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  1. Not very impressed with the new Richard Osman; at all.

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Corrie?

      It explains why I've never come across her before.  I've not watched that since Ernie Bishop was gunned down in a payroll snatch...

       

      Perhaps for balance, we'll see someone from Eastenders in the rotation!

       

    3. NHY 581

      NHY 581

      Gor blimey ! 

    4. St Enodoc
  2. Am I grumpy because a) I've had a busy week, b) it's hot or c) there's some proper door handles here?

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    2. slow8dirty

      slow8dirty

      Careful Cap'n, you don't want to be shouting things like that in the wrong part of the moor.

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Too late for me, just save yourselves!

       

    4. Dr Gerbil-Fritters

      Dr Gerbil-Fritters

      Apparently some of those door handles are In Charge  Of Important Things.   I fear for us all.

       

      Never mind, I expect there'll be a track/gauge/scale war breaking out soon to distract you.

  3. Noooo! My ears are getting hairier! Which for someone with my hairstyle is a) annoying, b) ridiculous and c) an unnecessary aspect of maintenance.

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    2. AY Mod

      AY Mod

      @tractionman - you think I should stop using the kitchen scissors?

    3. St Enodoc

      St Enodoc

      "I did stick a candle up one nostril but it didn't do much". Perhaps you were supposed to light it?

    4. Hroth

      Hroth

      Sounds like one of those ASMR videos on youtube!

  4. I'm just announcing that tomorrow we will be announcing an announcement on Thursday. 

     

    Da ba dee da ba di.

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Whether that's just an abstract observation or an offer, please note that I am currently running screaming from the building...

    3. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      "Mushrooms"

       

      Mushroom2023.jpg.ecf0fd0c83bf99b64486a3f43432efa7.jpg

       

      Abstract.

       

      You should see my onions.

    4. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      I still think I'd prefer half a pound of sausages.

       

  5. Ooh! I haven't had a complaint all afternoon!

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    2. AY Mod

      AY Mod

      😎 <--- Please note ---> 😁

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      I must say that I'm glad I kept out of this tarpit!

       

      Oops...

       

    4. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      Well I think it's a pretty poor show. Five days already and we still haven't found anything to complain about?

  6. I'll say it again; I'm not going to repeat myself.

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Glad to hear it!

       

      Now, can we have square frames for our avatars, rather than these silly post-modern portholes?

      Please?

      :)

       

      Edit for added grovelling....

       

    3. Patrick

      Patrick

      Andy, what was it that you said you wouldn't say again? :bomb_mini:

    4. AndyID
  7. Is it Friday yet?

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    2. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      Will Bachmann have bought Hornby by Friday?  😉

    3. Dungrange

      Dungrange

      No, but there will surely be an announcement about a potential announcement.

    4. Hroth

      Hroth

      Only one more sleep...

       

  8. Sorry for the outage today. The server started singing 'I don't like Mondays' and that was it.

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Many servers are triskaidekaphobic....  :whistle:

    3. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Let's guess - if you rely on them, you might be unlucky ... .

    4. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Excellent timing as far as I was concerned because I was out at an OFs' Christmas lunch at Stoke Gifford for a large chunk of the day :jester:

  9. No more irrelevant single-word status updates please.

  10. Test

     

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      @wombatofludhamMy, hasn't she grown!

       

    3. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      What's she got against Rugeley? It used to be the nearest good place for seeing the Trent Valley Line in its pomp, with 87s going flat out.

    4. woodenhead
  11.  An enormous cockchafer.

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      They're big blighters, to be sure!

       

      They come droning up our road and thud into the windows, then amble around looking stunned before flying off again to annoy someone else....

    3. St Enodoc

      St Enodoc

      I was going to suggest Sudocrem or talc until I saw the photo...

    4. Re6/6

      Re6/6

      Quite a rarity these days.

  12. She is the latest in technology
    Almost mythology
    But she has a heart of stone
    She has an i.q. of 1001
    She has a jumpsuit on
    And she's also a telephone.

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Just as bad as Comparable to the versification that preceded the announcment of Oxford Rails Adams Radial....

    3. Alister_G

      Alister_G

      Are you comparing Jeff Lynne's song lyrics to a random bit of doggerel? For shame...

    4. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Is this an announcement of an announcement?

  13. Further to last night's announcement that I would today be announcing that we are going to make an announcement tomorrow still holds true. I'm also delighted to announce that Gold and Premium members won't have to wait until tomorrow for the announcement and that I am happy to announce that they will be able to access the announcement later today*.

     

    There was a small clue in yesterday's announcement so another small one would be to say it's 72 on the 30th November.

     

    *I can neither confirm nor deny that the vagueness of these statements is inspired by one of our members in the South-West.

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    2. AY Mod

      AY Mod

      @ian - you may. That is the opposite of a wishlist at least.

    3. ian

      ian

      Now there's an idea. A negative wishlist - things that you DON'T want to see produced in the new year....

    4. Porcy Mane
  14. "Hey Google, add panninis to my shopping list"

    "I have added pantyliners to your shopping list".

    FFS!

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    2. big jim

      big jim

      That really takes the pi$$

    3. NHY 581

      NHY 581

      Once sent a text to my other half advising 'I have broken down at the hospital'........ a combination of sausage fingers and auto text thing meant that the phone changed it to and sent it as.....'I have broken down at the ubersexual'....

    4. NHY 581

      NHY 581

      Also replied to an email from  a female supervisor who asked me how things were  going. I had seen her earlier that day and she was a bit busy at the time. My one liner ,courtesy of spell checker read....

       

      'Saw you earlier. Didn't stop. You looked really busty'

  15. Is it just me?

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      or

       

      "I don't know, but..."

       

       

    3. truffy

      truffy

      It might just be…

    4. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      No, it's the others.

       

  16. This week...

     

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    2. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      If the latest I have just heard is true, this week isn't over yet I am afraid.  I suggest a stiff drink (or indeed a whole fleet of stiff drinks) on standby...

    3. Harlequin

      Harlequin

      You tested your binfluencer status to the limit?

      Did anyone in your road follow suit?

      😄

    4. Hroth

      Hroth

      Its more likely a reaction AGAINST binfluencing...

       

  17. A day when problems are of a significantly greater number than solutions. I must not have days away from the desk.

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    2. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      This is starting to sound like one of those "meerkat" ads: "Whilst you open the fridge for the 27th time today - naughty!!"

       

      OK - perhaps not - but everyone needs days away from work every so often - that's why weekends and holidays were invented.

       

       

    3. NHY 581

      NHY 581

      Therein lies the curse of working from home, Andy. Been there, done that. 

       

      But, where ever you work from,  there must be breathing space.........There is much to be said for shutting the office door and driving away. 

       

      Rob. 

    4. admiles

      admiles

      No way I could work from home........you'd never get a container ship into the back bedroom!

  18. My god! Mrs Y has turned into a fire-breathing, judgemental touchline tyrant in the second half.

     

     

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Given the likelihood of penalties in such matches, you'd think they'd ALL practice taking them until they were expert....

    3. queensquare

      queensquare

      Unfair Mr York. The penalties were missed by two players brought on in the last minute who had barely kicked a ball in anger for a month and a young 19 year old who had the balls to step up and take one in that cauldron. England tried to defend a 1-0 lead from half time with timid substitutions against a seasoned, experienced team who hadn't lost in 33 games.

       

      The notion that all the team don't practice penalties just shows a lack of understanding of the game. 

       

      Jerry

    4. AY Mod

      AY Mod

      No blame on Saka but if you're going to engage in a bit of showboating please don't miss the open goal you've created. Anyway, I blame the scriptwriter for the lack of originality in the film ending.

  19. Why would a hotel chain allow its accountants to let customers know what they think of them through the quality of the toilet rolls?

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    2. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Their explanation is a tissue of lies?

    3. Platform 1

      Platform 1

      Yet another rip-off!

       

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Got to ensure a clean set of accounts?

  20. Today I shall mostly be biting my tongue. There won't be much left by teatime.

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    2. Hroth
    3. ian

      ian

      Still, musn't grumble. Worse things happen at sea you know.

    4. AY Mod

      AY Mod

      Nnn hnnn nmm nyrr hnnn.

  21. Going to shows can be beneficial to your mental wellbeing - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65049739

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    2. snitchthebudgie

      snitchthebudgie

      But not to your wallet?

    3. NHY 581

      NHY 581

      Having now got a wonky sense of smell courtesy of COVID, I'll not wash for a week then stand very close to the Memsahib. I'll report on the feedback, in particular how anxious I feel following said feedback. 

    4. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      At the recent Ally Pally show, one exhibitor had an atomiser wafting around some aromas.

       

      Thankfully, these didn't include certain olfactory delights people at certain shows are reputed to have come to know and love* ... .

       

      (* or not - as the case may be ... .)

       

  22. Explaining to Mrs Y the relevance of mounting tortoises that she noticed on my screen.

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    2. AY Mod

      AY Mod

      Nope, I went for the full blown "mounting tortoises". I may have to recreate the tawdry scenes with two meat pies at dinner time.

    3. bgman

      bgman

      Does that mean dinner will be a very slow affair then ? 

    4. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      The successful mounting of tortoises generally requires four screws.

  23. Inappropriate hold music: calling a bus operator to advise them of a defective vehicle to hear "Take a chance on me".

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    2. vaughan45

      vaughan45

      Like much of this country in seems unfortunately...

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      This reminds me of how I see Kenny Loggins‘s „Danger Zone“ as the perfect tune for a catchy public transport PR video!

    4. wombatofludham

      wombatofludham

      Well, YouTube's advertising bots seem to think Jet 2 Holidays ads are appropriate interruptions when watching a video investigating the crash of Dan Air 1008 in Tenerife with a plane load of Manchester holidaymakers.  I'm sure Jet 2 might think otherwise.

       

  24. Sorry for the outage since 02.00. Seemingly the server decided to have a restart as it hadn't had one for so long. It then takes it 9 hours to check the files. Great.

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    2. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Thanks for getting it sorted Andy - now go and enjoy your Bank Holiday (as today is an official UK BH  if you work on such a day you are legally entitled to a day in lieu of having worked - it's called PYO day off)

    3. AY Mod

      AY Mod

      Typical bank holiday weather Mike! I'll save it for a sunny day.

    4. truffy

      truffy

      Ha! Mayday/Labour Day fell on a Saturday. Here in Switzerland there's no passing on in lieu, so it's lost to all but shop staff. But only in the Protestant Kantons; it's one of the few (if not the only) public holidays that the RC don't indulge in. Probably because no saints are involved.

       

      Anyhow, Andy, thanks for getting RMweb back up. When I saw that the site was down, my first thought was "who'd be a site admin?"

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