Continuing Rant Thread - Get it Off Ya Chest here

[Danwood]

I don't care to look at receipts for things that she buys, just like I don't get pestered about brewing purchases. 2 way street.

True. That's a very diplomatic way to look at it.

You're due a couple of new perlicks now after that tape purchase.

 

[Tahoose]

Complete control over the shed/man cave/ brewery is what has been achieved.

 

[Lincoln2]

Tahoose, that would be the Holy Grail.

 

[spog]

Just back from securing a friends house who came home to find her front door kicked open and her daughters Ipad stolen.
I have secured the door,the Police have done their bit, ******* brilliant with their honesty and professionalism hats off to them.
The pieces of shit who broke in also grabbed any medication to be found, so what does that say !
I AM ****'n livid, the victim sadly is a victim , the scum ...... Ahh fuckem ....mongrels.

 

[technobabble66]

Commiserations to your friend.
It's hard to have a lot of sympathy for smack-heads once you've had your house robbed.

 

[spog]

Last year the Adelaide Uni tested the sewerage treatment plants water statewide and found that Port Lincoln has the highest use of Meth in the state.
The trouble that shit is causing here is staggering , and some of the people who i know who are taking it I thought wouldn't be stupid enough to do so.

 

[Mardoo]

Weirdly ice has become a party drug. Three years ago a surfie mate of mine said folks were using it at every party he'd been to.

 

[Dave70]

Last year the Adelaide Uni tested the sewerage treatment plants water statewide and found that Port Lincoln has the highest use of Meth in the state.
The trouble that shit is causing here is staggering , and some of the people who i know who are taking it I thought wouldn't be stupid enough to do so.

Same here. And they all sound the same. Its always the 'other guy' or who winds up with a habit. And heard this from a mate whos tried more times than I can count to give up the darts..
Expect to see a tsunami of neurotoxic / dopamine depletion related mental illness in the next decade or two I reckon. Thanks, but no thanks.

On a more serious note, my fingers are cold.

 

[Kumamoto_Ken]

On a more serious note, my fingers are cold.

Mine too! Was just jumping on to rant about cold fingers and toes.

Rode my pushy in to work this morning, according to the BOM it was -3.6C when I left home (apparent temp -6.9).
I had been following a cunning plan and kept my best cold weather gear in reserve specifically for this type of morning....alas my fingers and feet are still cold, and I imagine they will stay that way the entire day.

On the plus side I had a 4km/h tail wind...whoopee.

 

[Dave70]

Queanbeyan? Brrrr - **** that.

Probably already know, but invest in a set of hand guards and keep that wind off your digits. Thats the key.
My old 990 KTM had heated grips that were to hot to touch at standstill, but once under way they were useless. Fitted a set of barkbuster egos and never looked back.
Cold, stiff hands make for a miserable ride even at pushbike speeds. Worse still if you need to pull over for a tinkle.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Winter riding hand cramps......right up there with riding in sleet, hailstorms, bee swarms and locust plagues..


Of which I have done all....

 

[Red Baron]

I don't know what was worse- riding a motorbike for 15min from Jerrabomberra to Canberra pre dawn, or going for 40min west from Toowoomba just post dawn both in winter......
Not being able to talk coherently or use my hands post ride was common to both though.

Cheers,
RB

 

[Dave70]

Winter riding hand cramps......right up there with riding in sleet, hailstorms, bee swarms and locust plagues..


Of which I have done all....

If theres any sight more desperate and funny than a rider trying to oust an unidentified insect from inside their helmet I've yet to see it.

 

[Dave70]

Actually there is a sight more desperate and funny now I think of it.
A man with bowel cramps running into a paddock off the snowy mountains highway ripping at an ill fitting one piece rain suit with a jammed zipper as though it were on fire.
From then on, it was waterproof textile gear with easily removable trousers for me.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

The sight of a mate of mine years back riding a YZ490 that had just ran out of petrol and went into free rev as he was hitting some bumpy stuff. He forgot to pull the clutch in and all we could see where legs flying up from the bike and him being tossed around like a rag doll....


Funniest thing I have seen for a while...and luckly he didnt get to badly hurt. A quick puff on some herbal pain medication and a few VB throw downs and he was good as gold


That bike was pure evil....

 

[Dave70]

I'm actually selling one at the moment - in Hurricane Hanna livery - if he's interested in re living the magic.

 

[manticle]

New colleague, supposedly experienced with tools and workshops has been using our brand new, as yet UNMOUNTED bench grinder (for steel) to grind wood.
Same guy recently fractured his hand using a drop saw due to neglecting to use the ridiculously easy festool bench clamp.
I believe in proper workplace safety, not the silly, over regulated box ticking system we currently have but this makes me wonder how many apparently experienced people doing dumb things are responsible for clipboard carrying, swmms dispensing, fluoro clad bureaucrats trying to work out how to replace stanley knives with rubber spoons.

Forget 16 yr old apprentices who don't know better, it's middle aged complacency who should know better.

 

[Dave70]

Well..
No chance of being ignorant of oh&s protocol where we're going today.
(though I hope nobody notices I'm wearing my low impact safety glasses. If an aircraft flies into my eyes, I'm fucked)

Names changed to JOHN SMITH to protect the overzealous.



[SIZE=12pt]Hi David,[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Delivery Instructions.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Map attached[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Driver Procedures Gate 27 [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]1. Ring JOHN SMITH prior entering site with details of delivery.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]2. Proceed to Gate 27 guardhouse with current Drivers Licence and Security will issue a visitors pass.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]3. All vehicles entering and exiting the Airport airside need to be escorted by an authorised airport safety vehicle [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]4. Driver needs to have HiVis clothing, safety boots and hearing protection to enter airside.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]5. Before Delivery drivers leave the LOR site compound they need to contact the logistic Manager JOHN SMITH notifying they are ready to be escorted back to gate 27.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]6. Vehicle needs to have a company logo on the side or displayed on the dash board.[/SIZE]

Gate 27 Hours of Normal operations Monday to Sat: 10am to 6am (unless deliveries arranged prior)

The site minimum PPE requirements on site are as follows:
[SIZE=10pt]- [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]High visibility long sleeve shirt;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]- [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]Long pants;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]- [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]Lace up boots with type 1 toe cap[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]- [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]Hard hat (2 year expiry)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt]- [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]Safety glasses – medium impact[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=10pt]Gloves – mandatory to be warn at all times[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=10pt]Ear Plugs[/SIZE]

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

In the days of old, John worked in HR...which was basically the people who did the pays and you rang up to see how much leave you had accrued

 

[spog]

Don't worry about the glasses the hard hat will protect you from any wayward Jumbo jets.
Hard hats are tough,I while back a muppet I worked with tried to demonstrate how strong hard hats are by jumping on one,
And stuffed his ankle up, pissed my self laughing when this idiot squealed like a stuck pig.