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Rossie
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29/12/2007
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16:34
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As there seems to be quite a bit of artistic talent around here, I thought I would start a pencil sketch section .....
Kalh mera oi filoi mou
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belle
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Posted - 30/03/2009 : 08:52
A gin pulley, that sounds like something i might need!
This greening swift, don't it pong a bit if it is milk? I like how you've made the pig look so happy, what sort of tools do you use for the job and where do you get the stone?
Bradders...why are people up and down the country looing like they've had a shock?
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Bradders
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Posted - 30/03/2009 : 11:03
Belle ....'cos you told 'em to spread their hand over their faces.....
OK... it helps if you quietly scream ...Aaaaaaagh! ....at the same time . !
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belle
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Posted - 30/03/2009 : 12:52
we are on different planets i fear!
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Stanley
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Posted - 30/03/2009 : 17:05
Belle, spill over from dialect corner but usage of 'gin' as in gin pulley is a corruption of 'engine' which was the archaic name for almost any mechanism. 'Jenny' as in spinning jenny comes from the same root as does cotton gin.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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TOM PHILLIPS
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Posted - 30/03/2009 : 17:43
Swifty,if you want to age the pig use "natural yoghurt",we often get advised by architects to use it on new patch pointing so it soon blends with the existing,its the bacteria that does it,none left in milk these days,as you will know...
I knew what you meant Bradders,but i shake my head at the same time and refrain from screaming,.
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Bradders
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Posted - 30/03/2009 : 19:18
Belle....It does depend on which way round your hand is , I s'pose !!
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swifty
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Posted - 30/03/2009 : 22:20
tom cant use yoghurt round here there is a council estate higher up than our house and it could cause end less trouble youve heard of window lickers well try kicking one off youre prised large white ,the milk was straight from the udder. belle i get the stone from our demolition sites at a cost i was going to make it into a staddle stone base till i worked it and found it good to carve ,i use a cuturi air hammer with carbide tipped chisels nylon mallet and hand chisels all carbide tipped, i make more stone troughs than carvings all my troughs are made on order almost bespoke,he he does not smell to bad did a milk round for 7 years so amune to it,
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Stanley
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Posted - 31/03/2009 : 07:14
I used to use milk and green spring cow muck mixed. Looked like lichen when you painted it on.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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swifty
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Posted - 31/03/2009 : 20:31
will try that one thanks stanley
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Stanley
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Posted - 01/04/2009 : 07:05
Far easier to get lichen on stone these days than in the years before the Clean Air Acts. The stone used to go black but no lichen, the chemicals killed it. Notice that any building that's cleaned these days starts to go green in no time.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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belle
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Posted - 01/04/2009 : 09:33
I guess if Swifty uses your recipe for aging the stone work Stanley, the smile on the pig will be even broader..well the saying is they are happy when in sh...
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Stanley
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Posted - 02/04/2009 : 06:52
Like me.......
Stanley Challenger Graham
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TOM PHILLIPS
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Posted - 02/04/2009 : 15:51
This is my latest effort,a bit of tidying up to do and its as good as finished.
Click to see larger picture..
Edited by - TOM PHILLIPS on 02/04/2009 3:52:43 PM
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belle
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Posted - 02/04/2009 : 15:55
Lovely facial expression you have a real way of capturing those, Tom.
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Bradders
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Posted - 02/04/2009 : 17:31
Belle ...You beat me to it....Tom has got him to a tee.
I've played with a lot of "Harp" players over the years, and from time to time they all develop that "far away" look.
I think its something to do with the fact that in blues harmonica, there is much more suck than blow (literally) They have to listen internally to the music in their head. And they cannot watch the instrument.
Magic Tom !
Edited by - Bradders on 02/04/2009 10:06:55 PM
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