Loki Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 7 minutes ago, Frankie Crisp said: Two years and 11 months! In a wardrobe. Under a suitcase and next to a knackered roller blind. In your face, Phillip DeFreitas. But... I mean... why? Ā This makes Devon's dad seem sane. Sand is for keeping outdoors until plants start to grow out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted January 29 Awards Moderator Share Posted January 29 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Loki said: But... I mean... why? Ā This makes Devon's dad seem sane. Sand is for keeping outdoors until plants start to grow out of it. Ha! I know. I bought a punchbag during lockdown to have some kind of exercise motivation when I couldnāt get out. Needs a load of sand and water for the base to keep it steady. I failed to consider that the cats would attack the punchbag and rip it to the point where itās in as good a shape as Daniella Westbrookās nose, so the sand has sat in that cupboard since. Edited January 29 by Frankie Crisp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted January 29 Moderators Share Posted January 29 Ha. My sand is for filling the base of my parasol. I've done two opposite corners with sand and saturated then with water properly, and then just filled the other two with water and called it a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Defences for rising sea levels. You're all smart and prepared that's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Walked past my mum when I was going in to a supermarket to empty the post box and she exclaimed āHereās the good looking Postmanā then explained to the random passer by that itās ok because Iām her son. āIām not judgingā was her reply. She bloody was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 13 minutes ago, Mr_Danger said: Walked past my mum when I was going in to a supermarket to empty the post box and she exclaimed āHereās the good looking Postmanā then explained to the random passer by that itās ok because Iām her son. āIām not judgingā was her reply. She bloody was. You should've said to the passer by "She's not my Mum you know" and given a grimace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamura Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) My mum wasn't one of those crazy hoarders with rooms crammed with rubbish from floor to ceiling, but it's fair to say she didn't throw much away. After she died in 2022 I found this when cleaning out her flat, I wouldn't mind so much but she moved in 1992 so somehow it got kept during that move. Edited January 30 by Tamura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members waters44 Posted January 30 Paid Members Share Posted January 30 One cute thing my Dad did that I only found out about after he died - when I was a teen a DeAgostini magazine came out about rally cars and each month you got a model of a different car with the magazine. One of those things where the first one is 50p and then theyāre Ā£20 a week I bought the first one with pocket money as I thought it was quite cool and as I knew Dad liked rallying it might be something we could enjoy together. However my enthusiasm disappeared pretty quickly and after the second issue I lost all interest.Ā Fast forward twenty years and I find a box at his house with folders of pristine rally magazines covering the whole run and the models. I guess he was hoping one day Iād mention it again and weād go through them together, but I never did š„ŗ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Oooof, its got dusty in here all of a sudden. I love those discoveries. When my Grandad died, we discovered he had shares in Apple and Samsung. Now obviously you don't know my Grandad, but this was mind blowing as he was a very frugal man. Not in a miserly way, for instance he once lent me the money for a car, but the type who wouldn't buy new clothes or things etc, but if he did it would be 100x pairs of black socks from a wholesaler or whatever, just a very careful man and wasted nothing. We don't even know if he knew what Apple or Samsung were (this is entirely possible) as they weren't motorcycle brands so this discovery was so shocking to all of us, but we surmised that he probably got a tip from someone early on and thought why not?Ā I got to clear his house in Isleworth with my Dad and it was just mental and full of wonderful junk. I never wanted for anything but I insisted that I keep the deactivated guns that sat on his wall and fascinated me as a child, and some Star Wars Micro Machines (again I don't think he knew what Star Wars was!) but my favourite thing is he had hundreds, if not thousands, of random metal car plates, like the ones you see hung on walls, and some which were very rare. At the time I had a CitroĆ«n and took it to a specialist in Weybridge and mentioned all the CitroĆ«n ones we had, and we gifted them to the garage so they sit pride of place on their wall, which makes me really happy that they went to someone that appreciated them as much as my Grandad did. We weren't particularly close (he's not my "Brentford" Grandad), and in fact used to ask me all the time if I still played "that poof sport" but I get really teary eyed whenever I see anything to do with Triumph, especially motorbikes as they were his pride and joy. When he died he had maybe 4 or 5, all incomplete of course, and he'd been restoring them since I was a boy, and everything had to be original, so I'd often call him up for a chat and he'd tell me he had been to Grimsby for a headlamp that week. I'd ask him why he didn't just get it delivered and he would say "Where's the fun in that?" which is a great attitude, bless him. He also loved absolutely shockingly bad trad jazz and he'd go off to these weekends all the time with his "special friend" Kay. Sorry for the ramble, just kept going. He was a good lad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members waters44 Posted January 30 Paid Members Share Posted January 30 @SuperBaconĀ you should watch Shed and Buried or Junk and Disorderly, both presented by Henry Coles (who would be my pick for the Future Carking thread, I will be devastated if anything happens to the goofy git). I think theyāre on one of those channels like QuestĀ Basically they go round finding old motorbikes and other stuff (plates you mention, old petrol cans etc) and restore them to sell on. Itās lovely, lovely TV and I think youāll feel closer to your Grandad when watching. I certainly feel closer to my old man when I watch as he was into old motorbikes / trucks etc too.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 8 minutes ago, waters44 said: @SuperBaconĀ you should watch Shed and Buried or Junk and Disorderly, both presented by Henry Coles (who would be my pick for the Future Carking thread, I will be devastated if anything happens to the goofy git). I think theyāre on one of those channels like QuestĀ Basically they go round finding old motorbikes and other stuff (plates you mention, old petrol cans etc) and restore them to sell on. Itās lovely, lovely TV and I think youāll feel closer to your Grandad when watching. I certainly feel closer to my old man when I watch as he was into old motorbikes / trucks etc too.Ā American Pickers is always a good watch too!Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted January 30 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 30 Just now, Keith Houchen said: American Pickers is always a good watch too!Ā My mum disagrees/my dad agrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted January 30 Paid Members Share Posted January 30 Sounds like my grandad and yours would have got on Rashers, though my grandad died FA Cup final day 1984. He was a long distance lorry driver, Monday to Friday he was away, but Saturday and Sunday were spent either in his garage fixing countless motorbikes, driving very fast on those bikes or in his car, or in the pub arguing with people about why they rode shit bikes. When he died there were 17 bikes in his garage in various states of repair. Nothing modern and nothing foreign. Matchless, BSA, Norton, and Triumph. He encouraged me to get involved with the repairs, but realised that even from a young age I wasn't mechanically minded, especially when I was about 6 he found me in his garage banging screws into a block of wood with a heavy spanner. That didn't stop him trying to teach me but he knew he was fighting a losing battle.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Just now, Devon Malcolm said: My mum disagrees/my dad agrees. This could be the 2024 version of Leave / Remain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 15 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: He was a long distance lorry driver, Pretty sure I've mentioned it before but my Dad was too, all over Europe for North American, and in the summer holidays I'd go along, illegally of course. I'd have to hide in the bunk when we went through customs either end. We'd go to Zeebrugge on the way out and then from Calais on the way in, and so when someone says "Have you been to France/Holland/Belgium/Germany/etc?" I answer "Yes, quite literally hundreds of times" but mostly the industrial parts š Highlights included watching Eurogoals in Belgian truckstops, waking up in Cologne and there being thousands of rabbits outside the truck every time, listening to BBC Comedy tapes for hours and if my Dad got all his deliveries done quickly, we'd hit up a random theme park. I hazily remember one called Pukkel Park or something in Belgium, and it was hilarious as there would be all these cars in the car park and this massive artic in the middle. Genuinely some of the most fun times I've ever had, apart from the time 10yo me pooed myself in the bunk in the lorry on the ferry, and my Dad being my Dad jusg tried to get rid of the smell by chain smoking. Pure UKFF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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