Thread: Daily or weekly cheer

Originally Posted by Mendip

^ 9/11 really heralded the end for my airline spoon collecting hobby.

I was offshore for the event on a Finnish ice-breaking vessel called the 'Nordica', but on disembarkation travelled through Oslo a few days later and had a set of nail clippers and a bottle opener confiscated from my carry-on at security, and an hour later had my first experience of plastic airline cutlery for the inflight 'meal'. It was new times and I remember thinking, 'this ain't good'.

Metal cutlery soon came back for business class customers, but not for us lowly economy class seamen. I never really understood that, because surely a terrorist intent on getting his hands on a metal butter knife would just book business... if on a one way trip to Mecca, would he really be bothered about the extra expense? Stick it on a credit card and he wouldn't be paying, anyway.

Since 2001 it's been a nightmare of random metal and plastic airline cutlery offerings and I sometimes wonder how I've kept my hobby going.

All those acquired spoons will soon be collectors items mendy..put them in your will and leave em to the Mrs should you conk out.

This spoon collecting thing got me thinking is it just mendy? Or are there others collecting spoons? A quick google of ebay reveals there is. Who would of thunk it

I can get 12 first class dessert spoons from.Ansett airlines. $25
Vintage 1980 Lufthansa heppforziem teaspoon for 19.95 plus postage
An aviation 1919-1959 KLM 40 YEAR anniversary 24 Karet Gold plated spoon for $60 plus postage. This bad boy must be a I must have it for serious spooners

"She was born with a stolen spoon in her mouth".

It's the flight experience and memory that goes with the spoon/cutlery I reckon.

Well that's my experience of collecting vinyl.

Hard Rock Cafe shot glasses.

10mm sockets

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

Hard Rock Cafe shot glasses.

10mm sockets

Not a bad collection tbf.

My fav collection is g-strings from one night stands, they double as dental floss nowadays for after I've had a well done steak ...oh the after dinner memories

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

10mm sockets

So that's where so many of mine has gone..

First snow today (can't say winter cos we're still in October).

This makes me happy cos it makes me think of Christmas.

Less than 2 months to go!!!

Best switch that one bar electric fire on and enjoy the heat while you can before Putin rations it.

Don't worry Uniteds performance on Sunday will get your temperature up

Danish school kids have found 5 new species of the Tardigrade. Yeah!

Tardigrades are among the most resilient animals known,with individual species able to survive extreme conditions – such as exposure to extreme temperatures, extreme pressures (both high and low), air deprivation, radiation, dehydration, and starvation – that would quickly kill most other known forms of life.

Tardigrades have survived exposure to outer space

There are about 1,300 known species^[in the phylum Tardigrada, a part of the superphylum Ecdysozoa consisting of animals that grow by ecdysis such as arthropods and nematodes.

Oh

Size of my expat food delivery today

Xmas crackers and advent calendar safely put away.

With a big truck suspension coil you could set up a really cool boxing glove prank for the missus to open.


She's got a sense of humour and the ceilings are at least 2.8 meters right.

Got tickets for Jimmy Carr in January and Slash in March. Bangkok's back.

Jimmy Carr and a Mars selection box that's about the size of a cooker.

Wouldn't you be better off in Norwich?

You could maybe watch the whole of the guitarist's band.

Originally Posted by armstrong

Slash in March.

Saw him in Impact back in 2011. I'd go with the review, they (Slash's Snakepit was perhaps their name) are the best Guns n Roses cover band in the world.

Was pretty much like watching GnR live back in the late 80s.

Which is a compliment. They had it down pat.

He must be getting on a bit nowadays mind.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Jimmy Carr and a Mars selection box that's about the size of a cooker.

Wouldn't you be better off in Norwich?

I suppose you only listen to mor lam and snack on crispy insects?

Originally Posted by armstrong

Size of my expat food delivery today

Just food and a calendar in that big box? lol


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Happy days, just booked an air ticket to Thailand for next year 2024! Going to do some Muay Thai and take a vacation!

^ Tom Jones is coming to Bangkok as well next March, but that's not unusual.

Bon Jovi cancelled for April, because he's wanted dead or alive.

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

I was invited to Jimmy Carr but I can't make it. Seen him before and laughed my ass off.

As for Slash, you could probably just wait til GnR come around again.

Rod Stewart is playing Impact in March too but I don't wanna talk about it.

You know, Amie Bell was just 16 in that video.

Pervs.

Slash is playing so close to my house it'd be criminal not to go.

^ Many years ago when I lived in Perth, Stevie Nicks came to play at the WACA which is just down the road from our apartment.

I didn't need to go... I just sat on the balcony with a gin and tonic and could hear the entire concert. Saved me a few quid as well.

Made my run up to the Nonthaburi social security office. Once a year in October you have to show up to prove you are alive to continue to collect your money. Was a month late so will get a triple check on Dec 25th. Nice day. So much friendlier than immigration. No uniforms and no attitude, got a free wall calendar out of the trip.

Noice