Good Morning Thread - Come say good morning, tell us what you've got on today. :)

We have this thread on TilersForums.com and it's just been restarted because the old thread had 20,000 replies and 500,000 views. And there were 700 pages. Started to lag a bit on slow connections.

I think we had a bash of this before, but I can't find the thread, so thought I'd start another one off.

If you have time in the mornings, come post in the thread before you head off to work, let us know what you've got on and what the weather is like in your area etc. Anything at all is fine.

Posts and likes get counted towards your total stats in this thread.

So GOOOD MORNING PEOPLE - WEATHER IS NICE TODAY IN STOKE. I'M THANKFUL IT'S FRIDAY, HAD A RUBBISH WEEK. THANK GOD IT'S OVER.

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[Pete999]

Good morning all. Busy day for us today! Anyone have any snow overnight?

Dunno I was asleep, and if we did it's all gone now

 

[ChipFanDave]

Off to do some isolation work for contractors. Then testing the heater in the van and the insulation properties of my coffee mug.

 

[Lou]

Well today we are working on the forums and we were going to go out for a bike ride later but it is freezing and blowing a gale and I swear it is going to snow.

 

[littlespark]

There’s that “S” word again.
This is Britain.... it doesn’t snow here.... not the nice fluffy white stuff.
We get rain.... cold rain..... then horizontal rain.
Snow is just slush waiting to happen.

I changed my profile pic again this morning. Why does it take so long to change?
My poppy pic didn’t fully change until after 11 on the 11th. A tad late

 

[Moley]

There’s that “S” word again.
This is Britain.... it doesn’t snow here.... not the nice fluffy white stuff.

Snowed here yesterday evening. Within 1/2 hour my car went from being dark grey to white. The van was already white

 

[Admin]

Morning guys and gals. It's Friday!

Woohooooo

Hope everybody is finishing up today for a good couple of days off. @Lou and I are winding down the week by sorting through prizes for the Christmas calendar comp. The plumbing sponsors have sent thousands of pounds worth of pumps and test equipment and tool bags and all sorts. We have to post this out every day. Christ that's gonna cost a bomb.

Might post them all first week of Jan in one go to save keep running to post office over the busiest month of the year.

EF and TF sponsors have been asked to post direct themselves to save us time and money. We didn't think this through well lol

 

[littlespark]

Morning guys and gals. It's Friday!

Woohooooo

Hope everybody is finishing up today for a good couple of days off. @Lou and I are winding down the week by sorting through prizes for the Christmas calendar comp. The plumbing sponsors have sent thousands of pounds worth of pumps and test equipment and tool bags and all sorts. We have to post this out every day. Christ that's gonna cost a bomb.

Might post them all first week of Jan in one go to save keep running to post office over the busiest month of the year.

EF and TF sponsors have been asked to post direct themselves to save us time and money. We didn't think this through well lol

What’s going to happen, @Dan if one of our international forum members wins a prize??
Will you be sending a 230v product that may be of no use to somebody with 110v main supply, or indeed be forking out in postage to Australia for a tool bag?

 

[telectrix]

What’s going to happen, @Dan if one of our international forum members wins a prize??
Will you be sending a 230v product that may be of no use to somebody with 110v main supply, or indeed be forking out in postage to Australia for a tool bag?

he could send package with a plumber. then it would never turn up.

 

[Admin]

What’s going to happen, @Dan if one of our international forum members wins a prize??
Will you be sending a 230v product that may be of no use to somebody with 110v main supply, or indeed be forking out in postage to Australia for a tool bag?

We have good connections. Our first TilersForums.com Job Of The Year award was a tonne pallet of tile adhesive and a guy won it in Southern Ireland (south southern too). We sent it via the distribution chain already in place.

If we need to get something the other side of the world, we will probably just get them to get a local one from somewhere, and reimburse the supplier via their existing channels. Makes more sense.

The kinda stuff we are sending out are mainly available globally.

And the struggle of sending something rare gives us content to blog about and follow and mention all those involved. Free plugs for them.

I'm not bothered one bit about somebody winning anything south of the moon.

 

[Admin]

Morning people.

Hope all is well. Drizzling here in Stoke. How about your way @telectrix ?

 

[telectrix]

Morning people.

Hope all is well. Drizzling here in Stoke. How about your way @telectrix ?

clearish skies, 30% cloud. no rain. 7 deg.

 

[Admin]

clearish skies, 30% cloud. no rain. 7 deg.

Off to Stafford get my princess some new glasses. Hoping it stays dryish. Can't see blue sky anywhere here, don't know if it's moving your way or Stafford way.

 

[telectrix]

all depends on the wind direction at higher altitudes. usually from the west or north-west. if the latter, what we have here will come your way soon. looking at the cloud direction wind appaears to be directly from north atm.

 

[pirate]

Morning all! Up at 6, Tesco at 7, big brekky at 8, watched the news, had a look on here, going to rewire light switch in kitchen on next door neighbour's place, and as it's another lovely day here I'll head off to the golf course about mid-day.
Q: can I disable the notification that keeps asking me to accept push notifications?

 

[littlespark]

It’s persisting down in the gloomy Scottish Borders. Just been over the border to England and it’s raining there too.

 

[littlespark]

Sunday today. Lazy morning. At least it’s not supposed to rain today.
Taking the middle child ice skating today. And, no, I won’t be falling over... I’m actually pretty good!⛸

I used to teach little kids skating at a club. Taught them how to go... taught them how to stop... then I would test them by laying down on the ice and they would have to stop before running into me with the spikey bits.

Something I noticed recently. We went skating in Aberdeen when we were on holiday, and I’ve been to Edinburgh rink...
Is it just me, or does every ice rink use AC/DC in their playlist?

 

[Admin]

I quite enjoy ice skating and skiing. Broke my ankle last time I went Chill Factore in Manchester though so it's safer I'd I dont go. I get carried away easy lol

Has any end up jumping over you @littlespark ?

 

[littlespark]

I quite enjoy ice skating and skiing. Broke my ankle last time I went Chill Factore in Manchester though so it's safer I'd I dont go. I get carried away easy lol

Has any end up jumping over you @littlespark ?

No... and luckily no one ran into me either.
There has been the odd injury at our rink; severed finger recently, and one of the kids at the club lost a tooth.

We went skiiing at courchevel in France a few years ago. Great fun.

 

[Lou]

Morning, another blinking Monday Morning!

Its super freezing here today. Anyone working outside today?

 

[littlespark]

Nope. Sitting in the van testing the heaters.

Was at a house first thing who phoned last night to say they’d sockets had tripped, but would wait until today for me to visit.
No fault found, but expect “weak” mcb.
Will get them a spare.

 

[Lou]

And how are your heaters @littlespark ?

 

[littlespark]

And how are your heaters @littlespark ?

Not as effective as I would have liked this morning.

Now the sun is out. Maybe I should cut my hours to just between 10 and 2 in the winter months. Anything outside those times are out of hours call out charges

 

[Lou]

Not as effective as I would have liked this morning.

Now the sun is out. Maybe I should cut my hours to just between 10 and 2 in the winter months. Anything outside those times are out of hours call out charges

Sounds like a good idea lol. It is clear skies here but super cold, I have a blanket on me and I am never cold!

 

[richy3333]

Clear bright and cold here today.
No energy was minus 7 at one point on our drive to site

 

[static zap]

Q: can I disable the notification that keeps asking me to accept push notifications?

Think I saw that recently too , when my browser broke its-self !
(in the name of improved security - it wants more details !)
.. Its definitly stored in a cookie , so maybe your blocking / crushing it
(I'm on PC - hope phone is same)
What have I been doing ... Wasting time with NEW software ..bp+

 

[GMES]

Happy Tuesday everyone.
Site visits all day to see various customers but got breakfast first with my wholesaler, his treat.

 

[pirate]

Good morning everyone!
Minus 3 here, so quite chilly. Had an errand to do locally, decided to walk so I didn't wake the neighbours starting car, scraping windscreen etc at 6am...back home by 7, and heading out again at 8 to the Post Office to send my PA Tester off for calibration, then to local cafe for a big breakfast...probably Eggs Royale.

Later, a couple of jobs for a new neighbour, including removing what at first sight appeared to be a widowmaker...bell wire from behind a surface socket, wedged under the carpet strip, extended by some flex with 2 choc blocs, and terminating in a 13A plug...it's not live, but need to find out wtf it's for, and remove it.
The place is full of odd wiring, so should keep me busy/amused/horrified for a while!

 

[Admin]

Morning people.

Bloody freezing here.

Very thoughtful of you @pirate and a nice walk too.

 

[telectrix]

- 2 deg. when i got up at 6. breakfast 2 coffees, each with 3 sugars and a drop of scotch. 4 smokes and a cough. ready to face the day.

 

[Admin]

- 2 deg. when i got up at 6. breakfast 2 coffees, each with 3 sugars and a drop of scotch. 4 smokes and a cough. ready to face the day.

I have all of that but with no whiskey. Couple of coughs too not just the one lol

 

[Admin]

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Clear bright and cold here today.
No energy was minus 7 at one point on our drive to site

That looks lovely.

 

[Wilko]

Worked outside this morning - with sore hands from the cold I’ve wimped out for this afternoon.

 

[Admin]

Worked outside this morning - with sore hands from the cold I’ve wimped out for this afternoon.

Oh no. Need some fingerless gloves?

 

[Wilko]

Oh no. Need some fingerless gloves?

That’s probably a good idea. I‘ve gloves that are ok if you keep them on and don’t get too wet, but that's not always possible.

 

[Admin]

Get some charity shop leather gloves and cut the fingers off. Might look like a member of the Jackson 5 but should do the trick.

 

[telectrix]

That’s probably a good idea. I‘ve gloves that are ok if you keep them on and don’t get too wet, but that's not always possible.

gloves are for wimps or surgeons. man up. can always thaw mitts out with a hot coffee mug.

 

[JBW175]

Wasn’t cold where I was, I was sweating bucket loads on my 2391-52 practical exam this morning.

Just the 2 hour 60 questions left tomorrow, should be all good hopefully. ??

 

[littlespark]

Wasn’t cold where I was, I was sweating bucket loads on my 2391-52 practical exam this morning.

Just the 2 hour 60 questions left tomorrow, should be all good hopefully. ??

Good luck with that.
And if you don’t know the answer... it’s nearly always C

 

[JBW175]

Good luck with that.
And if you don’t know the answer... it’s nearly always C

Thanks will update tomorrow ???

 

[7029 dave]

Currently trying to get six firework displays loaded in to vans, crews organised, briefed and despatched to their various jobs.

Then later I'll be setting up/supervising one of those six displays.

After that the real fun starts, packing it all up and unloading six vans full of dirty smelly equipment, cleaning it and putting it away.

If we could just move firework season into the summer months it would make it a lot nicer!

Still doing the fireworks then Dave.