Well, I finally took a punt on this stuff:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bath-showe...TE-fix-filler-
chips-Ceramic-Enamel-Acrylic-e-/231757747732?
hash=item35f5d69614:g:uLQAAOSwzOxUW77H

And it really works! I wasn't too hopeful when it arrived since it
appears to be made in Poland and the instructions were in broken English,
but it does exactly what it claims. I suspect it's been created from all
the good old chemicals the EU has illegalised, because it smells just
like the wonderfully effective old Araldite used to before they buggered
around with the formulation to conform with the new environmental regs.
So I've ditched my plans to burn the house down and collect the insurance
and the missus has stayed the divorce proceedings. :-)

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:15:47 +0000, pamela wrote:

On 12:01 29 Nov 2015, Cursitor Doom wrote:

Well, I finally took a punt on this stuff:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bath-showe...TE-fix-filler-
chips-Ceramic-Enamel-Acrylic-e-/231757747732?
hash=item35f5d69614:g:uLQAAOSwzOxUW77H

And it really works! I wasn't too hopeful when it arrived since it
appears to be made in Poland and the instructions were in broken
English, but it does exactly what it claims. I suspect it's been
created from all the good old chemicals the EU has illegalised, because
it smells just like the wonderfully effective old Araldite used to
before they buggered around with the formulation to conform with the
new environmental regs. So I've ditched my plans to burn the house down
and collect the insurance and the missus has stayed the divorce
proceedings. :-)

Excellent result!

I'm still hankering after the time not long ago when "nasty"
incandescent light bulbs were dirt cheap at six for a pound but now
they're so expensive that I handle them with extra care.

Sure the old bulbs were inefficient but too many energy efficient bulbs
have been disappointing (poor life, awful colour temperatures, expense,
low lumen output, etc) and sometimes you just want one of those old
bulbs.

I wonder how the EU manages to keep up the price of old style bulbs.

I don't miss the old tungsten bulbs one iota. Time was many decades ago
when they were manufactured to last by solid companies like Osram and GE,
but those days are long over. The Chinese ones that starting swamping the
market in the 90s had awful lifespans but they were so cheap they just
put the established manufacturers out of business, so in the end one had
no choice but to buy cheap Chinese junk. Fortunately the quality of stuff
from China has improved greatly since!

On 30/11/15 17:26, pamela wrote:
On 16:55 30 Nov 2015, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:15:47 +0000, pamela wrote:

On 12:01 29 Nov 2015, Cursitor Doom wrote:

Well, I finally took a punt on this stuff:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bath-shower-sink-Repair-Kit-
WHITE-fix-filler-chips-Ceramic-Enamel-Acrylic-e-/231757747732?
hash=item35f5d69614:g:uLQAAOSwzOxUW77H

And it really works! I wasn't too hopeful when it arrived since it
appears to be made in Poland and the instructions were in broken
English, but it does exactly what it claims. I suspect it's been
created from all the good old chemicals the EU has illegalised,
because it smells just like the wonderfully effective old Araldite
used to before they buggered around with the formulation to conform
with the new environmental regs. So I've ditched my plans to burn
the house down and collect the insurance and the missus has stayed
the divorce proceedings. :-)

Excellent result!

I'm still hankering after the time not long ago when "nasty"
incandescent light bulbs were dirt cheap at six for a pound but now
they're so expensive that I handle them with extra care.

Sure the old bulbs were inefficient but too many energy efficient
bulbs have been disappointing (poor life, awful colour temperatures,
expense, low lumen output, etc) and sometimes you just want one of
those old bulbs.

I wonder how the EU manages to keep up the price of old style bulbs.

I don't miss the old tungsten bulbs one iota. Time was many decades
ago when they were manufactured to last by solid companies like Osram
and GE, but those days are long over. The Chinese ones that starting
swamping the market in the 90s had awful lifespans but they were so
cheap they just put the established manufacturers out of business, so
in the end one had no choice but to buy cheap Chinese junk.
Fortunately the quality of stuff from China has improved greatly
since!


I thought a lot of the cheap bulbs were from east Europe. I never
noticed old style light bulbs from China although I'm sure they were
there.

In the past, when I thought I had seen the very worst way certain goods
could be made, I would come across a Chinese made version which plumbed
below the depths of my worst imaginings.

One of my bug bears with modern light bulbs is that they are so[pp[
expensive and too many are either dead on arrival or fail soon after.
That changes the entire cost equation for me because I don't usually
return the failed bulb.

Am not sure where the incandescent bulbs I see in the shops are coming
from. I thought there is now an outright ban on them.

'high efficiency' halogens are allowed as are 'rough service' bulbs.
Basically old fashioned incandescents made a 'bit better'


--
the biggest threat to humanity comes from socialism, which has utterly
diverted our attention away from what really matters to our existential
survival, to indulging in navel gazing and faux moral investigations
into what the world ought to be, whilst we fail utterly to deal with
what it actually is.

pamela wrote:
On 16:55 30 Nov 2015, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:15:47 +0000, pamela wrote:

On 12:01 29 Nov 2015, Cursitor Doom wrote:

Well, I finally took a punt on this stuff:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bath-shower-sink-Repair-Kit-
WHITE-fix-filler-chips-Ceramic-Enamel-Acrylic-e-/231757747732?
hash=item35f5d69614:g:uLQAAOSwzOxUW77H

And it really works! I wasn't too hopeful when it arrived since it
appears to be made in Poland and the instructions were in broken
English, but it does exactly what it claims. I suspect it's been
created from all the good old chemicals the EU has illegalised,
because it smells just like the wonderfully effective old Araldite
used to before they buggered around with the formulation to conform
with the new environmental regs. So I've ditched my plans to burn
the house down and collect the insurance and the missus has stayed
the divorce proceedings. :-)

Excellent result!

I'm still hankering after the time not long ago when "nasty"
incandescent light bulbs were dirt cheap at six for a pound but now
they're so expensive that I handle them with extra care.

Sure the old bulbs were inefficient but too many energy efficient
bulbs have been disappointing (poor life, awful colour temperatures,
expense, low lumen output, etc) and sometimes you just want one of
those old bulbs.

I wonder how the EU manages to keep up the price of old style bulbs.

I don't miss the old tungsten bulbs one iota. Time was many decades
ago when they were manufactured to last by solid companies like Osram
and GE, but those days are long over. The Chinese ones that starting
swamping the market in the 90s had awful lifespans but they were so
cheap they just put the established manufacturers out of business, so
in the end one had no choice but to buy cheap Chinese junk.
Fortunately the quality of stuff from China has improved greatly
since!


I thought a lot of the cheap bulbs were from east Europe. I never
noticed old style light bulbs from China although I'm sure they were
there.

In the past, when I thought I had seen the very worst way certain
goods could be made, I would come across a Chinese made version which
plumbed below the depths of my worst imaginings.

One of my bug bears with modern light bulbs is that they are so
expensive and too many are either dead on arrival or fail soon after.
That changes the entire cost equation for me because I don't usually
return the failed bulb.

Am not sure where the incandescent bulbs I see in the shops are coming
from. I thought there is now an outright ban on them.

The odds and ends shop near me sells them for 65p each. The last about 3
years and that will do me.
Sod this modern stuff.

On 30/11/15 18:46, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
pamela wrote:
On 16:55 30 Nov 2015, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:15:47 +0000, pamela wrote:

On 12:01 29 Nov 2015, Cursitor Doom wrote:

Well, I finally took a punt on this stuff:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bath-shower-sink-Repair-Kit-
WHITE-fix-filler-chips-Ceramic-Enamel-Acrylic-e-/231757747732?
hash=item35f5d69614:g:uLQAAOSwzOxUW77H

And it really works! I wasn't too hopeful when it arrived since it
appears to be made in Poland and the instructions were in broken
English, but it does exactly what it claims. I suspect it's been
created from all the good old chemicals the EU has illegalised,
because it smells just like the wonderfully effective old Araldite
used to before they buggered around with the formulation to conform
with the new environmental regs. So I've ditched my plans to burn
the house down and collect the insurance and the missus has stayed
the divorce proceedings. :-)

Excellent result!

I'm still hankering after the time not long ago when "nasty"
incandescent light bulbs were dirt cheap at six for a pound but now
they're so expensive that I handle them with extra care.

Sure the old bulbs were inefficient but too many energy efficient
bulbs have been disappointing (poor life, awful colour temperatures,
expense, low lumen output, etc) and sometimes you just want one of
those old bulbs.

I wonder how the EU manages to keep up the price of old style bulbs.

I don't miss the old tungsten bulbs one iota. Time was many decades
ago when they were manufactured to last by solid companies like Osram
and GE, but those days are long over. The Chinese ones that starting
swamping the market in the 90s had awful lifespans but they were so
cheap they just put the established manufacturers out of business, so
in the end one had no choice but to buy cheap Chinese junk.
Fortunately the quality of stuff from China has improved greatly
since!


I thought a lot of the cheap bulbs were from east Europe. I never
noticed old style light bulbs from China although I'm sure they were
there.

In the past, when I thought I had seen the very worst way certain
goods could be made, I would come across a Chinese made version which
plumbed below the depths of my worst imaginings.

One of my bug bears with modern light bulbs is that they are so
expensive and too many are either dead on arrival or fail soon after.
That changes the entire cost equation for me because I don't usually
return the failed bulb.

Am not sure where the incandescent bulbs I see in the shops are coming
from. I thought there is now an outright ban on them.

The odds and ends shop near me sells them for 65p each. The last about 3
years and that will do me.
Sod this modern stuff.


I hated the fluorescent things, but the LED **** has a decent
brightness, decent colour temperature and seems to be what is wanted.


--
the biggest threat to humanity comes from socialism, which has utterly
diverted our attention away from what really matters to our existential
survival, to indulging in navel gazing and faux moral investigations
into what the world ought to be, whilst we fail utterly to deal with
what it actually is.

On 30/11/2015 19:11, pamela wrote:
On 18:53 30 Nov 2015, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/11/15 18:46, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
pamela wrote:
On 16:55 30 Nov 2015, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:15:47 +0000, pamela wrote:

On 12:01 29 Nov 2015, Cursitor Doom wrote:

Well, I finally took a punt on this stuff:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bath-shower-sink-Repair-Kit-
WHITE-fix-filler-chips-Ceramic-Enamel-Acrylic-e-/231757747732?
hash=item35f5d69614:g:uLQAAOSwzOxUW77H

And it really works! I wasn't too hopeful when it arrived since
it appears to be made in Poland and the instructions were in
broken English, but it does exactly what it claims. I suspect
it's been created from all the good old chemicals the EU has
illegalised, because it smells just like the wonderfully
effective old Araldite used to before they buggered around with
the formulation to conform with the new environmental regs. So
I've ditched my plans to burn the house down and collect the
insurance and the missus has stayed the divorce proceedings. :-)

Excellent result!

I'm still hankering after the time not long ago when "nasty"
incandescent light bulbs were dirt cheap at six for a pound but
now they're so expensive that I handle them with extra care.

Sure the old bulbs were inefficient but too many energy efficient
bulbs have been disappointing (poor life, awful colour
temperatures, expense, low lumen output, etc) and sometimes you
just want one of those old bulbs.

I wonder how the EU manages to keep up the price of old style
bulbs.

I don't miss the old tungsten bulbs one iota. Time was many decades
ago when they were manufactured to last by solid companies like
Osram and GE, but those days are long over. The Chinese ones that
starting swamping the market in the 90s had awful lifespans but
they were so cheap they just put the established manufacturers out
of business, so in the end one had no choice but to buy cheap
Chinese junk. Fortunately the quality of stuff from China has
improved greatly since!


I thought a lot of the cheap bulbs were from east Europe. I never
noticed old style light bulbs from China although I'm sure they were
there.

In the past, when I thought I had seen the very worst way certain
goods could be made, I would come across a Chinese made version
which plumbed below the depths of my worst imaginings.

One of my bug bears with modern light bulbs is that they are so
expensive and too many are either dead on arrival or fail soon
after. That changes the entire cost equation for me because I don't
usually return the failed bulb.

Am not sure where the incandescent bulbs I see in the shops are
coming from. I thought there is now an outright ban on them.

The odds and ends shop near me sells them for 65p each. The last
about 3 years and that will do me. Sod this modern stuff.


I hated the fluorescent things, but the LED **** has a decent
brightness, decent colour temperature and seems to be what is wanted.


Yes, LED can be nice sometimes although not always. Some CFLs seem okay
especially the cooler colour temperatures. It's a shame the max lumens
of many of these bulbs is so modest.

For me, halogen is the nicest of all but it seems so fragile. I gently
knocked a table lamp and the halogen bulb packed up. Same happened with
the replacment bulb. At two quid each for a few months use, this is
getting expensive.


I've learned to live with CFLs for general use, although I am beginning
to shift to LEDs. Halogens are nice for reading or desk lights, the
bulbs are cheap on eBay.

newshound wrote:

I've learned to live with CFLs for general use, although I am beginning
to shift to LEDs. Halogens are nice for reading or desk lights, the
bulbs are cheap on eBay.

I have recently found an acceptable mix of LED downlights to
replace halogens in my kitchen, As they are also on a movement
sensor, the consumption now is negligible. Sadly, the spare
halogens are sunk cost.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Plant amazing Acers.

"pamela" wrote in message
...
On 18:53 30 Nov 2015, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/11/15 18:46, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
pamela wrote:
On 16:55 30 Nov 2015, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:15:47 +0000, pamela wrote:

On 12:01 29 Nov 2015, Cursitor Doom wrote:

Well, I finally took a punt on this stuff:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bath-shower-sink-Repair-Kit-
WHITE-fix-filler-chips-Ceramic-Enamel-Acrylic-e-/231757747732?
hash=item35f5d69614:g:uLQAAOSwzOxUW77H

And it really works! I wasn't too hopeful when it arrived since
it appears to be made in Poland and the instructions were in
broken English, but it does exactly what it claims. I suspect
it's been created from all the good old chemicals the EU has
illegalised, because it smells just like the wonderfully
effective old Araldite used to before they buggered around with
the formulation to conform with the new environmental regs. So
I've ditched my plans to burn the house down and collect the
insurance and the missus has stayed the divorce proceedings. :-)

Excellent result!

I'm still hankering after the time not long ago when "nasty"
incandescent light bulbs were dirt cheap at six for a pound but
now they're so expensive that I handle them with extra care.

Sure the old bulbs were inefficient but too many energy efficient
bulbs have been disappointing (poor life, awful colour
temperatures, expense, low lumen output, etc) and sometimes you
just want one of those old bulbs.

I wonder how the EU manages to keep up the price of old style
bulbs.

I don't miss the old tungsten bulbs one iota. Time was many decades
ago when they were manufactured to last by solid companies like
Osram and GE, but those days are long over. The Chinese ones that
starting swamping the market in the 90s had awful lifespans but
they were so cheap they just put the established manufacturers out
of business, so in the end one had no choice but to buy cheap
Chinese junk. Fortunately the quality of stuff from China has
improved greatly since!


I thought a lot of the cheap bulbs were from east Europe. I never
noticed old style light bulbs from China although I'm sure they were
there.

In the past, when I thought I had seen the very worst way certain
goods could be made, I would come across a Chinese made version
which plumbed below the depths of my worst imaginings.

One of my bug bears with modern light bulbs is that they are so
expensive and too many are either dead on arrival or fail soon
after. That changes the entire cost equation for me because I don't
usually return the failed bulb.

Am not sure where the incandescent bulbs I see in the shops are
coming from. I thought there is now an outright ban on them.

The odds and ends shop near me sells them for 65p each. The last
about 3 years and that will do me. Sod this modern stuff.


I hated the fluorescent things, but the LED **** has a decent
brightness, decent colour temperature and seems to be what is wanted.


Yes, LED can be nice sometimes although not always. Some CFLs seem okay
especially the cooler colour temperatures. It's a shame the max lumens
of many of these bulbs is so modest.

For me, halogen is the nicest of all

Don’t like it in the hottest weather here.

but it seems so fragile. I gently knocked a table lamp and the halogen
bulb packed up. Same happened with the replacment bulb.

Don’t get that here.

At two quid each

Don’t pay anything like that either.

for a few months use, this is getting expensive.

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 18:46:37 -0000, "Mr Pounder Esquire"
wrote:


The odds and ends shop near me sells them for 65p each. The last about 3
years and that will do me.


Commiserations ,
I didn't realise the nastier side of your personality as it appears
in many of your postings is probably influenced by you having a
terminal illness and knowing how long you have left.
Hopefully you'll see a third Christmas.

G.Harman

On 01/12/15 09:42, wrote:
On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 18:46:37 -0000, "Mr Pounder Esquire"
wrote:


The odds and ends shop near me sells them for 65p each. The last about 3
years and that will do me.


Commiserations ,
I didn't realise the nastier side of your personality as it appears
in many of your postings is probably influenced by you having a
terminal illness and knowing how long you have left.
Hopefully you'll see a third Christmas.

G.Harman

We all have a terminal illness. Its just a question of how long we have.


--
the biggest threat to humanity comes from socialism, which has utterly
diverted our attention away from what really matters to our existential
survival, to indulging in navel gazing and faux moral investigations
into what the world ought to be, whilst we fail utterly to deal with
what it actually is.

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 01/12/15 09:42, wrote:
On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 18:46:37 -0000, "Mr Pounder Esquire"
wrote:


The odds and ends shop near me sells them for 65p each. They last
about 3 years and that will do me.


Commiserations ,
I didn't realise the nastier side of your personality as it appears
in many of your postings is probably influenced by you having a
terminal illness and knowing how long you have left.
Hopefully you'll see a third Christmas.

G.Harman

We all have a terminal illness. Its just a question of how long we
have.

Don't be cruel, I've confused him enough.