Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life Volume 37

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nonsequitur said:

Bobberoo said:

st fk bks bd !!!!
Came out of the flat to come home and I've got a flat tyre!!! Tentatively try some air in it, get a few miles and I can hear it's losing air so we pull over and swap it for the spare, once off the car I can see the hole in it, it looks like something has punctured it and then come out of the tyre!!!

Out of the flat to find a flat! Double Whammy.

Sadly so nonseq!!!

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pequod said:

Ah, yes, a bit too close to the shoulder for safety by the sound of it.

Does Hamble le Rice have a decent chippy or did you order from further afield??

Gosport, via Uber Eats or somesuch modern convolution?

We are in the unfortunate position of having a very good fish and chip shop that also does burgers and kebabs, a Chinese takeaway and an Indian restaurant who do takeaways all just up the road from us!!! Couple that with five decent pubs, an Italian and a Thai restaurant all 5 minutes drive away in the village and we're spoilt for choice!!!!

[Bobberoo]

For signing important documents I use my trusty No4 quill, for everything else I use any pen I happen to have laying around!!!!

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Pastie Bloater said:

Bobberoo said:

We are in the unfortunate position of having a very good fish and chip shop that also does burgers and kebabs, a Chinese takeaway and an Indian restaurant who do takeaways all just up the road from us!!! Couple that with five decent pubs, an Italian and a Thai restaurant all 5 minutes drive away in the village and we're spoilt for choice!!!!

Bad luck about the tyre

Thanks PB, I'd only done a few '000 on it too!!!

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Pastie Bloater said:

Trusty Fisher space pen AG7



I'm also a prolific pen turner
Centre one is a Conway Stewart blank (heather), picked up a load when they closed shop

What a beautiful collection!!!

[Bobberoo]

As a few of you know I have a bit of a penchant for sharp slashy stabby things, I really fancy a Fairbairn Sykes but can't decide between the black original version or the stainless and brass presentation version......

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pequod said:

Bobberoo said:

For signing important documents I use my trusty No4 quill, for everything else I use any pen I happen to have laying around!!!!

Aha, the Pen #4 quill is a fine implement. Any pictures as I haven't seen one for some time?

Sorry old chap, I should have replied sooner!!
As I say, I only use it for official documents!!!

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I've just hurt the empty socket from where I had my tooth removed!!!

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glenrobbo said:

Bobberoo said:

We are in the unfortunate position of having a very good fish and chip shop that also does burgers and kebabs, a Chinese takeaway and an Indian restaurant who do takeaways all just up the road from us!!! Couple that with five decent pubs, an Italian and a Thai restaurant all 5 minutes drive away in the village and we're spoilt for choice!!!!

I'm on my way!

Bobbers, please can you order me a Szechuan Tandoori Cod Kebap in Thai Green Curry Sauce, with Keema Naan, Fusillj Pasta, Garlic Ciabatta, a plate of whelks, a tub of jellied eels, Kamala olives, Bombay Ducks, mixed dips, houmous, poppadoms, pickled eggs and pork scratchings, crispy noodles, Singapore vermicelli, flied lice and savoury dumplings?

I'll be there as soon as they lift the temporary road closure on Commercial Road.

All ordered old chap, apparently the bill comes to £341.27!!!

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glenrobbo said:

Bobberoo said:

All ordered old chap, apparently the bill comes to £341.27!!!

Never mind, Bobbers, you'll just have to work a bit more overtime...

Morning chaps
It appears to be a beautiful sunny morning outside, and we're going to spend it inside painting!!!
Oh well at least we have a day off tomorrow, I plan to spend the whole day in the garden tomorrow, mowing, strimming, BBQing and drinking, well certainly drinking from early afternoon onwards!!!

I noticed that you said that you were a prolific pen Turner PB, and you've since mentioned that those pens were commissions, what lathe do you use for your turning? My first job where I was on a YTS scheme was Southampton University chemistry department, my trainer was a fantastic chap called Brian Woods who used a little Myford 7 lathe to turn wooden pens fir his wife to sell!!!

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Bomma R1 said:

Brilliant!!!!!

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You have a lovely selection of machinery there PB, and obviously more than enough skill to use them!!
I've tried wood turning but being a ham fisted heathen I find it too soft for me to work with!!!
Oh well lunch break over, Mrs Bobbers is tutting and staring, this probably means "get on with it!!"

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Well we've quit for the day, hallway painted just the glossing to do then that's finished!!
Off home for a beer and a bath!!!

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So what exactly is a bolt action pen then PB??

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Pastie Bloater said:

Bobberoo said:

So what exactly is a bolt action pen then PB??

Just a bolt action, retractable pen, as opposed to twist or clicky

What's stopping you? Brass is a great material to work with, incredibly stable while being machined, soft enough to be easily machined the only issue is it tarnishes easily!!!

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Mrs Bobbers has just said, "we should have got a pudding", I agreed, she's now looking up what she can make with the ingredients she has to hand!!!

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Apparently a sponge will take too long.......

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Bomma R1 said:

Bobberoo said:

Apparently a sponge will take too long.......

Fortunately we don't suffer such dilemmas here. A good two drawers of the freezer are occupied by ice cream and "emergency" desserts of some form, there's also a cupboard dedicated to tinned rice pudding, custard and sponge puddings.

Martyrs to emergency puddings, we are. Bloody martyrs.

Not martyrs old chap, specialist pre planning forward thinkers!!!

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spikeyhead said:

Bobberoo said:

Apparently a sponge will take too long.......

You can make a sponge in a microwave in a few minutes.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/microwave-mug-...

True, however Mrs Bobbers is a bit of a purity Baker type, i fear even suggesting that would earn me a belt around the head, she is from Gosport remember!!!

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Scrump said:

Bobberoo said:

Mrs Bobbers has just said, "we should have got a pudding", I agreed, she's now looking up what she can make with the ingredients she has to hand!!!

Trivton Mess

A great suggestion other than the fact we're missing a few of the ingredients, namely cream, strawberries and meringue!!!