tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post4150511382580928262..comments2024-03-19T03:07:55.750+01:00Comments on wcs: In fact it's a gaswcshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-40605011363825950822014-03-09T08:36:25.413+01:002014-03-09T08:36:25.413+01:00Ah, OK. And on second look I think they also look...Ah, OK. And on second look I think they also look kinda like little birdies waiting for mom to bring them breakfast. But thanks for the warning.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06513394224102833095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-87598775450134359632014-03-08T23:19:06.795+01:002014-03-08T23:19:06.795+01:00Thistle leaf points... one of the large annual one...Thistle leaf points... one of the large annual ones... and those points go through thin leather gloves like a hot knife through butter!<br />It'd make a fab quiz picture tho'... they look odd because Walt has taken the picture from a "hand's-eye view"!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-20523038562938889482014-03-08T23:17:08.190+01:002014-03-08T23:17:08.190+01:00They look like alien baby birdsThey look like alien baby birdsJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-13926221237048111372014-03-08T16:00:33.201+01:002014-03-08T16:00:33.201+01:00Wow, such a frustrating experience! Certainly ther...Wow, such a frustrating experience! Certainly there would have been some swearing going on in a few homes that I know of, in this situation ;) You two were probably cool as cucumbers though, eh?Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-26468314062047179392014-03-08T14:25:51.110+01:002014-03-08T14:25:51.110+01:00LOL about the "point". How did we live b...LOL about the "point". How did we live before google solving our problems?Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-71918056304301885702014-03-08T14:07:17.032+01:002014-03-08T14:07:17.032+01:00This is why I ignore the instructions, until my wa...This is why I ignore the instructions, until my way of doing something does not work. I think there is a noticeable difference in flame temperature between butane and propane. Travelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787024407420088973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-41538203376979923662014-03-08T13:10:07.206+01:002014-03-08T13:10:07.206+01:00OK. I don't get the point... what are those c...OK. I don't get the point... what are those cool things in the photo? And as far as instructions, I have found I can often download user guides and such from the internet in English when the packaged product has every European language except English (although this was not your problem unless they really did put in the instructions for the wrong model). And for me, no project can be complete without at least two trips to the brico store. Anyway, you tell a great story with which I can identify except that I didn't hear anything about foul language. I'm glad it had a happy ending. Are you now jumpin', Jack ?Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06513394224102833095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-81730751785222397102014-03-08T13:03:40.732+01:002014-03-08T13:03:40.732+01:0017 degrees temps tomorrow afternoon for you. Perfe...17 degrees temps tomorrow afternoon for you. Perfect timing firing that barbecue even though it took longer than expected!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031276247743743680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-62957414775990490532014-03-08T10:23:41.853+01:002014-03-08T10:23:41.853+01:00This is a classic! P.This is a classic! P.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-13295870450668157652014-03-08T09:45:07.241+01:002014-03-08T09:45:07.241+01:00And Pauline just reminded me that we watched an ep...And Pauline just reminded me that we watched an episode of "Midsommer Murders" at an ETAP on one of our journeys through France....<br />and we commented at the time that what was said in French....<br />didn't match what we knew from the lipreading...<br />and anyone watching the "King's English" in <i>VOSTF</i> must have had a very strange view of our last King...<br />there were very many mistranslations...<br />was it done by machine?<br />But...<br />all instruction manuals are translated initially from Chinese into Finnish...<br />and then into all the "foreign" languages...<br />by translators working in the eternal Finnish night...<br />and fueled by wodka and fermented reindeer milk.<br />And, when it comes to adding the pictorial instructions....<br />they just click on the nearest .JPG file to the mouse pointer.<br />So...<br />down at the bottom of the page...<br />there is always a line like...<br />"The management reserve the right to change the specification of the model you have just purchased as needs dictate."<br />Which basically means....<br />"The contents of this box and its attendant leaflet may not necessarily match!!"Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-36388158112335737992014-03-08T09:32:28.885+01:002014-03-08T09:32:28.885+01:00"Doing the same thing over and over and expec..."<i>Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.....</i>"<br />Boy, oh boy!!<br />We all do it, and then repeat it a couple of weeks or so later with a different set of instructions!!<br />Be careful with the table tho'...<br />I once broke a loo lid whilst trying to install something in a bathroom...<br />well, the loo lid was the nearest, dry, flat surface to put the instructions....<br />and...<br />as I head butted it for the fifth time...<br />there was a loud crack!!<br />I replaced it with a polyethelene based one to avoid future "accidents"!!<br /><br />Love the picture...<br />thist'le do!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-42913652118577750012014-03-08T09:11:04.137+01:002014-03-08T09:11:04.137+01:00damn! so, what did you pick for your first grill-...damn! so, what did you pick for your first grill-a-bration, beef or chicken or both?anne marie in phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765140782182605141noreply@blogger.com