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Back in the day, at 16, I worked in a department store in Brum (Grey's).
We had to know how much things would total as we entered them in the till and the change required.

Last year I worked the tills in a country store in Aberystwyth....no-one could do that and I confess in the end I started trusting the 'puter.
But yes, I have had similar experiences to Potter's....youffs just can't maths.
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I long for the days in the pub when you'd order a few drinks and packet of nuts (mainly to see if you could cop a glimpse the KP lady's boobies on the card mount) and the publican would mutter something like, 'One pahnd twenty, one pahnd twenty and a one forty, threes a twenty and 70p...four fifty, four eighty...call it a fiver mate'.
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gremlin wrote: Mon Dec 12, 2022 9:17 am I long for the days in the pub when you'd order a few drinks and packet of nuts (mainly to see if you could cop a glimpse the KP lady's boobies on the card mount) and the publican would mutter something like, 'One pahnd twenty, one pahnd twenty and a one forty, threes a twenty and 70p...four fifty, four eighty...call it a fiver mate'.
I got taught add up rounds the old fashioned way! I really struggle to work a bar without adding up!! Have to trust the till - hate that!! :lol:

Back then a decent barman/barmaid could have a conversation (or two) and pour drinks whilst adding up :D :D
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The pub i worked at as a yoof did (and stlll does if I'm not mistaken) use a vintage £sd tally machine, with a great big crank handle, as a 'till'. Of course we didn't bother to use it to tally eff all (just to log the final amount as it was a shitty old thing and nobody ever replaced the ribbon), we could do it in our heads, the landlord exclusively employed graduates and we could all do simple 'rithmetic FFS.
Occasionally a plank would query both the total and the fact that that we were able to achieve such miracles of mental maths, and it was amusing when we proved it in long hand
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When I worked in a garage we used to train the till tarts. I'd say to them if it comes to say £4.32 and they give you a £5 and you cant work out how much change, count it up to the note given. So £5 in the till then count up 1Ps £4.33.34.35 and 5p to 40, 10p to 50 and then a 50p makes a fiver. Loads of them would just glaze over. It was bad enough they couldn't work it out in their heads but the amount that couldn't even count was staggering.
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A sharpish trip the dump to get of a freezer that had stopped working. It was empty, apart from the semi decomposed ferret skin, hence the trip.

And while I was there the van decided it won't run properly, no engine management light, but no power either.

Could be worse, could be raining.
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I've been weighing things :)

Got the suspension dude coming this week to set the static and rider sag on the GasGas.

Last time on the Husky he did it with me in shirt and shorts.
So wondered how much extra all the protective gear would weight.

Well, it all weighs 9 Kgs.

Bike weighs 104 Kgs
I weigh 94 Kgs

Kit weighs 9 Kgs
Full tank weighs about 10 Kgs

That's a lot of extra weight to be ignored maybe?

But I always lose about 6 Kgs in January so will balance out.

The rear isn't the problem though. It's more me being curious as it's fantastic and grip.

The front felt a bit iffy when you first 'hit' an obstacle. My pal says his is like a magic carpet. But that's coz he stands up.
But Saturday was his first ride on it and pronounced it best Bike he's ever had. After 3 KTMS

I put a cable tie on fork leg and it went to the full extension.
Probably need a new spring. If I can just cure this small problem it will be awesome .

Saturday I did lots of trials type sections and it just kept going :)
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My smart arse mate just told me that there are little red rings on each fork leg to do what I fitted the zip tie to do
Can see one on the photo.

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Taipan wrote: Mon Dec 12, 2022 1:22 pm the till tarts
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Woke up with Man-Flu. :sick:

The next 24 hours are critical....
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Potter wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 1:52 pm We had a morning up in Ambleside, which was quite nice without the crowds, parking was easy, breakfast was nice, the shops were empty, etc.
Probably not good for business, but good for us.
We went in to Worcester at the weekend, busier than usual what with it being 'the holidays' but parking was no bother* and the shops were nowhere near the scrum I was expecting.

*Aside from the implied threatening demeanour I had to deploy towards a young 20 odd year old and her uppity mother.
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My lad has called me telling me he wants to take time out of uni and resit his 3rd year - reading between the lines he's been on the piss too much and realised his grades have suffered! Twat....
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Just put up the deccies and tree.
Always feels strange when it's so warm, but I love Xmas so needs doing :D
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Damn I feel as if I'm working almost as hard as when I worked for myself!!! LOL At least now I'm getting paid by the hour! :bblonde:

Agreed to do a transfer early this morning, so, up at 4am, noticed there'd been a 'smidge' of snow!! No worries, no rush, plane due at 7.15, I'm due there at 7.30 - achievable even with snow, but it doesn't look that much.

Oops - downstairs to get the van key from the office - only three inches of snow! No worries. I'm a winter transfer driver :D :D

No worries indeed, except that it had snowed (was snowing) all the way to Geneva and sooooooo many people drove at 30kph! LOL I get that it's scary, so not knocking them, but it took me 3.5 hours to get to GVA - I'd sent a message to the guests warning them I'd been late. But, turned out their phone didn't work in Switzerland :roll:

Found them, had long enough to buy a huge coffee, headed back!! LOL Dropped them off and came back - 7.5 hour round trip.

Oh, and there'd been more snow whilst I was out - I reckon it was about 6-8 inches in total (cos I had to clear a path to the office!! Only a couple of inches when I got the key this morning - loads more by the time I got back :D :D


Then, because my colleague is at college on Tuesdays and my boss was out driving, I had a bit of a break for more coffee and then went to the office. The more mails i could deal with today, the less I have to deal with tomorrow!! LOL


Now crashed out waiting for some soda bread to finish cooking so I can have some with my dinner :lol: :lol: :lol:

Just a little bit of snow this morning -

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Freaking loads when I got back!! Avalanche cannons were going off most of the afternoon - love that sound!!

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Googlemaps is evil!! 4 times it tried to get me to go a 'faster' way!! I'm sure it should know that that particular 'faster' way crosses a piste - not a possibility in a works minibus in winter :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Noggin wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:52 pm
so, up at 4am.....
You lost me at that point. :shock:

I don't actually believe the world exists until after 9am.
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Skub wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:04 pm
Noggin wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:52 pm
so, up at 4am.....
You lost me at that point. :shock:

I don't actually believe the world exists until after 9am.
I know - it took me a few years to get the hang of it!! LOL :lol: :lol: :lol:


Look to the end of the post - snow pictures :D :D
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Skub wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:04 pm
Noggin wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:52 pm
so, up at 4am.....
You lost me at that point. :shock:

I don't actually believe the world exists until after 9am.
She lost me when I saw that white stuff :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Potter wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:58 pm I'm very rarely in bed after 5am, Mrs Potter is rarely in bed after 4am.
But we're usually in bed before 2230.
I'm not sure how I'm gonna socialise this season - I'm finding myself in bed very as I do get up pretty early now. And I want to keep that going as the earlier I get up, the more chance I have of making it to the top of a mountain and back before work :D :D :D
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Having woken from a good night's sleep, the first for about a week, the man-flu had almost disappeared. Went to a circuit class to revel in my newfound wellness, only to pull a muscle in my back doing kettle bell dead lifts. My own bloody fault, bad posture. Annoying.

Naproxen is now my friend, as may diazapam be if I can find some in the darkest recess of the medicine cabinet....
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gremlin wrote: Wed Dec 14, 2022 10:53 am Having woken from a good night's sleep, the first for about a week, the man-flu had almost disappeared. Went to a circuit class to revel in my newfound wellness, only to pull a muscle in my back doing kettle bell dead lifts. My own bloody fault, bad posture. Annoying.

Naproxen is now my friend, as may diazapam be if I can find some in the darkest recess of the medicine cabinet....
Euthanasia is your friend.