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The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.
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I have no recollection whatsoever of glory. School glue was golden in colour, a bit like golden syrup in consistency, had a red angled nozzle with a slit in it. Can anyone remember its name?
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It's a great name, though, isn't it? Gloy.
Gluey, gloopy, cloyey Gloy. Oh joy! Gloy!(I just lurve spiders!)
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There was another glue that we used at school, but I can't remember the name.
It was a fairly thick, whitish gloop which came in, IIRC, a round bottle with a big brush on the bottom of the cap. Oh, and it stank - a somewhat ammoniac smell IIRC.
Ah, got it - Copydex - and Googling confirms the smell. Ammonia is used to stabilise the rubber solution0 -
Someone should open a Glue Museum.
(Pyxis sits and waits for glue puns).(I just lurve spiders!)
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Or pinched some of Dad's wood glue and watered it down a bit - or was that just me?
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On the whole, I’d expect removers to be right about bookcases and lifts.
The problem comes in hopefully many years time, when you want to remove the bookcase, only to discover that the lift has been replaced with a fractionally smaller one.
Apparently when they brought it into the building and to the lift, a small crowd gathered of people who thought it wouldn't go in, but they just went straight in with it. Only an inch or two either end, and only just lower than the lift doors, the man told me, but no manoeuvring required. Wish I had seen it!
I am refusing to consider the possibility of a smaller replacement lift. We had enough trouble getting its doors back on, because the bloke who took them off yesterday wasn't working today, and nobody else had been watching how they were supposed to go. Will try to pos pics 'elsewhere' later when I'm on my laptop instead of my phone.There was another glue that we used at school, but I can't remember the name.
It was a fairly thick, whitish gloop which came in, IIRC, a round bottle with a big brush on the bottom of the cap. Oh, and it stank - a somewhat ammoniac smell IIRC.
Ah, got it - Copydex - and Googling confirms the smell. Ammonia is used to stabilise the rubber solution
Copydex dried on fingers into a rubbery film that could easily be peeled off but was a nightmare to get out of clothes - not a bright idea for use by children!Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
It would probably end up being out in the sticks.
The glue museum, I mean.(I just lurve spiders!)
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Copydex dried on fingers into a rubbery film that could easily be peeled off
Another use for it was/is for masking areas prior to painting - because it sets as (like you say) a film, but with very thin edges.
Thus, one can paint up to and over the edge without getting a notable "step" on the paint edge when the mask is peeled off.0 -
A cyanoacrylate display would make a super glue museum
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