Excellent hint JohnN. Keep 'em coming.
Cheers, Tony.
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- Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:44 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Gutter cleaning
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2134
- Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:51 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Boiled Eggs
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8674
Re: Boiled Eggs
For a short while I was Chargehand in 'the egg boiling plant' in a food production factory (for scotch eggs and mini egg bites). we boiled tens of thousands of eggs per day! Enough to fill a double garage at least!
Cheers, Tony.
Cheers, Tony.
- Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:33 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Auld lang syne
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2789
Re: Auld lang syne
I don't HATE it but I would prefer "The White Heather Club" on the T.V. with Robbie Hall & Jimmy McGregor, Kenneth McKellar and even "The Muckin' O" Geordie's Byre" sung by Andy Stewart. Compton McCenzie was a star. This is from'the olden days' of course when Mam, Dad, m...
- Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:02 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Auld lang syne
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2789
Re: Auld lang syne
Auld lang syne = A long time since (we saw each other).
Cheers, Tony.
Cheers, Tony.
- Mon Dec 24, 2012 1:49 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Is he here yet ? ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2585
- Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:11 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Winter solstice greetings
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3457
Re: Winter solstice greetings
Have a kool Yule Y'all.
Doing the rounds handing out bottles of home made wine to small engineering setups for doing me 'small jobs' during the year only to find one is closed 'till 2 Jan! The wine is two year Elderberry so a couple of weeks more won't do it any harm.
Cheers, Tony.
Doing the rounds handing out bottles of home made wine to small engineering setups for doing me 'small jobs' during the year only to find one is closed 'till 2 Jan! The wine is two year Elderberry so a couple of weeks more won't do it any harm.
Cheers, Tony.
- Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:50 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: Sulphate of Potash.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2826
Sulphate of Potash.
Why in Jobs for January- page 8 'quick jobs' (whilst in the depths of winter) are we being advised to spread Sulphate of Potash round the base of our fruit trees and shrubs, when in large letters on the front of the box it says " quick acting fertilizer to boost flowering and ripening of fruit&...
- Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:35 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Who's backing fracking?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2335
Re: Who's backing fracking?
I am. Anything that makes us less dependant on foreign powers.
Cheers, Tony.
Cheers, Tony.
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:12 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: 12:12:12
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3191
Re: 12:12:12
I remember my maths master telling us it was the 6/6/66. Nothing about 6 minutes past 6 though.
Cheers, Tony.
Cheers, Tony.
- Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:25 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Help with computer.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6960
Re: Help with computer.
Thanks for that Catherine, gonna try right now.
Cheers, Tony.
Cheers, Tony.
- Fri Nov 23, 2012 7:33 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Help with computer.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6960
Re: Help with computer.
It would be a good idea if you could highlight the passage that has been mistakenly printed in upper case and change it all to lower case in one fell swoop (also changing the lower case for upper).
Cheers, Tony.
Cheers, Tony.
- Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:19 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: plot allocation
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3886
Re: plot allocation
"A selection process" ! ! ! That smacks of favouritism don't you think?
Is it, "If your face fits and the committee like you?
First come, first served and if they don't like what is offered. . .
Cheers, Tony.
Is it, "If your face fits and the committee like you?
First come, first served and if they don't like what is offered. . .
Cheers, Tony.
- Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:03 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Morrisons leek rip off !!!!!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5736
Re: Morrisons leek rip off !!!!!
Everyone is counting the pennies (exept perhaps those with the letters M.P. after their names) but trying to find the better value of the same product with all these various weights and varying prices is very frustrating.
There. Rant over.
Cheers, Tony.
There. Rant over.
Cheers, Tony.
- Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:17 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Moth caterpillar help required
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4770
- Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:20 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Blight Control
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6584
Re: Blight Control
Short answer is "Not a lot". Now is the time to try things like spraying diluted whole milk! Sounds daft but you never know. . . .Cheers, Tony.