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Spotted this earlier on FB
I[m sure i've seen similar sorts of discussion on this forum
Includes these riveting posts
What sort of bloody animal puts chocolate chips in a hot cross bun?
Closely related to the cheese go - no go gauge, I have this on my desk at work, although disappointingly the spoon has been temporarily misplaced. I'm sure I shall find it as the handle is painted red. 😁
I had assumed that STW was the UK outreach post of Dull Men's Club. No banana for scale. And yes of course I am a member. Accept no substitutes (like ...centre).
A member of dull men’s club
There's loads of copy cat groups out there now, some people are even just copying & pasting other people's posts to similar groups.
The JIS screwdriver is new to me, is that what Shimano use?
The hot tap is always on the left right? Madame Edukator used hot water for the washing machine rinse cycle so often I've added some letters in Tipex. The fequency of taking piping hot washing out of the washing machine has gone down but still happens.
The hot tap is always on the left right?
Not always. It should normally be on the left to avoid small children scalding themselves as they generally tend to go for the tap that matches their dominant hand, mostly the right, so the right hand tap is usually cold.
If it’s a bath for example then the hot tap should be the one farthest from the edge of the bath and hardest to reach for little handies.
It’s all about child safety innit.
The JIS screwdriver is new to me, is that what Shimano use?
Don't know, but Tamiya R/C cars definitely use them.
my first thought on the cheese thickness was that it was a poor solution, surely a cheese slicer / gauge that guaranteed a standard 4.5mm slice would be a better idea?
There's loads of copy cat groups out there now, some people are even just copying & pasting other people's posts to similar groups.
Yeah, and Dull Men's Centre are one of the worst. They basically steal all their content from the original Dull Men's Club.
They’ve all become a parody of themselves now. What little originality that remains is clearly someone sitting and thinking up the dullest thing they can, real or otherwise, purely to post.
Which, in fairness, is pretty ‘kin dull, but it’s the forced nature of it that’s ruined it for me.
like the opposite of the kids that were ‘mad for it, no one madder than me bruv’ in the 90’s
The hot tap is always on the left right?
We had a new downstairs bathroom put in just about 5 years ago. The tap is a mixer but is side on the to the sink. Five years in and I still have to guess which way (up or down) to turn it to get hot water. Fortunately the combi boiler is the cupboard next to the sink so I can hear within a second or two if I have gambled correctly. It is a rewarding start to the day if I guess correctly after my morning dump.
JIS is what Shimano used to use for derailleur limit screws, but they are all hex, ('Allen') key now aren't they?
Glen Lyon has to be one of the best bike runs all the way from the dam at Pubil and stop for coffee at Dull West to East it feels like a slight downhill most of the way and with a west wind behind you it doesn't take long
I left Dull Men's Club after all the women joined and it became too exciting.
Don't know, but Tamiya R/C cars definitely use them.
Japanese electronics and cameras are normally JIS. I have a tiny set its quite impresive how such a tiny shallow screw can hold a steel screwdriver upright
I had assumed that STW was the UK outreach post of Dull Men's Club.
There appears now to be several incarnations of Facebook's Dull Men's Club, but the (original?) DMC is one of the vanishingly few groups I've ever ragequit from. Great idea, but wholly unmoderated and a frankly disgraceful userbase.
Some dullard will probably have created a spreadsheet with all the Dull Men/Women FB clones ranking them by post count, membership, etc...
Hmmmm... Not much on tonight as it happens.
I quite liked the cheese thickness gauge - I'm assuming his now ex wife responded with a very differently shaped gauge for things he could shove up his arse?
Regarding cheese, my partner introduced me to the correct tool for slicing cheese - the cheese slice, see illustration (note: there is no illustration). Some people refer to these as cheese peelers. Don't be a cheese peeler. Be a slicer of cheese. Use a peeler if you please. I used to be a steadfast opponent of the cheese slicer tool, preferring the thick cut slices using a knife. Somewhen in my life I turned a corner and saw the light (from the moon, I vaguely recollect it was night time). Thick 5.0mm cheese? Not for me thank you. Admittedly I do apply multiple layers of peeled cheese to the bread, but, I don't know. What is the point any more?
They’ve all become a parody of themselves now. What little originality that remains is clearly someone sitting and thinking up the dullest thing they can, real or otherwise, purely to post.
Oh. Please forgive my cheese slicer post then.
Is what you cheese thickness fetishists need not a mandoline?
Regarding cheese, my partner introduced me to the correct tool for slicing cheese - the cheese slice, see illustration (note: there is no illustration).
Wanna bet? There is now, courtesy of the one that’s been in my kitchen drawer for decades! Great tool, the only thing it’s not good at slicing is extra mature Cheddar, or any crumbly cheese.
It’s all about child safety innit
Well, and if you’re blind then expecting cold on the right keeps you safe too. I’m surprised at the number of diy and commercial installations that get it wrong.
The concept of the 'Dull Mans Club' was great when it was getting going maybe three or four years ago I think?
However its well and truly jumped the shark, theres tonnes of copycats/fakes/ripoffs, and the majority of the stuff posted is not 'dull', its just idiotic. As if being an actual moron is some sort of badge of honour.
Regarding cheese, my partner introduced me to the correct tool for slicing cheese - the cheese slice, see illustration (note: there is no illustration).
Wanna bet? There is now, courtesy of the one that’s been in my kitchen drawer for decades! Great tool, the only thing it’s not good at slicing is extra mature Cheddar, or any crumbly cheese.
As a woodworker, used to planing difficult timbers, to reduce breakout of the cheese you need to support it directly behind the end of the cut.
The solution is to have a second block of cheese that you push hard against the back of the first, level with the cutting plane.
Pulling the cheese plane towards you the delicate cheese 'grain' is supported as the cut ends and you should get a nice clean and consistent slice this way.
Dull, Perthshire is twinned with Boring, Oregon and Bland, New South Wales. I believe they all admit women though
Dull, Perthshire is twinned with Boring, Oregon and Bland, New South Wales. I believe they all admit women though
I'd love to know if this is true but I can't be bothered to check.
Great tool, the only thing it’s not good at slicing is extra mature Cheddar, or any crumbly cheese.
Ah shit this is where I out myself as a heathen. Okay I'll give you that, but for my daily cheese, it's a great for the rubbery Pilgrims Choice. For extra mature cheddar, it is a bit hit and miss, it slices it, but the slices disintegrate when attempting the logistics of board to bread. I usually then attempt to use the slicer itself as a transportation device via a sort of flipping motion
Is what you cheese thickness fetishists need not a mandoline?
This question made me realize the real reason - convenience & simplicity, a mandoline isn't that. A knife is kinda, but requires more effort if consistency is a requirement (unless you're a professional knife wielder). For making last minute cheese sandwiches before leaving for work, a cheese slicer is king pretty good most of the time. Although if they could make the cheese block width an integer multiple of the slicer cut width that would be appreciated.
I've already put far too much effort into diverting this thread into a cheese slicing discussion, but last piece:
This is the one we have, and I never knew it (allegedly) does thick and thin 🤯
Regarding cheese, my partner introduced me to the correct tool for slicing cheese - the cheese slice, see illustration (note: there is no illustration).
Wanna bet? There is now, courtesy of the one that’s been in my kitchen drawer for decades! Great tool, the only thing it’s not good at slicing is extra mature Cheddar, or any crumbly cheese.
As a woodworker, used to planing difficult timbers, to reduce breakout of the cheese you need to support it directly behind the end of the cut.
The solution is to have a second block of cheese that you push hard against the back of the first, level with the cutting plane.
Pulling the cheese plane towards you the delicate cheese 'grain' is supported as the cut ends and you should get a nice clean and consistent slice this way.
That only works if you have a japanese pull cheese slicer.
I favour a western push slicer with a pronouced camber set to scrub a goodly slice. With A2 tools steel. Sharpened on a norton IB8 and buffed on a strop. All by hand.
And only used based on the descriptions provided in Nicholson. Using a Ruobo workbench (solid beech) with a record 52 1/2 vice holding everything.
It is the only way that such an operation can be done correctly.