Today I acquired...........

[Tangledfeet]

What's my prize?

Might a virtual hug suffice?

 

[bigegg]

Busy day today.
Been in the big shed since 10am.
Today I acquired:

SPACE to work!!!


Plus I found this in a box.
Havent seen it for 10+ years.

A Wolfcraft thing.

I used it as a router mill, but it will also take a drill, so could be used as a drill press, or even a tenoner (by installing a saw blade on the drill - suitably guarded, of course)

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Plus I found this in a box.
Havent seen it for 10+ years.

A Wolfcraft thing.

That's a handy-looking little thing!

 

[Parm]

Didn't your village get electricity last year?

Nope, I’m sat here peddling away on my generator so I can type this

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Why not light the gas lights or a candle

 

[Parm]

Why not light the gas lights or a candle

They dont generate electricity to power up my ipad

 

[Tinbasherdan]

The Lincoln procedure handbook of arc welding, far more info than I will ever need but it was 20 quid

 

[zeppelin builder]

The Lincoln procedure handbook of arc welding, far more info than I will ever need but it was 20 quid

what year i have the 1932 leather bound job

 

[Tinbasherdan]

what year i have the 1932 leather bound job

13th edition, whatever that makes it

 

[Dieselman 63]

Something to glue my gearbox back together

 

[Woody.v8]

The offending engine View attachment 173346View attachment 173347

What it is going in?

 

[Tinbasherdan]

What it is going in?

It’s going to be a ground runner for taking to shows, will be mounted on a trailer

 

[mccp]

Just ran a test and it came back with this Ping: 39ms D/load 20.65Mbps Upload 1.11Mbps

Before, d/load was between 3 & 4Mbps so a big improvement. U/load was [iirc] 0.35Mbps so improved but still great?

That sounds fairly typical for ADSL2. If you have fibre to the cabinet you should be able to get considerably better speeds, but you may need to upgrade your broadband account and may need a different (VDSL/VDSL2) modem.

 

[DAPPH]

That sounds fairly typical for ADSL2. If you have fibre to the cabinet you should be able to get considerably better speeds, but you may need to upgrade your broadband account and may need a different (VDSL/VDSL2) modem.

Abut 18 months ago BT dropped in a new cabinet 200 mtrs from here & dragged fibre into it then it went quiet for a few months , along came the change over team & the black hand gang 7 a new cable route was put in to connect both cabinets & connect up the copper to the optical converter. Nothing much happened for several month then slowly but surely the connection speeds have increased now it is amazing .

I suppose the next big improvement will be an aerialized fibre being brought in to the house … are such things happening or is fibre still underground supply only ?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Today, myself and my team aquired a new manager.
Yesterday was bad enough.
Today is a lot worse.

One engineer sent to a site, 5m boom lift was needed. New manager cancelled the collection. I quote.
" Why can't he pick it up on the way"

Sent one engineer to a data secure site. We need to be escorted.
New manager report.
" Just turn up, we tell them what will happen"

I see at lot more problems from this ex fast food manager.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

New Manager to me.

"Why do you have to be on site for three hours, for the yearly visit?'

I replied.
" The regulation states: The yearly visit is to be of a duration of 180 minutes of battery power."

His reply:
"Well can't we just say we have done it?'

My reply.(short version).
No.

 

[bigegg]

New Manager to me.

"Why do you have to be on site for three hours, for the yearly visit?'

I replied.
" The regulation states: The yearly visit is to be of a duration of 180 minutes of battery power."

His reply:
"Well can't we just say we have done it?'

My reply.(short version).
No.

i might be teaching you to suck eggs, and call me Professor Paranoid Cynic, but I *strongly* recommend you buy yourself a journal/notebook and start recording *all* of these conversations/snippets with dates/times.

because it IS going to go bad - and you'll be glad you have evidence.

And if I'm wrong: "better to have and not need, than need and not have"

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

i might be teaching you to suck eggs, and call me Professor Paranoid Cynic, but I *strongly* recommend you buy yourself a journal/notebook and start recording *all* of these conversations/snippets with dates/times.

because it IS going to go bad - and you'll be glad you have evidence.

And if I'm wrong: "better to have and not need, than need and not have"

Have done.
All my e mails have a private addresses set to BCC. So I have records.
I have forwarded his recent ones to the account manager and HR.

 

[bigegg]

Have done.
All my e mails have a private addresses set to BCC. So I have records.
I have forwarded his recent ones to the account manager and HR.

So, the idiot is actually saying this stuff *in writing*???

Is his name Norbert Norbertssen-Norbertson (of the Norbertley Norberts)?

 

[Nick67GT]

Today I acquired:

Sweaty palms.

Awareness of twitching curtains.

Slight paranoia when opening car boot.

Well, it was my very first skip dive.....



Nice working height speed-frame table, with adjustable feet.

All I need now is a chunky piece of worktop so I bolt my drill press and / or grinder onto it.