Bits and Bobs 49

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Giphy "bollocks":
https://media1.giphy.com/media/JZZ6hXux8iakM/giphy-loop.mp4

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

DBSnappa wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Mimi wrote:

But I think it was somebody on here that spoke about Brits Miami g about the heat of summer last year, which is never thought of before. Houses here have always been built with the purpose of holding in heat, so inside it can get very uncomfortable. A few people on here will know that my living room has THE WORLD’S BIGGEST WINDOWS, which the sun hits the entire day, starting from the left and ending at the right. Yesterday it was 43° in my greenhouse living room, with the windows open throughout the house. Eek!

Exactly that. Our houses are built for dreary weather, they hold onto heat and nobody puts in air con. Live in a 1st world country in a hot climate and air con will be everywhere, so a bit of sun is less of an issue.

I was doing some cabinet making for a friend during that heatwave last year. On the top floor of a terraced mews house, half the roof was glass and 3/4 of the front and back walls. I had to take the week off as it was significantly higher than 50 degC with 100% humidity. I won’t mention the total ballache that was warp factor of working with plywood

'Ballache' is a word, apparently, but it looks wrong ... I mean it doesn't look like it's supposed to sound, e.g. ballash.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Warhead wrote:

DBSnappa wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Mimi wrote:

But I think it was somebody on here that spoke about Brits Miami g about the heat of summer last year, which is never thought of before. Houses here have always been built with the purpose of holding in heat, so inside it can get very uncomfortable. A few people on here will know that my living room has THE WORLD’S BIGGEST WINDOWS, which the sun hits the entire day, starting from the left and ending at the right. Yesterday it was 43° in my greenhouse living room, with the windows open throughout the house. Eek!

Exactly that. Our houses are built for dreary weather, they hold onto heat and nobody puts in air con. Live in a 1st world country in a hot climate and air con will be everywhere, so a bit of sun is less of an issue.

I was doing some cabinet making for a friend during that heatwave last year. On the top floor of a terraced mews house, half the roof was glass and 3/4 of the front and back walls. I had to take the week off as it was significantly higher than 50 degC with 100% humidity. I won’t mention the total ballache that was warp factor of working with plywood

'Ballache' is a word, apparently, but it looks wrong ... I mean it doesn't look like it's supposed to sound, e.g. ballash.

Also, Tour de France sounds like Turdy France to me.

And with that, I wish you good afternoon, as I head back from Edinburgh to Manchister in my little van.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:59

Jem wrote:

she now knows more about our history than I do (not hard tbh)

Getting loading those 'Horrible Histories' clips and queuing up 'Rex Factor' episodes!

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

Warhead wrote:

DBSnappa wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Mimi wrote:

But I think it was somebody on here that spoke about Brits Miami g about the heat of summer last year, which is never thought of before. Houses here have always been built with the purpose of holding in heat, so inside it can get very uncomfortable. A few people on here will know that my living room has THE WORLD’S BIGGEST WINDOWS, which the sun hits the entire day, starting from the left and ending at the right. Yesterday it was 43° in my greenhouse living room, with the windows open throughout the house. Eek!

Exactly that. Our houses are built for dreary weather, they hold onto heat and nobody puts in air con. Live in a 1st world country in a hot climate and air con will be everywhere, so a bit of sun is less of an issue.

I was doing some cabinet making for a friend during that heatwave last year. On the top floor of a terraced mews house, half the roof was glass and 3/4 of the front and back walls. I had to take the week off as it was significantly higher than 50 degC with 100% humidity. I won’t mention the total ballache that was warp factor of working with plywood

'Ballache' is a word, apparently, but it looks wrong ... I mean it doesn't look like it's supposed to sound, e.g. ballash.

I've always pronounced it ball-ache...

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

Trooper wrote:

I've always pronounced it ball-ache...

Weird. I pronounce it ball-ache

TheVision · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2018 13:30

Good news! I've fitted my lightscribe drive in my PC.
Bad news! I don't have any spare cables to power it so there's one on the way from eBay.

Pah.

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

DavPaz wrote:

Trooper wrote:

I've always pronounced it ball-ache...

Weird. I pronounce it ball-ache

In Welsh it's ba-llache

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

I just spell it borlake.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2018 16:28

B'lakki

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2018 16:41

8/\¬¬å¥|<∂

TheVision · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2018 17:55

I bet you all missed Throughsilver on Pointless on the BBC yesterday didn't you?

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

TheVision wrote:

I bet you all missed Throughsilver on Pointless on the BBC yesterday didn't you?

I watched it but didn’t know it was him! Which one was he!?

flis · **Joined:** 26th May, 2008 **Posts:** 3333

Satsuma wrote:

TheVision wrote:

I bet you all missed Throughsilver on Pointless on the BBC yesterday didn't you?

I watched it but didn’t know it was him! Which one was he!?

The stupid sexy one? With powerful eyebrows.

Malc · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2018 18:14

Satsuma wrote:

TheVision wrote:

I bet you all missed Throughsilver on Pointless on the BBC yesterday didn't you?

I watched it but didn’t know it was him! Which one was he!?

Yeah, I watch ed it too, didn't realise it was him. However this tweet:

https://twitter.com/throughsilver/statu ... 6482914304

I can finally say publicly that I've won Pointless! I was nervous even watching the airing! Thanks to @XanderArmstrong and @richardosman for being great hosts despite our nerves. And thanks, Stadium of Light.
— Sparky Polastri (@throughsilver) April 20, 2018

Says he won.

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

Were you the two guys who were asked what You would like to do with the money if you won and said that you would want a holiday to Las Vegas but the pot of money was only £1000 to split between the two of you which would barely cover the flight?

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Trooper wrote:

Warhead wrote:

DBSnappa wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Mimi wrote:

But I think it was somebody on here that spoke about Brits Miami g about the heat of summer last year, which is never thought of before. Houses here have always been built with the purpose of holding in heat, so inside it can get very uncomfortable. A few people on here will know that my living room has THE WORLD’S BIGGEST WINDOWS, which the sun hits the entire day, starting from the left and ending at the right. Yesterday it was 43° in my greenhouse living room, with the windows open throughout the house. Eek!

Exactly that. Our houses are built for dreary weather, they hold onto heat and nobody puts in air con. Live in a 1st world country in a hot climate and air con will be everywhere, so a bit of sun is less of an issue.

I was doing some cabinet making for a friend during that heatwave last year. On the top floor of a terraced mews house, half the roof was glass and 3/4 of the front and back walls. I had to take the week off as it was significantly higher than 50 degC with 100% humidity. I won’t mention the total ballache that was warp factor of working with plywood

'Ballache' is a word, apparently, but it looks wrong ... I mean it doesn't look like it's supposed to sound, e.g. ballash.

I've always pronounced it ball-ache...

In which case, that’s how we should spell it.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Cras wrote:

I just spell it borlake.

Are you a pirate?

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

Malc wrote:

Satsuma wrote:

TheVision wrote:

I bet you all missed Throughsilver on Pointless on the BBC yesterday didn't you?

I watched it but didn’t know it was him! Which one was he!?

Yeah, I watch ed it too, didn't realise it was him. However this tweet:

https://twitter.com/throughsilver/statu ... 6482914304

I can finally say publicly that I've won Pointless! I was nervous even watching the airing! Thanks to @XanderArmstrong and @richardosman for being great hosts despite our nerves. And thanks, Stadium of Light.
— Sparky Polastri (@throughsilver) April 20, 2018

Says he won.

Iplayer link -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b ... episode-14

Its Season 19 episode 14

Grim... · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2018 3:18

Clever sexy Thorghsilver

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Does the term ‘reach out’ get on your tits as much as it does mine?

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16558

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Just answer the question, smart arse.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5149

The kittens are enjoying the sun.

myp · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2018 19:51

Warhead wrote:

Just answer the question, smart arse.

No

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2018 20:14

I prefer reach round.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Satsuma wrote:

Were you the two guys who were asked what You would like to do with the money if you won and said that you would want a holiday to Las Vegas but the pot of money was only £1000 to split between the two of you which would barely cover the flight?

No.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:29

I'm doing some filming today with Dave 'the games animal' Perry!

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Off back to the UK in about an hour - straight into the office in the morning (which should be a laugh), and then need to deal with some people issues (largely of the "waaa waaa I'm not paid enough because someone three grades above me is paid more" variety). And I'm staying with my parents. On the plus side, I get to see my dog on Wednesday

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

I didn't know you'd kept the dog here! I guess it makes sense, if it's not a super long-term move.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2018 16:36

Ladies and gentlemen... The Games animal!

devilman · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2018 16:59

That photo makes me feel rather better about all the stuff I have lying around here.

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

Yeah, I’d have chucked him out a long time ago.

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8648

If it wasn't for Far Cry 5, and the fact that he looks older, that's probably how that room looked 25 years ago.

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8648

Also, this seems like a great idea.

Oh, the arrows don't seem to do anything, and if you click through it's rotated 180 degrees (so still wrong, but differently wrong).

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

I see MaliA’s finally been published.

Actually, I bet he self-published it.

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8648

It was rotated 90 degrees when I posted it and 270 when you click on it. Now it seems to be upside down, but still 270 degrees when you click though. Are the arrows meant to do anything?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

They do, but the image will almost always be cached in the browser so you won't see what they've done until you force refresh. I think.

myp · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2018 22:05

Cras wrote:

They do, but the image will almost always be cached in the browser so you won't see what they've done until you force refresh. I think.

Force refresh doesn't work anymore. It's since the fast website was implemented. I'm guessing it uses some aggressive caching to improve load times.

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

Try opening your nat.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2018 22:12

Joans wrote:

Also, this seems like a great idea.

It is, to be honest.

Perhaps it could be labelled more subtly, though.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2018 22:12

Lonewolves wrote:

Cras wrote:

They do, but the image will almost always be cached in the browser so you won't see what they've done until you force refresh. I think.

Force refresh doesn't work anymore.

Nah, I fixed that.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2018 22:16

Mimi wrote:

I see MaliA’s finally been published.

Actually, I bet he self-published it.

https://www.beexcellenttoeachother.com/ ... 76#p564376

Good remembering!

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8648

Grim... wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Cras wrote:

They do, but the image will almost always be cached in the browser so you won't see what they've done until you force refresh. I think.

Force refresh doesn't work anymore.

Nah, I fixed that.

Apparently I stabbed the arrows enough times to make it appear the right way up.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

I've just closed and deleted my old yahoo account and by extension, my flickr account.

I feel a bit sad about it, to be honest

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

You downloaded all your photos, right?

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

Flickr has been sold off to someone. I’m going to have to download all my pics again as a back up, but I genuinely don’t know if I have enough room to store them.

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

On my laptop, I mean.

I should get an external HD, I suppose. Then upload them to that Dropbox thing.

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

I guess there isn’t away to just copy all of the stuff direct to drop box.

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

MaliA wrote:

Mimi wrote:

I see MaliA’s finally been published.

Actually, I bet he self-published it.

https://www.beexcellenttoeachother.com/ ... 76#p564376

Good remembering!

Thank you! One of my rare moments of clarity

Be Excellent To Each Other

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