What do you want to vent about today?

For all the none biking stuff. Say hello, chew the fat or flame the forum.
User avatar
Rossgo
Posts: 10407
Joined: 14 Mar 2014, 02:01
Your Bike:
Location: Berkshire
Has thanked: 5280 times
Been thanked: 1326 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by Rossgo »

kiwikrasher wrote:The fooking heat. 40 deg C yesterday, 37 today and the next three days we are up here camping it's 35+. Now normally I like the heat but this is insane. Especially with 6 people in a tent.
I see where you are coming from we all complain over here about the weather (always too cold, too wet, or too hot (at 25°C Image ) but at least when it's cold we can wrap up warm and at least be a bit comfortable with a fire if needed but when it's too hot (like what you are experiencing) there's no hiding from it even if you strip down to b&*llock naked you will still be too hot! I don't blame you for feeling uncomfortable when so many people are sharing a tent!!
User avatar
kiwikrasher
Posts: 8876
Joined: 17 Mar 2014, 04:32
Your Bike: ‘16 Thruxton R. '10 Multistrada 1200 S.
Location: Kurrajong Heights, NSW, Australia
Has thanked: 4595 times
Been thanked: 4674 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by kiwikrasher »

Rossgo wrote: even if you strip down to b&*llock naked you will still be too hot!
Yup tried that Rossgo and still too hot! But it probably had a lot to do with the sunburn from packing up in the hot sun (facepalm)
Attachments
IMG_4293.JPG
Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of life.
User avatar
D41
Posts: 12958
Joined: 22 Sep 2014, 11:36
Your Bike: Triumph Daytona 650.
Has thanked: 4298 times
Been thanked: 1132 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by D41 »

Well, I guess I'm not having owt for breakfast now.
User avatar
Rossgo
Posts: 10407
Joined: 14 Mar 2014, 02:01
Your Bike:
Location: Berkshire
Has thanked: 5280 times
Been thanked: 1326 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by Rossgo »

kiwikrasher wrote:
Rossgo wrote: even if you strip down to b&*llock naked you will still be too hot!
Yup tried that Rossgo and still too hot! But it probably had a lot to do with the sunburn from packing up in the hot sun (facepalm)
Image Image Image superb mate that's got me crying with laughter
User avatar
Monty
Posts: 6711
Joined: 12 Mar 2014, 07:59
Your Bike: KTM 690 SMC R
Location: Peak District
Has thanked: 2118 times
Been thanked: 2441 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by Monty »

(rolf) (rolf) (rolf)
Monty™© MCMLXXII
User avatar
Blade
Posts: 18772
Joined: 14 Mar 2014, 18:43
Your Bike: Kawasaki ZX10R
Location: North West
Has thanked: 3134 times
Been thanked: 3767 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by Blade »

Just had a charity come round to collect some furniture.

Needed a hand carrying a big table down from upstairs. The lad came into help me and put massive black foot marks all over our carpet even though he told me his boots were clean.

Quite reasonably I said don't worry mate I'll clean it up later just take your shoes off and we can continue.

The reply. "Sorry pal I can't come in your house without shoes on" wtf (gah) health and safety gone mad (swear)
User avatar
kiwikrasher
Posts: 8876
Joined: 17 Mar 2014, 04:32
Your Bike: ‘16 Thruxton R. '10 Multistrada 1200 S.
Location: Kurrajong Heights, NSW, Australia
Has thanked: 4595 times
Been thanked: 4674 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by kiwikrasher »

I can't believe you don't have overboots in a bucket at the door! :P
Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of life.
User avatar
Kwacky
Posts: 38608
Joined: 21 Oct 2013, 21:52
Your Bike: Brutale 800RR, 1000SX Ninja
Location: Brum
Has thanked: 4327 times
Been thanked: 8367 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by Kwacky »

If he had dropped something on his foot you would be to blame. That's the way it is.

I can't believe he didn't check his boots first.
User avatar
D41
Posts: 12958
Joined: 22 Sep 2014, 11:36
Your Bike: Triumph Daytona 650.
Has thanked: 4298 times
Been thanked: 1132 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by D41 »

Resolve is the product you want to get rid of that. But make sure you let the mud dry thoroughly and then break up and remove the majority of it first. Car upholstery cleaner is also a good shout as it tends to be fairly mild. Better to clean it gently two or three times than get it all in one go....the yarn might get damaged otherwise.
User avatar
Blade
Posts: 18772
Joined: 14 Mar 2014, 18:43
Your Bike: Kawasaki ZX10R
Location: North West
Has thanked: 3134 times
Been thanked: 3767 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by Blade »

Kwacky wrote:If he had dropped something on his foot you would be to blame. That's the way it is.

I can't believe he didn't check his boots first.
Yeah I realise that mate just think its mental tbh.

Our work's is just the same in fairness, but if we come across a small issue like that which has minimal real world value we may tell someone to look the other way or go for a cup of tea and thinks will be resolved when they return ;)
User avatar
kiwikrasher
Posts: 8876
Joined: 17 Mar 2014, 04:32
Your Bike: ‘16 Thruxton R. '10 Multistrada 1200 S.
Location: Kurrajong Heights, NSW, Australia
Has thanked: 4595 times
Been thanked: 4674 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by kiwikrasher »

Blade wrote:
Yeah I realise that mate just think its mental tbh.

Our work's is just the same in fairness, but if we come across a small issue like that which has minimal real world value we may tell someone to look the other way or go for a cup of tea and thinks will be resolved when they return ;)
I was the same Blade, black ops as it were. But times are changing and I've had to try hard to resist the urge to 'just get it done'. If you succeed in getting something done outside of procedure, no on ever thanks you for it, they just assume the procedure worked. But if you stuff up and cause an injury or equipment damage you get hung. So in the end it gets you no where with the company and opens you up to risk. In this day and age it's not worth it.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of life.
User avatar
Blade
Posts: 18772
Joined: 14 Mar 2014, 18:43
Your Bike: Kawasaki ZX10R
Location: North West
Has thanked: 3134 times
Been thanked: 3767 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by Blade »

Stop being sensible Kiwi ;)

There will always be black ops and nightshift jobs or the world would stop turning (happy)
User avatar
kiwikrasher
Posts: 8876
Joined: 17 Mar 2014, 04:32
Your Bike: ‘16 Thruxton R. '10 Multistrada 1200 S.
Location: Kurrajong Heights, NSW, Australia
Has thanked: 4595 times
Been thanked: 4674 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by kiwikrasher »

Blade wrote:Stop being sensible Kiwi ;)

There will always be black ops and nightshift jobs or the world would stop turning (happy)
Not where I am anymore. It's got rediculous. If a job is done under a WOrk Order the completed and signed EOD had to be scanned and attached to that before close out. If it's a rountine job, a EOD or Work Instruction still must be used and signed then dropped into the Ops Super who archives them. If you step outside of a EOD or WI without a TOD, MOC or Ops Super approval it's a written warning. If you cause injury, environmental or equipment damage, your pretty much gone.
It's that ridiculous if I do a back flush on the Potable Water Maker Sand filter it takes me longer to fill out the 5x5 and EOD than the actual task.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of life.
User avatar
StMarks
Posts: 4597
Joined: 17 Mar 2014, 21:55
Your Bike: Daytona 675 graphite
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire
Has thanked: 922 times
Been thanked: 1319 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by StMarks »

kiwikrasher wrote:
Blade wrote:Stop being sensible Kiwi ;)

There will always be black ops and nightshift jobs or the world would stop turning (happy)
Not where I am anymore. It's got rediculous. If a job is done under a WOrk Order the completed and signed EOD had to be scanned and attached to that before close out. If it's a rountine job, a EOD or Work Instruction still must be used and signed then dropped into the Ops Super who archives them. If you step outside of a EOD or WI without a TOD, MOC or Ops Super approval it's a written warning. If you cause injury, environmental or equipment damage, your pretty much gone.
It's that ridiculous if I do a back flush on the Potable Water Maker Sand filter it takes me longer to fill out the 5x5 and EOD than the actual task.
It doesn't take a lot of working out why the worlds fastest growing economies happen to be countries in which individuals are the least valued...
What happens long term though..??
-I guess that increasing mechanisation may presumably change the parameters of that outcome.
User avatar
Blade
Posts: 18772
Joined: 14 Mar 2014, 18:43
Your Bike: Kawasaki ZX10R
Location: North West
Has thanked: 3134 times
Been thanked: 3767 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by Blade »

I know the world is changing fast it's just being an old dinosaur I struggle to keep on the same page some days :P
User avatar
StMarks
Posts: 4597
Joined: 17 Mar 2014, 21:55
Your Bike: Daytona 675 graphite
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire
Has thanked: 922 times
Been thanked: 1319 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by StMarks »

Blade wrote:I know the world is changing fast it's just being an old dinosaur I struggle to keep on the same page some days :P
Fwiw it seems to me you keep pretty well appraised of the real world..

... Having said that, if you're on the wrong page, I don't think I'm even in the same library let alone the right book as our "modern society". (headbang)

P.S. Actually FYI Frankie Fkkr1s refers to me as a Dinosaur. < Those youngsters these days......... (wasntme)
User avatar
D41
Posts: 12958
Joined: 22 Sep 2014, 11:36
Your Bike: Triumph Daytona 650.
Has thanked: 4298 times
Been thanked: 1132 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by D41 »

Dinosaur?? What's your age???
User avatar
StMarks
Posts: 4597
Joined: 17 Mar 2014, 21:55
Your Bike: Daytona 675 graphite
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire
Has thanked: 922 times
Been thanked: 1319 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by StMarks »

D41 wrote:Dinosaur?? What's your age???
I thought you knew, I'm Twenty One and a bit. (Still)
User avatar
D41
Posts: 12958
Joined: 22 Sep 2014, 11:36
Your Bike: Triumph Daytona 650.
Has thanked: 4298 times
Been thanked: 1132 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by D41 »

You sound like me Mam....she spent her entire life at "plenty one".
User avatar
Blade
Posts: 18772
Joined: 14 Mar 2014, 18:43
Your Bike: Kawasaki ZX10R
Location: North West
Has thanked: 3134 times
Been thanked: 3767 times

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

Post by Blade »

Amazes me we are allowed to walk on pavements in this health and safety obsessed world.

If I suggested at work I was going to be moving up and down an access way next to 1 to 20 ton objects traveling at high speed inches away from my position, which if I tripped or misplaced a foot would end in instant death I think I would be shot on the spot.

If I then asked to do it at night time, whilst being drunk out of my skull and wearing dark clothing and almost impossible to see I pretty sure the world would literally end.
Post Reply