CONTEST: THIS IS MY PIECE OF THE WORLD

OK, it's 9:06 p.m. here and no UPS yet.

Any nuclear engineers, physicists or material technologists in the audience ?
For them I shall say that I have just transitioned into a nucleate boiling state.........localised overheating and cracking appears imminent now.

PetKal wrote in post #2401459
OK, it's 9:06 p.m. here and no UPS yet.

Any nuclear engineers, physicists or material technologists in the audience ?
For them I shall say that I have just transitioned into a nucleate boiling state.........localised overheating and cracking appears imminent now.

poor Petey.. if I were there i'd make you a really stiff drink tell you to take your shoes off prop your feet up on your sofa and relax.. ofcourse if it were me i'd be on the phone with some customer service number making them make it up to me...

PetKal wrote in post #2401459
OK, it's 9:06 p.m. here and no UPS yet.

Any nuclear engineers, physicists or material technologists in the audience ?
For them I shall say that I have just transitioned into a nucleate boiling state.........localised overheating and cracking appears imminent now.

SCRAM THE PILE!!

saravrose wrote in post #2401472
poor Petey.. if I were there i'd make you a really stiff drink tell you to take your shoes off prop your feet up on your sofa and relax.. ofcourse if it were me i'd be on the phone with some customer service number making them make it up to me...

Thank you dear childe, you seem to have a warm compassionate soul.

A few more hours isn't going to kill you!

Does it still show "out for delivery?"

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #2401475
SCRAM THE PILE!!

Sorry Puddle, that's not even the way submariners say it, but the "scram" part alone is fairly good, so is the "pile" but in an early R&D context.

Turnerzdad wrote in post #2401493
A few more hours isn't going to kill you!

Does it still show "out for delivery?"

Yes.

PetKal wrote in post #2401480
Thank you dear childe, you seem to have a warm compassionate soul.

yes. yes I do. .. unless ofcourse you make me mad and then all bets are off.. but, it's dang near impossible to actually make me mad.. I have no temper to speak of.. I should though.. I come from Irish and Portuguesse stock.. My sister says that it means I have a 'weak' personality.. .. but, she gets mad at everything so she's not a fair judge.. I just can't work up any real anger for street lights..

PetKal wrote in post #2401459
OK, it's 9:06 p.m. here and no UPS yet.

Any nuclear engineers, physicists or material technologists in the audience ?
For them I shall say that I have just transitioned into a nucleate boiling state.........localised overheating and cracking appears imminent now.

I've been through that drill more times than I care to remember. UPS tends to come here late in the day, and sometimes it's very late. The day I stayed home to wait for my Super 10D (1DsMk2). Around 9:30, the tracking info on their website changed from "out For Delivery" to something to the effect that the package was missing and would be delivered the next day. The next morning, we were at the UPS terminal, and we waited for them while they went and found it for me.

PetKal wrote in post #2401496
Sorry Puddle, that's not even the way submariners say it, but the "scram" part alone is fairly good, so is the "pile" but in an early R&D context.

Really? Oh well, I never was meant to spend time in an underwater tube. Watched "Das Boot" too many times. I'm a surface sailor all the way.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #2401506
Really? Oh well, I never was meant to spend time in an underwater tube. Watched "Das Boot" too many times. I'm a surface sailor all the way.

Das Boot?.. isn't that a really bloody war movie?...

belmondo wrote in post #2401505
I've been through that drill more times than I care to remember. UPS tends to come here late in the day, and sometimes it's very late. The day I stayed home to wait for my Super 10D (1DsMk2). Around 9:30, the tracking info on their website changed from "out For Delivery" to something to the effect that the package was missing and would be delivered the next day. The next morning, we were at the UPS terminal, and we waited for them while they went and found it for me.

Yeah, I remember that.
I think that's the way I'll end up having to proceed. I just don't see us getting stuck again at home all day tomorrow....waiting.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #2401506
Really? Oh well, I never was meant to spend time in an underwater tube. Watched "Das Boot" too many times. I'm a surface sailor all the way.

Right, no nuclear propulsion on that one (lucky us ).

Be calm Peter...eat some ice cream or something....it'll get there. If not, go to UPS tomorrow like Belmondo suggested. (and when they mess up my delivery on Sat. you can say the same thing)

Permagrin wrote in post #2401579
Be calm Peter...eat some ice cream or something....it'll get there. If not, go to UPS tomorrow like Belmondo suggested. (and when they mess up my delivery on Sat. you can say the same thing)

Are you trying to provoke him???