RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Phil Bullock said: Second useless thing I have learnt..... Probably best not to order a new double bed when social distancing is in place. You will have to get it upstairs yourself...... Well, it's only like a big train set Phil! Mike. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 Some old fashioned signalling people like me had a reputation for being a bit OCD. Just look at some of those big trees of shiny wiring in old power signalling relay rooms. I once saw on old installer putting offcuts inside the tree so as it went up the rack each level was perfectly formed. Well I've just collated this weekend's shopping wants from around the kitchen. I found myself putting the items in the order I pass them on the shortest route from entrance to till passing all shelves in the local Aldi. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 14/04/2020 at 22:53, Phil Bullock said: Well I didnt do it right did I! So got told NEVER to do it again! Hee hee Well played Phil. I have learned over time to become completely useless at a wide variety of domestic tasks. It's a real talent 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, TheSignalEngineer said: Well I've just collated this weekend's shopping wants from around the kitchen. I found myself putting the items in the order I pass them on the shortest route from entrance to till passing all shelves in the local Aldi. You must be in pieces when Aldi do a stock layout rotation every few months 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Hi Folks, I have noted that people still quote Wikipedia as though it is, qualitatively, quantitatively, and absolutely correct in all matters informational. I have also noted that it is very often at the top of page one of Google search returns. I did try to find out why yet strangely there does not appear to be a Wikipedia page to explain this phenomenon so I have no idea why this might be ! Gibbo. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, Gibbo675 said: Hi Folks, I have noted that people still quote Wikipedia as though it is, qualitatively, quantitatively, and absolutely correct in all matters informational. I does have going for it that it is being scrutinised by a lot of people. Always worth having a look at the talk page if you've got any suspicions. I'm not aware of any better online source of general information. On specific subjects, yes, but unless you're already familiar with a subject area then you'll have you work cut out sorting the wheat from the chaff on which other sites are worthwhile anyway. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Hi Folks, I've just looked in the mirror and it turns out that I have "ꟼЯƎWT Ǝ⅃ꓭII⅃⅃UӘ" tattooed across my forehead. I am neither shocked nor surprised but very confused ! Gibbo. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two_sugars Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Phil Bullock said: Second useless thing I have learnt..... Probably best not to order a new double bed when social distancing is in place. You will have to get it upstairs yourself...... Hmm . . . . I only ordered a new mattress . . delivered on time . . . . Can't get rid of the old one or packaging 'cos' skip sites are closed and no one-off collections!! John 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 23, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 21 minutes ago, Two_sugars said: Hmm . . . . I only ordered a new mattress . . delivered on time . . . . Can't get rid of the old one or packaging 'cos' skip sites are closed and no one-off collections!! John Yup same problem here John..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, TheSignalEngineer said: Some old fashioned signalling people like me had a reputation for being a bit OCD. Just look at some of those big trees of shiny wiring in old power signalling relay rooms. I once saw on old installer putting offcuts inside the tree so as it went up the rack each level was perfectly formed. Well I've just collated this weekend's shopping wants from around the kitchen. I found myself putting the items in the order I pass them on the shortest route from entrance to till passing all shelves in the local Aldi. We have a pre-printed A4 sheet of items to be collected on the weekly Tesco run. This is in the order of the route I take round the store. During the previous week we tick off items as they run out, or are moved from the garage chest freezer to the kitchen fridge/freezer. A final sweep of items not in the cupboards before I leave is performed, then I'm fairly confident that as long as I collect all the ticked items, I am in line for at least a neutral balance of brownie points. Items not in stock are counted as my fault and thus earn negative points. Edited April 23, 2020 by Stubby47 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 23, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: We have a pre-printed A4 sheet of items to be collected on the weekly Tesco run. This is in the order of the route I take round the store. During the previous week we tick off items as they run out, or are moved from the garage chest freezer to the kitchen fridge/freezer. A final sweep of items not in the cupboards before I leave is performed, then I'm fairly confident that as long as I collect all the ticked items, I am in line for at least a neutral balance of brownie points. Items not in stock are counted as my fault and thus earn negative points. As I both cook and shop I carry prime responsibility in this house for empty cupboards - the trade is I dont have to do the ironing. I always ask SWMBO before I go if theres anything she needs but I get the impression I am supposed to intuitively know if her conditioner is running low as she never asks for things!!! Negative points also accumulate.... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 23, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 3rd useless thing I have learnt.... Maltesers plainly have some higher purpose in the scheme of things! For two weeks when this started the shelves were completely devoid. SWMBO was not happy..... until a couple of weeks ago they re-appeared. And now you can get as much pasta, bog roll etc as you want but guess what? No Maltesers again...... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Stubby47 said: Items not in stock are counted as my fault As a married man, anything at all that goes wrong or doesn't happen is automatically your fault, in the view of SWMBO. Edited April 23, 2020 by F-UnitMad Spelling!! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 54 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: As a married man, anything at all that goes wrong or doesn't happen is automatically your fault, in the view of SWMBO. My stock answers, (if she's being 'difficult' like that) are "I can't buy it, if it's not there" and "I've been to 5 shops already, how long did you want to wait the for rest of the stuff" Gave up with brownie points some time ago! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Phil Bullock said: As I both cook and shop I carry prime responsibility in this house for empty cupboards - the trade is I dont have to do the ironing. I always ask SWMBO before I go if theres anything she needs but I get the impression I am supposed to intuitively know if her conditioner is running low as she never asks for things!!! Negative points also accumulate.... I do most of the shopping, but I ask the other half to create a list, particularly regarding what she wants for dinner. The list sometimes takes ages, because she can't think of anything! However, going round the supermarket, I usually receive at least one text with additions. However, once I hit the checkout, that's it! Well, usually I check it for urgent items, but I normally use the excuse 'Sorry, I didn't get your last message, until driving home'! So far she hasn't twigged. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 17/04/2020 at 04:53, J. S. Bach said: I can only think of one thing at the moment ; spending way too much time on RMweb Wheeltappers!! I'm finding that if I spend too long on the computer, I get saddle sore from the chair! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 7 hours ago, Phil Bullock said: I get the impression I am supposed to intuitively know if her conditioner is running low as she never asks for things!!! I am in charge of the store cupboard containing toilet rolls, bath and shower stuff, First Aid, medicines etc. If I notice we are low on anything I shout up. I also empty the bins around the house and sort the recycling so I can tell if anything has been used up. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefromacrossthepond Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 8 hours ago, Reorte said: I does have going for it that it is being scrutinised by a lot of people. Always worth having a look at the talk page if you've got any suspicions. I'm not aware of any better online source of general information. On specific subjects, yes, but unless you're already familiar with a subject area then you'll have you work cut out sorting the wheat from the chaff on which other sites are worthwhile anyway. Whenever I'm not sure if something on Wikipedia is correct I turn to Facebook or twitter for confirmation. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 I'm working on learning to count to 100.. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, Lantavian said: The great thing about Wikipedia is that you can either ask for such a page to be created, or you can even create it yourself and submit it. And it is "peer" reviewed, though absent the requirement for "peers" to have formal qualifications. 10 hours ago, Lantavian said: Quite often I find that the writers have misquoted or misunderstood their source material. You have the opportunity to report and discuss this to change the article. Personally I think it is one of the greatest crowd-sourced accomplishments of the internet. It is exceptionally useful even if, like everything online it should be used carefully. One of the worst abuses of the internet is "fake" (or incorrectly sourced) quotes by famous people. I find wikiquote's peer review process to be one of the best resources to sort out the fake quotes in their "misattributed" section. A good example is "rum, s0domy and the lash". Wikiquote shunts this to misattributed for Churchill. A wikipedia page for the Pogues' album, "Rum, s0domy and the Lash" claims this quote to be accurate, with an apparently suitable reference. This one is a famous misquote, so there's plenty of supporting (on-line) evidence that wikiquote handled it accurately. Edited April 23, 2020 by Ozexpatriate Stupid profanity filter 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 10 hours ago, Gibbo675 said: Hi Folks, I have noted that people still quote Wikipedia as though it is, qualitatively, quantitatively, and absolutely correct in all matters informational. I have also noted that it is very often at the top of page one of Google search returns. I did try to find out why yet strangely there does not appear to be a Wikipedia page to explain this phenomenon so I have no idea why this might be ! Gibbo. 10 hours ago, Gibbo675 said: Hi Folks, I've just looked in the mirror and it turns out that I have "ꟼЯƎWT Ǝ⅃ꓭII⅃⅃UӘ" tattooed across my forehead. I am neither shocked nor surprised but very confused ! Gibbo. Apologies to Phil Bullock for what I have started within the thread in my attempts at subtle humour, the two comments were indeed connected via context. Gibbo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 23, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 48 minutes ago, Gibbo675 said: Apologies to Phil Bullock for what I have started within the thread in my attempts at subtle humour, the two comments were indeed connected via context. Gibbo. Please - No apologies needed - appropriate points about wikipedia from all sides. I could always divert the conversation away by mentioning frog juicers.... oh better not! Thread intended to be a bit of irony around isolation ... so will have to find another one .... tomorrow. Stay safe all! Phil 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23, 2020 I have now learned more than 100 - can the thread title be changed please? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 23, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, newbryford said: I have now learned more than 100 - can the thread title be changed please? Done! This could go on for a while so all reference to inappropriate quantification removed from title.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said: Done! This could go on for a while so all reference to inappropriate quantification removed from title.... Next - can someone start a thread "all the things I've learned while in covid isolation, but already forgotten"? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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