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  1. ADSL swapped to "Fibre to the Cabinet". Price for upgrade: £0. Price for new hub: £0. Speed increase 10x.

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Just waiting for mine to kick in. I've benchmarked current performance, and I'm looking forward to more POWERRRR!!!

    3. beast66606

      beast66606

      I'd be happy if they kept the string damp - supposedly something good is arriving first quarter next year, but I have a feeling it will be a Utah Saints sample of a Kate Bush track rather than faster BB

    4. Lancaster622

      Lancaster622

      BT deserve a lot of the flack they get, we are just between Birmingham and Coventry and while with BT the internet would drop out for days at a tim, ring support to let them know etc chocolate teapots they were!

  2. Enjoying the Tour de Yorkshire TV coverage

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    2. Liam

      Liam

      Went by near to me yesterday, couldn't see it unfortunately but I hear it was mobbed.

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      They must be really, really fit riding those hills at that pace, in this weather.

    4. The White Rabbit

      The White Rabbit

      I didn't enjoy being virtually imprisoned in my own home because of the road closures.

  3. Slide scanning has now moved on to men in beards eating Ritz crackers in tents in Antarctica (I think) in 1962

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    2. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Any sign of foxes on those glaciers?

    3. Trog

      Trog

      They knew how to live in the 1960's.

    4. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      No sign of foxes - the slides aren't in mint condition.

  4. having a lightbulb moment

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      sounds like there should be a punchline

    3. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      Did you poke your fingers in the socket?

    4. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      No fingerpoken, just reading about lightbulbs for work purposes.

  5. Just seen a Hoover hauling, appropriately enough, a Railvac

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Or a Brush doing the leaf clearance duties?

    3. big jim

      big jim

      passed that at decoy, 50008

    4. Tim V

      Tim V

      I saw a Dyson trailing a lead.

  6. Peeling apples till my wrist hurts

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    2. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Is this a core modelling skill?

    3. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Pipped me to that one.

    4. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      Nothing like peeling back the skin.

  7. Dutch apple cake, but not made in a Dutch oven

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Sounds like a Dutch Treat!

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      For the Dutch wife? xD

    4. Tim Dubya

      Tim Dubya

      Funnily enough my little step princess made a dutch apple cake last night. I only managed a dutch oven but was rewarded with the comment:

      "You will die a sad lonely old man".

      The Mrs holds out more hope for me than my GP at least.

  8. A random stranger in the street just told me to "stop looking like my doctor!" as they nearly greeted me.

  9. Street names in Almere, NL - go and look them up on a map!

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      All in a row: Jacques Brelweg, Elvis Presleystraat, Jimi Hendrixstraat and Bob Marleystraat - something for all tastes

    3. Blackthorn

      Blackthorn

      Damn...I was looking for Almere...in Newfoundland!!

    4. sharris

      sharris

      Marathonlaan looked a bit short to me.

  10. Only a few pages left to chekc...

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Nearly. I found some errors though.

    3. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      I found someone on the internet who was *wrong*. I must write them a sternly worded letter.

    4. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      How about that newfangled wotsit called a telegram?

  11. Only a day left to moan about fireworks, then we can get on with the important business of moaning about Christmas being too early

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    2. ruggedpeak

      ruggedpeak

      You mean you haven't started on about Xmas yet? What have you been doing?

    3. Trog

      Trog

      The shops round here started putting out their Christmas tat in September.

       

    4. DonB

      DonB

      Just had an un-announced 25 minute sound barrage from Next door

  12. Computer phone scammers are busy this week. After wasting one's time for 10 mins, he told me my "licence ID" using the NATO alphabet for the letters: I suggested he should look up foxtrot oscar when I got off the phone

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      costs money though

    3. dhjgreen

      dhjgreen

      Worth £1.75 a month of my money

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      My fax machine generally blocks all calls :-)

  13. The joys of being your own boss - extended lunchbreak to stand around for a Deltic or two

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      In the heart of S Yorkshire

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Didn't know they were about today - light engines?

    4. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Some sort of delivery job after the 5 at Bury, drop some at Barrow Hill then onwards to the NRM I think.

  14. Werkzeugfertigstellungstermin

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    2. Londontram

      Londontram

      Easy for you to say

    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      Slartibartfast

    4. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Londontram - easy for me to copy and paste, more like

  15. Have you done your backups?

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    2. JJGraphics

      JJGraphics

      Every hour, every day, every week, every month . . . it's a Mac running Time Machine backups.

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Also using Time Machine but to a customised schedule!

    4. cromptonnut

      cromptonnut

      I get my wife's back up on a regular basis.

  16. Plumbing jobs - what could be simpler than changing a tap washer? "Don't say that!"

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      BR(S) - I know that *now*.

    3. BoD

      BoD

      You aren't supposed to change them these days - just buy a whole new tap.

    4. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Funny you should say that...

  17. Bodgetastic - all hail the conquering DIY hero, repairing 20-year-old cheapo MFI drawers. Anything to avoid IKEA on a Saturday.

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    2. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      We all share your pain!

    3. Mallard60022
    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Oh forgot to mention, best to avoid that place at any time....sorry IKEA, no hard feelings.

  18. The sound of power tools on a Sunday morning...

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Mending shed door - of course satisfying!

    3. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      Not before 08:00am (GMT)

    4. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      no, waited for the neighbours to get up.

  19. Fabrication Engineers - we make it all up

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Such wit comes from boredom with the job in hand

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Careful how you describe your current activity... ;-)

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Now then......

  20. Cleavers, beggar lice, clithe, cliver, cliders, goose-grass, goosebill, hariff, gripgrass, catchweed

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      ...and everything else. If only there was a commercial application for it, I'd be a millionaire by this time next year, Rodney.

    3. DonB

      DonB

      If you had been quicker off the mark, it is a perfect prototype for Velcro!!

    4. petethemole

      petethemole

      I believe it was

  21. In the sunshine, watching a demolition with monster hydraulic jaws.

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Your companion was clearly rather hungry, then?! ;-))

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Dust hardly noticeable - water spray on the jaws and also on the ground, and a still day.

    4. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      My "companion" was three separate security guys saying you can't take photos from the multistorey without written permission. Asked at the CS desk for written permission and they said "oh it'll be alright". Mr Left Hand meet Mr Right Hand

  22. Is there anywhere to sign a "get well soon" card for all these poor souls with their ailments?

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Good news natalie

    3. Pennine MC

      Pennine MC

      Oh, I thought you were talking about BachmannhaventdoneanythingIwantthisyearitis ;-)

    4. Mallard60022
  23. Epoxy resin tailoring - fixing velcro back to my coat pocket. Can't sew/won't sew!

    1. bgman

      bgman

      Super glue worked for me...only problem is i couldn't get my money out !!!! :)

    2. eastwestdivide
    3. Graham Walters

      Graham Walters

      A stapler is quicker, and not as messy

  24. Loose end

    1. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      Name of the new layout?

    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      .....a day early?

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Tie it up. You know you want to.

  25. Bach harpsichord Radio 3 - how does he make room for all those notes?

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      By playing faster?

    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Same as Clapton, Hendrix, Gilmour I suppose.

    3. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      ...and in the right order?

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