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Mikeandvan
18-04-2022, 22:49
When you say coat I assume you mean this :ner:
https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwiTqLGHyJ33AhVB7O0KHbuuAGMYABAiGgJkZw&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAASE-RojBZWNYXhYUfp8WQO-6L9g6w&sig=AOD64_2D2W4HM1Lr8QSPOFHrRMSFI9KNiw&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwio1KiHyJ33AhUaQEEAHVdQBy4Q9aACegUIARCjA g&adurl=
What the hell is that!!
walpurgis
23-04-2022, 15:14
Whatever happened to all the houses that were given the horrible artificial 'block' stone cladding treatment in the eighties. Did it all fall off? There used to be loads around here, I can't think of any now, they've vanished. Must have been fun chipping that lot off and rendering. It was an idea that was doomed from the start.
Whatever happened to all the houses that were given the horrible artificial 'block' stone cladding treatment in the eighties. Did it all fall off? There used to be loads around here, I can't think of any now, they've vanished. Must have been fun chipping that lot off and rendering. It was an idea that was doomed from the start.
this is a 'nice' one :doh:
https://www.neverpaintagain.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Stone-cladding-can-ruin-a-house-e1531299023513.jpg
not a big lover of that red brick but its way better than that cladding
Decopierre is much better, as its really just a concrete screed which has moulds pressed against it. its french really and can look rather good.
https://www.neverpaintagain.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/house-extension-with-decopierre.jpg
this is not too bad as the house can take it visually
Pigmy Pony
23-04-2022, 16:36
I pity the poor bugger who lives in that upstairs room.
Pigmy Pony
23-04-2022, 16:38
this is a 'nice' one :doh:
https://www.neverpaintagain.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Stone-cladding-can-ruin-a-house-e1531299023513.jpg
not a big lover of that red brick but its way better than that cladding
Only a real fan of Coronation Street would think to post a picture of Jack and Vera's house ;)
Pigmy Pony
23-04-2022, 17:04
Why does my laptop think I've moved to Devon? I keep getting random pop-ups of important news bulletins, like "Overturned lorry on M5", or "Exeter man falls out of tree".
On a similar but unrelated note, I tried (unsuccessfully) to bring my van clock into line with BST the other day, and the van thought it would be nice to start giving me unsolicited traffic announcements from BBC Radio Mersey.
I feel like unseen forces are running my life for me, and not in a good way.
Whatever happened to all the houses that were given the horrible artificial 'block' stone cladding treatment in the eighties. Did it all fall off? There used to be loads around here, I can't think of any now, they've vanished. Must have been fun chipping that lot off and rendering. It was an idea that was doomed from the start.
Loads of them round here, two in the next street to me. I've never seen an example of it where it actually improved the look of the house. You can't imagine what people were thinking.
Why does my laptop think I've moved to Devon? I keep getting random pop-ups of important news bulletins, like "Overturned lorry on M5", or "Exeter man falls out of tree".
On a similar but unrelated note, I tried (unsuccessfully) to bring my van clock into line with BST the other day, and the van thought it would be nice to start giving me unsolicited traffic announcements from BBC Radio Mersey.
I feel like unseen forces are running my life for me, and not in a good way.
Chorley FM round your way isn't it?
https://i.ibb.co/64Ft1Vj/chorley.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)
walpurgis
23-04-2022, 18:35
Loads of them round here, two in the next street to me. I've never seen an example of it where it actually improved the look of the house. You can't imagine what people were thinking.
I remember it was touted as providing added insulation, which I guess is true and many liked the aesthetics (I didn't). A problem is that all those joints simply won't remain watertight and moisture gets trapped, leading to frost lifting the tiles loose eventually. This can also cause internal damp.
I remember it was touted as providing added insulation, which I guess is true and many liked the aesthetics (I didn't). A problem is that all those joints simply won't remain watertight and moisture gets trapped, leading to frost lifting the tiles loose eventually. This can also cause internal damp.
A few houses here they like to put smooth render on. It starts peeling, discolouring and cracking off almost straight away. Probably because it's so cold and wet most of the year. Looks terrible.
They just stripped it off a place down the road and you can see why they put it on to begin with as the bricks underneath are just crumbling away. Whole front will need rebuilding. I bet someone bought it cheap, slapped the render on to pretty it up a bit, and then flipped it.
Those houses are older than mine though, I think they are from about 1880 and they're worn out. Built with the cheapest bricks and no proper foundations.
Pigmy Pony
24-04-2022, 16:55
Chorley FM round your way isn't it?
https://i.ibb.co/64Ft1Vj/chorley.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)
:D Yep that's us, as is this:
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcS2PJ3mPffZP_jhn_SkLBU35RwZDH5 WJ3hV7aUB07S5dJk-dVRoRNBRzUUwzP96Fsn99De9Ptz4IXtzxbfaSfV3YjqgxlzTHr V-EgpGy_jd&usqp=CAc
Pigmy Pony
24-04-2022, 17:04
A few houses here they like to put smooth render on. It starts peeling, discolouring and cracking off almost straight away. Probably because it's so cold and wet most of the year. Looks terrible.
They just stripped it off a place down the road and you can see why they put it on to begin with as the bricks underneath are just crumbling away. Whole front will need rebuilding. I bet someone bought it cheap, slapped the render on to pretty it up a bit, and then flipped it.
Those houses are older than mine though, I think they are from about 1880 and they're worn out. Built with the cheapest bricks and no proper foundations.
Most of the older houses up here use Accrington brick (rock hard, smooth, and tight mortar joints). Probably just for show, they never use them at the back - always cheap crap bricks there.
Most of the older houses up here use Accrington brick (rock hard, smooth, and tight mortar joints). Probably just for show, they never use them at the back - always cheap crap bricks there.
blackpool tower was built on those nori bricks. real engineering brick a bit like the refractory brick we made. really hard pressed and hot fired. sharp edges too.
walpurgis
24-04-2022, 17:31
blackpool tower was built on those nori bricks. real engineering brick a bit like the refractory brick we made. really hard pressed and hot fired. sharp edges too.
Shows how long I've been out of the game, I'd forgotten about engineering bricks (and ciment fondu). We used enough of them for carriageway manhole repairs, even for the occasional new chamber. I guess everything now will be strictly concrete or plastic unless it's heritage work like Victorian sewers.
Lawrence001
24-04-2022, 18:04
this is a 'nice' one :doh:
https://www.neverpaintagain.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Stone-cladding-can-ruin-a-house-e1531299023513.jpg
not a big lover of that red brick but its way better than that claddingWas that the Duckworth's house in Corrie? I used to watch it with my mum I remember them getting it, very amusing at the time. Beaten by Reg Holdsworth's leaking water bed above the Kabin shop though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mlHAUgEz-4
I really miss the old style Coronation street - touches of comedy/farce. :lol:
this is a 'nice' one :doh:
https://www.neverpaintagain.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Stone-cladding-can-ruin-a-house-e1531299023513.jpg
not a big lover of that red brick but its way better than that cladding
There should be a law against that sort of thing! Also what gives them the right to paint the down pipe blue? - it's not on their side.
walpurgis
26-04-2022, 06:44
There should be a law against that sort of thing!
Nothing that a well swung demolition ball couldn't sort! :)
Pigmy Pony
26-04-2022, 15:17
There should be a law against that sort of thing! Also what gives them the right to paint the down pipe blue? - it's not on their side.
Sort of right down the middle, and they thoughtfully kept the offset bend and running outlet white. But who in their right mind would want to paint a plastic downpipe? A new pipe costs about £15 for a 5.5 metre length. even with a shoe and some clips you'd get change out of 25 quid. It's a bit sad that I know these things.
I see poor old Boris Becker might get sent down for fraud this afternoon:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/boris-becker-heads-to-harrods-before-facing-possible-prison-sentence-for-fraud/ar-AAWJ7FB?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c4f1666047af486586a0ec11d1071edf
How can you earn 38 million quid and end up bankrupt? Talk about 'easy come, easy go.'
'Earnings of around £38 million from his high-flying tennis career were swallowed up by an expensive divorce, child maintenance payments and ‘expensive lifestyle commitments’, he told jurors during his trial.'
This is the problem when they get all that money so young.
trouble is he stashed lots of stuff away before the bankruptcy.. he got caught so will liely get a year in a soft jail.. teaching inmates and guards tennis no doubt.
and yes getting rich young is usually a disaster.... getting super rich/powerful is even worse. you just become a putz instead of a mensch
Should've gone the Ken Dodd route and stashed it as cash in shoeboxes under the bed. Tell everyone you blew it all on your Faberge egg habit.
I see poor old Boris Becker might get sent down for fraud this afternoon:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/boris-becker-heads-to-harrods-before-facing-possible-prison-sentence-for-fraud/ar-AAWJ7FB?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c4f1666047af486586a0ec11d1071edf
How can you earn 38 million quid and end up bankrupt? Talk about 'easy come, easy go.'
'Earnings of around £38 million from his high-flying tennis career were swallowed up by an expensive divorce, child maintenance payments and ‘expensive lifestyle commitments’, he told jurors during his trial.'
This is the problem when they get all that money so young.
got 30 months..
Probably be in one of those open prisons where people break in to attend the parties.
"expensive lifestyle commitments" was the one that made me feel really sorry for him :D
"expensive lifestyle commitments" was the one that made me feel really sorry for him :D
sounds female and young;)
Pigmy Pony
30-04-2022, 13:57
"expensive lifestyle commitments" was the one that made me feel really sorry for him :D
Me too, though I call it "buying records".
If he'd spent it on records then he would have actually made money, they seem to go up in value on a monthly basis.
I would guess he spent it on gambling, drink and women. And the rest he just squandered.
Pigmy Pony
30-04-2022, 15:25
Saw some news footage of him walking to court with some bird. Had the sound down (playing records) so didn't hear who she was. But she looked expensive.
If he'd spent it on records then he would have actually made money, they seem to go up in value on a monthly basis.
I would guess he spent it on gambling, drink and women. And the rest he just squandered.
:D
Mikeandvan
02-05-2022, 21:48
Banned from facebook for 30 days, all I said was France has too many Muslims, that's it, didn;t say I disliked Mulisms, merely France had too many, and that's why fuckwits like Le Pen can get a look in, fucking ridiculous.
Mikeandvan
02-05-2022, 21:49
Now that the boss is away, I'd also like to add that a man in a dress is not a woman, it's just a man in a dress.
Pigmy Pony
03-05-2022, 06:49
Banned from facebook for 30 days, all I said was France has too many Muslims, that's it, didn;t say I disliked Mulisms, merely France had too many, and that's why fuckwits like Le Pen can get a look in, fucking ridiculous.
Don't worry about it, I've been without the facebook for 64 years, and couldn't be happier :)
walpurgis
03-05-2022, 06:54
What's Facebook? :D
walpurgis
03-05-2022, 06:59
Now that the boss is away, I'd also like to add that a man in a dress is not a woman, it's just a man in a dress.
The police will be round and you'll be marched off in cuffs. Then you'll be groped in the back of the van by a big hairy police sergeant with a skirt and lipstick called Jaqueline (formerly Jake). :eek:
Pigmy Pony
03-05-2022, 16:41
Now that the boss is away, I'd also like to add that a man in a dress is not a woman, it's just a man in a dress.
I don't know, I'm sure the boss would love to hear how your date with that Thai bird went :)
Banned from facebook for 30 days, all I said was France has too many Muslims, that's it, didn;t say I disliked Mulisms, merely France had too many, and that's why fuckwits like Le Pen can get a look in, fucking ridiculous.
There are 5.43 million Muslim French citizens (https://www.statista.com/statistics/459982/population-distribution-religion-france/) in a total population of 67.39 million (https://www.google.com/search?q=Population+of+France&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-ab), or 8%. (Both statistics dated 2020.)
In the UK, there are 3.373 million Muslims (https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/muslimpopulationintheuk/ , 2018) in a total population of 66.436 million (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/annualmidyearpopulationestimates/mid2018), or 5%.
Is 8% too many?
Mikeandvan
03-05-2022, 21:53
There are 5.43 million Muslim French citizens (https://www.statista.com/statistics/459982/population-distribution-religion-france/) in a total population of 67.39 million (https://www.google.com/search?q=Population+of+France&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-ab), or 8%. (Both statistics dated 2020.)
In the UK, there are 3.373 million Muslims (https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/muslimpopulationintheuk/ , 2018) in a total population of 66.436 million (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/annualmidyearpopulationestimates/mid2018), or 5%.
Is 8% too many?
Or if you live in Mile End, London, 53%.
Mikeandvan
03-05-2022, 21:57
I don't know, I'm sure the boss would love to hear how your date with that Thai bird went :)
You know that Meat Loaf song? Well, that's what he wouldn't do.
Mikeandvan
03-05-2022, 22:10
The police will be round and you'll be marched off in cuffs. Then you'll be groped in the back of the van by a big hairy police sergeant with a skirt and lipstick called Jaqueline (formerly Jake). :eek:
The thin blue, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet line, between law and disorder.
walpurgis
05-05-2022, 10:29
I had to go to the doctor earlier, they asked for a urine specimen. Personally, I think they're taking the piss! :D
I had to go to the doctor earlier, they asked for a urine specimen. Personally, I think they're taking the piss! :D
:eyebrows:
i smashed my pinky toe on other foot this time last night. nail damaged and blood everywhere :doh: tried to put plaster on it as i can partially reach that one, but only for a couple of seconds at a time.:lol: no glasses either but it seems ive fitted it fairly well. A pain
walpurgis
05-05-2022, 10:50
That hurts.
Oh - that sounds painful! Look after yourself Grant!
Oh - that sounds painful! Look after yourself Grant!
was a sore one barry. couldnt get trousers on so no voting today alas. just got a baggy set of shorts on lol. no socks or that and feet are bloody freezing
some bloke on Channel 4 spending £1500 a month just on clothes. Must be rich? Nope, he's into the bank for six large. Incredible.
A latte please.... oh, make it a latte cocaine.... ah make it 3 latte cocaines and a doughnut:eyebrows:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61343037
and a doughnut
with cocaine sprinkles...
with cocaine sprinkles...
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQlGIi2DiU_FiFbdd-5K2C34ugDuyd68I5_4zmDzu4ao82yi4D3Tpx779POb5sKnJ0AZ 3E&usqp=CAU:eek:
Managed to build this today all by my self. Was hoping to get help but none was forthcoming.
I did it on the table lol.
[emoji12] Too many films and nowhere to put them so bought this flat pack online. It's solid wood.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220506/273aa9de53d4bf55fdb82ec640375ce5.jpg
walpurgis
06-05-2022, 17:26
Looks handy Grant. Dowelled and glued?
Looks good Grant - and a nice collection of DVDs as well. :)
Looks handy Grant. Dowelled and glued?
doweled and screwed. no glue used. i could have but felt dowels were for strength and to set it straight really.
Looks good Grant - and a nice collection of DVDs as well. :)
yes ive a good set of blurays and dvds tbh. those are bluray. ive still at least got spaces left over now to keep me happy for some time lol
very tidy and you've got room for more now. If you want more.
I just found a Rockford Files box set I don't recall getting. Usually means you've got too many.
Pigmy Pony
06-05-2022, 18:43
I do that all the time with CDs. Shameful really. I never have this problem with bags of Maltesers.
very tidy and you've got room for more now. If you want more.
I just found a Rockford Files box set I don't recall getting. Usually means you've got too many.
funny i found my rockford files set too and is now on bottom shelf. i had been watching it then misplaCED THE BOXSET.
I do that all the time with CDs. Shameful really. I never have this problem with bags of Maltesers.
love maltesers.. some are too hard but most melt in gob. Revels, i used to love those too... bar the disgusting coffee ones lol
I do that all the time with CDs. Shameful really.
Worse than that - I've bought CDs, only to find I already have them in my collection. Even worse, I have inadvertently bought a CD from a charity shop, the same disc that I previously donated. :doh:
walpurgis
06-05-2022, 19:09
I have a weakness for chocolate raisins, don't buy them often though.
Worse than that - I've bought CDs, only to find I already have them in my collection. Even worse, I have inadvertently bought a CD from a charity shop, the same disc that I previously donated. :doh:
You so crazy.
I have a weakness for chocolate raisins, don't buy them often though.Yes I used to eat lots
Pigmy Pony
07-05-2022, 06:58
Worse than that - I've bought CDs, only to find I already have them in my collection. Even worse, I have inadvertently bought a CD from a charity shop, the same disc that I previously donated. :doh:
:lol: Now I don't feel so bad.
Pigmy Pony
07-05-2022, 07:01
I have a weakness for chocolate raisins, don't buy them often though.
I was on a couple of bags per week until a couple of months ago, got sick of 'em. Since moved over to chocolate peanuts, sick of them too now. maybe time to switch back, or move to jars of cockles, a previous fad.
walpurgis
07-05-2022, 07:13
A tray of mussels is nice now and then. Plenty of mayo & pepper, plus some decent crusty bread to go with it.
Pigmy Pony
07-05-2022, 16:49
Used to have bloke come round the pub of a Sunday evening with a tray of seafood ("have you got crabs?" oh how we laughed) I think he did all the pubs back then, busy man... I always got whelks, bloody big chewy things they were.
Used to have bloke come round the pub of a Sunday evening with a tray of seafood ("have you got crabs?" oh how we laughed) I think he did all the pubs back then, busy man... I always got whelks, bloody big chewy things they were.
we had to make do with scotch pies:rolleyes::D
A Nepali sherpa has scaled Mount Everest for a record 26th time, breaking his own previous record set last year, a government official says.
Kami Rita Sherpa, 52, scaled the 8,849-metre mountain on Saturday along the traditional south-east ridge route leading 10 other Sherpa climbers.
“Kami Rita has broken his own record and established a new world record in climbing,” Taranath Adhikari, director general of the Department of Tourism in the capital of Kathmandu, said on Sunday.
Some achievement...
walpurgis
14-05-2022, 07:38
I see they've found out where I live. At least the dustbin's out the back :).
https://www.itv.com/news/2022-05-13/doorway-spotted-on-mars-sparks-alien-conspiracy-theories
I see they've found out where I live. At least the dustbin's out the back :).
https://www.itv.com/news/2022-05-13/doorway-spotted-on-mars-sparks-alien-conspiracy-theories
saw that yesterday. think nasa said its natural and actually a very small fissure.
walpurgis
14-05-2022, 08:58
saw that yesterday. think nasa said its natural and actually a very small fissure.
I expect the image has been edited to 'assist' it a bit.
I don't know why people are so quick to dismiss the idea that there could once have been a civilisation on Mars.
It's perfectly possible and there are a lot of as yet unexplained features.
Modern humans have only been around for the last 200K years or so. In the life of the solar system that's just a few seconds. There's millions of years for another civilization to have appeared and died out, or even multiples of them. In those time spans it does not take long for everything to crumble to dust and vanish.
I expect the image has been edited to 'assist' it a bit.
apparently huge magnification can do that, but it does look like a door... a friday afternoon door tho.. good to see aliens have a shit workforce too:D
it was only tiny in real life
There is no sense of scale, so nothing to give an idea of size - it could be anything.
Pigmy Pony
14-05-2022, 14:43
I don't know why people are so quick to dismiss the idea that there could once have been a civilisation on Mars.
It's perfectly possible and there are a lot of as yet unexplained features.
Modern humans have only been around for the last 200K years or so. In the life of the solar system that's just a few seconds. There's millions of years for another civilization to have appeared and died out, or even multiples of them. In those time spans it does not take long for everything to crumble to dust and vanish.
A lot can change in 200k years. It only took 15 years for the foam surrounds on my AR speakers to crumble to dust. Give it another 200k years and the cabs will be looking pretty shot too.
i'd imaging there will be signs of humans having been here for a good few million years, but vast majority of it wouldnt take anywhere near that. some radiation might take up to half a million years to completely vanish. deep mines might take longest tho, and might always show some traces; hard to tell. but bar the steel(mostly stainless) as normal steel would likely go quite fast. stone etc would be gone i'd think relatively fast. I mean how long does it take for a house to disappear? not that long in geological terms. I guess much will depend too on the way the weather goes after we go.
Might get some fossils etc i guess for a long time..
You can see from some of the abandoned industrial sites here how fast nature reclaims them.
One just round the corner from me, was totally clear in 2008 as they were going to build a parade of shops on it (despite there being a dozen empty shops within a couple of hundred yards). Then the crash happened and the site was abandoned. Only 14 years later it's a dense wood with trees 20 foot high.
You can see from some of the abandoned industrial sites here how fast nature reclaims them.
One just round the corner from me, was totally clear in 2008 as they were going to build a parade of shops on it (despite there being a dozen empty shops within a couple of hundred yards). Then the crash happened and the site was abandoned. Only 14 years later it's a dense wood with trees 20 foot high.
yup chernobyl was only 30 odd years ago and its getting pretty overgrown... but the buildings are still there of course.
https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ae7/1b27/f197/cccc/c100/07e1/slideshow/35375407185_9cd00b2d21_k.jpg?1525095197
Give it a thousand years they'll be rubble and another thousand they will be dust. I saw a TV show about that where they computer-age the structures.
That's nothing when we're talking about millions of years. I mean in that space of time continents can move about.
I reckon if we abandoned the planet or all died out then it would only take a hundred thousand years for all visible trace of our mess to be gone. Anyone landing on the planet would not know anyone had ever been here unless they started doing some serious archaeology and testing and that.
they say that probes like voyager may be our lasting contrabution(assuming they dont actually hit anything). ceramics too could last for a hell of a time
Pigmy Pony
14-05-2022, 16:43
they say that probes like voyager may be our lasting contrabution(assuming they dont actually hit anything). ceramics too could last for a hell of a time
That surprises me, I'd assume the constant unfiltered UV light would do for them.
That surprises me, I'd assume the constant unfiltered UV light would do for them.
i dont think its affected tbh...
on a different level, i guess the longest we will on earth still have any remnants will be before the earths crust is subducted lol.. but that will take a long, long time. hundreds of millions of years i guess
I would be content if Nature could remove all traces of the present government in the next week or so.
Pigmy Pony
14-05-2022, 22:18
I would be content if Nature could remove all traces of the present government in the next week or so.
Nature may as well get rid of the next government too while it's wielding the big stick. They're all as bad as each other. As will be shown in the coming years.
Pigmy Pony
16-05-2022, 12:07
2 years ago accountants charged me £360 to do my tax return. Ok, they probably do things in a way that may save me some tax. Last year it went up to £480, an increase of 30%.
I've just got an email from them, saying this year the fee will be £702 :eek: I've sort of gotten used to price increases, but enough is enough. Greedy little bastards in their air-conditioned offices inflation-busting their already comfortable standard of living at my expense. Although to be fair we did get a Christmas card off them.
So I phoned them back, telling them to get their greedy shit together or I will be going elsewhere, because up with this I will not put. We've got to make an effort to call these modern-day highwaymen to account.
i used to do my own accounts and vat back in day but it became too stressful doing that and work so i upped prices 10% and got an accountant lol
2 years ago accountants charged me £360 to do my tax return. Ok, they probably do things in a way that may save me some tax. Last year it went up to £480, an increase of 30%.
I've just got an email from them, saying this year the fee will be £702 :eek: I've sort of gotten used to price increases, but enough is enough. Greedy little bastards in their air-conditioned offices inflation-busting their already comfortable standard of living at my expense. Although to be fair we did get a Christmas card off them.
So I phoned them back, telling them to get their greedy shit together or I will be going elsewhere, because up with this I will not put. We've got to make an effort to call these modern-day highwaymen to account.
Good for you Steve - it's the only way the greedy buggers will learn. They are using the tax changes which came into effect in 2021 as an excuse for profiteering.
Pigmy Pony
16-05-2022, 17:27
Good for you Steve - it's the only way the greedy buggers will learn. They are using the tax changes which came into effect in 2021 as an excuse for profiteering.
Is that what it is? Well they can try that one, but it won't wash. Thing is, Anita does my book keeping, spends hours on it, even though it is probably relatively straightforward. Then we present it in a way that even the most junior of their minions can work with. And yet...
We are all expected to accept the way things are right now and 'ride the storm'. I don't see why they can't too.
'Magnum P.I' has been cancelled by CBS https://www.newsweek.com/magnum-pi-canceled-cbs-1706328
That's great isn't it? One of only two modern shows that I actually watch.
Now all we need is for the 'Curse Of Oak Island' people to actually find the frigging treasure and there's no point me having a cable subscription any more. I can watch proper telly (i,e the pre-1980 stuff) on freeview for nothing.
'Magnum P.I' has been cancelled by CBS https://www.newsweek.com/magnum-pi-canceled-cbs-1706328
That's great isn't it? One of only two modern shows that I actually watch.
Now all we need is for the 'Curse Of Oak Island' people to actually find the frigging treasure and there's no point me having a cable subscription any more. I can watch proper telly (i,e the pre-1980 stuff) on freeview for nothing.
a body blow.. must admit ive not missed tv at all. ive plenty on dvd etc to keep me happy. was that the ld show or a new version?
a body blow.. must admit ive not missed tv at all. ive plenty on dvd etc to keep me happy. was that the ld show or a new version?
Reboot. It got as far as four seasons which is more than I thought it would manage.
Thing is they've cancelled that but renewed 'SWAT' and 'CSI:Vegas' which are both unwatchable shite.
more folk like shoite alas. just look at soaps and reality tv etc.
more folk like shoite alas. just look at soaps and reality tv etc.
if you read the Newsweek article I linked to, SWAT and CSI:Vegas actually get less viewers overall than Magnum P.I, but they get more viewers in the 19-49 age demographic, which is what the advertisers/sponsors want to target.
I guess they realise that us over-fifties are far to wise to waste our money on whatever crap they are flogging. I always tape it and fast-forward through the ads anyway so I'm a dead loss to the sponsors regardless.
if you read the Newsweek article I linked to, SWAT and CSI:Vegas actually get less viewers overall than Magnum P.I, but they get more viewers in the 19-49 age demographic, which is what the advertisers/sponsors want to target.
I guess they realise that us over-fifties are far to wise to waste our money on whatever crap they are flogging. I always tape it and fast-forward through the ads anyway so I'm a dead loss to the sponsors regardless.
ive stuff on a tv type hdd that i recorded 8/9 yrs ago. its now interesting to look at the ads occasionally and see if i can guess the product. some of those ads were actually quite good in an ad sense.
I dunno about that, 8 or 9 years ago is practically yesterday as far as I'm concerned. Have ads really changed that much?
I do my best to avoid them altogether, even on the rare occasion I'm watching 'live to air' I will mute the sound when the ads come on.
I do like to watch some of the ads from the 1970s though, purely for nostalgia purposes. 'Ronco - the perfect Christmas gift' and 'You can't kanacker a Knirps.'
Knirps still seem to be a going concern surprisingly.
walpurgis
17-05-2022, 11:18
more folk like shoite alas. just look at soaps and reality tv etc.
Every attention seeking waste of space ends up there.
Pigmy Pony
17-05-2022, 17:05
Magnum and Higgins eventually got a snog at the end of season 4. I reckon Thomas saw the writing on the wall and decided to steam in there while he had a chance.
CBS were too quick to believe the younger folk when they say they prefer the other shows, seemingly unaware that said demographic are too busy on their X-Boxes or gawping at their smartphones to give a shit what's on the telly.
Pigmy Pony
17-05-2022, 17:08
more folk like shoite alas. just look at soaps and reality tv etc.
A misnomer if ever there was one. Bears no resemblance to my reality. Makes me glad I'm old.
Pigmy Pony
17-05-2022, 17:16
Knirps still seem to be a going concern surprisingly.
Frank Zappa mentioned Knirps in "Penguin in Bondage" almost 50 years ago, so they must be doing something right. I didn't know what Knirps was then, and still don't.
Frank Zappa mentioned Knirps in "Penguin in Bondage" almost 50 years ago, so they must be doing something right. I didn't know what Knirps was then, and still don't.
think they make brollys
Pigmy Pony
17-05-2022, 17:30
think they make brollys
Hmm, "Penguin in Bondage" is about sex toys, so I'm not sure where brollies come into it. I suppose in FZ's head anything is possible.
Actually it reminds me of something my mum told me when she was a nurse at Preston Royal infirmary. Some bloke came in with an umbrella stuck up his bum. And someone had tried to open it. I trust this wasn't indoors, that's bad luck. There's a chance she made it up, she inherited her toilet humour from me grandad :)
Hmm, "Penguin in Bondage" is about sex toys, so I'm not sure where brollies come into it. I suppose in FZ's head anything is possible.
Actually it reminds me of something my mum told me when she was a nurse at Preston Royal infirmary. Some bloke came in with an umbrella stuck up his bum. And someone had tried to open it. I trust this wasn't indoors, that's bad luck. There's a chance she made it up, she inherited her toilet humour from me grandad :)
:lolsign::lolsign:
yes brollys... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Umbrellas-Knirps-Luggage/s?keywords=Umbrellas&rh=n%3A2723115031%2Cp_4%3AKnirps&c=ts&ts_id=2723115031
Frank Zappa mentioned Knirps in "Penguin in Bondage" almost 50 years ago, so they must be doing something right. I didn't know what Knirps was then, and still don't.
you must remember this ad?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8wX4oCnAtM
never seen it, but its good... they are german i think.
never seen it, but its good... they are german i think.
Used to be on all the time before Christmas, that ad, but I'm going back to late 1970s.
Yes it is a German company.
'Magnum PI'
Is a magnum pi: 3.1415926535897932384626433...
? :D
Pigmy Pony
18-05-2022, 05:51
Or 22/7
Barry's is definitely more magnum. Yours is just a humble pi :)
Been using a laptop for the last few days, as I've been away from home.
So far so good, but today I simply could not log on at all. Kept on getting error messages in 'computer speak', none of which I really understood. Switched off and then on again; same problem but a different set of messages and different advice. Tried five times before giving up and thinking I would have to get the device repaired/replaced - but my partner would have none of it. With an admirable and casual insouciance she had a go and logged on straight away without problem!
Perhaps it should be me who should be repaired/replaced?
Been using a laptop for the last few days, as I've been away from home.
So far so good, but today I simply could not log on at all. Kept on getting error messages in 'computer speak', none of which I really understood. Switched off and then on again; same problem but a different set of messages and different advice. Tried five times before giving up and thinking I would have to get the device repaired/replaced - but my partner would have none of it. With an admirable and casual insouciance she had a go and logged on straight away without problem!
Perhaps it should be me who should be repaired/replaced?
there have been some updates on go so it may have been those that caused the impotence of the laptop, as its not in daily use.
Pigmy Pony
18-05-2022, 18:31
Been using a laptop for the last few days, as I've been away from home.
So far so good, but today I simply could not log on at all. Kept on getting error messages in 'computer speak', none of which I really understood. Switched off and then on again; same problem but a different set of messages and different advice. Tried five times before giving up and thinking I would have to get the device repaired/replaced - but my partner would have none of it. With an admirable and casual insouciance she had a go and logged on straight away without problem!
Perhaps it should be me who should be repaired/replaced?
Nah, I think Barry mk.1 is working just fine, just needs the occasional reboot from your partner. And the T. Rex appreciation filter needs resetting.
another massacre in america, this time mostly kids aged 7/10. will they change laws? of course not... Americans and their guns:doh:
an 18 yr old with a legal automatic
walpurgis
25-05-2022, 09:11
another massacre in america, this time mostly kids aged 7/10. will they change laws? of course not... Americans and their guns:doh:
an 18 yr old with a legal automatic
And instead of promoting gun controls, some bright spark says the teachers should be armed. Bonkers!
And instead of promoting gun controls, some bright spark says the teachers should be armed. Bonkers!
how sad.:rolleyes:
And instead of promoting gun controls, some bright spark says the teachers should be armed. Bonkers!
In my view that is the only solution. Even assuming they could change the Constitution who is going to go around and disarm millions of people? Genie is long since out of the bottle.
"Conspiracy theories are only perpetuated because people go looking for them!"
Copied from Geoff's signature. I had forgotten about the disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines MH370 until I saw that there is a new documentary coming on CH5. When trying to find details of when it is on I came across tons of stuff about the many conspiracy theories as to what may have happened to the plane and why. I find them fascinating as you just never know if any them could be true. There were many about 9/11 and some of them seemed quite plausible....to me anyway.
"Conspiracy theories are only perpetuated because people go looking for them!"
Copied from Geoff's signature. I had forgotten about the disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines MH370 until I saw that there is a new documentary coming on CH5. When trying to find details of when it is on I came across tons of stuff about the many conspiracy theories as to what may have happened to the plane and why. I find them fascinating as you just never know if any them could be true. There were many about 9/11 and some of them seemed quite plausible....to me anyway.
I think it suffered an explosive decompression, passengers and crew lost consciousness, plane continued on autopilot until it ran out of fuel. It's happened before more than once.
Course change was due to the pilots' intention to make an emergency landing prior to them losing consciousness. Communications and transponders were damaged in the depressurisation event so they could not signal their intent to anyone on the ground. That's also happened before.
impossible to say for sure; it was an odd one for anyone's money. lots of potentials really and doubt we will ever know.
walpurgis
25-05-2022, 11:37
I think it suffered an explosive decompression.
My underpants suffered explosive decompression this morning. I felt much better afterwards :).
impossible to say for sure; it was an odd one for anyone's money. lots of potentials really and doubt we will ever know.
possibly not. Was watching Air Crash Investigation the other day, Lear jet crashed because it lost cabin pressure. Pilots started working through the checklist but the first item on the checklist was not 'Don oxygen masks.' They never got to that step before they were overcome with hypoxia. Sometimes it can be that simple.
possibly not. Was watching Air Crash Investigation the other day, Lear jet crashed because it lost cabin pressure. Pilots started working through the checklist but the first item on the checklist was not 'Don oxygen masks.' They never got to that step before they were overcome with hypoxia. Sometimes it can be that simple.
yes it can cause confusion quite fast and of course by then you make all wrong choices and it gets worse.
walpurgis
26-05-2022, 19:11
Barking mad!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/05/26/man-succeeds-dogged-quest-become-lassie-lookalike/
Pigmy Pony
26-05-2022, 20:44
Should Winalot of new friends with that look.
Pigmy Pony
27-05-2022, 15:32
Barking mad!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/05/26/man-succeeds-dogged-quest-become-lassie-lookalike/
Strange world. We have humans wanting to look like dogs, then we have dogs that want to look like anything but a dog. Like this:
https://tailandfur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Pictures-of-Dogs-who-doesn%E2%80%99t-look-like-Dogs00002.jpg
I reckon he was interbread. I'm not sure what this one is trying to look like though:
https://tailandfur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Pictures-of-Dogs-who-doesn%E2%80%99t-look-like-Dogs00009.jpg
it seems to me to be just loafing around in that first picture.
it seems to me to be just loafing around in that first picture.
it looks pan bread
Boris altering the rules so he can cling to power...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/27/boris-johnson-changes-ministerial-code-to-remove-need-to-resign-over-breaches
he really is odious
walpurgis
27-05-2022, 19:29
I've been fettling one of the bicycles and as it's a nice evening I took it out for a brief shakedown ride. I did less than a mile, but all seems well, just a bit of gear cable adjusting needed to clean up the changes. First time I've used one for a couple of years, surprised I didn't start puffing :).
I've been fettling one of the bicycles and as it's a nice evening I took it out for a brief shakedown ride. I did less than a mile, but all seems well, just a bit of gear cable adjusting needed to clean up the changes. First time I've used one for a couple of years, surprised I didn't start puffing :).
What's the bike - photo?
Largest living thing on earth is a plant...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-61655327
walpurgis
01-06-2022, 17:41
What's the bike - photo?
Nothing exciting. Apollo Vortice, rides well enough and was cheap enough too. Got a Raleigh and Gary Fisher as well. At my age I just potter about on them.
https://i.ibb.co/z7YgThd/P1010228.jpg (https://ibb.co/5ny3gWZ)
pub bike?
I have a few old steel racing bikes that I have done up - great fun getting them up and running :)
What's Charles saying??
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2022/6/2/d9fcdeb4-feb1-486c-ad9a-dc1b153fc814.jpg
"Andrew crushed a nut getting on his horse"
What's Charles saying??
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2022/6/2/d9fcdeb4-feb1-486c-ad9a-dc1b153fc814.jpg
Who's paying for this extravaganza?
walpurgis
02-06-2022, 16:34
"my incontinence nappy needs changing"
I prefer a dress but.,...
Pigmy Pony
02-06-2022, 18:56
I've had enough of this, laughing at me medals and calling me last king of Scotland :(
walpurgis
02-06-2022, 19:24
pub bike?
I have a few old steel racing bikes that I have done up - great fun getting them up and running :)
No. A night in the pub would probably hospitalise me, alcohol seems to clash with my meds so I've had to pack it in. Much to my disappointment.
I love vintage racing bikes, a sixties Freddie Grubb or Claud Butler would be very nice.
fatmarley
02-06-2022, 20:18
Waiting to see if I'm going to be banned from a forum for being a mysogynist. I don't believe I am, but perhaps I just can't see it?
Waiting to see if I'm going to be banned from a forum for being a mysogynist. I don't believe I am, but perhaps I just can't see it?
is that like a gynacologist for the unwed?:sofa:
No. A night in the pub would probably hospitalise me, alcohol seems to clash with my meds so I've had to pack it in. Much to my disappointment.
I love vintage racing bikes, a sixties Freddie Grubb or Claud Butler would be very nice.
my mate had a claud butler racer when a teenager. i had an old steel framed bike(nhad a good name tho but I cant remember it). we used to cycle out to places like loch lomond/ trossachs with them when only 13/14/15. you'd get jailed for letting kids do that now i guess.
No. A night in the pub would probably hospitalise me, alcohol seems to clash with my meds so I've had to pack it in. Much to my disappointment.
I love vintage racing bikes, a sixties Freddie Grubb or Claud Butler would be very nice.
Sorry to hear about the clash between your meds and alcohol.
My mate has quite a few bikes, he works for a scrap metal company and it is amazing what is dumped - he got a Geoffrey Butler in fair nick from the scrap (he also has a Grubb :eek:).
My collection includes; a Carpenter, MBK,Carlton, Raleigh (made by Carlton), Dancelli, F C Parkes and a Mercian - all steel, the Carpenter frame dates back to about 1957 and is a lovely ride.
Started as a hobby doing up scrap bikes, and got a bit out of control!
I also have an Orange "clockwork" MTB, but my wife seems to have taken that.
walpurgis
03-06-2022, 09:51
I found a scruffy vintage Puch racer dumped in the street years ago. I tarted it up a bit, put flat bars on and rode it to work (and the pub) for ten years. It was a good bike! Did over 2000 miles a year on it.
I found a scruffy vintage Puch racer dumped in the street years ago. I tarted it up a bit, put flat bars on and rode it to work (and the pub) for ten years. It was a good bike! Did over 2000 miles a year on it.
some kid somewhere is still bemoaning its loss 'I only left it for a minute while I went in the shop to get a choc ice!'
must admit i hadnt heard of puch.... look like they are austrian, or were.
walpurgis
03-06-2022, 10:53
must admit i hadnt heard of puch.... look like they are austrian, or were.
They were not well known in the UK then, quality build though.
walpurgis
03-06-2022, 11:44
Found a good picture on ebay, it's a Puch Cavalier from the seventies. The very same model as mine, I recognise the frame lugs and chainguard. I painted mine white and as I said, put flat bars on.
https://i.ibb.co/rbhm1GR/Screen-Shot-06-03-22-at-12-36-PM.png (https://ibb.co/s542Mvd)
looks well balanced for a 70's bike. tidy
Pigmy Pony
03-06-2022, 13:03
I found a scruffy vintage Puch racer dumped in the street years ago. I tarted it up a bit, put flat bars on and rode it to work (and the pub) for ten years. It was a good bike! Did over 2000 miles a year on it.
No doubt you needed your bolt cutters to deal with the chain that had been dumped with it :D
The only bike I had as a kid was a racer I got when I was about 9 years old. Company was called "Sun". I don't know if they were popular/good/crap or what. my brother got a Raleigh "Hustler" at the same time. They cost 30 quid each, which in about 1966 will have been a fair bit.
Pigmy Pony
03-06-2022, 13:06
must admit i hadnt heard of puch.... look like they are austrian, or were.
I think they did mopeds too, the kind of thing the Post Office would use, like the Raleigh "Runabouts". Or an NSU "Quickly".
walpurgis
03-06-2022, 14:15
Fettling this one next, Gary Fisher 'Tassajara' from the nineties if I recall. It's incredibly light, my favourite so far.
https://i.ibb.co/9q6mzKK/Screen-Shot-12-17-20-at-10-30-AM.png (https://ibb.co/tbgwkjj)
Did You Know?
The first speeding ticket issued in the United States (handed to the offender in the paper form we’re used to today), was issued to Harry Myers in 1904 for driving a blistering 12 miles per hour down West Third Street in Dayton, Ohio.
walpurgis
04-06-2022, 16:59
Yup, gotta watch for those speed cameras.
this was first police car in ohio;)
https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/epan2mif.jpg
walpurgis
05-06-2022, 08:13
Yesterday's royal concert line-up was predictable in its turgid mediocrity. 'Special Guests' Sir Cliff and Alan Titchmarsh no less, were included :). I'm surprised Adele wasn't there (as far as I know), that would have really rounded off the insipidity.
Yes, I am an old grouch. Got the badge and hat! :lol:
What was the tit doing? Weeding out the troublemaker s lol
Yesterday's royal concert line-up was predictable in its turgid mediocrity. 'Special Guests' Sir Cliff and Alan Titchmarsh no less, were included :). I'm surprised Adele wasn't there (as far as I know), that would have really rounded off the insipidity.
Yes, I am an old grouch. Got the badge and hat! :lol:
I find it upsetting that Rod ("the mod") was there :(
If Keith Richard ever turns up for one of these events, I will be very pissed off.
Pigmy Pony
05-06-2022, 12:49
I find it upsetting that Rod ("the mod") was there :(
If Keith Richard ever turns up for one of these events, I will be very pissed off.
Did Brian May turn up? I bet he did.
its great not having tv:D
walpurgis
05-06-2022, 13:18
its great not having tv:D
It's getting popular, I saw something on the box about it.
I find it upsetting that Rod ("the mod") was there :(
If Keith Richard ever turns up for one of these events, I will be very pissed off.
Au contraire - the presence and contribution from The Rolling Stones, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Elton John and Paul McCartney would have been far more appropriate.
Did Brian May turn up? I bet he did.
:lol:
Ninanina
07-06-2022, 22:16
I had no idea where to post this but thought here was the best place
Unfortunately Colin passed away last year, unexpectedly but peacefully. As you can imagine I’ve been all over the place which is why I’ve not been around these parts
I hope everyone on here is doing well and keeping safe
Bev
walpurgis
08-06-2022, 06:42
I had no idea where to post this but thought here was the best place
Unfortunately Colin passed away last year, unexpectedly but peacefully. As you can imagine I’ve been all over the place which is why I’ve not been around these parts
I hope everyone on here is doing well and keeping safe
Bev
Hi Bev, very sorry to hear this. I hope you are coping well and don't forget you have friends here, so stay in touch.
Firebottle
08-06-2022, 06:43
Hi Bev, good to hear from you. Condolences for you loss of Colin, it's a positive that it was peaceful.
Hope you can get back to an even keel and even get back out on the water as I know that was a passion.
Some on here have there own problems, me included, but as Churchill said 'keep buggering on'.
I had no idea where to post this but thought here was the best place
Unfortunately Colin passed away last year, unexpectedly but peacefully. As you can imagine I’ve been all over the place which is why I’ve not been around these parts
I hope everyone on here is doing well and keeping safe
Bev
sorry bev xx
Sorry to hear that Bev, as others have said, if you need any support we’re here.
Sorry to hear of your sad news Bev.
walpurgis
11-06-2022, 15:15
I really need to pay more attention and also keep my specs on. I just spent a baffling quarter of an hour trying to figure out why the remote for my CD player wouldn't work, I put new batteries in and tried pointing it at various angles, but no joy. Then I noticed the DVD motif on it, I was using the wrong bloody remote! :rolleyes:
In fairness, they do look alike :).
maybe a sticker on one might help:D
Great story of an sr71 pilots problem. Lucky bugger
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/sr-71-pilot-explains-how-he-survived-to-his-blackbird-disintegration-at-a-speed-of-mach-3-2/
walpurgis
11-06-2022, 16:08
Great story of an sr71 pilots problem. Lucky bugger
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/sr-71-pilot-explains-how-he-survived-to-his-blackbird-disintegration-at-a-speed-of-mach-3-2/
Quite a story!
There have been plenty of estimates, but I don't think it was ever disclosed what the actual max speed capability of the SR-71 was. Getting on for 3000 mph I'd guess.
Quite a story!
There have been plenty of estimates, but I don't think it was ever disclosed what the actual max speed capability of the SR-71 was. Getting on for 3000 mph I'd guess.
the earlier oxcart (A12) was a bit faster but carried a lower payload and only 1 crew. that was the cia version. 2200mph opposed to 2600 aprox. dunno if they could go faster or not without melting
walpurgis
11-06-2022, 19:39
They've got The Blues.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18797343/family-skin-turns-blue-incest-fugate-kentucky/
There was a guy like this I'd see locally now and then. Looked perfectly normal otherwise.
walpurgis
13-06-2022, 16:46
The dog sneaked up on me just now. I didn't know it was there until I got a big whiff of dog fart! I've now booted it outside in case it needs to do something. :)
perhaps its the warmer weather - our little dear is farting a lot recently (I always think it is rather like the smell of cigar smoke).
walpurgis
13-06-2022, 19:36
perhaps its the warmer weather - our little dear is farting a lot recently (I always think it is rather like the smell of cigar smoke).
Must be peculiar cigars :lol:.
Syd's just dropped one coincidentally as I am reading these posts! Stinky Syd!
Just had to bin an otherwise perfectly serviceable pair of Puma tracky bottoms because the elastic waistband has perished after just twenty-five years of use.
needless to say I will be sending a strongly worded e-mail to Mr Puma regarding the shoddy quality of his products.
Thats disgusting, they should have lasted at least 30 years!
Maybe you could offer them to the Puma museum as an exhibit of some of their first consumer sweat pants. cant be too many pairs still hanging around after 25 years?:)
I would have taken them back where I bought them but the shop no longer exists. Nor does the building it was in for that matter.
Pigmy Pony
15-06-2022, 20:13
Just had to bin an otherwise perfectly serviceable pair of Puma tracky bottoms because the elastic waistband has perished after just twenty-five years of use.
needless to say I will be sending a strongly worded e-mail to Mr Puma regarding the shoddy quality of his products.
To be fair they did have a tough life, with all that standing up and sitting down. But they can be rescued - just get down to your local haberdashery, they'll see you right :)
This is classic
watching 'The Professionals'. A baddie has it in for Doyle as Doyle had shot dead his younger brother some years previously. He's even kept the newspaper clippings pasted onto a bit of card which he chucks across the room at his girlfriend. We zoom in to see the headlines 'Youth Shot By Squad Man' and 'Youth Dies.'
But back in 1979 they never realised that people would have 55 inch high definition monitors in their homes, so now we can see what the articles say. One is a story about people protesting outside a church as their vicar has been in a 'love triangle', the other is a piece about Rolf Harris saying he would like to star in a 'sexy film' because he wants to change his image.
Just wait up a bit Rolf, it'll happen.
https://i.ibb.co/my9kRGB/prof.jpg (https://ibb.co/T046wkT)
Lawrence001
16-06-2022, 18:56
Just had to bin an otherwise perfectly serviceable pair of Puma tracky bottoms because the elastic waistband has perished after just twenty-five years of use.
needless to say I will be sending a strongly worded e-mail to Mr Puma regarding the shoddy quality of his products.If it was me I'd be snipping 2 small holes at the front and threading a piece of string through the waist to hold them up. Reckon there must be another 25 years left in them (dependent on wear and tear on the seat, particularly with regard to the regularity of noxious escapes of the gaseous variety in that region).
I bet your next pair of tracky bottoms don't last as long. Most stuff you buy nowadays lasts 3 washes and then its f@%d.
I expect the main reason your Pumas lasted so long was because they never got washed!:lol:
Pigmy Pony
16-06-2022, 19:50
I bet your next pair of tracky bottoms don't last as long. Most stuff you buy nowadays lasts 3 washes and then its f@%d.
Consumables like clothing are never intended to be long lived. Puma will have been horrified to find that their products were enjoying such longevity, and no doubt have since addressed the problem.
So you can expect Macca's next trackies to be lacking, with tacky build quality, particularly round the knackies and the storage for baccy. And with a slacky laccy waistband so when you bend down you show yer cracky :)
walpurgis
16-06-2022, 20:07
I'm still getting good wear from my 1972 Lee Cooper flared jeans and Ravelle cuban heeled cowboy boots.
Macca, are you replacing the Puma tracky bottoms with new Puma or are you moving to Adidas or Nike?
I'm still getting good wear from my 1972 Lee Cooper flared jeans and Ravelle cuban heeled cowboy boots.
Of course Denim then was real denim - as thick as cardboard! I had a pair of flared Brutus Gold Jeans back in 1977, the denim was so stiff they stood up on their own when I took them off.
I'm still getting good wear from my 1972 Lee Cooper flared jeans and Ravelle cuban heeled cowboy boots.
No doubt the height of fashion where you live. :lol:
walpurgis
17-06-2022, 07:04
No doubt the height of fashion where you live. :lol:
The height of fashion here seems to be the 'second time around charity shop' look :).
Of course Denim then was real denim - as thick as cardboard! I had a pair of flared Brutus Gold Jeans back in 1977, the denim was so stiff they stood up on their own when I took them off.
most things were stiffer back then:ner:
most things were stiffer back then:ner:
Haha very good :lol:
Macca, are you replacing the Puma tracky bottoms with new Puma or are you moving to Adidas or Nike?
Tacchini is my favourite.
Tacchini is my favourite.
woz those - italian or Japanese?
woz those - italian or Japanese?
Italian.
think its chinese now, like most things alas. it was a tennis brand. jimmy connors wore it
think its chinese now, like most things alas. it was a tennis brand. jimmy connors wore it
Yes, all made on China, I don't think manufacture was ever in Italy. I have a couple of vintage 1980s tops and they say 'Styled In Italy' on the label so obviously not made there.
I don't know about Conners, McEnroe was always the Tacchini man.
Yes, all made on China, I don't think manufacture was ever in Italy. I have a couple of vintage 1980s tops and they say 'Styled In Italy' on the label so obviously not made there.
I don't know about Conners, McEnroe was always the Tacchini man.
you cant be serious:D yes he was too as you say. good style ... i usually buy from premier man/jacamo as they have odd sizes and prices are usually good. oddly i was on there earlier and prices are way up.. i will get by with what i have for now.
got a bottle of scotch coming for shelf instead lol
I've got enough Tacchini to see me out. They re-issued some of the 1980s stuff a few years ago so I bought one, think it was £130 for the top and bottoms together. Can't spend that kind of money now I'm a retiree though.
You will be having to replace anything now from the bargain basement bin in Primark or simply wear stuff till its full of holes and hanging off you?:)
You will be having to replace anything now from the bargain basement bin in Primark or simply wear stuff till its full of holes and hanging off you?:)
That's what I've always done anyway. For years I bought all my clothes from the military surplus - fifty pee for a shirt, quid for a pair of keks or a jumper. Think I was about thirty before I had the spare cash to waste on new clothes and then I went a bit mad. Still have most of that stuff, some of it hardly been worn.
Lawrence001
17-06-2022, 12:07
Tacchini is my favourite.Of the Sergio variety?
Lawrence001
17-06-2022, 12:10
Macca, are you replacing the Puma tracky bottoms with new Puma or are you moving to Adidas or Nike?I'd go Lonsdale they make high VFM clothes these days. I'm assuming that its purchase by Mike Ashley and subsequent adoption by those on benefits who seem to spend most of their waking hours smoking outside their local Wetherspoons hasn't tarnished the perception of a well known brand. Also that the quality has not deteriorated.
For Lonsdale to work on you, you have to be heavily built and, ideally bald. I've only got the bald.
i don't really like names on my clothes, especially sports names;
You're not from Liverpool though.
You're not from Liverpool though.
does that make the difference? :D no im not; from the borders originally actually..
does that make the difference?.
Of course it does, it's the spiritual home of branded casual sportswear.
walpurgis
17-06-2022, 14:40
I avoid buying anything with motifs or logos, no lurid colours either. Camo is OK though :).
I avoid buying anything with motifs or logos, no lurid colours either. Camo is OK though :).
No Hawaiian shirt for you then?
I avoid buying anything with motifs or logos, no lurid colours either. Camo is OK though :).
Me too. (The manufacturers don't pay me to advertise their wares.)
I have the same resentment to buying supermarket carrier bags. Being emblazoned with the name of the shop - they should pay me for the advertising service I provide. :D
Pigmy Pony
17-06-2022, 19:34
Of course Denim then was real denim - as thick as cardboard! I had a pair of flared Brutus Gold Jeans back in 1977, the denim was so stiff they stood up on their own when I took them off.
My underpants do that
Ninanina
18-06-2022, 16:26
Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated
There has just been so much stuff to do, it’s a nightmare
I’m glad to see not much has changed on here :D Just what I needed
Would I be correct that Marco isn’t posting at the mo? Is he ok though?
Ninanina
18-06-2022, 16:31
It doesn’t feel quite right at the moment to say….I have a new man in my life, quite unexpectedly, since end of February
He’s gorgeous and is soo nice to me. I’ve never been happier ; )
Cloud & silver linings and all that!
Hi Nina. Again sorry to hear of your loss but also pleased you've found new love. Life can be like a box of chocolates right enough.x
As for Marco, no he has been missing but I believe he will return at some time. We will look after the fort until he returns to us.
Ninanina
18-06-2022, 16:46
Thanks Grant
As long as Marco is ok that’s all that matters
Pigmy Pony
18-06-2022, 17:07
Thanks Grant
As long as Marco is ok that’s all that matters
And you being ok matters too :) Welcome back Bev. Now where were we, talking about your legs iirc ;)
Lawrence001
18-06-2022, 17:25
Of course it does, it's the spiritual home of branded casual sportswear.I thought it was just shell suits? Solely based on Harry Enfield's Scousers as I don't know any personally.
Ninanina
18-06-2022, 17:34
Yes I’m doing ok thanks Steve, my new man looks after me very well :D
I don’t remember if we were talking about my legs Steve but I still have them and they are nicely tanned now :eyebrows:
walpurgis
20-06-2022, 14:38
This will cause BIG problems and probably retaliation.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-condemns-lithuania-transit-ban-kaliningrad-vows-response-2022-06-20/
its just a matter of time until nato are envolved by force and it all kicks off. russia cant beat nato of course but it could cause a neclear war.
Delight over 're-wilding' of former golf course turns out to be a just down to a broken mower.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/delight-over-golf-course-being-returned-to-nature-ends-in-disappointment-after-council-responds-to-email/ar-AAYEaJm?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d7c0185799424496b4fbbe3729f2d28f
Delight over 're-wilding' of former golf course turns out to be a just down to a broken mower.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/delight-over-golf-course-being-returned-to-nature-ends-in-disappointment-after-council-responds-to-email/ar-AAYEaJm?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d7c0185799424496b4fbbe3729f2d28f
would be better leaving it ang spending money cutting some pensioners gardens
walpurgis
20-06-2022, 17:42
If it all kicks off you know what will happen. Immediate information blackout, so no TV or radio news, no internet and obviously no mobile networks, no GPS and no travel. Dwindling food and essentials, no fuel and no electric car charging. No work and no income or access to money. No medical aid either.
Police and army getting heavy handed, jails full and courts closed so you stay locked up.
Oh, and all the dual-nationals and others will be heading for Airports and Seaports in a reverse migration.
And that's just for starters.
If there's a nuclear attack, much devastation and all major population centres ceasing to exist. Then there's the radiation and fall-out, which will have varying impact across the UK.
Other than that, it's all rosy! :eek:
I intend to be well away from London by then (hopefully).
all my tabs and whisky; watch the show of a lifetime.. im struggling with normal far less fighting for control of a dirty puddle:(
Supreme Court ruling expands US gun rights
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61915237
americans are mad... well republicans at least...
My wife works with a woman who's leg swelled up and became very painful - the woman hasn't been feeling "right" for some time. dizzy/ "out of sorts".
The woman contacted her GP. who arranged an emergency appointment, was concerned that it could be a blood clot and potentially life threatening.
Hospital appointment confirmed that cholesterol levels were extremely high. MRI scan didn't show any clot in her leg but hospital suggested that she sees her GP again in order to book a scan (at the same hospital) for her foot.
Am I missing something here ?
My wife works with a woman who's leg swelled up and became very painful - the woman hasn't been feeling "right" for some time. dizzy/ "out of sorts".
The woman contacted her GP. who arranged an emergency appointment, was concerned that it could be a blood clot and potentially life threatening.
Hospital appointment confirmed that cholesterol levels were extremely high. MRI scan didn't show any clot in her leg but hospital suggested that she sees her GP again in order to book a scan (at the same hospital) for her foot.
Am I missing something here ?
yes, its such idiotic behaviours that cause much of the problems with the health service and other such things. scan the bloody foot while your at it ffs
Am I missing something here?
No - thanks to the excessive middle management employed, the NHS has become overly bureaucratic.
America now only land of the free to white males... Abortion banned.. yet America thinks it can tell rest of world how it should behave.
walpurgis
24-06-2022, 14:51
America now only land of the free to white males... Abortion banned.. yet America thinks it can tell rest of world how it should behave.
They've also overturned firearms regs. Now anybody in New York can carry a concealed weapon.
What next, taking the vote from women and repealing emancipation?
They've also overturned firearms regs. Now anybody in New York can carry a concealed weapon.
What next, taking the vote from women and repealing emancipation?
banning contraception i'd imagine will be high up. maybe fitting women with zips:doh:
what a ghastly country it is..
walpurgis
24-06-2022, 15:17
Spotted this on ebay. How not to take a photo :D
https://i.ibb.co/VDNvCXX/Screen-Shot-06-24-22-at-04-14-PM.png (https://ibb.co/hHMKdpp)
Yes, he's attempting to sell a pair of handlebars.
Sherwood
24-06-2022, 16:06
No - thanks to the excessive middle management employed, the NHS has become overly bureaucratic.
This is nonsense and unsupported by the evidence. If you compare the NHS to any other health care system in the world its administrative costs (i.e. costs of management) are meagre. This is true of single payer tax funded systems and even more so for private for profit systems.
Healthcare costs have been rising globally in real terms for decades. There are many reasons for this but the reality is that health is a hugely complex industry, consuming a huge share of scarce national resources and employing vast armies of unskilled, semi-skilled, and highly skilled employees. This requires effective management and highly trained managers. This is not costless, but the NHS spends a smaller percentage of its resources on management than most systems.
If you don't believe me then hear what Robert Reich (the former US Labor Secretary) has to say. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb9lubYzjmI
Sherwood
24-06-2022, 19:26
My wife works with a woman who's leg swelled up and became very painful - the woman hasn't been feeling "right" for some time. dizzy/ "out of sorts".
The woman contacted her GP. who arranged an emergency appointment, was concerned that it could be a blood clot and potentially life threatening.
Hospital appointment confirmed that cholesterol levels were extremely high. MRI scan didn't show any clot in her leg but hospital suggested that she sees her GP again in order to book a scan (at the same hospital) for her foot.
Am I missing something here ?
On first appearances this does seem daft. However, the model of care we have in the UK NHS places the GP as the first point of contact with the health care system and the gatekeeper to referral and specialist services. In this case it seems that the GP called for an emergency assessment at A&E which established that her condition was not life threatening but that there were underlying health issues needing further investigation. My guess is that the staff and A&E correctly advised the patient to get her GP to arrange for a follow up consultation with the relevant specialists rather than just booking another scan. A&E are there for emergencies and not for routine patient care.
Spotted this on ebay. How not to take a photo :D
https://i.ibb.co/VDNvCXX/Screen-Shot-06-24-22-at-04-14-PM.png (https://ibb.co/hHMKdpp)
Yes, he's attempting to sell a pair of handlebars.
not the easiest thing to look at is it? maybe in real life it looked better...
walpurgis
26-06-2022, 05:58
Seems I'm not a natural tourist. I just watched a feature about Venice on BBC news and the crowds of foreigners were terrible. Apparently 'everybody' has to see the Rialto Bridge, not with those crowds I wouldn't. Seems they are introducing a visitor's fee now, just for being there, damn cheek. Tourist attractions are exactly what I avoid. Think I'll stick with a pint in a quiet country pub as my kind way of seeing the world :).
Never been to Venice, don't know what the attraction is. Canals and old buildings, we've got that here.
Anyway, I've been to the Venetian casino in Las Vegas, it's basically the same thing but with slot machines and valet parking.
Sherwood
26-06-2022, 10:40
Seems I'm not a natural tourist. I just watched a feature about Venice on BBC news and the crowds of foreigners were terrible. Apparently 'everybody' has to see the Rialto Bridge, not with those crowds I wouldn't. Seems they are introducing a visitor's fee now, just for being there, damn cheek. Tourist attractions are exactly what I avoid. Think I'll stick with a pint in a quiet country pub as my kind way of seeing the world :).
This is the problem with world famous tourist sites. There is a solution: go in the off season. I went to Florence in Tuscany in very late Autumn. The weather was fine, but more importantly, there were relatively few tourists and no queues for the major sites. Took a trip up to Venice on the train on the same trip. Same story.
Seems I'm not a natural tourist. I just watched a feature about Venice on BBC news and the crowds of foreigners were terrible. Apparently 'everybody' has to see the Rialto Bridge, not with those crowds I wouldn't. Seems they are introducing a visitor's fee now, just for being there, damn cheek. Tourist attractions are exactly what I avoid. Think I'll stick with a pint in a quiet country pub as my kind way of seeing the world :).
never been one for tourism etc. herds of cameras snapping away...yuk
Really bad news, Forces TV channel is closing down on 30th June.
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