This is the comment thread!

[Gerald]

I can tell you that I'm not the type of person who "jumps ".... and the question is whether you can drive fast....:03: approx 250 km / h, without the strain on long...:hmm2:

[Betonov]

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2439/dsc001701.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/15/dsc001701.jpg/)

Was this photo taken in Sweden ??? The architecture behind the car closely resembles mediteranean :hmmm:

[Gerald]

Yes the picture was taken in Sweden, on a terrain, which is very similar with Med, :yep:

[Betonov]

Interesting, very interesting. Really got to drive up there one day, I see Sweden is not a land of ice and and pine trees as we like to believe down south :O:

[Gerald]

Now if you do not even have been in the country so you can certainly find it nice, Avoid typical "tourist traps", just like where you are driving a car in the United Kingdom wonderfully located in the northern part..:Kaleun_Periskop:

[Betonov]

I'm an adventurer myself, I always avoid tourist traps or tourist areas. Blend in with the locals, see it from their point of view

[Gerald]

It's good, you look more to make their own travel itself.

[Betonov]

Yep, I hope to make enough friends here on SubSim to land me some free acomodations in a foreign country :haha: The one thing I hate are motels and hostels :shifty:

[Gerald]

Well ... some hotel is fine, I myself have visited some over the years, and in some cases they have no bed or otherwise been good then you just lift the phone and change, as has happened ... some times :D

[Jimbuna]

I'm an adventurer myself, I always avoid tourist traps or tourist areas. Blend in with the locals, see it from their point of view

Then always avoid cannibal tribe areas :03:

[Gerald]

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2145/amc0041l.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/153/amc0041l.jpg/)

[Jimbuna]

A hungry cannibal Mother and Daughter are looking for food in the bush.

They see a well built young man at the waterhole.

The Daughter says, "He'll make good eating"

The Mother says, "No chance, we'll capture him and eat your Dad!"

[Gerald]

:O:

[Jimbuna]

:03:

[Ria]

http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/ria_orion/307292_266204416742249_100000580796770_974482_7745 431_n.jpg

[Gerald]

Nice picture, :DL

[Jimbuna]

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/3860/cityfo.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/828/cityfo.jpg/)

[Gerald]

Autumn in the air ... at that photo, :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Dusk in summer IIRC.

[Gerald]

Quite possible, but it may be autumn in the air anyway, :DL

[Jimbuna]

Look like clouds to me :hmmm:

[Gerald]

Late summer .... is probable,but no rain :o

[Gerald]

Have a good day, :up:

[Betonov]

Have a good day, :up:

Same to you

Grrrrrr :nope: back to the grind

There was this one time I met a canibal. He tasted like beef

[Jimbuna]

Went nice with a Chianti I heard.

[Gerald]

Two strong beer goes well,:D

[Penguin]

Same to you

Grrrrrr :nope: back to the grind

There was this one time I met a canibal. He tasted like beef

Didn't they kill the Slovenian Hannibal Lecter some months ago? Or are you his successor?
I always thought you'd mean something different when you said that you like redheads...
Now I know how you make your "cherry" liquor...:o:o:o:cool:

[Penguin]

Oh, I was impolite:
Have a nice day too, subsim fellows! :salute:

too much to work, too few motivation. I don't like Mondays...

[Gerald]

Oh, I was impolite:
Have a nice day too, subsim fellows! :salute:

too much to work, too few motivation. I don't like Mondays... Have a good day/night :DL

[Betonov]

Didn't they kill the Slovenian Hannibal Lecter some months ago?

ammmm :hmmm: who ???

We had one wacko who liked to grill women in ovens, but he died 20 years ago

[Gerald]

Certainly he believes that the weather was good....

[Penguin]

ammmm :hmmm: who ???

We had one wacko who liked to grill women in ovens, but he died 20 years ago

Damned, confused it with another country :oops: - guess which one...
Here's the link to the cannibal's story:
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_669940.html

I am no better than this guy :88):
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/2532/bushlookingstupid.jpg

Back in 1999, the governor of Texas, a certain George 'Dubb-ya' Bush, told a Slovakian journalist that "the only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned firsthand from your foreign minister, who came to Texas. I had a great meeting with him. It's an exciting country." Unfortunately, Mr. Bush had never met with any representative of Slovakia, rather the SLOVENIAN Prime Minister of the time, Janez Drnovsek!
link: http://www.ljubljana-life.com/ljubljana/slovenia-slovakia

However it feels good not to be the only dummy :know:

The nice people who wrote the article give me at least some excuses - I claim them all:


Both countries became EU members in 2004.

Both countries became independent in the early 90s from larger Communist nations.

Both countries have Karst regions.

Both countries have officially-recognized Hungarian minorities.

Both countries border Austria.

Both countries have white-blue-red flags.

Both countries have shield-shaped coats of arms in the top-left of their flag.

Both of the above-mentioned coats of arms feature mountains with 3 peaks.

Both countries were once a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

A female resident of both countries is a 'Slovenka' in her native tongue.

The adjective form in both countries, in their respecitve languages is 'Slovensk..'

This previous fact means that you'll find Slovenska. Televizia in Slovakia, and Slovenske Zeleznice in Slovenia. Although both would be possible the other way around!

[Jimbuna]

Well....no more naughty lessons till Thursday.....mines a Magners http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/c_jane24/Smileys/lager.gif

[Betonov]

Damned, confused it with another country :oops: - guess which one...

Reminds me of a joke:

The Slovenes were insulted by the Americans, so they bombed New York. The US president said we will bomb Slovenia until they beg for mercy. So they send in their bombers and bomb all day, nothing, not a word from Ljubljana. So the next day they send in all their missiles, still nothing. On the third day they start dropping nukes, not a word. The president calls his generals to ask them whats going on. No one knows. All of a sudden the secretary of state comes in and says: ''mr. president, a strange thing, Slovaks have been beging us for mercy for three days now for no apparent reason''

[Sailor Steve]

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

The funniest jokes are the ones based in truth. :yeah:

[Betonov]

We got used to it. A word mixup, wrong anthem and so on. We usualy get by with a 7,4 million strong epic facepalm (2 million Slovenia plus 5,4 million Slovakia).

But there's less and less of that. It means we're getting more recognition :rock:

[Penguin]

:haha: good one!

So the Australians are lucky that Reagan was not in power in WW2 :03:

[Jimbuna]

Reminds me of this 'oldie'.

George Bush is being giving his daily briefing. He is told that yesterday three Brazilian soldiers were killed.

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sit stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally he looks up with a devastated expression on his face and he asks, "How many is a brazillion?'

[Gerald]

Well....no more naughty lessons till Thursday.....mines a Magners http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/c_jane24/Smileys/lager.gif TOAST :yep:

[Herr-Berbunch]

TOAST :yep:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfMmPpNhOVM :D

[Gerald]

Cool,:up:

[Jimbuna]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfMmPpNhOVM :D

Ahem!

:03:

[Gerald]

:haha: good one!

So the Australians are lucky that Reagan was not in power in WW2 :03: :roll:

[Osmium Steele]

Went to see "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" last night, and it didn't suck.

Wasn't as good as the original which scared me witless as a kid, but it was a decent popcorn muncher and sure beat the heck out of the "Vampire Flavor of the Month" flicks which make up most of the horror genre today.

It did get less scary once the monsters were fully revealed, but at least they weren't cupie dolls like the original.

[Jimbuna]

I've seen that and yes I must agree :yep:

[Gerald]

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2885/asilah.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/asilah.jpg/)

[Herr-Berbunch]

And whilst we're on about films - UK folks get the airing of the fantastically funny Four Lions on C4, Sunday 4th, 9pm.

Trailer (warning - language!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGk2TojOd-4 :har:

[Feuer Frei!]

Indeed, whilst we are on films, got the chance to watch Thor, and unfortunately I will never get the 20 minutes that I suffered through this movie back again.
What a load of tripe.
I should have known better. :down:

[Gerald]

Such is life....

[Jimbuna]

And whilst we're on about films - UK folks get the airing of the fantastically funny Four Lions on C4, Sunday 4th, 9pm.

Trailer (warning - language!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGk2TojOd-4 :har:

Yes...well worth a viewing :yep:

[Gerald]

And whilst we're on about films - UK folks get the airing of the fantastically funny Four Lions on C4, Sunday 4th, 9pm.

Trailer (warning - language!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGk2TojOd-4 :har: The film, seems to have some underlying message, which is one and the other fanatics surely enjoy, :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Watch it first then you'll have a better understanding of some of the satires it contains.

Never judge a book by the cover.

[Gerald]

Watch it first then you'll have a better understanding of some of the satires it contains.

Never judge a book by the cover. It was a spontaneous comment, and I NEVER judge anything in advance!

[Jimbuna]

It was a spontaneous comment, and I NEVER judge anything in advance!

As if :o

:)

[Gerald]

As if :o

:) Can I help you with something special...:yep:

[Betonov]

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2885/asilah.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/asilah.jpg/)

Thanks, the first thing I saw today that doesn't want to make me commit genocide. I'd guess this is somewhere in Italy

[Jimbuna]

Can I help you with something special...:yep:

If you'd be so kind...but nothing of a 'spontaneous' nature :03:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I'd guess Morocco

[Betonov]

I'd guess Morocco

I'll widen it, to make sure I'm right.

I'd say it's somewhere that used to be a part of the Roman Empire

[Gerald]

I'd guess Morocco Right,:DL

[Gerald]

If you'd be so kind...but nothing of a 'spontaneous' nature :03: Anytime, :salute:

[Penguin]

Thanks, the first thing I saw today that doesn't want to make me commit genocide. I'd guess this is somewhere in Italy

I know how you feel, man, must be something in the air today. :x But I see subsim is a good distraction for me not to fire my neutron bomb arsenal...today...

I'll widen it, to make sure I'm right.

I'd say it's somewhere that used to be a part of the Roman Empire

Nooo! This is Carthago! :stare:

For a moment I thought Vendor had conquered Gadaffi's palace and spends some quality time now with his former bodyguard chicks! :shucks:

[Jimbuna]

I know how you feel, man, must be something in the air today. :x But I see subsim is a good distraction for me not to fire my neutron bomb arsenal...today...



Nooo! This is Carthago! :stare:

For a moment I thought Vendor had conquered Gadaffi's palace and spends some quality time now with his former bodyguard chicks! :shucks:

Now that wouldn't suprise me in the least :DL

[Jimbuna]

I'll widen it, to make sure I'm right.

I'd say it's somewhere that used to be a part of the Roman Empire

I'd go a step further and suggest the British Empire :DL

[Betonov]

Nooo! This is Carthago! :stare:

Carthago delenda est !!!

[Penguin]

Carthago delenda est !!!


Not as long as we still have a weapon to stop the Roman imperialists!













Hey, what's that? Stop it!













http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3066/waffepkbmbayern1324102p.jpg

Gimme back my gun, you Roman bastard!

[Betonov]

:haha::haha::haha:

The fourth punic war, emperor Silvio the (im)potent disarms the Carthaginian king, Moamer Gadaffy of the house of camel lovers

[Jimbuna]

LOL :DL

[Penguin]

The fourth punic war, emperor Silvio the (im)potent disarms the Carthaginian king, Moamer Gadaffy of the house of camel lovers
:haha:

war elephants! This is the solution! This is the reason for Daffy's defeat! Too few elephants on the front lines!

If any dictator with enough cash reads this: I a free to work as a military advisor! Awaiting your offers...:know:

[Gerald]

:haha:

war elephants! This is the solution! This is the reason for Daffy's defeat! Too few elephants on the front lines!

If any dictator with enough cash reads this: I a free to work as a military advisor! Awaiting your offers...:know: I can hire you for "special assignments" ;)

[Betonov]

Heeelllooooo another 12 hour shift, the third one this week :damn:

If I don't post something here by 8 PM (central european time), it means I burned down the management building and I am dead/in jail

[Gerald]

Heeelllooooo another 12 hour shift, the third one this week :damn:

If I don't post something here by 8 PM (central european time), it means I burned down the management building and I am dead/in jail The Lord will forgive you :DL

[Betonov]

The Lord will forgive you :DL

He'll be burried in the ruins...

Ooooh, you meant god, not the general manager :doh:

[Gerald]

He'll be burried in the ruins...

Ooooh, you meant god, not the general manager :doh: :03:

[Penguin]

Heeelllooooo another 12 hour shift, the third one this week :damn:

If I don't post something here by 8 PM (central european time), it means I burned down the management building and I am dead/in jail

I'll have a talk with the general manager today about my boss, the department head. The results can be that one of us gets a call to order or fired or I'll go into another branch. Maybe even a law suit.
Exciting times!

Betonov, try to keep rational, and don't let your feelings dictate your actions. Easier said than done, I know, I remind me every second not to break the nose of my boss...

[Jimbuna]

1-15pm (central european time)....so you should be stocked up with petrol and matches by now :hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I can hire you for "special assignments" ;)

How wrong does that sound? :hmmm: :o :shifty: :o

[Jimbuna]

How wrong does that sound? :hmmm: :o :shifty: :o

If the cap fits :O:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Remind me not to sit at the bar with him. :nope:


:03:

[Gerald]

Remind me not to sit at the bar with him. :nope:


:03: Then you say goodbye, to free drinks :haha:

[Betonov]

Helloooooo all you crazy people :DL

The project was halted for unknown reasons and probibly so absurd that I don't even want to know, so it was only an 8 hour shift.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Helloooooo all you crazy people :DL

The project was halted for unknown reasons and probibly so absurd that I don't even want to know, so it was only an 8 hour shift.

And no fire/police services involved - so a good day then? :D

[Betonov]

And no fire/police services involved - so a good day then? :D

Any day is a good day above ground. Or at least any day that isn't a lousy day

[Penguin]

My final talk with the director is postponed till next week, we both had too much other stuff today...:shifty: - maybe my boss gets hit by a 50 ton weight over the course of the weekend :yep:

I watched the southern sky all day, to look for smoke and listened for shouting of a madman who dances around a fire, it was all quiet on the Slovenian Front ;)


Then you say goodbye, to free drinks :haha:

free drinks? :()1:

when, where, why? :o:o:o

[Betonov]

M
I watched the southern sky all day, to look for smoke and listened for shouting of a madman who dances around a fire, it was all quiet on the Slovenian Front ;)

http://image.24ur.com/media/images/600xX/Apr2007/16181331.jpg

You didn't look good enough :O:

(the building on fire is in fact Seaway, where I work, but the fire was 4 years ago)

[Jimbuna]

And no fire/police services involved - so a good day then? :D

They obviously didn't crack the code in the email that was sent then :)

[Betonov]

Finnaly, weekend. Managed to finish this weeks projects today in under 4 hours, so I'm home 3 hours earlier and with nothing to do tommorow at work. So so long company til monday, hello Urska :03:

[Jimbuna]

Finnaly, weekend. Managed to finish this weeks projects today in under 4 hours, so I'm home 3 hours earlier and with nothing to do tommorow at work. So so long company til monday, hello Urska :03:

Come over to my side of the fence and meet the lads...no need to feel the need to compete :sunny:

[Betonov]

Come over to my side of the fence and meet the lads...no need to feel the need to compete :sunny:

Ammm, Jim, are you hitting on me :o

[Herr-Berbunch]

If it's not one, it's the other ;)

You stay put in your village :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Ammm, Jim, are you hitting on me :o

Hardly...simply inviting you out for a pleasant evenings slurping experience with The Quality Street Gang....gets you into all the best places free of charge :cool:

Ever see the film 'The Choirboys' :03:

[Betonov]

Hardly...simply inviting you out for a pleasant evenings slurping experience with The Quality Street Gang....gets you into all the best places free of charge :cool:

Ever see the film 'The Choirboys' :03:

AAhhhh, that's more like it. I'd love too but I have this simple problem. I'd have to drive 2000km to get there

[Hottentot]

Children, uncle Hottentot is now going to tell you today's pearl of wisdom that will help you along in life.

This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puukko), this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewing_needle), these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pincer_%28tool%29) and these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors) are not proper surgical tools that you should use to tend a wound in hopes of avoiding a trip to nearest hospital. Also, no matter the amount, this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka) is not proper anaesthetic and does not improve your hand-to-eye coordination in this operation.

Remember, children: pain in large dosages is not pleasant and your better half will complain about the difficulty of getting blood washed away from bed sheets.

That is all.

[Jimbuna]

AAhhhh, that's more like it. I'd love too but I have this simple problem. I'd have to drive 2000km to get there

But well worth the effort...believe me :03:

[Betonov]

But well worth the effort...believe me :03:

I got a UK tour in planing for next year, I might come for a visit. And then continue to Leeds to visit Herr-Berbunch.

And Hottentot, vodka is not a good anastetic. Whiskey is good, rum better, ether perfect

[Hottentot]

And Hottentot, vodka is not a good anastetic. Whiskey is good, rum better, ether perfect

I shall keep that in mind next time I play home surgeon. This time I resorted to anaesthetic by swearing: if it hurts, you stick further and mumble litany of traditional curses as long as it takes for the pain to end.

Worked for as long as needed. And not a moment further.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I got a UK tour in planing for next year, I might come for a visit. And then continue to Leeds to visit Herr-Berbunch.


Well depending on how you get here Leeds is ~70 miles (112 km) away. If you get the ferry from Rotterdam/Zebrugge to Hull it's only #25 miles (40 km).

If you can make a 2000 km journey I don't see why some UK members (and even some of our continental cousins) can't make a lesser journey.

Party at Jim's! :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Well depending on how you get here Leeds is ~70 miles (112 km) away. If you get the ferry from Rotterdam/Zebrugge to Hull it's only #25 miles (40 km).

If you can make a 2000 km journey I don't see why some UK members (and even some of our continental cousins) can't make a lesser journey.

Party at Jim's! :yeah:

Time to sow that minefiled in the Humber Estuary :DL

[Herr-Berbunch]

File those mines where you want, Jim. :O:

[Jimbuna]

Best shoot all the seagulls first...loose lips and all that :03:

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1309/seagullmine.jpg

[Hottentot]

Hmm, progress. Pain has turned from flashing to being sensitive to touch. The wound is not so swollen anymore and it seems I have managed to avoid accidentally infecting it and rotting my body away. Bleeding has stopped too, so the bed sheets are safe again.

I think I'm applying for the medical school. :D
"Stop screaming, this is a perfectly valid method. I tested it on myself!"

[Betonov]

What exactly was the cause of said injury

[Hottentot]

Not much initially: a toenail growing inside. The problem is that I noticed it a little late and suddenly had a nice blob of tissue where there was not supposed to be one.

[Gargamel]

let me start with the bad news. Got rejected 2 days ago.
Just want to be friends na na na... :cry:
I just can't get anywhere with women


Yes, a severe necro, but I always found that asking "does this rag smell like chloroform?" works well for me.

[Betonov]

Yes, a severe necro, but I always found that asking "does this rag smell like chloroform?" works well for me.

Where did you dig that post out of :DL I've been to a mountain, swam in two lakes, got lost in the woods and almost got myself killed five times with the woman that I was reffering to since I posted that :DL

But alas, she won't give in. I think she had some veeery bad experiences with men in the past and I'd sure love to know it it was so I can reherse my CPR on him while he's still alive for ruining the fun for me :stare:

[Jimbuna]

Where did you dig that post out of :DL I've been to a mountain, swam in two lakes, got lost in the woods and almost got myself killed five times with the woman that I was reffering to since I posted that :DL

But alas, she won't give in. I think she had some veeery bad experiences with men in the past and I'd sure love to know it it was so I can reherse my CPR on him while he's still alive for ruining the fun for me :stare:

Steady on tiger....you sure it was a man? :hmmm:

:03:

[Penguin]

Where did you dig that post out of :DL I've been to a mountain, swam in two lakes, got lost in the woods and almost got myself killed five times with the woman that I was reffering to since I posted that :DL

But alas, she won't give in. I think she had some veeery bad experiences with men in the past and I'd sure love to know it it was so I can reherse my CPR on him while he's still alive for ruining the fun for me :stare:

:hmmm: I always thought that mastering catastrophes together would bind two people, at least to the point of a "glad, we survived" come-together.

[Betonov]

:hmmm: I always thought that mastering catastrophes together would bind two people, at least to the point of a "glad, we survived" come-together.

OK, this is deeeeeep. I like :DL

[Herr-Berbunch]

OK, this is deeeeeep. I like :DL

But not what GT is for? :O:

Only kidding, it has its more serious side occasionally but not in this thread surely!

My next comment -

Now partially grouted. :D

[Betonov]

Now partially grouted. :D

That's nice, emmm, what ??? :doh:

[Herr-Berbunch]

The bit between tiles in the bathroom. I've done some this morning.

[Penguin]

I think I'm applying for the medical school. :D
"Stop screaming, this is a perfectly valid method. I tested it on myself!"

You might want to check out these old games: Virtual Surgeon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbZEjiasPSc) or Life and Death 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGkEjGKU4bQ)

My body count in these games is higher than in some shooter games :D

[Penguin]

Oh and my comment of the day, before this thread gets too deep:

I wish I were a cow on an organic farm! :sunny:

[Betonov]

The bit between tiles in the bathroom. I've done some this morning.

Ahhhh. We call it fuga. What's it called in proper Slovene, I cant remember :D

[Herr-Berbunch]

injekcijsko maso? :hmmm:

[Betonov]

injekcijsko maso? :hmmm:

Made a mistake, fuga is a proper SLovene word :DL

[Jimbuna]

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/6942/popcorncowtx0.gif

[Gerald]

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/886/dsc00299jz.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/690/dsc00299jz.jpg/)

Fast, does it through the night....

[Jimbuna]

Driving fast through the night perhaps? :hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I finally have a deadline for something in work, must have schematic poster done by Friday which means it needs to be at printers sometime tomorrow. Must dash - work to do :o

This never happens :doh:

[Jimbuna]

Schematics, used to love giving them to the apprentices and see the look of dismay on their faces...."How come the drawing shows the hydraulic pump at the rear of the engine when the fitting bracket is at the side"? LOL :DL

[Herr-Berbunch]

It's not that exciting, it's the layout/description of shipping consignment data from us to our Norwegian lords and masters. :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

It's not that exciting, it's the layout/description of shipping consignment data from us to our Norwegian lords and masters. :arrgh!:

Ah, right....I used to work on hydraulics and pneumatics systems schematics and they would look like a bowl of spaghetti or a ball of wool until you got used to them :DL

[Betonov]

Ah, right....I used to work on hydraulics and pneumatics systems schematics and they would look like a bowl of spaghetti or a ball of wool until you got used to them :DL

Was this before or after you were a cop :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Was this before or after you were a cop :hmmm:

Before....I underwent an apprenticeship (4 years duration) as a shipyard mechanical fitter from the age of 16 to 20 then went into the merchant navy as an engineering officer for a couple of years after that.

[Betonov]

Before....I underwent an apprenticeship (4 years duration) as a shipyard mechanical fitter from the age of 16 to 20 then went into the merchant navy as an engineering officer for a couple of years after that.

So you were an aprentice to an engineer, an engineering officer on a ship and then a cop... anything else :DL

[Jimbuna]

So you were an aprentice to an engineer, an engineering officer on a ship and then a cop... anything else :DL

I was an apprentice fitter learning a trade for four years in a shipyard on the Tyne then upon qualifying I joined a shipping company as an engineering officer.

I have also worked for an American company called Grove based in Shady Grove, Pennsylvania assembling and testing mobile cranes/access platforms/all terrain vehicles at one of there former plants in Pallion, Sunderland.

I am 54 years of age and have worked since the age of 16 so there are a couple more positions I have filled during my working career.

:|\\

[Betonov]

OK, thanks. I was a bit confused about some of your posts. I thought you were a cop your whole life

[Jimbuna]

OK, thanks. I was a bit confused about some of your posts. I thought you were a cop your whole life

Nope...16 years or thereabouts retired after 50th birthday with a pension...made me the youngest pensioner in the world, least it felt that way at the time LOL :DL

[Betonov]

made me the youngest pensioner in the world, least it felt that way at the time LOL :DL

In short... you were bored to death ;)

[Jimbuna]

In short... you were bored to death ;)

There is only so much satellite tv you can watch before you realise there are still working opportunities out there.....I currently work approximately 30 hours per week (part-time) and have the enviable choice of whether I go in from day to day or not, so I'm not complaining.

[Sailor Steve]

There is only so much satellite tv you can watch before you realise there are still working opportunities out there.....I currently work approximately 30 hours per week (part-time) and have the enviable choice of whether I go in from day to day or not, so I'm not complaining.
Funny, I'm just the opposite. Between research, music and just amusing myself, my time is full. In fact, when I was working I wished I could have the time to do all the things I wanted. Now I do. On the other hand, I may have to find a part-time job just to make more money. The bad side to that is, anything I earn up to the pension amount will just be taken away from the pension itself, so I'd have to work full-time just to make the extra.

[nikimcbee]

Before....I underwent an apprenticeship (4 years duration) as a shipyard mechanical fitter from the age of 16 to 20 then went into the merchant navy as an engineering officer for a couple of years after that.

By engineering, you mean arrainging and managing the grammaphone music?:hmmm:

[nikimcbee]

In short... you were bored to death ;)

That's why Jim needs to make another trip to the US.:hmmm: So, if Jim were to come to the US again, I could arrainge for a PT boat ride and a pallet of newcastle pale ale.:hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

That's why Jim needs to make another trip to the US.:hmmm: So, if Jim were to come to the US again, I could arrainge for a PT boat ride and a pallet of newcastle pale ale.:hmmm:

And in return Jim'll give you a ride in his (!) limo. :03:

[nikimcbee]

And in return Jim'll give you a ride in his (!) limo. :03:

Das Geordiekampfwagen?
http://photos.autoexpress.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_443/car_photo_221951_7.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Das Geordiekampfwagen?
http://photos.autoexpress.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_443/car_photo_221951_7.jpg

Hang on, Google translates that as Geordie who-is-gay's car - is that right? Must be, Google's never wrong :D

Jim, McBee wants a lift...

(shirt?)

[Gargamel]

Meanwhile, back at the ranch.....

Just got my ass handed to me surfing the SOBX, the Pre-Katia surf has arrived. While they say 4-8ft waves, from the bottom of each trough, you'd swear they were at least 20'. Rode some good ones, and decked out a few times, my whole right side is now covered in road rash from being slammed to the deck...

Theres my comment.

Now back to your regularly scheduled dribble.

[nikimcbee]

Hang on, Google translates that as Geordie who-is-gay's car - is that right? Must be, Google's never wrong :D

Jim, McBee wants a lift...

(shirt?)

By, gay, you mean happy, right?:hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Funny, I'm just the opposite. Between research, music and just amusing myself, my time is full. In fact, when I was working I wished I could have the time to do all the things I wanted. Now I do. On the other hand, I may have to find a part-time job just to make more money. The bad side to that is, anything I earn up to the pension amount will just be taken away from the pension itself, so I'd have to work full-time just to make the extra.

Luckily in the UK, the tax system means any additional income I earn is taxed as opposed to lowering my police pension....but it 'hurts' just the same.

By engineering, you mean arrainging and managing the grammaphone music?:hmmm:

Cheeky little blighter!! http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8586/smacka1.gif

That's why Jim needs to make another trip to the US.:hmmm: So, if Jim were to come to the US again, I could arrainge for a PT boat ride and a pallet of newcastle pale ale.:hmmm:

Change the 'pale' to 'brown' Jason and you just might be suprised :03:

And in return Jim'll give you a ride in his (!) limo. :03:

You've obviously been informed of my previous exploits :DL

By, gay, you mean happy, right?:hmmm:

I bleedin well hope so!! http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1853/angry8ro5.gif

[Sailor Steve]

the Pre-Katia surf has arrived.

Theres my comment.
Wow! The last time I surfed was the summer of '69. That was when I could swim the length of an olympic pool and back underwater, and hold my breath for four minutes sitting still. These days I have trouble getting up from the floor. I can still hold my breath for a minute, which ain't too shabby.

Now back to your regularly scheduled dribble.
Dribble: done by babies and basketball players. Did you by chance mean 'drivel'? :O: :rotfl2:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Dribble: done by babies and basketball players. Did you by chance mean 'drivel'? :O: :rotfl2:

And old people.

Not pointin', jus' sayin' :03:

[Jimbuna]

And old people.

Not pointin', jus' sayin' :03:

LOL :DL

http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img104/7397/thdroolub6.gif

[Reece]

I'm making a comment:
It's not fair that you guys have some neat awards and I have squat!!:cry:

[Sailor Steve]

And old people.

Not pointin', jus' sayin' :03:
I assume it won't be long before I need the diapers again as well. But I'll still hit you with my cane every time you abuse the language, sonny!

[Jimbuna]

I'm making a comment:
It's not fair that you guys have some neat awards and I have squat!!:cry:

Is that all...well here you are http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1789/oscar230fb7ue5.gif

[Gerald]

Is that all...well here you are http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1789/oscar230fb7ue5.gif FUNNY, :DL

[Reece]

Is that all...well here you are http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1789/oscar230fb7ue5.gif
Thanks I think!:hmmm:

[Gerald]

Thanks I think!:hmmm: Remember that it was an Oscar Statuette .... and not many get such a in his hand, :03:

[Reece]

Remember that it was an Oscar Statuette .... and not many get such a in his hand, :03:
How come my hand feels empty!!:haha:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Still got a deadline looming, but subsim.com is sooo addictive :nope:


:D

[Gerald]

How come my hand feels empty!!:haha: A tricky situation....:O:

[Reece]

A tricky situation....:O:
Boy that can be taken a few different ways!:haha:

[Gerald]

Boy that can be taken a few different ways!:haha: Hmm ... but go and think of things like thoughts now Reece, shame on you, :D

[Gerald]

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/4353/mcgang2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534/mcgang2.jpg/)

Cleaning up after motorcycle-related shootings.

[Jimbuna]

Thanks I think!:hmmm:

You could have had this one but I reckon we'll keep it a little while longer :DL

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tomfordyce/urn_getty595.jpg

[Penguin]

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/4353/mcgang2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534/mcgang2.jpg/)

Cleaning up after motorcycle-related shootings.

The second van from the right looks badass, like something to ram anyone off the road.

[Gerald]

That statement sounds like an alcohol-related comment, :DL

[Penguin]

That statement sounds like an alcohol-related comment, :DL

No man, only tons of caffeine - 10 hours at work, about 2 to go - if we work fast :cry:

[Betonov]

Today is two years since I bought my first car. And after 40 000 km (10 000 were not made on road :DL) the bugger stil runs

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/312019_10150296134794749_661179748_7649454_6258705 _n.jpg
the writing says: when I grow up, I will be a Landrover

[Gerald]

Well done, it looks to continue for some time, :DL

[Growler]

I wonder if Jim's colleagues can put a phone call in to the right people about keeping an eye on that license plate...:hmmm:

[Gerald]

I can arrange it, :haha:

[Jimbuna]

I wonder if Jim's colleagues can put a phone call in to the right people about keeping an eye on that license plate...:hmmm:

Sorted...in a month at the most it'll be a paint can :03:

[Gerald]

Devote yourself to paint your aircraft and helo instead, :DL

[Jimbuna]

Soon padawan, soon.

[Gerald]

May we see pictures of the collection, when complete :roll:

[Jimbuna]

Is the Pope a Catholic?

Does a bear crap in the woods?

[Gerald]

These issues, to their department X-Files, :doh:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Is the Pope a former member of the Hitler Youth?

Does a bear crap in the woods, when not kept in a zoo?

There, fixed on both counts. :D

[Gerald]

You recently won a cake, because of your lines.

[Jimbuna]

There, fixed on both counts. :D

Aye...must always remember to make an allowance for the 'nuance' of the language :damn:

@Vendor

My previous response was meant to mena....'of course/obviously' :yep:

[Gerald]

Aye...must always remember to make an allowance for the 'nuance' of the language :damn:

@Vendor

My previous response was meant to mena....'of course/obviously' :yep: OK!

[Jimbuna]

Or 'OK' even :DL

[Betonov]

What was this talk about turning my Fidji into a paint can :stare:

[Gerald]

Or 'OK' even :DL Good to know, :DL

[Jimbuna]

What was this talk about turning my Fidji into a paint can :stare:

We are simply speculating what colour paint would be most appropriate oh wise one in the cape :DL

[Betonov]

We are simply speculating what colour paint would be most appropriate oh wise one in the cape :DL

For ye shall not turn the vehicle of the wise one that wears the mark of a sailboat on his cape into a vessel for estetic fluids

Jenna 4:12

[Jimbuna]

For ye shall not turn the vehicle of the wise one that wears the mark of a sailboat on his cape into a vessel for estetic fluids

Jenna 4:12

Estetic fluids eh? :hmmm:

So that's what she runs on? :DL

[Penguin]

Today is two years since I bought my first car. And after 40 000 km (10 000 were not made on road :DL) the bugger stil runs


again some creepy similarity between the Penguin and Betonov life. :o
I just passed the 40000km mark this week and bought my car 2 years ago, however in June
and my first car was also white - at least when I bought it :)


the writing says: when I grow up, I will be a Landrover

So LAN_R is Slovenian for Landrover? :know:

[Gerald]

To get around in winter, summer, needed a colorful car,for Betonov :DL

[Betonov]

So LAN_R is Slovenian for Landrover? :know:

After the writing came into contact with black trousers :damn: And before a funeral for crying out loud :doh:

You say your car changed color, let me guess, from white to rusty orange :hmmm:

[Betonov]

To get around in winter, summer, needed a colorful car,for Betonov :DL

Zhese old Renaults are perfect for winter, Clio, R5 or R4. They can climb anywhere and if you wreck them, oh well, they're cheap :D

[Gerald]

Is it possible to pay with pesos, :O:

[Penguin]

You say your car changed color, let me guess, from white to rusty orange :hmmm:

More from white to an undefined gray, with some random idiotic town names on it which a buddy wrote in the smut with his fingers. They never disappeared, even after I lent the car to my mom who drove directly to a car wash.

Oh and never, neverever get an R5 - or as it was called by Renault garages: the little enemy

[Gerald]

And the color disappeared....

[Betonov]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/455656677_24ee568495.jpg

[Betonov]

Oh and never, neverever get an R5 - or as it was called by Renault garages: the little enemy

They're legendary here. A mini SUV, like a Landrovers embrio. Some people have an R% in their garages during the year and only register it for 4 months during the winter. They're that good (and expendable) on snow

[Penguin]

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/9711/3923q.jpg

I wish I had creative buddies like this, no it had to be names of ****ty towns... *sigh*

[Gerald]

You write nothing on the cars, it may gulls stand for instead :haha:

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/455656677_24ee568495.jpg

The usual UK response to that is "She is when she's with me!". :har:

[Penguin]

R5 in the winter? :o You guys are crazy! One snowflake + a grain of salt + R5 = rustbucket
The same happens with any form of water, so they are a very seldom sight here nowadays.
But I saw a GT5 Turbo some weeks ago, just because a buddy who was an ex R5 owner spotted it and made obscene noises towards it.
I reminded him of all the pain he had with his car, but still... :shifty:

Maybe Renault built in some mind-control devices into their cars.

[Gerald]

Use four-wheel drive instead, it will be smooth :yep:

[Betonov]

R5 in the winter? :o You guys are crazy! One snowflake + a grain of salt + R5 = rustbucket

We never buy them for their beauty :DL
Our R5's have more rust than metal on them but they still run :|\\
But never, ever, ever think of buying it if you dont have some basic mechanical experience :haha:

[Jimbuna]

The usual UK response to that is "She is when she's with me!". :har:

LOL :har:

[Gargamel]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/455656677_24ee568495.jpg

Thanks Betonov....

Showed that to my wife and I got slapped.

[Gerald]

I promise that she has a different attitude toward this, :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Thanks Betonov....

Showed that to my wife and I got slapped.

Well my wife said....."Time for bed" :DL

[Gerald]

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/9013/dsc00210ih.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/109/dsc00210ih.jpg/)

Partners in Crime.

[Jimbuna]

But not in car choices.

[Gerald]

But not in car choices. Right, colleague :yep:

[Jimbuna]

When in Rome...

[Gerald]

Not Rome,France....

[Jimbuna]

I know that....When in Rome Do As the Romans Do :DL

[Gerald]

Like,A saying attributed to St Ambrose...:o

[Jimbuna]

Noooooo....a British saying meaning follow the customs of the people of the country you are in.

[Gerald]

Noooooo....a British saying meaning follow the customs of the people of the country you are in. Then it became wrong, it was not about italy,where would the sense contain traces of france...:-?

[Jimbuna]

Oh Jeebus!! :doh:

Too late to explain :DL

[Gerald]

Oh Jeebus!! :doh:

Too late to explain :DL Plz,try :wah:

[Jimbuna]

Example: Don't go to Spain and speak French or try to get the first sunbed in a hotel frequented by German tourists.

[Gerald]

Example: Don't go to Spain and speak French or try to get the first sunbed in a hotel frequented by German tourists. Hmm .... my lord as such, that kind of travel I do not, but I understand the image, even if it was "very" easily understood, and smoothed out, who wants to stay at a charter hotel with Germans who have rubber legs around the clock, the may become Hilton or otherwise .... to get some silence,thanks :DL

[Gargamel]

Vendor.....Have a drink on me, sometimes I wonder about you!


LOL


Nice title by the way.

Very appropiate.

[Gerald]

Vendor.....Have a drink on me, sometimes I wonder about you!


LOL


Nice title by the way.

Very appropiate. Thanks, that's kind words, I will be happy to have a drink with you .... a curious question what do you think of me?

[Reece]

a curious question what do you think of me?Once again I'm saying absolutely nothing!:oops::O:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Vendor.....Have a drink on me, sometimes I wonder about you!



Birthday drinks Gargamel, still? :O:

[Gerald]

Birthday drinks Gargamel, still? :O:Hey .... some people choose to drink when they come up in a mature age, and not when they are young as the photo you showed,:D

[Jimbuna]

Once again I'm saying absolutely nothing!:oops::O:

You are oh so...incorrigibile :DL

[Gerald]

A clear statement....

[Reece]

I'm a naughty boy sometimes!!:oops:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I'm a naughty boy sometimes!!:oops:

And he's not the messiah!

http://content8.flixster.com/question/41/52/14/4152146_std.jpg

But he may have a fwend in Wome called... :o

[Jimbuna]

I'm a naughty boy sometimes!!:oops:

But I like it :DL

[Herr-Berbunch]

Well, poster now at the printers, they've assured me it'll be ready this time tomorrow, so deadline met :woot: :smug:

All I need to do then is borrow a work's car and take it to my bosses house for him to pin on his wall, and the other copy for my office wall. :D

No I can go back to slacking :arrgh!:

[Gerald]

I'm a naughty boy sometimes!!:oops: We know Reece, and it does not matter we're one big family here,:DL

[Gargamel]

Well, poster now at the printers, they've assured me it'll be ready this time tomorrow, so deadline met :woot: :smug:

All I need to do then is borrow a work's car and take it to my bosses house for him to pin on his wall, and the other copy for my office wall. :D

No I can go back to slacking :arrgh!:

do we get to see?

[Jimbuna]

Here ya go

http://www.chilliwebsites.com/sitefiles/117/Image/Kili%20Kids%20Painting%2007.jpg

:O:

[Gerald]

Is it Betonov, car in the middle of the picture, :D of color to judge...

[Jimbuna]

Not sure but he's got one of my diecast included at bottom right.

[Gerald]

Can be completely credible, the color appears to be.

[Jimbuna]

http://www.fantasticflyers.com/images/SGE72-002-03.jpg

[Gerald]

Fine, what model is it...:DL

[Betonov]

Vendor, that thing in the middle is a bus :haha:
I don't own a bus :DL

[Gerald]

Not yet.....:DL

[Herr-Berbunch]

do we get to see?

I'll take a pic when it's on the wall, but you must understand it's a schematic for sending EDI XML messages from UK to Norway and not the most exciting thing in the world - it's use is for the developer to quickly glance and see what's where when coding. (Programming code, not playing COD, although he does work from home and so may be...)

I've it's predecessor behind me, I'll take a pic of that for now so you can see how exciting it is - once my phones rebooted... :damn:

We've done this, for the UK end, just two of us (very much mostly my boss!), it took only a few months once we'd agreed(ish) with Norway about the format, and that's on top of doing our normal work, our cousins in NL have no in-house dev and have paid an external company a very large sum of Euros to do the same - and theirs still doesn't work. :D

Our (big) boss was also told that we were the ones delaying this project and that places like NL and Sweden were already doing it, when in reality NL are close and Sweden haven't even started, and delays were waiting for Norwegians to pull their fingers out and decide on the correct format - which we amended and they preferred! :damn:

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/945/xmledi.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Fine, what model is it...:DL

Fairey Gannet

[Jimbuna]

That is my XA454 264H...Sky Guardians..Fairey Gannet ‘HMS Hermes’……......708/1500

http://www.skyguardianseurope.co.uk/Gannet2.html

[Gerald]

Gentlemen, thank you :salute:

Note: Interesting link Jim :DL

[Sailor Steve]

Fairey Gannet
Back in 1990 a friend of mine got a call from another friend who worked in the museum at Hill Air Force Base. They had an extensive model collection and all the label cards had gotten mixed up. They wanted to know if we could sort them out and put them with the proper models. Between the two of us we managed to get it all sorted, and used a small marker pen to write the names under the wing of each model in case it should happen again. We did all this off the top of our heads, and there was only one we had to go home and look up.

You know which one, of course. :D

[Hottentot]

Back in 1990 a friend of mine got a call from another friend who worked in the museum at Hill Air Force Base. They had an extensive model collection and all the label cards had gotten mixed up. They wanted to know if we could sort them out and put them with the proper models.

I am blinking my eyes in a very confused manner. I'm not doubting what you say, but that's just...wow...

[Sailor Steve]

What's confusing you? Ask, and I'll try to explain.

[Hottentot]

What's confusing you? Ask, and I'll try to explain.

I am confused by the fact, that museum workers let label cards get mixed up, but accidents happen, of course.

I am somewhat confused that they didn't know what each model was supposed to represent, though I understand there might have been loads of them.

I am heavily confused by the fact, that they hadn't marked them by a catalogue reference number like is usually done with museum objects.

And finally I am just confused that they didn't fix the problem on their own.

Not trying to sound insulting, but as someone studying museology as a minor subject, someone who has worked in a museum and someone who intends to one day become a professional on the field, I'm just confused by how wrong that all sounded.

[Jimbuna]

I've two versions in the collection:

http://www.skyguardianseurope.co.uk/Gannet2.html

http://www.skyguardianseurope.co.uk/resources/sge72-002-03+flying.png

http://www.skyguardianseurope.co.uk/12.html

http://www.skyguardianseurope.co.uk/resources/wtw72-002-04.png

[Hottentot]

Ooo, they even have pilots in them. :DL

I have a radio controlled Bf-109, about 1m long, bought ages ago. It's otherwise a very cool plane and flies well too, but the only thing that puzzles me is the happily grinning Japanese man sitting in the cockpit.

[Gerald]

Scale 1/72, that's what's on offer?,Nice plane :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Ooo, they even have pilots in them. :DL

I have a radio controlled Bf-109, about 1m long, bought ages ago. It's otherwise a very cool plane and flies well too, but the only thing that puzzles me is the happily grinning Japanese man sitting in the cockpit.

I've noticed that in a few of the larger kits over the years :DL

[Gerald]

Thanks for the reply, :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

I thought I already had.

[Gerald]

Sure...#1744 :know:

[Jimbuna]

I thought earlier in #1742 :)

[Gerald]

No, 1744 is what counts and nothing else, pronto :Kaleun_Goofy:

[Jimbuna]

Oh heck!!....you've got me confused now :doh: