Good Morning Thread - Come say good morning, tell us what you've got on today. :)

We have this thread on TilersForums.com and it's just been restarted because the old thread had 20,000 replies and 500,000 views. And there were 700 pages. Started to lag a bit on slow connections.

I think we had a bash of this before, but I can't find the thread, so thought I'd start another one off.

If you have time in the mornings, come post in the thread before you head off to work, let us know what you've got on and what the weather is like in your area etc. Anything at all is fine.

Posts and likes get counted towards your total stats in this thread.

So GOOOD MORNING PEOPLE - WEATHER IS NICE TODAY IN STOKE. I'M THANKFUL IT'S FRIDAY, HAD A RUBBISH WEEK. THANK GOD IT'S OVER.

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[littlespark]

But have you tried the Plain Chocolate Kit-Kats also in red wrappers?

Once upon a time…. Back in the 80’s..
when a faulty Kit Kat came off the line.
It was like winning the lotttery!

“There’s no wafer in my Kit Kat!”

“You lucky sod!”

 

[Moley]

But have you tried the Plain Chocolate Kit-Kats also in red wrappers?

The white ones are nicer. I can quite happily eat a whole multi pack of them. No wonder I'm diabetic!

 

[Moley]

Today has been quite nice so far. The dog and me went down to the beach. He had a good swim while I just chucked a few stones for him. On the way back I watched two RAF Hawks playing around at 9 -10,000ft. Got back, dried the dog off and now trying to decide what to do for the day.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Talking of RAF we obviously live under a military flight path as we see lots of Chinooks and other military aircraft, red arrows and Spitfires during the display season, a few days ago a Hercules passed over at what looked like 1000ft, but yesterday was a first with two Apache helicopters traveling West too East.

 

[Moley]

If you want to know where they are going to/coming from I can recommend an app called Flightradar24. Gives all the details such as aircraft type, speed, height, age etc. Yes, I'm sad!

 

[Mike Johnson]

I don't think you are sad, I look at that site quite a lot.

I assume its either Mildenhall or Duxford, I'm in Kent so both East of me.

 

[littlespark]

I think I’ve mentioned this before when I was covering the temporary electrical supplies during an RAF air show at Leuchars in Fife….

I saw 13 Red Arrows in formation.

Normally they only fly 10.

Granted…. The 13 were parked on the runway, not flying… but they were in formation!




Todays fast food news.

My local maccys has gone down in my expectations.
First, the lights outside weren’t working…. So the sign read “McDo d’s”
My daughter ordered a milkshake….. and the server broke the machine. Strawberry flavouring all over the floor…
I ordered a regular full fat classic coke…. And they broke that as well… had to go with a diet version.
If I was on a diet…. I wouldn’t be going to a Macdonalds!

And finally…a McFlurry with a cardboard spoon!

The square ended plastic device isn’t a spoon… it’s part of the flurrying experience…. How dare they!

They’re supposed to stick the spoon in the ice cream, clip the square end into the machine, and it does something…. Blows air down through the spoon to aerate the ice cream and make a Flurry a flurry!

They can’t do that with a bit of cardboard!

 

[Mike Johnson]

Levelling the concrete under a new shower tray, that done, the shower tray only weight 85kg, put it in place and it needs to move 10mm towards the waste which is concreted in, trouble is its between three walls, ah well just have to chop a bit out of the wall.

 

[littlespark]

Levelling the concrete under a new shower tray, that done, the shower tray only weight 85kg, put it in place and it needs to move 10mm towards the waste which is concreted in, trouble is its between three walls, ah well just have to chop a bit out of the wall.

Now now… what would a plumber do in this situation?

They’d get a chisel out and make the hole in the tray a bit bigger.

 

[brianmoooore]

shower tray only weight 85kg,

Haven't seen one of those for years. Didn't know that they were still available.
Many happy memories of lugging them up flights of stairs to upstairs bathrooms back in the day.

 

[brianmoooore]

If you want to know where they are going to/coming from I can recommend an app called Flightradar24. Gives all the details such as aircraft type, speed, height, age etc. Yes, I'm sad!

Almost everyone I know has that app on their 'phone.

 

[brianmoooore]

There was an RAF base a few miles from me that was host to BAE Hawks from the beginning of the '80s to the mid '90s.
During that period, the Red Arrows were frequently seen in the skies over here, practicing their routines. I presume they used it as a home from home.

 

[littlespark]

Are you sitting comfortably on this sunny autumnal Sunday morning?

Then please read the following out loud;

“Alexa. Play Christmas music”

You can thank me later.

 

[Moley]

Talking of Xmas, is it time to put the sprouts on to cook yet?

 

[littlespark]

Talking of Xmas, is it time to put the sprouts on to cook yet?

You should have had them on last month!

 

[Moley]

Bugger!
I was taught 'Don't boil a sprout until October is out'. Oh well. I'll have to wait until next year now.

 

[littlespark]

So, "I'm a Celebrity" is back on TV, and rumour has it that Matt Hancock is going to be one of the inmates... sorry.. campmates.
They've already lost one due to medical reasons, and apparently, Boy George was attacked earlier today by a rather angry reptile.



They need to find a calmer chameleon.

 

[Moley]

Well, I'm back in Scotland. Drove up on Sunday. 7.5hrs at double time so not complaining. Working today at Eyemouth so only just over the border. Time to stock up on 'empire biscuits' before I head home on Friday.

 

[littlespark]

ive just come home from Berwick.... Eyemouth is part of my patch.

Will be in Coldingham tomorrow testing a holiday cottage.

Remember to visit New Asgard before you go home.

 

[Moley]

Think I'm at Berwick tomorrow. I'm working at Scottish Power subs this week. I had forgotten just how bad I am at traywork. Oh well, at least the public won't see it. I'm staying in a nice 3 bedroom cottage at Churnside. Got the place to myself- it's great.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Browsing the TLC web site and saw this box cutter, could be useful: Multitool Single Box Cutting Blade 75mm x 75mm HCS | CK (T0880) - https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/CKT0880.html?

 

[littlespark]

Draw round a box and use a regular straight multitool blade.

 

[Mike Johnson]

That is what most of us do I think, but the box tool could be a time saver if doing quite a few, just thought it was a good inavation.

 

[littlespark]

Nice little surprise this morning.

When another forum member invades your patch, you just have to!

Had a face to face chat with @Moley and found out coincidently, we have the same first name!


When I was at Heathrow T5, the boss there put me together with another guy with the same first name to make it easy for him.
Not only same first name, but my surname is Little, his was Small.
Bad enough I’m 6 foot 1…. This guy was 6’8
I’m Scottish white… which on a dulux paint swatch is a very pale blue… he was Nigerian black.

 

[Moley]

Yup, it's nice to put a face to someone. Now if anyone else wants the pleasure my next weeks rota -
Monday night, Spalding
Tuesday night, Sheffield
Wednesday, Runcorn

Any takers

 

[James]

Yup, it's nice to put a face to someone. Now if anyone else wants the pleasure my next weeks rota -
Monday night, Spalding
Tuesday night, Sheffield
Wednesday, Runcorn

Any takers

I have just spent 3 days in kings lynn, about 10miles from spalding
probably not there till Wednesday next week to finish off.
like ships in the night, maybe another time?

 

[littlespark]

Yup, it's nice to put a face to someone. Now if anyone else wants the pleasure my next weeks rota -
Monday night, Spalding
Tuesday night, Sheffield
Wednesday, Runcorn

Any takers

And I’ll be in Berwick, Berwick and Berwick.

 

[Moley]

I have just spent 3 days in kings lynn, about 10miles from spalding
probably not there till Wednesday next week to finish off.
like ships in the night, maybe another time?

I know Kings Lynn. Spent 2 weeks at a Premier Inn there earlier this year. Don't know if/when we'll be there next

 

[Moley]

And I’ll be in Berwick, Berwick and Berwick.

You be careful. All that foreign work. Watch the border control doesn't catch you

 

[James]

I know Kings Lynn. Spent 2 weeks at a Premier Inn there earlier this year. Don't know if/when we'll be there next

Next to shell garage and McDonald’s?
if so, it’s where I have just come from!

 

[littlespark]

You be careful. All that foreign work. Watch the border control doesn't catch you

It’s ok…. I took a small dinghy from Eyemouth harbour into Berwick docks.

 

[Moley]

Next to shell garage and McDonald’s?
if so, it’s where I have just come from!

Yup, that's the one. If I remember right it's got 2 parts. The main one on the left of the car park and a seconf building behind the restaraunt. I'm a really sad git. I'm getting to be a Premier Inn spotter

 

[Moley]

It’s ok…. I took a small dinghy from Eyemouth harbour into Berwick docks.

So it's you that's been shipping in illegal imigrants is it?

 

[littlespark]

So it's you that's been shipping in illegal imigrants is it?

Might be the only way to get to maccys if Silly Sturgeon gets her way.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Finally got to the stage of fitting the new shower screen in the en-suite, its just 1800m high by 800m wide by 10mm so quite heavy, got it up stairs and into the en-suite before it exploded into a million bits, was not hit or rested on anything just in my hands, yes I did have gloves on and took the rest of the day sweeping it all into a couple of cardboard box's, just got it all into the box's and out the back door when the bin men arrived and took it all away, trouble was its a bespoke size and shape and will take time to replace, time to get into the crawl space above the shower and complete the electrics and extract, what fun.

 

[littlespark]

So what happened? Did you kick it, or bang it against the wall or something?

 

[nicebutdim]

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[Mike Johnson]

So what happened? Did you kick it, or bang it against the wall or something?

Nope, never hit anything or even rested whilst being moved, it just exploded with a very loud bang, it had been stored for a couple of weeks laying horizontal against a wall with foam protection on the wall and floor, carrying it vertically may have something to do with the change in orientation disrupting the flow/grain of the glass, don't know enough about the molecular structure of glass, but may look it up as a matter of interest.

 

[Mike Johnson]

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Thanks for the thought, but the manufacturer of the bespoke panel are a well regarded structural glass manufacturer and would have done all they could to avoid this, I did not notice any butterfly effect when it exploded, just a very loud bang, I don't know if that is indicative of some stress, will contact the manufacturer and ask.

 

[nicebutdim]

Thanks for the thought, but the manufacturer of the bespoke panel are a well regarded structural glass manufacturer and would have done all they could to avoid this, I did not notice any butterfly effect when it exploded, just a very loud bang, I don't know if that is indicative of some stress, will contact the manufacturer and ask.

It's not a subject on which I have significant knowledge, but believe this can happen even under the strictest of manufacturing conditions.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Still it's given me time to complete the extract fan, Humidistat and shower lights, all working, now to get back into the craw space and make the temporary wiring permanent.

 

[littlespark]

Today I’m going to attempt some outside decorations… although it’s a bit wet and cold just now.
Through last week, we managed to get the trees up… but none of the other things.

The dog looks so proud

The old tree. As old as our marriage.

And it wouldn’t be my tree without this little guy.

 

[nicebutdim]

What size of holesaw did you need to get that tree through the ceiling?

 

[littlespark]

What size of holesaw did you need to get that tree through the ceiling?

It’s a newish extension on the house. We just had it built around the tree….

 

[littlespark]

This morning first job. A little route making to add some sockets to an upstairs room. Gate onto drive was shut, so I just carried my tools, a drum of 2.5 and fishing rods… rather than open gate, drive in, close gate, repeat….
Quick enough job… so finished off, packed up and walked back to the van….
Although the temperature up here was hitting double figures, the ground is still icy, and it was raining.
I slipped, dropped the tool box and landed on my arse.

You wouldn’t think I am a fairly proficient ice skater.


Second job. Under sink water heater not working. This is in a granny flat adjoining a family home, where the elderly father had died last year sometime, and the mum is bedridden.
Found the problem and reset the thermal cutout.
Obviously this has happened before, as the old boy had helpfully cut a hole in the heaters cover, so he could reset it himself.
The ingenuity of an OAP!

And, yes, that’s the other cover screw sellotaped to it.

30 odd quid for a new cover, or patch it over with some flat plastic??

 

[brianmoooore]

30 odd quid for a new cover, or patch it over with some flat plastic??

Then send the bill to the idiot who fixed the heater there in the first place.

 

[littlespark]

I think the heater was put in before the sink, and it was the old boy, sadly deceased, that cut the section out.

 

[Moley]

Well, today was my IPAF renewal. Looks like I'm good for another 5 years of cherry picker driving. At my age that was probably my last one. It always amuses me when I look at the question about how close can you get to live cables. I think it was 15m with the boom extended. Then you tell the instructor the National Grid safety distance at 400kV - 3.1m

 

[James]

The company I use, when it comes to distances from poles I always end up arguing with the instructor because his test sheets seem to be based on us electrical poles and voltages!!

 

[littlespark]

First of all, merry Christmas to everyone. Hope you all have a good one.

Good luck to @Megawatt and others over the pond… weather looks a bit nippy out.


And further to a website competition win recently… See my collection thread for details… I got another surprise from my local YESSS.

When the World Cup started, they had an open day with some reps.. I popped in for a chat, got a free pie and a free entry into the branch sweepstake.
Not really a football fan, but I pulled a name out the hat…

Fast forward to the beginning of last week and I’m going round the wholesalers with a little box of chocs for each of them. Got to YESSS, handed over the Roses, and he says “swaps!” And handed me an Amazon Alexa Dot

I forgot I pulled out Argentina.