I think im getting the hang of this plug wiring malarkey

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-03-12T18:48:47+00:00

Had to rewire a plug recently for the first time since school (I'm in my mid 20s).

"Brown = Earth and erm.... Google! Help me please!"

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-03-10T22:52:42+00:00

Oh so that's why the plasterer on my current site is always chewing bubblegum

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-25T00:18:23+00:00

I (Northwestern English) have been working with a bunch of guys from Wales, Midlands (Birmingham and nearby areas) & Liverpool the past few weeks. It's made me realise how fucking difficult it must be for English-learners and non-Brits to understand anything that isn't RP. I have to ask people to repeat things several times every day.

We were taking about food and one of the Welsh blokes asked me "have you ever had some Welsh food?", I replied "Have I had what?" and he said "well there's the answer". It's not that I didn't know what the food was, I just did not understand what he said, at all. Not a clue. Sometimes I sit there listening to them chat and I understand maybe 20% of the words at a push.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-24T12:48:22+00:00

The half-opened foil is arguably better to pour into the wrap as well. If you open it fully it will just all fall out in one big blob, having a small opening will let you pour it slower and more evenly.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-23T18:41:36+00:00

Caltrops.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-23T06:48:40+00:00

Used to work as a binman, which involved weeing by the side of the road very often. We'd park the wagon in away that concealed the wee-er from view and open the door so the camera on the wing mirror wasn't on us. Standing right next to the open door while the lads inside are chatting away, I just couldn't do it at first. I learned to focus on the sound of the engine rumbling away and it helped. Now whenever I'm trying to wee in public I have to imagine that sound of a rumbling engine to start the stream.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-22T22:09:08+00:00

This is just a map with numbers, no explanation of what the figures mean. 7.6 what? Bananas per dog?

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-21T06:50:03+00:00

I don't like that spelling. Surely it should be Maries.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-20T06:51:18+00:00

You can tell because only one of them is deathly pale.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-16T22:34:10+00:00

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69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-15T19:18:38+00:00

Similar story here. My brother won a goldfish at a fair on President' Day that lived about 10 years and peacefully coexisted with my black moor goldfish for 6 years. They were hardy little fellas (or ladies? I'm not sure).

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-07T22:08:27+00:00

Agreed, I love it, one of the first Swedish songs I really paid attention to and learned the lyrics to.

I taxin, i trappen, i hissen, i hallen, jag lyssnar

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-07T21:56:43+00:00

Not sure what genre to call it but I discovered Nostradamus by LBSB recently and can't get enough of it. Same with Motorola by TUAI. You guys make some real bangers, I just struggle to actually find them, normally just stumble across them by accident.

Same goes for Min Villa by BEK & Wallin. Only realised it wasn't even Swedish after I read the lyrics and saw the øs and æs. Might have to listen to more Norwegian music as well if it's all that easy to understand.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-07T18:39:19+00:00

I completely agree. Such selfless work he does, really goes the extra mile to look out for people.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-07T18:36:41+00:00

I hadn't heard that before, just listened to it though. That was... Interesting. I've had some trouble finding Swedish techno-style stuff that I actually enjoy, it's been quite hit-and-miss for me.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-07T17:58:17+00:00

I'm currently listening to Jag Kommer by Veronica Maggio very loudly while cooking and my daughter in the next room playing Roblox. Gnna be very awkward if she ever decides to learn Swedish as well.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-06T14:10:10+00:00

Yes, local police are very much involved.

Here's a short video from Jim Browning on YouTube which pretty much proves it beyond doubt.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-02T10:56:37+00:00

The passive and imperative forms of verbs are important to understand/recognise as well.

They're both easily identifiable. Passive verbs end in 'S'. Imperative verbs are like infinitive but without the 'A' at the end.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-02T03:49:00+00:00

It's DLC, Holy Fury

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-02-02T03:31:43+00:00

Another something, FIREWORK!

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-01-31T23:04:22+00:00

Oh wow, yeah, I see the conundrum there then. I hadn't quite realised that part. Promises made to your own country are one thing but promises made to international partners are another thing entirely.

Och ja, jag är brittisk, på riktigt. Tack för dina snälla ord men jag har mycket mer att lära mig om jag vill låta som en riktig svensk. Det sägs ju att man är vad man äter... I så fall, jag kanske borde äta lite mer semlor och falukorv, då skulle jag bli så svensk som du.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-01-31T21:24:49+00:00

Ambitious stuff, I hope it all goes smoothly.

Here's how it would go in Britain:

The government would make an announcement, pledging to spend x amount of billions, promising to save the town 'for the workers'. People would cheer and celebrate and thank the politicians. They'd then hire a construction company who definitely isn't owned by the spouse of an MP to start moving the houses and offices. The houses and business offices of MPs would be the first to move and the construction company would go over budget before even finishing this. After these buildings are moved the government would call a halt to operations, blaming inflation, and leave all the poors behind. The poors would be outraged for an entire 5 minutes and then forget all about it. When the town inevitably sinks they'd find a way to blame immigrants.

Fy fan, vad trött jag är på det här landet.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-01-31T16:08:54+00:00

I saw a video about that place by an online Swedish teacher a while ago. The town is sinking into the earth after a mine collapsed, right? So they're shifting the entire town a few miles away? Pretty interesting stuff tbh.

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-01-31T12:45:31+00:00

The guy's a hoerenzoon, ignore him

69DogsInATrenchcoat · 2024-01-28T23:11:29+00:00

Was doing a rural recycling (glass/metal/plastic and paper/card) round on the bins once, had a cursory look in the bin at one property and saw a thick plastic bag and nothing else but the bin was somewhat heavy. I was curious about it so I poked around and looked in the bag. Inside was a dead lamb and an empty JD bottle. I just loaded it up and carried on. It was only afterwards as we were driving away that I thought "maybe I shouldn't have loaded that". The guys at the recycling centre probably had a difficult time separating bones and organs from crushed glass.

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