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What a shame that due to age, distance and a few other problems we were unable to attend the Banter and never will be, unfortunately.
It sounds that a good time was had by all and that other patrons also added to the festivities.
You really do sound like my sort of people and you remind me of similar memorable do's when we were in the same sort of environment, even to the bitchyness that exists within the ranks, but that is life.
May you have many such sort of happenings, maybe the next time round eh!
Cheers Tim.
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Sorry can't make it!
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The wife and I bought our Edwardian weatherboard house as a holiday home cum investment ,low price lots of potential. Hands up those who have done this.
We needed a bit of leadlight work done but couldn't afford to go ahead. Fortunately I noticed they did courses and I was only working part time so signed up.
I don't have a mechanical bent but have always enjoyed trying the hands on things like leather work, bush carpentry.
Not only was I able to do the bits around our house but was able to repay friends who had kept our vehicles going and others who had given their time to help with the clever jobs that came up as we realised we had bitten off a bit more than we could chew.
I think the best bit was when I did a project for the one couple who wanted a couple of kingfishers in the windows at the side of their front door. I put a lot of time working on the design and by adapting a picture of a kookaburra came up with something I thought was just right.
I thought it funny that there was very little reaction after I had made and installed the windows. After a few days I brought it up with the husband saying that I would be happy to fix anything they weren't happy with. I was assured that everything was alright and would I pop over for a coffee just before 4.00pm.
When I did go over I was taken into the hallway and was told that they stood there everyday at 4.00pm when the sun shone through the windows and the kingfishers were displayed on the walls of the hallway.
We have since left the neighbourhood to move into "The Project" fulltime as we are now retired. I doubt if Terry and Marion still stand in the hallway each day but the windows are still there, but it's nice to know that they were as pleased as Ally is with her Dragon Eyes.
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I am no expert, as proof our mainly used wood heater is a very poorly made Chinese job which can best be described as a load of rubbish.
Our neighbour told me that he had a bit of trouble with junk leaking from his flue which was made up of a couple of lengths. When he referred the problem to a local dealer he was told that the flue had been installed upside down and therefore the cooling smoke emissions were building up on the interlocking flue pipes and leaking out. If the pipes were seated in properly these nasty creosote and tar liquids would simply flow back down into the firebox and would be reheated and go back into the system as it were.
When the chimney was reinstalled the proper way up the problem was solved.
As I was installing our own stove I followed this advise and have had no such worry in 10 years or so.
It all sounds logical so I think you should be OK.
PS ours is a wood burner but I think the same rules would apply.
Cheers the other Tim
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Send Taff along to win them over?
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Sounds like a great idea to incorporate a couple of hobbies.
Here in Oz there is a very short history of the period since white settlement. I married into a large family and we used to have great camping holidays to-gether and one of our pastimes was to all go to the local town rubbish tips and excavate the old parts. There would be great excitement when a bottle or the like would be dug up even if it was say only 20-30 years old.
This way the kids were made aware of even recent history. Needless to say we were all unaware of the 50,000 year old artifacts that were in the area from the original holders of the land.
I recently accidently uncovered a 1/3rd pint milk bottle from the days when the schools provided free milk to students. My dog was not impressed but the wife was (or at least indulged me).
Look forward to see what gets posted here!
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Wife and I watching down here in Oz (Agar who?) Having to adjust life to the time difference but it's the same following La Tour.
We get our own back when the Ashes are Down under and the Poms have to stay up late!
Let us all sit back and enjoy.
Doe's God watch cricket ?, thought she was more into netball !!
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We had a Thetford on our boat and found that the best results were based on the old recipe for making tea , one spoon per person and one for the pot, does that make sense?
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Hi, I may be wrong (usally am) but I thought that Moore Street Station was the first railway station built in Birmingham and therefore prior to Snow Hill Station. My mother travelled from Solihull each day to her work in Birmingham and alighted at Moore St.This was before she married in 1930. I'm sure that I once saw a picture of Moore St. c1820, but would not dipute this with a real Railway Buff. Cheers Tim
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I would guess that as it comes with a larg black plastic bag it dose'nt use one of those sissy systems. Doe's this count as a post so I can soon get into the Spam catagory.
Cheers Tim
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Well I've heard a lot of crackpot ideas in my short life but a dark switch takes the biscuit. There is a much easier solution to the problem,Curtains, which come in different colours ,sizes and material. Whilst I use mine often they do have one big drawback, they are not truly portable and you require a set per room. If you could come up with a pair that were able to be carried in your coat pocket and be used outdoors as well as inside you would have a winner.To obtain some sort of portable darkness I use a velvet cloak but look a bit of a tosser when wearing it in public. Dont give up though as there is a genuine need to be fulfilled. Tim
Loughborough Xmas antidote banter - Sunday 28th December
in Banters and Social Events
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That's known as "Pussy Power"