Sam Plusnet wrote:

> the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from when we sat down to
> make up those paper-chain decorations

I quite liked that taste, and licking envelopes ...

On 23/09/2023 01:03, Tease'n'Seize wrote:
> Sam Plusnet wrote:
>
>> the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from when we sat down to
>> make up those paper-chain decorations
>
> I quite liked that taste, and licking envelopes ...

Don't try it with superglue

Tone

Tease'n'Seize <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote in
news:M3ednTQxleGitpP4nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@brightview.co.uk:

> Sam Plusnet wrote:
>
>> the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from when we sat down to
>> make up those paper-chain decorations
>
> I quite liked that taste, and licking envelopes ...
>

+1, though I did get a paper cut on my tongue on one occasion.

--
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-----

Yes but it was a Bedford van under it all. They usually got a third party to
make the fittings inside.
Fiat did a very small one like this as well.
Brian

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"RustyHinge" <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 22/09/2023 10:23, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> So in my day when my parents were alive, and this wasin the late 60s and
>> early 70s, most of the motorhome makes were just fitted into an existing
>> vehicle like a Commer or VW. They tended to have roofs that could be
>> raised
>> to give headroom.
>> I don't recall any bespoke makes.
>
> Bedford Dormobile?
>
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> To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the
> BOFH.

In article <uelc8v$g1b4$1@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com> on
Sat, 23 Sep 2023 at 01:42:07 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On 23/09/2023 01:03, Tease'n'Seize wrote:
>> Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>
>>> the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from when we sat down to
>>> make up those paper-chain decorations
>>
>> I quite liked that taste, and licking envelopes ...
>
>Don't try it with superglue
>
>Tone

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In his later years, James Brown could be seen over here in the UK with his
Winnebago sitting on some camping chairs with his can of coke. He had to
give up the booze for his health apparently, and liked the UK as the Brits
did not mob him as the Americans tended to do.
Brian

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<hubops@ccanoemail.com> wrote in message
news:8c4rgilovaa0jj1qig15edog5tga9ubck4@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:23:52 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
> <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>So in my day when my parents were alive, and this wasin the late 60s and
>>early 70s, most of the motorhome makes were just fitted into an existing
>>vehicle like a Commer or VW. They tended to have roofs that could be
>>raised
>>to give headroom.
>> I don't recall any bespoke makes.
>> Brian
>
> These companies buy the bare chassis + engine + drivetrain
> < and cab perhaps> from the various auto manufacturers
> and then build their mobile home onto it.
> Tony's is a Fiat Hymer; here in North America - Ford and Dodge
> were once popular frames but Mercedes has made recent inroads.
> Even the fairly small camper vans - 20 feet - have toilets,
> kitchen facilities, air conditioners, generators, fold-in fold-out
> fold-up beds, furniture, & storage.
>
> Not-that-many-years-ago we'd scoff at the large luxury motorhomes
> with their $ 100. grand + price tags .. now a new 20 footer will
> set you back $ 200. grand. < Canadian dollars >
> John T.

Peter <myshed@prune.org.uk> wrote:

> Tease'n'Seize <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote in
> news:M3ednTQxleGitpP4nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@brightview.co.uk:
>
> > Sam Plusnet wrote:
> >
> >> the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from when we sat down to
> >> make up those paper-chain decorations
> >
> > I quite liked that taste, and licking envelopes ...
> >
>
> +1, though I did get a paper cut on my tongue on one occasion.

Theybuggrem gummint brown envelopes are osds for that and they use a
particularly noxious type of gum that requires at least two passes with
the tongue to get the envelope flap to stick porperly and make sure that
you get a full dose of UAB. [spit, spit again]

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On 23/09/2023 10:32, Sn!pe wrote:
> Peter <myshed@prune.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Tease'n'Seize <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote in
>> news:M3ednTQxleGitpP4nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@brightview.co.uk:
>>
>>> Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>
>>>> the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from when we sat down to
>>>> make up those paper-chain decorations
>>>
>>> I quite liked that taste, and licking envelopes ...
>>>
>>
>> +1, though I did get a paper cut on my tongue on one occasion.
>
> Theybuggrem gummint brown envelopes are osds for that and they use a
> particularly noxious type of gum that requires at least two passes with
> the tongue to get the envelope flap to stick porperly and make sure that
> you get a full dose of UAB. [spit, spit again]
>
Gum-mermint employees hfrq a wet sponge for the wbo.

No files on them...

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On 23/09/2023 09:58, Brian Gaff wrote:
> In his later years, James Brown could be seen over here in the UK with his
> Winnebago sitting on some camping chairs with his can of coke. He had to
> give up the booze for his health apparently, and liked the UK as the Brits
> did not mob him as the Americans tended to do.

Who he?

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On 23/09/2023 13:01, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 23/09/2023 09:58, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> In his later years, James Brown could be seen over here in the UK with
>> his
>> Winnebago sitting on some camping chairs with his can of coke. He had to
>> give up the booze for his health apparently, and liked the UK as the
>> Brits
>> did not mob him as the Americans tended to do.
>
> Who he?
>
An American singist. Rather good, if you like gospel, soul and funk music.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:59:46 +0100
RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:

> On 23/09/2023 10:32, Sn!pe wrote:

> > Theybuggrem gummint brown envelopes are osds for that and they use a
> > particularly noxious type of gum that requires at least two passes with
> > the tongue to get the envelope flap to stick porperly and make sure that
> > you get a full dose of UAB. [spit, spit again]
> >
> Gum-mermint employees hfrq a wet sponge for the wbo.

They're not the only ones, a ickle domed sponge inna box came with
a soldering iron and was of course never to hand when the bit needed wiping
so never got used for the apparent purpose. Much later it happened that
there were a lot of envelopes to seal and then it did cumminhandi.

--
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Host: Beautiful Theory meet Inconvenient Fact
Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote in
news:uemjvj$pejk$1@dont-email.me:

> Gum-mermint employees hfrq a wet sponge for the wbo.

or a roller (not a Roller) in a water bath. I had a colleague who used one
but never washed it. She called it her "smelly tongue".

--
Peter
-----

On 23/09/2023 13:57, John Williamson wrote:
> On 23/09/2023 13:01, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 23/09/2023 09:58, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>> In his later years, James Brown could be seen over here in the UK with
>>> his
>>> Winnebago sitting on some camping chairs with his can of coke. He had to
>>> give up the booze for his health apparently, and liked the UK as the
>>> Brits
>>> did not mob him as the Americans tended to do.
>>
>> Who he?
>>
> An American singist. Rather good, if you like gospel, soul and funk music.
>
My Gospel and soul music is/are covered by Dr. John Bull, Orlando
Gibbons, John Byrd, Jehan Oystermayre, Gregorio Allegri, Various
flavours of Bach, George Frederic Handel, Joseph Haydn, Choir of St
John's College, Cantab. &c.

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

On 23/09/2023 00:58, Tone wrote:
> On 22/09/2023 20:20, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> I read that and the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from
>> when we sat down to make up those paper-chain decorations - they were
>> stuck to the ceiling in a diagonal pattern between the ceiling light
>> fitting and the corners of the room.  Who needs a professional
>> decorator when you have artistic skills like that?
>>
>> Then there was the "Blowing Up of the Balloons", and sticking them up
>> at ceiling level.
>
> Suddenly unforgets how we used to make paper 'lanterns' out of coloured
> foolscap. It involved cutting lots of parallel slits in the paper, that
> didn't go to the bottom or top of the paper in landscape. Deft jbex with
> scissors or sharp knife or razor blade required. You then curled the
> paper into a tube and glued it, then squashed it top to bottom a bit. If
> you were really brave you put it over a nightlight candle. Don't
> unforget that many catching fire unless a draft blew them over!
>
> As well as paper chains, we also stuck long strips of coloured tissue
> paper together, and twisted them before hanging them up across the room.
>
> As a kid I can't ever call again actually buying decorations. Even the
> tree was a real one with roots that was dug up from the garding, potted
> and replanted at New Year.

We did buy some ready-made paper chains which arrived flat, but opened
up, sort of like a concertina.

Our 'tree' (the same one was used for well over 40 years) was much like
a set of flue brushes - stiff wire twisted together with the bristles
trapped between them - sticking out of a (IIRC) wooden stem and mounted
on a wooden base (a section cut from a 10" diameter tree).
You bent the arms/branches down for 'display' and bent them back up,
parallel to the stem, before storing it for next year.

Oh the magic of a childhood Christmas!

On 23/09/2023 10:32, Sn!pe wrote:
> Peter <myshed@prune.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Tease'n'Seize <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote in
>> news:M3ednTQxleGitpP4nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@brightview.co.uk:
>>
>>> Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>
>>>> the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from when we sat down to
>>>> make up those paper-chain decorations
>>>
>>> I quite liked that taste, and licking envelopes ...
>>>
>>
>> +1, though I did get a paper cut on my tongue on one occasion.
>
> Theybuggrem gummint brown envelopes are osds for that and they use a
> particularly noxious type of gum that requires at least two passes with
> the tongue to get the envelope flap to stick porperly and make sure that
> you get a full dose of UAB. [spit, spit again]
>
I always though that wet sponge in a thing like an ink-well, at the post
office was very impressive.
They sometimes had one of them rubber thimbles for counting banknotes.
Of Course you had to be a Proper Professional to do stuff like that.

On 23/09/2023 20:29, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 23/09/2023 00:58, Tone wrote:
>> On 22/09/2023 20:20, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>> I read that and the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from
>>> when we sat down to make up those paper-chain decorations - they were
>>> stuck to the ceiling in a diagonal pattern between the ceiling light
>>> fitting and the corners of the room.  Who needs a professional
>>> decorator when you have artistic skills like that?
>>>
>>> Then there was the "Blowing Up of the Balloons", and sticking them up
>>> at ceiling level.
>>
>> Suddenly unforgets how we used to make paper 'lanterns' out of
>> coloured foolscap. It involved cutting lots of parallel slits in the
>> paper, that didn't go to the bottom or top of the paper in landscape.
>> Deft jbex with scissors or sharp knife or razor blade required. You
>> then curled the paper into a tube and glued it, then squashed it top
>> to bottom a bit. If you were really brave you put it over a nightlight
>> candle. Don't unforget that many catching fire unless a draft blew
>> them over!
>>
>> As well as paper chains, we also stuck long strips of coloured tissue
>> paper together, and twisted them before hanging them up across the room.
>>
>> As a kid I can't ever call again actually buying decorations. Even the
>> tree was a real one with roots that was dug up from the garding,
>> potted and replanted at New Year.
>
> We did buy some ready-made paper chains which arrived flat, but opened
> up, sort of like a concertina.
>
> Our 'tree' (the same one was used for well over 40 years) was much like
> a set of flue brushes - stiff wire twisted together with the bristles
> trapped between them - sticking out of a (IIRC) wooden stem and mounted
> on a wooden base (a section cut from a 10" diameter tree).
> You bent the arms/branches down for 'display' and bent them back up,
> parallel to the stem, before storing it for next year.
>
> Oh the magic of a childhood Christmas!
>
I unforget getting Beartice Pottercharacters my mother molished from
Glitter Wax™ - that and Plasticene™ featured in my earlyhood, when I
wasn't outside being wild. Well, more like feral.

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

On 23/09/2023 20:37, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 23/09/2023 10:32, Sn!pe wrote:
>> Peter <myshed@prune.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Tease'n'Seize <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote in
>>> news:M3ednTQxleGitpP4nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@brightview.co.uk:
>>>
>>>> Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from when we sat down to
>>>>> make up those paper-chain decorations
>>>>
>>>> I quite liked that taste, and licking envelopes ...
>>>>
>>>
>>> +1, though I did get a paper cut on my tongue on one occasion.
>>
>> Theybuggrem gummint brown envelopes are osds for that and they use a
>> particularly noxious type of gum that requires at least two passes with
>> the tongue to get the envelope flap to stick porperly and make sure that
>> you get a full dose of UAB.  [spit, spit again]
>>
> I always though that wet sponge in a thing like an ink-well, at the post
> office was very impressive.
> They sometimes had one of them rubber thimbles for counting banknotes.
> Of Course you had to be a Proper Professional to do stuff like that.

When my stepfather stopped being a narmy occifer he was Chief Cashier in
Barclays Bank, Hackney, Upminster and Dagenham. He wasn't amused if you
said he'd been cashiered...

He always had a rubber thimble with ickle cylindrical stickyoutybits on
and a sort of wet pincushion for artificial osculation of covers.

My mother was a physioterrorist in private practice, and the Ole Man
sent out the accounts &c.

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

On 2023-09-23, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
> On 23/09/2023 13:57, John Williamson wrote:
>> On 23/09/2023 13:01, RustyHinge wrote:
>>> On 23/09/2023 09:58, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>>> In his later years, James Brown could be seen over here in the UK with
>>>> his
>>>> Winnebago sitting on some camping chairs with his can of coke. He had to
>>>> give up the booze for his health apparently, and liked the UK as the
>>>> Brits
>>>> did not mob him as the Americans tended to do.
>>>
>>> Who he?
>>>
>> An American singist. Rather good, if you like gospel, soul and funk music.

"Blues Brothers" section. He was rather good. There is a house nearby
where they pay African-American music sometimes, Perhaps i might be able
to divert a drone from Ukraine to it.

>>
> My Gospel and soul music is/are covered by Dr. John Bull, Orlando
> Gibbons, John Byrd, Jehan Oystermayre, Gregorio Allegri, Various
> flavours of Bach, George Frederic Handel, Joseph Haydn, Choir of St
> John's College, Cantab. &c.
>
>

--
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Death to the influencers, hung, drawn and cut up is more than they deserve.
Meantime, back at the Estancia, etc.

In article <10HPM.119935$1B%c.63682@fx09.iad>, Sam Plusnet
<not@home.com> on Sat, 23 Sep 2023 at 20:29:00 awoke Nicholas from his
slumbers and wrote
>On 23/09/2023 00:58, Tone wrote:
>> On 22/09/2023 20:20, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>> I read that and the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from
>>> when we sat down to make up those paper-chain decorations - they were
>>> stuck to the ceiling in a diagonal pattern between the ceiling light
>>> fitting and the corners of the room.  Who needs a professional
>>> decorator when you have artistic skills like that?
>>>
>>> Then there was the "Blowing Up of the Balloons", and sticking them up
>>> at ceiling level.
>>
>> Suddenly unforgets how we used to make paper 'lanterns' out of coloured
>> foolscap. It involved cutting lots of parallel slits in the paper, that
>> didn't go to the bottom or top of the paper in landscape. Deft jbex with
>> scissors or sharp knife or razor blade required. You then curled the
>> paper into a tube and glued it, then squashed it top to bottom a bit. If
>> you were really brave you put it over a nightlight candle. Don't
>> unforget that many catching fire unless a draft blew them over!
>>
>> As well as paper chains, we also stuck long strips of coloured tissue
>> paper together, and twisted them before hanging them up across the room.
>>
>> As a kid I can't ever call again actually buying decorations. Even the
>> tree was a real one with roots that was dug up from the garding, potted
>> and replanted at New Year.
>
>We did buy some ready-made paper chains which arrived flat, but opened
>up, sort of like a concertina.
>
>Our 'tree' (the same one was used for well over 40 years) was much like
>a set of flue brushes - stiff wire twisted together with the bristles
>trapped between them - sticking out of a (IIRC) wooden stem and mounted
>on a wooden base (a section cut from a 10" diameter tree).
>You bent the arms/branches down for 'display' and bent them back up,
>parallel to the stem, before storing it for next year.
>
>Oh the magic of a childhood Christmas!
>
One Christmas was so magical that I put my stocking out again, I was not
being greedy for more presents I just wanted the magic to continue. It
didn't. The following Christmas was not as magical either.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 3:51:43 PM UTC-5, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <10HPM.119935$1B%c.6...@fx09.iad>, Sam Plusnet
> <n...@home.com> on Sat, 23 Sep 2023 at 20:29:00 awoke Nicholas from his
> slumbers and wrote
> >On 23/09/2023 00:58, Tone wrote:
> >> On 22/09/2023 20:20, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> >>> I read that and the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from
> >>> when we sat down to make up those paper-chain decorations - they were
> >>> stuck to the ceiling in a diagonal pattern between the ceiling light
> >>> fitting and the corners of the room. Who needs a professional
> >>> decorator when you have artistic skills like that?
> >>>
> >>> Then there was the "Blowing Up of the Balloons", and sticking them up
> >>> at ceiling level.
> >>
> >> Suddenly unforgets how we used to make paper 'lanterns' out of coloured
> >> foolscap. It involved cutting lots of parallel slits in the paper, that
> >> didn't go to the bottom or top of the paper in landscape. Deft jbex with
> >> scissors or sharp knife or razor blade required. You then curled the
> >> paper into a tube and glued it, then squashed it top to bottom a bit. If
> >> you were really brave you put it over a nightlight candle. Don't
> >> unforget that many catching fire unless a draft blew them over!
> >>
> >> As well as paper chains, we also stuck long strips of coloured tissue
> >> paper together, and twisted them before hanging them up across the room.
> >>
> >> As a kid I can't ever call again actually buying decorations. Even the
> >> tree was a real one with roots that was dug up from the garding, potted
> >> and replanted at New Year.
> >
> >We did buy some ready-made paper chains which arrived flat, but opened
> >up, sort of like a concertina.
> >
> >Our 'tree' (the same one was used for well over 40 years) was much like
> >a set of flue brushes - stiff wire twisted together with the bristles
> >trapped between them - sticking out of a (IIRC) wooden stem and mounted
> >on a wooden base (a section cut from a 10" diameter tree).
> >You bent the arms/branches down for 'display' and bent them back up,
> >parallel to the stem, before storing it for next year.
> >
> >Oh the magic of a childhood Christmas!
> >
> One Christmas was so magical that I put my stocking out again, I was not
> being greedy for more presents I just wanted the magic to continue. It
> didn't. The following Christmas was not as magical either.
> --
> 0sterc@tcher -
>
> "Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

I was just thinking about my wife in the shed. It all started out with the six worm contest to write a novel and six words in my entry was general. Cartwright exclaimed, not my fault know at the time he was some kind of bigwig in the nucleus, seeing a pool or whatever it was in, that was kind of a humorous statement like you know he would cause World War III in, but he wouldn't claim credit for it so later on on her general cart ride with Ashley indicted on some charges or whatever so nowadays it would have to be changed to like Putin exclaimed, not my fault or Biden exclaimed, not my fault so anyway we we went on and I was merely posting to the shed and then the first big roadblock came up quoting the dreaded quoting. Donnn are not properly quoting you don't meet our high standards here in the shed it doesn't make one damn as far as transferring meaning, and information between payroll but dammit we like things to be quoted, right so that went on for several years and I am at one point I am I made a humorous comment about why doesn't the raven "and that's because quote the Raven nevermore ha ha ha ha pretty darn rich huh and then we go on and on, and and all kind of these wonderful inner changes, and then disaster struck Rusty pointed out that due to me using gargle groups the third dimensional track way for the stairway for heaven did not support the shed strict rules of furling or whatever so I just knew it was the end because if I continue to post with a Google group, so everything I posted would be challenged in the shed with scratch its head over what I meant even though they they would get my Gorgo groups input in and they would read it in perfectly understand it you know shit so they could bitch back at me about using gargle grooves in so that the text coming into the shed was finding nothing wrong with it but there's just some I guess it's a tradition that anybody that comes into any user group day and they're using Google roofs there pilloried there treated like Christ on the cross when you know the Google groups put in and transfers text perfectly fine with these people but they're so brain dead they have to bitch about it I guess it's a traditional thing for people to bitch about Google groups. Well it's it's a fine product you doing so anyway we go on and on and I think to myself donnn because that's my name donnn you could be doing the world all kind of good useful stuff because this is published out there for all the unwashed masses to read and you could be doing some good if it weren't for Google groups and I did check in the Thunderbird at one point and then I found it. It was really nothing but a cheap wine the wine is drink then the they drink it and they get all confuse that something like Google groups can't be used but they can be used because it's evident that by the Turing test the people that read Google Bruce output can it's perfectly fine. I'll put in all of that and will all be dead here in a few days due to Putin. Have a nice day.

>>
>>Oh the magic of a childhood Christmas!
>>
>One Christmas was so magical that I put my stocking out again, I was not
>being greedy for more presents I just wanted the magic to continue. It
>didn't. The following Christmas was not as magical either.
>

Ha !
That reminds me of our kids' Easter ..
.. finding and re-hiding the little tin-foil-wrapped
chocolate eggs .. over and over ..
The Grandkids seem to have taken up the tradition as well..
My wife was quite good at hiding-in-plain-sight ;
my speciality was balanced on a lamp-switch
up under the lamp shade .. or somesuch ..

As a young punk, we once trekked to a nearby
conservation area to cut < steal > our Christmas tree ..
... only after dragging it home, did we realize that
The Authorities could simply follow the drag-marks
in the snow to clamp the cuffs on us ..
.. only now 50 years later do I think that
they might have investigated the tree theft -
and let-it-go based on the poor family that
committed the crime ..
John T.

On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:58:13 +0100
Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:

> On 22/09/2023 20:20, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> > I read that and the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from when
> > we sat down to make up those paper-chain decorations - they were stuck
> > to the ceiling in a diagonal pattern between the ceiling light fitting
> > and the corners of the room.  Who needs a professional decorator when
> > you have artistic skills like that?
> >
> > Then there was the "Blowing Up of the Balloons", and sticking them up at
> > ceiling level.
>
> Suddenly unforgets how we used to make paper 'lanterns' out of coloured
> foolscap. It involved cutting lots of parallel slits in the paper, that
> didn't go to the bottom or top of the paper in landscape. Deft jbex with
> scissors or sharp knife or razor blade required. You then curled the
> paper into a tube and glued it, then squashed it top to bottom a bit. If
> you were really brave you put it over a nightlight candle. Don't
> unforget that many catching fire unless a draft blew them over!
>
> As well as paper chains, we also stuck long strips of coloured tissue
> paper together, and twisted them before hanging them up across the room.
>
> As a kid I can't ever call again actually buying decorations. Even the
> tree was a real one with roots that was dug up from the garding, potted
> and replanted at New Year.

Ours was kept in a bucket; it was released into the wild some years back
and now towers over our roof. It'll have to go. But it gets to be a bigger
job each year we put it off.

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 20:29:00 +0100
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

> On 23/09/2023 00:58, Tone wrote:
> > On 22/09/2023 20:20, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> >> I read that and the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from
> >> when we sat down to make up those paper-chain decorations - they were
> >> stuck to the ceiling in a diagonal pattern between the ceiling light
> >> fitting and the corners of the room.  Who needs a professional
> >> decorator when you have artistic skills like that?
> >>
> >> Then there was the "Blowing Up of the Balloons", and sticking them up
> >> at ceiling level.
> >
> > Suddenly unforgets how we used to make paper 'lanterns' out of coloured
> > foolscap. It involved cutting lots of parallel slits in the paper, that
> > didn't go to the bottom or top of the paper in landscape. Deft jbex with
> > scissors or sharp knife or razor blade required. You then curled the
> > paper into a tube and glued it, then squashed it top to bottom a bit. If
> > you were really brave you put it over a nightlight candle. Don't
> > unforget that many catching fire unless a draft blew them over!
> >
> > As well as paper chains, we also stuck long strips of coloured tissue
> > paper together, and twisted them before hanging them up across the room.
> >
> > As a kid I can't ever call again actually buying decorations. Even the
> > tree was a real one with roots that was dug up from the garding, potted
> > and replanted at New Year.
>
> We did buy some ready-made paper chains which arrived flat, but opened
> up, sort of like a concertina.
>
> Our 'tree' (the same one was used for well over 40 years) was much like
> a set of flue brushes - stiff wire twisted together with the bristles
> trapped between them - sticking out of a (IIRC) wooden stem and mounted
> on a wooden base (a section cut from a 10" diameter tree).
> You bent the arms/branches down for 'display' and bent them back up,
> parallel to the stem, before storing it for next year.
>
Eh? we obguth one of they only a few years^w^w decade back due to releasing
the organic one (see other post).
> Oh the magic of a childhood Christmas!
>

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Bah, and indeed Humbug.

On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 18:13:55 -0400
hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:

>
> >>
> >>Oh the magic of a childhood Christmas!
> >>
> >One Christmas was so magical that I put my stocking out again, I was not
> >being greedy for more presents I just wanted the magic to continue. It
> >didn't. The following Christmas was not as magical either.
> >
>
> Ha !
> That reminds me of our kids' Easter ..
> .. finding and re-hiding the little tin-foil-wrapped
> chocolate eggs .. over and over ..
> The Grandkids seem to have taken up the tradition as well..
> My wife was quite good at hiding-in-plain-sight ;
> my speciality was balanced on a lamp-switch
> up under the lamp shade .. or somesuch ..
>
> As a young punk, we once trekked to a nearby
> conservation area to cut < steal > our Christmas tree ..
> .. only after dragging it home, did we realize that
> The Authorities could simply follow the drag-marks

Semi-recently at Crimbo we dragged home one from a 'wildlife sanctuary'
aka disused tip nearby; seemingly they didn't want fir trees to rewild it,
as they weren't proper native, so they'd been cut off but abandoned.

We still got iffy looks from the locals as we carried it through the
streets. Bet they thought we'd just scrumped it.

> in the snow to clamp the cuffs on us ..
> .. only now 50 years later do I think that
> they might have investigated the tree theft -
> and let-it-go based on the poor family that
> committed the crime ..
> John T.

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Bah, and indeed Humbug.

On 24/09/2023 15:15, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:58:13 +0100
> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>> On 22/09/2023 20:20, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>> I read that and the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from when
>>> we sat down to make up those paper-chain decorations - they were stuck
>>> to the ceiling in a diagonal pattern between the ceiling light fitting
>>> and the corners of the room.  Who needs a professional decorator when
>>> you have artistic skills like that?
>>>
>>> Then there was the "Blowing Up of the Balloons", and sticking them up at
>>> ceiling level.
>>
>> Suddenly unforgets how we used to make paper 'lanterns' out of coloured
>> foolscap. It involved cutting lots of parallel slits in the paper, that
>> didn't go to the bottom or top of the paper in landscape. Deft jbex with
>> scissors or sharp knife or razor blade required. You then curled the
>> paper into a tube and glued it, then squashed it top to bottom a bit. If
>> you were really brave you put it over a nightlight candle. Don't
>> unforget that many catching fire unless a draft blew them over!
>>
>> As well as paper chains, we also stuck long strips of coloured tissue
>> paper together, and twisted them before hanging them up across the room.
>>
>> As a kid I can't ever call again actually buying decorations. Even the
>> tree was a real one with roots that was dug up from the garding, potted
>> and replanted at New Year.
>
> Ours was kept in a bucket; it was released into the wild some years back
> and now towers over our roof. It'll have to go. But it gets to be a bigger
> job each year we put it off.

Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum: adorning my sequoia's fun:

Especiall the fairy on top...

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