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2mmMark

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  1. I think that the idiots who design home self-assembly electric fans and write their instructions should be locked away for life in the Tower of London, given only itchy dungarees to wear and forced to listen to Barry Manilow for the duration of their sentances.

     

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      2mmMark

      Got one from Screwfix recently.  Assembly was easy. The challenge was getting it out of the box and packaging

       

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  2. How many people does a satellite dish feed, I wonder?

  3. One has to wonder who decides what music to play while they keep you on hold....

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      You'll easily recognise them, they have green sleeves.

       

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  4. Thinking of swapping the sound in my Hoovers, but I don't know which option to choose.

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      Can you get recordings of James Dyson whining about Brexit?

       

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  5. Anyone else up the MHR on Tuesday?

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      Looking at the website for the roadworks, it sounds like Alton is being opened up to Pearce & Crump.

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  6. cleaning u under my workbench looking for something dropped, found a bag of haribo probably from last christmas, now eaten

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      2mmMark

      Big mistake. The floor will now eat dropped components now the Haribo have gone.

       

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  7. New computer. From Windows XP to 10. I hate having to learn new stuff. When I learn new stuff it pushes old stuff out of my brain.

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      Windows 10 follows the concept of software as a service, so you need some updates. Setting your connection as "metered" will reduce updates to the bare minimum.

       

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  8. Somehow I've lost my maroon Wickham Trolley...

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      Has it been hijacked by Amber Spottiswoode?

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      2mmMark

      BA is now just a subsidiary of IAG. IAG appear to have very low-rent aspiriations.

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  9. I've just had a "like" from Andy Y. I can go to sleep happy.......

  10. I can confirm ‘freshers flue’ definitely exists, that’ll be a pallet of cleenex man-size tissues and as much night nurse and vix as I can find then!

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      A chimney sweep ought to be able to sort that out.

       

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  11. Rather than letting a stone train out 5 minutes early, let's set the route for passenger when it's still 10 miles away #really

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      Indeed. I've met many management tools.

       

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  12. Severn Valley Railway Dining Train today :-)

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      2mmMark

      Severn Valley footplate for me in a fortnight! :-)

       

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  13. Any one have any ideas haow to stop unwanted adverts on FB. I have 160 an dthe screen keeps flashing and its doing my eyes in.

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      Do a web search for "blocking unwanted sites using hosts file". A good alternative to using an ad-blocker.

       

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  14. Tempers flared between a passenger on the Northern service to Scarborough this afternoon. Such black times for the railway. I don’t recall anything like it before, and I sincerely hope it never happens again.

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      2mmMark

      "Between a passenger"?! They must be a railway modeller. There are a few on RMWeb that could start a fight when alone in a room.

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  15. Why do TV journalists ask politicians multiple part questions when they know they will avoid answering the first part and ignore all subsequent parts?

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      I'll come to your question in a minute but first let me say this...

       

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  16. Why are some things heavier than others?

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      My laptop was getting very heavy, so I deleted some files. It's much better now.

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  17. Due to popular demand Ant an Dec are reforming but will be known as PJ and Drunken.

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      I used to think Anton Decque was a Frenchman.

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  18. Two hours later and a large amount of snow has been cleared from around Kernow Towers and my back is again sore, as predicted.

  19. Happy Birthday to you; Happy Birthday to you; Happy Birthday to you dear RMweb; Happy Birthday to you. 13 years old today.

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      2mmMark

      Old enough to marry Jerry Lee Lewis. RMweb that is, not Andy Y.

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  20. will be spending most of next weekend driving a horsebox #alternativecareer

  21. Having fun cutting and shutting a K's terrier...

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      2mmMark

      "I'm still putting a tuck in the Airedale, then I've got the frogs to let out"

       

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  22. is heading for 6000 Nectar points

  23. Just back from walking to our local shop. The chap there said they'd been busy with men buying flowers, cards and chocolates.

  24. It's a little known fact that the Morris Minor was originally going to be named the Morris Minories.

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      I tried tap dancing but I kept falling into the sink.

       

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