On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:12:48 +0000
RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:

> unobtainium and aquarium.

byzantium and delerium.

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On 30/11/2021 18:46, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:12:48 +0000
> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> unobtainium and aquarium.
>
> byzantium and delerium.

You can go on, but don't go further than tedium.

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

RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
> On 30/11/2021 18:46, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:12:48 +0000
>> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> unobtainium and aquarium.
>>
>> byzantium and delerium.
>
> You can go on, but don't go further than tedium.
>

And there might be many others but they haven’t been discarvared.

Tim

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On 30/11/2021 16:42, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:34:00 +0000
> Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Sekiden gnus? I remember having one.
>
> Not a name I know so I fwse'd - seems it's a make not a model they
> made a lot of gnus most of which seem to be able to fire something and be
> some variant on an airgnu. There were air powered and cap powered spud
> gnus, only the air powered ones seem to remain.
>
I unforgets being given one of those small toy field gnus that fired
matchsticks. It only lasted half of Christmas Day. It was surprisingly
powerful. Maybe I was unwise to aim it at me dad's ear'ole. It was a
good shot, but it was my ear that was ringing afterwards.

Tone

On 30/11/2021 15:09, Peter wrote:
> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in
> news:icbH$mAsuUphFADJ@salmiron.com:
>
>> Ditto stink bombs. Horrible things though.
>
> I managed to score a half-litre bottle of ammonium sulphide{1] from a
> shop in Manchester. Made life rather unplesant for Prunts and teachers
> for a while, until it was taken off me and disposed of somewhere. Into
> the Irwell, I should imagine.
>
> [1]it's sulfide now, but I refuse.
>
I remember my school chemistry teacher telling us that potassium was
originally spelt potashium but when its discover gave his first lecture,
everyone thought he was pi$$ed and so the name was changed.
I have no knowledge of the truth of this.
Chris

In article <XnsADF29A26ECE3Factura3476@144.76.35.252>, Peter
<myshed@prune.org.uk> on Tue, 30 Nov 2021 at 15:09:15 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
>"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in
>news:icbH$mAsuUphFADJ@salmiron.com:
>
>> Ditto stink bombs. Horrible things though.
>
>I managed to score a half-litre bottle of ammonium sulphide{1] from a
>shop in Manchester. Made life rather unplesant for Prunts and teachers
>for a while, until it was taken off me and disposed of somewhere. Into
>the Irwell, I should imagine.
>
>[1]it's sulfide now, but I refuse.
Would not have made much difference to the Irwell in those days. Always
covered in sulphurous froth.

I have not been there in 20 years; what is it like now, anyone?
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:42:29 +0000, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net>
wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:34:00 +0000
>Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Sekiden gnus? I remember having one.
>
> Not a name I know so I fwse'd - seems it's a make not a model they
>made a lot of gnus most of which seem to be able to fire something and be
>some variant on an airgnu. There were air powered and cap powered spud
>gnus, only the air powered ones seem to remain.

The one I have is

https://www.amazon.com/Schylling-PG-Potato-Gun/dp/B0006GK8H8

and is sufficiently lame to appease the parent in me.

Thomas Prufer

"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in
news:TNJbbSAnS1phFAUk@salmiron.com:

> In article <XnsADF29A26ECE3Factura3476@144.76.35.252>, Peter
> <myshed@prune.org.uk> on Tue, 30 Nov 2021 at 15:09:15 awoke Nicholas
> from his slumbers and wrote
>>"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in
>>news:icbH$mAsuUphFADJ@salmiron.com:
>>
>>> Ditto stink bombs. Horrible things though.
>>
>>I managed to score a half-litre bottle of ammonium sulphide{1] from a
>>shop in Manchester. Made life rather unplesant for Prunts and teachers
>>for a while, until it was taken off me and disposed of somewhere. Into
>>the Irwell, I should imagine.
>>
>>[1]it's sulfide now, but I refuse.
> Would not have made much difference to the Irwell in those days. Always
> covered in sulphurous froth.
>
> I have not been there in 20 years; what is it like now, anyone?

In the '50s it was covered in detergent froth, but legislation requiring
all detergents to be biodegradable was brought in in the'60s and that
helped with the frothing but still left the river polluted with other
wastes. We used to refer to it as the Inkwell.
But nowadays it is not at all bad: I haven't been back since the days of
my yoof but there's a series of ubend videos by Martin Zero on the rivers
of Manchester: here's one of his Irwell ones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4ElbJ0CaSU

--
Peter
-----

On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:59:29 +0000, Nick Odell <nick@themusicworkshop.plus.com>
wrote:

>Oh. THAT University of Munich

There is the Technical University of Munich, which does proper and manly stuff
like Engineering and Physics (and incidentally Brewing). The there's the
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität which dabbles in the Humanities, at least the
members and alumni of the above assume they are doing Something over there.
(They do have a few doctors and hospitals and vets and biologists and such.)
Also the University of the Armed Forces. Then the University of Applied
Sciences, a bit infra dig, but definitely above a slew of many smaller
institutions -- universities, colleges, etc.

>Not the one that inexplicably disappeared in a puff of organic, vegan
>and enviromentally-friendly smoke one day and nobody was quite sure
>why?

See above:-)

Must be fun to twist atoms together to form molecules like a wound-up spring,
ready to go pop when provoked.

Thomas Prufer

On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 09:59:40 +0000
Tone <email@address.com> wrote:

> Maybe I was unwise to aim it at me dad's ear'ole. It was a
> good shot, but it was my ear that was ringing afterwards.

You learned an important lesson about target selection that day. My
batmobile fired matchsticks - sort of, a bit like an average ten year old
tosses a caber.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

On Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:15:16 +0100
Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> wrote:

> The one I have is
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Schylling-PG-Potato-Gun/dp/B0006GK8H8
>
> and is sufficiently lame to appease the parent in me.

That certainly looks a lot tamer than the (probably die-cast) thing
I had. It looked like a small single shot pistol and broke open to reveal a
metal cartridge which pulled out (I never found spares for sale though). The
cartridge had a triangular spud digging hole on the front and cap plate on
the back linked by a small central hole. A few paper caps and it would sting
through clothes at ten feet.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 13:52:58 +0000
Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

> That certainly looks a lot tamer than the (probably die-cast)
> thing I had. It looked like a small single shot pistol and broke open to

I should add that I scoured every shop and catalogue I could find
in search of a revolver version - there wasn't one.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 13:52:58 +0000, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net>
wrote:

>On Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:15:16 +0100
>Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> wrote:
>
>> The one I have is
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Schylling-PG-Potato-Gun/dp/B0006GK8H8
>>
>> and is sufficiently lame to appease the parent in me.
>
> That certainly looks a lot tamer than the (probably die-cast) thing
>I had. It looked like a small single shot pistol and broke open to reveal a
>metal cartridge which pulled out (I never found spares for sale though). The
>cartridge had a triangular spud digging hole on the front and cap plate on
>the back linked by a small central hole. A few paper caps and it would sting
>through clothes at ten feet.

About like a small spring "airsoft" set of gnus I have. Might sting a bit.
Kidses got protective glasses, recognizably by Smith&Wesson, via a surplus shop,
and didn't hurt themselves enough to complain. I asked if I could use them to
shoo off aerial rats -- "good luck hitting anything that small over ten-fifteen
feet" was the answer.

Thomas Prufer

Peter said:
> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in
> news:TNJbbSAnS1phFAUk@salmiron.com:
>
>> In article <XnsADF29A26ECE3Factura3476@144.76.35.252>, Peter
>> <myshed@prune.org.uk> on Tue, 30 Nov 2021 at 15:09:15 awoke Nicholas
>> from his slumbers and wrote
>>>"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in
>>>news:icbH$mAsuUphFADJ@salmiron.com:
>>>
>>>> Ditto stink bombs. Horrible things though.
>>>
>>>I managed to score a half-litre bottle of ammonium sulphide{1] from a
>>>shop in Manchester. Made life rather unplesant for Prunts and teachers
>>>for a while, until it was taken off me and disposed of somewhere. Into
>>>the Irwell, I should imagine.
>>>
>>>[1]it's sulfide now, but I refuse.
>> Would not have made much difference to the Irwell in those days. Always
>> covered in sulphurous froth.
>>
>> I have not been there in 20 years; what is it like now, anyone?
>
> In the '50s it was covered in detergent froth, but legislation requiring
> all detergents to be biodegradable was brought in in the'60s and that
> helped with the frothing but still left the river polluted with other
> wastes. We used to refer to it as the Inkwell.
> But nowadays it is not at all bad: I haven't been back since the days of
> my yoof but there's a series of ubend videos by Martin Zero on the rivers
> of Manchester: here's one of his Irwell ones:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4ElbJ0CaSU

There used to be shedmoots in the Mark Addy (pub), alongside the river.
It wasn't frothy, but I'd hate to drink it.

"She sat by the banks of the dirty grey river
And tried for a fish with a worm on a pin
There was nothing but fever and ghosts in the water"

Also the irksome Mirk.

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote in
news:BJCdnS-ir6_TCzr8nZ2dnUU78K3NnZ2d@brightview.co.uk:

>
> Also the irksome Mirk.
>

And the Medlock and Tib, eventually the mirky Mersey, and one or two
others, like Boggart Hole Brook.

Mostly they are underground: there's an plughole in the Rochdale canal,
right in the centre of the city, that drains into the Tib 15 feet below.

--
Peter
-----

On 01/12/2021 15:35, Richard Robinson wrote:
> Peter said:
>> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in
>> news:TNJbbSAnS1phFAUk@salmiron.com:
>>
>>> In article <XnsADF29A26ECE3Factura3476@144.76.35.252>, Peter
>>> <myshed@prune.org.uk> on Tue, 30 Nov 2021 at 15:09:15 awoke Nicholas
>>> from his slumbers and wrote
>>>> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in
>>>> news:icbH$mAsuUphFADJ@salmiron.com:
>>>>
>>>>> Ditto stink bombs. Horrible things though.
>>>>
>>>> I managed to score a half-litre bottle of ammonium sulphide{1] from a
>>>> shop in Manchester. Made life rather unplesant for Prunts and teachers
>>>> for a while, until it was taken off me and disposed of somewhere. Into
>>>> the Irwell, I should imagine.
>>>>
>>>> [1]it's sulfide now, but I refuse.
>>> Would not have made much difference to the Irwell in those days. Always
>>> covered in sulphurous froth.
>>>
>>> I have not been there in 20 years; what is it like now, anyone?
>>
>> In the '50s it was covered in detergent froth, but legislation requiring
>> all detergents to be biodegradable was brought in in the'60s and that
>> helped with the frothing but still left the river polluted with other
>> wastes. We used to refer to it as the Inkwell.
>> But nowadays it is not at all bad: I haven't been back since the days of
>> my yoof but there's a series of ubend videos by Martin Zero on the rivers
>> of Manchester: here's one of his Irwell ones:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4ElbJ0CaSU
>
> There used to be shedmoots in the Mark Addy (pub), alongside the river.
> It wasn't frothy, but I'd hate to drink it.
>
> "She sat by the banks of the dirty grey river
> And tried for a fish with a worm on a pin
> There was nothing but fever and ghosts in the water"
>
>
> Also the irksome Mirk.

Were you a Zetnut? I've been to one of those Mark Addy moots.

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