Bits N Bobs 42

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10074

Today, mere days after finally getting a ssd for our build server's os and apps, i decided 'screw it, I'm asking for 3 disks to make a 4 disk raid0 out of the hard disk'. Approved by the boss within half an hour and being ordered in the morning.

Something weird is going on at work.

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Apr 16, 2014 20:13

I was in Leeds on Saturday. It didn't look that nice

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

A tip for people buying flat pack wardrobes, measure your ceiling height before you get them delivered :facepalm:

In other news, it's possible to get a 240cm long box in a 7 series if you need to take a box back to ikea...

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Apr 16, 2014 20:55

GazChap wrote:

I was in Leeds on Saturday. It didn't look that nice

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Apr 16, 2014 22:13

Trooper wrote:

A tip for people buying flat pack wardrobes, measure your ceiling height before you get them delivered :facepalm:

In other news, it's possible to get a 240cm long box in a 7 series if you need to take a box back to ikea...

My last trip back from Ikea in the M5 was hilarious - 3 240cm long boxes, 4 shorter ones that made up the rest of the wardrobe and a desk, a single mattress and four light fittings.

Weird thing is, I could have sworn it gave me an improvement on my fuel consumption

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10074

I had the same with 9 60x60 concrete paving slabs and a couple of bottles of paraffin in the boot. Easily 4-5mpg improvement. Weird.

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:10

More downforce?

Malc

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:26

Trooper wrote:

A tip for people buying flat pack wardrobes, measure your ceiling height before you get them delivered :facepalm:

In other news, it's possible to get a 240cm long box in a 7 series if you need to take a box back to ikea...

Sorry, this has really tickled me.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

I like the way he measured the box to see if it would fit in the car, but not his room to see if it would fit in his house!

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Bobbyaro wrote:

I like the way he measured the box to see if it would fit in the car, but not his room to see if it would fit in his house!

No measuring involved in either case, hence the issue

Order online, find out it doesn't fit, take box down to car, stuff it in, find out it fits!

Then go online and check measurements of replacement wardrobes, and measure your ceiling height...

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Apr 17, 2014 13:40

Whilst my bus was waiting at a stop, I saw probably the most horrifying advert in a print shop window I've ever seen. In big colourful letters it proudly boasted:

"We sell celebrity cutouts! Ask inside for our range!"

The nightmares...the possibilities....

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Kern wrote:

The nightmares...the possibilities....

The paper cuts !

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

"You'll laugh till it hurts!"

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Apr 17, 2014 18:37

When I worked in the classical music part of a record shop as a teen, someone did once ask me to take their photo next to the life-size cut-out we had of Lesley Garret.

TheVision · **Posted:** Fri Apr 18, 2014 12:25

I've updated my phone and it looks like the picture upload finally works.. I hope.

** edit** it does! Amazing!

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Apr 18, 2014 13:19

Mali - quick - only £60 with 2 hours to go!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pool-Table-/2 ... 2ed0cf2122

KovacsC · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:23

Had a great day at Bolton Abbey with MiniKov and the current MissKov

Was a lovely sunny day. Picnic by the river etc.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2014 18:01

KovacsC wrote:

Had a great day at Bolton Abbey with MiniKov and the current MissKov

Was a lovely sunny day. Picnic by the river etc.

The fuck?

I am down the road!

GazChap · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2014 18:53

I thought I'd seen it all. I really did.

(NSFW)

Why does this exist?

Grim... · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2014 23:31

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2014 8:04

MaliA wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

Had a great day at Bolton Abbey with MiniKov and the current MissKov

Was a lovely sunny day. Picnic by the river etc.

The fuck?

I am down the road!

Oh bollocks.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

GazChap wrote:

I thought I'd seen it all. I really did.

(NSFW)

Why does this exist?

Boredom & they've run out of biscuits. Probably.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2014 20:56

I am absolutely wiped out. Ate a box of milk tray and drank a bottle of wine for medicinal purposes. Can't wait to go back to work tomorrow for a rest!

Hope everyone had a great bank holiday weekend?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Really sorry to hear you've been so wiped out and in need of a rest. I was back to work this morning after a bit of a tidy up, been doing loads of wedding planning all evening and still at it now. We are still finding stuff all over the house. I worked Friday, so a normal length weekend for me, but a wonderful one at least.

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:41

Isn't it fantastic to be back at work?

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 11:56

TheVision wrote:

Isn't it fantastic to be back at work?

I would not know. I am off till Monday.

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:29

KovacsC wrote:

TheVision wrote:

Isn't it fantastic to be back at work?

I would not know. I am off till Monday.

You're a day late!

myp · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:45

TheVision wrote:

Isn't it fantastic to be back at work?

No it fucking isn't. Just glad I have a three day week and then off all of next week.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Bugger. I've just realised than when I bought an Android game a while back I was giving money to someone who'd cloned the game rather than the original developer. The game didn't require any permissions so I'm not worried about security or anything but it's not great to realise you've given money to some scamming arsehole.

I've emailed the real dev with links to the cloned versions so at least they can get them taken down.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 15:24

I wouldn't worry. The original version of this forum was a flat-out copy of UBB, converted to run on PHP. Should we stop using it?

myp · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 15:45

Grim... wrote:

I wouldn't worry. The original version of this forum was a flat-out copy of UBB, converted to run on PHP. Should we stop using it?

Yes. Next question.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Grim... wrote:

I wouldn't worry. The original version of this forum was a flat-out copy of UBB, converted to run on PHP. Should we stop using it?

I'm not worried per se, I'd just rather have seen my money go to the person who'd done the actual work and not some scamming cunt is all. Mobile devs get such a shitty deal with all the miserable, greedy, moaning cunts that populate the various app stores and think they're entitled to anything they want for free so I like to be able to pay for something I've enjoyed.

ETA: also I never said or implied anything about stopping using something so I'm not sure why my post prompted your question?

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 16:34

Could be the cloney-person worked harder at it than the original person, and their version is better. Could be that the original person ripped off someone else.

Like I said, I wouldn't worry.

ETA: Sorry if my comparison wasn't exact. What I meant was "everything is a copy of something else".

ETA2:

Bamba wrote:

Mobile devs get such a shitty deal with all the miserable, greedy, moaning cunts that populate the various app stores and think they're entitled to anything they want for free

Ironlylol

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Grim... wrote:

Could be the cloney-person worked harder at it than the original person, and their version is better. Could be that the original person ripped off someone else.

Like I said, I wouldn't worry.

ETA: Sorry if my comparison wasn't exact. What I meant was "everything is a copy of something else".

You misunderstand (or, more likely, I haven't described it very well): it's not a clone in the way Candy Crush is like Bejewled; it's exactly the same game just released under a different name. Here's the real game and here's the clone.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 16:55

Looks like it's been removed already.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Grim... wrote:

Looks like it's been removed already.

I've just clicked on my link from my previous post and it's still there; what do you get when you hit that link?

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Also what's ironic about my talking about app store fannies?

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 17:24

Bamba wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Looks like it's been removed already.

I've just clicked on my link from my previous post and it's still there; what do you get when you hit that link?

"We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server."

Bamba wrote:

Also what's ironic about my talking about app store fannies?

Calendars

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Grim... wrote:

"We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server."

That's very odd, I've just checked it again from home and it still works fine for me.

Grim... wrote:

Calendars

I've never once hassled you about the calendar stuff as I don't play online. No irony here guv!

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 17:30

Bamba wrote:

Grim... wrote:

"We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server."

That's very odd, I've just checked it again from home and it still works fine for me.

Huh.

Bamba wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Calendars

I've never once hassled you about the calendar stuff as I don't play online. No irony here guv!

I didn't mean you specifically (or any one person specifically (or any one thing specifically)).

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 17:33

Unarmed man shot "several times" by US Marshal

In fucking court

myp · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 17:39

Grim... wrote:

Bamba wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Looks like it's been removed already.

I've just clicked on my link from my previous post and it's still there; what do you get when you hit that link?

"We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server."

Bamba wrote:

Also what's ironic about my talking about app store fannies?

Calendars

When are you doing the fucking calendar? It's ridiculous how long it's taken so far.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

If only there was some way that Grim... could track how often he gets hassled about making a calendar, and on which days.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 17:48

Trooper wrote:

If only there was some way that Grim... could track how often he gets hassled about making a calendar, and on which days.

search.php?keywords=calendar&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Whilst you are at it I would like a collander.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 20:03

And I would like a Piña Colada.

krazywookie · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 20:07

I would like some Calendula and this seems like the place to get it.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Can you help me insert this cannula?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Anyone for a cylinder? I hear a Grim... Can get then for you,

krazywookie · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 20:13

And yes, seeing as you're offering, a candelabra will go very well in the entrance hall.

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