Thread: Dum

Lol reminds me of the golden rule when I worked in the computer industry.... Step 1, is it plugged in
Mind you that was back in the days of Windows 3.1 which came on 4 X 3.5 inch floppy disks, so things might be different now

Originally Posted by RUMPY

Hahaha, well if we're talking dumb shit. I'm a maintenance engineer with over 20 years in the industry. Today I had a conveyor motor not running. Would go if I gave it a hand to start running. Removed motor and gearbox, wouldn't run, removed motor, again would only run unless given a flick to start it.
Decided motor was stuffed, replaced motor, test run ok, refit gearbox, test run ok again.
Refit motor and gearbox to conveyor, test run....nothing. F#(k it all.
Gave it a push to get it running, proceed to check amps on wiring and one of the cables falls out of the terminal.
2.5 hours to fix a 10 minute problem.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.

Not sure where I read it but it's something that resonates well in many situations. One of the better phrases to use when things don't go to plan.

Originally Posted by RUMPY

Not sure where I read it but it's something that resonates well in many situations. One of the better phrases to use when things don't go to plan.

Im sure young Mike will laugh fit to burst when you tell him about that one...actually blame him,he's your pet sparky after all LOL....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Im sure young Mike will laugh fit to burst when you tell him about that one...actually blame him,he's your pet sparky after all LOL....

Unfortunately he is classified as unclean by worksite management and has not been allowed on site for many months due to his vaccination status.

I didnt get caught but should've couple of years back
Got my 243 back off my mate after being in aussie.
He got a couple of deer with it, one out to 200m.
I had some ammo loaded for me to try and finally went to go out for a play.
Well dont remember what I did but maybe bumped the scope and the bloody thing rattled.
What the hell? Had a bit more if a play and both scope bases were loose.
He had even mistakenly resighted it in with some other ammo I had for it when he had it and it shot fine.
I asked him how the hell did he hit anything when I told him about it and he had no idea.
He was shocked.

Little Savage storm finished ---- full action bedding job, rail bedded, bolts locktited she a tight unite now, and shooting well.

Swapped out an engine in my sons Corolla many years ago because I couldn’t get it to run. Still didnt run properly. Was a 12 dollar resistor over by the coil.

That was a thing wasn't it? Hopefully it's all over shortly and back to normal - seeing as it's the 'Dum' thread haha!

Without starting a debate on this yes it is DUM. Thought with the latest removal of government rules this would have changed. I won't be commenting further on this subject here.

Yes, I was doing some bolts at work to 58ft/lb the other day. Was an extremely good pull on 1/2" drive torque wrench.

That would have been a snarl up then, thanks for the warning