Random musings and general banter.

[Tricompax]

I have 14 guitars, by the way. More guitars that buses!!

Can’t do buses but can give you some guitar ****My lad deals in guitars and such like Just redone his showroom.

 

[Jazzydrury]

I belonged to a Girl Guide group for the disabled as a Brownie, Guide and Venture Guide. And a venture scout until I was around 35 as most of us had no where to go

We used to travel,around in a old Bristol Bus, what had a hyrdrolic lift fitted into the side

 

[Muttley]

Sally posted a new video last night, she said while having many postive comments, she has had a few who weren’t. She was like and you know who you are. She went onto say, these Holidays were paid for before Ideal,went under.

She is now holidaying in Wales

That's what you get when you post your life online for the world and it's wife to follow.

I personally don't post holiday pics on Facebook. I do send a few pics over WhatsApp to a couple of friends and family members. Usually a selfie on a sunbed, I'm getting good at them! I don't pose in my Tesco bikinis for my fans (and my swimsuit is John Lewis!).

 

[stratobuddy]

Nothing to do with this thread, but jut looked in my garden and ther is a large stag in it with huge antlers, I will try and get a pic

There were 2!

I cut part of the grass yesterday but didn't get that far!

I hope they eat it all, will save me from doing the rest.

 

[Jazzydrury]

That's what you get when you post your life online for the world and it's wife to follow.

I personally don't post holiday pics on Facebook. I do send a few pics over WhatsApp to a couple of friends and family members. Usually a selfie on a sunbed, I'm getting good at them! I don't pose in my Tesco bikinis for my fans (and my swimsuit is John Lewis!).

She also said she had to drastically change her plans for the holiday, cheaper days Out etc

 

[Jazzydrury]

My name is Emma feel free to call me that than Jazzy if u wish

 

[Muttley]

She also said she had to drastically change her plans for the holiday, cheaper days Out etc

My bleeds for her...

I bet people who lost money due to Ideal World are having to cut down as well. Perhaps she should spare them a thought. But no, it's all about her.

 

[PhædrusR]

There are 3 toast toppers Mushroom, chicken and cheese and ham. It’s still around just hard to find.

Hmmm, really? T'Internet search disagrees, can't find any online.
Unless they've been brought back recently? Seem to have been discontinued 2015.

Can I still buy Heinz toast toppers?


Toast toppers have been discontinued for quite a long time now. Over the years I have seen thousands of people talking on social media over how much they miss them. Let's get Heinz to take note and bring back toast toppers!!

https://www.change.org › h-j-heinz-...

Petition · Get Heinz to bring back toast toppers - Change.org

Can't find them or any mention on trolley.co.uk either.​

 

[Jazzydrury]

I had some Vienetta for desert tonight another 80s throw back

 

[Latearrival]

Hmmm, really? T'Internet search disagrees, can't find any online.
Unless they've been brought back recently? Seem to have been discontinued 2015.

Can I still buy Heinz toast toppers?


Toast toppers have been discontinued for quite a long time now. Over the years I have seen thousands of people talking on social media over how much they miss them. Let's get Heinz to take note and bring back toast toppers!!

https://www.change.org › h-j-heinz-...

Petition · Get Heinz to bring back toast toppers - Change.org​

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Can't find them or any mention on trolley.co.uk either.​

 

[Jazzydrury]

just seen the Shop Extra promo again, the four shysters, looking fake with smiles, looks like they might be bringing back jewellery

 

[Latearrival]

my memory isn’t great but I think it was last year at B&M which would make sense as they are known for clearing discontinued stock Tins tend to have a very long shelf life. I used to regularly buy Robinson’s blackcurrant and Apple cordial from them for a couple of years after it had been discontinued every where else.

 

[Hammy60]

just seen the Shop Extra promo again, the four shysters, looking fake with smiles, looks like they might be bringing back jewellery

Considering all the beauty/skin products they claimed to use while at IW there was a fair lot of bags and wrinkles around their eyes.

 

[Jazzydrury]

Considering all the beauty/skin products they claimed to use while at IW there was a fair lot of bags and wrinkles around their eyes.

Have you just witnessed the promo

 

[Jazzydrury]

Den is 110 remember

 

[PhædrusR]

my memory isn’t great but I think it was last year at B&M which would make sense as they are known for clearing discontinued stock Tins tend to have a very long shelf life. I used to regularly buy Robinson’s blackcurrant and Apple cordial from them for a couple of years after it had been discontinued every where else.

Thanks. Not on B&M site now

Apparently Campbell's condensed chicken & mushroom soup makes a good substitute.

 

[Hammy60]

Have you just witnessed the promo

Yeah it's their appearance in the promo i'm posting about.

 

[rubia]

Welcome back ProfB, @Professor Branestawm, see you're catching up on posts; hope you're ok.

Yes, noticed recently a lot of the open heart circles being wrongly sold/described as Tourbillons on various sites. Maybe the staff see a circle and movement and only know a Tourbillon?!?!

I don't know how dense I am but I must be thick as I have no idea what any of these things are!

 

[Latearrival]

Thanks. Not on B&M site now

Apparently Campbell's condensed chicken & mushroom soup makes a good substitute.

Might make the toast a tad soggy

 

[PhædrusR]

I don't know how dense I am but I must be thick as I have no idea what any of these things are!

Open heart movement and Tourbillon movements look similar, a cut-out of a circle, showing the balance wheel (the wheel that oscillates as the heart of the watch ticking, powered by the spring).

Open-heart watches solve this problem. These pieces offer the wearer a glimpse of the working movement through an opening on the dial. Usually, it features the balance wheel working, which gives the impression of a beating heart. This results in a very visually pleasing sight.

Whereas a Tourbillon looks similar, but rotates the entire balance wheel, spring and gubbins as it oscillates, negating the effect of gravity variation and movement over time, making the watch movement more accurate as a timekeeper.

"A tourbillon is a mechanism that constantly rotates the balance wheel, balance spring and escapement while the movement is running. This is done to counter the affect of Earth's gravity on the isochronal properties of the balance wheel and spring. The tourbillon was invented by Breguet in 1795 and patented in 1801."
These are more complicated to make and engineer.

When the open circle in the dial showing the balance wheel is displayed, to the uninitiated, like the Chinese sellers and non-expert watch reviewers and resellers, the oscillating balance wheel in a cheap open heart watch can be misinterpreted and mistaken as a Tourbillon moving & rotating balance wheel & movement.

On TV shopping sites, open heart mechanical or usually automatic movement watches can be £30 to £200 compared to Tourbillon movement watches starting at £1k+.

Higher end Tourbillon movement watches can be anything from £10k to multi £100,000s plus pounds from high end makers like Jaeger Le Coultre, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, A. Lange & Söhne, etc.

Tourbillons are a bit of a status symbol for some, a means of showing their wealth by owning an expensive Tourbillon watch.

Turns out a Brit actually had the idea and invented it according to wiki:
In horology, a tourbillon is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement to increase accuracy. Conceived by the British watchmaker and inventor John Arnold, it was developed by his friend the Swiss-French watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet and patented by Breguet on 26 June 1801. Wikipedia