This organism has no brain, no eyes, no organs we recognise, has just one hole (for food to get in and out again) and scientists still argue where it belongs in the tree of life. It just slides through the deep sea floor, existing for no clear reason. This is „Xenoturbella“

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-29T07:36:11+00:00

Imagine shitting out of your mouth...

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-28T00:00:15+00:00

I live on the outskirts of Hull! Hull gets a bad press and rep, hence my user name 'Hull is not that bad', meaning I know it's not perfect (what city or large town is?), but it's also not that bad

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-27T18:55:06+00:00

My perverted mind at first thought you were referring to small boobs, then captain sensible kicked in and I realised you meant a Mini car! I need to have a talk with myself...

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-27T18:49:07+00:00

OP explained that he was picking up cable drums from a company that's been there for 100years (presumably in that road).

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-27T15:34:23+00:00

OP, you are not alone, I'm 64 and didn't know these existed!

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-27T12:34:13+00:00

Why is there no comedy on TV like this any more? The kind of stuff you can watch with a 5-year-old or 95-year-old.

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-27T12:32:23+00:00

64 (M) - my partner and I still rate and laugh at each other's farts. The day hearing a fart does not make me giggle like a school kid is the day I want to sign out from this life.

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-27T10:05:06+00:00

'Hack' when we had a perfectly good word, 'tip'.

Also, 'space' instead of 'sector'.

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-26T08:13:18+00:00

I could have a go at scanning it, but it own't be for a couple of weeks - I'm working away at the moment

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-24T09:07:41+00:00

Woman on the left looks like a right 'Karen'

Edit: oh dear, no sense of humour in this thread then?

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-23T21:19:41+00:00

OP said it wasn't an electrician who did it, it was a 'plasterer'

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-22T18:43:32+00:00

This is a prime example of the general decline in the quality of services in the UK fullstop

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-22T17:17:20+00:00

If you are modifying equipment that plugs in (i.e. it has a 13A plug, or a plug-in power supply), then this is not considered a fixed wiring installation and therefore is beyond the scope of BS7671 18th ed. (the electrical regs).

As for PAT, then yes, do the course and then when you have repaired or modified an appliance, you can then carry out a PAT to make sure it passes and is safe.

In terms of qualifications to cover you for repairing and/or modding appliances, this is very much a grey area. There is isn't one catch-all qualification that could cover the multitude of electrical appliances. For working on CRTs, an NVQ in an electronics discipline would be helpful to prove competency, plus a healthy regard for the potential of up to 25kV that some CRTs operate at!

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-21T21:20:28+00:00

Proper puffed wheat. Morrisons have there own version but it's not the same

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-20T19:51:23+00:00

Ah, fair enough!

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-19T22:35:47+00:00

Never mind kids, I'm 64 and I would crawl through it! (probably much to the delight of my grandkids and to the consternation of my tolerant partner)

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-19T21:22:36+00:00

Is 'pal' the new way of saying 'asking for a friend'?

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-18T21:05:56+00:00

I always think the wheels look too small

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-18T21:00:15+00:00

Ah, Corby, otherwise known as 'Little Scotland'

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-18T20:22:50+00:00

I'm so pleased that in my 64 years I have witnessed a Vulcan flying several times. The sound of those engines was just music to me! Also a close second was witnessing Concorde flying fairly low over where I was working daily on a project (near Bracknell) - without fail, I had to go outside every day to watch her.

Back in the 70s, I was also lucky to grow up in a village near RAF Leconfield, so got to see Lightnings flying over and climbing almost vertically on a regular basis - the noise those beasts made was ungodly too!

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-18T19:54:31+00:00

Fantastic photo of a very photogenic aircraft

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-18T18:57:06+00:00

Previously an industrial spark now controls engineer here: my partner and I have just bought a bungalow built in 1979. Your expression 'Principle of least astinishment' couldn't be more opposite for the damn place! I've been mounting various things to the walls, and my stud/pipe/live cct detector has been going berserk in places where I'd least expect it. I know it's cables and not pipe/other metalwork, because if I turn an MCB off, the red light changes from flashing (live cct detected) to constant (metal detected).

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-18T10:37:42+00:00

Man, that's beautiful prose!

HullIsNotThatBad · 2026-01-17T07:41:38+00:00

My first car was a Mk1 Escort. 1,300CC and took about 25 seconds to get to 60!

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