My Day

[BroadAmbition]

My MrsG did this pre covid despite not doing heights. She would never do a big wheel at a fun fair. London eye - she managed and did enjoy it 

Griff

[BrundallNavy]

46 minutes ago, BroadAmbition said:

My MrsG did this pre covid despite not doing heights. She would never do a big wheel at a fun fair. London eye - she managed and did enjoy it 

Griff

I’ve done the London Eye twice, once in daytime and once at night. Should be on everyone’s bucket list. 

[grendel]

I can claim 3 trips, never yet paid for one either, all were when visiting exhibitions, and part of the visit was a picnic lunch as we travelled twice around

[Smoggy]

Is that train powered by a volvo engine? Oh sorry that's steam not smoke....

Looks like a good trip out.

[SANTED]

[Ray]

It's unusual I believe but obviously it can happen... a friend's pressure cooker exploded. About £5k of damage to kitchen but luckily no one hurt although their dog is currently still too frightened to approach the kitchen, poor pooch!

[Lulu]

Poor hound and owners. Must have been terrifying.  Those things have always scared me. Mum used to have one rattling away in the kitchen when I was a kid. I kept well away from the thing. 

[Ray]

8 minutes ago, Lulu said:

Mum used to have one rattling away in the kitchen when I was a kid

Mine too!

[BroadAmbition]

And mine!

Griff

[YnysMon]

And mine!

We had a bit of an explosion in our house last week. At least it sounded like one. Alec had lit our wood burner, and it went off BOOM! I was in the next room. The glass hadn’t exactly shattered but a big chunk had blown out from near the top of the pane and smaller pieces from near the handle.

Thank goodness none of the pieces hit him and the dogs were out with Graham, so weren’t traumatised. 

[grendel]

my mum had a pressure cooker too, she regularly checked the relief valve though to ensure it worked.

we once had a fireplace explode, when we moved in to our first house they had to do the damp in all the walls, then we were told the chimney was unsafe so we had to wait until they had got a company in to put a sausage down and then seal round that with concrete, when we did tight a fire the heat got into the damp that was still in the hearth and blew the fire out of the fireplace, leaving a crater in the hearth.

[ExSurveyor]

At that time the injected dpc would have been white spirit based, never recommended for use on a fireplace .

[Gracie]

I'm sorry but what do you mean by 'put a sausage down'. I'm not thinking for one moment you mean a pork chipolata or anything x

[Ray]

2 minutes ago, Gracie said:

I'm sorry but what do you mean by 'put a sausage down'. I'm not thinking for one moment you mean a pork chipolata or anything x

I'm glad you asked that Gracie... now I can pretend that I knew all along 😁👍

[Gracie]

15 minutes ago, Ray said:

I'm glad you asked that Gracie... now I can pretend that I knew all along 😁👍

Thanks for that Ray, now I'm the only one to look an idiot  Whatever it is it's wrapped in concrete, bit like a battered sausage I suppose x

[ExSurveyor]

I could give the technical explanation but I would hate to spoil your fun

[Gracie]

15 minutes ago, ExSurveyor said:

I could give the technical explanation but I would hate to spoil your fun

I wish you would please, I have no clue and the images I have in my mind are certainly not fun  and Ray wants to know too so he can pretend he already knew

Getting ready to watch the footie with my dad and a couple of cold ones. Let's hope we get through to the next round  x

[FairTmiddlin]

All I will say is it easier to get Down than it is Up.

[Andrewcook]

As it's totally Freezing outside I've Ordered a Chinese Sweet & Sour Pork with Egg Fried Rice with Sweet & Sour sauce. I will then be ready for the main match of the evening at 7pm with England to Win .

[Ray]

1 hour ago, Gracie said:

and Ray wants to know too so he can pretend he already knew

Ahem... of course I "did" already know and I'll be able to confirm that as soon as someone tells me 😂

[grendel]

thats how they described it, basically they put a big rubber tube down the chimney, filled it with air, then filled around it with special chimney concrete, then deflated the sausage and pulled it out of the middle leaving a pipe through the concrete.

[Ray]

7 minutes ago, grendel said:

thats how they described it, basically they put a big rubber tube down the chimney, filled it with air, then filled around it with special chimney concrete, then deflated the sausage and pulled it out of the middle leaving a pipe through the concrete.

Just as I thought 😎

[Bikertov]

1 hour ago, FairTmiddlin said:

All I will say is it easier to get Down than it is Up.

Ooooh errrrr Mrs ... 

[Bikertov]

21 minutes ago, grendel said:

thats how they described it, basically they put a big rubber tube down the chimney, filled it with air, then filled around it with special chimney concrete, then deflated the sausage and pulled it out of the middle leaving a pipe through the concrete.

So basically a big chimney-sized condom 

[Gracie]

4 hours ago, Ray said:

Just as I thought 😎

I knew that was it but didn't want to come across as a know it all and make you feel bad Ray, I mean, really, who didn't know that x