A cautionary tale

[DEL]

I'd sort of lost my painting mojo over the festive season partly down to being busy but mainly because of the state of my work bench.
Today I decided to tidy everything up. I started by clearing the junk and putting everything into the appropriate boxes. I then wiped and dusted all surfaces..... so far so good......
Sitting back and thinking this looks pretty good..... time to crack on with one of my near complete pieces.....switched on the desk lamps, adjusted their positions and watched an impressive light show as an avalanche of dust dropped from the shades all over the figure and work surface.
Fortunately the figure was bone dry so a flick or two of a large soft brush and a quick rinse under the tap and normal service was resumed.
A lesson learned.......wet wipes over the lamps every couple of days.

 

[billyturnip]

Don't you have a little lady come in to do the dusting Derek?..... No, nor me.

 

[Mark S]

I'm of an age now that I just keep the wet wipes with me all the time.
Just the thing for those hard to get to nooks and crannies, as well as the lamps of course.

 

[DEL]

Don't you have a little lady come in to do the dusting Derek?..... No, nor me.

We have an arrangement ..... the missus keeps out of my room and I do everything she tells me to, pay for everything and generally grovel.

 

[DEL]

I'm of an age now that I just keep the wet wipes with me all the time.
Just the thing for those hard to get to nooks and crannies, as well as the lamps of course.

Too right ...... mankind's greatest invention.

 

[billyturnip]

We have an arrangement ..... the missus keeps out of my room and I do everything she tells me to, pay for everything and generally grovel.

We have that arrangement and the funny thing is I never had it explained to me nor did I have to sign some kind of agreement, it just happened and apparently it's legal!!!

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Jeez I think its time to bow out of this company if you lot are on wet wipes and nappies " thats diapers ' for the american members .

Have you lot any idea what wet wipes are doing to the sea

 

[DEL]

Jeez I think its time to bow out of this company if you lot are on wet wipes and nappies " thats diapers ' for the american members .

Have you lot any idea what wet wipes are doing to the sea

Yes. I'm sure the vast majority of us dispose of wet wipes properly.

 

[Mark S]

Forget about the sea you should see what they've done to my S bend.

I got down on my knees the other day and went over my bullnose risers with the wet wipes and they came up a treat.

 

[DEL]

Forget about the sea you should see what they've done to my S bend.

I got down on my knees the other day and went over my bullnose risers with the wet wipes and they came up a treat.

Can't think what else Ron thinks they could be used for.

 

[ChaosCossack]

Be warned Roger... that unspoken, unratified agreement is not only legal and binding... but it's also subject to change without notice or further ratification.
Know also that misunderstanding of or noncompliance with the new changes (including the original "secret" agreement and the clauses that have been changed, yet are still in effect when it is seen fit to apply them to a situation wherein the changes do not garner the appropriate response) are subject to the harshest punishments, up to and including summary relationship execution, dismemberment and/or public shaming... as deemed appropriate by the author of the unwritten, nonverbal agreement into which you are bound with or without your knowledge or formal ratification.
The author is happy to make you aware of the above umbrella clauses and any rules, regulations or changes thereof after they have been broken by you... usually after a period of tense silence.
Know also that if at any time it appears that you are starting to fully grasp the workings of the contract, the contract will be instantly dissolved and rewritten without warning or a period of retraining.

So let it be unwritten... So let you be undone

Yours in confusion

Colin (Steward LU 353)

 

[billyturnip]

Be warned Roger... that unspoken, unratified agreement is not only legal and binding... but it's also subject to change without notice or further ratification.
Know also that misunderstanding of or noncompliance with the new changes (including the original "secret" agreement and the clauses that have been changed, yet are still in effect when it is seen fit to apply them to a situation wherein the changes do not garner the appropriate response) are subject to the harshest punishments, up to and including summary relationship execution, dismemberment and/or public shaming... as deemed appropriate by the author of the unwritten, nonverbal agreement into which you are bound with or without your knowledge or formal ratification.
The author is happy to make you aware of the above umbrella clauses and any rules, regulations or changes thereof after they have been broken by you... usually after a period of tense silence.
Know also that if at any time it appears that you are starting to fully grasp the workings of the contract, the contract will be instantly dissolved and rewritten without warning or a period of retraining.

So let it be unwritten... So let you be undone

Yours in confusion

Colin (Steward LU 353)

I'm happy in the fact that I am rebelling in some small way, as we speak more flat tin figures are on their way from Germany despite the fact I have agreed (several times) that I really have enough and will paint what I have before ordering more. They can bend us but they can't break us.

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

I'm happy in the fact that I am rebelling in some small way, as we speak more flat tin figures are on their way from Germany despite the fact I have agreed (several times) that I really have enough and will paint what I have before ordering more. They can bend us but they can't break us.

They can bend us but they can't break us , You might wish to rephrase that

 

[billyturnip]

They can bend us but they can't break us , You might wish to rephrase that

There is nothing wrong with that phrase in the context it was meant.

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

There is nothing wrong with that phrase in the context it was meant.

Yea but there is some lurking clergy around

 

[billyturnip]

Yea but there is some lurking clergy around

Two cautionary tales for the price of one.

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Why are you up so early , you are on leave

 

[billyturnip]

Force of habit Ron, plus I like being up before everyone else.

Early to be bed, early to rise etc. etc.

 

[Huw63]

I'm happy in the fact that I am rebelling in some small way, as we speak more flat tin figures are on their way from Germany despite the fact I have agreed (several times) that I really have enough and will paint what I have before ordering more. They can bend us but they can't break us.

I get this line quite often even though I try to behave and be good and subservient.

 

[billyturnip]

I ordered more today just to prove to myself I'm still a man ..... hope she's out when they arrive.