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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Nick on July 21, 2007, 03:12:12 PM
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So I had to mow the lawn. The lawnmower died a week ago. cry:
SO I improvised. drumroll:
I cut the lawn with the electric hedge clippers. ;D
Had to do it kneeling down. noooo:
Just off to buy some Radox cry:
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I often use a knife as a screwdriver. whistle:
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Me too. And matchsticks for rawlplugs.
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We are going to miss you... Make sure you are booked into a hotel with internet access.
And don't let on to Mrs Nick or The Boy whistle:
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We are staying with Mrs Nick's rellies. scared2:
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We are staying with Mrs Nick's rellies. scared2:
Mrs Nick is a Canadian Catholic? ~ Is there such a thing?
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They are emigrants from Liverpool.........
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They are emigrants from Liverpool.........
Ah!
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I remember using my watch as a compass... something about the sun and the hour hand... nope, can't remember.
Someone'll know
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Nope
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I remember using my watch as a compass... something about the sun and the hour hand... nope, can't remember.
Someone'll know
you place a pin on the face of the watch and it will turn to North/South, something to do with magnets in the watch.
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My watch is clockwork. What magnets?
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My watch is clockwork. What magnets?
the numbers on the face carry a magnetic charge..
or did I dream that ? whistle:
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The numbers on mine are painted on. What are you blathering about man?
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not everyone has the same kind of watch... whistle:
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So it appears mine is not the one to be wearing if our plane crashes in the Arctic Tundra and I have to set off in search of civilisation (or eat my fellow passengers)
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The numbers on mine are painted on. What are you blathering about man?
Luminous watch faces perhaps?
Actually the magnets and pin stuff does work but I find that if you look at any old house it usually has a weather vane and that shows which way is which ~ alternatively look in the church yard and see which way the graves are facing ~ then look up at the weather vane on the church.
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Navigatin by gravestones!
Now that is using the wrong tools and gets this important thread back on topic confused:
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Navigatin by gravestones!
Now that is using the wrong tools and gets this important thread back on topic confused:
Yeah ~ well I forget which way it is but either their feet or their heads are planted facing East. Anyway I think you'll find most old graves are on an East /West alignment. Of course it could be North /South which is why I recommend the church weather vane.
Come to think of it churches also normally face a certain direction with the alter at one particular point of the compass but I can't remember which that is either.
All in all better probably to pop into Milletts and buy a compass or WH Smith and get a copy of "Scouting for Boys" which will probably tell you about such things as well as how to wash, be healthy, helpful and all about the dangers of self abuse.
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I remember Jim Royle using a spatula to remove wallpaper whistle:
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Navigatin by gravestones!
Now that is using the wrong tools and gets this important thread back on topic confused:
Been doin' it for years doncha know!
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I remember Jim Royle using a spatula to remove wallpaper whistle:
What's that got to do with self abuse?
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I remember Jim Royle using a spatula to remove wallpaper whistle:
That seems sensible to me!
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I remember Jim Royle using a spatula to remove wallpaper whistle:
What's that got to do with self abuse?
you obviously havent see some of the films iv'e seen.. whistle:
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I remember Jim Royle using a spatula to remove wallpaper whistle:
That seems sensible to me!
Almost too sensible to be in the Wrong Tools category
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I remember Jim Royle using a spatula to remove wallpaper whistle:
That seems sensible to me!
Almost too sensible to be in the Wrong Tools category
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qX_gbm4Tvw
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I remember Jim Royle using a spatula to remove wallpaper whistle:
What's that got to do with self abuse?
you obviously havent see some of the films iv'e seen.. whistle:
eeek: eeek: My mind is now officially boggling. Spatula -self abuse? No. Don't see it. Unless of course you're into a bit of masochism, in which case you could use the spatula to beat your todger with in order to turn yourself on (more likely to turn you black and blue I'd have thought).
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I remember Jim Royle using a spatula to remove wallpaper whistle:
That seems sensible to me!
Almost too sensible to be in the Wrong Tools category
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qX_gbm4Tvw
I had never seen that before. Thanks Berek happy001 happy001 happy001 happy001
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Sorry, but I just had to...
In the northern hemisphere, hold the watch horizontal and point the hour hand in the direction of the sun. Bisect the angle between the hour hand and the twelve o'clock mark to get the north-south line. North will be the direction further from the sun.
I feel better now, marginally... Is it wine o'clock yet? ;)
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Sorry, but I just had to...
In the northern hemisphere, hold the watch horizontal and point the hour hand in the direction of the sun. Bisect the angle between the hour hand and the twelve o'clock mark to get the north-south line. North will be the direction further from the sun.
I feel better now, marginally... Is it wine o'clock yet? ;)
It always is ~ somewhere.
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How to use your Watch as a Compass
To use your watch as a compass, one must think in terms of the ordinary clock face. That is, a round clock with numbers 1 through 12.
When you need a rough compass, simply point the hour hand (or the part of your watch where that hour would be if it wasn?t digital) at the sun.
Half way between that point and the 12:00 point on your watch points to the south. For example, if it is 8:00, point the 8 at the sun and south would be at the 10:00 position.
This will work, even if it is a cloudy day and you are not sure where the sun is. To find where the sun is, simply hold a pencil or stick upright over a light piece of paper or a lighter part of the ground or a light rock. Even on a cloudy day the stick or pencil will cast some kind of shadow.
As in using any compass, you'll need to keep rechecking which way is south. If you want to go east, simply go at a 90 degree angle to the right of south. North is opposite from south. West is 90 degrees to the left of south.
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Or just buy a compass point:
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Or just buy a compass point:
I think the tip is intended to be of help when you don't have a compass and are being chased by Mrs Nick and you don't get the chance to stop off for a spot of shopping.
::)
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Sorry, but I just had to...
In the northern hemisphere, hold the watch horizontal and point the hour hand in the direction of the sun. Bisect the angle between the hour hand and the twelve o'clock mark to get the north-south line. North will be the direction further from the sun.
I feel better now, marginally... Is it wine o'clock yet? ;)
It always is ~ somewhere.
So I don't need to check the time then? I'll not need the wristwatch then... unless I need it for compass bearings whistle:
But hey, what if it's ...
dark scared2:
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Then a compass would be no help as you would quickly lose your way. You would also need a torch, or you could tie your trousers to a stick and set fire to them in the manner of the Romans.
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Like the other night ey Nick?
You painting the kerb stones with the hedge shears, and me attacking the hedge with the paint brush.
The bloody state of the two of us after, you could almost believe it! eeek:
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Yes, and I see the paint has succumbed to the rain too. I told you it was emulsion!
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Yes, and I see the paint has succumbed to the rain too. I told you it was emulsion!
EY! YOU WHAT! evil:
I'll be there again tomorrow to sort it. White gloss it is then. ::)
NOT happy. noooo:
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Remind me, when we have several hours to spare and a pint in front of us, to tell you all about painting kerb stones. I have some experience whistle:
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How to use your Watch as a Compass
To use your watch as a compass, one must think in terms of the ordinary clock face. That is, a round clock with numbers 1 through 12.
When you need a rough compass, simply point the hour hand (or the part of your watch where that hour would be if it wasn?t digital) at the sun.
Half way between that point and the 12:00 point on your watch points to the south. For example, if it is 8:00, point the 8 at the sun and south would be at the 10:00 position.
This will work, even if it is a cloudy day and you are not sure where the sun is. To find where the sun is, simply hold a pencil or stick upright over a light piece of paper or a lighter part of the ground or a light rock. Even on a cloudy day the stick or pencil will cast some kind of shadow.
As in using any compass, you'll need to keep rechecking which way is south. If you want to go east, simply go at a 90 degree angle to the right of south. North is opposite from south. West is 90 degrees to the left of south.
Thing is, you?re buggered if your watch is wrong, or while navigating with compwatch you stumble across time zones or have just flown across multiple time zones to Canada or some such? whistle:
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Remind me, when we have several hours to spare and a pint in front of us, to tell you all about painting kerb stones. I have some experience whistle:
Well that sounds a fascinating insomnia cure ? was it in the forces? sleep021
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Remind me, when we have several hours to spare and a pint in front of us, to tell you all about painting kerb stones. I have some experience whistle:
Well that sounds a fascinating insomnia cure ? was it in the forces? sleep021
Yup.
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