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Mr GrimNasty said:
I definitely had one with a condom like reservoir and a lever on the side (oh & a 24c plated nib of course), you could see the ink level inside.
Quite right. Every fountain pen I've owned with the squeezy tube has been transparent. How else do you know how much ink you have left? Your memory is going pal. Rita was spot on, so leave her alone. TwigtheWonderkid said:
Mr GrimNasty said:
I definitely had one with a condom like reservoir and a lever on the side (oh & a 24c plated nib of course), you could see the ink level inside.
Quite right. Every fountain pen I've owned with the squeezy tube has been transparent. How else do you know how much ink you have left? Your memory is going pal. Rita was spot on, so leave her alone. OT, but my first job after leaving school was as a ledger clerk for the (now defunct) Midland Bank Executor & Trustee Co.. The manager was always referred to as "Sir", and he used "dip-in" pens , one blue and one red, for signing letters or annotating documents. When we completed quarterly extracts of ledgers, the forms were massive (I'm talking 4ft x 2ft) top-quality paper, and we were expected to fill in every section in fountain-pen. No ballpoints allowed, on pain of a death-stare. No calculators either, just an ancient Burroughs adding-machine, with a handle like a fruit-machine. The computer arrived just as I was leaving, in 1977.
Wacky Racer said:
berlintaxi said:
How much of the night sky would Norris have been able to see stood in the Rovers yard? The light pollution from Manchester would have wiped out any chance of seeing anything.
He wasn't in Manchester, he was in Weatherfield...different place...
Aren't Weatherfield's colours green and white, or have I really lost it today? Give Corrie credit for being different, although they frequently refer to City, and the pale blue colours.
Maybe berlintaxi was confusing Manchester with Beijing.
nicanary said:
Wacky Racer said:
berlintaxi said:
How much of the night sky would Norris have been able to see stood in the Rovers yard? The light pollution from Manchester would have wiped out any chance of seeing anything.
He wasn't in Manchester, he was in Weatherfield...different place...Aren't Weatherfield's colours green and white, or have I really lost it today? Give Corrie credit for being different, although they frequently refer to City, and the pale blue colours.
Maybe berlintaxi was confusing Manchester with Beijing.
Don't like Les Dennis in this at all, hope he goes soon, can't really act, oddly, I'm sure he's performing in the manner of Mavis!
Another gripe, it seems to have become fashionable in all the soaps for behind ear camera shots when people are conversing. I'm sorry, but there isn't a person alive that looks nice from this angle, all ears lobes/skin folds etc. look deformed.
Another gripe, it seems to have become fashionable in all the soaps for behind ear camera shots when people are conversing. I'm sorry, but there isn't a person alive that looks nice from this angle, all ears lobes/skin folds etc. look deformed.
Mr GrimNasty said:
Don't like Les Dennis in this at all, hope he goes soon, can't really act, oddly, I'm sure he's performing in the manner of Mavis!
Another gripe, it seems to have become fashionable in all the soaps for behind ear camera shots when people are conversing. I'm sorry, but there isn't a person alive that looks nice from this angle, all ears lobes/skin folds etc. look deformed.
Yes, not really taken to "Michael"....he's not really convincing enough, also people that apologise constantly get on my tits like that the fireman Paul Kershaw that went out with Eileen last year...Another gripe, it seems to have become fashionable in all the soaps for behind ear camera shots when people are conversing. I'm sorry, but there isn't a person alive that looks nice from this angle, all ears lobes/skin folds etc. look deformed.
"I'm sorry Eileen, I'm really really sorry" every other line.......ffs!
Btw, this story with "Gavin" has got legs.....poor Michael doesn't know the half of it.
Glad that "Magnificent specimen" Dev and Julie have got it together, they both deserve some happiness...poor Mary though, left on the shelf...even jilted by Norris...........
Carla did a great job of outsmarting Tracy over Rob's cufflinks, how is Tracy going to get her revenge?
Patti Clare has created a wonderful character in Mary. Slightly batty, with a heart of gold. I loved her monologue about her mum and the small bolt from the helicopter. No more custard in her house, and a penchant for calling her Daphne. Dev dealt with the "situation" really cleverly.
The Gavin business looks interesting - so exactly who is this fella?
The Gavin business looks interesting - so exactly who is this fella?
Steve w said:
Rich1973 said:
This is PH and no comments on how much Steve was quoted to fix a pinto engined car? Absurd amount and the script writers were doing so well with the car too
Not to mention the timescale. 2 weeks to rebuild the engine, complete colour change and a retrim in leathernicanary said:
Patti Clare has created a wonderful character in Mary. Slightly batty, with a heart of gold. I loved her monologue about her mum and the small bolt from the helicopter. No more custard in her house, and a penchant for calling her Daphne. Dev dealt with the "situation" really cleverly.
The Gavin business looks interesting - so exactly who is this fella?
Full details on this link, but DON'T CLICK ON IT, if it is going to spoil your enjoyment of the programme....The Gavin business looks interesting - so exactly who is this fella?
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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-st...
This is silly now, Steves car is just not plausible even my missus said "how much" for the engine, they should have got him a RS Turbo or Eighties hot hatch to be enthused about - unless someone is about to tell me his illness makes you buy over priced kit cars with dodgy build quality. Steve is relatively astute in his business dealings I think the writers are overplaying it.
DSLiverpool said:
This is silly now, Steves car is just not plausible even my missus said "how much" for the engine, they should have got him a RS Turbo or Eighties hot hatch to be enthused about - unless someone is about to tell me his illness makes you buy over priced kit cars with dodgy build quality. Steve is relatively astute in his business dealings I think the writers are overplaying it.
I understand where you're coming from, but don't forget the majority of people who watch this soap won't know about such things. Hence the writers can probably get away with plucking figures from the air.Having said that, it's starting to annoy me too. I hope the writers resolve Steve's problem soon, or the storyline may get a bit silly.
Double episode on Wednesday - Tracy's revenge!
There has been deep thought into his car, I mean you don't just pluck it out of the air do you? (same with the PGA thing Kevins daughter had but I later found out a Wirral dealer for them was mates with an ITV exec) so if they thought the kit car was the right thing they have given Steve a degree of petrol head that he has had in the past (remember his bike episode) as such h wouldn't act as he is doing and Lloyd has pointed out he cant afford it.
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