[12:56] <penguin42> I think I need to build a wonderwall
[12:59] <zxmpi>  with blackjack and hookers?
[13:01] <penguin42> I live near Manc's Heaton Park which is going to get 4 lots of Oasis next year
[13:03] <zxmpi> then check the builders skips for genuine guaranteed original wonderwall over next few months :-P
[13:08] <daftykins> hah a client employee asked their manager to message me for tips on ticket sales for them earlier today
[13:09] <daftykins> the things they think tech folk are going to be useful for *facepalm*
[13:17] <zxmpi> i once had to diagnose a washing machine problem :-)
[13:23] <penguin42> did you have to do a clean install?
[14:06] <zxmpi> nah it was a rtfm issue. no one reads manuals.
[14:07] <daftykins> xD
[14:08] <daftykins> i just had an x-ray service guy over from England to service two machines at separate practices, then assist with a software update and server migration - i had to solve a few blockers myself 'cause he didn't fancy reading the manuals
[15:52] <penguin42> you can see right through him
[15:56] <daftykins> :)
[16:15] <zxmpi> you do wonder if he's more radioactive than a banana working that job 
[16:33] <penguin42> assuming it's actually X-ray it shouldn't be
[16:36] <daftykins> they always step out to the other side of lead lined walls to test fire
[16:37] <zxmpi> they're supposed to, yes
[16:38] <daftykins> well at my 3 practices the firing buttons are outside so you can't really cheat that
[16:40] <zxmpi> you'll be expecting real lead in the radiation shields next :-P
[16:41] <daftykins> and real teeth in the patients!
[16:44] <daftykins> my concern with the UK engineer grew when it transpired he had not been informed of the scope of the work, so he didn't bring any personal notes on a laptop that would have helped
[16:44] <daftykins> but i took the old fashioned approach, i read the manuals for old + new
[16:44] <zxmpi> newbie?
[16:44] <daftykins> nope quite seasoned
[16:45] <daftykins> although i'd met him 2-3 years ago for the installation of a newer model machine at my first practice here by my home, i uh... had to lend a hand then, too... you might say
[16:45] <daftykins> it's all good though, at least he's humble enough to accept input
[16:55] <penguin42> did he bring jaffacakes?
[16:56] <zxmpi> exotic jaffa cakes from foreign lands...
[16:56] <daftykins> barely had the clothes on his back!