egg Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 11 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: Apparently you could buy tall versions of the same. yeah, at least 6 different types including 'sundae dishes' and 'goblets' - very 70's! Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Who remembers these leaf glasses? adw1977, egg, SiC and 4 others 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 @egg Every day's a school day! Never knew there were so many versions of them. I've checked and apparently none of my parents glasses have survived. I'm sure I remember at least one within the last decade, so they provided sterling service over the years. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Well, I found this a few weeks ago. 9th anniversary present Will fill a dozen of the glasses Sunny Jim, egg and mercedade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I remember those Siesta glasses as always being in ones and twos at the back of cupboards as a kid, sometimes being dragged into service at village hall events when they ran out of the regular glassware. For me it's Arcoroc. I spent a few years scooping up enough to make a full set and spares from various charity shops and have enough that it should see me out barring catastrophe. Got the clear pressed glass for tumblers, hiball, red wine, white wine, sherry, champagne, and continental lager (they were the hardest to find). Then I've got the brown glass for teacups, saucers, coffee cups, dinner plates, and tea plates. Got a few extra bits of brown glass arcoroc for flans and the like, but those are a bit harder to find in the right style to match. Not as easy to find now as they were, though you do still get the odd one in charity shops, and some listings online for frankly laughable sums punted as 'rare' and 'vintage' when they're nothing of the sort. Zelandeth, Noel Tidybeard, Split_Pin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 8 minutes ago, loserone said: Well, I found this a few weeks ago. 9th anniversary present Will fill a dozen of the glasses We have 2 or 3 of those, somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 1 hour ago, Rust Collector said: A summary of today: I oversaw the launch of a new software system at work, which I’ve been responsible for overseeing from concept and has taken forever to get to implementation. I’ve had huge anxiety in the run up to this day, and feared failure. It actually went fairly smoothly despite my apprehensions, and I only messaged a bug report to @rob88h by accident once. I’m calling that a result. I came home to find that my mrs has reversed the disco into the Proton, smashing the indicator on the proton and damaging the bodywork of both vehicles. Not ideal, but nobody hurt so not worth worrying about. My Labrador, who at 12 should be old enough to know better, for some reason rammed his head in the hole of his feeding table. In panic he then ran amok with the table still attached, damaging the house and breaking his feeding table in the process. It was a bastard to pull him back out of it and wasn’t enjoyable for him. My father in law and his wife put our kids to bed, cooked us a fantastic dinner and are now filling me with beer and gin. It’s been a bit all over the place today. At least the cock-ups aren't of your making! Plenty of mileage there, with Mrs and the Lab. Rust Collector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibble Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 1 hour ago, loserone said: Who remembers these leaf glasses? Were these the BP token ones? You wouldn’t believe the amount of this people claim as crystal. loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 8 hours ago, vulgalour said: Arcoroc My parents replaced their Siesta glasses with a full set of those. I seem to recall they got the tumblers from a petrol station but they also had wine glasses and champagne flutes. I'm sure some of the latter survive at my mums house, I'll need to check! vulgalour and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicantoJon Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Didn't think I'd be driving home in a different car than I set off in... Coprolalia, RobT, Rust Collector and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 The Vivaro didn't pass the Mot, there were some small defects and the biggest was that the winter tires it was on had the wrong load rating, but the most frightening thing was that one of the brake hoses I changed 2 years ago has started to bulge under pressure now. So it wasn't too bad, a new set of summer tires and fix the other and it's road legal again for 2 new years. And since it is not road legal, I left it at the garage so they can fix it when they have time in the next few weeks. dome, Split_Pin, Datsuncog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Turns out an elderly ML320 petrol does exactly 16mpg round the doors, that's running on E5. It does seem to run better on that (and people say it'll be more economical) but I'll try it on E10 to see how the numbers stack up, as the latter is shit loads cheaper. andyberg, egg and Rust Collector 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 6 minutes ago, Cavcraft said: Turns out an elderly ML320 petrol does exactly 16mpg round the doors, that's running on E5. It does seem to run better on that (and people say it'll be more economical) but I'll try it on E10 to see how the numbers stack up, as the latter is shit loads cheaper. Despite this, I miss this car. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 The glassware of my childhood would have to be Anchor Hocking Fire King Peach Lustre mugs. My grandparents had a set and I always enjoyed watching the tea slosh around through the shiny transparent mugs, so much better than these boring non-see-through mugs everyone else had. I have the one remaining mug from the set. egg and vulgalour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 1 hour ago, andyberg said: Despite this, I miss this car. Honestly not surprised, plus it drives a thousand times nicer than the outside suggests. Still haven't had the starting 'thing' looked at, but it's not got any worse. andyberg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 14 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said: I remember those! Weren't they free* if you saved up 50,000 Texaco fuel vouchers or something? Edit: Apparently you could buy tall versions of the same. My parents had several of the smaller ones like yours- I'll have to see if any have survived the last 40 years. Edit again: Turns out it was Esso Tiger Tokens. Seems like yesterday... There was a 'competition' at the tyre place I worked as to who could get the most Tiger Tokens. One lad was the absolute king, he got thousands of the things somehow. Often wonder if the Transits we had are still about somewhere, most of them hardly ever saw top gear as we ragged the arse out of them and tried to avoid 5th to burn more fuel. barefoot, andy18s, Wibble and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 On 27/04/2024 at 23:17, catsinthewelder said: That looks ace, please bring it if we have wet weather! Car park recovery vehicle, £20/tow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Ha, my parents had the tall Siesta glasses when I was a kid. Ace. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Highlight of my day was charging the hired renfault ambulances that we waiting too use , the battery's don't seem to want too stay charged for more than couple days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 A couple here today woke up to a Skoda entering the living room. Datsuncog, Yoss, Cavcraft and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 22 hours ago, vulgalour said: T The glasses of my childhood. My father was a mobile plant glazier so managed to get 1000s of tiger tokens driving a VW Lt with a luton body workshop on the back, in additon to all the glasses he got the power tools and the garden strimmer and almost the whole catalogue. Cavcraft, vulgalour and Rust Collector 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 7 hours ago, Cavcraft said: There was a 'competition' at the tyre place I worked as to who could get the most Tiger Tokens. One lad was the absolute king, he got thousands of the things somehow. Often wonder if the Transits we had are still about somewhere, most of them hardly ever saw top gear as we ragged the arse out of them and tried to avoid 5th to burn more fuel. I worked nights at a Shell station when they first started the sticker for 5 litres, fill a card or 2 for a mini Maisto car. Needless to say I ended up with a full collection,all the way up to a 1/12 Jaguar Xj220. Then it switched to the Ferrari Collection and again I had the full set,even the Panini/Top Trumps cards.. Datsuncog and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said: A couple here today woke up to a Skoda entering the living room. Couple OK I hope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 3 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Couple OK I hope? Yes, they were in the bedroom sleeping when this happened. The driver was also uninjured. Not surprisingly, the driver is suspected of driving under the influence. Split_Pin and Rust Collector 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 37 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said: Yes, they were in the bedroom sleeping when this happened Glad to hear it. Very traumatic nonetheless 😞 Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 3 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Glad to hear it. Very traumatic nonetheless 😞 The couple took it in rather good spirits and invited the driver for morning coffee. Split_Pin, RoverFolkUs, mercedade and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 5 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said: least they missed the Stradivari on the wall Wibble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 6 hours ago, stuboy said: least they missed the Stradivari on the wall Yes, that was nice of the driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 7 hours ago, stuboy said: least they missed the Stradivari on the wall But they did flatten the Mona Lisa that's just out of view..... Snake Charmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 6 minutes ago, andy18s said: But they did flatten the Mona Lisa that's just out of view..... But that was flat already so that's fine. LightBulbFun, Dan29 and Saabnut 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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