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  1. 1 hour ago, luckymucklebackit said:

    ...so probably some twisted thinking could convert a simple coconut into a potential bomb.

     

    Jim

     

    They can withstand internal pressures in excess of 180psi. YouTube has at least one example, rather sweary though.

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  2. Superb photo. Agree it's probably a seaside location (assuming that those are shells behind Charles)

     

    Bertram's bicycle is a 'Facile' - mid to late 1880s, & very rare today: https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/1884-ellis-co-facile-lever-operated-safety-bicycle/?tax=tour&tid=36

     

    Glenrosa was/is indeed a whisky, distilled on Arran. Recent bottlings are perhaps best avoided:

     

    Palate: Not at all pleasant I'm afraid. Industrial Alcohol of Low Quality with a bit of Refill Oak, Pepper, Sugared Cereals and Nut Shells.


    Finish: Thin and Short with Stinging Young Grain Alcohol, Pepper, Sugared Cereals and light Licorice. Maybe hints of Citrus and Nutmeg. Quite Bitter in the end.

    I added some Water but that makes it almost undrinkable.

     

    Alongside the mirror is what looks like a gas pipe, but it seems to branch out into two strings of bulb sockets. If so that could push the date into the 1920s.

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