[Mike Tyson]

Crumbs, that was a close call. You could've been toast. Use your loaf next time, a wooden spoon or spatula is the best of both options.

[SamT]

Jesus Crust Dave, Butter not do that again!

[tomtom]

You won’t baguette that in a hurry...

[36chambers]

I once poked the glowing wires in a toaster with a fully metal fork (because I was idly curious to see if the wires flexed much when on...), queue a really big bright light and a half broken toaster. The only shock I can remember was realising how stupid I was.

[dunnyg]

PhD in physics yeah?

[andy_e]

PhD in physics yeah?

I bet there was a solid state in his pants after that incident!

[36chambers]

PhD in physics yeah?

this was before, I obviously wouldn't do it now

[dunnyg]

Good to see education doesn't go to waste

[cheque]

Years ago my band had the best home studio setup we ever had- our drummer lived in an end-terrace house and for the last months of his tenancy the house next door was empty and his housemate had to go home to Greece unexpectedly.

We set up drums, amps and mics in his basement and, with the aid of a long multicore, the recording gear in the vacant third-floor bedroom. The middle two floors could be used as seperate rooms for vocals etc if required but were still usable as his house, no neighbours were bothered or landlord's property damaged and when you muted the monitors in our control room you could barely hear the music being played two floors below. This combination is virtually impossible to achieve in a normal domestic environment.

Anyway, his freezer was in the basement and needed to be unplugged whenever we recorded. At the end of one session in that halcyon summer I plugged the freezer back in and found that the back of the mains plug had been partially cracked at some stage. I told our drummer and he assured me that he'd fix it the next day with a plug he had lying around.

A few days later, not knowing that he'd done absolutely nothing about it  , I went to pull the plug out and the cover cracked completely in two, snapping my fingers together round the exposed pins inside the plug.  Good job I was wearing trainers.

[shark]

When I was about 9, I thought I'd learned a lesson about not using a knife to test if the filaments of toasters were broken.

Maybe a refresher course is required in middle age - chucking petrol on a fire etc

[Oldmanmatt]

PhD in physics yeah?

this was before, I obviously wouldn't do it now

Yes, you would.

Which is why we have Engineers.






And Paramedics.

[Oldmanmatt]

Actually, of the subject of “YYFY I’m alive”...

Yesterday, I took down the last fluorescent lighting in the training room and replaced it with LED spots. (Please note, the breaker was off and I did not stick a knife into the old fittings to check they were off. Just saying).
Anyway, just above the Campus board, there was a a cracked ceiling tile, bulging out of the metal grid. It’s just one of those compressed  paper tile type suspended ceilings, easily damaged and I figured the gang of teenage lads that hang out here most days, had probably been throwing the Yoga balls around again.

So, I thought I’d quickly whip out the broken tile and slip in a new one. Three minutes, tops, including moving the ladder...



The Bunker is housed in a building built in 1848.

I tugged out the smaller corner of bulging tile.

I thought “that seems harder/tighter than I expected”.

Around 30kg of 200 year old lath and plaster, flashed past my face, just drawing a little blood from the tip of my nose.

Thank fuck for the habit of putting a ladder offset from the job at hand.

[DAVETHOMAS90]

Some classics here 

And Shark, we hadn't forgotten 

We could have a Darwin Awards thread? Anyone?

[tomtom]

Some classics here 

And Shark, we hadn't forgotten 

We could have a Darwin Awards thread? Anyone?

Just start one Dave.

[SA Chris]

https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,12077.msg210353.html#msg210353

the carking it thread.

[SA Chris]

First session on project of the year and it goes down. FA and second ascent within minutes of each other. New beta critical to success. Probably only 6C+ or so, but as mate said, he's done easier 7As. Brilliant moves though.

[sherlock]

Nice one Chris!
It must be cooler in the East than it is over this side.

[SA Chris]

Was wierd last night, sunny but cool on the coast, haar sitting literally a mile offshore, slightly greasy but not terrible; you could weirdly see your breath in the shade. About 7 as the sun was passing over the wind changed direction and a bank of fog descended, temp dropped about 8 degrees and everything went from climbable to totally gopping.

Shout if you are ever in the area and fancy climbing something new.

[sherlock]

Sure! Often over to visit the in-laws in Torry.
Boiling here, heard it was 24 degrees down the road in Kinlochewe!

[SA Chris]

There's actually a nice little spot really near Torry, just below Girdleness Lighthouse. It's tidal (see vid! ) but 1 min walk in and a nice spot. Can even do without a pad if there is sand (sometimes isn't after storms). More potential for pottering about in that area, including an easy DWS at high tide. Park just by entrance to lighthouse.

[sherlock]

Well, I never knew that!
Will certainly check it out next time we visit.
Cheers!

[SA Chris]

Tim Rankin did some stuff round the corner too, but TBH it was a bit small, and is about to be buried under a few thousand tons of concrete.

[SA Chris]

Lunchtime boulder prob in the woods went down today. 4th session, but first in proper good cold conditions and with new shoes which really help with first move. Only 3 hard moves, but had never managed to link first 2 before. Did them 4 times today, but failed each time on blind footwork to reach the finishing hold before eventually getting feet in right place, mostly by luck.

going with "hard from me must be 6C" but could be a full grade either way.

Really wanted to do it before finishing work here, made it with 2 and a half weeks to spare..

[Nibile]

Since I'm getting my knee surgery this Thursday I decided to have another body composition scan to check things pre and post operation.
I wasn't feeling very confident though, because as of late I've eaten a lot, and I was very unhappy about my form.
Turns out that yes, I've put up one kg of pure, unadulterated lard, but I've also slightly increased my lean mass, my metabolism, and I'm at the top of my physical abilities, much better than 5 years ago!
 

[jwi]

pb in the half crimp 10 s hang on the fingerboard with about 1.5%