy. And also, attempting to do so disloged large drifts of twenty-five years of accumulated dust onto the Karl below. End result: The motor and fan shoved back into the case, which is secured by parcel tape just to keep everything neat and in place. A dust covered, temporarily grey-haired, trousered and T-shirted, Karl who currently can't really use the light in his bathroom as it is wired to the same circuit as the extractor fan.
So I spent a fair chunk of the public holiday today purchasing a replacement extractor fan, and attempting to arrange for an electrician to come and connect my new oven and new bathroom fan. Part one of that went well enough, part two....not so well.....
Karl
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Post by karla on Sept 15, 2008 20:26:02 GMT
going back to work tommorow, what fun! still there is always that lovely hot chocolate they serve at Starbucks (with whipped cream) and the new 2000ad comic too, not all bad. Plus, I'm learning to crochet so that'll keep me busy at lunch, everyone is going to get scarves for christmas  |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 15, 2008 22:48:33 GMT
Allison's sunflower and pumpkin batch bread is sumptious. It is the new crack and has weaned me off the Pringles.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 16, 2008 10:00:41 GMT
Hello sports fans! Major Hub withdrawl. Wasn't able to jump on my parents PC last week for a fix. Dawn blockedness!!!!! Hope everyone's ok. Steady-away in the Land of Shockprowl, except for some new additions to my TF collection... ( see thread) |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 16, 2008 10:49:10 GMT
Ian - I've linked all your see threads together. If you click the modify button on the post above it'll show you how to do it.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 18, 2008 23:50:13 GMT
Insomnia strikes again.
In other news, I continue to be utterly addicted to Allison's sunflower and pumpkin seeds bread. It is so tasty, especially when toasted. I had six slices yesterday. I can hear its siren-like call from the cupboard even now. 'Eat me....'. 'Eat me....'.
-Ralph
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Post by Dark Stranger on Sept 19, 2008 12:02:43 GMT
Off very shortly to see Paradise Lost in London. Been a fan since 1996, and every single time they've played, something silly has prevented me from seeing them.
This is the closest I've ever came to catching them live, hope nothing falls out of the bloody sky to stop me.
Like the plane or anything.
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