New Topic... ways to wind up the new apprentice

Trouble is Stina, some gliders do have engines.

They are called, "Motor Gliders" and use the engine to get up in the air, then it is turned off and sometimes retracted into the glider and you can glide to your hearts content.

Richard

Toffee hammers :LOL: :LOL:
 
quattro said:
Trouble is Stina, some gliders do have engines.

They are called, "Motor Gliders" and use the engine to get up in the air, then it is turned off and sometimes retracted into the glider and you can glide to your hearts content.

Richard

Toffee hammers :LOL: :LOL:

When my dad was sent up to London to pick them up in the 60's don't think they had engines , He won't say how far he got before it dawned on him :LOL:
 
happy days said:
Bet you dont have the toffees as well................ long gone :LOL:

Never got a look in with the toffees the hammer belonged to my nan inlaw :!: Don't know why we still have the hammer its pritty useless really :roll:
 
stina said:
Still think being sent to pick up a consignment of glider engines is the best one :LOL:

I am told by the wine tanker drivers that when they are running empty they say they are hauling "glider fuel." One got pulled over one day and told the officer that he was hauling glider fuel. The officer asked him to see his dangerous goods permit. The driver proceeded to suggest to the officer that he should open one of the top hatches of the compartments, and have a look inside at the "glider fuel." The officer was not amused and not very smart either!
 
One of my friends worked for a chemical company. He used to send the juniors to the store for some CoCOA (say it like a chemical formula) where they were given a tin of Cocoa powder.

He also used to send them for the '6-litre pipette'.

Simon
 
A bucket of pressurized air.
A piston return spring.
A hammer with adjustable momentum.
A new click leaf for the torque wrench.
A box of acetylene.
Fast file grease.
The 180° angle.
The nonius for eyeballing.
Rubber nails.
The brass magnet. Not to be confused with the aluminium magnet.
The curve drill.
Tolerance spray.
A froghair brush.
A handful of 20 inch nuts and washers.
Winter tyres for the barrow.
Anvil weights.

And never forget:

When you remove the bolt at the bottom of the sump, you must always catch that little black copper rod falling out. I will break if it hits the floor.
 
:D Some good ones there Junkman.
Some of them would be very useful; like the curve drill or tolerance spray (would tolerance spray work on the Missus :?: :D ).
 
The problem with using the glass hammer request was when I wanted a rubber mallet the little $od argued there was no such thing, like the glass hammer he had been sent for previously. I explained some things to him, I got my mallet!
 
sico24 said:
One of my friends worked for a chemical company. He used to send the juniors to the store for some CoCOA (say it like a chemical formula) where they were given a tin of Cocoa powder.
Simon

In the Chem lab we told the newbies to put leaves of the Camellia Sinensis into heated dihydromonoxide and supplement the solution with some C12-H22-O11 and Lactose.
 
I feel a little guilty about this one. Working in catering I told an apprentice that we were running out of ice cubes and sent him into the freezer with a whisk and a pan of water and told him to whisk up some ice cubes 1 hour later I told him that he could put his coat on and 2 hours later I let him in on the joke. The best assistant manager that I ever had!!!
 
I was doing a "heavy check" on a helicopter that involved a bare metal strip-down, full interior removal and we had a rather dim apprentice that was of the opinion he knew it all, so he was naturally singled out for most of the pranking.

We had finally progressed to fitting the interior and I was busy wrestling the cockpit trim into place and was struggling with one panel that was not letting the screw holes line up for me at all, when one of my colleagues suggested to the Appy to go ff to the carpenter's shop and get a handful of panel pins as we could not get the screws lined up........ :D
He dutifully toddled off and came back about 15 minutes later with the pins, and unfortunately for him, the Director of Maintenance arrived for a look-see at the same time :shock: :shock:

To say the air went blue was an understatement of note. :mrgreen: :shock:
 
Caught a few "academics" out with "Nip down to the stores and requisition a set of brushes for our induction motor please..."

Stores played along for a long time on this one..
 
My mate and I messed around when we were learning our trade by asking for things like a three and a half eighths wrench (7/16). I still use that on my know it all friends when they are "helping me" fix their cars. Other's i have heard: 2x4 stretcher Headlamp fluid (regular or halogen) and "problem caused by loose nut behind the wheel"
 
Still the biggest problem with cars that one " loose nut behind the wheel"

When my brothe rwas an apprentice he spent all day looking for the "matterpet"
Because he was told he had it last... until he asked what it was........
 
When studying for A levels, I worked part time on the local supermarket deli counter and frequently sent the new, green starter to the butchery dept for a cheesewire sharpener!
 
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