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I went to look at a job this morning, just a couple of extra sockets in the kitchen. I was talking to the man of the house when Mum chiped up waving my card, " You're not a member of the electrical Safety Register then? " " No " I replied. " Then you're not safe to do the job. " The man of...

Hello Tina and congratulations on your son getting qualified. It would help us to help you if you gave some more information about your son. Where he is located, how old he is and what his qualifications are would be a good start. Previous employment ( If any ), does he have a driving...

Does it matter how much you weigh if you're happy with yourself? I'm 5'8" and weigh nearly 15 stone. I'm a lot fitter and have more stamina than a lot of younger people I work with. I like my food and sometimes I like a good drink. I don't count calories. If I want to eat something I do. I...

A friend of mine went on a whisky diet. He drank 3 bottles and lost a weekend. :facepalm:

I always knew when my ex missus was on a diet. I'd open my lunch box at work and find 4 slices of Slimcea with 2 razor cut slices of ham. The ham was cut thinner than a microscope sample, if you held it up you could see light through it. No butter or marge on the bread either. There would be...

Personally I'd go for the easiest/cheapest solution. leave the kitchen window open when you're cooking. For the avoidance of doubt the content of this post is intended to be humorous not informative.

^^^^ Well Done ^^^^ All you need to do now is CELEBRATE!!!!

Exam and assessment stress is a bit like stage fright. I am terrible for both, for the first five or ten mins of an exam I can hardly remember my name let alone anything else. The few days leading up to them is a torment too. Trying to cram obscure things into an already full brain at 2am...

I remember listening to radio Moscow English broadcasts from Berlin in the early 70's. " The bowler hatted English bureaucrats ride through the streets in their expensive cars while the striking miners and their families starve in the cold " I lived in a mining community in South Yorkshire at...

Thanks very much Evans its nice to be made welcome. Old Phart?.... It didn't take you long to rumble me did it :B

My first radio was an 1155B transceiver out of a Lancaster bomber. My Dad bought it from a government surplus place in 1946. He made up a dipole aerial and strung it in the garden. For all his wise words about it when I was a child, I never understood the attenuation and propagation side. I...

I like a nice pint of cider when the weather is hot and sunny. Living in Dorset I'm spoiled for choice.

Thanks Kerching,

Hello everybody I'm Slowhand. I've been in the trade since 1974 and I'm still trying to make sense of it :innocent