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Re: oven temperature tester?
I think this one is new to Maplins. Sent them a tech query and they assure me it is fine for shiny/stainless steel/mirrored/glass surface plastic plastic covered metal……..
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=220790
we shall see, got a job tomorrow with it.
LL had new oven installed at tenants request and now she’s saying it’s too hot for her 3 yo and my old touch probe is knacked. Couldn’t believe the price. I was after one of the other more expensive ones they do but both out of stock.
quick check this evening, seemed to work ok and working at tolerances stated. Apply tolerances to the testing and should be fine.
Tis tiny though, and only 35grammes, no good if your one for having a hugh zorst on ur motor 😉
Re: Here’s a tip for you
Not so much of tip – more a gift.
Simple brush job on a Zan zwf1020 about 3 weeks ago. Around the corner from me but could never seem to fit it in. So went around about 6pm one Friday, did the job.. customer over the moon. Told them it’s starting to get noisy, you need the bearing replaced and sooner rather than later.
Oh we’ll run the appliance until we leave. We’re moving with our job as soon as the house we want becomes free. “Will it last to late April early May?” Should do (only two of em..) Shame I said it’s in good nick.
Yesterday, out of the blue she calls back. We’re leaving Friday morning, rental property has become vacant early, if you want the machine collect today or it’s scrap. Picked it up last night. This evening, cleaned boot, service wash, and did two loads of washing in it. New set of bearings on order. Machine already sold to new Hair Saloon opening Tue. Happy boy 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
Re: Summer music festivals – anyone out and about???
Did IOW last year, superb. This year it clashes with our daughters exams….. 😥 😥 Really would have liked to have gone but just have to be here during exams… she’s put so much work and efort in……
So no IOW this year, but we have got tickets for V festival. However, as a surprise the boss and our daughter are going to go together and have a few girly days together. Me, I’m on the scrapheap this year, no festival booked. We do try and get to some concerts at Lincoln castle… can be pretty good, more family friendly/suitable….
At IOW last year we ended up sharing a pitch with 5 blokes from Birmingham. We were all 45+. We had a scream…. when we turned up one of em was having a bit of a special cigarette. As we were setting up one of his mates asked what I did for a living…. “…oh…just a DC…. in the Drug squad….” and carried on setting up camp. Sniggering to myself could see the colour drain from his face…. The truth came out eventually and we all had a laugh.
After first night, we were all sat around having a few beers….. up comes jo teenager… got any gear mate….. yes sure Ant acid or v i a g r a…. what do you want?. Howls of laughter from from all the oldies. Poor lad did not know what to do with himself…… And it just got better….. 😀 😀 😀 😀 : You cannot beat two or three days away from reality drinking and partying morning till night
Re: dogs
I agree, 99{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of dogs are ok, it’s their owners..
cases like this don’t help though.. pretty distressing….. people just don’t seem to realise the dangers
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article … y-dog.html
A big dog – look at the picture and imagine a 3 year old girl stood next to it…….
My wifes family have always had GS dogs…… never a problem..they were always pets and trained and natured that way from young….
I agree with you about handling of dogs. Any dog barking at me, I quite often just stand at the door… wait for the dog to come to me.. crouch down and put my hand out… let the dog sniff the back of my hand…. easy, slowly and patiently. When I think the dog is ready and calm and I’m confident, I will then enter.
I quite often get remarks from customers, well I’ve never seem him be so calm with some one….
Don’t get me wrong, I am weary but try to hide my fears.
My gently does it approach doesn’t seem work on yappy little dogs…. little dogs with big attitude….. Three years ago a yorkie attacked our retriever and cutting and ripping her jowels to bits… a big vet bill. When we went around to the owners house, it was “not my dogs fault,, your dog attacked mine and was defending himself…… unfortunately our pet dog has been walked to that same primary school for 4 years twice a day and most of the kids knew her and so did the a lot of the parents. Yappy dog owner eventually paid after a couple parents offered to be witnesses for us… It was the first time we’d ever seen her take that dog to the school and she only did a neighbour a favour by collecting her child. She has not been back since….
99{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the time, it’s the owners…
Re: Bit of advice..
Sorry, forgot to update this thread. Sorted it about beginning of the month. The wife gave me her credit card to buy something offline for her and I thought I’d be cheeky and put it on her card…. 😆 😆 😆
I wonder if she even notices… the bill should be in in the next few days… I will pay it in the end as it will come out of our joint account.. just having a bit of fun with her.
The company did apologise for taking nearly 3 months before chasing it up. It was a big mix up all around – I wouldn’t like it if some one owed me even if I’d made their errors….
I can sleep peacefully at night :tup:
Re: Diplomat ADP5330
…try AW Srvices, Can’t find the link with new contact details but this is the company website…
http://www.hygenadiplomatspares.co.uk/index.html
Better if you have a trade account..
Re: Servis Quarts 6704
Penguin45 wrote:Fit new door seal – it’ll shut the gap. Plastic ring went obsolete in 1874.
Chris.
Chricky, I new these Quartz were good, but over 100 years – I think he’s gpt his money worth
Re: Pat testing – training/equipment costs Vs income
Re: C&G Testing.
Yes I have a fair amount of experience with C&G written/online testing (they call it GOLA – Global Online Assessment – IE – many colleges running online assessments at the same time). It sounds simple enough multi-choice or multi guess as it is often known as. Not C&G. They can be worded quite confusingly. On some of the questions’s it’s not as simple as eradicate 2 questions and have a good guess…. Apparently it sorts the men from the boys….. The official reason (for the similar answer options) is that you need to know your subject!!!!
We had the questioning techniques explained to us on various courses I’ve attended. Once you’ve done a couple and know what to expect it’s not a problem. However, go in blind/badly or not briefed by your college staff= disasterous results. Even if you are experienced and clued up to the eyeball. A bit like practicing to pass your driving test………….
I Didn’t get to book the course today as planned. I’ve not got enough g’tees/ promises of the the work yet – but id get the go ahead off the boss today… She’s happy…….:D
Re: Whats the most annoying thing customers do?
just having a winge:
Customer A:
Apparently desperate for cooker repair. Part arrived Fri pm and booked call with his Mrs for the Mon. Two calls Fri and begrundingly agree to Sat morning only because had another job two streets away. Arrive within agreed window and no one there…..argh. Monday morning…feeble excuses, biting my togue 😡 😡 😡 Mon PM call, just finshing off the job and chatting the the (not so lovely) lady of the house. “Yeah, told im gud and proper last week that I want it fixed I did. Not been &{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}^$ng working since before Christmas”
Exit stage left…just got to make a phone call before thow your chuffing cooker out the window love.
Customer B:
Fri PM: Desperate for WM repair, price agreed with Him. Only job of the day. Hoover OC pump/no fill…… Spot on pre-diag, they weren’t in before 5pm, finish job which was worse cus plumbing was a bitch. Sorry didn’t think you’d actually come out. Can’t get money til Monday… Arg.. called Monday, machine spinning away merilly and Mrs says “yes, Monday is wash day, do it all every Monday, only two of us…..”Customers, love and hate…. winge over, and still got half a glass of red left 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
Re: A real pain in the neck.
About 2 years ago my lower back went into a spasm after I stood awkwardly for a couple of hours. Was in absolute agony but the doc was superb. First rate diagnosis. It will be two weeks before you can walk properly and about 3 weeks before light work she said- spot on. The tramdol and diazipan worked a treat, was getting 13 or 14 hours straight sleep some nights. Not slept like that since I was teenager. Never had either of those drugs before and the doc said “you will like the feeling”- she said smilling at me. She wasn’t wrong 🙂
Get well soon, don’t try and over do it
Re: Another joke.
The Bacon Tree
Two Mexicans are stuck in the desert, wandering aimlessly and close to death. They are close to just lying down and waiting for the inevitable, when all of a sudden…….
‘Hey Pepe, do you smell what I smell. Ees bacon I is sure of eet.’
‘Si, Luis eet smells like bacon to meee.’
So, with renewed strength, they struggle up the next sand dune, and there, in the distance, is a tree loaded with bacon.
There’s raw bacon, dripping with moisture, there’s fried bacon, back bacon, double smoked bacon… every imaginable kind of cured pig meat.
‘Pepe, Pepe, we is saved. ‘Eees a bacon tree.’
‘Luis, are you sure ees not a meerage? We ees in the Desert don’t forget.’
‘Pepe when deed you ever hear of a meerage that smell like bacon… ees no meerage, ees a bacon tree’.
And with that… Luis Races towards the tree. He gets to within 5 metres, Pepe following closely behind, when all of a sudden, a machine gun opens up,and Luis is cut down in his tracks. It is clear he is mortally wounded but, a true friend that he is, he manages to warn Pepe with his dying breath.
‘Pepe… go back man,you was right ees not a bacon tree.’‘Luis Luis mi amigo… what ees it?
‘Pepe… ees not a bacon tree…
Ees
Ees
EesEees a Ham Bush.
Re: Another joke.
BROWN, DARLING AND A DOG
Gordon Brown called Alastair Darling into his office one day and said, ‘Alastair , I have a great idea!?
We are going to go all out to win back Middle England ‘.
‘Good idea PM, how will we go about it?’ said Darling.
‘Well’ said Brown ‘we’ll get ourselves two of those long Barbour coats, some proper wellies, a stick and a flat cap, Oh and a Labrador .Then we’ll really look the part.. We’ll go to a nice old country pub,
in Much Something or other and we’ll show we really enjoy the countryside, ………. Oh! and remember not to mention the ‘Hunting With Dogs’ Act‘Right PM’ said Darling. So a few days later, all kitted out and with the requisite Labrador at heel, they set off from London .
Eventually they arrived at just the place they were looking for and found a lovely country pub and, with the dog, went in and up to the bar.
‘Good evening Landlord, two pints of your best ale, from the wood please’ said Brown
‘Good evening, Prime Minister’ said the landlord, ‘two pints of best it is, coming up’Brown & Darling stood leaning on the bar contemplating new taxes, nodding now and again to those who came in for a drink, whilst the dog lay quietly at their feet.
As they drank their beer they chatted about how heart-rending it was that pensioners were being imprisoned for not paying the council tax.
All of a sudden the door from the adjacent bar opened and in came a grizzled old shepherd, complete with crook. He walked up to the Labrador lifted its tail and looked underneath, shrugged his shoulders and walked back to the other bar.A few moments later, in came a wizened farmer who followed the same procedure, to the bewilderment of Brown and Darling. People of all ages and gender followed suit over the next hour.
Eventually, unable to stand it any longer, Darling called the landlord over. ‘Tell me’ said Darling, ‘Why did all those people come in and look under the dog’s tail like that??? Is it an old country custom?
‘Good Lord no,’ said the landlord. ‘It’s just that someone has told them that there was a Labrador in this bar with two ar&*holes’
