Trumpet
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Bet you needed a pint after that.
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Trumpet
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Wot? No Worcester sauce FF's
Floss
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I've just left after many years
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John Marwood
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Mikinton
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"15 Shades of Grey (and 30 of Brown)"
I've just done a stock take of all the usable Humbrol/Airfix/etc paints I've accumulated over the 50-or-so years of plastic modelling. Among the 90-something there's one of these from the 1960s, in crimson. (Not sure why I ever needed crimson but I've somehow managed to acquire 3 bottles/tins of the stuff.)
(If you're wondering why I bother, I needed to go through them and chuck out the ones that had dried-up .... so I thought I might as well list them all as well. I can now head down to Hobbycraft armed with my 20% Off voucher, and fill in the gaps.)
I've just done a stock take of all the usable Humbrol/Airfix/etc paints I've accumulated over the 50-or-so years of plastic modelling. Among the 90-something there's one of these from the 1960s, in crimson. (Not sure why I ever needed crimson but I've somehow managed to acquire 3 bottles/tins of the stuff.)
(If you're wondering why I bother, I needed to go through them and chuck out the ones that had dried-up .... so I thought I might as well list them all as well. I can now head down to Hobbycraft armed with my 20% Off voucher, and fill in the gaps.)
Mikinton
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I went to Telford yesterday. I know our guildhall is bad, but there's a surprising number of empty units in Telford Shopping Centre as well.
Mikinton
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This is the wrong thread for this, but hey-ho .....
I was just wondering what the "model retail urban landscape" of the future will look like. Working from the centre, towns will have .....
Cinemas, theatres, restaurants, pubs, cafes etc at their core. No 'shops' except maybe a WHSmith.
Further out there's your large supermarkets (like we have with Tescos, ASDA and Sainsburys).
Then there's the retail parks.
Finally there's smaller supermarkets, corner shops, takeaways etc.
All very different from when I did human geography (Christaller etc) back in the 1970s.
I was just wondering what the "model retail urban landscape" of the future will look like. Working from the centre, towns will have .....
Cinemas, theatres, restaurants, pubs, cafes etc at their core. No 'shops' except maybe a WHSmith.
Further out there's your large supermarkets (like we have with Tescos, ASDA and Sainsburys).
Then there's the retail parks.
Finally there's smaller supermarkets, corner shops, takeaways etc.
All very different from when I did human geography (Christaller etc) back in the 1970s.
Gramaisc
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In the last century, I would use W H Smith every week - I doubt that I have been in there for at least five years now.
John Marwood
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BobClay
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Spent today working on the roof of a car restoration workshop in Bude. Now you might wonder what a retired 70 year old is doing clambering about on a high roof on a hot August day getting his hands dirty 
... well, you wouldn't be alone.
The cars inside were: a Triumph Toledo, Triumph TR3 and an Alvis sportscar.
This workshop is situated where the Bude Railway Station used to be, zapped by Beeching (may his balls turn cube and fester at the corners.) I'll say one thing after a few hours working on roof humping panels about ... that first pint when you're done is truly the nectar of the gods.
I might be doing some more next week so I'll take some pix of the old motors being lovingly restored inside.
... well, you wouldn't be alone.The cars inside were: a Triumph Toledo, Triumph TR3 and an Alvis sportscar.
This workshop is situated where the Bude Railway Station used to be, zapped by Beeching (may his balls turn cube and fester at the corners.) I'll say one thing after a few hours working on roof humping panels about ... that first pint when you're done is truly the nectar of the gods.
I might be doing some more next week so I'll take some pix of the old motors being lovingly restored inside.
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
Spent today working on the roof of a car restoration workshop in Bude. Now you might wonder what a retired 70 year old is doing clambering about on a high roof on a hot August day getting his hands dirty
The cars inside were: a Triumph Toledo, Triumph TR3 and an Alvis sportscar.
This workshop is situated where the Bude Railway Station used to be, zapped by Beeching (may his balls turn cube and fester at the corners.) I'll say one thing after a few hours working on roof humping panels about ... that first pint when you're done is truly the nectar of the gods.
I might be doing some more next week so I'll take some pix of the old motors being lovingly restored inside.
Wot No Toledo?
Thehooperman
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Last night watched the Stereophonics play Bridlington Spa, which has a capacity of only 3,800.
Fantastic little venue, great gig, great band, I'm now deaf from the amps!
Fantastic little venue, great gig, great band, I'm now deaf from the amps!
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
You can pronounce Hong Kong without moving your lips or tongue
Carole
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What do you call a mushroom who buys you a drink?
Answer,... a fungi to be with.
On the subject of fungi, I spotted a few interesting samples on Cannock Chase this morning during my morning constitutional.
I've taken one next to my dog so that you get an idea of scale.
Answer,... a fungi to be with.
On the subject of fungi, I spotted a few interesting samples on Cannock Chase this morning during my morning constitutional.
I've taken one next to my dog so that you get an idea of scale.
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