blakeyboy

I will dig out what I think I have- I haven't up till now looked hard for the different types- the dropped 90 was until recently the only one I was going for...

yes- I put it on here last year...can't remember what thread... I still have worn example that turned up 30 years ago that I kept as a curio when i couldn't find anything about this variety.

Oh wow- I'm looking for 'dropped' 90 types nearly every day, so over the last few years I must have looked at thousands and found _one_ on Ebay, one amongst all 1890's I've ever had, and that's it. It that time I've NEVER seen that rotated 9....

Thomas Malthus had some interesting ideas on such subjects...!!

Maybe she's practicing for when she goes into politics - she's perfect to be part of the Covid Response Briefings....

The seasonal deaths peak has been boosted by Covid, but hearing about Tim Brooke-Taylor hit me rather, and now Dave Greenfield and Florian Schneider!!!!!

Where are you? My cosseted dahlias are just waking up!

Could it have just been a type of 'hypo' ? I can imagine that the GVI toning would be very dark brown if the solutions were stronger, but the farthings really were black.

Yep...'Pangram'.

Classic way of solving problems. We use our prefrontal cortex all the time, and assume it's good at solving problems and maths etc. If I want to fix a real head scratcher on a piece of gear, I think very very hard about it, with no radio on and no interruptions or phone calls. Then I deliberately do something else that is a mind- emptying thing- gardening is excellent. After a few hours- BANG - the solution. using your prefrontal cortex tends to block ideas from the ancient primitive MASSIVE supercomputer in the back of your head, so when you concentrate for a long time on a problem, this loads up that supercomputer with a program, and it starts its work. Only when you stop 'thinking' does it break through with the answer.... it happens very quickly. So many equipment repair men used to smoke like chimneys, because they would have a cigarette and 'stand back' mentally from the job, and there's the answer. An old friend of mine would stop, light a fag, and within 30 seconds know what the problem was, and put the cigarette down on the edge of the bench, leaving a two inch burn since he was then engrossed solving the problem. The edge of his bench was a long line of burn marks. He got through 40 a day, but maybe only actually smoked two of them! He didn't care about the cost, since he reckoned his repair rate was so good it more than paid for the fags....

...and halve your reputation points.....:)

Or the Scout Leader 'Christopher Wave'....

Mr Peckris, thy one-liners are as good as thy coin knowledge- thou truly art an all-round family entertainer....

The young couple next door have been in all week, and have made a sex tape. Obviously, they don't know that yet.....

Yes. In baseball, they have a 'Pitchee'.

So many times we find things on Ebay that no-one spotted. 15 years ago we would all have been bidding against each other, making the rarity sell for proper money. Now a £300 penny can be grabbed for £10, and the seller never knows.... So maybe that's an upside...?

I don't know - the contents of my fridge are pretty shocking.....

Most pleasing picture of a Robin I've seen for years. We used to have a very tame ( probably German migrating) pair that used to fly round the house looking for us to tell us the mealworms bowl was empty.

Maybe even more varieties than your idioms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh what...! Yes yes yes - attender- agent noun from the verb 'to attend'.....you are right! So obvious now. So why 'attendee' ???.... I never thought about 'electrocution'....except when the Mother in Law was visiting. Been a bit difficult this week where she is concerned. It was her funeral on Wednesday, and she found out.....

Agreed. I love the early Alec Guinness films.

Oh yes of course.... Not concomitant. ( Word of the week for me! ) Odd though....so fine....like someone with a very steady hand was playing with the world's smallest brazing kit...

I've just got mine all in one place for once,, ranging from UNC to Fair,. There are nine of them, all with the 8 just to the right of a gap, and one has the 8 over a tooth. Only in Fair, but that'll do for now. So an 8:1 ratio for me.