Admiral Draper's Really Really Boring and Totally Pointless Snippets of Information

[BlueDiamond]

I find plastering to be a bit of a beach, Bluey - and because of lockdown I can't get a pier review!

You need a stern talking to treadi. No moor of that now, we don't want to go overboard do we?

[Ascend Charlie]

Come on, people, you are sinking to new lows, dredging up these wet old puns.

[Krystal n chips]

Originally Posted by Ancient Observer

I would be fascinated to see what happened to the plastering I did back in the early 70s to get a small terraced house sold. Newspaper sellotaped in place, and plastered over. Then painted.
Guaranteed to last...................at least until Completion.

Well that all depends on yer post code area .....it's probably been marketed as being " a truly outstanding example of retro design and construction features which only the most discerning buyer will appreciate " by now

[treadigraph]

Originally Posted by BlueDiamond

You need a stern talking to treadi. No moor of that now, we don't want to go overboard do we?

I got a cleat around the ear, Bluey, which thwarted me and I keeled over. I'm waiting now un tiller nough has dried so I can sand then painter first coat on...

Originally Posted by Ascend Charlie

Come on, people, you are sinking to new lows, dredging up these wet old puns.

They are like rising damp but the new ones aren't a patch on them...

[treadigraph]

Originally Posted by Krystal n chips

Well that all depends on yer post code area .....it's probably been marketed as being " a truly outstanding example of retro design and construction features which only the most discerning buyer will appreciate " by now

When I was putting lining paper up in my front room a few years ago, I was aghast to have one section of paper in a corner at the top of the wall peel away, taking a large amount of plaster with it... plaster? No, it was filler which I'd layered on to dress out a rough patch I hadn't replastered very well when I first bought the house. Probably run out of plaster I guess and good enough for several layers of paint but not for soaking with wallpaper paste. Not the only bit of self-bodging I've had to redo!

[BlueDiamond]

I got a cleat around the ear, Bluey, which thwarted me and I keeled over. I'm waiting now un tiller nough has dried so I can sand then painter first coat on...

Water good idea. I thought you might hatch a plan but did knot know what it might be.

[Krystal n chips]

Originally Posted by BlueDiamond

Water good idea. I thought you might hatch a plan but did knot know what it might be.

And on that note, one feels this may prove essential for the international mega stars amongst us, such as moi for example, and Bluey herself no less, given you doesn't have to travel far after all, only down the road, to collect it........one hopes your specification will include a level and standard which will meet with the approval of the New World Order...


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[KelvinD]

I would have thought a gallon of petrol and a match would be a cost effective way to ensure one's yacht is Covid free!

[Mr Optimistic]

I'm a chip off the old block so I reckon I can handle this. Changing tack, my day went from bad to worse when I read that our buxom raven haired beauty is now polluting radio as well as tv so avoid Radio 4 on Monday afternoon 😠😠😠.

[KelvinD]

Originally Posted by Mr Optimistic

I'm a chip off the old block so I reckon I can handle this. Changing tack, my day went from bad to worse when I read that our buxom raven haired beauty is now polluting radio as well as tv so avoid Radio 4 on Monday afternoon 😠😠😠.

Which buxom raven haired beauty would that be? Do tell!

[Ancient Observer]

Yes.............. Who?

[Mr Optimistic]

I am forbidden to utter the dread name
However,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lghd

[tartare]

Originally Posted by Mr Optimistic

I am forbidden to utter the dread name
However,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lghd

Raven haired?
She looks distinctly ranga to me...

[Mr Optimistic]

It varies according to circumstance but the danger time has passed now so we can relax.

[Blacksheep]

a truly outstanding example of retro design and construction features which only the most discerning buyer will appreciate "

The 2 up-2 down terrace that Dad bought for £145 when he left the navy in 1954 sold for £85,000 a couple of years ago as an outstanding example of retro design.

[Mr Optimistic]

Did it always rain this much in January?

[treadigraph]

No, usually much more...

[Mr Optimistic]

Looks like all our rain was diverted north.

[treadigraph]

I saw something very odd in the sky this morning from around 8am. It was circular and a very bright white. It hung around for several hours moving very slowly westwards until a veil of cirrus obscured it from view. I'm sure I remember it from somewhere, tsk, it'll come back to me...

[WB627]

Borscht for lunch today, life in the Gulag is looking up. Still hoping for early release