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Pigmy Pony
03-08-2018, 21:33
I know they don't show it, but my balls appreciate everything you do for them.
And yes I know about what you did in the shop, it made the local paper, the Wrexham Wankwipe. Your face had been pixelated, but I recognised the Gary Barlow tattoo.
Drats, sussed... The salesgirl was so impressed with the size of the imprint, she gave me a discount. In fact, the residue it left saved her from going to the shops later and buying some parmesan.
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
03-08-2018, 21:55
Mmm, tasty! She's a licky girl, and I should know. Sorry I meant lucky girl, Freudian slip. :)
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walpurgis
06-08-2018, 22:21
As everybody seems to be talking about booze and pubs, I thought I'd mention that I'm thinking of starting to brew my own beer.
My father in law used to brew his own and turned out some wicked lager style beers. He got me well pissed a few times. Bloody nice bloke he was.
Anybody here brewing?
Used to when young. Lagers In Those days were crap but good hops based ales were pretty good.
I mostly made wine and champers
Ive got a huge brew kit in house for ginger beer. Must get it made sometime
I tried making my own wine: bought a 'how to do it' book, all the equipment and made a start. But although the outcome was palatable, I was not encouraged sufficiently to pursue the endeavour.
To be blunt, it was just too much hard work and too long to wait for the result.
walpurgis
06-08-2018, 22:57
Actually, being a skinflint, I was hoping home brewing might be a cheap way to organise some booze.
Firebottle
07-08-2018, 06:27
Used to brew gallons of wine before our move to France. Had a small cellar that was the perfect temperature for storage and built a temperature controlled fermenting cabinet. It was big enough for 3 five gallon tubs plus a couple of demi-johns.
Made lots from fresh fruit, including Plum, Rose Hip, Apple, Strawberry, Blackberry, Elderberry, plus Chilli and parsnip.
Had a few of bottles that blew their corks so the smell down the cellar was wonderful when that happened.
Just trying to remember the maximum number of bottles, I think it peaked at 150.
:cool:
Pigmy Pony
07-08-2018, 06:29
So that's where your username came from :)
I need to replace the RCA cables on my Aiwa TT. Any tips on some quality cables that I can source ,as the fine very fragile wire on the originals , is severly testing my patience , in soldering new rca plugs on it !!:scratch:
I have found a Gotham phono to phono cable . I like the quality wire it contains , and its a spare ,so I may well cut it in the middle and bare the ends (after putting some red and white heatshrink on to indicate which was which) and solder it in in place of the original.
Sometimes I think I am talking to myself lol
Pigmy Pony
08-08-2018, 19:45
I'm sure everyone's just waiting to see how you get on before commenting :) No comment from me though as I haven't a scooby doo what you're up to.
Cheers Steve . I never make myself plain . Better to have asked the question on the Aiwa TT restoration thread I have ben using over on Analogue Art
I'm sure everyone's just waiting to see how you get on before commenting :) No comment from me though as I haven't a scooby doo what you're up to.
+1 to the first sentence,
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to the second.
You should maybe go on the DIY room Anto? Sounds like you are doing a complete rebuild on this thing.
Successfully repaired an electric drill today. Surprisingly easy as it was held together by screws, unusual these days as most domestic electrical good are deliberately designed not to be repairable.
Not so with a food blender/liquidiser, which had a broken switch. Whilst I could open up the base of the motor, the switch had been glued in place and could not be removed. So the whole lot had to be thrown away!
Pigmy Pony
08-08-2018, 20:55
I got an electric hedge trimmer last year for a really good price, and got all of about 5 minutes out of it before cutting through the cable. Instead of my usual method (bodge) involving block connector and insulating tape, I thought I would be a smart arse and do it properly. I took the thing apart, intending to re-attach the now slightly shorter cable, but when I removed the last screw, a spring flew out of the gap and brought a few more unidentifiable bits with it.
After leaving it sulking in the garage for a few months I faced up to reality and launched it into the bin.
I'm pretty good at changing light bulbs and toilet rolls though.
I once swapped out the blower on a girlfriend's Mk3 Escort. Hooked up one I got from a wreck in a scrapyard and it worked first time. Couldn't believe it. That was the pinnacle of my electrical engineering career. Of course I never let on to my bird, just played it the old low key 'Any fool could do it' - Triple word score there lads.
walpurgis
08-08-2018, 21:22
I have actually rebuilt or repaired just about every kind of machinery that's come my way at one time or another.
Not so with a food blender/liquidiser, which had a broken switch. Whilst I could open up the base of the motor, the switch had been glued in place and could not be removed. So the whole lot had to be thrown away!
Lol... Remember what I've always said about today's 'disposable society'?;)
Nothing like that now is designed to be fixed!
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
08-08-2018, 21:30
After you gave her a blower job, I expect she was suitably grateful. :D
Yesh, and even more so, he trimmed her 'hedge', too!
Marco.
My hedge was trimmed the other day. [emoji41]
Neighbour came over tonight and washed my window for me. Nice of her.
My hedge was trimmed the other day. [emoji41]
Neighbour came over tonight and washed my window for me. Nice of her.
You're back in 'Carry On...' World again man, snap out of it.
My hedge was trimmed the other day. [emoji41]
Neighbour came over tonight and washed my window for me. Nice of her.
Did she use her squeegee ??:eyebrows:
Used a vileda floor mop I think. lol then her hubby washed it down with his hose pipe [emoji23]
Some of it splashed on the car so got her to wash it off [emoji106]
Some bird must have had the shits. Lol
walpurgis
09-08-2018, 09:33
The Perseid meteor showers will be here this weekend. Trouble is there's more cloud on the way, so chances of seeing the shooting stars may be slim.
mightymonoped
09-08-2018, 10:40
The Perseid meteor showers will be here this weekend. Trouble is there's more cloud on the way, so chances of seeing the shooting stars may be slim.
Always the way! [emoji37]
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Pigmy Pony
09-08-2018, 18:12
My hedge was trimmed the other day. [emoji41]
Neighbour came over tonight and washed my window for me. Nice of her.
Probably had an ulterior motive - she probably couldn't see you walking round in your trollies as your window was so mucky, and needed step ladders to see you over the hedge.
The Perseid meteor showers will be here this weekend. Trouble is there's more cloud on the way, so chances of seeing the shooting stars may be slim.
I saw the BBC Day Of The Triffids when I was about eight and it had an impact on my fragile child mind. So I never watch meteor showers even when they are visible. Which round here is never anyway so it isn't in reality as big a deal as it sounds.
Liked the original film. The series was ok too
Liked the original film. The series was ok too
My favourite novel of his was always 'The Kraken Wakes.' People have been trying to get a film of it together for years.
Pigmy Pony
09-08-2018, 19:48
The producers should try crowdfunding to raise some cash. 'Quid for the Squid'.
My favourite novel of his was always 'The Kraken Wakes.' People have been trying to get a film of it together for years.
They're all good: 'Chocky'; 'The Midwitch Cuckoos'; 'The Trouble with Lichen', etc.
They are all good, I agree.
walpurgis
10-08-2018, 20:16
If you were at the centre of a circular room with walls being a single mirror all the way round, what would you see reflected?
Lawrence001
10-08-2018, 20:29
If you were at the centre of a circular room with walls being a single mirror all the way round, what would you see reflected?Dunno but it sounds like a Bruce Lee film.
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If you were at the centre of a circular room with walls being a single mirror all the way round, what would you see reflected?
A rather puzzled-looking me, thinking "what am I doing here, and where is the door?".
walpurgis
10-08-2018, 22:00
A rather puzzled-looking me, thinking "what am I doing here, and where is the door?".
That's not what you'd see, at least not in any recognisable form.
That's not what you'd see, at least not in any recognisable form.
So what is the answer?
So what is the answer?
42?
walpurgis
10-08-2018, 22:17
So what is the answer?
Hard to say.
From the viewpoint, the perceived image would of course be a 360 degree one (front, sides, back and so forth) and would would be reflected around infinitely. I tried to find some info, but failed. It's obviously a mathematical problem really. Not that I'm a good enough one to deal with this.
An experiment with a cylindrical mirror-foil ring and a camera could be interesting.
If you started against a wall facing mirror You would start off fairly normal then as you moved toward centre you would see yourself get smaller then get bigger until all you can see is your face then as you move toward wall behind your image would flip upside down and then recede. I think. Lol
Do you live anywhere near a field of rye Geoff lol?
Another interesting mirrored effect is your reflected image is always same size irrelevant of how close you are to mirror. About 50% of actual. It may look bigger or smaller but isn't.
still trying to find this video i saw on this subject. was interesting. another thing it said that i remember was that our view of ourself is, obviously not the view others see due to mirror reversal, but if you used a flexable mirror and curve it to right angle you will see 2 images of yourself. the one you normally see and the view others see.
a ha, it was on my other pc..lol
https://youtu.be/zRP82omMX0g
walpurgis
11-08-2018, 09:15
Yeah, found that one yesterday Grant. It still doesn't give the whole answer.
https://youtu.be/t0aSQM_3mdc
walpurgis
11-08-2018, 10:53
If you find an abandoned landed UFO on your property. Who owns it? :)
If you find an abandoned landed UFO on your property. Who owns it? :)
whoever has the biggest raygun:eyebrows:
Where does all the tyre rubber go [emoji848]
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good question... lots of things...:D
Where does all the tyre rubber go [emoji848]
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Marco's johnny factory
Marco's johnny factory
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walpurgis
11-08-2018, 11:57
Where does all the tyre rubber go [emoji848]
Same place as the soles on your shoes.
Same place as the soles on your shoes.
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I would say around dart boards, but where have all the dart boards gone?
Pigmy Pony
11-08-2018, 14:27
I would say around dart boards, but where have all the dart boards gone?
Jocky Wison ate them.
walpurgis
12-08-2018, 15:01
Not been out today. Very unusual for me. I've been de-cluttering the kitchen, sorting mountains of cooking and cleaning gubbins. Chucked a lot out!
spendorman
12-08-2018, 16:37
Not been out today. Very unusual for me. I've been de-cluttering the kitchen, sorting mountains of cooking and cleaning gubbins. Chucked a lot out!
I did similar yesterday, including scrubbing the kitchen floor (70 year old quarry tile), came up quite nice. Spent a lot of today in the back garden with a friend, we cut back next door's tree which is overhanging the boundary and engulfing my garage, filled up three large green wheelybins. Knackered now.
Cut the grass today. The recent rain has greened it up and caused it to grow a little.
My partner 'blitzed' the kitchen: scrubbed the floor; thoroughly cleaned the cooker, kitchen units and work tops.
I spent the day spreading artificial fertiliser . I am now goosed
Shit spreading. lol
I did myself a mischief lol. Bed bound. That was fun
walpurgis
12-08-2018, 21:52
I'm still going through kitchen drawers. The crap my family bung in them is unbelievable.
Ive been chucking stuff out for over 3 years and still not got there. .
walpurgis
12-08-2018, 21:58
I'm as guilty as the others for keeping crap, but at least mine is useful crap! :D
I found used birthday cake candles and broken shoelaces in one drawer I cleared out. Why? Bonkers!! :mental:
Lawrence001
12-08-2018, 22:01
I did similar yesterday, including scrubbing the kitchen floor (70 year old quarry tile), came up quite nice. Spent a lot of today in the back garden with a friend, we cut back next door's tree which is overhanging the boundary and engulfing my garage, filled up three large green wheelybins. Knackered now.I hope you offered to return the cuttings to him, apparently it's theft if you don't! Or criminal damage or something crazy.
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Lawrence001
12-08-2018, 22:03
I'm as guilty as the others for keeping crap, but at least mine is useful crap! :D
I found used birthday cake candles and broken shoelaces in one drawer I cleared out. Why? Bonkers!! :mental:I've got used birthday cake candles in my kitchen drawers, they get blown out straight away so they can last a few goes!
Broken shoelaces I draw the line at however :)
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I hope you offered to return the cuttings to him, apparently it's theft if you don't! Or criminal damage or something crazy.
... only if it's fruit bearing apparently (or some such nonsense)
Other than that it's just considered a common courtesy :scratch:
Personally I think it would be common courtesy if my neighbour cut back his holly tree before it does serious criminal damage to our garden .. :steam:
walpurgis
12-08-2018, 22:22
Anything that grows over my wall from adjacent property gets weedkillered! Been doing it for years, they're all probably too dumb to figure out what I'm doing.
I hope you offered to return the cuttings to him, apparently it's theft if you don't! Or criminal damage or something crazy.
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Indeed - you have a perfect right to cut them back if they overhang the boundary between your property and his, but since the tree is in his garden, the overhanging branches are his property. Though relations would have to have become really bad, if your neighbour complained about you not returning them to him
I'm as guilty as the others for keeping crap, but at least mine is useful crap! :D
I found used birthday cake candles and broken shoelaces in one drawer I cleared out. Why? Bonkers!! :mental:
Put the broken shoelaces in your pocket, so that next time you are out and about and come across a pregnant woman about to give birth, you can use the shoelaces to tie off the umbilical cord. Unlikely that you should confront this situation, but as Boy Scouts would say: "Be prepared".
walpurgis
12-08-2018, 22:41
I suspect I'd find carrying a gun more useful here. ;)
Audio Al
14-08-2018, 10:31
i'm attempting to clean up the kitchen :eek: , mop and flash cleaner located , wish me luck , I'm going in :D
spendorman
14-08-2018, 10:45
I hope you offered to return the cuttings to him, apparently it's theft if you don't! Or criminal damage or something crazy.
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He's a nasty b*****d, hardly anyone in the road will talk to him. My friend let a small amount of the debris fall on his side. If I returned the bulk of cuttings he would be annoyed.
I now have the thicker cuttings, over 1" diameter which I'm not allowed to put in the green wheelie-bin. Thinking of buying the Titan electric chainsaw from Screwfix (just under £50) to deal with the thick stuff. I also have a tree to come down in my garden at a later date. I already have a Titan electric hedge trimmer, great tool at a very reasonable price.
spendorman
14-08-2018, 11:08
Link for chainsaw
https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb355chn-2000w-230v-corded-40-5cm-electric-chainsaw/92771
spendorman
14-08-2018, 14:05
Anything that grows over my wall from adjacent property gets weedkillered! Been doing it for years, they're all probably too dumb to figure out what I'm doing.
I sometimes do the same. Ivy growing from next door certainly gets the treatment.
spendorman
14-08-2018, 16:19
i'm attempting to clean up the kitchen :eek: , mop and flash cleaner located , wish me luck , I'm going in :D
Can't be as bad as mine was, I'd forgotten the colour of the floor!
walpurgis
14-08-2018, 16:25
i'm attempting to clean up the kitchen :eek: , mop and flash cleaner located , wish me luck , I'm going in :D
You could eat your dinner off my kitchen floor, but only 'cos I've got no plates. :D
mines needing done but will have to await me feeling up to it, or daughter doing it
I'd have gladly mopped your floor for you mate, when I was up, as I'm used to doing ours all the time. It gets done religiously every day, along with all the units, cooker, fridge and work surfaces, as I can't abide a dirty kitchen.
If you keep on top of it, it's not so big a chore (although I know you're not fit enough for that). Takes me about an hour every morning:)
Marco.
Can't be as bad as mine was, I'd forgotten the colour of the floor!
I take it you're single?;)
Marco.
spendorman
15-08-2018, 12:46
An update on the Titan electric chainsaw mentioned in post 1581 etc. Went to Screwfix last night and bought one. Put it together this morning, wow, it makes cutting bigger stuff in the garden so easy. Obviously at just under £50 it's built to a budget, but seems pretty sound in design and construction.
So far I can thoroughly recommend it.
Safety, of course, wear appropriate personal protection and read the instructions!
It doesn't come with oil, have to buy that separately, Screwfix charge £4.99 for a Litre.
One other point, as it's a 2000 Watt motor, cable is quite thick and not all that long, an extension lead is necessary, make sure it's rated for that sort of power, and if it's on a reel, unwind the reel fully.
managed a hoover of kitchen and livingroom.. gonna pay for that but it was getting me down, with bits of fluff on carpet...my ocd was playing up :lol: its a dark blue carpet in livingroom and shows up everything. kitchen can be washed now, when i grab someone :eyebrows:
Audio Al
15-08-2018, 13:32
An update on the Titan electric chainsaw mentioned in post 1581 etc. Went to Screwfix last night and bought one. Put it together this morning, wow, it makes cutting bigger stuff in the garden so easy. Obviously at just under £50 it's built to a budget, but seems pretty sound in design and construction.
So far I can thoroughly recommend it.
Safety, of course, wear appropriate personal protection and read the instructions!
It doesn't come with oil, have to buy that separately, Screwfix charge £4.99 for a Litre.
One other point, as it's a 2000 Watt motor, cable is quite thick and not all that long, an extension lead is necessary, make sure it's rated for that sort of power, and if it's on a reel, unwind the reel fully.
NO NO NO , thats not a chain saw , This IS :D
And it cuts bigger bits :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brfKKehFtmw&t=4s&frags=pl%2Cwn
spendorman
15-08-2018, 13:37
NO NO NO , thats not a chain saw , This IS :D
And it cuts bigger bits :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brfKKehFtmw&t=4s&frags=pl%2Cwn
Lol! Screwfix don't sell that one, anyway, I'm older and weaker that those two men that are required to lift the saw!
spendorman
15-08-2018, 13:44
NO NO NO , thats not a chain saw , This IS :D
And it cuts bigger bits :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brfKKehFtmw&t=4s&frags=pl%2Cwn
Reminds me of The Young Ones, where they fitted the Ford Anglia engine to the Hoover.
About 1min 39 in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMb4NogC4us
Looking at the "engine" it's a mock up, and has two BMC A series rocker covers on it.
You'd have thought they would have used a real engine.
Pigmy Pony
15-08-2018, 17:16
An update on the Titan electric chainsaw mentioned in post 1581 etc. Went to Screwfix last night and bought one. Put it together this morning, wow, it makes cutting bigger stuff in the garden so easy. Obviously at just under £50 it's built to a budget, but seems pretty sound in design and construction.
So far I can thoroughly recommend it.
Safety, of course, wear appropriate personal protection and read the instructions!
It doesn't come with oil, have to buy that separately, Screwfix charge £4.99 for a Litre.
One other point, as it's a 2000 Watt motor, cable is quite thick and not all that long, an extension lead is necessary, make sure it's rated for that sort of power, and if it's on a reel, unwind the reel fully.
Aye, cable reels get pretty warm with that much current.
I have a 9" angle grinder and an SDS drill, both Titan. Built like tanks and still going strong after 2 or 3 years.
spendorman
15-08-2018, 17:21
Aye, cable reels get pretty warm with that much current.
I have a 9" angle grinder and an SDS drill, both Titan. Built like tanks and still going strong after 2 or 3 years.
Good to know, seems that Titan is a good budget brand.
Pigmy Pony
15-08-2018, 17:40
And never had a problem with Screwfix aftersales.
About 3 years ago my brother bought a Titan SDS drill, burnt out the motor same day, returned it and it was exchanged no question. The replacement only lasted a day, and that was duly replaced. What he failed to mention was that he was core-drilling for 5" soil pipes through 12" of solid sandstone wall, which was way beyond its intended use.
That kind of barefaced cheek is outside my comfort zone and offends my sense of fair play, but nice to know Screwfix will look after their customers. :)
This is your road rage brother? He really doesn't give one does he? I like him even more now.
Pigmy Pony
15-08-2018, 19:24
This is your road rage brother? He really doesn't give one does he? I like him even more now.
Yes the same one. Although he doesn't have the road rage, he just incites it in others. In the two most recent cases, he was invited to leave at the next services, so this bloke could sort him out. Not expecting my brother to comply. No scrap, but the other guy was badly humiliated in front of his girlfriend. the other incident ended with the other feller getting a face full of dog turd. :( Family, eh?
He should have his own TV show.
I've got a brother who works in banking and one in the Civil Service. Not very exciting but at least no-one in the family is an accountant.
walpurgis
15-08-2018, 19:40
Yes the same one. Although he doesn't have the road rage, he just incites it in others. In the two most recent cases, he was invited to leave at the next services, so this bloke could sort him out. Not expecting my brother to comply. No scrap, but the other guy was badly humiliated in front of his girlfriend. the other incident ended with the other feller getting a face full of dog turd. :( Family, eh?
Blimey. He sounds just like I used to be. :D
Pigmy Pony
15-08-2018, 20:17
Blimey. He sounds just like I used to be. :D
The key part of that sentence is 'used to be'. He'll be 59 on Sunday.
He's very thoughtful with family though - even when my youngest brother, who was keeping Tony's share of our inheritance in his bank, spent most of it (about £22,000), he didn't get punched. And Tony knows he will never get that money back.
I'm just glad I spent my share sharpish (half of it on me stereo).
Pigmy Pony
15-08-2018, 20:30
He should have his own TV show.
I've got a brother who works in banking and one in the Civil Service. Not very exciting but at least no-one in the family is an accountant.
If you don't think you have a black sheep in your family, it's probably you. :D
Oh it is me there's no doubt about that.
walpurgis
15-08-2018, 20:41
If you don't think you have a black sheep in your family, it's probably you. :D
Hmm. It's a toss up between me and my brother. Both of us have what might euphemistically be described as chequered pasts, as we were a bit naughty when we were younger.
Pigmy Pony
15-08-2018, 21:12
Nothing like a bit of chequered past to build character. The most interesting people will probably have one. Probably the naughtiest thing I ever did was running through fields of wheat with Theresa May. :D
Did you end up rimming her? If so, you get 500 extra 'bad boy' brownie points, and a 'Brucie Bonus' of £50, for having performed fellatio.
Marco.
Spent the whole of this afternoon at Tate Modern, London. Hadn't been there for a couple of years, so it was good to visit the place again.
I used to be a regular 'culture vulture', visiting London twice a week to attend concerts, exhibitions and visit art galleries and museums - but for various reasons it dropped off considerably in the '00s.
Pigmy Pony
15-08-2018, 21:38
I'm not admitting to anything! Anne Widdecombe would have my balls in a vice if she found out I'd been unfaithful. Now that did take some rimming. Luckily there's a bus route round it.
Pigmy Pony
15-08-2018, 21:49
Spent the whole of this afternoon at Tate Modern, London. Hadn't been there for a couple of years, so it was good to visit the place again.
I used to be a regular 'culture vulture', visiting London twice a week to attend concerts, exhibitions and visit art galleries and museums - but for various reasons it dropped off considerably in the '00s.
Sorry about that Barry.
I've not visited London for over 36 years and I keep promising myself a visit, but it's just so expensive. I did visit a museum there when I was fourteen, can't remember which but I remember a mummy, Rameses something I think.
Sorry about that Barry.
I've not visited London for over 36 years and I keep promising myself a visit, but it's just so expensive. I did visit a museum there when I was fourteen, can't remember which but I remember a mummy, Rameses something I think.
I'm still a regular visitor to London (it's only 35 minutes by train), but my visits to museums and galleries are not as frequent there as they used to be. As I said it has been two years since I last visited the Tate Modern gallery.
Apropos your museum visit, was it to see the Tutankhamun exhibition at the British Museum in 1972?
Ramses 2nd statue is in British museum in London I think. Or was
Pigmy Pony
16-08-2018, 06:21
I'm still a regular visitor to London (it's only 35 minutes by train), but my visits to museums and galleries are not as frequent there as they used to be. As I said it has been two years since I last visited the Tate Modern gallery.
Apropos your museum visit, was it to see the Tutankhamun exhibition at the British Museum in 1972?
Well, it was during school summer holidays, 1973, so could be. We were only in London for 2 nights, so my mum was trying to cram as much stuff in as possible.
When you can get a week's holiday somewhere sunny for less than a weekend there, it's pretty hard to justify. But that, as well as a visit to Barcelona to re-visit the Sagrada Familia (proposed completion in about 7 years) are on my bucket list. I know, my ambitions aren't very lofty, but I'm being realistic. :)
I'm not admitting to anything! Anne Widdecombe would have my balls in a vice if she found out I'd been unfaithful. Now that did take some rimming. Luckily there's a bus route round it.
Ha - respect for finding a wet patch under that lot!
Marco.
I'm still a regular visitor to London (it's only 35 minutes by train), but my visits to museums and galleries are not as frequent there as they used to be. As I said it has been two years since I last visited the Tate Modern gallery.
How busy are these galleries and museums, generally, Barry?
Del and I rather enjoy that sort of thing, but not if you have to stand waiting in long queues to pay (and then get in), which has been my experience in the past in big cities. mostly abroad though, not London.
I'm a 'walk right up and pay, then go straight in' kinda guy, with these things, or as near to that as possible. If I can't do that, and have to wait in queues, for any significant amount of time, then forget it!:nono:
Also, if it's too crowded inside, and you're bumping into folk all the time, whilst trying to see the exhibits, that's not for me either.
Marco [doesn't 'do' crowds or queues].
Have visited the V&A, Imperial War & Natural History Museums within the last couple of years; V&A & Imperial War we walked straight in, slight wait (about ten minutes?) for the Natural History. Ok moving about inside, we got to the V&A first thing so had it to ourself.
Imperial War
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Cheers, Roy. Ten minutes would be at the upper limit of my patience, so could just about handle that, if that was roughly the norm. How crowded are these places, generally, when you get inside?
Marco.
V&A was empty, imperial war comfortable, natural history was busier but you could still move about easily, busiest bit was to see the animatronic T. rex but you could swerve that anyway.
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Cool. I suppose it'd depend on the time of year you went, too:)
I just have (bad) memories of standing in long queues abroad, in the heat, waiting to get into the likes of Versailles, or the Colosseum in Rome, often giving up and telling Del I'll wait for her in the pub!!:D
And you hear all sorts of horror stories of folk waiting for HOURS to get into Disneyland... Feck that pish. That's a penance, not a holiday!!:doh:
Marco.
Yes, I recall a day out during school holidays to Thorpe Park & only getting on 5 rides, never again.
Yeah, all that kind of shite. Why on earth do folks do it? If you're on holiday or have a day off, surely the idea is to relax and de-stress, not the opposite!!
It's the same on Bank Holiday Mondays: all the sheep head for *exactly* the same seaside locations, getting stuck in huge traffic jams, to and from their destinations, and when they eventually arrive at their destination, they can't get parked!!!:D
Bloody madness:mental:
Marco.
Went to Tate Modern ( Bankside one ) during school holiday s few years back and not too crowded at all, quite an enjoyable day out in fact.
My brain unable to understand everything there of course but if your into that sort of thing well worth going to I would have thought.
Best bit for me was the panoramic views across London showing famous landmarks and river Thames from the restaurant area.
You would need a good few days though Marco to see much of London, and a week would be more like it I would say. Happy ( 2 days ago birthday ) btw.
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Marco.
Pigmy Pony
16-08-2018, 20:39
Ha - respect for finding a wet patch under that lot!
Marco.
Didn't bother looking for one. Provided my own lube and hoped for the best. Tbh, I came and went pretty much unnoticed.
Pigmy Pony
16-08-2018, 20:49
Cool. I suppose it'd depend on the time of year you went, too:)
I just have (bad) memories of standing in long queues abroad, in the heat, waiting to get into the likes of Versailles, or the Colosseum in Rome, often giving up and telling Del I'll wait for her in the pub!!:D
And you hear all sorts of horror stories of folk waiting for HOURS to get into Disneyland... Feck that pish. That's a penance, not a holiday!!:doh:
Marco.
I went to Alton Towers a few years ago, and in the queues for the rides there were signs which helpfully told you how long you were going to wait at a given point (20mins. from here, 50 mins. from here and so on). I managed to fit in about six rides, with about 90% of my time spent queuing. It was quite expensive to get in, and having seen what it's like there I wouldn't go back even if it was free. :(
How busy are these galleries and museums, generally, Barry?
Del and I rather enjoy that sort of thing, but not if you have to stand waiting in long queues to pay (and then get in), which has been my experience in the past in big cities. mostly abroad though, not London.
I'm a 'walk right up and pay, then go straight in' kinda guy, with these things, or as near to that as possible. If I can't do that, and have to wait in queues, for any significant amount of time, then forget it!:nono:
Also, if it's too crowded inside, and you're bumping into folk all the time, whilst trying to see the exhibits, that's not for me either.
Marco [doesn't 'do' crowds or queues].
It's worse during the holiday periods and over bank holidays. Weekend are also busy, for obvious reasons.
For 'landmark' exhibitions galleries will sell out weeks in advance, but since the duration of the exhibition is several months, you can usually find a time to visit at some point midway between the opening and closing dates; at the start and coming up to the closing dates, exhibitions are almost certain to be fully booked.
The exhibition at the Tate Modern we went to see was "Picasso 1932", which has proved to be especially popular. I booked on-line, but had to delay my visit by a week to find an 'available' day.
With popular exhibitions, in order to shepherd the number of visitors the tickets are timed, so the exhibition rooms don't become overcrowded. Understandable - but I don't like it. Like you I want to walk up, buy my ticket and walk in. On this occasion, because the on-line booking system didn't work (as I often find happens), I phoned up and spoke to someone who assured me that because I was booking a week in advance, I could choose the entry time I liked. You are not limited to this time; you can arrive later as we did, and there is no limit on how long you can stay, though the organisers usually assume about an hour is all one will take.
But I have had to queue for several hours to get into a popular exhibition (or in the example I'm about to cite, an exposition). In 1989 I remember queuing for about two to three hours to get in to see the Gaugin exhibition at the Grande Palais in Paris. I was with a friend, had a good book with me to read, it was a fine sunny day and there was an ice cream van parked nearby selling glaces and cold drinks. And yes, it was well worth the wait.
Interesting stuff, Barry. However, even with a good book and a supply of ice-cream, I doubt I would've had the patience to have waited for several hours. It's just not my idea of fun, as I'd get bored and fed up pretty quickly, just hanging around.
How did you manage to retain your place in the queue (whilst I presume seated) reading a book and eating ice-cream?:)
Marco.
Like you I want to walk up, buy my ticket and walk in.
You probably know this already but if you become a member at Tate you can just rock up and walk in whenever you like.
For £120 a year you get a "member plus guest" - it's not cheap, but the Picasso is £22 a ticket, so if you go to see three exhibitions a year it's worth it. Plus you get access to nice members rooms and it's not at all policed so you can lend the cards to friends very easily.
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If I lived in or around London, and was a regular exhibition goer, that's what I'd be doing! Much more convenient, relaxing, and keeps one away from the riff-raff!;)
Marco.
spendorman
17-08-2018, 09:30
I remember going to the Science Museum, would have been about 1964.
Zoidburg
17-08-2018, 09:59
We went to see the Terracotta Army exhibition in Liverpool a few weeks ago. Even though it was "school holidays" it was actually a very nice experience. On your ticket you have an entry time which means no queuing to get in and no over crowding when in there.
If you were at the centre of a circular room with walls being a single mirror all the way round, what would you see reflected?
Anyone remember the original release of No Earthly Connection by Rick Wakemen that came with a bit of mirrored foil that you made into a tube to use to view the distorted image on the album cover? You could look down the inside too and look at the reflected image of a picture of the earth IIRC, which would be similar to the above, but I can't remember what it looked like.
Interesting stuff, Barry. However, even with a good book and a supply of ice-cream, I doubt I would've had the patience to have waited for several hours. It's just not my idea of fun, as I'd get bored and fed up pretty quickly, just hanging around.
How did you manage to retain your place in the queue (whilst I presume seated) reading a book and eating ice-cream?:)
Marco.. Managed to queue for 4 hours in a field at Wimbledon this year ( mad I know ) but at least you get to lay down on the grass for long periods
so not too bad ( Gulp ) .But once inside the tennis is amazing to watch live much better than viewing on tv and stewards, shop staff were so helpful and friendly with
not a jobsworth insight !
Interesting stuff, Barry. However, even with a good book and a supply of ice-cream, I doubt I would've had the patience to have waited for several hours. It's just not my idea of fun, as I'd get bored and fed up pretty quickly, just hanging around.
How did you manage to retain your place in the queue (whilst I presume seated) reading a book and eating ice-cream?:)
Marco.
That's the point of going with a friend: one of you goes to buy the ice creams, the other keeps the place in the queue. The book was Daphne Du Maurier's 'Jamaica Inn' which I found quite engrossing, so the time passed quickly.
You probably know this already but if you become a member at Tate you can just rock up and walk in whenever you like.
For £120 a year you get a "member plus guest" - it's not cheap, but the Picasso is £22 a ticket, so if you go to see three exhibitions a year it's worth it. Plus you get access to nice members rooms and it's not at all policed so you can lend the cards to friends very easily.
Yes, they all do membership: the Tate; RA; Southbank etc. Will probably join next year. I hadn't realised it was "member plus guest", so that makes it even more attractive.
Agree with your comment on the presumption of honesty - we were given OAP concession when we booked and no questions were asked. :)
That's the point of going with a friend: one of you goes to buy the ice creams, the other keeps the place in the queue.
Lol - pity the poor bugger who was made to stand there all that time in the heat, while you sat back reading your book, licking an ice-cream!;)
Marco.
Lol - pity the poor bugger who was made to stand there all that time in the heat, while you sat back reading your book, licking an ice-cream!;)
Marco.
:doh: You don't understand: one of you goes to buy the ice creams/drinks for both of you, then returns to the queue, where your place has been kept by the other person. Then later the rôles are reversed.
Lol - I do understand... Whatever way you cut it, it still involves a lot of standing around, overall, for BOTH of you, if you're talking nearly three hours before you get in!
Feck that for a game of soldiers...:nono:
Marco.
walpurgis
17-08-2018, 19:00
I'm with you Marco. I simply won't do anything that involves waiting in queues for ages.
Yeah, Geoff, each to their own, I suppose... For me, life's too short. The only way I'd entertain that would be if there was a pub nearby, so I could sit in comfort and have a few cold beers, while I was waiting!!:D
Unfortunately, I'm not known for my patience, and queues/crowds just get me down.
Marco.
I'm with you Marco. I simply won't do anything that involves waiting in queues for ages.
In 1989 there was no way of easily pre-booking tickets for a foreign exhibition. It was long before the internet.
Repotted my Dracena today
It’s gone from this
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To this in 8 years
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Pigmy Pony
19-08-2018, 08:23
Little known fact - There was a tribe of Native North Americans who used the trunks of Dracenas to make arrow shafts for hunting and protection. This tribe became extinct a long time ago, and looking at the trunk of Roy's example, I'm not surprised.
walpurgis
19-08-2018, 09:20
What is a Dracena? It looks like a type of palm.
Little known fact - There was a tribe of Native North Americans who used the trunks of Dracenas to make arrow shafts for hunting and protection. This tribe became extinct a long time ago, and looking at the trunk of Roy's example, I'm not surprised.
Ok for firing round corners though.
What is a Dracena? It looks like a type of palm.
Think it's classified as a succulent Geoff but, yes, the way it grows and sheds leaves is very palm like.
The wife said “ you need new trainers , look at the heels “
Sod that I said ........
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Trainers are terrible for your feet... better with a stout pair of brogues [emoji23]
Trainers are terrible for your feet... better with a stout pair of brogues [emoji23]
Mate I have a gorgeous pair of loake brogue boots , I’m using the trainers for short walks while my leg heals.
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better with a stout pair of brogues [emoji23]
These days I favour the 'Chelsea boot'
These days I favour the 'Chelsea boot'
I love the Chelsea boots but I have a high instep so I can’t get them on ! Plus I’m a size 13 [emoji20]
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They’re all the more convenient for being slip ons.
There is one pair of brogues on the rack
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Just finished off my very last bottle of the 2007 Château Capbern Gasqueton, Saint-Éstèphe. :wah:
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Time to break open the crate of 2008 stuff then.
Pigmy Pony
20-08-2018, 15:37
I may crack open a bottle of Tizer to go with me chippy tea. :)
Make sure you open it an hour in advance, to allow the chemicals to 'breathe'. Tastes proper shit, then.
Marco.
Jac Hawk
20-08-2018, 15:51
I may crack open a bottle of Tizer to go with me chippy tea. :)
Which one do you go to Steve, the one on Parker St? for my money it's the best in town
Jac Hawk
20-08-2018, 15:54
Make sure you open it an hour in advance, to allow the chemicals to 'breathe'. Tastes proper shit, then.
Marco.
And this coming from the man that hails from the land that gave us IRN BRU, do you realise that stuff is illegal in the USA
Does anyone remember Cresta, it's catchline was " it's frothy man ". There was a drink that really was awful, chemical fruit flavours with extra sugar to make foam. Even as a sugar junkie kid I thought it was revolting.
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Jac Hawk
20-08-2018, 16:01
Does anyone remember Cresta, it's catchline was " it's frothy man ". There was a drink that really was awful, chemical fruit flavours with extra sugar to make foam. Even as a sugar junkie kid I thought it was revolting.
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Yup that and creme soda, when i was a kid in the north east we used to have the pop man come round once a week, everyone of my age from the Durham / Middlesbrough area will get all misty eyed at the thought of Lowcocks lemonade
Yup that and creme soda, when i was a kid in the north east we used to have the pop man come round once a week, everyone of my age from the Durham / Middlesbrough area will get all misty eyed at the thought of Lowcocks lemonade
Us soft southerners used to have a chap in a Morris Minor van come round, his main business was selling paraffin but he also sold bottle of Corona, all those lovely fizzy drinks and money back on the bottles. Misty eyes indeed.
They’re all the more convenient for being slip ons.
There is one pair of brogues on the rack
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Is the nearest pair a Chelsea boot? Always thought it referred to a ...
Yup that and creme soda, when i was a kid in the north east we used to have the pop man come round once a week, everyone of my age from the Durham / Middlesbrough area will get all misty eyed at the thought of Lowcocks lemonade
Never could stick. Cream soda. Or vimto, dandelion and burdock etc. Lemonade and cola mostly but when young liked barrs limeade
And this coming from the man that hails from the land that gave us IRN BRU, do you realise that stuff is illegal in the USA
Ah, but nothing compliments a deep-fried Mars bar quite like it! Plus, it's awesome as a hangover cure, and 'stool hardener', if you're ever a bit 'loose':eyebrows:
Marco.
If it's cold enough it is good in the glass bottles but it is like cola and rots your innards. Lol
Only drink water now
Jac Hawk
20-08-2018, 16:18
Never could stick. Cream soda. Or vimto, dandelion and burdock etc. Lemonade and cola mostly but when young liked barrs limeade
Can imagine it was like gargling with battery acid Grant, i remember one day after the pop man had been, he left my mum with amongst other things a pop bottle the same as all the others but the label said Non Brewed Condiment on it, i was about 5 or 6 and didn't know what that was so i took a big swig, i can tell you what it wasn't, as i recall my whole family thought it was hilarious and i learned that Non Brewed Condiment was just a long ass way of saying vinegar.
Pigmy Pony
20-08-2018, 17:12
Which one do you go to Steve, the one on Parker St? for my money it's the best in town
Yes, you'll be talking about Browns (but we still call it Mustapha's) That's where we go for regular chippy stuff. But tonight we went to Lisa's Chinese off top of Harpers Lane. No Lisa in sight though. All his family have buggered off to China for the foreseeable future, and he's keeping it going on his own. Respect!
Does anyone remember Cresta, it's catchline was " it's frothy man ". There was a drink that really was awful, chemical fruit flavours with extra sugar to make foam. Even as a sugar junkie kid I thought it was revolting.
Creamola Foam is what you needed ... put two spoons in your glass instead of one :lol:
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Jac Hawk
20-08-2018, 17:24
Yes, you'll be talking about Browns (but we still call it Mustapha's) That's where we go for regular chippy stuff. But tonight we went to Lisa's Chinese off top of Harpers Lane. No Lisa in sight though. All his family have buggered off to China for the foreseeable future, and he's keeping it going on his own. Respect!
Not sure which Chinese i go to, just order off Just Eat at the moment, but i used to go to Wonderland Chinese in Leyland when i lived over there, next time you down Parker Street, feel free to pop in Steve, it'd be good to meet up with some forum members around the Chorley area.
Jac Hawk
20-08-2018, 17:26
Creamola Foam is what you needed ... put two spoons in your glass instead of one :lol:
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I like how it says FULLY SWEETENED on the tin ha!! different times
Is the nearest pair a Chelsea boot? Always thought it referred to a ...
? As far as I know Grant. Got a nice pair of cowboy boots somewhere, never had the guts to wear 'em.
Pigmy Pony
20-08-2018, 17:33
Creamola Foam is what you needed ... put two spoons in your glass instead of one :lol:
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That looks like fun Mike, I want some!
We used to buy these effervescent orange tablets that were meant to be put in a glass of water to make a fizzy vitamin C-rich orange drink. But we ate them like they were Trebor Refreshers. Keeping all the foam under control was a real challenge. But that was along time ago, we're all grown up now. ;)
I like how it says FULLY SWEETENED on the tin ha!! different times
used to get that when kids. orange and lemon were the usuals then. you get a nice head
Pigmy Pony
20-08-2018, 18:46
Not sure which Chinese i go to, just order off Just Eat at the moment, but i used to go to Wonderland Chinese in Leyland when i lived over there, next time you down Parker Street, feel free to pop in Steve, it'd be good to meet up with some forum members around the Chorley area.
Hi Mike, I've sent you a PM.
It's 4.38 in the morning and I still can't get to sleep, 2nd night running!
spendorman
21-08-2018, 07:49
I had problem too, listening to LBC all night
feel zombie-fied :lol: gotta drive to hospital soon too. that'll be fun. lol
Well, my insomniac friends, I went to bed last night at 10pm, and have only just now woken up!:eyebrows: Bloody clammy though, so it was - and looks like set for a scorcher here today, currently 20°C, and rising...
Hope you get on ok at the docs, Granty.
Marco needs his sleep].
Pigmy Pony
21-08-2018, 17:16
9 and a half hours, blimey I don't ever remember sleeping that long! Get to sleep about midnight, wake up about 6.30 and my head is straight away like a motorway in rush hour traffic - no chance of going back to sleep.
No wonder your plops are legendary - baking them for that long!
Well, my insomniac friends, I went to bed last night at 10pm, and have only just now woken up!:eyebrows: Bloody clammy though, so it was - and looks like set for a scorcher here today, currently 20°C, and rising...
Hope you get on ok at the docs, Granty.
Marco needs his sleep].
All was well. Was my breathing that kept me up. I get it like that sometimes and pressure in chest stops me getting in air. It's easier sitting up.
Good stuff, mate. Hopefully tonight, after a few glasses of wine, you'll sleep better!;)
Marco.
spendorman
21-08-2018, 18:45
All was well. Was my breathing that kept me up. I get it like that sometimes and pressure in chest stops me getting in air. It's easier sitting up.
Do you have puffers? nebuliser?
Yup Ive several. Seems wind gets trapped and reduces the air intake.
Had a little sleep there. Now a film.
9 and a half hours, blimey I don't ever remember sleeping that long! Get to sleep about midnight, wake up about 6.30 and my head is straight away like a motorway in rush hour traffic - no chance of going back to sleep.
No wonder your plops are legendary - baking them for that long!
Haha - they certainly get 'nicely marinated', whilst stuck up there and generating some primo quality arse-gas:eyebrows:
I've always been a sound (and long) sleeper. In that respect, I've not changed since I was a kid. As soon as my head hits the pillow, that's me out like a light, for the very minimum, 8 hours.
Quite often, the only thing that wakes me, is needing to go for a pish (although in that respect I don't *yet* suffer from 'old man syndrome', and wake up in the early hours of the morning)!:D
If I don't drink a lot of fluids before going to bed, I can sleep right through, no problem. Lots of sleep [along with a lack of stress] is one of the things that help keep you looking young! I'm also partial to the occasional afternoon nap.
Marco.
P.S What's "rush-hour traffic"?;)
Pigmy Pony
21-08-2018, 21:50
Haha - they certainly get 'nicely marinated', whilst stuck up there and generating some primo quality arse-gas:eyebrows:
I've always been a sound (and long) sleeper. In that respect, I've not changed since I was a kid. As soon as my head hits the pillow, that's me out like a light, for the very minimum, 8 hours.
Quite often, the only thing that wakes me, is needing to go for a pish (although in that respect I don't *yet* suffer from 'old man syndrome', and wake up in the early hours of the morning)!:D
If I don't drink a lot of fluids before going to bed, I can sleep right through, no problem. Lots of sleep [along with a lack of stress] is one of the things that help keep you young!
Marco.
P.S What's "rush-hour traffic"?;)
You can go off some people you know.
I have no problem getting to sleep - I get through probably 5 or 6 pages of whatever book I'm on before it falls onto the floor (or Mrs P's head!) and that's me till 6.30. I think I just don't need a long sleep.
I may be a bit old fashioned but I would never put up with a telly in the bedroom, and luckily Anita is with me on this.
Lol.... We don't have a telly in ours either, although I'm not anti the notion. It's simply how things have turned out. Besides, there are other things to do in the bedroom apart from watching TV or sleeping, and I don't mean sniffing your farts under the duvet;)
I don't need anything to help me go to sleep, including reading books. I simply go to bed when I'm tired, such as now, and then blissfully fall into the land of nod! :goodnight:
Marco.
P.S Tomorrow I have to get up early to go somewhere, so won't manage to sleep as long as usual!
walpurgis
21-08-2018, 22:25
Ive 2 TVs in my bedroom
I have one in each bedroom. I've never watched any of them.
spendorman
21-08-2018, 22:27
Several TV's here, no licence, and I'm legal, because I don't watch live TV or Iplayer
My problem with sleep is pain. I had an operation 3 years ago and it never healed properly, no fault of the surgeon just one of those things but it has started getting quite painful recently. I do take pain killers but they often don't hit the spot. I'm going back into hospital next month to have things put right so hopefully that will be an end to it.
Several TV's here, no licence, and I'm legal, because I don't watch live TV or Iplayer
Think I will be getting shot of licence too. Never watch live tv
Just up, and looks like another lovely morning!:)
We watch live TV all the time, so couldn't do without our TV license.
Marco.
spendorman
22-08-2018, 07:16
Think I will be getting shot of licence too. Never watch live tv
Do it, I don't miss live TV or Iplayer at all. Plenty of more interesting stuff to me on Youtube and other places.
We have just the one TV, a hulking behemoth Phillips set from about ten years ago given to us free last year by my daughter's ex-boyfriend. Prior to that we'd be TV-less for several years. We'll be biffing that set soon and getting a smaller, more discreet flatscreen. We watch so little it's not worth shelling out for a widescreen.
Audio Al
22-08-2018, 10:53
Just back from the cafe , full english :)
Pigmy Pony
22-08-2018, 17:09
Can't beat a proper cooked breakfast made for you. :) A programme late last night showed that a cooked breakfast (bacon & eggs) kept hunger away for longer than cereals or fruit/yogurt options. I've always believed that anyway.
Pigmy Pony
22-08-2018, 17:15
Just up, and looks like another lovely morning!:)
We watch live TV all the time, so couldn't do without our TV license.
Marco.
Thought you said you had to be up early? That's the middle of the day that is! I bet Del was threatening to chuck your Weetabix in the bin, and you were pretending to be up by banging your fist on the bedroom floor :)
Haha... It was early for me, and earlier than I got up the previous day!:D
Don't do cereals, soz, as I don't like plain milk. I can take it in other things, no problem, but not on its own. For breakfast I usually have some fresh fruit, and/or toast (using crusty Polish bread) with butter/jam, and some fresh orange or peach juice, with a nice frothy cappuccino.
I was taking my car into 'my man', who's half an hour away in Oswestry, to have a new JBL sound system fitted... Well, I say 'new'. It was bought new in 2015 and fitted into my previous car, and removed before I got rid of it, and so far hadn't been fitted into my current car. The whole lot is still minty!:)
Here's the original thread, showing said system in my old car: https://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?35694-Time-to-replace-the-car-stereo-system%85&p=615424#post615424
The difference this time is that the sub will be removed from its enclosure and put into a custom-made housing, located near the spare wheel. Pics to follow (on a separate thread), when the job has been done. Hopefully there will also be some pics of 'work in progress' too, up until that point.
Looking forward to it, as it sounded SUPERB in the old car!! :cool:
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
22-08-2018, 19:23
Looks pretty good - I bet it makes some nice sounds. Only problem is you won't be able to hear the engine and exhaust, so you may as well be driving an electric car :D
Ladder in the corner of the garden is a clever touch - looks like display shelves for plants, but I'm betting it's how you sneak off to the pub when you're meant to be mowing the lawn. :)
Looks pretty good - I bet it makes some nice sounds. Only problem is you won't be able to hear the engine and exhaust, so you may as well be driving an electric car :D
:lolsign:
Depends on how loud I play music!
Ladder in the corner of the garden is a clever touch - looks like display shelves for plants, but I'm betting it's how you sneak off to the pub when you're meant to be mowing the lawn. :)
Ha - well, there's a pub right next door, so that bit is right, but it's shit, so we never use it. The 'ladder', as you say, was used to house plants (and for the cats to climb up on), but that's no longer there.
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
22-08-2018, 20:01
:lolsign:
Depends on how loud I play music!
Ha - well, there's a pub right next door, so that bit is right, but it's shit, so we never use it. The 'ladder', as you say, was used to house plants (and for the cats to climb up on), but that's no longer there.
Marco.
Yeah I noticed that pub in a pic you posted a while ago. It looks like one of those soulless two-for-one places that are EVERYWHERE these days, where you can get two plates of crap for the price of... two plates of crap. Apparently they cook their steaks in something called a 'Merry Chef' which sounds like something you would buy in Argos, and probably is. :( Still, their 'Wacky Warehouses' look like fun, if only I was 55 years younger.
Lol.... The 'food' is beyond awful, everything is 'chicken ding', i.e. as long as it's microwavable, the 'chef' can 'cook' it:doh:
Anyway, here's a YouTube video, showing the JBL speaker and amp system (I might upgrade to monoblocks, as shown), I'll be installing in my car, advertising the company I bought it from. The car shown, however, is an big Audi RS4 V8, in a rather 'interesting' colour scheme...
The big guy commentating (radio DJ) is a total cock, so try and ignore him and concentrate instead on the sound system, when that's being discussed. The head unit used is a Pioneer, which is pretty similar to my Kenwood one (shown below). The main thing to look at, however, is when the boot is opened later in the video, and how neatly the amps and sub have been housed into the boot space, which I'll be replicating in my own car:
https://youtu.be/Dy90al-vtCY
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/910/hQn6J8.jpg
Marco.
Beobloke
22-08-2018, 21:13
...Only problem is you won't be able to hear the engine....
Surely this can only be a good thing when you've got a tractor engine under the bonnet?
:D
Yesh, daddy... Well, I guess you'd know all about 'farm vehicles', with driving that big bulbous 4x4 thing!:ner::D
Marco.
Beobloke
23-08-2018, 11:47
Keep up dear boy - I sold that back in January (and still miss it...:() And it had a petrol V8 anyway....
spendorman
23-08-2018, 12:14
At the opposite end of the scale, my 29 year old Volvosaurus has a similar vintage Blaupunkt radio with 4" twin cone speakers in the doors. Surprisingly, it sounds quite good.
I hope it’s ok for me to do the “proud dad “ thing.
“Tell me anything thread” seems as good a place as any other!!!!!
GCSE results today for my daughter............
5 x times level 9....... 3 x level 8....... 2 x level 7.
This is the first year of this number system.
So, level 7 is an old A, level 8 is an old A star, level 9 is the highest possible and is a little higher than an A star.
So, in old money , 8 x A stars and 2 x A..... FANTASTIC !!!!!!!
Very proud of her, and pleased.
She deserves it as she worked hugely hard and found levels of determination etc that we didn’t know about, in terms of hours put in swotting.
I’m told she takes this kind of stuff from her mother. I’m not so sure.
spendorman
23-08-2018, 12:52
I hope it’s ok for me to do the “proud dad “ thing.
“Tell me anything thread” seems as good a place as any other!!!!!
GCSE results today for my daughter............
5 x times level 9....... 3 x level 8....... 2 x level 7.
This is the first year of this number system.
So, level 7 is an old A, level 8 is an old A star, level 9 is the highest possible and is a little higher than an A star.
So, in old money , 8 x A stars and 2 x A..... FANTASTIC !!!!!!!
Very proud of her, and pleased.
She deserves it as she worked hugely hard and found levels of determination etc that we didn’t know about, in terms of hours put in swotting.
I’m told she takes this kind of stuff from her mother. I’m not so sure.
Very well done, I failed CSE Geography and History!
I hope it’s ok for me to do the “proud dad “ thing.
“Tell me anything thread” seems as good a place as any other!!!!!
GCSE results today for my daughter............
5 x times level 9....... 3 x level 8....... 2 x level 7.
This is the first year of this number system.
So, level 7 is an old A, level 8 is an old A star, level 9 is the highest possible and is a little higher than an A star.
So, in old money , 8 x A stars and 2 x A..... FANTASTIC !!!!!!!
Very proud of her, and pleased.
She deserves it as she worked hugely hard and found levels of determination etc that we didn’t know about, in terms of hours put in swotting.
I’m told she takes this kind of stuff from her mother. I’m not so sure.
Good results. My friends youth only took four, failed them all. Nothing like getting off to a good start in life, is there? This is a child that had to be dragged out of the house and into the car, then dragged out of the car into the school every day. And when I say dragged, I mean dragged. By the legs. You know like the cops have to do in a demo where they are doing 'passive resistance.'?
Pigmy Pony
27-08-2018, 14:38
This is time of year when the big spiders come into the house, and not everyone is happy about that. Fortunately me and Mrs. P are fine with them, but when the ankle biters lived here I was constantly having to get off my arse to deal with them.
To relieve the boredom, I often didn't bother with catching them in a glass, but instead I would chase them. The thing is that they are so damn quick but have bugger all stamina so if you can keep them running, without allowing them to escape under the sofa etc, they will only last for about 20 seconds, after which they're too knackered to move and you can pick them up easily. You then have maybe half a minute before they get their breath back.
This is time of year when the big spiders come into the house, and not everyone is happy about that. Fortunately me and Mrs. P are fine with them, but when the ankle biters lived here I was constantly having to get off my arse to deal with them.
To relieve the boredom, I often didn't bother with catching them in a glass, but instead I would chase them. The thing is that they are so damn quick but have bugger all stamina so if you can keep them running, without allowing them to escape under the sofa etc, they will only last for about 20 seconds, after which they're too knackered to move and you can pick them up easily. You then have maybe half a minute before they get their breath back.
When I was young I seriously terrified of spiders. I decided enough is enough and forced myself to come to terms with them, took a while but now they fascinate me. There are few in here at present but I just let them get on with their business. The average house spider eats around 2000 bugs in it's lifetime which can't be bad. The only issue I have with them now is the cat goes ballistic chasing them around but she's such a pansy that if she catches one she gets scared and runs away.
I came down this morning to find a large spider in the kitchen sink. Picked it up with a quick claw-like motion and put it outside. No doubt it will be back.
Sometimes they appear in the bath. How do they get past the water-filled U bend of sinks and baths?
Pigmy Pony
27-08-2018, 15:19
I see spiders as the 'good guys', and would never wish them harm. Apart from wasps and house flies/bluebottles, it's very much live and let live.
Have you ever had a spider crawl up your Jap's eye?
Marco.
remember jap desserts? well it aint them ;)
Whats a jap s eye ?
:lol: Come on, Brian, think about it!
:D
Marco.
Have you ever had a spider crawl up your Jap's eye?
Marco.
Have you?
Well... Tabatha can be rather naughty in her S&M mode, and there's enough room 'there' to house a Tarantula:eyebrows:
Marco.
Small 'crustacea' came to mind.
I came down this morning to find a large spider in the kitchen sink. Picked it up with a quick claw-like motion and put it outside. No doubt it will be back.
Sometimes they appear in the bath. How do they get past the water-filled U bend of sinks and baths?
House spiders, as their name suggests are specifically adapted to live in buildings and will die outside which is why they come back in. They don't come up through the plug hole, they just fall in the bath. Usually we don't see much of them as they really don't want anything to do with us but during their breeding season they wander a lot.
Same could be said of house mice - but that's no reason why I should give them, or spiders, house room.
Same could be said of house mice - but that's no reason why I should give them, or spiders, house room.
I know what you mean Barry, I sometimes think the same house guests too :D
I know what you mean Barry, I sometimes think the same house guests too :D
Haha - you're choosing the wrong guests.
Pigmy Pony
28-08-2018, 06:17
Whats a jap s eye ?
It's like that giant ferris wheel in London, but this one's in Tokyo.
Pigmy Pony
28-08-2018, 06:36
Same could be said of house mice - but that's no reason why I should give them, or spiders, house room.
I suppose people with a phobia or who are uncomfortable around spiders would need to have them removed, although they aren't meant to live outside, and ejected spiders will either return or die. I've only just learned this (thanks Ian) and will no longer be putting them outside.
I'm told they do a great job of keeping other insect populations down, such as house flies, wasps and mosquitoes which must be a good thing. Mice on the other hand eat our food and replace it with toxic mouse shit.
It's like that giant ferris wheel in London, but this one's in Tokyo.
Yes, but with a smattering of cheese around the rim.
Marco.
I suppose people with a phobia or who are uncomfortable around spiders would need to have them removed, although they aren't meant to live outside, and ejected spiders will either return or die. I've only just learned this (thanks Ian) and will no longer be putting them outside.
I'm told they do a great job of keeping other insect populations down, such as house flies, wasps and mosquitoes which must be a good thing. Mice on the other hand eat our food and replace it with toxic mouse shit.
To keep other insect populations down, such as house flies, wasps and mosquitoes, spiders have to build webs - and it is their webs, and the content detritus which annoy me.
I'm not willing to give house room to any creature that doesn't pay rent, or help with the Council Tax. I do however tolerate the spider that lives in the wing mirror of my car, and those that live in the garden.
spendorman
28-08-2018, 14:05
To keep other insect populations down, such as house flies, wasps and mosquitoes, spiders have to build webs - and it is their webs, and the content detritus which annoy me.
I'm not willing to give house room to any creature that doesn't pay rent, or help with the Council Tax. I do however tolerate the spider that lives in the wing mirror of my car, and those that live in the garden.
Yes, I seem to get that car accessory quite frequently.
I dont mind spiders until they get too big, then they have to move out one way or t'other
Before I lived in the house I’m in, I lived in a trailer in the woods for a few years. And there was a pile of old stumps and leaves and other wooden trash not too far away, is where I think they came from. But there were giant spiders! Big as my hand! With long hair, like a tarantula, but their abdomen was shaped much different. I later learned they were wolf spiders. And I ran across at least three of these inside my trailer on different occasions, once standing on top of the covers I was under! I whaled him unmercifully with a fly swatter and he rolled up and fell behind the bed. But when I looked for him he was gone! A tough bugger to say the least. I wish I could have caught one, if for no other reason but to prove that I wasn’t exaggerating on their size! I wish them no harm but I’m sorry, I can not share a space with such nightmare monsters!
Russell
walpurgis
28-08-2018, 15:18
Bugs and creatures don't bother me, apart from leeches. Had them on me a couple of times, don't like them. I like spiders, they are good for the house and I leave them alone. Snakes are OK too, used to find vipers whilst working, just leave them be and they'll ignore you. Even wasps have their place.
Pigmy Pony
28-08-2018, 22:10
We don't have any visible spiders' webs in the house, they are probably under floors, or in the attic or eaves. The spiders I see running round the house in the autumn are almost certainly males looking for a mate, and I wish them well. :)
Before I lived in the house I’m in, I lived in a trailer in the woods for a few years. And there was a pile of old stumps and leaves and other wooden trash not too far away, is where I think they came from. But there were giant spiders! Big as my hand! With long hair, like a tarantula, but their abdomen was shaped much different. I later learned they were wolf spiders. And I ran across at least three of these inside my trailer on different occasions, once standing on top of the covers I was under! I whaled him unmercifully with a fly swatter and he rolled up and fell behind the bed. But when I looked for him he was gone! A tough bugger to say the least. I wish I could have caught one, if for no other reason but to prove that I wasn’t exaggerating on their size! I wish them no harm but I’m sorry, I can not share a space with such nightmare monsters!
Russell
They are big buggers for sure, nasty bite too. They are distant relatives of the Tarantula.
Had a big spider crawl up my bed when I was a kid. Was on the Norfolk broads on a cruiser. Scared the b'jezus out of me. My brother tried to beat it to death with a shoe but only succeeded it beating me up. Lol
Got attacked by bats that holiday too
Pigmy Pony
28-08-2018, 22:19
Yes, but with a smattering of cheese around the rim.
Marco.
And they all have a smattering of Japanese tourists round them. Especially the 'hentai' ones. :D
Pigmy Pony
28-08-2018, 22:22
They are big buggers for sure, nasty bite too. They are distant relatives of the Tarantula.
We in Britain are lucky that we can afford to be charitable. We only have the 'False Widow', which is far from lethal.
OK, here's the bit that will freak people out, ALL spiders have a venomous bite but most can't pierce our skin with their fangs. All but one actually, there is a vegetarian spider that eats only flower buds. Amazing creatures.
walpurgis
29-08-2018, 06:54
The last couple of posts are incorrect. There are a number of spiders in the UK which can give a venomous bite and most are quite common. I have woodlouse spiders, lace web spiders and false widows in my garden. There is no record of fatalities from spider bites in the UK as far as I'm aware, but some nasty effects can occur.
We have these too.
http://i65.tinypic.com/2mf11js.jpg
Yellow tailed scorpion. Becoming more common.
Several years ago, something bit me on my big toe, and I assumed it was a tiny spider. It could have been something else? But what creature would be hiding in my shoe or however I got the bite? My toe swole up and drained for months, the nail turned black and fell off, it took 8 months for it to pass, I wasn’t sure the toe was going to make it.
Here where I live there aren’t many real natural threats. Black Widows and Brown Recluse, both dangerous, but not deadly. No big bears, wolves, or wild cats for the most part, a few poison snakes, but I can’t recall the last time I heard of anyone loosing a limb or suffering a fatality. But down in Florida they’ve got giant pythons! And alligators that can swallow you whole! A woman was eaten just the other week while walking her dog. In Texas they’ve got scorpions, and fire ants, and killer bees, giant spiders and rattle snakes! And in the upper West they’ve got Grizzly Bears! Wolves, and mountain lions. Even moose can be hazardous, being the giant creatures they are. So I’m glad I live in tame old Virginia, where you can walk outside without fearing for your life!
Russell
The last couple of posts are incorrect. There are a number of spiders in the UK which can give a venomous bite and most are quite common. I have woodlouse spiders, lace web spiders and false widows in my garden. There is no record of fatalities from spider bites in the UK as far as I'm aware, but some nasty effects can occur.
We have these too.
http://i65.tinypic.com/2mf11js.jpg
Yellow tailed scorpion. Becoming more common.
Too cold here for such exotica I think. Certainly not heard of anything,
Imagine those pincers nipping yer bawz! Could make for more masochistic fun than a nipple clamp...:eyebrows:
Marco.
Imagine those pincers nipping yer bawz! Could make for more masochistic fun than a nipple clamp...:eyebrows:
Marco.
we just have swarms of the midge... may be small but they pack a punch when a million of the buggers get you
walpurgis
31-08-2018, 09:53
What is it with older people worrying about their memory?
I forget stuff, everybody does, but I was probably worse when I was young. I've noticed folk over fifty saying things like 'oh my memory is definitely getting worse', which I'm sure probably isn't true, although they may have forgotten how bad it used to be :).
Is it a subconcious worry about developing Altzheimers? I reckon it could be.
What is it with older people worrying about their memory?
I forget stuff, everybody does, but I was probably worse when I was young. I've noticed folk over fifty saying things like 'oh my memory is definitely getting worse', which I'm sure probably isn't true, although they may have forgotten how bad it used to be :).
Is it a subconcious worry about developing Altzheimers? I reckon it could be.
Can't remember the last time i forgot something:eyebrows:
walpurgis
31-08-2018, 10:02
I sometimes remember that I've forgotten something. Usually after the event! :)
spendorman
31-08-2018, 10:04
I need to live in a bungalow, several times I've gone up the stairs to get something and can't remember what it is. Only when I go down, I remember!
walpurgis
31-08-2018, 10:07
Yesterday, I went out to the kitchen to write something on the shopping list pad I keep there and had completely forgotten what it was by the time I got there! :rolleyes:
I was going to post something really relevant to this but I've forgot what it was now.
Pigmy Pony
31-08-2018, 17:01
I certainly don't worry about my failing memory, as I know it's always been bad. I think my mind is constantly taking on new thoughts, as I'm sure everyone's does, but each new thought won't run side by side with the current one, rather it displaces it.
My family and friends just think it's funny - they'll say things like "He knows the year that 'Mouldy Old Dough' was released*, but ask him what he had for breakfast this morning".** I find the inconvenience annoying, but I certainly don't worry about it. Have I already said that?
I don't even think my lifestyle choices in the seventies are to blame either - I'm sure there will have been times when I went upstairs for my Meccano set and came down with my Action Man.
* 1972, around the same time as Preston Guild Week.
** Porridge I think. Or maybe cornflakes.
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