Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life (Vol 32)

[glenrobbo]

P5BNij said:

Shuffling various domestic items just now (accumulated rubbish more like) round chez P5B to enable yet more DIY malarkey to take place I found this British Railways enamel totem sign gathering dust, I'd forgotten all about it having stashed it away when we had the plastering done a while back - it got me thinking, knowing that replicas can now be bought with any name you fancy it would be nice to have one made up with something like 'Trivton Parva' on it for the garage wall. Then it got me thinking some more - when these signs were fitted on stations up and down the country in the '50s, each region of BR had its own colour scheme, ie : brown for the Western Region, green for the Southern Region, light blue for the Scottish Region, dark blue for the Eastern Region, tangerine for the North Eastern Region and maroon for the London Midland Region, so gentleman of TT, in which part of these glorious isles would Trivton be if it were a real place.....?

Trivton Parvo.

Region? Dunno. Most likely not far from the South Coast.
Colour? Definitely purple.

Nij, Have you ever considered selling your Maidenhead to the highest bidder?

Edited by glenrobbo on Friday 13th December 16:12

[anonymous-user]

que?

[Scrump]

P5BNij said:

...in which part of these glorious isles would Trivton be if it were a real place.....?

are you still under the misapprehension that Trivton is fictional? The only fictional place here is house number Zero.
I'll ask Battert to give you directions.

[glenrobbo]

V6 Pushfit said:

que?

I'm sure he meant "Q".
He's bound to come up with a cunning device to replace La Carte de Séjour.

[P5BNij]

Scrump said:

P5BNij said:

...in which part of these glorious isles would Trivton be if it were a real place.....?

are you still under the misapprehension that Trivton is fictional? The only fictional place here is house number Zero.
I'll ask Battert to give you directions.

I thought it was all just a dream Scrump, am I heading for a forum ban for my misdemeanor…?

[glenrobbo]

Scrump said:

P5BNij said:

...in which part of these glorious isles would Trivton be if it were a real place.....?

are you still under the misapprehension that Trivton is fictional? The only fictional place here is house number Zero.
I'll ask Battert to give you directions.

Shhhhh! Don't tell him, Scrump!

[P5BNij]

glenrobbo said:

P5BNij said:

Shuffling various domestic items just now (accumulated rubbish more like) round chez P5B to enable yet more DIY malarkey to take place I found this British Railways enamel totem sign gathering dust, I'd forgotten all about it having stashed it away when we had the plastering done a while back - it got me thinking, knowing that replicas can now be bought with any name you fancy it would be nice to have one made up with something like 'Trivton Parva' on it for the garage wall. Then it got me thinking some more - when these signs were fitted on stations up and down the country in the '50s, each region of BR had its own colour scheme, ie : brown for the Western Region, green for the Southern Region, light blue for the Scottish Region, dark blue for the Eastern Region, tangerine for the North Eastern Region and maroon for the London Midland Region, so gentleman of TT, in which part of these glorious isles would Trivton be if it were a real place.....?

Trivton Parvo.

Region? Dunno. Most likely not far from the South Coast.
Colour? Definitely purple.

Nij, Have you ever considered selling your Maidenhead to the highest bidder?

Edited by glenrobbo on Friday 13th December 16:12

Bit of a family connection for Mrs.P5B so it's not for sale Glenners - her folks hale from Maidenhead and her Dad spent many an hour on the platforms there photographing steam trains in the '50s and '60s, at the time he worked at nearby White Waltham airfield. We bought the sign several years ago from a chap who rescued it from a skip on the station forecourt back in 1970.

[Bomma 220]

V6 Pushfit said:

I doubt anything will change, the old Entente Cordialle will prevail.

That reminds me, there's a crate in the hangar marked something 'Cordial', from memory I think it's some sort of Benedictine based thing.

Anyhow, some of it has leaked out and melted one of the Lysander's tyres. Best we use it lickety split, certainly by New Year latest.

Edited by Bomma 220 on Friday 13th December 16:37

[DickyC]

P5BNij said:

Shuffling various domestic items just now (accumulated rubbish more like) round chez P5B to enable yet more DIY malarkey to take place I found this British Railways enamel totem sign gathering dust, I'd forgotten all about it having stashed it away when we had the plastering done a while back - it got me thinking, knowing that replicas can now be bought with any name you fancy it would be nice to have one made up with something like 'Trivton Parva' on it for the garage wall. Then it got me thinking some more - when these signs were fitted on stations up and down the country in the '50s, each region of BR had its own colour scheme, ie : brown for the Western Region, green for the Southern Region, light blue for the Scottish Region, dark blue for the Eastern Region, tangerine for the North Eastern Region and maroon for the London Midland Region, so gentleman of TT, in which part of these glorious isles would Trivton be if it were a real place.....?

TRIVTON'S NOT A REAL PLACE?!?!?

[DickyC]

Where have I been these many decades?

[P5BNij]

DickyC said:

Where have I been these many decades?

In Bobby Ewing's shower...?

[glenrobbo]

P5BNij said:

My Maidenhead is not for sale Glenners - I lost it several years ago to a bin dipper chap behind a skip on the station forecourt back in 1970.

I wasn't offering to buy it, Nij, I was merely trying to establish whether you were of upright noble and unblemished character.

Never mind, at least you managed to hang on to it longer than I did.

[anonymous-user]

P5BNij said:

glenrobbo said:

P5BNij said:

Shuffling various domestic items just now (accumulated rubbish more like) round chez P5B to enable yet more DIY malarkey to take place I found this British Railways enamel totem sign gathering dust, I'd forgotten all about it having stashed it away when we had the plastering done a while back - it got me thinking, knowing that replicas can now be bought with any name you fancy it would be nice to have one made up with something like 'Trivton Parva' on it for the garage wall. Then it got me thinking some more - when these signs were fitted on stations up and down the country in the '50s, each region of BR had its own colour scheme, ie : brown for the Western Region, green for the Southern Region, light blue for the Scottish Region, dark blue for the Eastern Region, tangerine for the North Eastern Region and maroon for the London Midland Region, so gentleman of TT, in which part of these glorious isles would Trivton be if it were a real place.....?

Trivton Parvo.

Region? Dunno. Most likely not far from the South Coast.
Colour? Definitely purple.

Nij, Have you ever considered selling your Maidenhead to the highest bidder?

Edited by glenrobbo on Friday 13th December 16:12

Bit of a family connection for Mrs.P5B so it's not for sale Glenners - her folks hale from Maidenhead and her Dad spent many an hour on the platforms there photographing steam trains in the '50s and '60s, at the time he worked at nearby White Waltham airfield. We bought the sign several years ago from a chap who rescued it from a skip on the station forecourt back in 1970.

This little number came from the Walden branch waiting room when it was decommissioned. If I leant out of my window I could stub a fag out on the platform.

[DickyC]

P5BNij said:

DickyC said:

Where have I been these many decades?

In Bobby Ewing's shower...?

Abducted by the Greenfield girls aliens.

[PMacanGTS]

Today I bought 3 x 260g tubs of roasted and salted pistachios (shell on) from Marks & Spencer’s for our Christmas bridge and buffet evening. Once home, I unsealed each tub, and weighed the contents.

Tub 1 = 262g
Tub 2 = 256g
Tub 3 = 267g

I was a little dismayed after weighing tub 2. However, after weighing tub 3 I decided the fairest thing to do would be to average the weight across the three tubs. This gave me a weight per tub of 261.7g. Phew, I thought. That’s saved me a trip back to the store.

Or that’s what I thought. Once I’d sorted the nuts and removed both the unopened and the empty shells, the contents were reweighed, with the following results:

Tub 1 = 254g
Tub 2 = 244g
Tub 3 = 262g

Using the same method I’d used previously, the weight was now only 253.3g per tub.

Now, here’s my dilemma. Do I tell the wife and be summarily lambasted about my nut selection, before being sent back to the store to complain? Or do I keep shtum, and hope I don’t blurt this out in my sleep?

This could make or break Christmas.

[Scrump]

That must be driving you nuts.

[magooagain]

Put half the contents of tub 2 into tub 1 and the other half into tub 3. Call tub 3 tub 2 ,Chuck away tub 2 and tell the mrs what a great deal you got on two tubs of nuts!
YCTML

[glenrobbo]

I thought mustachios were just for Movember?

[glenrobbo]

Ah, pist achios!

I thing you should:

A) Write a stern letter to The Times.

B) Take an accurate set of scales with you when you next go foraging for nuts in S&M establishments.

[Bobberoo99]

Hhhmmmm, a conundrum of epic proportions indeed PMGTS, there's only one thing for it, throw yourself on her mercy, prostrate yourself at her feet and beg forgiveness!!!
Failing that, say nothing and try not to sweat too much!!!!

Calm yourself Dicky, P5B is merely suggesting that, should the unthinkable happen, and TT is nothing more than a drug induced hallucination, where might it be!!! I personally vote for it being in the home counties, surrounded by rolling fields!!!