I found a safety film Techno made a while ago ...

Na - says electricity, the don't 'ave dat in wvales.....

Like Runcorn, but for different reasons.

IanS

Huzzah !.....
I managed not to get myself fried.....and managed to repair 'the fault'.
Mrs T was MOST impressed.

Re the safety film.....I'm sure I saw that when it first was aired......

Cheers - Phil.

Quote from: Techno on 10 May 2014, 10:11:02 AM
...Remind me.....The BIG switch on the box of gubbins outside goes DOWN to cut the power.....doesn't it ?)

When we had our new cooker installed it was recommended we got a qualified electrician to connect it - so we did (...about 40 quid for the equivalent of connecting a plug).
He got started and after a few seconds of handling the bare wires I said to him "Aren't you going to check the electricity is switched off?" I knew it was, of course, but the "qualified electician" hadn't bothered to check. Nor did he check the fusing on the supply.
That, and other recent dealings with professionals, has left me thinking if you can do it yourself then do.

Like the plumbers who installed a new hot water tank and immersion heater, with the circuit live ?

IanS

Regarding Albie's comment.

I HAD to call an electrician out to do one job, which I initially thought I could do myself.......But unfortunately the  wiring on the back of the new bit of gubbins wasn't anything like the one it was replacing.......and there was no instruction leaflet...plus when I found it on the net, it made no sense at all.....Might just have well been written in Chinese.
Anyway.

Nice chap comes out to do the job....."I'll knock the power out then, shall I ?"..(Says I)....."Nah...don't bother"..(Says he)....So he got 'bitten' a couple of times !!"
What really made me laugh, was that HE couldn't make sense of the wiring either.....and just kept guessing and swapping wires around until he got it to work !!

Hey Ho !

Cheers - Phil

With all this talk about electricity

What appeared above peoples heads when they had a good idea before the invention of the lightbulb?

As we say in South Africa, What did they use in Zimbabwe before candles? Answer: Electricity.

(poor, neglected, thread...)

Just discovered a great late-night snack: unashamedly mass-produced white bread, Heinz Salad Cream (on both pieces of bread), Walkers Taste Sensation Thai Sweet Chilli Crisps...fold together, enjoy.

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Quote from: nikharwood on 27 August 2014, 12:21:29 AM
(poor, neglected, thread...)

Just discovered a great late-night snack: unashamedly mass-produced white bread, Heinz Salad Cream (on both pieces of bread), Walkers Taste Sensation Thai Sweet Chilli Crisps...fold together, enjoy.

Add more wine 

Been there Nik - though I prefer Prawn or Bacon crisps.

Is it just my weird veggie brain or is it odd that the only flavour of crisp regularly not suitable for vegetarians is Cheese & Onion?? I've got a multipack in the cupboard and can happily eat the prawn, bacon, beef, BBQ and even the haggis ones but not the C&O!

We need to arrange emergency famine relief for some of you, judging by what you're reduced to eating!

That's reminded me of mayo' and red currant jelly sarnies !............Mmmmmmmm.
Never tried adding crisps to that combination though....I wonder ?
Cheers - Phil

PASS THE SICK BAG.....to late

IanS

Kenny Everett was very,very funny and it was all done in the best possible taste, 

You do know that crisps are the worst thing of all for your teeth, don't you? Worse even than sugar. Not a lot of people know that....