Daily Moan

[Mendip]

It is an opportunity not a catastrophe. Think Japanese?



It is called Kintsugi

NB. I once gave my son something similar to your broken mug except more bits and buried in a large block of clay. He is now an Archeologist.

I think the wife will have thrown out the Mesozoic mug by now. Also, she'll have no doubt purloined the handleless Palaeozoic and Cenozoic mugs to store her evil-smelling concoctions in the fridge and I'll have little chance of getting them back. I've re-ordered new ones now, anyway.

I had high hopes of my daughter being a vet but that looks increasingly unlikely. She's not showing all that much interest in geology either but I think that archeology may suit her well. I'll look into it.

[malmomike77]

but I think that archeology may suit her well. I'll look into it.

try her out with re-runs of Time Team

[Edmond]

I once gave my son something similar to your broken mug except more bits and buried in a large block of clay. He is now an Archeologist.

Mine presented me a broken clay urn from Koh Kret with some superglue saying she made me a 3D jigsaw.

[nidhogg]

but I think that archeology may suit her well. I'll look into it.

Yeah. One thing women excel at is digging up the f*cking past........

[malmomike77]

Trying to get a king sized down duvet back into the zipper bag it came in, wtf don't they make them just a little bit bigger so the exercise doesn't turn into a two man wrestling match

[baldrick]

Anyway, lesson learnt.

use crypto ?

[malmomike77]

^ I can't even get TD set up to show the latest post on a thread, i'd have no hope managing imaginary currency.

[Mendip]

I've been in this hotel for work in Norway for nearly three weeks now and am walking around like a zombie. I get no sleep.

I have to work 10 hours a day and am knackered.

It just doesn't get dark and I'm awake by 3am every morning and can't get back to sleep. It's like trying to go to sleep sitting outside in the garden in a normal place in the middle of the afternoon. On top of that there's seagulls squawking every night, all night. They don't go to sleep either.

A young geo colleague came over from the UK this week to help out, and the great thing about these Millennials is that they don't seem to drink... he even goes to the gym in the evenings after work. I of course took advantage of this and got him to bring me over a bottle of duty free Highland Park. I was supposed to take it back to Thailand checked in and hidden, but now it's taking every fibre of my will power not to open it up and take a big slug to get to sleep. But a slippery slope, one slug leads to another and it's a busy day tomorrow...

[DrWilly]

I have to work 10 hours a day and am knackered.

Why? I thought you were on a daily rate. Surely going slower would be better?

[Mendip]

^ You have to perform. That would maybe work for one trip but I wouldn't be asked back.

[DrWilly]

^ You have to perform. That would maybe work for one trip but I wouldn't be asked back.

6 days a week?

Bastards.

You need a union.

[Joe 90]

I've been in this hotel for work in Norway for nearly three weeks now and am walking around like a zombie. I get no sleep.

I have to work 10 hours a day and am knackered.

It just doesn't get dark and I'm awake by 3am every morning and can't get back to sleep. It's like trying to go to sleep sitting outside in the garden in a normal place in the middle of the afternoon. On top of that there's seagulls squawking every night, all night. They don't go to sleep either.

A young geo colleague came over from the UK this week to help out, and the great thing about these Millennials is that they don't seem to drink... he even goes to the gym in the evenings after work. I of course took advantage of this and got him to bring me over a bottle of duty free Highland Park. I was supposed to take it back to Thailand checked in and hidden, but now it's taking every fibre of my will power not to open it up and take a big slug to get to sleep. But a slippery slope, one slug leads to another and it's a busy day tomorrow...

Get down the chemist and buy these..

About diphenhydramine

It's known as a drowsy (sedating) antihistamine and is more likely to make you feel sleepy than other antihistamines.

£2 for a pack of 24 in the uk over the counter, when I was working varied shifts they were a life saver.

Btw if you drink after you've had one, it's like a scene from the wolf of wall street.


The niomessss

[DrWilly]

About diphenhydramine

It's known as a drowsy (sedating) antihistamine and is more likely to make you feel sleepy than other antihistamines.

£2 for a pack of 24 in the uk over the counter, when I was working varied shifts they were a life saver.

Btw if you drink after you've had one, it's like a scene from the wolf of wall street.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that taking higher than recommended doses of the common over-the-counter (OTC) allergy medicine diphenhydramine (Benadryl) can lead to serious heart problems, seizures, coma, or even death.


Yeah, nah.

[Edmond]

death.

Fantastic sleep mind.

[OhOh]

You have to perform.

Is your "performance" checker by chance a blonde, female millennial?

If you fail, are their options as to how you're punished?

[cyrille]

Is your "performance" checker by chance a blonde, female millennial?

If you fail, are their options as to how you're punished?

ohno, your attempts at ‘lad’s banter’ should be in the ‘daily cringe’ thread.

[Mendip]

6 days a week?

Bastards.

You need a union.

7 days a week, why lose 4 days work over a month?

And I don't like unions tbh, they would probably force me to take days off. I'm only here for the work.

Get down the chemist and buy these..

The chemist is closed by the time I finish work!

Anyway, I don't like taking tablets. And I resisted the temptation to open the Highland Park last night... but the bastard seagulls woke me 3:30am...

[ootai]

What make is that little bastard ? Diesel engine ?

Backspin
Its a Mitsubishi and is a 1980 model and yes it is a diesel.
Cost me B100,000 over 12 years ago and has done a power of work for me. Dug lots of stumps in paddies and leveled paddy banks also lots of drains.
Somewhere on here I believe I posted a stump I dug out with it that was bigger than it is, couldn't lift the fukker just pushed it around with the digger and our tractor working together.
I did spend B35,000 for rubber tracks but haven't touched the motor.
The electrics are nonexistent so the battery never gets charged while in the machine and to start it I short the starter motor.
No point in applying grease as the gaps at the joints are too large so it rattles and bangs.

[Joe 90]

Why do the local council provide only one Green wheelie bin per household.

Some houses have small or no gardens.

Some properties have larger gardens than others and require a bigger green stuff disposal method.

Empty and filled again today, now I have to wait another two weeks for it to be emptied again.

I actually pay for this service through my council tax.

Fvck it, I'm going to complain and see if I can get a second wheelie bin.

Some people with big families get two black wheelie bins so why not??

[malmomike77]

It just doesn't get dark and I'm awake by 3am every morning and can't get back to sleep

you need those eye covers you get on the planes and melatonin tabs, i used to have a bottle of them when i had to fly long distance regularly (weekly). Easily available back then 1980's in the states but should be able to get them online......for next time

[malmomike77]

Why do the local council provide only one Green wheelie bin per household.

build a compost heap, solved.

[DrWilly]

Why do the local council provide only one Green wheelie bin per household.

Steal a neighbour's bin. Fill it up, leave it outside their house on bin night.

Problem solved.

[Reg Dingle]

^ The neighbour from hell

[DrWilly]

^ The neighbour from hell

The neighbour would probably thank me for remembering to put out their bin. Fuckn right palavar when you miss bin night!

[panama hat]

Fuckn right palavar when you miss bin night!

Here you wait two weeks before the next pick-up . . .