New Teaspoon Advice Please
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t a brick. I'm nearly 40 too, then. Guys.
I know this is probably blasphemy around these 'spoony' parts, but are there any Thumblers here? (thimblers is a colloquial term for Thimble Fans in case you didn't know!)
My current thimble of choice is my 1982 Fine Porcelain 'Birds Custard' special edition, it is a corker.
I'm not a spoon guy TBH, too much glamour involved for me! I admire porcelain rather than stainless steel but have enjoyed reading all of the stunning information on this thread.
I anticipate your responses.
Best wishes.
I know this is probably blasphemy around these 'spoony' parts, but are there any Thumblers here? (thimblers is a colloquial term for Thimble Fans in case you didn't know!)
My current thimble of choice is my 1982 Fine Porcelain 'Birds Custard' special edition, it is a corker.
I'm not a spoon guy TBH, too much glamour involved for me! I admire porcelain rather than stainless steel but have enjoyed reading all of the stunning information on this thread.
I anticipate your responses.
Best wishes.
Butter Face said:
Guys.
I know this is probably blasphemy around these 'spoony' parts, but are there any Thumblers here? (thimblers is a colloquial term for Thimble Fans in case you didn't know!)
My current thimble of choice is my 1982 Fine Porcelain 'Birds Custard' special edition, it is a corker.
I'm not a spoon guy TBH, too much glamour involved for me! I admire porcelain rather than stainless steel but have enjoyed reading all of the stunning information on this thread.
I anticipate your responses.
Best wishes.
With all due respect, eff off! You lot tried barging in at Folkstone spoonworld back in 2002 and we all know how that kicked off. Start your own thread.I know this is probably blasphemy around these 'spoony' parts, but are there any Thumblers here? (thimblers is a colloquial term for Thimble Fans in case you didn't know!)
My current thimble of choice is my 1982 Fine Porcelain 'Birds Custard' special edition, it is a corker.
I'm not a spoon guy TBH, too much glamour involved for me! I admire porcelain rather than stainless steel but have enjoyed reading all of the stunning information on this thread.
I anticipate your responses.
Best wishes.
Butter Face said:
Guys.
I know this is probably blasphemy around these 'spoony' parts, but are there any Thumblers here? (thimblers is a colloquial term for Thimble Fans in case you didn't know!)
My current thimble of choice is my 1982 Fine Porcelain 'Birds Custard' special edition, it is a corker.
I'm not a spoon guy TBH, too much glamour involved for me! I admire porcelain rather than stainless steel but have enjoyed reading all of the stunning information on this thread.
I anticipate your responses.
Best wishes.
Thread already running here...........I know this is probably blasphemy around these 'spoony' parts, but are there any Thumblers here? (thimblers is a colloquial term for Thimble Fans in case you didn't know!)
My current thimble of choice is my 1982 Fine Porcelain 'Birds Custard' special edition, it is a corker.
I'm not a spoon guy TBH, too much glamour involved for me! I admire porcelain rather than stainless steel but have enjoyed reading all of the stunning information on this thread.
I anticipate your responses.
Best wishes.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
What would people make of this one then? I heard it's supposed to give a 34.2% better mixing rate due to the eddy effects created by the shape.
http://fantes.com/images/2910-1sugar.jpg
http://fantes.com/images/2910-1sugar.jpg
NRS said:
What would people make of this one then? I heard it's supposed to give a 34.2% better mixing rate due to the eddy effects created by the shape.
http://fantes.com/images/2910-1sugar.jpg
Cubist nonsense.http://fantes.com/images/2910-1sugar.jpg
Good taste never goes out of fashion - and that one is hideous.
55palfers said:
It also leaves me wanting regarding the secondary duties of a spoon. Namely, the transportation of sugar.
To be entirely honest.The stirring action, which can be awesome nay beautiful, in its complexity aside, I always thought of spoons in terms of sweetness to vortex intensity values.
I would never gainsay the afficionadoes and their intense affiliations though.
My passion is mainly in self-interest, at my age I indulge me, mostly.
That thing, however, is never a spoon, wasn't someone once shot at dawn after an affaire of stirrification with one akin to that?
Leipheim '73 maybe?
Age withers the memory, sadly…
Badvok said:
No. 105 - fail. Badvok said:
be interesting to see how much 412 and 470 go forI've a couple of dozen of each in an old macassar trunk in the stables
Badvok said:
That paddle stirrer is verging on sensible compared to this nonsense
And don't get me started on the Google spoon!! Stabilized stirring! Whatever next?http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29155888
Sorry if I've missed it elsewhere in the thread, but I so far have heard very little about what impact a Yes vote in the Scottish independence referendum will have on the world of spoons and stirring.
I can't imagine a Salmond led Scottish government would be very spoon friendly to the artisan spoon makers of Fife which would be a great shame as some of their independent spoon makers have been in business for centuries and make some delightful little short-stirrers.
Also I understand that EU rules drafted in the wake of the 2011 spoon crisis mean that spoon companies must have their head office in the country with their largest active stirrer base. For McGlintocks this would surely mean relocating to England, and ending 150 years of spoon making in Glasgow.
On the other hand some of the spooners in Aberdeen are hoping for a more sympathetic regulatory regime from an independent Scotland and they may have a point - Westminster has viewed these spooners as nothing but a cash cow for a long time, and Thatcher did sort of squander stirring revenues in the 80s.
Interesting times.
I can't imagine a Salmond led Scottish government would be very spoon friendly to the artisan spoon makers of Fife which would be a great shame as some of their independent spoon makers have been in business for centuries and make some delightful little short-stirrers.
Also I understand that EU rules drafted in the wake of the 2011 spoon crisis mean that spoon companies must have their head office in the country with their largest active stirrer base. For McGlintocks this would surely mean relocating to England, and ending 150 years of spoon making in Glasgow.
On the other hand some of the spooners in Aberdeen are hoping for a more sympathetic regulatory regime from an independent Scotland and they may have a point - Westminster has viewed these spooners as nothing but a cash cow for a long time, and Thatcher did sort of squander stirring revenues in the 80s.
Interesting times.
Others on here know far more about the full economic ramifications of Scottish independence, with regards to teaspoons. However, as has been stated Jean-Claude Juncker, incoming President of the European Commission, Scotland will not automatically become a member of the EU.
Therefore, it would follow that not only would McGlintocks be barred from relocating south of the border, they would also be subject to the swingeing anti-teaspoon dumping legislation which, as you know, stopped the inward flow of cheap Chinese copies in the early noughties.
I fear that the spoon makers of Glasgow will suffer terribly if the Union is torn asunder.
Therefore, it would follow that not only would McGlintocks be barred from relocating south of the border, they would also be subject to the swingeing anti-teaspoon dumping legislation which, as you know, stopped the inward flow of cheap Chinese copies in the early noughties.
I fear that the spoon makers of Glasgow will suffer terribly if the Union is torn asunder.
Is the world ready for the Google Spoon?
Will digitalisation of spoon mean my analogue spoons are now redundant.
Do we need some kind of referendum on this?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29155888
Will digitalisation of spoon mean my analogue spoons are now redundant.
Do we need some kind of referendum on this?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29155888
Proudly made in England http://www.rowenasouvenirs.co.uk/scottish/
I fear for Rowena come the vote of yes
I fear for Rowena come the vote of yes
Google spoon design is far inferior to the iSpoon...which analyses and reports on the condition of the tea in which it is stirred, the number of rotations, and whether the stirrer is using the optimal angle.
Agreed, its not a collector item as such, BUT it can be an outstanding training device for novice stirrers an has a WiFi capability that gives feedback to the stirrer.
Agreed, its not a collector item as such, BUT it can be an outstanding training device for novice stirrers an has a WiFi capability that gives feedback to the stirrer.
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