WCMUT....what cheered me up today

Had Sky Q installed, engineer went to remove the old dish and as he gripped it slacken bolts it broke off in his hand, timing, and my costs have down. Different layout may take a bit of getting used to though.
 
mj4456 said:
Had Sky Q installed, engineer went to remove the old dish and as he gripped it slacken bolts it broke off in his hand, timing, and my costs have down. Different layout may take a bit of getting used to though.
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We had Sky Q installed 2 years ago, it was rather a big change but we soon got used to it.
 
mj4456 said:
Had Sky Q installed, engineer went to remove the old dish and as he gripped it slacken bolts it broke off in his hand, timing, and my costs have down. Different layout may take a bit of getting used to though.
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As Marc says, you soon get used to it. Not as intuitive as the old menu though. What i couldnt get used to was the touch sensitive/swipe remote. Dont even know if they still do them
 
Cockney said:
As Marc says, you soon get used to it. Not as intuitive as the old menu though. What i couldnt get used to was the touch sensitive/swipe remote. Dont even know if they still do them
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I just got the standard remote and I'm rather pleased about that. I have little sensation in my finger so the more tactile the better.
 
Well. This was a strange one.

I did the weekly shop at ASDA including getting an anniversary card for my sister and her hubby but it was only when I got back to the car that I remembered I'd forgotten the bottle of Jack Daniels I'd planned to buy them so off I popped back into the shop.

There were queues at all the checkouts but as the bottle had a security tag on it I couldn't use the self service ones so queued up behind two attractive ladies with a huge trolley full of shopping. One of them spotted me and asked if I just had the one thing, "Yes" I said and she then kindly asked me if I'd like to go first. "Yes, Thank you."

I was then surprised when they didn't move. One was up against and facing the conveyor and the other was stood behind her against the impulse buys on the other side and facing her friend and the conveyor leaving no room for me to get through. The lady against the conveyor, attractive and wearing tight jeans, leaned forward slightly over the conveyor and I'm certain stuck her perfectly formed rear out slightly (although this may have been an automatic action for balance) and looking over her shoulder with what looked like a suggestive expression said in what I thought was a suggestive inflection "Squeeze through." Feeling as if I was in a Carry On film, I did :D
 
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woof woof said:
Well. This was a strange one.

I did the weekly shop at ASDA including getting an anniversary card for my sister and her hubby but it was only when I got back to the car that I remembered I'd forgotten the bottle of Jack Daniels I'd planned to buy them so off I popped back into the shop.

There were queues at all the checkouts but as the bottle had a security tag on it I couldn't use the self service ones so queued up behind two attractive ladies with a huge trolley full of shopping. One of them spotted me and asked if I just had the one thing, "Yes" I said and she then kindly asked me if I'd like to go first. "Yes, Thank you."

I was then surprised when they didn't move. One was up against and facing the conveyor and the other was stood behind her against the impulse buys on the other side and facing her friend and the conveyor leaving no room for me to get through. The lady against the conveyor, attractive and wearing tight jeans, leaned forward slightly over the conveyor and I'm certain stuck her perfectly formed rear out slightly (although this may have been an automatic action for balance) and looking over her shoulder with what looked like a suggestive expression said in what I thought was a suggestive inflection "Squeeze through." Feeling as if I was in a Carry On film, I did :D
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But what way were you facing when you "squeezed"? :ROFLMAO:
 
Cockney said:
But what way were you facing when you "squeezed"? :ROFLMAO:
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Towards the nice attractive ladies back.

I think they were being nice but also having a bit of fun too as I'm sure they knew exactly what they were doing. I was quite flattered they were having a bit of fun with me actually but I do see how some women could be intimidated if the roles had been reversed and a lone woman was asked to squeeze between two men.

This little incident reminded me of the last full time paid job I had and also when I worked in a pub and how women can behave when they're in the majority. Walk into a workspace which is very largely female and you can often face a barrage of comments and gropes which can be intimidating for the younger guys. I always used to try to take this sort of behaviour in good spirit as I knew they were just having fun but I do realise there's a fine line here and all have to be careful.

Mrs WW was at home as she doesn't like going to ASDA. I assume that if she'd been there the ladies would have let us through without having fun with me.
 
woof woof said:
Towards the nice attractive ladies back.

I think they were being nice but also having a bit of fun too as I'm sure they knew exactly what they were doing. I was quite flattered they were having a bit of fun with me actually but I do see how some women could be intimidated if the roles had been reversed and a lone woman was asked to squeeze between two men.

This little incident reminded me of the last full time paid job I had and also when I worked in a pub and how women can behave when they're in the majority. Walk into a workspace which is very largely female and you can often face a barrage of comments and gropes which can be intimidating for the younger guys. I always used to try to take this sort of behaviour in good spirit as I knew they were just having fun but I do realise there's a fine line here and all have to be careful.

Mrs WW was at home as she doesn't like going to ASDA. I assume that if she'd been there the ladies would have let us through without having fun with me.
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I remember doing a refurb of a telephone exchange once. We were in the operators switchboard room with about a dozen female operators. We were behind a ceiling to floor dust sheet working on equipment racks. After a while they forgot we were there. Their conversation was quite an eye opener for a young lad.
 
woof woof said:
how women can behave when they're in the majority.
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Many years ago, "we" gained a pest control contract, for a company that made "rubber medical products"
The owners son, early 30's, who thought he was jack the lad, decided that he wanted that one.
Fair enough.

The next time it was due, I had a call from his dad ( the owner) asking me to do it.
It turns out that the place was staffed by women, and they "made his life hell" apparently, and he refused to go back :LOL:

I did that one for years, they were great fun, and the jokes / comments were quite raunchy.
And confirmed what I had thought for years that "Jack the lad" was a bit of a pussy, and not at all street wise.
 
As a barman I was routinely, well... not exactly chatted up as they said very explicitly what they wanted, plus regularly groped when I had to come out from behind the bar to gather glasses and bottles. I didn't even have to come out from behind the bar as a girl once dived over the bar to grab me. Stand back from the bar was the lesson I learned that night. In my last job I was a manager and a senior one too but that didn't stop them. I do realise that this behaviour can easily go too far but if it's kept to an acceptable level amongst people who are comfortable with it it can be all good clean fun. I have to say that as a manager I never had to talk to anyone about this as they did seem to understand how far they could go and who with. I've never ever seen such behaviour from a room full of men towards women, they'd furtively nudge each other and look and talk about them when they'd gone certainly but I never saw men go as far as a bunch of women would and I do see a distinction and a difference, maybe I shouldn't in these respectful and equal times.

To contrast the good clean fun of that banter and girly play I did have a few instances of workers becoming a bit infatuated and that was on a different level. All invitations were politely declined and if they needed to visit my office the door was left open and maybe someone from test and inspection would just happen to be there at the other desk too :D Actually I suppose that's how I met Mrs WW as she was the main contact at a company I had dealings with and she made the first move, I never would have, too professional :D

Anyway. That little bit of playfulness at ASDA was surprising but welcome and did make me smile and I was happy to play along. I wonder what they said about me when we parted company :D
 
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Cobra said:
Many years ago, "we" gained a pest control contract, for a company that made "rubber medical products"
The owners son, early 30's, who thought he was jack the lad, decided that he wanted that one.
Fair enough.

The next time it was due, I had a call from his dad ( the owner) asking me to do it.
It turns out that the place was staffed by women, and they "made his life hell" apparently, and he refused to go back :LOL:

I did that one for years, they were great fun, and the jokes / comments were quite raunchy.
And confirmed what I had thought for years that "Jack the lad" was a bit of a pussy, and not at all street wise.
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Not sure if I’ve told this before but back in the mists of time (1958) when I worked in a biochemistry laboratory we used specialist family owned glassblowing firm and the rep told me they’d all been in reserved occupations during the WW2 because they made the moulds for your “rubber medical products” :).

Actually I suspect they made tubes for radar equipment too. A quick Google tells me the firm still exists and is still family owned.
 
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It's Le Mans 24hr day, my second favorite motor race of the year. :cool:
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I love it. Used to be a much bigger thing. Seems to have lost some media interest sadly.
 
I'm expecting interest to grow massively over the next few years, the new Hypercar class looks very exciting indeed
 
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We picked a load of brambles!

I thought we might have missed the chance this year as the weather has been poor but it wasn't raining today and I think the bad weather has slowed the brambles a bit and we got loads :D
 
The weather here is finally getting better. I can't stand constant rains and it was surprisingly cold for September, too, so I'm pretty in love with the new forecast that says it's going to be sunnier and warmer.
 
Annet said:
The weather here is finally getting better. I can't stand constant rains and it was surprisingly cold for September, too, so I'm pretty in love with the new forecast that says it's going to be sunnier and warmer.
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I don’t know where your “here” is but here (Yorkshire) it’s been excessively dry and the light shower we had in the night is the first for weeks.
 
sphexx said:
I don’t know where your “here” is but here (Yorkshire) it’s been excessively dry...
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Youm should come by 'ere m'dear. Devon's got plenty o' wet now...

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sphexx said:
I don’t know where your “here” is but here (Yorkshire) it’s been excessively dry and the light shower we had in the night is the first for weeks.
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My 'here' is certainly not there but the drought wouldn't be good either, so I'm happy for you, too!
 
Met a lovely little dog on my walk this morning - he was a Shiba Inu and he looked like a little fox with gingery-red fur. He was gorgeous and very friendly. Pity I'd left my camera at home :rolleyes:.

Also, loving the two new ABBA tracks that have just been released :exit:
 
Just ran the Shark battery vacuum cleaner over the carpets. Incredible how much it picks up after just a week!

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Picked up an Aero Pilates machine used as new from FB marketplace for £50, nearly £400 new.
 
I was very impressed with my doctor's surgery today. Last Wednesday my elbow took quite a bang resulting in a swelling and a fluid ball developed and it's still there at the same golf ball size. I was advised to call the surgery. I started at 1015 and was 24th in the queue so I had a cuppa, started reading the paper and waited..19th-14th -11th -...8th...It took a while.

When I got through I explained to the receptionist what had happened and she was very empathetic. She asked if I could send a photo if she sent a text to attach it to and to include my dob.. Yes. My wife took three photos and forwarded them within 10 minutes. Twenty minutes later the receptionsist called to say she'd taken the photos to the doctor..Result ? Olecranon Burstitis and carry on putting ice packs on it..I'd been doing it three times a day for 20 mins each time..and wear a tubigrip and someone will call me in a couple of weeks to see how I was.I've now got the tubigrip.

I just think it's marvellous that it was sorted so quickly and without me taking up a face to face appointment that someone in greater need than I was could be allocated. It wasn't even call back if it's still swollen in a couple of weeks..no, I will get a call. It's a pity it's taken Covid and the strain on the NHS to think of this way of dealing with low level matters...or at least non-urgent matters.
 
Just seen the Rocky horror picture show at the theatre was amazing
 
JohnC6 said:
I was very impressed with my doctor's surgery today. Last Wednesday my elbow took quite a bang resulting in a swelling and a fluid ball developed and it's still there at the same golf ball size. I was advised to call the surgery. I started at 1015 and was 24th in the queue so I had a cuppa, started reading the paper and waited..19th-14th -11th -...8th...It took a while.

When I got through I explained to the receptionist what had happened and she was very empathetic. She asked if I could send a photo if she sent a text to attach it to and to include my dob.. Yes. My wife took three photos and forwarded them within 10 minutes. Twenty minutes later the receptionsist called to say she'd taken the photos to the doctor..Result ? Olecranon Burstitis and carry on putting ice packs on it..I'd been doing it three times a day for 20 mins each time..and wear a tubigrip and someone will call me in a couple of weeks to see how I was.I've now got the tubigrip.

I just think it's marvellous that it was sorted so quickly and without me taking up a face to face appointment that someone in greater need than I was could be allocated. It wasn't even call back if it's still swollen in a couple of weeks..no, I will get a call. It's a pity it's taken Covid and the strain on the NHS to think of this way of dealing with low level matters...or at least non-urgent matters.
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Can’t comment on your injury but +1 for tubigrip on any minor elbow and knee etc problems :).
 
Being sat here at midday today instead of the management meeting I would have been doing in work if I’d not been on leave....

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Making things out of this years bumper damson harvest. I've never seen such a heavy crop, the damsons are hanging off the trees in bunches like grapes, in fact the weight of fruit was too much for one tree and the top has snapped off it! :(

I'm determined not to let it have suffered in vain, damson crumble and cream for pudding today (and again tomorrow), and this afternoon I've turned some of these:

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Into some of this! 2 x 2 Ltr jars of damson gin in the making, which should be ready for Christmas. :)

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Damson jam making is on my 'to do' list tomorrow morning as well. I'll stick a few bags of them in the freezer too. If country folklore is correct, judging from the fruit crop this year it could be a long, cold winter.
 
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WCMUT?
Finding out the I'd won a lottery "prize" with shaking hands I logged in to discover ....
£5 + a free draw.
And it only cost me a £10 stake ....


Oh hang on .....
:D
 
Cobra said:
Finding out the I'd won a lottery "prize" with shaking hands I logged in to discover ....
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Oh no! You too? They did that to me last week - why can't they just tell you the figure straight away instead of making you log in?

I had a worse one a few weeks ago though as my prize was just a Lucky Dip ticket. :(

Where's all the millions? Gimme some of them please . . .
 
Sky said:
Where's all the millions? Gimme some of them please . . .
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When the stakes are high, I'll play a tenner.
I often get 6 numbers, never on the same line though,
so I do win a lot of lucky dip things...
 
Cobra said:
WCMUT?
Finding out the I'd won a lottery "prize" with shaking hands I logged in to discover ....
£5 + a free draw.
And it only cost me a £10 stake ....


Oh hang on .....
:D
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Never mind, missing out on a rollover jackpot will save you having to make any difficult decisions about all those begging letters... just keep writing them! ;)
 
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