New Teaspoon Advice Please
Discussion
Welcome back Gareth. Wonderful that you're once again dipping your filthy dirty, mud encrusted, farmer's toe into the world of tea spoons.
As you know, when I'm not jetting around the world on official Krupp business, I'm an addiction psychotherapist. If you need further support I'm available to travel up to your ramshackle farmhouse to administer therapy.
(148 guineas an hour [50 minutes], cash up front.)
As you know, when I'm not jetting around the world on official Krupp business, I'm an addiction psychotherapist. If you need further support I'm available to travel up to your ramshackle farmhouse to administer therapy.
(148 guineas an hour [50 minutes], cash up front.)
Blib said:
Welcome back Gareth. Wonderful that you're once again dipping your filthy dirty, mud encrusted, farmer's toe into the world of tea spoons.
As you know, when I'm not jetting around the world on official Krupp business, I'm an addiction psychotherapist. If you need further support I'm available to travel up to your ramshackle farmhouse to administer therapy.
(148 guineas an hour [50 minutes], cash up front.)
Don't member with 100 forum months get the discount anymore? I don't remember seeing it was stopped.As you know, when I'm not jetting around the world on official Krupp business, I'm an addiction psychotherapist. If you need further support I'm available to travel up to your ramshackle farmhouse to administer therapy.
(148 guineas an hour [50 minutes], cash up front.)
I recall that the discount only applied if the average posts per month was below 12.
The figure 12 I recall was settled upon as a tribute to the Resolution of Austerlitz in 1771 which set the maximum gauge weight of a tier 1 Oberhausen-7 spoon as 12 ounces (to avoid a conflict with Krupp who had a minimum gauge weight of 13.5 ounces).
Before any of you go thinking that I must be a spoon geek to recall this, I must confess to checking it in the Tobermory Almanac of Great Spoon Events (14th Edition) (interestingly edited, I now just see, by a Mr Blib...)
The figure 12 I recall was settled upon as a tribute to the Resolution of Austerlitz in 1771 which set the maximum gauge weight of a tier 1 Oberhausen-7 spoon as 12 ounces (to avoid a conflict with Krupp who had a minimum gauge weight of 13.5 ounces).
Before any of you go thinking that I must be a spoon geek to recall this, I must confess to checking it in the Tobermory Almanac of Great Spoon Events (14th Edition) (interestingly edited, I now just see, by a Mr Blib...)
550man said:
I recall that the discount only applied if the average posts per month was below 12.
The figure 12 I recall was settled upon as a tribute to the Resolution of Austerlitz in 1771 which set the maximum gauge weight of a tier 1 Oberhausen-7 spoon as 12 ounces (to avoid a conflict with Krupp who had a minimum gauge weight of 13.5 ounces).
Before any of you go thinking that I must be a spoon geek to recall this, I must confess to checking it in the Tobermory Almanac of Great Spoon Events (14th Edition) (interestingly edited, I now just see, by a Mr Blib...)
Isn't the 14th edition incredibly sought after because of the incorrect picture caption for the Flaush & Splang Bastellöffel 72 stating it was a 72b? I thought they recalled and pulped most copies.The figure 12 I recall was settled upon as a tribute to the Resolution of Austerlitz in 1771 which set the maximum gauge weight of a tier 1 Oberhausen-7 spoon as 12 ounces (to avoid a conflict with Krupp who had a minimum gauge weight of 13.5 ounces).
Before any of you go thinking that I must be a spoon geek to recall this, I must confess to checking it in the Tobermory Almanac of Great Spoon Events (14th Edition) (interestingly edited, I now just see, by a Mr Blib...)
Although now I see you've mentioned Blib's involvement in editorship it's difficult to see how he'd have let that make it into the printed version
I took a house to auction the other day and was drawn to what was once a magnificent collection of spoonage.
Clearly the relatives had already raided the collection and most likely taken some of the rarer pieces.
I confess my knowledge of spoonery is somewhat limited, however I thought i recognised a Krupp Doppellöffel edition 3 in there.
Hopefully some of you more knowledgeable chaps can identify the others.
Clearly the relatives had already raided the collection and most likely taken some of the rarer pieces.
I confess my knowledge of spoonery is somewhat limited, however I thought i recognised a Krupp Doppellöffel edition 3 in there.
Hopefully some of you more knowledgeable chaps can identify the others.
Mark-C said:
Isn't the 14th edition incredibly sought after because of the incorrect picture caption for the Flaush & Splang Bastellöffel 72 stating it was a 72b?
Although now I see you've mentioned Blib's involvement in editorship it's difficult to see how he'd have let that make it into the printed version
There is a story, probably apocryphal, that he had to take a leave of absence when his spoon was allegedly "discovered" lodged in the formidable cleavage of one Mavis Clench the publishers part time tea lady.Although now I see you've mentioned Blib's involvement in editorship it's difficult to see how he'd have let that make it into the printed version
valiant said:
That’s not a swimming pool. That’s a modern take on an 18th century Italian apprentice stirring lagoon.
In days of yore you’d never let a newbie loose with your latest creation on a cup where the danger of hitting the sides was very real and risking causing striations on your new spoon. You’d train them up starting with the stirring lagoon then moving onto smaller and smaller liquid containers until many years later the Spooning Grand Master would let you stir HIS cup of coffee thus passing your apprenticeship.
I do hope you haven’t actually put your body into the lagoon Blib? Grand Masters will be turning in their graves if you have. Sacrilege I tells yer.
Coffee?? In days of yore you’d never let a newbie loose with your latest creation on a cup where the danger of hitting the sides was very real and risking causing striations on your new spoon. You’d train them up starting with the stirring lagoon then moving onto smaller and smaller liquid containers until many years later the Spooning Grand Master would let you stir HIS cup of coffee thus passing your apprenticeship.
I do hope you haven’t actually put your body into the lagoon Blib? Grand Masters will be turning in their graves if you have. Sacrilege I tells yer.
COFFEE???
What heresy is this???
I cannot believe that nobody has picked up on Valiant's vile utterance.
This is and always has been a respectable Teaspoon thread for True Enthusiasts and decent folk wishing to expand their knowledge of teaspoons and the noble art of spooning as an enjoyable pastime or full-on competitive sport.
I propose that Valiant should be brought before a Panel of Enquiry to account for this shocking outburst of depravity, and dealt a suitable punishment.
What say you, Spoonistas?
Worth mentioning, seeing as the thread has taken a slight space travel turn, the Krupp Astra I, the stirring device commissioned by NASA to be placed aboard the Voyager 1 space probe to venture forth into the great unknown. Currently 13.6 billion miles from earth but still next to the heart of every spoonista; God's speed little spoon!
wolfracesonic said:
Worth mentioning, seeing as the thread has taken a slight space travel turn, the Krupp Astra I, the stirring device commissioned by NASA to be placed aboard the Voyager 1 space probe to venture forth into the great unknown. Currently 13.6 billion miles from earth but still next to the heart of every spoonista; God's speed little spoon!
Remember it well. Millions of dollars to develop, the Russians simply used a pencil again.
wolfracesonic said:
Saw an interview with Tim Peake where he said, sometimes on the ISS, he'd keep his spoon still and spin the mug around it, cus he could, zero gravity and all. Had a lot of respect for him before that; he can FRO now
Any idea what spoons they're using on the ISS?
No spoons at all on ISS now, they’re using a Swedish developed ‘teballong’ (tea balloon) which keeps the tea stirred constantly and consistently in zero gravity. Heathens. Any idea what spoons they're using on the ISS?Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff