teapot, milk jug, sugar basin, cup and saucer or (especially if living alone) do you bung a tea bag in the mug, add boiling water, let it brew, then add milk straight from the plastic supermarket container, sugar from the packet or maybe an airtight jar? I could not however copy my step daughter's method of putting tea bag, milk and sugar in the mug while waiting for the kettle to boil
Other things that have vanished from my life are butter dish, cut glass jam pot, two tier plate for fancy cakes and many similar one time "essentials "
Is it part of the transition from family living to solitary, or just can't be bothered as age advances, no "appearances to keep up"
What do you miss, or have you also abandoned the "nice" things?
Don't miss any of the stuff you mentioned. We're teabag in mug, plastic milk bottle user, butter from the plastic container type people. Saves on the washing up.
Uncouth l know but probably common these days.
:beers:
Also paper plates and plastic cutlery , no washing up,
ok apart ftrom eating meat .
I remember the butter dish we used with chrismas and perhaps easter when I was young (in the seventies that was...) but in everyday life we used margarine from a plastic container.
But I'm curious what the jam pot was used for? Did you buy the jam in a glass pot and pour it in another pot that could not be sealed properly?
I had to google to see what a jam pot looks like, never seen one here in Holland.
Jan
Mug, milk in first, water over a tea bag and let it brew. Saves the scum on the surface that I find I always get if I add the milk last.
Don't use alchohol though. :o
Also, I offered some magazines and books to my step-son last week - "No thanks, I'm all digital these days." He's in his mid-forties so the future is bleak for the paper printed word as each successive generation are ever more digitised.
But I still use books. A bit. ;)
Quote from: JanW on June 02, 2017, 02:45:09 PM
I had to google to see what a jam pot looks like, never seen one here in Holland.
If you think that's weird, Jan, check out 'slop bowl' - translated in a language course book I used when I started learning Dutch several decades ago as 'kommetje om de thee in te doen dat in de kopjes is achtergebleven' :)
If we have guests we still use a tea pot and milk jug. Have a sugar bowl, but don't know anyone who puts sugar in tea, so it's a moot point! Still use mugs regardless though. If it's just us at home then definitely just teabag in mug and water on top.
Milk before water is heresy, as is adding sugar!
Cake stand... yep, got a couple of those (my wife likes them). Butter dish... there's one in the house, doesn't get used for butter though.
Still use a butter dish!
Still love my printed word. I'm 43 and have always loved and will always love newspapers, books, magazines. Hopefully their will always be enough of us around to warrant the printed word.
Coffee guy here: I like all the little rituals associated with coffee drinking, but I can go fancy or slum...as long as I have coffee in my mouth 3x a day.
No "smart" phone for me. I like to keep what tech I use separate.
I have about 4 cups of tea a year, but about 4 cups of fresh coffee a day. We do have and use a butter dish, but use the recyclable milk jugs. Don't use sugar but have a bag somewhere in case of visitors.
Oh yeah, we do put sugar in coffee, that's what there's a sugar bowl, you'd think I'd have remembered that! :dunce:
I had to fire my butler , he complained about me stirring my tea
with a pencil.....
Tea pot in use multiple times daily, but milk out of the bottle. Tea cups hardly ever used, but breakfast cups get more use. Mostly mugs, though.
I have several butter dishes, but I've recently converted to Lurpak from a tub.
The cake forks still get used occasionally, too.
Quote from: broadsword on June 02, 2017, 03:32:29 PM
I had to fire my butler , he complained about me stirring my tea
with a pencil.....
Quite right too. A spoon handle is much more effective!! :)
We have a teapot, but it collects dust these days, my wife isn't a tea drinker (shes American and doesn't understand the whole tea thing), I usually do the teabag in the coffee mug method, however wifey got these little Kcup for the Kureig thingy that seem to work ok.
And don't use soap to wash the cup, something else she doesn't understand!!
I don't drink tea but sisters/Mum do so they get the bag in the mug with boiling water added then milk. I drink about 12 or more coffees a day (defannicated) which can be either fresh or instant. Sugar is kept in an airtight container and topped up from the bag when necessary (not that sort of bag - I'm single)
I have a full 6 piece BHS Country Vine dinner service in a cupboard which includes butter dish, milk jug, teapot and sugar bowl (one day I'll get round to flogging the lot on Fleabay), and a host of plastic microwave stuff for doing poached eggs, baked potatoes etc which I never use. I have not used the grill in the 7 years I've lived here as I use 'toasting bags' in a toaster. Bread is kept in the fridge having sucked all the air out of the bag before putting it there and butter is the spreadable sort used straight from the tub. Somewhere I have a toasted sandwich maker and a slow cooker. Clutter. I have too much clutter. Maybe I should have let the ex take more than she did :hmmm:
I maybe gave up drinking from a teacup after wife #1 pointed out the raised little finger as I drank - sorry, sipped - my tea. ;)
Despite its resurgence of late I have not played a single vinyl single or album in over 20 years!
Cassette tapes made an exit from Daffy's world 25 years ago.
Video tapes last got played about 12 years ago, and then only to record them onto a hard drive and then to DVD format.
I still have some of the audio cassettes, and ALL the vinyl, though that's only about 200 albums and a few dozen singles or E.P.'s. Some of the most loved stuff has been duplicated by CD's, and there's lots of stuff I might never get around to listening to again.
Heard one of the oldies only last week when step-son demonstrated his Amazon subscription and said "name an album, they'll have it". After three failures he finally succeeded with 'Air Conditioning' by Curved Air sounding out from his Hi-Fi via his phone.
Even so, I really should get shot of the physical albums.
I think it's just a general fall in standards and etiquette. "Another cup of Earl grey with a slice of lemon and a slice of Victoria sponge cake?"
"Don't mind if I do" :-)
George Orwell is always a good read, and his essay entitled "A Nice Cup Of Tea (http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/orwell.htm)" is one of his shorter and most accessible essays.
As a teacher, I find this a good essay to show students how even simple subjects bear closer examination. It's also a good essay for showing how even something with eleven points of interest (!) can be written about precisely, clearly, and without the need for complicated language.
Orwell's ability to write about the English people was unique. I know he has his detractors nowadays, but how can you disagree with somebody who says that "...tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country, as well as in Eire, Australia and New Zealand, but because the best manner of making it is the subject of violent disputes"?
Cheers, NeMo
Quote from: escafeld on June 02, 2017, 04:35:23 PM
Not a tea drinker but have a few teabags for my daughter in law which she supplied. Drink black nescafe coffee without sugar (6 mugs a day). Have a bag of sugar somewhere, but last time I saw it was quite solid. Only use milk on cereal for breakfast, straight from the plastic bottle.
I have a Lurpack butter dish and a Lurpack toast rack (freebie from Lurpack years ago) Neither have been used.
I also have a gravy boat that only gets used at Xmas, the rest of the year gravy is left in the Pyrex jug it mas made in.
I've got a couple of gravy boats - but can never find a big enough bowl of gravy to float them in!!
:no:
I do have a teapot (and strainer!) but never use it. Bag goes in cup. Also a butter dish which I do use for real butter. Not that ghastly plastic 'spread' for me. The gravy boat is rarely used mostly because I never have a roast.
C. :)
If I remember correctly the reason for putting the milk in first was to prevent the bone china cracking when you pour in boiling tea.
:beers:
Staying at a self catering flat in Keswick recently there were no mugs and the cups were tiny, or chipped, and I drink tea at home from big mugs. There was a teapot, sadly a stainless steel one, not the much preferred and superior clay derived variety, so I found myself missing a much loved 'nice' thing I first encountered as a small child at my grandmother's house - a knitted tea cosy!
A set of padded oven gloves didn't quite look the part, but they kept the tea warm. :thumbsup:
Ah, but the tea you poured into your bone china had brewed in the pot without the presence of milk. Tea requires boiling water to brew properly, milk in the mug with the tea bag will cool the boiling water hence the brewing will not have its full effect.
Quote from: austinbob on June 02, 2017, 05:39:38 PM
If I remember correctly the reason for putting the milk in first was to prevent the bone china cracking when you pour in boiling tea.
:beers:
I heard it the other way round Bob. Wealthy folk who could afford bone china [which could withstand the higher temperature without cracking] would put tea in first whereas the lower orders who had only earthenware used the milk to reduce the heat of the tea.
Things we have and still use, but admittedly only occasionally, are:
Pie server
Pastry forks
Fish knives and forks
Game carvers
Napkin rings
Most of these have been in the family for years and have been passed from generation to generation. It just seems a shame not to use such beautiful old things occasionally though I doubt that either of our sons will bother once we are no longer around. They'll probably flog them on e bay or take them to a car boot.
Quote from: daffy on June 02, 2017, 05:45:35 PM
Staying at a self catering flat in Keswick recently there were no mugs and the cups were tiny, or chipped, and I drink tea at home from big mugs. There was a teapot, sadly a stainless steel one, not the much preferred and superior clay derived variety, so I found myself missing a much loved 'nice' thing I first encountered as a small child at my grandmother's house - a knitted tea cosy!
A set of padded oven gloves didn't quite look the part, but they kept the tea warm. :thumbsup:
Were they Joy Division Oven Gloves?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8De85dxmfT0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8De85dxmfT0)
"Oooh oooh Nagasaki towpath" at 1.03, a propos of nothing in particular.
!? I hear you saying.
Our pastry forks get at least a weekly outing! Admittedly they deputise for cake forks, as it's an in joke that all cake forks are right handed (I'm not), whilst pastry forks are 'ambidextrous'. One day I'll find a left handed cake fork dammit.
We have grape scissors too.
I used to have a mustard spoon for making your
mustard from mustard powder, looked like
an N gauge shovel.
To all those who make tea (and it doesn't brew, it steeps) in a mug I say, "heathens!" I always steep my Yorkshire tea bags (other brands are available, but not as nice) in a teapot. It allows the tea to aerate when poured (also why it is considered good form to slurp tea to promote aeration) which improves the flavour. And yes, it must be boiling water. And as to the vessel I drink it from, a mug I'm afraid, or in the case of my first cuppa, a bucket may be a closer description.
Quote from: njee20 on June 02, 2017, 06:15:12 PM
Our pastry forks get at least a weekly outing! Admittedly they deputise for cake forks, as it's an in joke that all cake forks are right handed (I'm not), whilst pastry forks are 'ambidextrous'. One day I'll find a left handed cake fork dammit.
We have grape scissors too.
That's one thing I've always wanted but the prices that the dealers are asking these days amount to an awful lot of modelling kit so I've resisted the temptation
I was always taught to steep the tea first, once it was an adequate strength (something you just knew when it was right), it was poured and milk added afterwards, the reason I was told to add milk after was to prevent it burning and going instantly sour, honestly when I had tea made the reverse way I never noticed a sour milk flavour, so probably an old wives tale.
Btw, glad to see half man half biscuit crop up in here, thought I was the only nut that listened to and bought their stuff
Quote from: escafeld on June 02, 2017, 05:34:45 PM
Quote from: NeMo on June 02, 2017, 05:05:42 PM
George Orwell is always a good read, and his essay entitled "A Nice Cup Of Tea (http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/orwell.htm)" is one of his shorter and most accessible essays.
So Orwell doesn't think you should add sugar because it 'destroys' the flavour, but adds milk :hmmm:. If tea was that good you wouldn't need either of them and without adding milk would stop the disagreement about which to put in first.
A fair point! I guess the issue is that people who add sugar might be tempted to add a lot, in which case what they're tasting is a sweet drink of some sort, not the tea. Whereas milk has a much milder flavour, and presumably Orwell believes that this complements the tea rather than overpowering it.
But since I add neither milk nor sugar, I have no opinion either way! I definitely agree that good tea is excellent on its own, and doesn't really need additional flavourings. Not against a bit of lemon but generally have tea black, but not strong. My one essential is tea leaves, not bags! All sorts of gizmos available now for brewing a bug of tea with leaves rather than bags, and it's much more economical, too.
Cheers, NeMo
Our chemistry teacher told us that tea contains tannins, which cross-link proteins.
Milk contains proteins, so adding milk to tea removes the tannins which react with the milk proteins.
If you drink tea without milk the tannins react with the proteins in your mouth, which explains that dry, furry, sensation you get when you drink tea without milk.
Best regards,
Joe
Quote from: daffy on June 02, 2017, 04:30:14 PM
Even so, I really should get shot of the physical albums.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Do you have a turntable, Mike?
It's wonderful to gently slide the album in its paper sleeve from the gatefold cover and then ever so carefully remove the vinyl from the paper sleeve to slowly place it on the turntable before altering the speed of the turntable and lowering the cartridge (no needles here, don't you know) onto the edge of the album to hear the 'thunk' before the recording starts up.
Somewhere in the loft I have a portable cassette tape player similar to the 'Walkman' but with a graphic equaliser, and a portable CD player I used to take on planes with me before the advent of the iPod.
Somewhere in here I also have a model railway layout as well. :hmmm:
Yes Mick, I have a turntable. It's a Technics one from way back when that's never been used since I bought it new cos the system I was going to connect it to had a.... er.... mishap and died, and its replacement was a Sony CDP750 CD player.
So now the turntable is just sat in the attic, another nice thing I now have no use for as I have no suitable amp to connect it to anyway.
I'm afraid I'm an easy listening kind of guy - easy to put on a CD and easy to listen to through my new Denon player. (One day I may even graduate to newer digital media - I have my entire CD collection on memory sticks as it is but only use them in the car where the reduced quality is not an issue).
Do I miss the thunk of the cartridge, the crackle of dust and scratches, the 15 to 20 minute period of listening before I have to get up to turn it over, the interminable cleaning, the worry of scratching the record? :hmmm:
No. :no:
But I do miss reading the sleeve notes and having the words of the songs to look at (without having to strain my eyes (as with CD insert) or locate them on the www only to find the twerp who placed them there got them wrong. :veryangry:
Tea bag in mug, give it a whirl then add milk, no sugar, still use a butter dish with proper butter, don't posses a microwave, don't 'nuke' anything for fear of getting that ready brek glow!
QuoteYes Mick, I have a turntable. It's a Technics one from way back
I've got a Technics SL-DL1, hooked up to a Technics receiver driving a pair of KEFs, also feeds into the PC for ripping, and the PC feeds playlists to the receiver, 2 way traffic!
Will NEVER give up my records, cassettes, cds. I love having the physical item, to open, look at, return to its place.
And, IF I ever grow tired of them (or expire before the wife does) she can pay for a nice cruise by selling them all off to others like me. Can't sell off a digital collection.
I'm "only" 43, but I find great comfort in holding on to things that are a little older, a little slower.
I want my medicine 21st Century
I want my surgeon 21st Century
Most else? Sometimes older is better.
:NGF: :NGaugersRule:
Quote from: Jimbo on June 02, 2017, 09:18:37 PM
don't posses a microwave, don't 'nuke' anything for fear of getting that ready brek glow!
Microwaves are a completely different range of electromagnetic waves to gamma rays (the "radioactivity waves" in the EM spectrum). Microwaves actually sit at the other end of the spectrum, i.e., at the longer wavelength end of the spectrum, between radio waves and infrared waves. So despite the slang term "nuking" to refer to cooking food with microwaves, visible light is actually closer to gamma rays in terms of wavelengths and frequencies -- and nobody gets paranoid about kitchen lights irradiating their dinner!
In terms of nutrition, medics and scientists (http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/microwave-cooking-and-nutrition) agree that microwaved vegetables contain more nutrients than vegetables boiled to an equivalent degree of cooking. Microwaving also uses less energy, so costs you less.
Cheers, NeMo
Quote from: Dorsetmike on June 02, 2017, 09:26:36 PM
QuoteYes Mick, I have a turntable. It's a Technics one from way back
I've got a Technics SL-DL1, hooked up to a Technics receiver driving a pair of KEFs, also feeds into the PC for ripping, and the PC feeds playlists to the receiver, 2 way traffic!
The unused one I have is an SL-DD33.
Pie funnels.
Enamel plates.
Pudding cloths.
:food:
Whistling kettle
:whistle:
I used to have one of those enamel mugs for work, blue and white I think it was. Some lads had like a tall one, but I remember tricks played with those mugs. Like drilling a small hole part way down from the lip so it dribbled down you mouth when you drunk from it. One lad had his mug nailed to the table in the canteen, his so called mate said I have poured your drink out for you. By the way it was not me, I was too small to try stunts like that.
Quote from: Gary Burcombe on June 02, 2017, 06:58:47 PM
To all those who make tea (and it doesn't brew, it steeps) in a mug I say, "heathens!" I always steep my Yorkshire tea bags (other brands are available, but not as nice) in a teapot. It allows the tea to aerate when poured (also why it is considered good form to slurp tea to promote aeration) which improves the flavour. And yes, it must be boiling water. And as to the vessel I drink it from, a mug I'm afraid, or in the case of my first cuppa, a bucket may be a closer description.
Have to agree with you on the teapot thing, though I can rarely be bothered these days.
Always wondered how they get the tea to grow in the Yorkshire climate though.
It's going to show my age, but one thing that I DO miss is genuine 'Silver Service' (which some of the membership might also know as 'High Tea'), and all the ritual (aka 'dramas') which went with it.
I was introduced to the 'event' by my maternal grandmother who emphasisied that to participate was considered a 'privilege' and not a 'right'; and that one must be 'invited' to participate, rather than merely 'arrive in hope'. The latter was simply not done ('bad form' and all that) and to do so lowered the event's tone more than somewhat.
Unfortunately, the phenomenon has now passed into history and is now regarded as 'quaint', and worthy only of imitation at fete's, galas and sundry fund-raising events where what was once commonplace for a certain sector of society is now regarded as being both comedic and curious.
Definitely something from a time long gone. Some might remember it.
High Tea. I sadly remember it. My "Auntie" Alice (in reality an old friend of my mum) used to hold court and distribute largesse over said repast. A right old bag she was too. She owned an hotel in London west end somewhere (long time ago so all a bit hazy) and High Tea was always a summons to misery for us kids. Not a fond memory as there were always good looking cakes to be eyed hungrily, but we had to eat our fill of sandwiches first, so there was rarely room for any cake. I swear the old b used to put the same cakes out day after day, as we were never able to get near them! Still, my gran used to make up for it with tea in a pot and proper fruitcake.
Tea doesn't brew...debatable.
Something that gets mentioned on here frequently is IPA. The version that is enjoyed by the pint is said to have been first brewed by an Allsop's brewer Toby Philpott. He is said to have made his experimental brew in a large teapot, with the pale malt infused within. This is how it was "brewed"
I can only imagine that the term brewed for tea was derived from this, and Pale ale certainly took the U.K by storm. I speak to a friend from Burton On Trent, birthplace of Pale ale, and he always refers to having a quick brew (cuppa)
Tea and me, I like to brew from the leaf when I get up. Two pint mugs of the lovely stuff is my usual to start the day off. Now, the kettle...
Quote from: NeMo on June 02, 2017, 09:47:46 PM
Quote from: Jimbo on June 02, 2017, 09:18:37 PM
don't posses a microwave, don't 'nuke' anything for fear of getting that ready brek glow!
Microwaves are a completely different range of electromagnetic waves to gamma rays (the "radioactivity waves" in the EM spectrum). Microwaves actually sit at the other end of the spectrum, i.e., at the longer wavelength end of the spectrum, between radio waves and infrared waves. So despite the slang term "nuking" to refer to cooking food with microwaves, visible light is actually closer to gamma rays in terms of wavelengths and frequencies -- and nobody gets paranoid about kitchen lights irradiating their dinner!
In terms of nutrition, medics and scientists (http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/microwave-cooking-and-nutrition) agree that microwaved vegetables contain more nutrients than vegetables boiled to an equivalent degree of cooking. Microwaving also uses less energy, so costs you less.
Cheers, NeMo
That's interesting about microwaves :hmmm:, thanks......we steam our veggies, don't boil the life out of them, which I suppose is similar to microwaving them really then in that case.
Yes, as a physics teacher, I found students often found the term 'microwaves' misleading. As Nemo quite correctly states, it's the gamma EMR that is the one to steer clear of. Extremely short wavelength, therefore extremely high frequency and therefore high energy and very penetrating.
Quote from: Komata on June 03, 2017, 03:42:14 AM
It's going to show my age, but one thing that I DO miss is genuine 'Silver Service' (which some of the membership might also know as 'High Tea'), and all the ritual (aka 'dramas') which went with it.
Having said I don't drink tea, I do love the formality of 'high tea' and would really like to be able to attend one of the more formal Japanese gatherings as they have long made an art form of making tea (I first heard of the chanoyu when watching 'Shogun')..........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony
Quote from: Dorsetmike on June 02, 2017, 05:49:46 PM
Ah, but the tea you poured into your bone china had brewed in the pot without the presence of milk. Tea requires boiling water to brew properly, milk in the mug with the tea bag will cool the boiling water hence the brewing will not have its full effect.
That's what I used to think, but the owner of a Very Expensive tea merchant was on Radio 4 saying that the water should not be boiling.
On your main topic, on the very rare occasions when I fancy a cuppa I generally prefer large-leaf teas (Darjeeling, Nilgiri, Assam), so use a teapot or some kind of strainer device in the cup so that the leaves can expand.
Quote from: railsquid on June 03, 2017, 03:13:59 AM
Always wondered how they get the tea to grow in the Yorkshire climate though.
It won't be long with global warming. They're already growing it in Cornwall!
Quote from: newportnobby on June 03, 2017, 01:40:22 PM
Quote from: Komata on June 03, 2017, 03:42:14 AM
It's going to show my age, but one thing that I DO miss is genuine 'Silver Service' (which some of the membership might also know as 'High Tea'), and all the ritual (aka 'dramas') which went with it.
Having said I don't drink tea, I do love the formality of 'high tea' and would really like to be able to attend one of the more formal Japanese gatherings as they have long made an art form of making tea (I first heard of the chanoyu when watching 'Shogun')..........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony
Fascinating experience, if you get the chance.
Though it does get a bit annoying after a while when you get home dying for a cuppa and you have to change into a formal kimono, sit down in the special tatami room and ritually turn the tea bowl a set number of times, meditating over the whole tea-iness of it, before you can take a welcome slurp.
Quote from: daffy on June 02, 2017, 02:50:16 PM
Also, I offered some magazines and books to my step-son last week - "No thanks, I'm all digital these days." He's in his mid-forties so the future is bleak for the paper printed word as each successive generation are ever more digitised.
But I still use books. A bit. ;)
Just read through the latest edition of the N gauge journal in the bath. Spend too much of my time in front of a screen, nice to have something tangible to peruse.
Quote from: trkilliman on June 03, 2017, 05:54:21 AM
Tea doesn't brew...debatable.
Absolutely. A question of dialect variation, I think.
Chambers: brew verb (brewed, brewing) 1 to make (eg beer) by mixing, boiling and fermenting. 2 (also brew up) tr & intr to make (tea, coffee, etc) by mixing the leaves, grains, etc with boiling water.
Oxford: 2 Make (tea or coffee) by mixing it with hot water.
'I've just brewed some coffee'
2.1 brew up British informal Make tea.
'he insisted on sitting us down and then went to brew up'
Tanks also brew up. (Not our esteemed leader, I hasten to add :no:)
I think the debate between 'brew' and 'steep' has the potential to become a storm in a teacup. :D
I used to tell my wife "its festering"
Quote from: Bealman on June 03, 2017, 06:09:24 AM
it's the gamma EMR that is the one to steer clear of. Extremely short wavelength, therefore extremely high frequency and therefore high energy and very penetrating.
Though paradoxically, because it's so penetrating, it's much less ionising (and therefore dangerous) than alpha and beta radiation (which are both particles rather than waves). As a biologist it took me a long time to get my head around this seeming contradiction -- alpha, which penetrates the least, and can barely pass through skin, is the one that does the most damage because it's heavy particles (helium nuclei, I believe) have the most kinetic energy and therefore ability to damage DNA. Gamma, though it penetrates sheets of metal easily, let alone skin, simply zips past the DNA without much chance to interact.
Of course all ionising radiation has the potential to do harm, and the radioactive sources I play with at school in my lessons aren't just one kind, so even if the source emits gamma, it probably emits either beta or alpha as well. So you need to treat them all with appropriate respect, follow safety protocols, etc.
I'm sure @Bealman (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=255) knows all this, but for everyone else, might be interesting to know! I certainly enjoy teaching this part of the syllabus.
Cheers, NeMo
'It's 'home brew' Jim, but not as you know it.....'
(Just saying)
Quote from: NeMo on June 03, 2017, 06:25:28 PM
Quote from: Bealman on June 03, 2017, 06:09:24 AM
it's the gamma EMR that is the one to steer clear of. Extremely short wavelength, therefore extremely high frequency and therefore high energy and very penetrating.
Though paradoxically, because it's so penetrating, it's much less ionising (and therefore dangerous) than alpha and beta radiation (which are both particles rather than waves). As a biologist it took me a long time to get my head around this seeming contradiction -- alpha, which penetrates the least, and can barely pass through skin, is the one that does the most damage because it's heavy particles (helium nuclei, I believe) have the most kinetic energy and therefore ability to damage DNA. Gamma, though it penetrates sheets of metal easily, let alone skin, simply zips past the DNA without much chance to interact.
Of course all ionising radiation has the potential to do harm, and the radioactive sources I play with at school in my lessons aren't just one kind, so even if the source emits gamma, it probably emits either beta or alpha as well. So you need to treat them all with appropriate respect, follow safety protocols, etc.
I'm sure @Bealman (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=255) knows all this, but for everyone else, might be interesting to know! I certainly enjoy teaching this part of the syllabus.
Cheers, NeMo
Ah yes, the old isotopes. You're bringing back memories now! Had an accident with a Wilson cloud chamber one year and managed to set fire to the blinds in my lab and my hand as well, but we'll not go there! :-[
Does anyone still use a pressure cooker ?
Quote from: joe cassidy on June 04, 2017, 10:24:06 AM
Does anyone still use a pressure cooker ?
Argos have quite a few £40-£70, whether anyone still uses them I don't
know, always imagined they would explode and fill the kitchen with
bits of meat and veg.
Pens with nibs.
Inkwells.
Blotting paper.
Pay packets.
Never quite the same just having a new line appear on your bank statement.
I still use those elasticated metal things one wears around the biceps over a formal shirt.
Quote from: RailGooner on June 04, 2017, 11:39:24 AM
I still use those elasticated metal things one wears around the biceps over a formal shirt.
I remember both my Dad and Grandfather wearing those, and they were commonplace with some shopkeepers, like butchers, grocers etc.
Help keep your cuffs out of the soup. ;)
Which brings me to one of the nice things I never liked to wear cos I invariably kept catching them on things or painfully pressing them into my wrist : cufflinks. Pretty, stylish and make one look the gent, but impractical for me. :thumbsdown:
When I was a kid they used to twang them.
Hated them. Moved to belts quick smart.
Quote from: colpatben on June 04, 2017, 10:49:31 AM
Pens with nibs
I still use a fountain pen, mainly because if I try to write
with a ballpoint it looks like hieroglyphics for some reason,
not that I write very much.
PS moneysaving hint, when you pass a bookies go in and
get a handful of those little blue pens.
Quote from: daffy on June 04, 2017, 11:57:05 AM
.. Which brings me to one of the nice things I never liked to wear cos I invariably kept catching them on things or painfully pressing them into my wrist : cufflinks. Pretty, stylish and make one look the gent, but impractical for me. :thumbsdown:
Couldn't wear them everyday. But I do like to dress up for a formal occasion: cufflinks, tie-pin, cummerbund, medals, Dad's old wristwatch (my brother got Pop's old pocket-watch :envy:). 8)
Quote from: RailGooner on June 04, 2017, 12:31:26 PM
Couldn't wear them everyday. But I do like to dress up for a formal occasion: cufflinks, tie-pin, cummerbund, medals, Dad's old wristwatch (my brother got Pop's old pocket-watch :envy:). 8)
I really like your style RG. :thumbsup:
Quote from: joe cassidy on June 04, 2017, 10:24:06 AM
Does anyone still use a pressure cooker ?
My Mum has used one for years and years, mainly for veg as she, like me, uses a slow cooker for meats.
Cufflinks maketh a man, in my mind. I used to cut the buttons off shirtcuffs and use cufflinks until I started buying shirts with double cuffs. Tres smart :)
My one and only encounter with cuff links ever in my life was at me daughter's wedding back in February.
Pain to get on, and I lost one that night anyway, so I diven't think I'll be bothering again ;D
Detatched collars and collar studs.
Enforced requirement during my RAF apprenticeship.
Constant discomfort and the odd sore in the nape of the neck. What evil contraptions.
Luxury of normal fixed collars when released into the "adult" RAF.
Oh! and the collars were starched into spring steel by the service laundry.
Tom.
Typewriters, I remember using one for a school project (we weren't allowed to submit anything unless it was handwritten, needed special permission to submit a paper that was "typed")
We only use a tea pot when we have guests, I have coffee. We do have a coffee pot but rarely use it.
We do have decanters for Whisky, Port, Etc but if it's just me, I'll select which malt I wish for the occasion from the bottle.
No one in the family takes sugar, too many diabetics in the family. But if we have guests a bowl is provided.
We do use a butter dish.
Jam is served only in a serving dish for guests.
We have and use a pressure cooker.
I use a fountain pen every day, except when ordered to use Biro or pencil, I always have. That is, once I finished with ink pots, ink monitors and dip in the inkwell pens at school.
Only handwritten work was permitted at school, computers at school arrived, once a year in a 38 ton truck to show us the future. You got about 15 minutes run time, having wasted a week of maths lessons on the programme.
A calculator was a mechanical machine at the front of the mathematics class, having work out what your sum was, you got your turn to go to the front of the class, Pull a few levers then wind the handle. Write down the result and return to your seat.
We normally used logarithmic tables.
Type writers were too expensive for the normal family or school, I built my own computer by soldering chips to circuit boards some years after school. Later an expensive, plastic tape printer was added to make it a wordpressor.
I do wear cuff links when fully dressed up with Argyll jacket, kilt, sporran, sgian dubh, waistcoat, suitable club or association or occasion tie and Pocket watch. With of course highly polished Brogues.
Tradesmen, ( especially delivery drivers) only come to the back door. We live in the countryside, still nobody comes through the front door except the Vicar or Doctor.
I wear braces, (Trouser suspenders) have done for a few Months now, got sooo fed up keep having to pull me troosers up and tuck myself in every 5 minutes! Wish I'd 'discovered' them sooner, so much more comfortable than a belt for me personally ;).
.....also no more comments like "Look, there's somewhere to park my bike!" :moony:
Quote from: Jimbo on June 04, 2017, 06:18:50 PM
.....also no more comments like "Look, there's somewhere to park my bike!" :moony:
:laughabovepost:
Cufflinks!! Admirable items, but as local shirt manufacturers no longer put in the little 'oles through which they are inserted (as a cost saving measure perhaps?), sadly, they no longer part of a well-dressed gentleman's atire. As a result I now have several sets gathering dust in a drawer; were that it were not so.
Do British people still eat kippers for breakfast ?
Or bloaters ?
What is/was a bloater ?
Quote from: joe cassidy on June 04, 2017, 07:53:44 PM
Do British people still eat kippers for breakfast ?
Or bloaters ?
What is/was a bloater ?
Occasionally have kippers for breakfast - more common in hotels I think. Real kippers, ie those not filleted and packed in plastic bags for microwaving, are quite rare these days. The real kippers definitely taste the best but you have to be an enthusiast to avoid choking on the bones.
:) :beers:
Cufflinks are still extremely popular for suit shirts. I mainly wear Charles Tyrwhitt shirts (or did when I still worked somewhere I wore a suit to work!) and virtually all my shirts are double cuff. I miss wearing a suit now I wear jeans and t-shirt to work!
Quote from: joe cassidy on June 04, 2017, 07:53:44 PM
Do British people still eat kippers for breakfast ?
Or bloaters ?
What is/was a bloater ?
Kippers - not for me.
Bloater - a herring cured by salting and light smoking. Apparently
HTH
Dave G
Quote from: njee20 on June 04, 2017, 08:01:13 PM
Cufflinks are still extremely popular for suit shirts. I mainly wear Charles Tyrwhitt shirts (or did when I still worked somewhere I wore a suit to work!) and virtually all my shirts are double cuff. I miss wearing a suit now I wear jeans and t-shirt to work!
Indeed. I still wear them on a daily basis for work - double-cuff shirts, with no shirt pocket...
Damn right! No short sleeves either unless it's 30 degrees, and even then no tie must be in sight, unless you drive a bus.
Quote from: joe cassidy on June 04, 2017, 07:53:44 PM
What is/was a bloater ?
I think since I packed up smoking I have become one :-[
Quote from: Jimbo on June 04, 2017, 06:18:50 PM
.....also no more comments like "Look, there's somewhere to park my bike!" :moony:
That cracked me up that did ;D. As Tom U remarked - shirts with collars that were attached with studs were a right pain, (in more ways than one!). Back in 1971 when I joined the Police, we were, (if I remember correctly), issued with 2 shirts and 4 collars. Not sure what the material was, but it weren't comfy - and we had to starch our own collars. :goggleeyes:
Quote from: joe cassidy on June 04, 2017, 10:24:06 AM
Does anyone still use a pressure cooker ?
yes I use up to 3 at a time depending on what I am making.
Still use quite a lot of things.. this topic is about to make me rant I fear!
Teapot several times daily (in fact its time for a new one, our big brown one is getting a bit too chipped). I've never understood the bag in mug, you only get to have one cup of tea????
Same with Coffee, always drink filter and always make a full pot, then again we are Canadian so Coffee is a staple. Cant stand those stupid pod things or instant.
Books and Magazines have to be paper, its a tactile thing as much as anything else. With the move back I am having to get rid of all my paperbacks :( :( :( to save on shipping costs and I might get a kindle to replace them but I'm not at all convinced
Just because something is new doesn't automatically make it better. Our microwave died a few months ago and we didn't want to buy a new one given the move so we haven't had one since December and we've decided not to bother getting one ever again as we haven't missed it, we've just found new (old) ways of doing thing.
Oh.. and we make our own Marmalade which has just run out so I'm feeling crabby :)
I dont wear cufflinks but do like them, ties however ,or neck rags as I like to call them are the most idiotic item of clothing ever invented. My boss makes us all wear them (despite never seeing a customer), I've just stopped, he can go to hell, I can work and breath, or wear a tie and be miserable, his choice (this is the same guy that kept plugging in an air freshener in the office despite the fact that it caused me to have a quite extreme reaction to it.. )
:laughabovepost:
Weird as it may seem, I like ties. Probably due to my NE upbringing. Makes me feel posh :D
When I was working I managed to subvert the whole office from wearing ties unless meeting clients.. I do have a good selection of totally inappropriate ties to wear when ordered to - example Bugs Bunny. I also stopped wearing suits unless necessary the cost of a new one every 6 months was too high.
Quote from: Bealman on June 05, 2017, 09:51:37 AM
:laughabovepost:
Weird as it may seem, I like ties. Probably due to my NE upbringing. Makes me feel posh :D
Ahh.. that explains it, I'm just common scum see, nothing posh about me :) !
Besides I think the UK is still a little, errr well overly formal. I spent 10 years as a manager in Canada where slacks and a comfy top were fine, unless it was summer of course and then shorts and a t shirt were the thing :)
Quote from: grumbeast on June 05, 2017, 09:44:03 AM
... ties however ,or neck rags as I like to call them are the most idiotic item of clothing ever invented...
Totally agree! Complete waste of natural resources.
Living here in Oz, I can assure everyone that the preferred mode of dress for males is a tee shirt, shorts and thongs (flip flops).
I like dressing up to stir the Aussie's >:D
Quote from: Bealman on June 05, 2017, 10:17:22 AM
Living here in Oz, I can assure everyone that the preferred mode of dress for males is a tee shirt, shorts and thongs (flip flops).
I like dressing up to stir the Aussie's >:D
I hope this dressing up does not include costume for Prescilla, queen of the desert? ;)
:laughabovepost:
Even though he quantified it, somehow a thought emerged of Bealman in a thong so I'm in for nightmares tonight and daymares up until then :help:
You're funny folk. :P
Yes we still use teapots. Have varied sizes including a small one suitable for one large mug. We usually go for mugs - partly because with my hand tremor I tend to struggle with cups and saucers. Do tend to use instant coffee - but I had a small one mug cafetiere for work, which I sometimes use if I am on my own. Make "real" coffee in the larger cafetieres for main meals at the weekend!. We have in the past had a filter coffee maker. Would not be without the microwave, or the food processor.
I " maintained standards" and wore suit and tie to work until I took early retirement 6 years ago - whatever others around me were doing. I did miss the holes for cufflinks on most shirts at normal prices as I like them. In really hot weather I did forgo the suit - going for smart trousers and shirtsleeves (short if very hot). I retain a couple of suits and suitable shirts and ties for occasional formal use. Otherwise informal shirts of varied styles and sleeve lengths.
That covers some of the areas mentioned above. So I guess we are in some ways traditional for the 50s/60s which were our formative years. But we do embrace modern approaches if they seem beneficial.
Funny thing about me, tea and tea pots.
I work away from home a lot - often for more than a month at a time. (freelance).
I don't work when at home.
When at home, I have a long leasurely breakfast that involves a big pot (1 Ltr +) of green tea.
I drink green tea only from a fine glass or china cup/mug. A heavy pot cup/mug spoils the experience (IMHO).
However, when I am away, hotel living, breakfast is a hurried affair in the process of gettng to the workplace, so I have coffee.
Once on-site, I buy myself a tea pot (Too heavy/bulky to pack - but I pack the tea glass) and have my leasurely litre of green tea in the evening. (Although a glass or two of red, or brandy, often sneeks in there too).
Hope I have not bored you with the mundanity of my tea habit ::)
I like wearing a tie, if it hinders your breathing then your shirt doesn't fit. Simple.
Quote from: njee20 on June 05, 2017, 05:13:47 PM
I like wearing a tie, if it hinders your breathing then your shirt doesn't fit. Simple.
Or your tie is too tight??
:)
Quote from: Tom U on June 05, 2017, 12:28:07 PM
However, when I am away, hotel living, breakfast is a hurried affair in the process of gettng to the workplace, so I have coffee.
Whenever I visit customers and they offer me tea or coffee I always go for coffee to avoid the diuretic effect of tea. That way the traffic jams back to the hotel are much less stressful.
Best regards,
Joe
Quote from: njee20 on June 05, 2017, 05:13:47 PM
I like wearing a tie, if it hinders your breathing then your shirt doesn't fit. Simple.
I'd rather not be wearing a shirt either.. but that's another story! :) :)
seriously though, if you like a tie go right ahead and wear one.. I don't see why someone else (my boss for example) should be able to tell me to wear what is a purely decorative rag when my job consists of sitting infront of a computer for 8 hours a day barely saying a word to anyone I work with let alone someone who might be a client
I guess ties are just a hot-button with me .. sorry.
To get back on the thread though, how many people still use tea-towels.. I've never had a dishwasher, and probably never will, and while we're on cleaning things I still prefer a traditional broom for sweeping
Yes, we use tea-towels - because we can't afford a Bosch dishwasher - and we misuse them as oven-gloves. And we have a dustpan & brush in addition to 2 Dsyons, a Henry, and a Bosch. Downstairs we have wooden floors throughout, so I'd like one day to replace the mop & bucket with a robot mop.
Tea towels :hmmm: :confused2:
Had to ask my wife about that one. :)
She knew exactly what they are, and showed me one. :thumbsup:
Even showed me drawer with lots of them in. :thumbsup:
She muttered something too, but I was leaving the kitchen and didn't quite catch it. >:D
Please note that the author is fond of fiction. ;)
Edit: Mrs Daffy states that she not so sure about the last comment in so far as it pertains to tea towels.
Quote from: daffy on June 06, 2017, 11:29:06 AM
Tea towels :hmmm: :confused2:
Had to ask my wife about that one. :)
She knew exactly what they are, and showed me one. :thumbsup:
Even showed me drawer with lots of them in. :thumbsup:
She muttered something too, but I was leaving the kitchen and didn't quite catch it. >:D
Please note that the author is fond of fiction. ;)
Everyone knows that tea towels are for cleaning spilled tea off of model railways Daffy!!
And for your edification....
Beer mats are put on the floor to stop you ruining the carpet with beer stains.
A flannel is what you get from a retailer when they're telling you when your loco is due to be shipped.
Doilies are what you use for de-oiling track.
An apron is used to park your N scale planes on.
:) :beers:
Who doesn't use tea towels?!
People who don't drink tea.... ;)
George Foreman grill,
Both my sisters and daughters in law bought them at what I guess was the peak of the "craze/hype".
Far as I know, they are now loft ballast.
Apparently, and I have this on good authority, tea towels are NOT to be used for the following tasks:
Cleaning down work surfaces in the kitchen
Wiping dead fly squash from windows
Drying hands after supposedly washing them after tinkering with "oily things"
Cleaning car windscreens
Wiping dip sticks clean
Wiping sweat from brows - and other places - after mowing the lawn, digging the garden, DIY tasks, etc....
They are not handkerchiefs.
And, quite oddly, not for wiping up spilt tea.
That last one confuses me, for apparently it's not "all in the name" as I suggested. :no:
No, seemingly, and heretofore unknown by yours truly, it's why the Supreme Being invented Kitchen Towel (which is in itself a can of worms cos it's not a towel, it's a sheet of paper.) for ALL the above mentioned tasks, and more besides no doubt.
You live and learn. :D
I had the following which I've never used
Pasta maker
Strawberry growing pot
Fondue set
Chinese warming plate - (2 candle power - Wow..)
corn on the cob forks
Fish knives - why are fish so special??
Mostly unwanted Xmas presents. I tell my family not to buy me Xmas presents, just send a card - its the thought that counts. Do they take any notice? Noooo.
:no: :beers:
Quote from: RailGooner on June 06, 2017, 10:59:57 AM
Yes, we use tea-towels - because we can't afford a Bosch dishwasher - and we misuse them as oven-gloves. And we have a dustpan & brush in addition to 2 Dsyons, a Henry, and a Bosch. Downstairs we have wooden floors throughout, so I'd like one day to replace the mop & bucket with a robot mop.
Tea towels rule chez moi. I traded in my Kirby for a Dyson when I moved here as I have laminate flooring throughout (there is no upstairs) and the Kirby was virtually sucking the laminate flooring off the floor :worried: Mind you, it was an unmanageable bugger owing to its weight and I find the Dyson ball vacuum (note please - not to be used on any sort of ball) not much better as the flexible hose is not really long enough so the whole thing needs lifting to get the cobwebs off the ceiling.
I have a basic 800W microwave but am still convinced it is affecting my brain cell in ways I shouldn't like :uneasy: My Dad always stood well back as he thought microwaves affected gentlemens' nether regions but since my ex forced me at gunpoint to have a certain operation it wouldn't bother me if they did have that affect.
I have a mobile that makes calls/texts/alarms and that's it. Everything else about mobiles I intensely dislike and am actually quite glad there is no reception on any network where I live.
Dishwashers and tumble dryers are the devils work and probably belong in the same category as Zafiras. Heck, what does a single
old fart lad want with such things anyway?
The thought of washing snotty handkerchieves(?) makes me cringe so I have never used them in my life and cart travel packs of tissues around instead.
Can't get on with tissues for snotty nose, one good blow and you get slimy fingers. Always carry 3 handkerchiefs, 2 for the nose, ((in case one gets overloaded) 1 for wiping eyes, mouth etc
Quote from: austinbob on June 06, 2017, 12:17:02 PM
Fish knives - why are fish so special??
Have you ever tried to cut your food with a normal knife when all you have for moveable appendages are fins?
Quote from: Tom U on June 06, 2017, 12:07:15 PM
George Foreman grill,
Both my sisters and daughters in law bought them at what I guess was the peak of the "craze/hype".
Far as I know, they are now loft ballast.
I used to associate those with a manically grinning banjo player.
Quote from: railsquid on June 06, 2017, 03:44:57 PM
Quote from: austinbob on June 06, 2017, 12:17:02 PM
Fish knives - why are fish so special??
Have you ever tried to cut your food with a normal knife when all you have for moveable appendages are fins?
Never thought of that Guv....
:doh:
Quote from: railsquid on June 06, 2017, 03:47:52 PM
Quote from: Tom U on June 06, 2017, 12:07:15 PM
George Foreman grill,
Both my sisters and daughters in law bought them at what I guess was the peak of the "craze/hype".
Far as I know, they are now loft ballast.
I used to associate those with a manically grinning banjo player.
Is that the same bloke what had a sideline leaning on lampposts and cleaning wind-ers?
Turned out nice again!
Dave G
Nah that were George Formby
Or if you're real desperate for a Formby fix there's about 80 tracks here (free downloads)
https://archive.org/details/GeorgeFormbyTommyHandleyHappyDays/George+Formby+-+A+Lancashire+Romeo+1939.mp3 (https://archive.org/details/GeorgeFormbyTommyHandleyHappyDays/George+Formby+-+A+Lancashire+Romeo+1939.mp3)
Oh, they're gonna love me at work tomorrow. :whistle:
In memory of all those electrical and other devices we poor punters bought in moments of madness and then binned, put in the back of a cupboard, or just gave away:
From a CNBC website, re that George Foreman Grill:
QuoteAdd that to what he made before, and what he made after — Salton subsequently paid him at least $11 million more to make TV appearances — and Foreman might have pulled in close to $200 million from a deal he wasn't that interested in to begin with. In the end, over 100 million grills were sold.
:goggleeyes:
Quote from: austinbob on June 06, 2017, 12:17:02 PM
Chinese warming plate - (2 candle power - Wow..)
Now you are just showing off :smiley-laughing:
Quote from: Dorsetmike on June 06, 2017, 12:51:00 PM
Can't get on with tissues for snotty nose, one good blow and you get slimy fingers. Always carry 3 handkerchiefs, 2 for the nose, ((in case one gets overloaded) 1 for wiping eyes, mouth etc
A gentleman always carries a clean folded Handkerchief in his top pocket, Never to be used, except to be offered to a lady should she require the use of one...
A cobblers last, except as a door stop.
Blakies.
When I started bike racing in 1960 shoe plates [they are called cleats these days] had to be nailed to the leather soles of your racing shoes - I had a cobblers last to do the job and yes I think it did become a door stop when Look pedals came along.
Blakies - I'd forgotten about them! They certainly saved wear on the heels of your shoes but if you got the balance wrong you slid over backwards in a shower of sparks
Then there were Phillips Stick-A-Soles.
Living Near Norwich, which was a major shoe making centre (they still make some). All of the mud weights holding our racing marks for sailing on the norfolk broads were shoe lasts. Sadly over the years due to broken ropes etc. They mostly lie on the bottom of the river or Broad and we have to buy the 10kg weights.
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/52/6067-150617113222.jpeg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=52736)
The orange X mark is shown bottom left of the picture, thats a quiet day on the river. The first week of August, we'll have up to 150 boats out at a time in our annual reggata.
Once the big boys and Girls are out, they'll be in boats up to and over 100years old, so we do still use...
how about coffee percolators, you got a much stronger brew with them- I haven't seen one for years.
Also does anyone know what is the difference between a kipper and a bloater? Is there a real difference or is it just a regional dialect thing?
A kipper is split gutted and salted and smoked. A bloater is a whole fish, complete with innards, which is then smoked. Both herrings of course. :beers:
bloaters are smoked with the guts still in,kippers are de gutted before smoking.
Beat you to the post by 9 seconds themadhippy.
:P
A kipper is me when I'm asleep and a bloater is me 24/7 :-[
How about telephones with rotary dials? You can still find the odd (semi-public) one in Japan.
Or the 70's Trim phone?
I understand that in Japan people still use hand-written faxes ?
anyone remember the telex machines?
I remember the Texas Instruments teletype, had a pair of cassettes instead of punched tape.
Quote from: steve836 on June 20, 2017, 07:34:21 PM
anyone remember the telex machines?
I used to have to use one. I also used a comptometer as electronic calculators hadn't come along then. When the first one did, well, let's just say it wasn't a pocket one :goggleeyes:
Of course, those were the days when a man with a red flag walked in front of cars.
A Martini Henry rifle ? Traded mine in for a phaser........
Quote from: joe cassidy on June 20, 2017, 06:38:53 PM
I understand that in Japan people still use hand-written faxes ?
I think it's a becoming a dying tradition, though in a company I used to work for, one of my colleagues had following daily reporting workflow for a customer:
- print out a form specified by the customer on the fancy printer/fax machine/copier
- fill it in manually by hand in pen with the day's cumulative data from the company system
- fax said form from the printer it was previously printed on.
I did offer to automate the entire process down to a mouse click or two...
Quote from: broadsword on June 20, 2017, 11:48:53 PM
A Martini Henry rifle ? Traded mine in for a phaser........
How old are you?!? Did you trade in your red coat for a khaki one? :D
Only Martini I no longer use was a wet one. ;)
Quote from: RailGooner on June 21, 2017, 07:14:44 AM
Quote from: broadsword on June 20, 2017, 11:48:53 PM
A Martini Henry rifle ? Traded mine in for a phaser........
How old are you?!? Did you trade in your red coat for a khaki one? :D
At Rorkes Drift the first Zulu shot was called Will.
Because Michael Caine ordered "When the Zulus attack fire at will "
Thanks to you all for this post of utter madness!
Not done a lot on the forum lately and now I have just spent about 20 mins reading these contributions. When will I learn ?
On the last few posts "cobblers last" I have one in the fireplace next to the woodburner.....Why ?
Faxes !! Unbelievably the Car Insurance companies amongst others like you to "fax" them your details, look out Italy the computer age will be here soon.
We also have and use SPORKS!!! a wonderful 70's invention.
LP's were lost in a move many years past I still have some videos (but no player !) and the cassettes from my youth have just been moved into another location to prevent Mrs "H" from discovering them and asking the inevitable "why are you keeping these?"
Oh and somewhere I have an N Gauge layout that I must really get back to completing....
Jerry
My kids still use hot water bottles.
The electric blanket has had its day.
Does anyone still use a Teasmade ?
Best regards,
Joe
Got a Teasmaid when I got married. Still works fine - get a nice cuppa in the morning and she washed the cups up too...
:)
Quote from: Jerry Howlett on June 23, 2017, 04:22:23 PM
LP's were lost in a move many years past I still have some videos (but no player !) and the cassettes from my youth have just been moved into another location to prevent Mrs "H" from discovering them and asking the inevitable "why are you keeping these?"
I have all my LPs, 45s and cassette tapes as I still have my Pioneer stack system with twin cassette decks, 6 CD multiplayer, graphic equaliser and turntable and regularly use it. I have loads of videos and, somewhere, a Toshiba video/DVD/set top box/hard drive ready to transfer all my old films, Fast Show tapes etc to DVD.
Now you know why I am still a DC dinosaur ;D
Quote from: austinbob on June 23, 2017, 06:24:01 PM
Got a Teasmaid when I got married. Still works fine - get a nice cuppa in the morning and she washed the cups up too...
:)
A good Teasmaid should work fine all day, not just for mornings. ;) I think I have the Deluxe model with optional bacon sarnies. :D
Daffy ducks. :uneasy:
And I think most of us know a joke about a certain manufacturer of Teasmaids which can't be repeated here ;)
Quote from: newportnobby on June 23, 2017, 08:40:52 PM
And I think most of us know a joke about a certain manufacturer of Teasmaids which can't be repeated here ;)
I don't. PM me pse
Quote from: steve836 on June 23, 2017, 08:48:47 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on June 23, 2017, 08:40:52 PM
And I think most of us know a joke about a certain manufacturer of Teasmaids which can't be repeated here ;)
I don't. PM me pse
PM sent, Steve :D
Quote from: newportnobby on June 23, 2017, 08:40:52 PM
And I think most of us know a joke about a certain manufacturer of Teasmaids which can't be repeated here ;)
The one about improving service in a hotel. :D