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gbb

Squire
Location
Peterborough
In the space of 2 hrs this morning...
I've got a machine part stripped for servicing, normally 1.5 hrs work. A weigher has alarmed with a clutch problem, cleared that then it seemed really slow so had to monitor it, I really need to be with a service engineer to pick up some tips on a new pack we're doing on a different machine, a forklift has got stuck with a pallet raised and they need the pallet, there's fruit stuck in another weigher so I need to clear that... i'm approached by a warehouse supervisor..
'Col, whats happening with E store, its still dripping water on the product and D store, whats happening with D store ?'
'E store, can't do, the scissor lift is already in use, D store....what's up with D store ?'
'Dunno, they raised it in the morning meeting, they want to know whats happening ?'
'Well i've already got about 5 jobs on the go, i'll get there, don't know when'

Working my way through it all...the machine i'm servicing is still in bits, i'm approached by another...
'Colin, there's a crow in the factory, :ohmy: can you get the scissor lift and get it out ?'
:whistle:...'No chance, scissor lift is already in use and TBH, i'll never catch it anyway, no chance'
'What we gonna do ?'
'Call the pest controllers'
'Yebbut its flying in the factory, it can poop in here'
':headshake:'Nothing I can do, i'm already up to my neck in it'

Once in a while it all goes t1ts up...my heart rate took ages to settle down, you get all hyped up.

7 hours after I started...I finished servicing my original machine.
 

Levo-Lon

Guru
Finished a patio and driveway job...

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gbb

Squire
Location
Peterborough
Ooer...I got a text today, it just said 'love you'.
No-one from my phone book, otherwise it'd have come up with their name.
Later, my phone rang...just a number on the display, which I soon afterwards realised it was the same number as the message...
'Hello, who's this ?:rolleyes:'
A girls voice answered...
'Hello, guess who this is ?'
'Hollie !!! :thumbsup:...hellooooo, who's phone are you ringing me from ?
'Mine :becool:... ive got a phone now'
'Bless ya babes, Is it a nice one ?..

and so It went on, shes 10, her first phone for when shes at ballet or on trips, just in case she needs to get in touch with mum and dad.

Love her to bits...my grandaughter :becool:
 

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
A couple of nights ago, Mr WD was watching a programme about alzheimers and I was reading.

MR WD. " I would hate to have alzheimers. It must be terrible".

ME. "Don't worry. I have no intention of letting you live long enough to be diagnosed with it."
 

Rezillo

TwoSheds
Location
Suffolk
At the doctors to get knee pain assessed. I am lying on a couch.

Doc: I'm going to lift your leg up and you've got to try and hold it down as best you can.

Me: Ok.

I tense my leg ready in anticipation.

Doc: Here we go, then.

Grabs my lower leg in both hands and tries to force it up. It doesn't move.

Doc: Grunting sound. Another grunt.

Doc: Alright, we'll leave that test for now.
 

coffeejo

Ælfrēd
Location
West Somerset
Just because it's a vaguely witty Facebook meme doesn't mean it's true. For the umpteenth time, check your facts before hitting share.
Damn. Wrong thread. Maybe I should say it.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
There was a very gentle knock at my front door. I had a large mug of tea in one hand and opened the door with the other. I thought it would be a young Asian lad from down the road who I had agreed to sponsor to run round the local park a few times. Instead, a beautiful young woman was standing there holding a clipboard with a tablet computer balanced on top ...

BYW: Hi, I am calling round to see you and your neighbours on behalf of Scope. Do you know what that is?

ColinJ: It is a charity representing disabled people.

BYW: Oh, wow, that's great - you know - HIGH FIVE!

(She holds the palm of one hand towards me. I ignore it. She looks uncomfortable and switches to doing that banging of knuckles together thing instead ...)

CJ: Careful - you will spill my tea!

BYW: Oh, sorry! I was just speaking to your neighbour, Tracy. Do you know her?

CJ: No.

BYW: Actually, I have discovered that there are 5 Tracys down that street, don't you think that is is strange?

CJ: What, that people are lacking in imagination, and often choose to name their children after the same TV/Movie/Rock star?

BYW: Ha ha - yes! What's Your name?

CJ: Colin.

BYW: Colleen? That's a girl's name!

CJ: Colin.

BYW: Collie?

CJ: Not the breed of dog - COLIN! My mum came from a Gaelic-speaking Scottish family, so it probably comes from Coileáin, meaning 'cub' or 'young pup' ...

BYW: KEWL!

(She goes to do the High 5 thing again, and I still don't respond.)

BYW: Have you got any children?

CJ: No - I couldn't find anybody willing to mate with me!

(She fails to detect the humour in my reply ...)

BYW: Oh, that is so sad!

BYW: I have to ask you - why don't you High 5?

CJ: Because I am old. Old people don't do it. Well, sensible old people don't. Embarrassingly wannabe-trendy old people do!

BYW: You are not old!

BYW: Er, how old are you?

CJ: Nearly 60.

(This is the bit I liked. I'm sure that she was just being nice, and desperate to earn her commission, but I will take compliments wherever I can get them! :laugh:)

BYW, with jaw dropping: Huh!!! I thought you were 45 to 48 ...

CJ: Ha ha, yeah, right! Anyway, I don't have all day to stand about chatting to attractive young women so I am going to go now. I will take a look at the Scope website later. Good bye!

(I raise my hand with the palm extended towards hers. She goes to High 5 me. I do a theatrical miss, wave goodbye instead, and close the door ...)
 

Lullabelle

Banana
Location
Midlands UK
There was a very gentle knock at my front door. I had a large mug of tea in one hand and opened the door with the other. I thought it would be a young Asian lad from down the road who I had agreed to sponsor to run round the local park a few times. Instead, a beautiful young woman was standing there holding a clipboard with a tablet computer balanced on top ...

BYW: Hi, I am calling round to see you and your neighbours on behalf of Scope. Do you know what that is?

ColinJ: It is a charity representing disabled people.

BYW: Oh, wow, that's great - you know - HIGH FIVE!

(She holds the palm of one hand towards me. I ignore it. She looks uncomfortable and switches to doing that banging of knuckles together thing instead ...)

CJ: Careful - you will spill my tea!

BYW: Oh, sorry! I was just speaking to your neighbour, Tracy. Do you know her?

CJ: No.

BYW: Actually, I have discovered that there are 5 Tracys down that street, don't you think that is is strange?

CJ: What, that people are lacking in imagination, and often choose to name their children after the same TV/Movie/Rock star?

BYW: Ha ha - yes! What's Your name?

CJ: Colin.

BYW: Colleen? That's a girl's name!

CJ: Colin.

BYW: Collie?

CJ: Not the breed of dog - COLIN! My mum came from a Gaelic-speaking Scottish family, so it probably comes from Coileáin, meaning 'cub' or 'young pup' ...

BYW: KEWL!

(She goes to do the High 5 thing again, and I still don't respond.)

BYW: Have you got any children?

CJ: No - I couldn't find anybody willing to mate with me!

(She fails to detect the humour in my reply ...)

BYW: Oh, that is so sad!

BYW: I have to ask you - why don't you High 5?

CJ: Because I am old. Old people don't do it. Well, sensible old people don't. Embarrassingly wannabe-trendy old people do!

BYW: You are not old!

BYW: Er, how old are you?

CJ: Nearly 60.

(This is the bit I liked. I'm sure that she was just being nice, and desperate to earn her commission, but I will take compliments wherever I can get them! :laugh:)

BYW, with jaw dropping: Huh!!! I thought you were 45 to 48 ...

CJ: Ha ha, yeah, right! Anyway, I don't have all day to stand about chatting to attractive young women so I am going to go now. I will take a look at the Scope website later. Good bye!

(I raise my hand with the palm extended towards hers. She goes to High 5 me. I do a theatrical miss, wave goodbye instead, and close the door ...)


I am not a fan of strangers who turn up on your doorstep and act like they are your mates, whatever happened to manners?
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
:laugh:

Did you have a look at the Scope website yet?
Only to check that they are who I thought they are!

As I thought, the name replaced 'The Spastics Society' after people hijacked the word 'spastic' as a term of abuse.

I am not a fan of strangers who turn up on your doorstep and act like they are your mates, whatever happened to manners?
She definitely was a bit hard to get rid of without being rude back to her!

I used to give quite a lot of money to charity when I had a reasonable income, but I liked to choose those charities when it suited me, rather than having pressure put on me by people who probably make £100-200 for each person that they sign up!
 

Lullabelle

Banana
Location
Midlands UK
Only to check that they are who I thought they are!

As I thought, the name replaced 'The Spastics Society' after people hijacked the word 'spastic' as a term of abuse.


She definitely was a bit hard to get rid of without being rude back to her!

I used to give quite a lot of money to charity when I had a reasonable income, but I liked to choose those charities when it suited me, rather than having pressure put on me by people who probably make £100-200 for each person that they sign up!

I prefer to give to my choice rather than being pressured.
 

Lullabelle

Banana
Location
Midlands UK
Today my head, hands and brain didn't want to work together, I was trying to explain something to someone and my worms came out as blah blah blah... she filled in the gaps when I paused, it was rather embarrassing, brain was yelling the words but mouth couldn't say them :wacko:
 
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