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chopper

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Posted: December 07 2012 at 06:33

Snow Dog wrote:

I actually quite like it. Wink

Somehow I just knew you would. LOL

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Posted: December 07 2012 at 06:39

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"I lay back exhausted, gazing happily out of the shed window. Despite my concerns about my inexperience, my rhubarb had come up a treat.”

Check this out - http://fiftyshedsofgrey.tumblr.com/

"By the time I’d finished, her bottom was bright pink - I’d mixed up the baby oil and Thousand Island dressing again."

"‘Hurt me,’ she begged, raising her skirt as she bent over my workbench. ‘Very well,’ I replied, ‘You’ve got fat ankles and no dress sense.’"

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Posted: December 07 2012 at 09:36

When I first heard of the series of books, I heard it described as 'mummy porn' - I thought it was something to do with ancient Egypt

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Posted: December 10 2012 at 01:33

Another icon passes on.

We are stardust.

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Posted: December 10 2012 at 03:05

I was much saddened.

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Posted: December 10 2012 at 12:18

Jim Garten wrote:

When I first heard of the series of books, I heard it described as 'mummy porn' - I thought it was something to do with ancient Egypt

You have a strange mind Mr Garten.

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Posted: December 11 2012 at 02:30

chopper wrote:

Jim Garten wrote:

When I first heard of the series of books, I heard it described as 'mummy porn' - I thought it was something to do with ancient Egypt

You have a strange mind Mr Garten.

I don't even know whose it is - found it at the back of the fridge one day.

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Posted: December 11 2012 at 03:33

Hello folks, care if I join?

Here's a video I've been discussing with my friend.

http://vimeo.com/41264088

I mean we both can totally associate with it, maybe some of you folks not so much!

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Posted: December 26 2012 at 06:29

Shed on Page 3 (I'll leave that improbable thought right there) and not a Crimble greeting in sight?

My goodness, I knew that cracks had started to appear in the facade of western civilisation, but I hadn't realised things had gotten this bad!

Well, I don't know whether any erstwhile shedders venture down here to clear the tumbleweed from around the awning every once in a while, but I'd just like to wish you all a (n admittedly belated and apologetic) Xmas for you and your families, and hope that 2013 will be kind, both to you and your waistlines...Very fond regards...

Jared (the artist, formerly known as fandango)

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Posted: December 26 2012 at 06:54

Merry Christmas Jared. And all other Shed inhabitants too.

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Posted: January 02 2013 at 07:32

OK then - here's a question which should strike a chord with all right thinking old-school members of The Shed:

Having received for Christmas a rather wonderful Edwin Jagger gentleman's shaving set which makes the once onerous daily task an absolute pleasure (who'd have thought replacing shaving foam from Tesco with proper shaving soap applied with a genuine badger-hair brush would make shaving suuuuuuch an experience?), I am now keen on extending one's requisites, so can anyone tell me the difference between cologne & after-shave please?

Geo.F Trumper's emporium of splendidness could be getting a visit...

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Behold the beauty:

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Posted: January 02 2013 at 07:46

Cologne is a city in Germany - After-shave is that moment after you've had a close shave with Mr Plod.

Essentially, Eau de Cologne is a strength of perfume, usually about 3% (essential oils, not alcohol) and is the weakest (going up in scale Eau de Cologne, Eau de Toilette, Eau de Parfum, Esprit de Parfum and finally Parfum itself being the strongest). PS: I only remember this because it was a question on Only Connect a couple of episodes ago.

Aftershave is a perfumed balm or lotion used as an astringent or antiseptic, as far as I know there are no rules governing what makes up an aftershave though perfume strengths of less than 2% are common, so a strong aftershave is practically the same as a weak Eau de Cologne.

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Posted: January 02 2013 at 07:51

Over the past few years my once neatly trimmed goatie had aperiodically grown into a full beard, only to be trimmed back when I needed to look presentable. Recently the times of full beardedness took precident and I was generally scruffy and unkempt most of the time. Just before christmas I shaved the whole lot off and I've been clean shaven for two weeks now. Still not use to it though.

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Posted: January 02 2013 at 10:31

Oh yeah, I only use a nice cooling scent-free post shave balm now - no alcohol, methanol or other nasties that leave your face feeling like you've attacked it with a brillo pad, then rubbed lemon juice into the resulting raw rash and burned off any remaining loose hairs with a blow-torch, and no perfume to clash with the whatever deodorant, smelly soap or other scented concoctions you happen to use ... or accientally get sprayed with when standing too close to the Misses when she douses herself in cK-one in the mornings... or get shot up the arm by the can of Oust when you have the nozzle pointing in the wrong direction after kitty has made a eye-watering deposit in the litter first thing in the morning... or when you good lady decides to Fabreeze your overcoat while you are still wearing it because "it smells like an old ashtray"

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Posted: January 02 2013 at 10:42

While I'm here...

This was last November on the M11 near Enfield (too upset to talk about it until now) - this is what happens when all the cars in front have ABS and you don't - only Rover would make a car in the 21st centruy where ABS was a bloody optional extra - managed to close off the motorway for 3 hours while the vehicle that caused the accident was cut from the Armco barrier, fortunately no one was hurt but my poor little car is now being recycled as pet food cans.

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Posted: January 02 2013 at 11:03

Yeouch!

Glad you walked away uninjured, Dean

Now that looks like a front impact, so please don't say the insurance company have come back with their usual driving too close, therefore your fault excuse to either (1) not pay, or (2) pay but shaft you on your next renewal...

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Posted: January 02 2013 at 11:11

Dean wrote:

Essentially, Eau de Cologne is a strength of perfume, usually about 3% (essential oils, not alcohol) and is the weakest (going up in scale Eau de Cologne, Eau de Toilette, Eau de Parfum, Esprit de Parfum and finally Parfum itself being the strongest).

Aftershave is a perfumed balm or lotion used as an astringent or antiseptic, as far as I know there are no rules governing what makes up an aftershave though perfume strengths of less than 2% are common, so a strong aftershave is practically the same as a weak Eau de Cologne.

Excellent - thanks for that - I shall therefore go for the aftershave, rather than EdC; don't want to smell like a (manly) tart's window box, do I?

Dean wrote:

Just before christmas I shaved the whole lot off and I've been clean shaven for two weeks now. Still not used to it though

Now that must be odd - seen many photos of you over the years, & certainly can't imagine you with a baby-bum chin

Dean wrote:

Oh yeah, I only use a nice cooling scent-free post shave balm now - no alcohol, methanol or other nasties that leave your face feeling like you've attacked it with a brillo pad, then rubbed lemon juice into the resulting raw rash and burned off any remaining loose hairs with a blow-torch, and no perfume to clash with the whatever deodorant, smelly soap or other scented concoctions you happen to use ... or get shot up the arm by the can of Oust when you have the nozzle pointing in the wrong direction after kitty has made a eye-watering deposit in the litter first thing in the morning... or when you good lady decides to Fabreeze your overcoat while you are still wearing it because "it smells like an old ashtray"

I can definitely relate to all that... Febreeze especially should be banned; my mother has a (perfectly clean) dog, yet insists on spraying all her furniture with the wretched stuff - given the choice between the honest smell of a clean (if somewhat elderly) dog & the artificial stink of Febreeze...

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Posted: January 02 2013 at 11:33

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Yeouch!

Glad you walked away uninjured, Dean

They coughed up the cash without argument - I don't know yet whether I lost my no-claims or not. 'Probably' is my guess.

On the good news, my other car now has a new engine and is ready to collect

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Posted: January 09 2013 at 14:49

Bloody hell! Alice Cooper, headlining Thursday night at Cropredy...?

I suspect there will be a few Arun sweater wearing beardies less than content with that. Personally, I say, "Sod'em"... They can stay in the pub & I'll be sat with my beer watching Alice, probably shaking my head thinking "you should have given up years ago", but I guarantee I'll be doing so whilst being mightily entertained.

Bring it on & fair play to Fairport Convention for the decision

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Posted: January 09 2013 at 16:12

Sounds like it'll be fun - I can't imagine Vince being disappointing., even if he comes out with a zimmer frame.

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