Frankenhealey
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And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
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Show us your spoon!Frankenhealey
@frankenhealey
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Mar 18, 2020 22:15:06 GMT
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There's the "Every toolbox/shed/workshop should have one" by strikey and "The workbench thread" by Dez and it made me think that there should be a separate thread for one of the most useful workshop implements of all time; your hot beverage stirrer. Mine is definitely old-skool as I come from the generation that ate its lunch with hands covered in grease/cutting oil/soluble. Cleaning it will only reduce the taste complexity of the finished drink.  So will my workshop spoon or COVID-19 get me first  |
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Mar 18, 2020 22:45:12 GMT
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Ive got a genuine vintage National Bus spoon in the garage somewhere, its got this logo on it  It came home from work one day when my dad worked there as a mechanic. He always made a big deal about the fact that he nicked it. Its a damn spoon. So is this  |
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Darkspeed
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@darkspeed
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Mar 18, 2020 22:48:09 GMT
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This could go all sorts of wrong......  |
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Dez
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And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Show us your spoon!Dez
@dez
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Mar 18, 2020 23:00:41 GMT
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I can’t believe you’ve posted this today as I gave my rather similar but rather more tea stained workshop spoon it’s yearly (wether it needs it or not) clean on the wire wheel earlier. I’m sure Rich has a story about workshop spoons he told me as well. I think your may be on to something about eating with dirty hands strengthening the immune system though, it’s basically inoculation. |
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Last Edit: Mar 18, 2020 23:02:33 GMT by Dez
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Rich
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@foxmcintyre
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Mar 18, 2020 23:15:43 GMT
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I can’t believe you’ve posted this today as I gave my rather similar but rather more tea stained workshop spoon it’s yearly (wether it needs it or not) clean on the wire wheel earlier. I’m sure Rich has a story about workshop spoons he told me as well. I think your may be on to something about eating with dirty hands strengthening the immune system though, it’s basically inoculation. I used to work with a guy who ate muller corners with his fingers, often covered in brake dust and other workshop soiling. Standard workshop tea stirring item for me was usually a pen, cable tie or at a push a screwdriver.. I don’t like the spoons in our office as they are usually soaking in a mug of water that smells like someone pooped wet cabbage, or they are stuck together in a 5-spoon-pile. |
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Dez
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@dez
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Mar 18, 2020 23:50:14 GMT
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It may not have been you then rich but I thought it was. It was about someone new to said workshop being aghast at the colour of said spoon so they cleaned it before using, only to find out it was actually two very thin spoons stuck together with tea grime.
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stealthstylz
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@stealthstylz
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Mar 18, 2020 23:52:19 GMT
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I don't have a spoon as I'd rather drink the water from Rich's workshop spoon cup than any hot drink.
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My spoon more closely resembles a bottle opener..
So.. a spanner. Or any other flat edged tool.
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Rich
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Show us your spoon!Rich
@foxmcintyre
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It may not have been you then rich but I thought it was. It was about someone new to said workshop being aghast at the colour of said spoon so they cleaned it before using, only to find out it was actually two very thin spoons stuck together with tea grime. That may have been Zoe when we first met, probably when we were at our old workshop and we used to feed the office nice biscuits. |
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ovimor
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...It'll be ME!
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Mar 19, 2020 10:09:06 GMT
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You say T-spoon .... mebbies not OVIMOR |
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Last Edit: Mar 19, 2020 10:11:54 GMT by ovimor
Knowledge is to know a Tomato is a 'fruit' - Wisdom, on the other hand, is knowing not to put it in a 'fruit salad'!
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mungo
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Mar 19, 2020 11:38:28 GMT
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56' bug 2332 +ida's
56' lowlight ghia
72' bus 1600 devon
67' type 3 square - gone
83' gti - gone
90' gti 16v - gone
82' chevette - gone
70' GP1 Beach buggy -gone
78' lightweight landrover 3L v6 -gone
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Dez
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And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Show us your spoon!Dez
@dez
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Mar 19, 2020 15:14:36 GMT
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Keeping it on topic I thought it was gunna be about these-  But as is customary in the motor trade where every ‘your mum’ joke available must be used, as the other name for these is a slapper mines called Tracey after my mate in the unit next doors mum. |
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Mar 19, 2020 17:56:45 GMT
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 I keep it clean ! |
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Mar 19, 2020 19:23:07 GMT
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There's the "Every toolbox/shed/workshop should have one" by strikey and "The workbench thread" by Dez and it made me think that there should be a separate thread for one of the most useful workshop implements of all time; your hot beverage stirrer. Mine is definitely old-skool as I come from the generation that ate its lunch with hands covered in grease/cutting oil/soluble. Cleaning it will only reduce the taste complexity of the finished drink. So will my workshop spoon or COVID-19 get me first Looks very much like my spoon at work! |
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Mar 19, 2020 19:56:21 GMT
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Hannah and I normally have coffee from our ever so posh espresso machine - given to us broken after the first one died, of which that first one we had rescued from a skip and its pump went on to fixing the one given to us...if that makes sense. So there is an old spoon that sits next to the machine to scoop out the puck etc....  Next to a local spider we found for scale...  |
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Mar 19, 2020 19:59:02 GMT
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Better workshop spoons than workshop toilets..... Seen some rough ones....
As a black tea drinker I can get by without a spoon, just fish the bag out with your (grubby?) fingers.
Nick
'Ere, your spider seems to have suffered an industrial injury - bit of one leg missing.......
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Last Edit: Mar 19, 2020 20:01:24 GMT by vitesseefi
1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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Mar 19, 2020 20:04:46 GMT
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For anyone who's interested, this is the other spoon, I'm sure theres another one in the garage covered in paint. Its probably sitting next to the paint stirring stick that's covered in coffee.  That spoon must be 40 years old. Can you imagine what this thread is going to be like if everyone ends up in forced isolation? |
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
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Show us your spoon!Frankenhealey
@frankenhealey
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Mar 19, 2020 21:27:42 GMT
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Can you imagine what this thread is going to be like if everyone ends up in forced isolation? If that happens then my job is done, the Earth is safe and I can return to my home on the fecund uplands of Betelgeuse IV |
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Tales of the Volcano Lair hereFrankenBug - Vulcan Power hereThe Frankenhealey here |
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Mar 19, 2020 23:14:51 GMT
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Not a spoon but this was my work mug before the handle fell off which was weird seeing as it was plastic.  |
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Mar 19, 2020 23:20:09 GMT
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That's just savage.
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