Retired person too. No need to tune in to Sky, just open the window😊
One-liners
- Thread starter AgentCooper
- Start date
We are 6 miles from the festival site. Cannot hear anything at the moment but we have done in the past.
SpyderTracks
We love you Ukraine
I can only hear my stereo. But then I live about 30 miles away 
Martinr36
MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
That was one in the eye for her......
TonyCarter
VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Boom tschh 🥁
SpyderTracks
We love you Ukraine
TonyCarter
VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
I'm not bad at Excel, but thought I should go on one of our company's Excel training courses (I'm a contractor, but still allowed to use their training resources) to get a bit better/confident in some advanced areas.
Booked on the Advanced Excel course a few months ago, and they sent out a pre-course questionnaire to gauge people's level of skill so that they could customise the course for the attendees.
The 'advanced' level skill-set stopped at pivot tables, and I couldn't select anything higher than that, so ticked it.
Got to the course and then spend 2 of the 3 hours explaining Pivot Tables (the other hour was made up of introductions and conditional formatting).
I asked if they offer anything more advanced, but they don't.
Now I realise why I'm the 'go to' guy for Excel support...although I do know a couple of guys in the wider team who are much better than me, but I keep their names to myself, so they don't get bombarded with the silly/easy questions (e.g. on the advanced course someone asked if there was a way to stop the file overwriting itself when they're 'playing' with something in it...and they were given 2 options 1) turn off autosave; 2) duplicate the file first.
Booked on the Advanced Excel course a few months ago, and they sent out a pre-course questionnaire to gauge people's level of skill so that they could customise the course for the attendees.
The 'advanced' level skill-set stopped at pivot tables, and I couldn't select anything higher than that, so ticked it.
Got to the course and then spend 2 of the 3 hours explaining Pivot Tables (the other hour was made up of introductions and conditional formatting).
I asked if they offer anything more advanced, but they don't.
Now I realise why I'm the 'go to' guy for Excel support...although I do know a couple of guys in the wider team who are much better than me, but I keep their names to myself, so they don't get bombarded with the silly/easy questions (e.g. on the advanced course someone asked if there was a way to stop the file overwriting itself when they're 'playing' with something in it...and they were given 2 options 1) turn off autosave; 2) duplicate the file first.
TonyCarter
VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
I'm surprised she's even using something that advanced. I think she's still using a card index (possibly called XL).
Martinr36
MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
When i was working in the building and estates department of a university, I was the only one who used excel that knew how to create and use even a basic pivot table
It's a table that pivots.
Next question.
ubuysa
The BSOD Doctor
And there was me thinking it was something difficult...
Martinr36
MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
An Airbus 380 is on its way across the Atlantic. It flies consistently at 800 km/h at 30,000 feet, when suddenly a Eurofighter with a Tempo Mach 2 appears.
The pilot of the fighter jet slows down, flies alongside the Airbus and greets the pilot of the passenger plane by radio: "Airbus, boring flight isn’t it? Now have a look here!"
He rolls his jet on its back, accelerates, breaks through the sound barrier, rises rapidly to a dizzying height, and then swoops down almost to sea level in a breathtaking dive. He loops back next to the Airbus and asks: "Well, how was that?"
The Airbus pilot answers: "Very impressive, but watch this!"
The jet pilot watches the Airbus, but nothing happens. It continues to fly straight, at the same speed. After 15 minutes, the Airbus pilot radios, "Well, how was that?
Confused, the jet pilot asks, "What did you do?"
The AirBus pilot laughs and says: "I got up, stretched my legs, walked to the back of the aircraft to use the washroom, then got a cup of coffee and a chocolate fudge pastry."
The moral of the story is: When you’re young, speed and adrenaline seems to be great. But as you get older and wiser, you learn that comfort and peace are more important.
This is called S.O.S.: Slower, Older and Smarter.
Dedicated to all my senior friends ~ it’s time to slow down and enjoy the rest of the trip.
Author Unknown
The pilot of the fighter jet slows down, flies alongside the Airbus and greets the pilot of the passenger plane by radio: "Airbus, boring flight isn’t it? Now have a look here!"
He rolls his jet on its back, accelerates, breaks through the sound barrier, rises rapidly to a dizzying height, and then swoops down almost to sea level in a breathtaking dive. He loops back next to the Airbus and asks: "Well, how was that?"
The Airbus pilot answers: "Very impressive, but watch this!"
The jet pilot watches the Airbus, but nothing happens. It continues to fly straight, at the same speed. After 15 minutes, the Airbus pilot radios, "Well, how was that?
Confused, the jet pilot asks, "What did you do?"
The AirBus pilot laughs and says: "I got up, stretched my legs, walked to the back of the aircraft to use the washroom, then got a cup of coffee and a chocolate fudge pastry."
The moral of the story is: When you’re young, speed and adrenaline seems to be great. But as you get older and wiser, you learn that comfort and peace are more important.
This is called S.O.S.: Slower, Older and Smarter.
Dedicated to all my senior friends ~ it’s time to slow down and enjoy the rest of the trip.
Author Unknown
TonyCarter
VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Lucky it wasn't a Boeing, as it would have crashed the moment the pilot left the seat.
TonyCarter
VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Surely Sarina Wiegman is the solution to the England men’s team problem?