In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : lol at Tikay are you refering to pointing you still need sand added to cement to point weather you can point garden furniture is another thing all together if your onnabout another thing forget what ive just said Posted by stokefc
Nay, just connecting the cement , concrete theme.Plastic, wrought iron, wooden furniture needs a lot of upkeep or in the plastic case, needs throwing in the recycling bin. Concrete furniture just needs the occasional blast with the jet washer.Easy.
Enjoy your diary SR. Oh, and I play tennis.....but live in Newcastle Posted by Donttelmum
Thanks very much DTM - do you play live up there? I'm on a really protracted tour of all of the UK's casinos (Aberdeen was a highlight) and will drop you a PM if you do. Should be up there at some point in 2017.
In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : Cement is a fine powder, very much the consistency of flour. It comes in a bag, or a bulk tanker. It is a dry, grey, powder. Concrete is a composite of cement, water, & aggregate - the aggregate usually being sand, shingle, or ballast. Mix them all up, pour into a mould, vibrate to remove air bubbles, & when it hardens, or "sets" you have a hard, strong product which will last forever. Concrete has no tensile strength (unless reinforcement is added) but great compressive strength. Buildings, bridges, dams, foundations, columns, beams, even some road surfaces, are all, typically, made of concrete. Think of flour, & a cake. Flour in cake is the equivalent of cement in concrete, you can't make cake without flour, but cake and flour are very different things. Flour is a fine powder & tastes ghastly, cake is a solid & is nice. Posted by Tikay10
Good post, would read again. But - gah - I should have highlighted the cement/concrete distinction. In my mid-twenties I worked for a couple of years on a building site in Mallorca. My days were spent mixing concrete (they called it pasta, which is cool as) and taking concrete to builders. Not sure I've ever been happier. Those concrete mixers are seriously hypnotic/meditative. Do wonders for your body, too.
In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : Think of flour, & a cake. Flour in cake is the equivalent of cement in concrete, you can't make cake without flour, but cake and flour are very different things. Flour is a fine powder & tastes ghastly, cake is a solid & is nice. Posted by Tikay10
Well - unless I've baked it - and then it's more likely to taste like concrete.........
PS SR23 - great diary and one I head for most days but forget to comment on! Good luck with the rest of the month x
In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : Well - unless I've baked it - and then it's more likely to taste like concrete......... PS SR23 - great diary and one I head for most days but forget to comment on! Good luck with the rest of the month x Posted by IrishRose
Thanks Dragon, both for your positive words and for getting Tikay all pumped-up - appreciate it. Posted by SR23
great diary this SR ..... cracking read all the way through, it's definitely "cementing" it's place as one of the most popular threads on here, and "it's set in stone" that it's my first port of call every day.
Enjoying the diary. I must apologise for Tikay's "rants". I was the one who accidentally(??!!) put "cement" bridges in my post. I must try harder. Keep up the good work. Remember many people read who do not post. Posted by dragon1964
Eh?
As Queen Victoria may have said, we are not amused.
Agree, it's a grand Diary, & I apologise to Mr Harebrain for the diversion. Which was your fault.
I promise to ignore any such future jibes.
"cement bridges" indeed. You'll be referring to a locomotive as a "train" next, or a ceiling as a roof, or a tile as a slate.
In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : Thanks very much DTM - do you play live up there? I'm on a really protracted tour of all of the UK's casinos (Aberdeen was a highlight) and will drop you a PM if you do. Should be up there at some point in 2017. Posted by SR23
There is a phrase I never thought I would read.
You didn't happen to encounter an odd chap wearing an extremely loud shirt?
Phantom - I booked and missed two (and almost missed a third) Megabuses coming back from Aberdeen. That tells you a bit about how happy I was up there. Spent a weekend drinking and playing poker (there were 24 hour cash games going on up there at the time) but don't remember any loud shirts. I do remember a hand when someone shoved the river for around £275 on a A6AAA board. I had KQ. It took a few seconds to call as I was booze-addled and sleep-deprived and thought I had forgotten the rules of poker and couldn't work out if I was good or not*.
Cheers Scouse Red for your ace words. And your puns. Genuinely appreciate it. You too, Tikay, it's a pleasure to have you both hanging out here.
Brief update:
Hardly played today as I was up in London for work stuff, but not actual work. (I've only worked for two days since the end of August. I know: pitiful.) Had some time on my hands so went to play raketastic £1/1 at The Vic. Had a really soft table full of not very good players. Lost £80 by playing worse than the not very good players. Came back and played for an hour or two online. Think I'm on the verge of seriously getting into overbet shoving rivers with the nuts/missed draws/second pair. It's the future, I tell you.
Bankroll up a bit, points up a bit. Realised I only have one week left of writing this thing (and it is a thing) so keep your eyes peeled for my "crying into a boiled egg" story which I'll try and shoehorn in somewhere.
In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : "cement bridges" indeed. You'll be referring to a locomotive as a "train" next, or a ceiling as a roof, or a tile as a slate. Posted by Tikay10
Now I'm sure you can appreciate the trouble I get into at work Tikay when I ask my boss for some spare light bulbs for my house............. I've only worked in the electrical wholesalers for the past 11 years but apparently one of these days I'll learn that bulbs grow in gardens.... and it's actually "lamps" I need spares of for the light fitting.
Who ever heard of putting lamps instead of light bulbs in the light fittings? I'm sure lamps are for next to bedside tables - but apparently not lol
Great diary SR - hope you continue onwards and upwards x
Thanks Irish Rose - things continue to head in the right direction. Points have stumbled up, bankroll also up a little. Assuming I can sidestep any large blobs of poker malfaesance over the weekend (I've been hanging out at 30/50/100NL a bit too much) and keep more or less away from the pub, I could well have this wrapped up by Monday or Tuesday of next week.
And then? And then it'll all be over. I'll be an average nobody. I'll get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.
Thanks Irish Rose - things continue to head in the right direction. Points have stumbled up, bankroll also up a little. Assuming I can sidestep any large blobs of poker malfaesance over the weekend (I've been hanging out at 30/50/100NL a bit too much) and keep more or less away from the pub, I could well have this wrapped up by Monday or Tuesday of next week. And then? And then it'll all be over. I'll be an average nobody. I'll get to live the rest of my life like a schnook. Bankroll: £1355.60 Points: 7560 Posted by SR23
Good evening SR23, been silently reading your diary for a while now, its a very good read, pleased to see the poker going so well too. best of luck for the next week or so, hope you make it to prio
In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : Goodfellas Posted by hhyftrftdr
Me too. In fact, I love it so much that I booked out the smallest cinema in the country (19 seats) a couple of years ago to watch it for my birthday. With friends, not alone.
Good evening SR23, been silently reading your diary for a while now, its a very good read, pleased to see the poker going so well too. best of luck for the next week or so, hope you make it to prio Posted by RLT16
Good afternoon RLT16 and cheers for saying so. Had a proper look at your diary yesterday - that Aussie Rules stuff is the nuts and your results seem pretty impressive, man*. Yesterday looked like a good day. Keep it up.
* started drifting into this hippie-speak recently and not sure why. Hopefully my diary won't descend into, "I was finding it all really heavy and I'd not really made much bread and I was really bummed out."
In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : Me too. In fact, I love it so much that I booked out the smallest cinema in the country (19 seats) a couple of years ago to watch it for my birthday. With friends, not alone. Posted by SR23
Thin "I have 19 friends" post.
Henry Hill: You're a pistol, you're really funny. You're really funny. Tommy DeVito: What do you mean I'm funny? Henry Hill: It's funny, you know. It's a good story, it's funny, you're a funny guy. [laughs] Tommy DeVito: What do you mean, you mean the way I talk? What? Henry Hill: It's just, you know. You're just funny, it's... funny, you know the way you tell the story and everything. Tommy DeVito: [it becomes quiet] Funny how? What's funny about it? Anthony Stabile: Tommy no, you got it all wrong. Tommy DeVito: Oh, oh, Anthony. He's a big boy, he knows what he said. What did ya say? Funny how? Henry Hill: Jus... Tommy DeVito: What? Henry Hill: Just... ya know... you're funny.
In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : Thin "I have 19 friends" post. Henry Hill : You're a pistol, you're really funny. You're really funny. Tommy DeVito : What do you mean I'm funny? Henry Hill : It's funny, you know. It's a good story, it's funny, you're a funny guy. [ laughs ] Tommy DeVito : What do you mean, you mean the way I talk? What? Henry Hill : It's just, you know. You're just funny, it's... funny, you know the way you tell the story and everything. Tommy DeVito : [ it becomes quiet ] Funny how? What's funny about it? Anthony Stabile : Tommy no, you got it all wrong. Tommy DeVito : Oh, oh, Anthony. He's a big boy, he knows what he said. What did ya say? Funny how? Henry Hill : Jus... Tommy DeVito : What? Henry Hill : Just... ya know... you're funny. Posted by Tikay10
Frankie, was he shaking? I wonder about you sometimes, Henry. You may fold under questioning.
I've seen Goodfellas roughly 20 times and never knew he said, "You're a pistol..." in the lead up to that bit. So...ya know...thanks for that. You're good people.
In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : Thin "I have 19 friends18 or fewer acquaintances who will turn up for a free night out" post. Posted by Tikay10
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As Queen Victoria may have said, we are not amused.
Agree, it's a grand Diary, & I apologise to Mr Harebrain for the diversion. Which was your fault.
I promise to ignore any such future jibes.
"cement bridges" indeed. You'll be referring to a locomotive as a "train" next, or a ceiling as a roof, or a tile as a slate.
Henry Hill: You're a pistol, you're really funny. You're really funny. Tommy DeVito: What do you mean I'm funny? Henry Hill: It's funny, you know. It's a good story, it's funny, you're a funny guy. [laughs] Tommy DeVito: What do you mean, you mean the way I talk? What? Henry Hill: It's just, you know. You're just funny, it's... funny, you know the way you tell the story and everything. Tommy DeVito: [it becomes quiet] Funny how? What's funny about it? Anthony Stabile: Tommy no, you got it all wrong. Tommy DeVito: Oh, oh, Anthony. He's a big boy, he knows what he said. What did ya say? Funny how? Henry Hill: Jus... Tommy DeVito: What? Henry Hill: Just... ya know... you're funny.