Little things that irritate you
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- delbert
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Re: Little things that irritate you
You beat me to it mate.
The L1A1 SLR was that powerful that once hit it would knock you off your feet and throw you so far back you wouldn't even have be conceived.
Forget all that nuclear weapon bollox, the SLR was the reason the Warsaw Pact never ventured Westward.......
The L1A1 SLR was that powerful that once hit it would knock you off your feet and throw you so far back you wouldn't even have be conceived.
Forget all that nuclear weapon bollox, the SLR was the reason the Warsaw Pact never ventured Westward.......
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Re: Little things that irritate you
I was once told by a bootneck that the reason why we moved from a 7.62mm to 5.56mm had very little to with ammo loads. More a case that if you were shot with an SLR is was game over and all your mates would carry on without you. With the SA80 you more likely to wound so their mates would come and help you, at which point you could pick them of as well.
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Re: Little things that irritate you
My 8 year old lad took his first dive tonight and successfully conned the ref into giving an injury time penalty. Beaming with pride.
That was a twitter post from a liverpool fan , what a ****
That was a twitter post from a liverpool fan , what a ****
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Made in Belgium. Who'd have thunk it?delbert wrote: Forget all that nuclear weapon bollox, the SLR was the reason the Warsaw Pact never ventured Westward.......
- DasNutNock
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That'll be the lad's lifetime greatest achievement.FreeWheeling wrote:My 8 year old lad took his first dive tonight and successfully conned the ref into giving an injury time penalty. Beaming with pride.
That was a twitter post from a liverpool fan , what a ****
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Re: Little things that irritate you
It's the office "bring your kids to work" day. Which is fair enough, sort of. Or would be, if they weren't all sitting at their dad's desks, shouting and screeching. If I was actually trying to do some work, I'd be highly annoyed.
- Hammer1972
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Re: Little things that irritate you
I thought this was something from TV sitcoms. Companies actually do this?DasNutNock wrote:It's the office "bring your kids to work" day
Just rename it 'Zero productivity day'.
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Aye. I work for an American firm, sadly.djclipz wrote:^ that sounds very American.
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I'm tempted to find a meeting room (never a challenge on friday) and hide out all day.Hammer1972 wrote:I thought this was something from TV sitcoms. Companies actually do this?
Just rename it 'Zero productivity day'.
- Hammer1972
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Re: Little things that irritate you
Walk round the office humming the tune to Jim'll Fix It. They'll probably ask you to work at home the rest of the day.
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Re: Little things that irritate you
Someone's letting their kid make "NEE-NAW NEE-NAW" ambulance noises. He's just sitting there, letting his shitbag jabber noisily.
I'm going to IM him in a second with a thinly-veiled threat.
I'm going to IM him in a second with a thinly-veiled threat.
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Re: Little things that irritate you
Hammer1972 wrote:Walk round the office humming the tune to Jim'll Fix It. They'll probably ask you to work at home the rest of the day.
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Re: Little things that irritate you
We have this around Christmas Eve. We have a bloke here who is the biggest perv ever and they let him dress up as santa etc.!DasNutNock wrote:It's the office "bring your kids to work" day. Which is fair enough, sort of. Or would be, if they weren't all sitting at their dad's desks, shouting and screeching. If I was actually trying to do some work, I'd be highly annoyed.
I'd rather bring the in-law's spaniel to work, at least he is quiet and more stress relieving than noisy uncontrollable kids.
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Christ, they've resorted to giving the kids a "tour" of the office, pointing out things like "here's where the software is written, this team operates it" etc. All they've actually arranged is a bouncy castle and some pizza. That isn't going to entertain a bunch of attention-deficient 5 year olds for 8 hours.
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Re: Little things that irritate you
And how are they entertaining the kids?DasNutNock wrote:That isn't going to entertain a bunch of attention-deficient 5 year olds for 8 hours.
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Sh'up DL. I'm busy skiving.-DL- wrote:And how are they entertaining the kids?
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I believe that's also the reason for FMJ (full metal jacket) bullets. Unjacketed rounds mushroom inside the body and take a large portion of internal organs with it as they exit, a FMJ round stays more or less bullet shaped on the way through and is more likely to injure rather than kill.
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Re: Little things that irritate you
RichieRiv wrote:I was once told by a bootneck that the reason why we moved from a 7.62mm to 5.56mm had very little to with ammo loads. More a case that if you were shot with an SLR is was game over and all your mates would carry on without you. With the SA80 you more likely to wound so their mates would come and help you, at which point you could pick them of as well.
I believe that's also the reason for FMJ (full metal jacket) bullets. Unjacketed rounds mushroom inside the body and take a large portion of internal organs with it as they exit, a FMJ round stays more or less bullet shaped on the way through and is more likely to injure rather than kill.
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Re: Little things that irritate you
My place had this the other day (UK Ministry so being "right-on"), in fairness they seemed to arrange it quite well. There was a conference room booked with games and such-like that the parents could take the kids to for most of the day. Most parents I encountered took their kid to their desk and introduced them, did a couple of quick jobs, then buggered off back to the games room.DasNutNock wrote:It's the office "bring your kids to work" day. Which is fair enough, sort of. Or would be, if they weren't all sitting at their dad's desks, shouting and screeching. If I was actually trying to do some work, I'd be highly annoyed.
- DasNutNock
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Re: Little things that irritate you
Ours has been a complete embarrassment, and I'm delighted that I didn't bring my 7 year old (or 4 week old) with me, knowing full well it would be a boring disappointment for them.