Bits and Bobs 51

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2022 12:52

My neighbours on one side are hand building a shed so a lot of sawing and banging, the other side are having a new drive laid, so a lot of pneumatic drills.

Today is going to be a long long day :'(

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2022 12:54

Are they in sync?

Why not turn on the lawnmower for a bit of melody?

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2022 12:55

Play the Anvil Chorus, loudly.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2022 12:58

Do amazon sell Anvils?

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4354

KovacsC wrote:

Do amazon sell Anvils?

You'll need Acme for that.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2022 14:28

Giphy "acme":
https://media3.giphy.com/media/WNTQxT67NsT5Zo10ua/giphy-loop.mp4

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2022 14:28

KovacsC wrote:

Giphy "acme":
https://media3.giphy.com/media/29u2oG8ymBrri/giphy-loop.mp4

FFS Giphy

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

well, that's terrifying

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2022 16:18

Isn't it just...

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Findus Fop wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

Do amazon sell Anvils?

You'll need Acme for that.

He's right.

Attachment:

Acme Anvil.jpg

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2022 12:40

The drilling stopped and has been replaced by industrial saws...

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2022 12:40

I have just got my 20 year continual service award at work... fuck I feel old...

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2022 14:08

Oooh, did you get anything for it?

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2022 14:27

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

Oooh, did you get anything for it?

Feck all

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2022 14:55

KovacsC wrote:

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

Oooh, did you get anything for it?

Feck all

Pah!

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2022 15:04

I did not expect anything. We are shit at this kinda thing..

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2022 15:10

Congrats Kov!

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

KovacsC wrote:

I did not expect anything. We are shit at this kinda thing..

I seem to remember getting £250 when I hit 25 years in Her Majesty's Civil Service. I bought a new bike with it.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

Warhead wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

I did not expect anything. We are shit at this kinda thing..

I seem to remember getting £250 when I hit 25 years in Her Majesty's Civil Service. I bought a new bike with it.

Velocipede, or one of those new fangled penny farthings?

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Velo. A Dawes Horizon Tourer in teal. I’ve still got it, but haven’t ridden it in about 20 years. Maybe I’ll start cycling again when I retire.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

I know I shouldn't laugh, but Maggie H in our local 'Nextdoor' group has posted the following:

Maggie H wrote:

Grafiti. I live in an end house and have a large brick side elevation facing onto the road. I noticed two large words carefully written on it today. POO WEE. This is not the usual style of writing we see often neither is it a messy scrawl with a spray can. It looks very deliberate and I have no idea how to remove it yet. I intend to inform the police of this vandalism.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26062

Oh, bless Maggie. We need to protect people like her at all costs (whilst also stopping her from wasting police time).

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

Tell her you can come round and scrawl 'DAVE FROM ELSEMERE PORT' in bad hand writing if she'd prefer.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

I'd prefer to scrawl "GRAFITI GRAFFITI" really.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Jan 10, 2022 19:45

https://twitter.com/SuneAuken/status/665197623205306368

The #genre is strong in this one. #lists #vandalism #irony pic.twitter.com/QtCpA0XbQB
— Sune Auken, Dr.Habil. #FBPEGlobal #BLM (@SuneAuken) November 13, 2015

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Jan 10, 2022 20:53

Wtf is Roblox, is it suitable for 8 year old, and can I lock it down so she doesn't spend all the cashmonies on stuff, and can you make sure she won't get groomed via the chat?

Also, why did I buy a Switch with all those games?

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Jan 10, 2022 21:27

MaliA wrote:

Wtf is Roblox, is it suitable for 8 year old, and can I lock it down so she doesn't spend all the cashmonies on stuff, and can you make sure she won't get groomed via the chat?

Also, why did I buy a Switch with all those games?

From what I gather Roblox is harmless enough as a player, you should be able to lock it down.

Their business practices are pretty damned questionable though, check out the two recent videos on the People Make Games channel on YouTube.

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3304

And (on working practice) this article from yesterday:

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/ ... ild-labour

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:07

There was two foxes in my garden this morning. I knew there was one who lived locally but didn't know there was a second. Nice.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38651

Keeps the cats away at least

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:43

You’ve called them Doctor & Samantha, right?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14517

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/stories/o ... tion-photo

Ultra high res photo of The Night Watch , which you can just keep zooming in

Quote:

Ultra high resolution photo
From the series Operation Night Watch

Night Watch, Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

This is the largest and most detailed photo ever taken of a work of art. It is 717 gigapixels, or 717,000,000,000 pixels, in size.

The distance between two pixels is 5 micrometres (0.005 millimetre), which means that one pixel is smaller than a human red blood cell.

The team used a 100-megapixel Hasselblad H6D 400 MS-camera to make 8439 individual photos measuring 5.5cm x 4.1cm. Artificial intelligence was used to stitch these smaller photographs together to form the final large image, with a total file size of 5.6 terabytes.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38651

That's pretty astonishing

Jem · **Posted:** Tue Jan 11, 2022 14:07

That is awesome!

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Tue Jan 11, 2022 15:40

That is astonishing

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Jan 11, 2022 16:33

That is awesome..

(just following the 'a' pattern)

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16632

Adequate!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Jan 11, 2022 18:30

They should have used the Muskerhounds really. That’s boring.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Which one is Capt. Carrot?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38651

Happy Kovacs Day!

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:12

Happy Birthday Kov!

Giphy "kov cake":
https://media4.giphy.com/media/qxs8BBhiDK9CE/giphy-loop.mp4

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:14

May your day be merry and your trainers bright!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26062

Happy birthday Kov!! xx

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:33

Zardoz wrote:

May your day be merry and your trainers bright!

Happy birthday Kovacs! Hope you're doing something nice with J. :luv:

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

May your day be merry and your trainers bright!

Happy birthday Kovacs! Hope you're doing something nice with J. :luv:

Jem probably has work today.

Kovvyday B!

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:40

Zardoz wrote:

May your day be merry and your trainers bright!

This made me chuckle

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:50

Have a great day!

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4354

Kov, you share the same birthday as my dad. Happy birthday Daddy.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jan 13, 2022 14:42

Findus Fop wrote:

Kov, you share the same birthday as my dad. Happy birthday Daddy.

You are welcome Son..... just checking.... How old are you?

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4354

KovacsC wrote:

Findus Fop wrote:

Kov, you share the same birthday as my dad. Happy birthday Daddy.

You are welcome Son..... just checking.... How old are you?

You're safe, I'm 40.

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