DJ360 6,721 Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 Waxing lyrical will continue.. waxing cars is done, for the forseeable... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,079 Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Some one told me about this no wash wax/polish.. No way i said Yes said my friend Try it and see  Well as we live in a complex and have not got any chance of useing a hose pipe, (have always used the car wash with the boys doing all the work)  (last time though not happy with them) Well I said to my friend my new car's colour is black it won't do any damage will it? No said friend. So sent for some of this for want of a better word, stuff So when it came still not sure how do you wash a car with out water? and not scatch it?  Well you have 2 magic cloths one to put the stuff on with then one to take it off (don't get them mixed up) IT WAS AMAZING IT DID WORK!!!!!   and it looked liked it had just come out of the showroom.  Still don't belive it.  And the name of the stuff (you'r not going to belive this)   ""GREASE LIGHTNING!"" yes thats its name. story not yet finished. This magic stuff cost me £39 99 for 2 bottles and cloths. Spoke to another friend the other day it seems he has being using it for quite a while (Never told me) but they sell it at Halfords and it's a lot cheaper than what i paid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,409 Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 In a fit of madness I bought an attachment for the pressure washer that spays the car with thick foam. It works well and is quite impressive, especially when I didn't bother too much about getting the mixture right. Unfortunately we live on a big hill and since having the kerb drop downs extended it all drains down the drive and  along the pavement, not into the road. Next door has a drive that slopes away from the pavement towards his house, he was not impressed when he came out and was ankle deep in foam... ah well back to the car wash. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 We live in a tower block & my lad rang & asked if I had a hose pipe he could borrow. ? Sometimes I do worry about that boy. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,719 Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 Feeling a bit down and under the weather with my hay fever this morning so decided to have Alexa play some 60’s music to cheer me up. First three songs were Unchained Melody .. Righteous Brothers Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Any more ... Walker Brothers and then Never Walk Alone Gerry & The Pacemakers. Seems like Alexa feels like me this morning! 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 Where's everyone gone......about 10 posts all day...? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 Busy decorating, upholstering, sewing and....being a slave to the cats! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,271 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 Just seen the first Christmas advert on TV for kids toys. It urges you to lay by for Christmas now. For those who do not know what lay by is the stores put the product away for you and you pay it off a little at a time before Christmas. I seem to remember something similar in the UK but can't recall what it was called. Not Hire purchase. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 Join our Christmas Club? Â Bah, Humbug! Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 Park Hampers have been doing that for years. The adverts usually start on December 26th, to start saving for the following Christmas. One club collapsed a couple of years ago and the punters lost all their money paid in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 That's the oldest trick in the book - the treasurer running off with the Christmas club money! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 My paternal grandfather used to run a diddlum club! Really, is anyone daft enough to contribute to something with a name like that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 What is/was a diddlum club ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 Ted Sparrow ran this enterprise, according to my father, for the members of his wife's family. They all contributed an agreed amount each week for however long the set period was, after which they were paid out, presumably plus interest. Â My father, who was still at school but had numerous Saturday and before/after school jobs, decided to join the club, no doubt coerced by Ted, and contributed his share each week from his earnings. He said that when payout time came round, Ted told him there was nothing to come as his mother had spent his contributions on new trousers/shoes for dad. Â My father and his father didn't get along. Ted was jealous of dad because he was my grandmother's favourite child. Dad had sensitive information on Ted who was always pleading poverty but in actuality was pretty well off due to a trust fund, the proceeds of which he guarded jealously. Â I assume Ted paid out my grandmother's relatives because she would have seen to it that his life was nasty, brutish and short if he had attempted to do otherwise! Â Happy families! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 I remember a form of saving club at Raywarp on Alfred St North. Memory not brill so excuse me if I get a bit muddled.Say there were twenty of us in the group, we paid in the same amount each week, and all names put in a box at the start and names were, to be picked out to see when we got our share. Every one received the amount we put in , just all in one go , depending on which number week we drew our name. I imagine there would have been a collection for the organiser. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,409 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 Diddlum clubs were quite common at one time, usually a work place enterprise and mostly a way to save for Christmas. There were other objectives, I was once a member of a 'drivers fine' club. 2/6d a week covered any speeding fines and for someone who once had nine points on his licence it was a worthwhile investment...  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 Got me new Michael Caine's today.......driving the wife mad with my Impressions of him......mind you she is laughing..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 Our office at Raleigh had a Diddlum club for Christmas. Also had a Fuddle club to save for things like a party or a trip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,014 Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 Fuddle Club the only time I have heard the word fuddle is when the wife was extremely angry and confused over some thing and did not know what to do, she would say she was in a mucking fuddle. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 Brilliant BK . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 At least the chairs will be reliable! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 I'm now saving up for cushions Catfan. I hope you are well. Nice to hear from you Monseiur Mayfield. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 Counting the days before we jet off on holiday a week tomorrow Seven glorious days by the sea, my lad taking us & fetching us back so that has saved me more beer money. Great Yarmouth here we come. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 807 Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 Have a great time catfan hope the weather is good i have not been there since i was a nipper in the early 50s. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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