On 2024-01-20, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 12:00:28 +0000
> Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>> There was an almighty bnag. The cylinder shot skywards. Half the fire
>> distributed itself around the garding in the dark* past folks ear 'oles,
>> and the cylinder was never seen again by us. Don't know where it came
>> down, if it did.
>
> Old style glof balls used to fun things to put in bonfires, they
> were basically tight wound rubber bands.
>

Yup.

Another bad idea is .22 rimfire catridges, even with the powder removed,
are great for bangs.

--
greymausg@mail.com
Is There not even an .Influencer to impale?
Charles I, beheaded, Charles II, killed by doctors, What is happen to Chuck III?

John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:

> On 20/01/2024 14:00, Sn!pe wrote:
> > Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 12:00:28 +0000
> >> Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> There was an almighty bnag. The cylinder shot skywards. Half the fire
> >>> distributed itself around the garding in the dark* past folks ear 'oles,
> >>> and the cylinder was never seen again by us. Don't know where it came
> >>> down, if it did.
> >>
> >> Old style glof balls used to fun things to put in bonfires, they
> >> were basically tight wound rubber bands.
> >
> > 'Sparklets' gas bulbs for soda siphons go off with quite a bang.
> >
> As do plastic cigarette lighters in an old direct heat tumble dryer.
> Luckily, the launderette owner wasn't in and the only damage was to my
> nerves.

Indeed, BT,DT; it was at home, too. Fortunately no damage was done
but there were razor-sharp shards of placky everywhere.

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

On 20/01/2024 09:07, Abandoned Trolley wrote:
>
>>>
>> Has one of these ever been used as a murder weapon (or last-gasp
>> defence, in case of attack) in programmes on the haunted fishtank?
>>
>
>
> No idea - but it sounds like the sort of thing that should have happened
> to at least one of the drummers in Spinal Tap
>
> In the Tarantino film "True Romance" Patricia Arquette may have killed
> Dennis Hopper with the porcelain lid from a lavatory cistern ?
>
> And Susan George killed her husband with a frozen leg of lamb in some
> obscure episode of "Tales of the Unexpected"  - the defrosted and
> roasted lamb was then served up to the homicide detectives in a break
> from their search for the murder weapon.

"Lamb to the slaughter"

By Road Dahl from the original Tales of the Unexpected book

James

On 20/01/2024 14:20, John Williamson wrote:
> On 20/01/2024 14:00, Sn!pe wrote:
>> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 12:00:28 +0000
>>> Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There was an almighty bnag. The cylinder shot skywards. Half the fire
>>>> distributed itself around the garding in the dark* past folks ear
>>>> 'oles,
>>>> and the cylinder was never seen again by us. Don't know where it came
>>>> down, if it did.
>>>
>>> Old style glof balls used to fun things to put in bonfires, they
>>> were basically tight wound rubber bands.
>>
>> 'Sparklets' gas bulbs for soda siphons go off with quite a bang.
>>
> As do plastic cigarette lighters in an old direct heat tumble dryer.
> Luckily, the launderette owner wasn't in and the only damage was to my
> nerves.
>

A friend of mine discarded an "empty" one in an ash tray, then discarded
a lit cigarette end on to of it. She was famous for not stubbing the out
properly. A few minutes later "woomph".

--
Chris Elvidge, England
CLASS CLOWN IS NOT A PAID POSITION

Abandoned Trolley <fred@fred-smith.co.uk> writes:

>>> Old style glof balls used to fun things to put in bonfires, they
>>> were basically tight wound rubber bands.

I knew that. (I'm 81 and know about a lot of old style things.) How
are new style glof balls different? (I don't have one to disassemble.)

>> 'Sparklets' gas bulbs for soda siphons go off with quite a bang.

I also knew that. Charcoudian's Pharmacy must have wondered why a
young teenager needed so much soda.

> And let us not forget Lithium batteries

As yet, no spearmints with lithium batteries. Is cryptocurrency
running neck and neck with lithium batteries to decide the truth of:

This how the world ends,
Not with a bnag but a whimper.

?

--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

On 20/01/2024 09:07, Abandoned Trolley wrote:
>
>>>
>> Has one of these ever been used as a murder weapon (or last-gasp
>> defence, in case of attack) in programmes on the haunted fishtank?
>>
>
>
> No idea - but it sounds like the sort of thing that should have happened
> to at least one of the drummers in Spinal Tap
>
> In the Tarantino film "True Romance" Patricia Arquette may have killed
> Dennis Hopper with the porcelain lid from a lavatory cistern ?
>
> And Susan George killed her husband with a frozen leg of lamb in some
> obscure episode of "Tales of the Unexpected"  - the defrosted and
> roasted lamb was then served up to the homicide detectives in a break
> from their search for the murder weapon.
>
> I cant remember who it was that got thrown in to the wood chipper in
> "Fargo" or if they were alive at the time.

The latter fate also befell one character in Deadpool 2.

On 20 Jan 2024 19:10:53 -0400
Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

> I knew that. (I'm 81 and know about a lot of old style things.) How
> are new style glof balls different? (I don't have one to disassemble.)

I gather that they tend to be solid composite construction these
days.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
For forms of government let fools contest
Whate're is best administered is best - Alexander Pope

On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 23:44:17 +0000, Mike Fleming <mike@tauzero.co.uk> wrote:

>On 20/01/2024 09:07, Abandoned Trolley wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>> Has one of these ever been used as a murder weapon (or last-gasp
>>> defence, in case of attack) in programmes on the haunted fishtank?
>>>
>>
>>
>> No idea - but it sounds like the sort of thing that should have happened
>> to at least one of the drummers in Spinal Tap
>>
>> In the Tarantino film "True Romance" Patricia Arquette may have killed
>> Dennis Hopper with the porcelain lid from a lavatory cistern ?
>>
>> And Susan George killed her husband with a frozen leg of lamb in some
>> obscure episode of "Tales of the Unexpected"  - the defrosted and
>> roasted lamb was then served up to the homicide detectives in a break
>> from their search for the murder weapon.
>>
>> I cant remember who it was that got thrown in to the wood chipper in
>> "Fargo" or if they were alive at the time.
>
>The latter fate also befell one character in Deadpool 2.

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

(recommended)

Thomas Prufer

On 20-Jan-24 12:00, Hymermut wrote:
> On 20/01/2024 01:24, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>> The destructions for my chair warn that under no circumstances should
>>> the piston assembly be  disassembled because the piston is likely still
>>> under pressure
>>>
>> Has one of these ever been used as a murder weapon (or last-gasp
>> defence, in case of attack) in programmes on the haunted fishtank?
>
> Some hectarefortnights ago my mate had a massive Guy Fawkes bonfire,
> burning a lot of stuff he didn't want from his farm house, that he had
> just sold.
>
> He had an orifice chair he wanted to give away, but nobody wanted it, so
> he chucked it on the fire. It burned well, but he forgot about the gas
> cylinder.
>
> There was an almighty bnag. The cylinder shot skywards. Half the fire
> distributed itself around the garding in the dark* past folks ear 'oles,
> and the cylinder was never seen again by us. Don't know where it came
> down, if it did.
>
> *That was quite speck tack you lah

Young Tone, I blame you and this thread for my downfall.

A few minutes go I was sitting here, preparing some notes on fitting a
replacement radiator (domestic, not car), and I felt this sinking feeling.

I figured out which control on this chair manages the elevation[1] &
returned it to the correct height. Another sinking feeling.
Rinse and repeat a couple of times & now it is holding up - but for how
long?

[1] There are 5 separate levers & knobs on this chair, & I've forgotten
what they all are supposed to do.

--
Sam Plusnet

Sam Plusnet wrote (apparently) in uk.rec.sheds on Sun 21 Jan 2024
19:11:11:

> On 20-Jan-24 12:00, Hymermut wrote:
>> On 20/01/2024 01:24, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>> The destructions for my chair warn that under no circumstances should
>>>> the piston assembly be  disassembled because the piston is likely
>>>> still under pressure
>>>>
>>> Has one of these ever been used as a murder weapon (or last-gasp
>>> defence, in case of attack) in programmes on the haunted fishtank?
>>
>> Some hectarefortnights ago my mate had a massive Guy Fawkes bonfire,
>> burning a lot of stuff he didn't want from his farm house, that he had
>> just sold.
>>
>> He had an orifice chair he wanted to give away, but nobody wanted it,
>> so he chucked it on the fire. It burned well, but he forgot about the
>> gas cylinder.
>>
>> There was an almighty bnag. The cylinder shot skywards. Half the fire
>> distributed itself around the garding in the dark* past folks ear
>> 'oles, and the cylinder was never seen again by us. Don't know where it
>> came down, if it did.
>>
>> *That was quite speck tack you lah
>
> Young Tone, I blame you and this thread for my downfall.
>
> A few minutes go I was sitting here, preparing some notes on fitting a
> replacement radiator (domestic, not car), and I felt this sinking
> feeling.
>
> I figured out which control on this chair manages the elevation[1] &
> returned it to the correct height. Another sinking feeling.
> Rinse and repeat a couple of times & now it is holding up - but for how
> long?
>
> [1] There are 5 separate levers & knobs on this chair, & I've forgotten
> what they all are supposed to do.
>
In the past I have had this issue. Depending where the problem is I have
cut a plastic plumbing pipe to the height needed, then sawn it along its
length to get it around where it's required. Then I applied it as a
spacer, with either a Jubilee clip or wide cable tie around it to secure.

Fortunately (tempts fate) all current chairs are OK...
--
Mr Guest
Always, seemingly, on the road to nowhere

On 21/01/2024 19:11, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 20-Jan-24 12:00, Hymermut wrote:
>> On 20/01/2024 01:24, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>> The destructions for my chair warn that under no circumstances should
>>>> the piston assembly be  disassembled because the piston is likely still
>>>> under pressure
>>>>
>>> Has one of these ever been used as a murder weapon (or last-gasp
>>> defence, in case of attack) in programmes on the haunted fishtank?
>>
>> Some hectarefortnights ago my mate had a massive Guy Fawkes bonfire,
>> burning a lot of stuff he didn't want from his farm house, that he had
>> just sold.
>>
>> He had an orifice chair he wanted to give away, but nobody wanted it,
>> so he chucked it on the fire. It burned well, but he forgot about the
>> gas cylinder.
>>
>> There was an almighty bnag. The cylinder shot skywards. Half the fire
>> distributed itself around the garding in the dark* past folks ear
>> 'oles, and the cylinder was never seen again by us. Don't know where
>> it came down, if it did.
>>
>> *That was quite speck tack you lah
>
> Young Tone, I blame you and this thread for my downfall.
>
> A few minutes go I was sitting here, preparing some notes on fitting a
> replacement radiator (domestic, not car), and I felt this sinking feeling.
>
> I figured out which control on this chair manages the elevation[1] &
> returned it to the correct height.  Another sinking feeling.
> Rinse and repeat a couple of times & now it is holding up - but for how
> long?
>
> [1] There are 5 separate levers & knobs on this chair, & I've forgotten
> what they all are supposed to do.
>

Don't know why it jbexs but next time it dumps you, try turning it
upside down for a few minutes*. Might give you a few more daisies.

*Then turn it upright again, before the Shedddi wits get at it.

Tone

On 21/01/2024 19:47, Mr Guest wrote:
>> [1] There are 5 separate levers & knobs on this chair, & I've forgotten
>> what they all are supposed to do.
>>
> In the past I have had this issue. Depending where the problem is I have
> cut a plastic plumbing pipe to the height needed, then sawn it along its
> length to get it around where it's required. Then I applied it as a
> spacer, with either a Jubilee clip or wide cable tie around it to secure.
>
> Fortunately (tempts fate) all current chairs are OK...

According to my assembly distructions wot I have just dun on my new
chair, the chair seat is just a push fit on top of the cylinder, and the
cylinder is a push fit into the base. Might need a solid clout or car
jack to separate them though.

Tone

On 21/01/2024 19:47, Mr Guest wrote:
> Sam Plusnet wrote (apparently) in uk.rec.sheds on Sun 21 Jan 2024
> 19:11:11:
>
>> On 20-Jan-24 12:00, Hymermut wrote:
>>> On 20/01/2024 01:24, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>>> The destructions for my chair warn that under no circumstances should
>>>>> the piston assembly be  disassembled because the piston is likely
>>>>> still under pressure
>>>>>
>>>> Has one of these ever been used as a murder weapon (or last-gasp
>>>> defence, in case of attack) in programmes on the haunted fishtank?
>>>
>>> Some hectarefortnights ago my mate had a massive Guy Fawkes bonfire,
>>> burning a lot of stuff he didn't want from his farm house, that he had
>>> just sold.
>>>
>>> He had an orifice chair he wanted to give away, but nobody wanted it,
>>> so he chucked it on the fire. It burned well, but he forgot about the
>>> gas cylinder.
>>>
>>> There was an almighty bnag. The cylinder shot skywards. Half the fire
>>> distributed itself around the garding in the dark* past folks ear
>>> 'oles, and the cylinder was never seen again by us. Don't know where it
>>> came down, if it did.
>>>
>>> *That was quite speck tack you lah
>>
>> Young Tone, I blame you and this thread for my downfall.
>>
>> A few minutes go I was sitting here, preparing some notes on fitting a
>> replacement radiator (domestic, not car), and I felt this sinking
>> feeling.
>>
>> I figured out which control on this chair manages the elevation[1] &
>> returned it to the correct height. Another sinking feeling.
>> Rinse and repeat a couple of times & now it is holding up - but for how
>> long?
>>
>> [1] There are 5 separate levers & knobs on this chair, & I've forgotten
>> what they all are supposed to do.

And the one sitting in it? :-) :-)

> In the past I have had this issue. Depending where the problem is I have
> cut a plastic plumbing pipe to the height needed, then sawn it along its
> length to get it around where it's required. Then I applied it as a
> spacer, with either a Jubilee clip or wide cable tie around it to secure.

This has worked for me too.
Recommended :-)

Chris

On 22-Jan-24 14:05, chrisnd@privacy.net wrote:
> On 21/01/2024 19:47, Mr Guest wrote:
>> Sam Plusnet wrote (apparently) in uk.rec.sheds on Sun 21 Jan 2024
>> 19:11:11:
>>
>>> On 20-Jan-24 12:00, Hymermut wrote:
>>>> On 20/01/2024 01:24, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>>>> The destructions for my chair warn that under no circumstances should
>>>>>> the piston assembly be  disassembled because the piston is likely
>>>>>> still under pressure
>>>>>>
>>>>> Has one of these ever been used as a murder weapon (or last-gasp
>>>>> defence, in case of attack) in programmes on the haunted fishtank?
>>>>
>>>> Some hectarefortnights ago my mate had a massive Guy Fawkes bonfire,
>>>> burning a lot of stuff he didn't want from his farm house, that he had
>>>> just sold.
>>>>
>>>> He had an orifice chair he wanted to give away, but nobody wanted it,
>>>> so he chucked it on the fire. It burned well, but he forgot about the
>>>> gas cylinder.
>>>>
>>>> There was an almighty bnag. The cylinder shot skywards. Half the fire
>>>> distributed itself around the garding in the dark* past folks ear
>>>> 'oles, and the cylinder was never seen again by us. Don't know where it
>>>> came down, if it did.
>>>>
>>>> *That was quite speck tack you lah
>>>
>>> Young Tone, I blame you and this thread for my downfall.
>>>
>>> A few minutes go I was sitting here, preparing some notes on fitting a
>>> replacement radiator (domestic, not car), and I felt this sinking
>>> feeling.
>>>
>>> I figured out which control on this chair manages the elevation[1] &
>>> returned it to the correct height.  Another sinking feeling.
>>> Rinse and repeat a couple of times & now it is holding up - but for how
>>> long?
>>>
>>> [1] There are 5 separate levers & knobs on this chair, & I've forgotten
>>> what they all are supposed to do.
>
> And the one sitting in it? :-)  :-)

That one's retired, so it doesn't do anything.

>> In the past I have had this issue. Depending where the problem is I have
>> cut a plastic plumbing pipe to the height needed, then sawn it along its
>> length to get it around where it's required. Then I applied it as a
>> spacer, with either a Jubilee clip or wide cable tie around it to secure.
>
> This has worked for me too.
> Recommended :-)

Noted for future 'Collapse of stout party'.

--
Sam Plusnet