Beekay 5,234 Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 I'm like Brew CT, I still use inks and a fountain pen. Trouble is no bugger wants to write to me. It's all, "I'll text ya, or I'll email ya". The art of writing seems to be dying. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Here are two bottles of ink from my desk drawer. I use a fountain pen for birthday and Xmas cards. Bottled ink keeps for an amazing length of time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 On the subject of writing; I still use the contents of this packet occasionally. 50+yrs old and still works! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,462 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 The two bottles I have, both Parkers, have not been opened for awhile, you need a grip like Garth to do it... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Garth! Now there's a blast from the past! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,234 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 He's still in the Daily Mirror Compo. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 I have several fountain pens, one of them in excess of 100 years old. It still works well but doesn't take cartridges! I use the pens for writing cards, birthdays, etc. My hand writing is awful, so far quicker to type. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,462 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 37 minutes ago, Compo said: Garth! Now there's a blast from the past! I knew someone would pick that up... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Caught red-handed, Brew - or at least green or sapphire handed in my case. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,751 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 On 9/26/2019 at 6:51 PM, Beekay said: I'm like Brew CT, I still use inks and a fountain pen. Trouble is no bugger wants to write to me. It's all, "I'll text ya, or I'll email ya". The art of writing seems to be dying. My handwriting has always been appalling and is now becoming painful to execute . However, when I try to communicate my exquisite erudition and unparallelled prose via the alternate medium of the internet, I'm apt to find myself in receipt of criticism that my offerings are excessively verbose. One simply cannot win! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,751 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Compo said: On the subject of writing; I still use the contents of this packet occasionally. 50+yrs old and still works! Aahh see thet stuff is Seowth Effrican.. Et says et's Blick. Aah wander if they also did et en Bluy, Grin, and Rid? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 DJ, you have reminded me, with the above, about the New Zealand accent. When we were there, they were having a heatwave. We would put on the Morning Show on the telly while we got ready. The 2 hosts, a man and a woman would have a little banter. In N.Z. the letter e is pronounced i. So the woman asks the fella, 'are you going to sit on your dick this evening with a cold beyah? No, says he, I'm still working on it, it's not finished yet. We couldn't stop laughing. Next day, she asked if he got it finished? No says he, I'm still hammering nails in my dick. They were completely serious, it all sounded normal to them. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 I remember going for breakfast when our ship was docked and unloading containers in Aukland, the waitress said how would you like your "iggs". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,462 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 3 hours ago, DJ360 said: My handwriting has always been appalling and is now becoming painful to execute . However, when I try to communicate my exquisite erudition and unparallelled prose via the alternate medium of the internet, I'm apt to find myself in receipt of criticism that my offerings are excessively verbose. One simply cannot win! Gerr aht onit, yer only sayin that 'cos it's true... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,234 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Talking of Kiwis, the last hospital my son was in, he had a NZ nurse. She used to say " Come along Mr Keeng it's to get you back inta bid". 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted October 6, 2019 Report Share Posted October 6, 2019 This was a posh one....Toilet roll, not newspaper! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted October 6, 2019 Report Share Posted October 6, 2019 Was this the world's worst cheese ever? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
West Bridgfordian 144 Posted October 6, 2019 Report Share Posted October 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Compo said: This was a posh one....Toilet roll, not newspaper! And a seat! Well out of my league. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,371 Posted October 6, 2019 Report Share Posted October 6, 2019 12 hours ago, Compo said: Was this the world's worst cheese ever? Definitely, only tried it once, it was disgusting and that comes from someone that loves a fine ripe Stilton 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 Americans don't have a clue about cheese - like their mustard - bland and tasteless. The stuff they call Monterey Jack is possibly the worst as, in addition to the already described (non)attributes, it only keeps a few days without becoming covered in a whole fungal garden. Even the US imitations of real cheeses are rubbish. I've heard that they are manufactured to suit the 'American taste' - well, I can quite believe that. The stuff called Cheez Whiz seemed to be straight out of the chemical factory - with a taste to match and a consistency and appearance resembling kaolin poultice (which is another thing you don't see anymore). Regarding the other current post on this thread, not only a toilet roll and a seat but it also has a door. Real luxury there! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 Not all cheeses are bland over here. Tillamook, a cheese company in Oregon, make wonderful mature cheddar, sold in 2lb blocks. Much more expensive than supermarket brand stuff, but so worth the money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 Perhaps it's because Oregon is close to Canada - the Canadians do know how to make Cheddar but, again, that's only one amongst hundreds and hundreds of cheeses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,530 Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 20 minutes ago, jonab said: - the Canadians do know how to make Cheddar A trip to Burtons in the 50s and 60s with my Mum always entailed a bit of cheese-tasting and the purchase of a big block of mature Canadian Cheddar. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 Do you remember Black Diamond Canadian Cheddar? It used to be sold in small sticks in most places - much like US butter - but Burtons had big blocks of it. We used to buy lbs at a time. My mother used to say it was so strong it made your tabs laugh. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,234 Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 Always liked and bought a cheese that when you took a bite, it would bite back. Extra mature and Spanish onion sandwich. Nothing like it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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