In article <ue17tc$360e6$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
r.girolle.co.uk> on Fri, 15 Sep 2023 at 10:25:00 awoke Nicholas from
his slumbers and wrote
>On 15/09/2023 02:12, Tone wrote:
>> On 14/09/2023 20:49, RustyHinge wrote:
>>> ...and this - wottizzit? Bockle' marked 'P'. It's all wet - I'll leave
>>> it somewhere nice and warm to dry out...
>>>
>>> And wot about this? Big bockle  of oleum. I'll tip it down the drain
>>> with this tin of flakes - NaOH wotever *that* is.
>>
>> Down the back there behind the dead 'puter stacks, I've just found this
>> box of old candles. Big ones with long wicks. But they seem to be
>> sweating a lot. Shall I throw you one Rusty?
>
>Them's not candles, Tone, they's sticks of rock: give one a bite...
>
If it says Blackpool or Formby through the middle your OK, OTOH if it
gives you a violent headache or relieves your chest pain then put the
'candle' down very very gently and depart the shed very very quietly.
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"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:25:00 +0100
RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:

> On 15/09/2023 02:12, Tone wrote:
> > On 14/09/2023 20:49, RustyHinge wrote:
> >> ...and this - wottizzit? Bockle' marked 'P'. It's all wet - I'll leave
> >> it somewhere nice and warm to dry out...
> >>
> >> And wot about this? Big bockle  of oleum. I'll tip it down the drain
> >> with this tin of flakes - NaOH wotever *that* is.
> >
> > Down the back there behind the dead 'puter stacks, I've just found this
> > box of old candles. Big ones with long wicks. But they seem to be
> > sweating a lot. Shall I throw you one Rusty?
>
> Them's not candles, Tone, they's sticks of rock: give one a bite...

They's drugs what will blow your mind.

--
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Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

In message <G7U+GJAzBDBlFAFF@salmiron.com>, Nicholas D. Richards
<nicholas@salmiron.com> writes
>If it says Blackpool or Formby through the middle your OK, OTOH if it
>gives you a violent headache or relieves your chest pain then put the
>'candle' down very very gently and depart the shed very very quietly.

Deep ending on how it relieves him of his chest pain, his exit from the
shed might be rather noisy.

Adrian
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In article <20230915112328.0c151f62b26e74eb31595629@eircom.net>, Ahem A
Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Fri, 15 Sep 2023 at 11:23:28 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:25:00 +0100
>RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 15/09/2023 02:12, Tone wrote:
>> > On 14/09/2023 20:49, RustyHinge wrote:
>> >> ...and this - wottizzit? Bockle' marked 'P'. It's all wet - I'll leave
>> >> it somewhere nice and warm to dry out...
>> >>
>> >> And wot about this? Big bockle  of oleum. I'll tip it down the drain
>> >> with this tin of flakes - NaOH wotever *that* is.
>> >
>> > Down the back there behind the dead 'puter stacks, I've just found this
>> > box of old candles. Big ones with long wicks. But they seem to be
>> > sweating a lot. Shall I throw you one Rusty?
>>
>> Them's not candles, Tone, they's sticks of rock: give one a bite...
>
>They's drugs what will blow your mind.
>
Left over props from George Formby's act?
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"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 15/09/2023 10:30, Tease'n'Seize wrote:
> RustyHinge wrote:
>
>> I suppose you've dumped that nice ickle eclectic enamelling kiln -
>> I've been after one of they for ages...
>
> I gave his potter's wheel to one of his fiends, none of the kilns (2x
> electric, 1x gas) could be described as 'ickle' ...
>
Thanks - pipe dream? (Gone down the pipes in RL?)

--
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To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 15/09/2023 11:19, Tone wrote:
> On 15/09/2023 10:25, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 15/09/2023 02:12, Tone wrote:
>>> On 14/09/2023 20:49, RustyHinge wrote:
>>>> ...and this - wottizzit? Bockle' marked 'P'. It's all wet - I'll
>>>> leave it somewhere nice and warm to dry out...
>>>>
>>>> And wot about this? Big bockle  of oleum. I'll tip it down the drain
>>>> with this tin of flakes - NaOH wotever *that* is.
>>>
>>> Down the back there behind the dead 'puter stacks, I've just found
>>> this box of old candles. Big ones with long wicks. But they seem to
>>> be sweating a lot. Shall I throw you one Rusty?
>>
>> Them's not candles, Tone, they's sticks of rock: give one a bite...
>>
>
> Sticks of rock? They usually have the seaside town written through the
> miggle, not a wick, unless it's Jaywick?

The resort of Hackney Wick?

> I've set one up in a jam jar. I'll light it this evening when it gets
> dark to see how effective it is. Could make a nice atmosphere in here.

Certainly will change the atmosphere innit.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 15/09/2023 01:04, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <20230914230914.1496bbd4004e092847d220e5@eircom.net>, Ahem A
> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Thu, 14 Sep 2023 at 23:09:14 awoke
> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>> On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 20:49:26 +0100
>> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> I'll just toss this old load of sodium metal into the water butt to stop
>>> it catching fire: I could hfr the naptha it's being kept in...
>>>
>>> ...and this - wottizzit? Bockle' marked 'P'. It's all wet - I'll leave
>>> it somewhere nice and warm to dry out...
>>>
>>> And wot about this? Big bockle of oleum. I'll tip it down the drain
>>> with this tin of flakes - NaOH wotever *that* is.
>>
>> There's this steel bockle labelled ClF3 what do you want to do with it ?
>>
> Let me run away, as fast as my arthritic legs will let me.
>
> Have you got life insurance, because your nearest a dearest are likely
> to be able to cash it in. Real soon.

Not if they live nearby.

On 15/09/2023 11:22, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <ue17tc$360e6$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
> r.girolle.co.uk> on Fri, 15 Sep 2023 at 10:25:00 awoke Nicholas from
> his slumbers and wrote
>> On 15/09/2023 02:12, Tone wrote:
>>> On 14/09/2023 20:49, RustyHinge wrote:
>>>> ...and this - wottizzit? Bockle' marked 'P'. It's all wet - I'll leave
>>>> it somewhere nice and warm to dry out...
>>>>
>>>> And wot about this? Big bockle  of oleum. I'll tip it down the drain
>>>> with this tin of flakes - NaOH wotever *that* is.
>>>
>>> Down the back there behind the dead 'puter stacks, I've just found this
>>> box of old candles. Big ones with long wicks. But they seem to be
>>> sweating a lot. Shall I throw you one Rusty?
>>
>> Them's not candles, Tone, they's sticks of rock: give one a bite...
>>
> If it says Blackpool or Formby through the middle your OK, OTOH if it
> gives you a violent headache or relieves your chest pain then put the
> 'candle' down very very gently and depart the shed very very quietly.

I understand that all the best ones have "ACME" writted on the side.

On 15/09/2023 18:27, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <20230915112328.0c151f62b26e74eb31595629@eircom.net>, Ahem A
> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Fri, 15 Sep 2023 at 11:23:28 awoke
> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>> On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:25:00 +0100
>> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 15/09/2023 02:12, Tone wrote:
>>>> On 14/09/2023 20:49, RustyHinge wrote:
>>>>> ...and this - wottizzit? Bockle' marked 'P'. It's all wet - I'll leave
>>>>> it somewhere nice and warm to dry out...
>>>>>
>>>>> And wot about this? Big bockle  of oleum. I'll tip it down the drain
>>>>> with this tin of flakes - NaOH wotever *that* is.
>>>>
>>>> Down the back there behind the dead 'puter stacks, I've just found this
>>>> box of old candles. Big ones with long wicks. But they seem to be
>>>> sweating a lot. Shall I throw you one Rusty?
>>>
>>> Them's not candles, Tone, they's sticks of rock: give one a bite...
>>
>> They's drugs what will blow your mind.
>>
> Left over props from George Formby's act?

Why? What sort of acts was he caught in the act of?

Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
[...]
> >>> Down the back there behind the dead 'puter stacks, I've just found this
> >>> box of old candles. Big ones with long wicks. But they seem to be
> >>> sweating a lot. Shall I throw you one Rusty?
> >>
> >> Them's not candles, Tone, they's sticks of rock: give one a bite...
> >>
> > If it says Blackpool or Formby through the middle your OK, OTOH if it
> > gives you a violent headache or relieves your chest pain then put the
> > 'candle' down very very gently and depart the shed very very quietly.
>
> I understand that all the best ones have "ACME" writted on the side.
>

See also: alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup

--
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My pet rock Gordon just is.

In article <Cn2NM.57064$07Jf.55113@fx12.ams1>, Sam Plusnet
<not@home.com> on Fri, 15 Sep 2023 at 20:37:06 awoke Nicholas from his
slumbers and wrote
>On 15/09/2023 18:27, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> In article <20230915112328.0c151f62b26e74eb31595629@eircom.net>, Ahem A
>> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Fri, 15 Sep 2023 at 11:23:28 awoke
>> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>> On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:25:00 +0100
>>> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 15/09/2023 02:12, Tone wrote:
>>>>> On 14/09/2023 20:49, RustyHinge wrote:
>>>>>> ...and this - wottizzit? Bockle' marked 'P'. It's all wet - I'll leave
>>>>>> it somewhere nice and warm to dry out...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And wot about this? Big bockle  of oleum. I'll tip it down the drain
>>>>>> with this tin of flakes - NaOH wotever *that* is.
>>>>>
>>>>> Down the back there behind the dead 'puter stacks, I've just found this
>>>>> box of old candles. Big ones with long wicks. But they seem to be
>>>>> sweating a lot. Shall I throw you one Rusty?
>>>>
>>>> Them's not candles, Tone, they's sticks of rock: give one a bite...
>>>
>>> They's drugs what will blow your mind.
>>>
>> Left over props from George Formby's act?
>
>Why? What sort of acts was he caught in the act of?

Dunno, but it was with a lickle stick of Blackpool rock.
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"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 15/09/2023 23:17, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <Cn2NM.57064$07Jf.55113@fx12.ams1>, Sam Plusnet
> <not@home.com> on Fri, 15 Sep 2023 at 20:37:06 awoke Nicholas from his
> slumbers and wrote
>> On 15/09/2023 18:27, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:

>>> Left over props from George Formby's act?
>>
>> Why? What sort of acts was he caught in the act of?
>
> Dunno, but it was with a lickle stick of Blackpool rock.
>
Also stalking and peeking through windows...

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

In article <kml16cF4bd2U1@mid.individual.net>, John Williamson
<johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> on Sat, 16 Sep 2023 at 07:44:27 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On 15/09/2023 23:17, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> In article <Cn2NM.57064$07Jf.55113@fx12.ams1>, Sam Plusnet
>> <not@home.com> on Fri, 15 Sep 2023 at 20:37:06 awoke Nicholas from his
>> slumbers and wrote
>>> On 15/09/2023 18:27, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>
>>>> Left over props from George Formby's act?
>>>
>>> Why? What sort of acts was he caught in the act of?
>>
>> Dunno, but it was with a lickle stick of Blackpool rock.
>>
>Also stalking and peeking through windows...
>
And hanging his washing out on a line in some forrin parts
--
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"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 16/09/2023 11:03, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <kml16cF4bd2U1@mid.individual.net>, John Williamson
> <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> on Sat, 16 Sep 2023 at 07:44:27 awoke
> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>> On 15/09/2023 23:17, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>> In article <Cn2NM.57064$07Jf.55113@fx12.ams1>, Sam Plusnet
>>> <not@home.com> on Fri, 15 Sep 2023 at 20:37:06 awoke Nicholas from his
>>> slumbers and wrote
>>>> On 15/09/2023 18:27, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>
>>>>> Left over props from George Formby's act?
>>>>
>>>> Why? What sort of acts was he caught in the act of?
>>>
>>> Dunno, but it was with a lickle stick of Blackpool rock.
>>>
>> Also stalking and peeking through windows...
>>
> And hanging his washing out on a line in some forrin parts

And letching on street corners

Tone

On 16/09/2023 11:17, Tone wrote:
> On 16/09/2023 11:03, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> In article <kml16cF4bd2U1@mid.individual.net>, John Williamson
>> <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> on Sat, 16 Sep 2023 at 07:44:27 awoke
>> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>> On 15/09/2023 23:17, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>> In article <Cn2NM.57064$07Jf.55113@fx12.ams1>, Sam Plusnet
>>>> <not@home.com> on Fri, 15 Sep 2023 at 20:37:06 awoke Nicholas from his
>>>> slumbers and wrote
>>>>> On 15/09/2023 18:27, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Left over props from George Formby's act?
>>>>>
>>>>> Why? What sort of acts was he caught in the act of?
>>>>
>>>> Dunno, but it was with a lickle stick of Blackpool rock.
>>>>
>>> Also stalking and peeking through windows...
>>>
>> And hanging his washing out on a line in some forrin parts
>
> And letching on street corners
>
> Tone

Ah, but you can't go to jail for "standing on the corner, watching the
girls go by." At least according to 4 lads.

--
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I AM NOT A LEAN MEAN SPITTING MACHINE

On 16/09/2023 12:11, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> On 16/09/2023 11:17, Tone wrote:
>> On 16/09/2023 11:03, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>> In article <kml16cF4bd2U1@mid.individual.net>, John Williamson
>>> <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com>  on Sat, 16 Sep 2023 at 07:44:27 awoke
>>> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>> On 15/09/2023 23:17, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>>> In article <Cn2NM.57064$07Jf.55113@fx12.ams1>, Sam Plusnet
>>>>> <not@home.com>  on Fri, 15 Sep 2023 at 20:37:06 awoke Nicholas from
>>>>> his
>>>>> slumbers and wrote
>>>>>> On 15/09/2023 18:27, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Left over props from George Formby's act?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why?  What sort of acts was he caught in the act of?
>>>>>
>>>>> Dunno, but it was with a lickle stick of Blackpool rock.
>>>>>
>>>> Also stalking and peeking through windows...
>>>>
>>> And hanging his washing out on a line in some forrin parts
>>
>> And letching on street corners
>>
>> Tone
>
> Ah, but you can't go to jail for "standing on the corner, watching the
> girls go by." At least according to 4 lads.

"I was proceeding in a westerly direction along the High Street, when I
became aware of the accused who, on closer inspection, was found to have
his little ukulele in his hand.
I apprehended him and took him to the police station - after ensuring
that the offending item was properly covered.

On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:50:32 -0000 (UTC), Peter <myshed@prune.org.uk> wrote:
> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote in news:udul30$2j0m4$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> On 14/09/2023 00:41, RustyHinge wrote:
>>> Plusnet's server was Nonplussed, and wouldn't connect to mail, news or
>>> intertubes-with-pictures.
>>
>> Plusnet was down, here, for about an hour yesterday early evening.
>
> Virgin Meja has had a couple of outages here, last night and this morning.
> They're getting more frequent and I am looking at my router with suspicion.

Virgin media are a criminal enterprise, they go down
more often than an ambitous starlet and still want to charge for
no service.

Dump Virgin, get a real ISP.

> I can get a new router installed with little effort, but then I have to
> reconnect 20-or-so gadgets. Some will be easy to reconnect but others will
> be a right pain so I keep putting it off.

If your new router has the same password and SSID it
shouldn't be a problem.

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