MrWolf Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 1 hour ago, lmsforever said: My mum had a stand alone spin drier that frightened the life out of me ,noisy and did not stay still when working went one end of kitchen to other ! My great aunt Hilde had one of those things, an Acme or Debonair I think, it used to hurtle round the wash house like a deranged Dalek. Of greater concern to my friends and I was the big old shotgun that lived on the high mantelpiece in the kitchen. Whenever we went round, we always got fed, whether or not you were hungry seemed irrelevant. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Was the shotgun for when you weren't hungry? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 12 hours ago, lmsforever said: My mum had a stand alone spin drier that frightened the life out of me ,noisy and did not stay still when working went one end of kitchen to other ! My mother's was an upright cylinder shape with a rubber spout on the side. You had to put a bucket or bowl underneath and keep a close eye to make sure it didn't wander off and flood the kitchen floor. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 2 hours ago, aardvark said: Was the shotgun for when you weren't hungry? More to do with rabbit stew. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 This would make wash day interesting! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell price Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I remember in the early 70s my mother having a twin tub which like others remember having a mind of it own, came home from primary school to find a brand new Indesit space age washing machine, however she also had an ancient Flatley clothes drier which survived and I think outlived the new washing machine. What a useful old thing that was, dread to think how fast it would make the leccy meter spin though!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted June 30, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2022 10 hours ago, Nick Gough said: My mother's was an upright cylinder shape with a rubber spout on the side. You had to put a bucket or bowl underneath and keep a close eye to make sure it didn't wander off and flood the kitchen floor. We had one like that and need hanging onto otherwise it took off in circles 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted July 1, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2022 18 hours ago, John Besley said: We had one like that and need hanging onto otherwise it took off in circles Again, why are people talking about their mother’s in such disrespectful ways? 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 On 30/06/2022 at 09:17, Nick Gough said: You had to put a bucket or bowl underneath and keep a close eye to make sure it didn't wander off and flood the kitchen floor. 3 hours ago, Regularity said: Again, why are people talking about their mother’s in such disrespectful ways? Isn't it terrible? I am deeply shocked. Ah, well yes. There's the issue. Is it mother's or mothers? Enquiring minds want to know. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted July 1, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2022 The grocer's apostrophe strikes again. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2022 Apostrophe catastrophe. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted July 1, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Apostrophe catastrophe. Autocorrect auto error, I am afraid. Plus a slug of inattention (which autocorrect made “in attention”) which meant I didn’t trap it myself. Edited July 1, 2022 by Regularity Some mothers do ‘ave ‘em… 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Regularity said: Autocorrect auto error, I am afraid. Plus a slug of inattention (which autocorrect made “in attention”) which meant I didn’t trap it myself. And there was I, thinking the autocensor had removed whatever it was you were referring to as appertaining to poster's mothers... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 This is a tricky one, should I get on with some modelling and post pictures to keep the audience from bouncing off the walls or go off out for dinner and a few drinks with the memsahib? Taxi will be here for 8:30, so that's settled then. 7 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted July 1, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2022 30 minutes ago, MrWolf said: This is a tricky one, should I get on with some modelling and post pictures to keep the audience from bouncing off the walls or go off out for dinner and a few drinks with the memsahib? Taxi will be here for 8:30, so that's settled then. Dinner and drinks mate - we’ll all still be here deliberating twin tubs when you get back. Jay 1 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 29/06/2022 at 20:23, MrWolf said: we don't have a cat I don't have any cats either. My wife has two though. I like to keep it that way. . . . 1 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 4 hours ago, Fishplate said: I don't have any cats either. My wife has two though. I like to keep it that way. . . . It could be worse, my first wife conspired with her mother and turned up with two seemingly incontinent secondhand Yorkshire terriers, (Latin: Yappus Rattus) and no, I wasn't asked. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted July 2, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2022 Ugh. Could have been worse though. Here in Vienna there seem to be hordes of chihuahuas. Which should be made into schnitzel, in my humble opinion. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 Only just surfaced from something of a lie in. of course I wasn't really having a dilemma last night, as it was our anniversary, met in early May, first official date at the end of June. Naturally there was a little champagne flowing and I ended up carrying somebody to the front door because at some point in the return taxi ride "her shoes had stopped working" 🤔 I might actually get something done today once I've done the Saturday chores at half speed. I have a couple of things that I'd like to progress. Meanwhile, perhaps you can debate why steam powered lawnmowers never really caught on? 😜 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, Graham T said: Ugh. Could have been worse though. Here in Vienna there seem to be hordes of chihuahuas. Which should be made into schnitzel, in my humble opinion. Or fed to the local Hovawart population. A proper dog. Over here in the UK, there's lots of fashion accessory dogs, followed by the usual drug dealer's mouth on legs dogs. Edited July 2, 2022 by MrWolf Picture 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted July 2, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2022 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: Meanwhile, perhaps you can debate why steam powered lawnmowers never really caught on? 😜 Which has led me to discover that a steam powered lawnmower was in fact Leyland's first vehicle... http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/mower/mower.htm 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Nick C said: Which has led me to discover that a steam powered lawnmower was in fact Leyland's first vehicle... http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/mower/mower.htm Please Sir Sir Sir I know the answer to that one. It was because the boiler boy couldn't keep up so the fire went out. Or was it because it kept setting fire to the driver. Hmm can I get back to you on this one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 https://youtu.be/Ql4a_KZ8n_8 All I need is a lawn! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted July 2, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2022 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: https://youtu.be/Ql4a_KZ8n_8 All I need is a lawn! Top stuff! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted July 2, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2022 8 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said: Top stuff! You’ve gone to seed.., Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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