Discussion:
OT: Metal worktops
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BrritSki
2019-10-31 08:58:07 UTC
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Does anyrat have any experience or knowledge of fitting metal worktops
in kitchens. BrratSki has had a horrendous quote for stainless steel,
so I was wondering what alternatives are readily available and the
relative costs and durability. Aluminium ? Zinc ? Brushed or galvanised
steel ?

Obtained from kitchen supplier or sheet metal shop as advocated by Piers
Wotsit on that home improvement show ?

TIA for any help...
Jim Easterbrook
2019-10-31 09:09:12 UTC
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Post by BrritSki
Does anyrat have any experience or knowledge of fitting metal worktops
in kitchens. BrratSki has had a horrendous quote for stainless steel,
so I was wondering what alternatives are readily available and the
relative costs and durability. Aluminium ? Zinc ? Brushed or galvanised
steel ?
I'm not surprised they're expensive, stainless is a pig to work with.
Given the acidity of many foods I'd be wary of using other metals.
(Marble is unsuitable, IMO, for the same reason.)
Post by BrritSki
Obtained from kitchen supplier or sheet metal shop as advocated by Piers
Wotsit on that home improvement show ?
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
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Penny
2019-10-31 10:20:20 UTC
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Post by Jim Easterbrook
Post by BrritSki
Does anyrat have any experience or knowledge of fitting metal worktops
in kitchens. BrratSki has had a horrendous quote for stainless steel,
so I was wondering what alternatives are readily available and the
relative costs and durability. Aluminium ? Zinc ? Brushed or galvanised
steel ?
I'm not surprised they're expensive, stainless is a pig to work with.
Given the acidity of many foods I'd be wary of using other metals.
(Marble is unsuitable, IMO, for the same reason.)
Marble doesn't even like water.
Post by Jim Easterbrook
Post by BrritSki
Obtained from kitchen supplier or sheet metal shop as advocated by Piers
Wotsit on that home improvement show ?
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
Bro#1 - who does cook and designed and built his house, used old billiard
table slate for the kitchen work tops.
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BrritSki
2019-10-31 14:15:32 UTC
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Post by Jim Easterbrook
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
Bro#1 - who does cook and designed and built his house, used old billiard
table slate for the kitchen work tops.
That's a pretty good idea....

Cue jokes about "you should be cannonised". :)
Mike
2019-10-31 15:06:00 UTC
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Post by BrritSki
Post by Penny
Post by Jim Easterbrook
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
Bro#1 - who does cook and designed and built his house, used old billiard
table slate for the kitchen work tops.
That's a pretty good idea....
Cue jokes about "you should be cannonised". :)
What are you chalking about?
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Paul Herber
2019-10-31 20:10:45 UTC
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Post by Mike
Post by BrritSki
Post by Penny
Post by Jim Easterbrook
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
Bro#1 - who does cook and designed and built his house, used old billiard
table slate for the kitchen work tops.
That's a pretty good idea....
Cue jokes about "you should be cannonised". :)
What are you chalking about?
I bet you felt this was good time to come up with a pun like that!
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Mike
2019-10-31 22:17:47 UTC
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Post by Mike
Post by BrritSki
Post by Penny
Post by Jim Easterbrook
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
Bro#1 - who does cook and designed and built his house, used old billiard
table slate for the kitchen work tops.
That's a pretty good idea....
Cue jokes about "you should be cannonised". :)
What are you chalking about?
I bet you felt this was good time to come up with a pun like that!
On what do you baize that remark?
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BrritSki
2019-11-01 09:07:40 UTC
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Post by Mike
Post by BrritSki
Post by Penny
Post by Jim Easterbrook
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
Bro#1 - who does cook and designed and built his house, used old billiard
table slate for the kitchen work tops.
That's a pretty good idea....
Cue jokes about "you should be cannonised". :)
What are you chalking about?
I bet you felt this was good time to come up with a pun like that!
On what do you baize that remark?
Give it a rest please, your posts have gone to pot and this is another
miscue.
Mike
2019-11-01 09:22:14 UTC
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Post by Mike
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Post by Mike
Post by BrritSki
Post by Penny
Post by Jim Easterbrook
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
Bro#1 - who does cook and designed and built his house, used old billiard
table slate for the kitchen work tops.
That's a pretty good idea....
Cue jokes about "you should be cannonised". :)
What are you chalking about?
I bet you felt this was good time to come up with a pun like that!
On what do you baize that remark?
Give it a rest please, your posts have gone to pot and this is another
miscue.
And for those viewing in black and white...
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krw
2019-11-01 10:07:50 UTC
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Post by Mike
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Post by Mike
Post by BrritSki
Post by Penny
Post by Jim Easterbrook
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
Bro#1 - who does cook and designed and built his house, used old billiard
table slate for the kitchen work tops.
That's a pretty good idea....
Cue jokes about "you should be cannonised". :)
What are you chalking about?
I bet you felt this was good time to come up with a pun like that!
On what do you baize that remark?
Give it a rest please, your posts have gone to pot and this is another
miscue.
And for those viewing in black and white...
Oddly most of umra is in black and white with the odd bit of blue thrown in.
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BrritSki
2019-11-01 10:22:55 UTC
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Post by Mike
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Post by Mike
Post by BrritSki
Post by Penny
Post by Jim Easterbrook
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
Bro#1 - who does cook and designed and built his house, used old billiard
table slate for the kitchen work tops.
That's a pretty good idea....
Cue jokes about "you should be cannonised".  :)
What are you chalking about?
I bet you felt this was good time to come up with a pun like that!
On what do you baize that remark?
Give it a rest please, your posts have gone to pot and this is another
miscue.
And for those viewing in black and white...
Oddly most of umra is in black and white with the odd bit of blue thrown in.
That's because we're all in the pink, unless green with envy or white
with fear from receiving the black spot.
J. P. Gilliver (John)
2019-11-01 12:37:53 UTC
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Post by Mike
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Post by Mike
Post by BrritSki
Post by Penny
Post by Jim Easterbrook
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
Bro#1 - who does cook and designed and built his house, used old billiard
table slate for the kitchen work tops.
That's a pretty good idea....
Cue jokes about "you should be cannonised". :)
What are you chalking about?
I bet you felt this was good time to come up with a pun like that!
On what do you baize that remark?
Give it a rest please, your posts have gone to pot and this is another
miscue.
And for those viewing in black and white...
... it's the one behind the green. (Or was it pink?) Which was _not_ as
daft as it sounds: anyone dedicated enough to have been watching Pot
Black on a monochrome set probably _would_ have known which the green
(or pink) was.
Post by krw
Oddly most of umra is in black and white with the odd bit of blue thrown in.
Not for me it isn't; Turnpike colours different levels of quote
differently, which makes it a lot easier to see who said what. I do have
notes somewhere on how to make Thunderbird do likewise, written by a
Turnpike émigré who missed that feature when he moved over; I'll dig
them out, if anyone's interested. (Not sure they'll work with recent
versions.)
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As the man said when confronted by a large dinner salad, "This isn't food.
This is what food eats."
Penny
2019-11-01 22:49:29 UTC
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Post by krw
Oddly most of umra is in black and white with the odd bit of blue thrown in.
Not here it isn't - purple, blue and green.
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steveski
2019-11-01 23:31:05 UTC
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dust...
Post by krw
Oddly most of umra is in black and white with the odd bit of blue thrown in.
Not here it isn't - purple, blue and green.
Purple! [1]
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[1] Bab 5 joke :-)
John Ashby
2019-11-02 07:39:04 UTC
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Post by krw
Oddly most of umra is in black and white with the odd bit of blue
That'll be Brritski.

john (inadvertently emailed the first time I wrote this)
Clive Arthur
2019-11-01 10:18:35 UTC
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Post by BrritSki
Post by Penny
Post by Jim Easterbrook
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
Bro#1 - who does cook and designed and built his house, used old billiard
table slate for the kitchen work tops.
That's a pretty good idea....
Cue jokes about "you should be cannonised". :)
What are you chalking about?
I bet you felt this was good time to come up with a pun like that!
On what do you baize that remark?
Give it a rest please, your posts have gone to pot and this is another
miscue.
And for those viewing in black and white...
Please. In-off is in-off.

Cheers
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Penny
2019-10-31 15:37:13 UTC
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Post by BrritSki
Post by Penny
Post by Jim Easterbrook
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
Bro#1 - who does cook and designed and built his house, used old billiard
table slate for the kitchen work tops.
That's a pretty good idea....
I couldn't say. I've seen photos of this wonderful house but have yet to
visit.

Slate is a lovely material and relatively easy to work with (if very heavy
in large pieces) I love the fancy slate gravestones often found in local
cemeteries and churchyards - lettering still crisp where the, presumably
more expensive, stone bought-in from elsewhere has often weathered badly
and is unreadable.

Slate is a bit porous, though one can seal it - not sure how that would
work in a kitchen environment. It is also fairly soft so easily chipped or
marked.

I was painting a new house name sign on an old roof tile recently and
sanded down the rougher area so my lines didn't 'skip'. I managed to make
it too smooth and had difficulty getting the paint to stick at all.
Post by BrritSki
Cue jokes about "you should be cannonised". :)
In-off is quite sufficient.
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Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959
Chris J Dixon
2019-10-31 16:02:08 UTC
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Post by Penny
Slate is a lovely material and relatively easy to work with (if very heavy
in large pieces) I love the fancy slate gravestones often found in local
cemeteries and churchyards - lettering still crisp where the, presumably
more expensive, stone bought-in from elsewhere has often weathered badly
and is unreadable.
Whilst on holiday in Germany we were looking at ancient artifacts
in the local cemetery, when a collection of headstones featuring
some rather stylish and colourful designs caught our eye.

Only then did we realise that there were no inscriptions on them,
because they were samples advertising what you could have.

Chris
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Nick Odell
2019-10-31 17:38:31 UTC
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Post by Penny
Slate is a lovely material and relatively easy to work with (if very heavy
in large pieces) I love the fancy slate gravestones often found in local
cemeteries and churchyards - lettering still crisp where the, presumably
more expensive, stone bought-in from elsewhere has often weathered badly
and is unreadable.
Whilst on holiday in Germany we were looking at ancient artifacts
in the local cemetery, when a collection of headstones featuring
some rather stylish and colourful designs caught our eye.
Only then did we realise that there were no inscriptions on them,
because they were samples advertising what you could have.
That's just given me an idea. I wonder if I could negotiate a cheaper
price for my own cemetery plot if, instead of the usual name, dates,
platitudes sort of thing I were to agree to have engraved on my
headstone:

"Hungry? Thirsty? Why not have a nice cup of tea and a cake at the
Cemetery Tearooms next to the gate?"

Nick
Mike
2019-10-31 18:38:44 UTC
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Post by Chris J Dixon
Post by Penny
Slate is a lovely material and relatively easy to work with (if very heavy
in large pieces) I love the fancy slate gravestones often found in local
cemeteries and churchyards - lettering still crisp where the, presumably
more expensive, stone bought-in from elsewhere has often weathered badly
and is unreadable.
Whilst on holiday in Germany we were looking at ancient artifacts
in the local cemetery, when a collection of headstones featuring
some rather stylish and colourful designs caught our eye.
Only then did we realise that there were no inscriptions on them,
because they were samples advertising what you could have.
That's just given me an idea. I wonder if I could negotiate a cheaper
price for my own cemetery plot if, instead of the usual name, dates,
platitudes sort of thing I were to agree to have engraved on my
"Hungry? Thirsty? Why not have a nice cup of tea and a cake at the
Cemetery Tearooms next to the gate?"
Nick
This would be very carefully positioned on the stone so as to be dead
centre?
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Sid Nuncius
2019-10-31 19:24:42 UTC
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Post by Mike
Post by Nick Odell
That's just given me an idea. I wonder if I could negotiate a cheaper
price for my own cemetery plot if, instead of the usual name, dates,
platitudes sort of thing I were to agree to have engraved on my
"Hungry? Thirsty? Why not have a nice cup of tea and a cake at the
Cemetery Tearooms next to the gate?"
This would be very carefully positioned on the stone so as to be dead
centre?
Of corpse it would.
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BrritSki
2019-10-31 19:38:12 UTC
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Post by Sid Nuncius
Post by Mike
Post by Nick Odell
That's just given me an idea. I wonder if I could negotiate a cheaper
price for my own cemetery plot if, instead of the usual name, dates,
platitudes sort of thing I were to agree to have engraved on my
"Hungry? Thirsty? Why not have a nice cup of tea and a cake at the
Cemetery Tearooms next to the gate?"
This would be very carefully positioned on the stone so as to be dead
centre?
Of corpse it would.
You could put the message on stiff card and have a new ad each week.
Sam Plusnet
2019-10-31 21:10:03 UTC
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Question: Is a kipper less dead than mutton?
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Penny
2019-10-31 22:53:50 UTC
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Question: Is a kipper less dead than mutton?
They're both deaf and I think the kipper's name if Geoff.
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J. P. Gilliver (John)
2019-11-01 02:31:29 UTC
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Post by Mike
Post by Nick Odell
That's just given me an idea. I wonder if I could negotiate a cheaper
price for my own cemetery plot if, instead of the usual name, dates,
platitudes sort of thing I were to agree to have engraved on my
"Hungry? Thirsty? Why not have a nice cup of tea and a cake at the
Cemetery Tearooms next to the gate?"
I fear whoever's in charge of the churchyard wouldn't allow it; such
people are notorious for restrictive rules, and enforcing them. (With
apologies if any UMRAts have that rôle.) My grandma wanted something
like "just resting" on grandad's, in 1966; I forget what the compromise
was, but it seemed petty. Things have probably improved since then.
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Post by Nick Odell
Nick
I know yours was just humorously intended, but I'd rather like to see
such - it would make me smile if part of an otherwise normal 'stone, and
anything that makes one smile in a graveyard is IMO good, as one is
usually sad when there.
Post by Mike
This would be very carefully positioned on the stone so as to be dead
centre?
Dead centre of town ... the place people are dying to get into ... the
old ones are - the old ones.
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Back then, many radio sets were still in black and white. - Eddie Mair, radio
presenter, on "PM" programme reaching 40; in Radio Times, 3-9 April 2010
Nick Odell
2019-11-01 12:38:54 UTC
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 02:31:29 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
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Post by Nick Odell
That's just given me an idea. I wonder if I could negotiate a cheaper
price for my own cemetery plot if, instead of the usual name, dates,
platitudes sort of thing I were to agree to have engraved on my
"Hungry? Thirsty? Why not have a nice cup of tea and a cake at the
Cemetery Tearooms next to the gate?"
I fear whoever's in charge of the churchyard wouldn't allow it; such
people are notorious for restrictive rules, and enforcing them. (With
apologies if any UMRAts have that rôle.) My grandma wanted something
like "just resting" on grandad's, in 1966; I forget what the compromise
was, but it seemed petty. Things have probably improved since then.
Post by Nick Odell
Nick
I know yours was just humorously intended, but I'd rather like to see
such - it would make me smile if part of an otherwise normal 'stone, and
anything that makes one smile in a graveyard is IMO good, as one is
usually sad when there.
Then, if you haven't done so already, you should visit Highgate
Cemetery (other cemeteries and graveyards are available). Apart from
donating a biro to (or nicking one from) Douglas Adams' plot there is
plenty that is amusing, offbeat or genuinely interesting in other
ways.

Here, have this as a starter:
Loading Image...


Nick
J. P. Gilliver (John)
2019-11-01 12:49:03 UTC
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Post by Nick Odell
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 02:31:29 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
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Post by Nick Odell
Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
anything that makes one smile in a graveyard is IMO good, as one is
usually sad when there.
Then, if you haven't done so already, you should visit Highgate
Cemetery (other cemeteries and graveyards are available). Apart from
donating a biro to (or nicking one from) Douglas Adams' plot there is
plenty that is amusing, offbeat or genuinely interesting in other
ways.
https://highgatecemetery.org/images/made/images/photos/IMG_1253_550_733.JPG
Nick
Is that Henry Moore?
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Mike
2019-11-01 12:59:03 UTC
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Post by Nick Odell
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 02:31:29 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
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Post by Nick Odell
Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
anything that makes one smile in a graveyard is IMO good, as one is
usually sad when there.
Then, if you haven't done so already, you should visit Highgate
Cemetery (other cemeteries and graveyards are available). Apart from
donating a biro to (or nicking one from) Douglas Adams' plot there is
plenty that is amusing, offbeat or genuinely interesting in other
ways.
https://highgatecemetery.org/images/made/images/photos/IMG_1253_550_733.JPG
Nick
Is that Henry Moore?
Less by the year I would have thought.
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Nick Odell
2019-11-02 01:46:16 UTC
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 12:49:03 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
Post by Nick Odell
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 02:31:29 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
[]
Post by Nick Odell
Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
anything that makes one smile in a graveyard is IMO good, as one is
usually sad when there.
Then, if you haven't done so already, you should visit Highgate
Cemetery (other cemeteries and graveyards are available). Apart from
donating a biro to (or nicking one from) Douglas Adams' plot there is
plenty that is amusing, offbeat or genuinely interesting in other
ways.
https://highgatecemetery.org/images/made/images/photos/IMG_1253_550_733.JPG
Nick
Is that Henry Moore?
I know you enjoy a challenge, John

so:
One may find the answer on the Highgate Cemetery website

and:
There are enough clues in the picture to enable one to work out which
link to click from the homepage.

Nick
Penny
2019-11-02 09:14:28 UTC
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 12:49:03 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
Post by Nick Odell
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 02:31:29 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
[]
Post by Nick Odell
Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
anything that makes one smile in a graveyard is IMO good, as one is
usually sad when there.
Then, if you haven't done so already, you should visit Highgate
Cemetery (other cemeteries and graveyards are available). Apart from
donating a biro to (or nicking one from) Douglas Adams' plot there is
plenty that is amusing, offbeat or genuinely interesting in other
ways.
https://highgatecemetery.org/images/made/images/photos/IMG_1253_550_733.JPG
Nick
Is that Henry Moore?
I know you enjoy a challenge, John
One may find the answer on the Highgate Cemetery website
There are enough clues in the picture to enable one to work out which
link to click from the homepage.
Strange - I went straight to google image search, it was easy to find the
name of the artist-I'd-never-heard-of without even leaving that page.
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Annoyed by The Archers since 1959
Tony Smith Gloucestershire
2019-11-02 09:20:28 UTC
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Penny, I use TinEye for image searches.
Penny
2019-11-02 10:58:47 UTC
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Penny, I use TinEye for image searches.
I haven't tried that for years - I suppose it may have improved a bit
since.
Google image search is on the right click menu of my browser and also lets
you upload images and search for them. It has been known to correctly
identify where I took a photo - google streetview images are presumably in
its database.

It can also read! I have found more recent photos of cars I have known,
simply by entering the registration number.

Mined ewe, I think as the sheer number of images on the internet has
increased it has failed to keep up a bit and it's bot skips stuff, or
hasn't found it yet.
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Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959
Sam Plusnet
2019-11-02 20:22:43 UTC
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On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 02:20:28 -0700 (PDT), Tony Smith Gloucestershire
Post by Tony Smith Gloucestershire
Penny, I use TinEye for image searches.
I haven't tried that for years - I suppose it may have improved a bit
since.
Google image search is on the right click menu of my browser and also lets
you upload images and search for them. It has been known to correctly
identify where I took a photo - google streetview images are presumably in
its database.
It can also read! I have found more recent photos of cars I have known,
simply by entering the registration number.
Mined ewe, I think as the sheer number of images on the internet has
increased it has failed to keep up a bit and it's bot skips stuff, or
hasn't found it yet.
Once or twice I've used google image search to look for photos of
people, when the name seems familiar but I can't place them.

This usually brings up 'current' images (FSVO current) when photographs
from 20 years ago might be more useful.

Anyrat know if any such images are googleable, and how it's done?
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Penny
2019-11-02 23:54:55 UTC
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Post by Penny
Mined ewe, I think as the sheer number of images on the internet has
increased it has failed to keep up a bit and it's bot skips stuff, or
hasn't found it yet.
Bleugh - I swear I didn't type that catastrophe :(
Post by Sam Plusnet
Once or twice I've used google image search to look for photos of
people, when the name seems familiar but I can't place them.
This usually brings up 'current' images (FSVO current) when photographs
from 20 years ago might be more useful.
Anyrat know if any such images are googleable, and how it's done?
You can select by time to some extent (see the options below the search
box) or add a year to your query but sometimes the answer is to select
monochrome from the colour options.

If it's actors you're after IMDb is a good place to find old photos of
them.
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Annoyed by The Archers since 1959
Sam Plusnet
2019-11-03 19:27:44 UTC
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Mined ewe, I think as the sheer number of images on the internet has
increased it has failed to keep up a bit and it's bot skips stuff, or
hasn't found it yet.
Bleugh - I swear I didn't type that catastrophe:(
I quite like the image of 'bots' having skips in which to place the
things they collect.
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Min
2019-11-03 22:09:54 UTC
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Post by Penny
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 02:20:28 -0700 (PDT), Tony Smith Gloucestershire
Post by Tony Smith Gloucestershire
Penny, I use TinEye for image searches.
I haven't tried that for years - I suppose it may have improved a bit
since.
Google image search is on the right click menu of my browser and also lets
you upload images and search for them. It has been known to correctly
identify where I took a photo - google streetview images are presumably in
its database.
It can also read! I have found more recent photos of cars I have known,
simply by entering the registration number.
Mined ewe, I think as the sheer number of images on the internet has
increased it has failed to keep up a bit and it's bot skips stuff, or
hasn't found it yet.
Once or twice I've used google image search to look for photos of
people, when the name seems familiar but I can't place them.
Someone I know from theatre posted a painting on FB that they thought
they had 'on the tip of their tongue' (as it were), so I used Google
Image Search and found (first) that it had been the cover of a book and
(second) the original picture. An interesting and rewarding experience!
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Min
Sam Plusnet
2019-10-31 21:04:41 UTC
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Post by Chris J Dixon
Whilst on holiday in Germany we were looking at ancient artifacts
in the local cemetery, when a collection of headstones featuring
some rather stylish and colourful designs caught our eye.
Only then did we realise that there were no inscriptions on them,
because they were samples advertising what you could have.
Just 'round the corner from here is a monumental mason's yard.
It's quite small and the wooden shed seems to slouch more and more every
time I see it.
I fear the mason has gone to his own plot.
The 'samples' on display to the passing public are complete gravestones
with names and dates.
Evidently ordered but never paid for.
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Sam Plusnet
BrritSki
2019-10-31 17:35:25 UTC
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scrawled in the dust...
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Post by Jim Easterbrook
Do any of these shows feature people who actually cook?
Bro#1 - who does cook and designed and built his house, used old billiard
table slate for the kitchen work tops.
That's a pretty good idea....
I couldn't say. I've seen photos of this wonderful house but have yet to
visit.
Slate is a lovely material and relatively easy to work with (if very heavy
in large pieces) I love the fancy slate gravestones often found in local
cemeteries and churchyards - lettering still crisp where the, presumably
more expensive, stone bought-in from elsewhere has often weathered badly
and is unreadable.
Slate is a bit porous, though one can seal it - not sure how that would
work in a kitchen environment. It is also fairly soft so easily chipped or
marked.
I was painting a new house name sign on an old roof tile recently and
sanded down the rougher area so my lines didn't 'skip'. I managed to make
it too smooth and had difficulty getting the paint to stick at all.
Post by BrritSki
Cue jokes about "you should be cannonised". :)
In-off is quite sufficient.
I think umra will baulk at limiting a pun thread.
BrritSki
2019-10-31 14:18:55 UTC
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Post by Jim Easterbrook
Post by BrritSki
Does anyrat have any experience or knowledge of fitting metal worktops
in kitchens. BrratSki has had a horrendous quote for stainless steel,
so I was wondering what alternatives are readily available and the
relative costs and durability. Aluminium ? Zinc ? Brushed or galvanised
steel ?
I'm not surprised they're expensive, stainless is a pig to work with.
A local sheet metal working factory has just come back with much cheaper
quotes, about £80+vat per linear metre pressed to fit round mdf worktop
and with a splashback.
Post by Jim Easterbrook
Given the acidity of many foods I'd be wary of using other metals.
Drother has zinc worktops - they are scratched after decades of use, but
not stained and look great still.
Post by Jim Easterbrook
(Marble is unsuitable, IMO, for the same reason.)
Yes, I was surprised how that marked - I used some round the pizza oven
I built and then left a bit of iron on it all winter and never did get
the rust stains out :(
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