Recent content by Chubby Fingers

65 is a kind of milestone birthday in the UK - free bus pass, state pension, a nice cardigan, a pipe and some house slippers...

By the way, the number 666 London trolley bus:

Friday saw Steve get his bus pass. Happy 65th Steve.

Why is it that every time I go into a gas station, grocery store, whatever, the person behind the counter is more interested in talking to their friend or whoever on their phone via earbuds or whatever than actually doing their job? Store managers please stand up and ban them from the retail space!

Genuine " New Old Stock" means an item that is several years, if not decades, old, still in its original packaging, never used. Its still common to find NOS car and motorcycle parts that are perfectly serviceable, and, indeed, are highly desirable amongst "concourse" vehicle owners who wouldn't...

I'm sure they'll be all over the six o'clock news...

I've desperately been trying to find a pair of those pink longjohns with the button up flap in the back for years. Wait til I wear those up to the gas station to get my smokes...

My wife scolds me for wearing my carpet slippers to the gas station for smokes...

Except common sense.

Talent :-(

We design oil installations for a 0.0001 or 0.01 percent or once in ten thousand years probability of catastrophic failure or one fatality, by the way. C-19 has currently infected about 1% of the US population and with a 2% fatality rate thats 0.01 x 0.02 = 0.0002 or 0.02%. In Texas about 3500...

Engineers define risk as probability multiplied by consequence. Sometimes we use Dollars, sometimes fatalities. The "risk" of a light bulb going out in a refinery control room is low because although the probability is high (light bulbs in continuous use might last a year or two), the...

I shall avoid carrying ladders under black cats today then...

Depends on the pants Depends on the restaurant Depends on who's in office. Getting my gist?

PS Make me one (the Flying P that is) while you're at it...