Prince Harry has flown from the USA to see his farther. Unfortunately he wasn’t available, so he went to see King Charles instead.
A scooter with attitude. This is the Vespa 150 TAP. They started being produced in the early 1950's and stopped being made around 1959. It is a Vespa scooter outfitted with a reinforced frame and a 75MM (3.0 in) recoilless rifle. This is a French design with an American Anti-tank weapon attachment. Yes, it's an anti-tank scooter. Yes, its real. Yes, it does have a kill count. Around 800 of these made it to the Algerian War and got utilized. The idea was to have a small and light vehicle that could quickly carry weapons to the front lines. The rifle although being attached to the scooter, was not designed to fire accurately from the scooter, however, modifications were made so it can be fired in case of an emergency. These little scoot and shoots were designed to be parachuted to the front lines in pairs, one scooter carries the weapons and one carries the ammunition. If you think it couldnt get anymore ridiculous, you are wrong. These little scooters were also designed to reach enough speed to ram enemy vehicles if need be. Can you imagine being in a transport truck and your truck gets taken out by a scooter with a 75mm recoilless rifle attached to it? Another plot twist, they actually became one of the more reliable forms of transportation in the desert. Their light stature made it easier (compared to other vehicles) to transport men and equipment through the sand and storms. Travelling upwards of 125 miles on a single tank of gas even while weighed down. The bonus to all of this? In total it cost about $500 for one of these things so relatively speaking it was a cheap purchase for governments.
A German shepherd, a golden retriever, and a boxer are all in cages at the veterinarian's office. The Shepherd asks the other two what they're in for. The retriever says, "Well, the brat next door was always throwing stones at me over the fence. Yesterday, the front door wasn't latched, and he was walking by. I got out and bit the hell out of him. I'm being put down today." "Sorry to hear," says the shepherd. The boxer says, "I've always had a compulsion about the mailman. I don't know why. I was being walked yesterday and when I lunged at him the leash broke. I was able to get to him and I tore him up pretty good. I'm being put down too." The shepherd offered his condolences. "How about you?" asks the boxer. The shepherd says "My master is a fine-looking woman. Yesterday she came out of the shower and dropped her hairbrush. It went under the sink. She was on all fours looking for it. I got excited and mounted her." "And they're putting you down for that?" asks the retriever. "Oh, no." say the shepherd. "I'm just getting my nails clipped."
A polar bear walks into a bar and says, "I'll have a rum................and coke." The bartender asks, "What's with the big pause?" The polar bear says, "I was born with them."
Everyone knows Murphy's law: At least they think they do. "If anything can go wrong, it will." But that's not the full text of Murphy's law. It is as follows: Nothing is as easy as it looks. Everything takes longer than you thought it would. If anything can go wrong, it will. My house is almost seventy-five years old. I needed to change out a wall socket. Simple, right? All you need is a screwdriver, right? Fifteen minutes, tops, right? An hour and some pretty salty language later: The tabs for the old socket were imbedded in about four coats of paint. The screw slots were filled with fossilized paint. When I finally cleaned out enough of the paint from the screw slots, the screws were rusted and had become one with the metal of the box and the heads broke off. Someday I'll look back at this and laugh. but I thought you folks would find it amusing today.
75 years old is a new house here. Try 200 or 500 or sometimes even 1000 years old. I used to clean the windows on a house that was in the doomsday book. 75 years old? The cement isn’t even set yet.
Yep been there done that. Ex wife said when we moved in our new house, " the lounge light is a bit bright, can we have a dimmer switch?" Yes no problem says I, pick what you want. She comes home with a nice brass switch. Right, 15 minutes tops I'll have this sorted First issue. The room is all nicely wallpapered and is painted so it is fully bonded to the switch front. Careful cuts with a sharp knife, done. Second issue The screws look like wood screws oh yes thats because it has a wooden pattress. Umm no earth to the back box then. plus the wooden boxes are slightly smaller than the metal version in my hand a bit of careful chiselling behind the wallpaper is required Third issue What earth wire???? It was only in two core...... ummm. I can't put a metal front plate on with no earth loop So a few hours later with new cables back to the consumer unit (fusebox) and eventually sorted Exwife cautioned on no more bright/ dim ideas!!! (pun intended)
I budget 30 minutes per outlet change total (setup, fix, clean-up, small break before next one). It doesn't pay to get in a hurry with electrical work.
