RMweb Premium newbryford Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 FB_IMG_1517876070170.jpg At least it isn't a wire brush....... Cheers Mick 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O. Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 One day... http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180204-chinas-last-steam-train Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2018 At least it isn't a wire brush....... Cheers Mick Luxury! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kylestrome Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) FB_IMG_1517876070170.jpg That gives new meaning to the expression 'skid marks'! Edited February 6, 2018 by Kylestrome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Luxury! Mike. Compared with this it definitely is..... Now why would a saving on Chad Valley games be an incentive to buy this stuff?? JIm 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 Compared with this it definitely is..... Now why would a saving on Chad Valley games be an incentive to buy this stuff?? JIm Even wiping you *rse on the Daily Mail (other rubbish tabloids are available) would be more comfortable than using that hideous stuff Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) Compared with this it definitely is..... Now why would a saving on Chad Valley games be an incentive to buy this stuff?? JIm Last seen by me (fortunately) when the military stopped using their equivalent in about 1984. They then switched to white stuff that was infinately softer but nowhere near as soft as a commercial brand. Edited February 6, 2018 by TheQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Compared with this it definitely is..... Now why would a saving on Chad Valley games be an incentive to buy this stuff?? JIm Still have a roll for spacing gears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Compared with this it definitely is..... Now why would a saving on Chad Valley games be an incentive to buy this stuff?? Was it an indication that Chad Valley games were crap? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 Last seen by me (fortunately) when the military stopped using their equivalent in about 1984. They then switched to white stuff that was infinately softer but nowhere near as soft as a commercial brand. I used to work for GPO and we had our own version which was physically the same as the Izal stuff with "Government Property" on every sheet, until we started local purchasing and bought soft tissue. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 I used to work for GPO and we had our own version which was physically the same as the Izal stuff with "Government Property" on every sheet, until we started local purchasing and bought soft tissue. Keith One of the guys at Telstra (Aussie version of BT), told me that his exchange ordered toilet rolls one day. They ordered a gross. A few days later a large truck turned up with 144 CARTONS of toilet rolls (for 3 people!). They briefly thought of keeping them and supplying family, relations & friends for months. But thought better of it and refused delivery. Hard to come up with the correct answer, when a large truck is idling outside! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 ^^^ 144 rolls for 3 people? How long did that last? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 ^^^ 144 rolls for 3 people? How long did that last? Not long on a diet containing loads of bran. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
73c Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 There's an original roll in the toilet of 70294e the Gresley sorter at the GCR. When we use it for a static display I make a point of showing people, gets some great comments! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 Not as bad as some orders in the RAF, One guy i Knew ordered a couple of hundred valves for a Aircraft simulator (yes it was a long time ago) accidentally got the wrong part number and a lorry load of Very large, Very expensive TV type Display tubes turned up. At a station I was at we needed the main Hinge pin (not the correct technical term) for a nodding radar height finder. The chief got the number wrong, again by one digit and the first we heard was there was a Queen Mary Stuck by a humpback bridge, luckily it hadn't tried to go over. But in mid summer there were huge traffic queues as this thing had to be backed up and brought round another way... then when it arrived they took the cover off to find.... A complete radar dish assembly about 30 foot long.. instead of a hinge pin a few feet long.. and a minor RAF one, someone ordered 10 Chinagraph propelling pencils, and got ten boxes of around a hundred. So from being as rare as hens teeth before, it became chinagraphs all round with plenty to spare.. (i've just looked them up they are still made, though not quite the same) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I was once on a course with a serving Naval officer who told a story about his ship (sorry, don't recall which one) needing a replacement 4" gun mounting. They put on for it through the dockyard office, but it hadn't arrived when they sailed - from memory it was something like Gosport to Rosyth, or two similarly separated locations. After berthing they had a call from a lady in the previous dockyard office to say this component had arrived. "Ah", said he. "That will be a problem". "Why?" she replied. I'll just pop it into the post". "How big do you think this thing is?" he enquired. "Four inches" she replied. "It'll go into a Jiffy bag". He suggested she go outside and look at the specially escorted transporter carrying the mount (I think he said it was about 30 tons worth) and then make arrangements to hold it until they were next due to dock there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2018 ^^^ 144 rolls for 3 people? How long did that last? Dunno, but saves reordering them regularly, I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Always best to stay regular, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) I'm sorry - but my fundamental orifice is twitching, in memory of that dreadful stuff pictured at the top of the page - it was normally only ever used for military air-mail letters 'ome - even torn-up old newspapers were preferable to using that stuff for its intended purpose! Edited February 6, 2018 by shortliner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2018 My maternal grandparents actually bought that stuff. No, I never understood why either! It wasn't much better at my paternal grandparents. They had much the same stuff but theirs was branded MoD. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Always best to stay regular, though. I'm sorry - but my fundamental orifice is twitching, in memory of that dreadful stuff pictured at the top of the page - it was normally only ever used for military air-mail letters 'ome - even torn-up old newspapers were preferable to using that stuff for its intended purpose! Yes, it's all coming out now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two_sugars Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 IZAL ! . . .Takes me back 50 years. . . . 10 years old . . .freezing cold , , ,short trousers, , , 3ft of snow in the school playground,outside netty on t'other side of school yard. . . . One sheet of Izal. . . John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Matt C Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2018 As kids we hated it for its proper use but wrap it round a comb and it made a great kazoo! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 As kids we hated it for its proper use but wrap it round a comb and it made a great kazoo! As long as it had not been used. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Doh! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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