The Grumpy Old Gits' Thread

[Archive4]

Is that the new J cloth, or new boiler

 

[Lazarus]

Both

 

[Archive4]

you may have cold, and rain, but I don,t think you have the wind at the moment. My dish is almost leaving the building , at least you will still have TV in the morning. I cannot be sure about that.

 

[Archive4]

Tivù, just took me 10 mins to work out how to get the accent correct on a spanish keyboard! Do you have an old spectrum analyser in one of you skips? Huevos has offered to help with a problem I have but would like to solve it on my own. New one would cost me +300€ + iva. You know the thread I,m sure

 

[PaulR]

Tivù, just took me 10 mins to work out how to get the accent correct on a spanish keyboard!

Copy and paste is your friend.

Tivù, Tivù, Tivù, Tivù, Tivù, Tivù

 

[Lazarus]

Sorry, Brian, no Spectrum Analyser of any ilk.

(And the only accent you really need is a Yorkshire one)

 

[Lazarus]

Boiler all sorted - took longer to get the system to fill than anything else. Air Lock somewhere inaccessible. Had to construct a Fill-Loop to force fill with mains pressure.

£1900 all in: Boiler, Flue Kit, Magnetic Filter gizmo and Condensate Soak-Away plus Chemicals and Plumbing Sundries.

Not too bad, but SWMBO is paying!

And a nice bonus is that it's virtually silent.

 

[A nonymous]

Don't worry she will make you pay another way. Probably emotionally

 

[Lazarus]

Yes, but she'll be WARM >> And you know how important that is to Lady-chaps.

 

[2cvbloke]

And you know how important that is to Lady-chaps.

Apart from during the night during the "monthlies" where they're always too warm, so kick everything off the bed, including the snoring hot water bottle on the other side...

 

[Lazarus]

We have a secret and seemingly inexhaustible cache of those .....................

 

[Archive4]

Thanks to a friend, Mrs P is now watching 12 years a slave, must admit quality of copy is very good, but the best thing is I am allowed to play on the PC as much as I like!

 

[Lazarus]

Here's one: Those orange nets that Fruit, Onions and other stuff come in - Need a really sharp knife or scissors to get into them in the first place, then have to spend time picking up loads of tiny shreds of orange plastic off the table/floor/fruit bowl.

 

[Archive4]

Here's one: Those orange nets that Fruit, Onions and other stuff come in - Need a really sharp knife or scissors to get into them in the first place, then have to spend time picking up loads of tiny shreds of orange plastic off the table/floor/fruit bowl.

Tivù, thanks for reminding me about this thread, I forgot about this one! I think next week I will officialy be allowed to join as I hit 50. Then I´ll let you know what really gets under your skin in Spain, and what totally pis***** me off about a lot of the ex-pats who complain " why don´t they speak English here"!

PS I agree about the netting bags, what was the matter with a "proper" brown paper bag!

 

[sonnetpete]

....a lot 0f the ex-pats who complain " why don´t they speak English here"!

Oh, we have them here as well.....

 

[Archive4]

Oh, we have them here as well.....

Touché ... sorry if accent is wrong, spanish keyboard!

 

[sonnetpete]

Touché ... sorry if accent is wrong, spanish keyboard!

Well perhaps I should admit to using a UK keyboard (though I do have a French laptop too). Some (a relatively small minority) ex pats here tend to hunt in packs, inhabiting English bars, eating fish and chips and barely speaking a word of French. They are without doubt, the loudest people in the supermarket......

 

[Archive4]

Well perhaps I should admit to using a UK keyboard (though I do have a French laptop too). Some (a relatively small minority) ex pats here tend to hunt in packs, inhabiting English bars, eating fish and chips and barely speaking a word of French. They are without doubt, the loudest people in the supermarket......

A bit like wherewolves in the moonlight saga! Here in Spain the Spanish tend to be the loudest, but they have the right, it is their country!

Tout Rond Bon Oeuf ........

 

[hairybadger]

Well perhaps I should admit to using a UK keyboard (though I do have a French laptop too).

The compromise keyboard that I use is Swiss: not so different from a British or American keyboard but much better for writing French :-) not quite as good for programming but one can't have everything ....

 

[Archive4]

The compromise keyboard that I use is Swiss: not so different from a British or American keyboard but much better for writing French not quite as good for programming but one can't have everything ....

HB Think you need to change your name to White Rihno, or change your pic. OR GET A MAKE OVER!

Agree, keyboards are a pain in the a**