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Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer
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The biggest problem with screwdriver bits is not so much the size as the number of (slightly) different shapes of the cross-head type - some of which appear to fit the screw fine, until you apply plenty of torque and find that the damned thing slips and mashes the screw head because it wasn't the right one after all.
The simplest is to check what screwdriver bit the screws need when you buy them. The most common is pozidrive size 2 (PZ2). You can buy little boxes of these bits for £3 or so. Enough to last a lifetime in PN's case.
If you put the screwdriver and the screw together beforehand, you can see easily whether they fit. Does the screwdriver properly fill the slot in the screwhead?
The other important thing to remember is to press very, very hard on the screwdriver. You only need to do that once the screw has started to bite in the wood or plug and it starts to get harder to turn. If you don't press hard enough, it will chew the screw and driver up, which is what's happened!No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Just found out I need a new roof aerial.:(
More angst now, trying to find a reputable installer.
(I just lurve spiders!)
INFJ(Turbulent).
Her Greenliness Baroness Pyxis of the Alphabetty, Pinnacle of Peadom and Official Brainbox
Founder Member: 'WIMPS ANONYMOUS' and 'VICTIMS of the RANDOM HEDGEHOG'
I'm in a clique! It's a clique of one! It's a unique clique!
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Very happy that the nice man from Dell has diagnosed my computer remotely as having a problem with its charger, not anything internal to the laptop. No need to take it anywhere for repair, a free new charger coming soon, and reassurance that it's fine to charge it from DD's charger in the meantime even though it brings up error messages.
Going to try to be good today and get caught up on my financial record keeping, which stopped happening a few weeks ago when work was going through a particularly busy spot. Perhaps if I announce my intention on here it will help me stick to my plans. I think I need something to eat first, though.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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Poor Lydia, I do hope you feel better soon
Pyxis So sorry about your aerial! These things always seem to go wrong around Christmas, don't they? Our local council keeps a list of "trusted traders" on their website, perhaps your does too? Though admittedly I don't know whether aerial installers would be included.
Maggie , are you feeling any better? My stomach problems are much better since I've been on the higher dose of meds, and to my surprise the pain and bloating lower down are much better too!0 -
Just found out I need a new roof aerial.:(
More angst now, trying to find a reputable installer.
I feel that pain. When it happened to me, after a big storm about 10 years ago, I "hit lucky" as I found a small advert in the local free paper and the man turned up on time, popped up his ladder and did everything for under £40. I think that was just to fix the existing one to the chimney safely, not sure if that was an actual new aerial too, but they are only a bit of metal aren't they....0 -
I think I need something to eat first, though.
I had built up a stash of things I'd bought that I didn't really need, so put it all away, hidden, with the thought of "that'll be for Xmas".
Most of it's gone!!
In the last two weeks I've eaten my way through three 350 gram bags of chocolate fingers, a McVities cake and today a farmhouse kitchen cake ....
Stocked up the stash again yesterday "for Xmas". My "favourite sweeties", which were supposed to be ONE bag, but somehow ended up as TWO in the basket... and then a random bag of chocolate limes that also found their way into the basket. So I'm currently at 3x my intended sweeties purchases.
I think I need a new rule of "never buy ANY food for Xmas before the 16th of the month" .... if it's there it's too tempting to eat it.0 -
Is anyone in touch with Spirit? She doesn't seem to have posted for some time, so I hope she's all right.0
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Crumbs!
No-one's posted here for 24 hours!(I just lurve spiders!)
INFJ(Turbulent).
Her Greenliness Baroness Pyxis of the Alphabetty, Pinnacle of Peadom and Official Brainbox
Founder Member: 'WIMPS ANONYMOUS' and 'VICTIMS of the RANDOM HEDGEHOG'
I'm in a clique! It's a clique of one! It's a unique clique!
I love :eek:0 -
The biggest problem with screwdriver bits is not so much the size as the number of (slightly) different shapes of the cross-head type - some of which appear to fit the screw fine, until you apply plenty of torque and find that the damned thing slips and mashes the screw head because it wasn't the right one after all.
This is why I don't like cross-head screws, especially when using a manual screwdriver. I remember years ago as a graduate student ordering a small plastic box with a top held on by screws to use in building an extra bit for my apparatus. The first thing I did when my box was delivered was take it to the physics department stores and swap the cross-head screws for hex ones - the sort that you do with an Allen key.Crumbs!
No-one's posted here for 24 hours!
Where are all the nice people???Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Where are all the nice people???
Perhaps they've all gone to the Dark Side? :eek:
(Aka DT? :rotfl:)
Re. screwhead mangling..... I've managed to mangle slot-headed screws in my time, too! :rotfl:(I just lurve spiders!)
INFJ(Turbulent).
Her Greenliness Baroness Pyxis of the Alphabetty, Pinnacle of Peadom and Official Brainbox
Founder Member: 'WIMPS ANONYMOUS' and 'VICTIMS of the RANDOM HEDGEHOG'
I'm in a clique! It's a clique of one! It's a unique clique!
I love :eek:0
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