neb:

 

… but 99.9% of products don't measure up.

 

Incredibly handy that this one does measure up - and down.

neb:

 

For people wondering why I'm so picky about stuff like this, here's an example:

 

 

Substantial aluminium, with grip in the middle for easy holding, bidirectional scale (so you can measure from the left or right), and silicone pads so it doesn't slide around when you're using it.  It's not rocket science to make one of these, but 99.9% of products don't measure up.

 

Yeah, its like the difference between electric tools for the home and those for work.
One is made to last 20 hours (yes 20 hours, but with the amount it is used each time it seems to last a life time), the other 20 years.

cddt:

 

neb:

 

Some species go for sugar, some for protein, so it depends on what sort of ants they are.

 

 

If you get ants that go for protein, they could be Argentine ants which are hell to get rid of. Had them in our old house, like nothing I have seen before. 

 

Phew mine are very tiny black ones, not brown. Saw two last night before bed in a spotless kitchen and a sink without a speck of water and I still have no idea where they get in. They are so small they look like burnt toast crumbs until they move. 

People that burn their rubbish / plastics! While you can put up with coal smoke to some degree, nothing worse that opening the windows and in funnels your near neighbors stink...

Eva888:

 

Phew mine are very tiny black ones, not brown. Saw two last night before bed in a spotless kitchen and a sink without a speck of water and I still have no idea where they get in. They are so small they look like burnt toast crumbs until they move. 

 

Those are the very same type of ants we have just started getting...tiny little black devilspawn. 

Bought a Bosch 4 series vacuum cleaner. Just took it out of the box and turned it on. Hate it. I’ve got it on lowest of four suction positions and the brush needs superpowers to move it back and forth over the carpet and keeps sticking. I’ve made sure the bristles are in carpet position. In fact the entire cleaner doesn’t glide easily and needs yanking along by the hose as if I’m mad with the unruly toddler, so the hose is eventually going to snap. Maybe in Germany the men do all the vacuuming and have tested it according to their muscle mass. Anyone else have one? They are offering a 30 day return on their site which I may take up. 

So much for being happy at finally making a choice. 

And... printing a 291-page document and having the ink run out with 17 pages left.

Behodar: Went to print something while my Internet connection was down (local file, printing to USB-attached printer), only to find it sitting there, claiming to be printing, but actually doing nothing. On a hunch I manually disabled the Wi-Fi connection, at which point it actually started printing. I'm not sure whether to blame Apple or HP for that one.

HP wanting to phone home.....

Eva888:

 

Bought a Bosch 4 series vacuum cleaner. Just took it out of the box and turned it on. Hate it. I’ve got it on lowest of four suction positions and the brush needs superpowers to move it back and forth over the carpet and keeps sticking. I’ve made sure the bristles are in carpet position. In fact the entire cleaner doesn’t glide easily and needs yanking along by the hose as if I’m mad with the unruly toddler, so the hose is eventually going to snap. Maybe in Germany the men do all the vacuuming and have tested it according to their muscle mass. Anyone else have one? They are offering a 30 day return on their site which I may take up. 

 

So much for being happy at finally making a choice. 

 

Did you try the other settings because I have had stupid euro stuff before where 1 was high and the big numbers were low.

A Mothers day 'special' from the house wash company.. Really? I wonder how many people working at the Housewash Company geniunely think it's a good idea to give a housewash to their wife/mother!?

richms:

 

Did you try the other settings because I have had stupid euro stuff before where 1 was high and the big numbers were low.

 

Don't blame it on the Euro. What is really stupid is Americans still using imperil measurements (already cost them one satellite), taking temperatures on the ridiculous Fahrenheit scale, putting pounds of air pressure in their tyres, and writing the date backwards, which is really confusing.

Rikkitic:

 

and writing the date backwards

 

Microsoft Edge defaulting to MDY format even when Windows is set to DMY...

Rikkitic:

 

richms:

 

Did you try the other settings because I have had stupid euro stuff before where 1 was high and the big numbers were low.

 

 

Don't blame it on the Euro. What is really stupid is Americans still using imperil measurements (already cost them one satellite), taking temperatures on the ridiculous Fahrenheit scale, putting pounds of air pressure in their tyres, and writing the date backwards, which is really confusing.

 

  

 

On Youtube, Cutting Edge Engineering periodically comes out with "...that's 4 bananas for the American viewers"

Behodar:

 

Microsoft Edge defaulting to MDY format even when Windows is set to DMY...

 

Flip this is annoying... I've been trying to work out why some Power BI reports are showing dates as MDY and others are not... is it the browser? Is it the OS? Is it the user? Is it the user who published the report? Is it the database? Is it the tenant? Is it the admin? I'm out of ideas.