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Post by paullewis on Nov 16, 2015 20:40:20 GMT
Would love to do the diving thing but i have perforated ear drums so am stuffed .. Probably not the best idea in your case then. Still there are lots of places you can see plenty just snorkeling! |
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Post by GAv on Nov 16, 2015 21:46:31 GMT
Apparently after Thursday I cannot get too near electrical magnetic fields, so someone else will have to do my vehicle electrics.
Also doing Skuba Diving with a Pace Maker Defribrilater is a definite no no...apart from that I should be able to get back to sailing.
Maybe I should spend some of the recouperation period actually learning how to play the Guitar.
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Post by paullewis on Nov 16, 2015 22:09:12 GMT
started teaching myself guitar about 7 years ago, still not very good, but can play a song or two!!
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Post by GAv on Nov 17, 2015 1:35:47 GMT
Sorry to hear that, I got an infection in my right ear after a swim and that was bad enough, being on antibiotics over a Christmas/in the 70s, but a perferated one must be murder. As well as jobs in noisy surroundings and maybe listening to loud rock bands have tinititus in one ear, but it aint that bad. Does sometimes affect balance though-especially after being in rough conditions on boats, this one is becoming a real old crock. Well done on teaching yourself to play tunes incidentally. My motley Guitar collection amounts to  a Sunburst Stratalike type one,of dubious parentage,it could even have belonged to a famous artiste, probably not,which was picked up on my travels,a 'Marvin lipstick Red' Marlin Strummer,. also an acoustic one I got from a local charity shop. I did actually buy it for my Great nephew,however his Mum beat me to it with a Cheapie to start him off. My one has yet to start me up, sic a Stones Number. Henry my Great Nephew was apparently very upset (as most of us were) about the Paris Outrages last week, particularly as he had been to see that very American Band in a UK gig a couple of weeks before, and maybe as a 20 year old Uni Student it brought it home to him life ain't always a bed of Roses. He recently got a Gretch so I hope the horrible side of humanity wont put him off jamming with his mates. Anyway back to the hobbies, I also like renovating and hopefully will get back to sailing em again, boats, and like minor car club awards have a few dinghy racing ones.  |
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Post by kawasakiinit on Nov 17, 2015 13:35:25 GMT
Yep done the snorkel thing in tenerife and paid the massive red back price lol
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Post by paullewis on Nov 17, 2015 19:17:07 GMT
I have half a dozen guitars, nothing particularly fancy, couple of half decent epiphones, an early 80s marlin 12 string, a little travel acoustic i bought so i didn't have to trash my better guitars while traveling, (its purple, and pretty trashed!) and another nothing acoustic that I rescued from a mates shed! Did a little sailing in the past, quite enjoyed it, but not enough to take it up fully!
Yeah you need plenty of waterproof sunblock for snorkeling! The best thing about snorkelers is they attract sharks, which as a diver I then get to see lol!!
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Post by GAv on Nov 18, 2015 15:38:25 GMT
Talking Marlins I bought my one from a Lad in Cambridge, it was just before a Christmas and his very nice Mum plied me with cake and mince pies before leaving.
Anyway later I went into a Colchester guitar shop, and bought a leather strap for it.
After asking if he knew where I could get some lessons so he said to a chap browsing do you still do lessons, but he didn't.
After asking what I had he said yeh my first guitar was a Marlin Strummer.
Interesting you have a 12 string one.
Wouldn't mind the Rickenbacker George Harrison was given, or plastic Fender One with lights in its innards Roger MC Guinness of the Byrds used ( think it was a fender)
I was trying to think what the Les Paul My Great Nephew had before a Fender , prior to the Gretch. Epiphone, that was it.Cherry red sunburst.
A while ago there was a natural brown wood Hofner in a second hand shop and I had to keep on walking by, not so foolish guy, as it was so tempting.
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Post by kawasakiinit on Sept 17, 2016 8:12:15 GMT
Resurrection time recently made a new cam bracket for my wing ,this is a flight over lancaster prison along the m6 with a view of Lancaster/Morecambe and the river lune in the background  |
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Post by GAv on Sept 18, 2016 12:29:50 GMT
Wonderfully there was a program something along the lines of the Magnificent men in flying machines,featuring several micro lite machines on TV some while back. One guy who had flown over Mount Everest was expected to win but he missed a weigh point ( whatever they call it )by Centimetres having flown over a beacon at Cape Roth, refuelling in flight, wghich looked precarious and slept under the wing in Yorkshire home bound.
Also I lent my Book Quest for adventure to someone and never got it back so bought an updated version which had a section devoted to a round the World flight, exciting.
The guy I bought my last sailing cruiser off had given up motorcycling having split his helmet open against a tree on a track day and took to the air, saying it was safer,and was seen up aloft just before the Vulcan went by en route to the Clacton Air show that year.
What a great hobby,my health issues wouldn't allow such. Thanks for the link, nice gentle music too.
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Post by kawasakiinit on Sept 18, 2016 18:29:20 GMT
yes i saw that program gav brilliant ,there is a story on youtube about brian milton who wants to cross the atlantic in a flexwing microlight here there are a few parts to it and its good to see what red tape and nonsense he has to endure with some good views along the way will worth a look bud. my mate departed an airfield called kirkbride on the scottish border and during climb out he saw the shadow of his aircraft on the ground until it started getting bigger and bigger lol turned out to be the vulcan on its last flight behind and above him ,said he s##t himself when it roared over him lol..somebody posted it on face book and by chance he came across it great pic ..  |
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Post by GAv on Sept 19, 2016 21:45:07 GMT
Brilliant photo, just like the visual of the fish man( who runs one of the Chippies in Manningtree)aloft over Lawford Dale, where we lived as the Wonderfull Avro Vulcan flew overhead too. We saw the Queens flight go past our Patio Windows one other time before.
Sorry to be the harbenger of Hopefully not impending Doom,but next I saw John was on crutches, just after my little cruiser became a submarine, with yours truly aboard ,however once ashore someone actually bought the craft off me, so it wasn't a total loss, which it became having been repaired and holed again after the last owner got it .Thereafter it was cut up with an angle grinder.John hobbled down to the place the cruiser was then beached to look see, actually I did see him fully recovered when I popped into the Chippies after getting my Viva re MOTD.
Interesting bit about Brian Milton, I didn't recall his name when referencing the Chapters about his around the world flight in Chris Bonnington's book "Quest for Adventure".
I do remember some description of he and his co pilot taking off from a Military Airbase in the Middle East, getting Jetwash from whatever Planes were also taking off, so will endeavour to fish the book out and read again.
Another interesting Chapter being on Francis Chichester flying across the Tasmin Sea in a Gypsy Moth by plane back in the 30s navigating to Lord Howe Island by dead reckoning, one or two degrees off and he would have missed that or the alternative Norfolk Island.
After the Clacton Airshow , Jaywick Airfield being directly opposite the car park , a similar Byplane, maybe a Tiger Moth took off, the Pilot in Leather Flying Jacket, cap and goggles with a scarf trailing behind, very evocative of Biggles but for some reason I thought of Snoopy.
I once was treated to a jaunt in a Stearman around the Dedham Vale and over Harwich and Felixstowe opposite, which was a wonderful experience so I do envy you your airborne freedom.
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Post by kawasakiinit on Sept 22, 2016 17:09:17 GMT
the stearman is a lovely aircraft you lucky lad .
i would love a go in an extra like the red bull air races ;-)
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Post by GAv on Sept 23, 2016 0:02:26 GMT
 Taken way back in the early 90s at a Club I was a member of on North Weald Airfield-not the Stearman I was priveledged to fly in,that was Blue and not my Blue 56 Thunderbird, belonged to a friend |
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Post by HRHpenfold on Sept 25, 2016 11:18:49 GMT
A current hobby is collecting classic razors, Oh and using them as well, I hated cartridge razor shaving for so long, that as soon as the cartridges ran out, I switched to the old school double edge razor, My oldest razor so far is a 1960 Gillette fat boy adjustable, I have also been trying a straight razor, but with difficulty, This sort of thing  |
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Post by kawasakiinit on Sept 25, 2016 18:30:58 GMT
wow my dad had something like that ;-)
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Post by HRHpenfold on Sept 26, 2016 8:29:51 GMT
wow my dad had something like that ;-) Though they no longer make Gillette safety razors, there are plenty of new safety razors on the market, and you can buy 100 blades for under £10, which do a much better job than the cartridge type, especially if like me, you don't shave daily, long hair clogs the multi blade razors, one of the ironies of selling the more blades are better supposidly cartridges but the great thing about them, is they are more sustainable, the razors last a lifetime, and the blades are fully recyclable, not so good for the likes of Gillette, which would rather you buy cartridges at £8 for 4, at a huge profit margin for them. |
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Post by teejayexc on Sept 26, 2016 11:57:58 GMT
Thought a man like you would have used a blowtorch!
sent by sausage fingers!
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Post by HRHpenfold on Sept 26, 2016 14:49:51 GMT
Thought a man like you would have used a blowtorch! sent by sausage fingers! hammer and chisel, desperate Dan style. |
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Post by christhedivvy on Oct 16, 2016 9:55:13 GMT
My other passion in life a its traditional shaving. Absolutely love it. I collect and part restore straight razors and their the only ones I use. In top of that is artisan soaps. This one in the is particularly excellent! Along with the razor which is a 6/8 George Wolstenholme full hollow ground beautiful shaver!  |
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Post by HRHpenfold on Oct 16, 2016 14:28:52 GMT
My other passion in life a its traditional shaving. Absolutely love it. I collect and part restore straight razors and their the only ones I use. In top of that is artisan soaps. This one in the is particularly excellent! Along with the razor which is a 6/8 George Wolstenholme full hollow ground beautiful shaver! I have a Feather artist ss, together with a couple of kamasori razors, plus another couple of straights. |
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Post by christhedivvy on Oct 16, 2016 16:43:22 GMT
I've just sold my Iwasaki kamisori to fund my project but I've still got my big Henkotsu (for the time being)  |
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Post by teejayexc on Oct 16, 2016 17:36:45 GMT
I've just sold my Iwasaki kamisori to fund my project but I've still got my big Henkotsu (for the time being)  That's not a shaving tool...it's a 'kin meat cleaver! |
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Post by kawasakiinit on Oct 16, 2016 17:40:18 GMT
I've just sold my Iwasaki kamisori to fund my project but I've still got my big Henkotsu (for the time being) my what a beautiful choppa you have ;-) |
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Post by HRHpenfold on Oct 16, 2016 17:56:01 GMT
I've just sold my Iwasaki kamisori to fund my project but I've still got my big Henkotsu (for the time being) I think I saw it for sale on eBay, either that or one like it. |
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Post by christhedivvy on Oct 16, 2016 18:44:02 GMT
Yeah it's up for sale at the minute. Not really sure if I want to part with it really she's a cracking shave.........
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Post by gordy1 on Oct 23, 2016 21:48:03 GMT
We recently upgraded from a campervan, Freda/Bongo, to a wee Motorhome, so any good weather means it gets fired up. (Subject to granddaughter duties). So bike outings a bit reduced lately.
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