blakeyboy

I bet Chisholm will find out. A V.A.T. on the slate please Dave....

By a strange coincidence, I put up a post in 'Free for All' about this- a 1953 penny, the last picture looking like a proof, all the others looking a bit ragged. Seller insists it's the same coin. So tricky, hence the common use of the 'better in the hand' phrase.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283678826780?ul_noapp=true

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283678826780?ul_noapp=true the seller says he photographed it in different lighting to show the toning. No reason to disbelieve him- his other auctions look fine. I can only just tell it is the same coin by the edge knocks by the '3'. Just shows what can happen....

My late father liked jays- and loved pointing out that it's Latin name Garrulus Glandarius rather describes it. ( He also liked the name of the Wren, describing in secretive skulking movements: Troglodytes Troglodytes....) Interestingly, on a bird theme, in 1946 Peter Adolph patented a new table football game. He was not allowed to use the trade name 'Hobby' that he wanted, so he used that bird's Latin Name: Falco Subbuteo.

Wasn't 'brid' the original ancient spelling??

Isn't spelchek annoying - you type 'intentional' and it replaces that with 'coincidental'!!!

They've removed 'gullible' from the Oxford Concise Dictionary.

QUEEN ANNE 1702 - 1714 SHILLING RARE SOLID Silver COIN. In amazing condition considering its so old, kept in a hard plastic wallet for many years now. For 99% of it's existence, I'll warrant! How many early 18th Century plastic coin wallets are still extant, I wonder.....

Hence the Scottish pacts with France throughout history.....

I agree- it is strange that the CA say that 'You' should have noticed- well of course you have, by trying to buy the item at the ridiculously low price! So, if you were asked whether you HAD noticed, it would be a bit tricky to claim that to you, buying something for £125 when it's clearly a £1250 value happens so often that you don't get an alarm bell ringing upon seeing the ad.....

Probably best.

Stop! I'm sycamore jokes!!

About twice a year a horde of long-tailed tits turns up in my garden and it makes my week. I was at Peter Gabriel's studio in Box last year, and right outside the window of the Tech Department there was a bird feeder, with five of the wonderful cretures on it...a foot from my face!! One of the tech boys said it was difficult to get any work done some days.....:)

Nuthatches go down tree trunks headfirst, treecreepers go up, if you can't see the bird clearly enough. Nuthatches also scold you for being there loudly, like wrens and robins do.. If you have nuthatches and jays, keep a sharp eye out for goldcrests in hedges- they often like the same sort of territory, and are often peeping to each other in pairs. So so tiny...

It's that happy time of year, too festive to listen to too many puns about hedging, so beech earfull. I can only apologise.....

ooh! thanks Mike. I'll take a look when their site works again....

Many animals were harmed writing this stuff. Your home is at risk if you leave the doors and windows open. Lifts can go down as well as up. I'm Blakeyboy and I approve this message.

Utter confusion here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1911-one-penny-coin-with-hallmark/193193741170?hash=item2cfb3e8b72:g:7VoAAOSwxIldrsIR

Ohh...THAT Hermann Duncker....

Kutch Dhinglo was a fine Prog Rock drummer. I have many of his LPs.....

Then she should get out more.

The world is your lobster.

Damn! Beaten to the punchline again!!!!! You have to stay up 24 hours a day to keep on top of this forum....

Look at the sellers name!!!!!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-1p-OLD-one-penny-1971-coin-uk-sterling-EXTREMELY-Rare/163924210633?hash=item262aa4f3c9:g:1EkAAOSwJ6JdgiNt