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The last 'funny' prank played by myself on a deserving victim involved an iphone with a dog whistle app installed and a flat panel computer screen...... For those of you who can remember the old CRT type screens that would randomly emit a high pitched squeal you'll get this. Enter room right yours truly, with the iphone tucked into my pocket sounding like a corporation bus under heavy braking..... The victim was sat at computer and doing his best to look busy, so I just loitered at an annoying distance until eventually he erupts with "what the devil is that noise?", yours truly here then regales him with fonts of knowledge regarding the sometimes errant ways of computer monitors. He looked at me like I'd put the last of my marbles in a spin drier....... Sooo I duly stepped forward and explained that when the monitor is squealing like this all you have to do is give it a hefty slap across the side or on the top and it will settle down nicely..... I demonstrate with a gentle tap to the top of the monitor with the left whilst the right in my pocket pauses the app....... He looked a bit perplexed and I'm not convinced he believed me, so I left it a half minute or so and started the app up again, rinse and repeat I shut it up again...... That got him hooked, start the app up again and get him to administer the slap..... works first time of course, but within half an hour I'd got him slapping the monitor so hard..... anyway I.T. were called and asked for a replacement monitor as we can't seem to read anything on this one.

It’s another no from me too🥺 I’ve pulled it apart to fit the ITBs hopefully be back soon👍

I got my own back when I had my own apprentices though, used the same gags, just modified slightly as everyone knew the electron one by now. The only gag I did to fellow sparkies was during my sound engineer job in the evenings, a few stage maroons accidently on purpose fell in my pocket and lit a few whilst in the works van on the M6, the driver was not impressed at all for some reason, you could not see your own hand infront of you such was the smoke. Somewhat dangerous, but we all laughed later...

Oh dear, I don't know if I should admit this but In my first year as an appentice sparky, I regularly got sent to the suppliers for spare electrons as the wire we had ran out of them, to which the supplier said he a no stock and call back tomorrow. Then the old favorite of asking for a long weight, which took ages to get... They were the days.

Same price for me again (7 years in a row!) Can we set up a direct debit ? @A-Plan Insurance THATCHAM 😀 Well served by Becky today, as Carlie was likely too busy on Social Media 😉

Happy new year The SSOT have been working to develop a new beginners guide, there has previously been one in 2012/13 but was that outdated it was worth us having another go. This is not the exhaustive list of all requirments but as you will see this is aimed at giving a starting point rather than having to guide your way though the Motorsport UK Blue Book alone for the first time. if anyone need any further clarifications or have questions please ask via the hotline and the SSOT will do their best to answer and keep this document updated regularly with any changes as and when notifcation is recieved. upated 19.01.2021 to add new race suit approvals and towing point clarification. A Beginners Guide to Sprinting and Hillclimbing.pdf

OK so we are trying to get things moving early this year, and to give you all plenty of notice. We will once again as part of the WSCC Sprint weekenk at Blyton Park be providing a club trackday on the Friday. Due to the increase of most things currently, so has track hire, so this year the day will be £130. We will be setting up online booking system shortly as we have most years other than last year. Please do not call the track to book. We will be confirming things like time of arrival for those of you wanting to arrive on thursday, and as always you are all welcome to stay and enjoy the full weekend and even help out if you like with the sprint event. Hopefully with the pandemic moving in the right direction we will once again be able to have a more social side to the event with the BBQ back in action and the usual banter. please comment if you are intending on joing us so we know that this is viable. Many thanks

Thats what I used from the weight gag, a long stand to hold 100m of 2.5 T&E.

In Yorkshire it was a long stand....

I went into the office armed with a mini wireless keyboard and dongle. Whilst the bloke behind wasn't looking we plugged the dongle into his PC and then sat back down, once he returned we kept using the keyboard/mouse to move and open files and various programs. He started gobbing of that his PC had been hacked😄, we continued with this until he called IT support who came down with everyone from IT including some bloke who's background was cyber security......the entire time if felt like Mission Impossible trying to remove the dongle without getting busted🤣 Better times for messing about were still had in the workshop.

Read something interesting today and have no reason to doubt its veracity. Apparently when they had finished the BooH album it was a bit too long for 2 sides of vinyl. So they speeded it up to make it fit. But the technology wasn't there back then to adjust the pitch. Consequently poor old Meat struggled to replicate it in concert as he couldn't reach the (artificially) high notes.

When I worked on building sites in the '70s I remember the newbies regularly being sent to get some putlog holes....

Have a great day @wizzer 🎂🍺

A pair of front indicators. Just removed from my FW. £75 the pair.

MHR Tony 🍻have a good day Steve

Happy Birthday Tony!

Happy Birthday Tony have a good one

This one should be more appropriate on here...

When I was a lad my Dad used to strip and de-coke his car on a fairly regular basis - a sort of ritual to the Gods of the Otto Cycle I suppose. Anyway, he'd done his car - an old Standard Ten or Eight if I remember rightly - and he was just wiping al his spanners and other tools when I spotted a tobacco tin on the bench with eight little spring clips in it... They were the clips on the valve spring split cotters like these at the very top . It's likely that the cotters would have remained in place due to the wedge effect, but he took it all to pieces again to fit them. He'd have loved to have given me a bo11ocking but he knew it was his own fault!

Well.... Thought it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night I can see paradise by the dashboard light .... musical chain by lyric!! Perfectly acceptable to celebrate his music 🎶

Sorry (again) Julie, we’ve got some packing to do 😎

Try reducing the file size 👍

The air transport auxiliary; I’ve met a few at White Waltham, a great bunch of ladies.

I hope he's breaking out of his body and flying away and somebody is tolling a bell.

the BRCA who oversee rc racing (And bashing insurance) list clubs. looks like your closest is Peterborough www.pmcr.co.uk

Still spannering with cold fingers .. another no

That’s why I asked, superpowers are cool 😆

Depending on things like the back and the car yes we should be coming

The Club is in contact with the factory to discuss the two anniversaries, more info to follow.

Don't bother washing it, everybody will be too busy looking at your Magnet award😁🧲

I bought my son a Mardave mini a few years ago , just getting into it and Covid stopped play. Just started back a the RC club in Crewe. Had a great time. Now my son has challenged me, so not to be outdone, have bought another for myself ! I should pick up the kit in a couple of weeks ! Transmitter and receiver arrived today. Andy

Getting pictures working on the forum would be a great 40th anniversary present!

Sorry Julie, I am unable to attend. The next two weekends are busy with family trips and or major celebrations. All the best HB.