the daydream fund challenge thread

alfie_1

rhiwfield wrote: »

Alfie,



Been busy listing, selling and packing on Ebay, the vintage clothes selling well Just bought possibly the strangest item yet at auction, a Bristow Smart Faradic apparatus that was boxed and used in Calcutta.

now that is scary.....item of torture !!:eek:

Davesnave

alfie_1 wrote: »

i hope the weather has been kind to everyone. its been 4-9 degrees today and was icy/frosty first thing this morning

Yes, a touch frosty first thing, as predicted, but the rain held off till dusk, which meant I had no excuse for not wading about in the muddy stream and cutting more under(over?)growth! It's a job which will run & run, but I think I've done the worst bit of the section planned for this winter. Hard to tell.

I didn't manage to harvest a single cucumber seed this year , but I did some toms, so I'll offer these after Christmas to any of you who want to try the really early ones from Real Seeds that were called 'Ben's Early Vine.' They don't seem to be offering them this year, but they have Latah, on which they were probably based.

The Jaune Paille de Vertus onions I had from Real Seeds were another success, though I thought they were going to fail. The bloomin' things would not lie down at the end of summer, and then, when I just pulled them anyway, the weather was damp and the necks seemed far too wet. However, despite that, they are keeping well and the yield was good.

Keep looking after yourself alfie. Isn't there any alcoholic substance you could take to dull the pain? Ginger wine? Vodka? (incidentally, someone I know recently used that in an emergency on head lice....and with good effect! :rotfl:)

choille

Hope the tooth gets sorted soon Alfie - good news with the dog.

rhiwfield you sound very 'sepcialised', or should that be cater for the stranger client's tastes.

Another disgusting hald dark day with scurries of hail but now the wind is increasing alarmingly again. Supposed to get heavy snow falls overnight.

Today I started to get some water flowing along a ditch & uncovered an old stone lined drain - poddling about up to my elbows in dank, black, stinking mud ...thrilling. I love getting mucky. Really amazing the work that happened here about a centuary plus ago.

RAS

For no reason at all really - except good memories and to cheer people up on a dark winter night

http://www.unstbusshelter.shetland.co.uk/index.html

The shelter was in fine fettle when we visited but the weather was distinctly off. The haa had come in so Unst, Yell and most of the east side of Mainland were in dense fog for 5 days. No planes in or out of the islands.

Is this the good or the bad side of living in a village?

choille

Good to hear from you. Crap cleaning these things out but if you can make use of all the energy expended a long time ago to you own ends it could be worth it.

rhiwfield

alfie_1 wrote: »

rhiwfield wrote: »

Alfie,



Been busy listing, selling and packing on Ebay, the vintage clothes selling well Just bought possibly the strangest item yet at auction, a Bristow Smart Faradic apparatus that was boxed and used in Calcutta.

now that is scary.....item of torture !!:eek:

No, no !!

Its for electrical stimulation of wasted muscles!!

Anything else would be just too shocking

Choille, all our buying is of antique, vintage or other collectable items and we are wide ranging in what we buy and sell, not specialised at all! So our lot buys this week were ceramics and glass x 4, an Indian carved clock, an Indian carving set, christening gowns, Faradic machine, silver and silver plate and a toy selection. We learn as we go on, part of the fun.

choille

Hi rhiwfield - i'm the same in a way. Although I don't have much luck selling clothes. It's funny but I've found I can re-list stuff for what seems forever & then suddenly it gets a lot of interest. Strange.

alfie_1

RAS wrote: »

For no reason at all really - except good memories and to cheer people up on a dark winter night

http://www.unstbusshelter.shetland.co.uk/index.html

The shelter was in fine fettle when we visited but the weather was distinctly off. The haa had come in so Unst, Yell and most of the east side of Mainland were in dense fog for 5 days. No planes in or out of the islands.

Is this the good or the bad side of living in a village?

choille

Good to hear from you. Crap cleaning these things out but if you can make use of all the energy expended a long time ago to you own ends it could be worth it.

oh WOW..now that is a bus shelter and a half !!:D i love things like that...OTT.
similar but not as "bright" as how iv done my SHACK in the garden..:) [meant mines NOT as bright !!]

choille....i bet theres an underground wonderland wherever you walk at yours trouble is its probably well underground by now...shame !

Gigervamp

rhiwfield wrote: »

Choille, all our buying is of antique, vintage or other collectable items and we are wide ranging in what we buy and sell, not specialised at all! So our lot buys this week were ceramics and glass x 4, an Indian carved clock, an Indian carving set, christening gowns, Faradic machine, silver and silver plate and a toy selection. We learn as we go on, part of the fun.

It's very interesting. I had a quick look on Google to see what the Faradic machine was. There were no images which I was disappointed about.

rhiwfield

Gigervamp wrote: »

It's very interesting. I had a quick look on Google to see what the Faradic machine was. There were no images which I was disappointed about.

Hi Gigervamp, here it is:

I'd think it still works, given a battery connection, although the last user had a 9V adapter. The patient electrical connections are in the under compartment.

Gigervamp

Thanks.