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#2732846 22-Jun-2021 22:28

floydbloke:

Tinkerisk: Managed to gather tools from an old German Company named Belzer-Dowidat in a very good 'near new' shape :-)

Still got my Belzer screwdrivers from my Telegraph Tech days back nearly 40 years ago. They still get used regularly and are as good and comfortable as the day I bought them.

Didn't you have to make your own tools way back at the NZPO?

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#2732954 23-Jun-2021 10:41

Murica, land of the free -

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/22/us-military-training-document-socialism-terrorist-ideology

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” -John Kenneth Galbraith

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#2733337 23-Jun-2021 19:52

Had a call from a charity 'survey' this evening. The woman's voice seemed unnaturally upbeat, so I accused her of being a bot and said I didn't want to talk to her. Long silence. She finally said that was the first time anyone had ever said that to her. I said I still didn't want to talk to her and ended the call.

Maybe a suggestion if you get a cold call from a smooth talker. Just accuse them of being a chatbot. If nothing else, it will throw them off their stride.

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#2733389 24-Jun-2021 05:50

New Zealand winning the World Test Championship.

Did Eric Clapton really think she looked wonderful...or was it after the 15th outfit she tried on and he just wanted to get to the party and get a drink?

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#2733393 24-Jun-2021 07:35

New Tefal frying pans. I mean why am I only discovering proper non stick now?

Edit: frying pans

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#2733562 24-Jun-2021 10:22

Promised grandchild pancakes if she ate all her lunch. Last night am in panic mode with husband in A-fib and me trying to look calm. Explained to grandchild that grandad very sick and might go to hospital. In that time she must have asked me ten times when I was making her the pancakes. Didn’t happen of course but am informed other daughter making them this morning so I suspect she was also harangued.

Never promise a child something you can’t do.

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#2733575 24-Jun-2021 10:38

Lostja: New Tefal frying pans. I mean why am I only discovering proper non stick now?

Edit: frying pans

Sorry, cast iron and wrought-iron pans only for me but it requires correct handling skills to get them into the non-stick mode :-)

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#2733631 24-Jun-2021 10:58

Tinkerisk:

Lostja: New Tefal frying pans. I mean why am I only discovering proper non stick now?

Edit: frying pans

Sorry, cast iron and wrought-iron pans only for me but it requires correct handling skills to get them into the non-stick mode :-)

A cast-iron skillet has many uses in the kitchen. It's great.

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#2733703 24-Jun-2021 13:01

Tinkerisk:
Lostja: New Tefal frying pans. I mean why am I only discovering proper non stick now?

Edit: frying pans

Sorry, cast iron and wrought-iron pans only for me but it requires correct handling skills to get them into the non-stick mode :-)

My handling skills may not be up to it :-)

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#2733845 24-Jun-2021 15:02

Eva888: Never promise a child something you can’t do.

Of course you can! Tell then you're taking them to McDonald's, remind them several times McDonald's, McDonald's, McDonald's. Then drive to a place where there's been a fire and say "oh no, McDonald's burned down".

Deep down I'm sure they'll appreciate the life lesson.

Next week: How to help your seven year old build a gin trap for the tooth fairy.

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#2733846 24-Jun-2021 15:04

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A cast-iron skillet has many uses in the kitchen. It's great.

Yup. That cockroach never knew what hit it.

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#2733950 24-Jun-2021 17:26

MadEngineer:

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Didn't you have to make your own tools way back at the NZPO?

😃Wouldn't surprise if there were Engineering Instructions in there somewhere for fabricating your own screwdriver.

Did Eric Clapton really think she looked wonderful...or was it after the 15th outfit she tried on and he just wanted to get to the party and get a drink?

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#2734817 25-Jun-2021 22:23

"Is that a Bunnings down there right next to the airport entrance?"

"Looks like it".

"You know what'd be funny? If we popped over and got some paint so I could say we flew to Tauranga to get a tin of paint".

"Sounds like a plan".

With accompanying post to the things that really annoy you thread.

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#2735060 26-Jun-2021 15:28

It appears that two brothers, 21 and 17 years old, who ran "an investment firm exclusively focused on crypto-currency and blockchain technology" have "disappeared" along with =NZ$ 5 billion worth of investor funds.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57582805

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#2735108 26-Jun-2021 17:44

Fred99:

It appears that two brothers, 21 and 17 years old, who ran "an investment firm exclusively focused on crypto-currency and blockchain technology" have "disappeared" along with =NZ$ 5 billion worth of investor funds.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57582805

Every "crypto" and "blockchain" is a scam.

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