What are your jeans doing today?

[MJF9]

All’s well that ends well

“the occupier” doesn’t sound specific enough at all 

[smoothsailor]

sounds like a mr bean episode

[Double 0 Soul]

The episode when he lived in the house from The Young Ones?

[smoothsailor]

Neal,s head

[Maynard Friedman]

Neal’s shed or Neil’s head?

[smoothsailor]

4 hours ago, Maynard Friedman said:

Neal’s shed or Neil’s head?

still dislectic over here

[Double 0 Soul]

I still struggle with lower case b's and d's but i can still make you a sweet-ass besk

..oh and don't ask me directions cos i'm not great with left and right and if you give me directions i'll instantly forget what you've said

[smoothsailor]

Same here, when I ask my customer what side of their body they want the thing ,9 out of 10 times I set up my chair in the wrong position.

I guess that’s why we do manual labor 

[smoothsailor]

And look so cool 

[Double 0 Soul]

Todays science project

Ive been on the hunt for a mid 90's era X-Lite (the good folks who make Muc-Off) stem for the last 6 months with no joy, there's currently one on ebay but it's tatty af, anyhow this one popped up a few months ago..

..its mint but blue ano and i wanted silver.. i bought it with a thought towards swapping it with someone who wanted the blue version or if that didn't bear fruit, removing the anodising.

I bought some Oven Pride, i've used this before for stripping ano, it's great cos it's a gloop and doesn't splash like when you're mixing caustic soda crystals.. i bet it wouldn't tough our oven tho

..£3 from Tesco.. featuring threadbare arm of Warehouse

Put some bolts into the threads to protect them

Dropped it into a chemical resistant container (these were from dry-cleaning fluid) and poured in the Oven Pride/sodium hydroxide/caustic soda

Waited for the chemical reaction to occur

Removed it

Dropped it into some hot soapy water to stop the chemical reaction

Scrubbed the black residue away with the hot soapy water

Ru

Rubbed it down with some Scotch-Brite dish scourer and WD-40

..a little polish with some T-Cut, i'm not aiming for a mirror finish here, just something akin to brushed alu.

Ta-Daaa!

[Duke Mantee]

It’s amazing the destruction you can cause with everyday household ingredients. That stem looks the bollocks now

[Double 0 Soul]

ikr.. last week my mrs said that there was breaking news re- some kind of exposure to toxic chemicals in one of the flats at Park Hill, resulting in the flat owner being seriously injured and 4 police officers being hospitalised, once the actual facts were established (along with the nationality of the occupant ) it turned out to be some hipster who got a bit overenthusiastic with the cleaning products...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-58880991

[Duke Mantee]

Fortunately that’s a man in his 30s - gets you away from suspicion since you are much older than that

[Maynard Friedman]

00’s more ‘ageing hipster’ than ‘hipster’.

[Duke Mantee]

3 hours ago, Maynard Friedman said:

00’s more ‘ageing hipster’ than ‘hipster’.

Replacement hip-ster at his age …

Edited October 21, 2021 by Duke Mantee

[Lukenstein]

I bought this 96 Mitsubishi Pajero for $800 Australian dollars and I’m off camping.

[MJF9]

Starting Liverpool side of the River Mersey with Billy Fury throwing some shapes

Drove through the Wallasey (aka Kingsway) Tunnel to the Wirral, parked up at Seacombe Ferry terminal (closed for refurbishment) and had a lovely walk along the Mersey to New Brighton and back, about 4 easy miles

Ventilation tower for the tunnel in all its brutal glory - first pic not mine

Wallasey Town Hall, which has a memorial garden for the Hillsborough Disaster… looking out from the gardens you can see over the river to Anfield (home of Liverpool FC) on the right and Goodison Park (home of the might Everton FC) to the left… however a bit hard to pick out with my old phone camera

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside again

Edited October 26, 2021 by MJF9

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Great Michael!

Recently "somehow" I became the main cook at home. Although I never cooked too much. It's pumpkin season so why not make use of that?

Adding onions and garlic

Season it with oil, salt, pepper and "Real German Honey"

Put on a griddle with baking paper

Meanwhile you prepare Creme fraiche and feta

Roast gently some ground beef

The pumpkin mix comes in the oven for 25 minutes 

Add the creme fraiche mix and the ground beef and bake another 5 minutes...

Done!

Edited October 28, 2021 by beautiful_FrEaK

[JohnM]

That’s a dish I’m not familiar with. Is it a b_F creation and how did it turn out?  Most important, did the baby smile at the aroma, if not the taste?  (too young, I’m guessing ;-)

[Thanks_M8]

^^ https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/soupe-de-courge-15427 'tis the season, mate
top with roasted garlic and/or garlicky croutons for even more goodness

[Duke Mantee]

The Duches is making quilts - she made a couple for my old ma’ , you know the type - tiny triangles of old floral fabrics 

So anyway this led to conversation with my pal over in Kyoto and he asked if the Duchess could make something for him - not that old lady style, but something more American southwest. So I came up with this from an old rug

Which is becoming this …

[Flash]

Absolutely beautiful , a lot of work has gone into that quilt 

Edited November 2, 2021 by Flash

[Duke Mantee]

41 minutes ago, Flash said:

Absolutely beautiful , a lot of work has gone into that quilt 

She’s a great wee worker - good at a lot of things

[beautiful_FrEaK]

On 10/28/2021 at 6:45 PM, JohnM said:

That’s a dish I’m not familiar with. Is it a b_F creation and how did it turn out?  Most important, did the baby smile at the aroma, if not the taste?  (too young, I’m guessing ;-)

A random internet find after buying pumpkin and thinking "what can I do with it"?  
The baby actually smiles a lot but only he knows why  

[Double 0 Soul]

Once they'd served their purpose and scared the trick or' treaters.. i got an old curtain pole from the outside loo, hammered it into the garden and impaled our pumkins on the end, like a scene from the less popular vegan remake of Cannibal Holocaust, the boy and i took turns bashing them with the baseball bat

I tried to film it in slo-mo using the boy's phone but it was just too dark..

[Maynard Friedman]

Smashing Pumpkins fan are you?

[Double 0 Soul]

I wasn't adverse to Gish!

Tell you what.. a friend of mine flips a lot of vinyl and he was saying a few months ago that first editions of Siamese Dream were going for crazy money, he sold one for £400 when his was the only one for sale on ebay

[Duke Mantee]

Quick update - the front is neatly complete, just some minor detailing. Back is about 80% and then the whole thing to sandwich the wadding and be quilted proper

 

[Lukenstein]

Bush walk with the boy

[Double 0 Soul]

Night ride down the Monsal Trail with the boy, i drove into a culvert while trying to park up at the side of the road and nearly had a collision with a f'kin massive stag on the way home..

Railway tunnel.. LazyS hat, Woolpower neck tube, JMC sweat, Warp Tee, Castelli gloves, SC-46's and Cat Vans