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[Reynard]

I have been doing some late night work on my applique project.

Irritatingly, while I have silvery grey embroidery cotton, it's not enough to do what I need to do with it, (laurel wreath *and* the chequered border) and because it's an old, discontinued type, I won't be able to match it. So will have to go and find an alternative, as it's the one colour (other than black) that I will need in a fair quantity.

Drat.

 

[classic33]

I have high hopes for this batch of chicken stock. I really went to town with the Hannibal Lecter bone shears. View attachment 438633

I got a pair of bone scissors from a hospital a few years ago.

Question for you.
1kg of mercury, ideas on usage.

 

[Reynard]

Question for you. 1kg of mercury, ideas on usage.

Hats.

 

[slowmotion]

I got a pair of bone scissors from a hospital a few years ago.

Question for you.
1kg of mercury, ideas on usage.

I'd hang on to it. It's very hard to get hold of these days and it's bound to increase in value. I'm not sure that it's as dangerous as some believe, unless you are exposed to the stuff frequently. My father-in-law was a buyer for ICI. He once paddled across a giant vat of mercury, sitting upright on his bum and using his hands as paddles. No harm done apart from horrendously itchy bits below the waste for a couple of days afterwards.

(It's quite fun to play with a small amount in the palm of your hand BTW.)

 

[slowmotion]

Hats.

Mad idea.

 

[Speicher]

Mad idea.

She's brim full of ideas about hats. There's a mill in her town.

 

[classic33]

Hats.

They'd just "run" off your head!

 

[classic33]

She's brim full of ideas about hats. There's a mill in her town.

There's one or two here.
The last milliners closed a good few years ago though.

 

[classic33]

Anyone on Vodafone PAYG?

Posted elsewhere on here, but I'll be going on the answering time.

 

[slowmotion]

Have fun @classic33.....
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]View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvVaaZ21C44[/media]

 

[biggs682]

Morning from Poshhire east and today is bacon bap day and they only cost a quid

 

[NorthernDave]

This hotel bed was surprisingly lumpy, so I'm hoping they'll redeem themselves with the 'all you can eat'* breakfast.


* - apparently this is an offer, not a challenge...

 

[Illaveago]

Twelve weeks ago I ordered 4 keyed-alike sash locks for my house. I was told it would take 3 to 4 weeks. They arrived today. There was a false alarm 4 or 5 weeks ago when 2 turned up, but obviously I rejected those because there is no chance of the other 2 then working with the same key. Today in the builders merchant, they gave me those 2 mis-delivered locks gratis, as well as knocking a chunk off my bill for the 4, due to them being so late, and this evening, on a whim, I tried the key from the "two" in one of the "four"............and blow me if it didn't fit!! Now I have 6 keyed-alike sash locks, so some of my outbuildings are going to get altered locking arrangements, and my key ring will get less bulky.

Well, when I say less bulky........the inner front door is 3 inches thick, and will have a surface mounted lock-box, taking it to about 4-1/2" thick, so I am going to need over-length keys. Our key will look like it could open a church door.

Does that mean that your key will unlock any of those type of locks ?

 

[Andy in Germany]

This hotel bed was surprisingly lumpy, so I'm hope they'll redeem themselves with the 'all you can eat'* breakfast.


* - apparently this is an offer, not a challenge...

Do 'all you can eat' hotels have much experience of cyclists?

 

[Illaveago]

I got a pair of bone scissors from a hospital a few years ago.

Question for you.
1kg of mercury, ideas on usage.

Dentists used to use it in amalgam.
A very long thermometer?
Barometer?
Gold plating or gilding?