Every (well most) cloud has a silver lining....
- Thread starter oldravendale
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Arun
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Gardeners and keepers of orchards used to swear by Bordeaux Mixture which was a mixture of copper sulphate and lime [I think] and was great as a fungicide.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Not that often !
...I was ( now retired ), in one of the shall we say cleaner trades, a chippy, and hardly ever off sick, must 'ave been the resin Col.
daifly
Western Thunderer
Copper oxychloride (Bordeaux Mixture) was banned 5 years ago. No substitute product is available AFAIK to control blight on potatoes or tomatoes.
Dave
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Arun
Guest
Thanks Dave - That was something from a far off "O" level biology lesson.
John Johnson
Member
Come to think of it,when did you last see and engine driver or fireman wash his hands singing 'happy birthday' before scoffing his shovel cooked bacon sarny. I did'nt and I'm still here !
John Johnson.
John Johnson.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Talking of silver linings etc, I hear that although we are suffering a plague of sorts they are sorting out the nations TV programmes, we won't be plagued with Eurovision this year , and as for soap opera's, well Coronation St. has been re-named .....yes you guessed Coronanation St.
Col.
, and as for soap opera's, well Coronation St. has been re-named .....yes you guessed Coronanation St. Col.
oldravendale
Western Thunderer
That's a huge relief.
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Peter Cross
Western Thunderer
Worst thing for me is no TT or other road racing this year. Well at least the first half.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Peter Cross
Western Thunderer
I've not been for 15 or more. But at least ITV have daily coverage.Yes there's always a down side, not been to the TT for decades
Col.
simond
Western Thunderer
And no Moto GP either, so far at least 
now, this may be fake news, but I heard from a reliable source that whisky & chocolate, in exactly the correct proportions, is potentially a cure for the dreaded Mexican beer disease. What you have to do is eat some chocolate, and have a glass of scotch. If you don’t feel better, you must have got the ratio of scotch and chocolate wrong, so have a little more whisky. If that doesn’t work, it must be that you didn’t have enough chocolate, so have maybe one more square. Now, if that hasn’t sorted it out, perhaps one square was too much, so you’d better have a wee dram...
I feel fine...
Simon
now, this may be fake news, but I heard from a reliable source that whisky & chocolate, in exactly the correct proportions, is potentially a cure for the dreaded Mexican beer disease. What you have to do is eat some chocolate, and have a glass of scotch. If you don’t feel better, you must have got the ratio of scotch and chocolate wrong, so have a little more whisky. If that doesn’t work, it must be that you didn’t have enough chocolate, so have maybe one more square. Now, if that hasn’t sorted it out, perhaps one square was too much, so you’d better have a wee dram...
I feel fine...
Simon
oldravendale
Western Thunderer
I think I missed out the chocolate. I have another must go.
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Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
Or have one of these....
......considered by the Guide to be the Best Drink in Existence. It's effects are similar to having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.
......considered by the Guide to be the Best Drink in Existence. It's effects are similar to having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Dan Randall
Western Thunderer
“And all because, The Lady Loves Milk Tray”.....
Regards
Dan
Regards
Dan
Peter Cross
Western Thunderer
My favourite toy, a Daytona with a bonnie front end to make it stop.
Unfortunately I no longer have it.
