Rusevelt Posted June 18, 2023 Report Share Posted June 18, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted June 22, 2023 Report Share Posted June 22, 2023 Are you angry because Ted Cruz is angry or angry because Ted Cruz is a bible bashing Republican twat? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted July 2, 2023 Report Share Posted July 2, 2023 People don’t seem to understand the rules of cricket. Three former international cricket captains, and one of the greatest bowlers of all time - paid to do commentary - don’t understand one of the most fundamental laws of the game. crazy pills 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted July 2, 2023 Report Share Posted July 2, 2023 5 hours ago, manuel said: People don’t seem to understand the rules of cricket. Three former international cricket captains, and one of the greatest bowlers of all time - paid to do commentary - don’t understand one of the most fundamental laws of the game. crazy pills He's obviously grounded the ball, I don't see what they're arguing about? It's a bit like the stick they gave Robinson after his celebration for bowling Khawaja out, have they forgotten the previous 30 years and the abuse their players used to dish out?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Again…. That’s just not cricket. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted September 25, 2023 Report Share Posted September 25, 2023 Only just found out on Friday that in the good ol' US of A they use the word 'mil' (which we in the sensible parts of the word use as an abbreviation for millimetre) for a thousandth of an inch (rather than 'thou' which would make SENSE!!). I don't know who started that or whose fault that is but it's unbelievable and just makes me mad! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 On 9/25/2023 at 4:53 AM, monkeyseemonkeydo said: Only just found out on Friday that in the good ol' US of A they use the word 'mil' (which we in the sensible parts of the word use as an abbreviation for millimetre) for a thousandth of an inch (rather than 'thou' which would make SENSE!!). I don't know who started that or whose fault that is but it's unbelievable and just makes me mad! I've ran into this, I've only ever seen it used for trash bag thickness. I assumed it was millimeter too until I realized the numbers didn't make any sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted October 9, 2023 Report Share Posted October 9, 2023 WTF were the organisers thinking holding a rave within 3 miles of the southern boarder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 RM just stole a day of work off all full time employees in our office (and potentially across the country) in a massively underhand way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 Whaaaaaaaaa?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 yeah - they decided that they needed the hours to be more seasonal, so for 15 weeks ish from sept we worked an extra 24minutes a day (colder more brutal conditions heavier bags etc...) with the agreement that they would be given back in the summer/when the workload dictated. cut to now - they are giving them back 24 minutes a day shorter - but what ho - without 24minutes, three of the 6 days are now under 7hrs, so you can only have a 30min break instead of a 40minute one. So they've pinched 30mins a week of actual work for 15ish weeks from us, which works out around a day. BS. Such a shoddy way to treat your staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Oh FFS, what absolute c**ts. Sorry you're having such a shit time of it man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 It’s ok, I can handle myself with these things, it’s the fact they are always trying to shaft all of ithe employees (often by stealth) and not everyone would maybe even realise or feel like they should stand up to it. It’s so unnecessary and creates so much mistrust and bad feeling and most of the time lowers productivity overall. in other news it looks like deliberately failing to deliver the post for a year has paid off and they are going to get to axe mon-sat postal deliveries. So probably redundancy and or just shitter contracts incoming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 @manuel Just seems like there is a domino/knock-on effect from previous/recent UK/international/global events that has triggered businesses to make more drastic operation costs to save money. Similar cost-cutting measures at my workplace..... working 2 shifts per week as opposed to 5. They have also stopped Overtime for everyone in the warehouse... This might become worthy of a separate thread of how the cost of living crisis in 2024 has effected everyone here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 4 minutes ago, Rusevelt said: Similar cost-cutting measures at my workplace..... working 2 shifts per week as opposed to 5. They have also stopped Overtime for everyone in the warehouse... Not wanting to say that isn't shit for you guys, but just wanted to point out that reducing hours or preventing extra hours are very different things to actively stealing back money from your employees' paycheck, and even more so when clearly trying to hide the fact they're doing it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 (edited) @aener point taken, was just making a general observation of what @manuel stated and the timing of other events. It clearly pays to look the behind the scenes facts as opposed to making a general observation of things and trying to look for a connection. Obviously the RM scandal has clearly opened a can of worms in terms of unprecedented exploitation which is nothing new historically. It just becomes a big thing when it reaches the public domain. I don't know whether to laugh or rage at Tory MP George Freeman, who quit his £118k ministerial role because he can't afford his 2K per month mortgage replacements. Edited January 30 by Rusevelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 @Rusevelt The current scandal in the news is a Post Office issue, not Royal Mail. Post Office is government run Public Organisation, Royal Mail was privatised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Dunno how this mess unfolded amongst MPs. Was supposed to simple vote. Turned out to be anything but a shouting match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 The reaction of the officer pointing a gun at the US Airman burning on the ground as if he is still a threat is priceless. https://youtu.be/vhHFQpv3J2A?si=EE1IctiOmOLL3p8v The image is blurred but still graphic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 Don't know if anyone was watching this briefly.....not that anything Chancellor Jeremy Hunt just announced made any actually difference to our lives when it comes to cost of living... https://www.youtube.com/live/w9uJg68CV4g?si=F4JE3s0Y28j0iRzZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 On 3/6/2024 at 1:45 PM, Rusevelt said: not that anything Chancellor Jeremy Hunt just announced made any actually difference to our lives when it comes to cost of living... It did, actually! I can start claiming child benefit again - I had to pay back £1,300 in January and I have probably another £900 to pay back, but as of April I can claim it again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 Why would the whole bridge collapse from just the impact of hitting one support structure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 Because it's a f**king huge ship at pace and that support structure, oddly enough, supports the structure so when it's compromised the bridge fails. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 Isn't it something like 120,000 tonnes? I can't imagine much standing up to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 Yeah, even at relatively slow speeds that sort of mass is a HUGE amount of momentum. Bear in mind that structures like bridges are, to a point, built to be as light as possible for a given purpose. Yeah ok, there are safety factors involved that increase the bulk somewhat, but generally speaking they're not going to be using more material than legislation requires them to. As such, you have a structure built to do the job for normal use, but external factors like A MASSIVE LADEN SHIP DRIVING STRAIGHT INTO IT tend to be outside of the design parameters. It's hard to imagine quite how much force there was from what is a seemingly slow crash, but that mass is the critical part. I've seen a figure of approx 8kts impact speed, which is around 15kph. Using the 120,000,000kg you mention, Mike, that's like a fully laden artic lorry crashing into the support at something like 38,000kph. That's faster than the escape velocity of the Space Shuttle, and about twice the orbit velocity of the ISS for some context. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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