does anybody remember the tv show from the 70's or 80's where an expert did
something then the three teams try it ...and make a mess? ....... one week
there was bricklaying and the bricklayer used plasticiser and the three
teams obviously had none and made a right mess....always remember that
....bit unfair I thought......

"Manikin of mirth ..." wrote in message
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does anybody remember the tv show from the 70's or 80's where an expert
did something then the three teams try it ...and make a mess? ....... one
week there was bricklaying and the bricklayer used plasticiser and the
three teams obviously had none and made a right mess....

I never used any plasticiser when building my house
and doing the bricklaying myself. Worked fine.

always remember that ...bit unfair I thought......

"Manikin of mirth ..." Wrote in message:
does anybody remember the tv show from the 70's or 80's where an expert did
something then the three teams try it ...and make a mess? ....... one week
there was bricklaying and the bricklayer used plasticiser and the three
teams obviously had none and made a right mess....always remember that
...bit unfair I thought......




Not Bruce Forsythe's generation game?
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"Manikin of mirth ..." wrote in message
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does anybody remember the tv show from the 70's or 80's where an expert
did something then the three teams try it ...and make a mess? ....... one
week there was bricklaying and the bricklayer used plasticiser and the
three teams obviously had none and made a right mess....

I never used any plasticiser when building my house
and doing the bricklaying myself. Worked fine.

always remember that ...bit unfair I thought......


good man ....

On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 06:07:01 +1000, cantankerous senile geezer Rot Speed
blabbered, again:


does anybody remember the tv show from the 70's or 80's where an expert
did something then the three teams try it ...and make a mess? ....... one
week there was bricklaying and the bricklayer used plasticiser and the
three teams obviously had none and made a right mess....

I never used any plasticiser when building my house
and doing the bricklaying myself. Worked fine.

Like I already said: you just open your senile gob and wait what kind of
bull**** will come out of it, Rot!

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Rod Speed wrote:


"Manikin of mirth ..." wrote in message
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does anybody remember the tv show from the 70's or 80's where an expert
did something then the three teams try it ...and make a mess? ....... one
week there was bricklaying and the bricklayer used plasticiser and the
three teams obviously had none and made a right mess....

I never used any plasticiser when building my house
and doing the bricklaying myself. Worked fine.

Using Lego doesnt count.

GH

"Marland" wrote in message
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Rod Speed wrote:


"Manikin of mirth ..." wrote in message
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does anybody remember the tv show from the 70's or 80's where an expert
did something then the three teams try it ...and make a mess? .......
one
week there was bricklaying and the bricklayer used plasticiser and the
three teams obviously had none and made a right mess....

I never used any plasticiser when building my house
and doing the bricklaying myself. Worked fine.

Using Lego doesn't count.

GH

tee hee ....

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On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 06:07:01 +1000, cantankerous senile geezer Rot Speed
blabbered, again:


does anybody remember the tv show from the 70's or 80's where an expert
did something then the three teams try it ...and make a mess? .......
one
week there was bricklaying and the bricklayer used plasticiser and the
three teams obviously had none and made a right mess....

I never used any plasticiser when building my house
and doing the bricklaying myself. Worked fine.

Like I already said: you just open your senile gob and wait what kind of
bull**** will come out of it, Rot!

does he wear a hair shirt ?....

No it was not, and in any case you do not need plasticizer if you get the
mix right according to a now deceased friend.
Most people make it either runny or like treacle in one case it does not
stay where its put and in the other it clumps.

There was a show hosted by John Pertwee called can do no can do that went
through several iterations.
In the start it was a gambling game for the contestants where certain things
could be done or not, but later a different but similar show had tasks given
to one family member and everyone had to gamble on the outcome.
Neither were exactly riveting viewing. I think ITVwished they had had the
generation game but were trying to come up with ideas of a similar nature.
Brian

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"Manikin of mirth ..." Wrote in message:
does anybody remember the tv show from the 70's or 80's where an expert
did
something then the three teams try it ...and make a mess? ....... one
week
there was bricklaying and the bricklayer used plasticiser and the three
teams obviously had none and made a right mess....always remember that
...bit unfair I thought......




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On 13/09/18 07:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
No it was not, and in any case you do not need plasticizer if you get the
mix right according to a now deceased friend.
Most people make it either runny or like treacle in one case it does not
stay where its put and in the other it clumps.

There was a show hosted by John Pertwee called can do no can do that went
through several iterations.
In the start it was a gambling game for the contestants where certain things
could be done or not, but later a different but similar show had tasks given
to one family member and everyone had to gamble on the outcome.
Neither were exactly riveting viewing. I think ITVwished they had had the
generation game but were trying to come up with ideas of a similar nature.


Point of order, Mr Gaff. It's Jon Pertwee, not John. Apart from knowing
about The Navy Lark and Doctor Who, I went to school with his nephew and
consequently learned to to spell Jon, Roland, Michael and Bill fairly
early on in life.

Nick

On Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:42:45 UTC+1, Nick Odell wrote:
On 13/09/18 07:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
No it was not, and in any case you do not need plasticizer if you get the
mix right according to a now deceased friend.
Most people make it either runny or like treacle in one case it does not
stay where its put and in the other it clumps.

There was a show hosted by John Pertwee called can do no can do that went
through several iterations.
In the start it was a gambling game for the contestants where certain things
could be done or not, but later a different but similar show had tasks given
to one family member and everyone had to gamble on the outcome.
Neither were exactly riveting viewing. I think ITVwished they had had the
generation game but were trying to come up with ideas of a similar nature.


Point of order, Mr Gaff. It's Jon Pertwee, not John. Apart from knowing
about The Navy Lark and Doctor Who, I went to school with his nephew and
consequently learned to to spell Jon, Roland, Michael and Bill fairly
early on in life.

Nick

What about jony ive as his americans call him, rather than Sir Jonathan Ive.

In article , Nick Odell
wrote:
On 13/09/18 07:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
No it was not, and in any case you do not need plasticizer if you get
the mix right according to a now deceased friend. Most people make it
either runny or like treacle in one case it does not stay where its
put and in the other it clumps.

There was a show hosted by John Pertwee called can do no can do that
went through several iterations. In the start it was a gambling game
for the contestants where certain things could be done or not, but
later a different but similar show had tasks given to one family member
and everyone had to gamble on the outcome. Neither were exactly
riveting viewing. I think ITVwished they had had the generation game
but were trying to come up with ideas of a similar nature.


Point of order, Mr Gaff. It's Jon Pertwee, not John. Apart from knowing
about The Navy Lark and Doctor Who, I went to school with his nephew and
consequently learned to to spell Jon, Roland, Michael and Bill fairly
early on in life.

John P is the son of the late Bill P (Air Raid Warden Hodges); the family
used to live just down the road from here.

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You having a nym shift Brian?

"Brian Gaff" Wrote in message:
No it was not, and in any case you do not need plasticizer if you get the
mix right according to a now deceased friend.
Most people make it either runny or like treacle in one case it does not
stay where its put and in the other it clumps.

There was a show hosted by John Pertwee called can do no can do that went
through several iterations.
In the start it was a gambling game for the contestants where certain things
could be done or not, but later a different but similar show had tasks given
to one family member and everyone had to gamble on the outcome.
Neither were exactly riveting viewing. I think ITVwished they had had the
generation game but were trying to come up with ideas of a similar nature.
Brian



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charles Wrote in message:
In article , Nick Odell
wrote:
On 13/09/18 07:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
No it was not, and in any case you do not need plasticizer if you get
the mix right according to a now deceased friend. Most people make it
either runny or like treacle in one case it does not stay where its
put and in the other it clumps.

There was a show hosted by John Pertwee called can do no can do that
went through several iterations. In the start it was a gambling game
for the contestants where certain things could be done or not, but
later a different but similar show had tasks given to one family member
and everyone had to gamble on the outcome. Neither were exactly
riveting viewing. I think ITVwished they had had the generation game
but were trying to come up with ideas of a similar nature.


Point of order, Mr Gaff. It's Jon Pertwee, not John. Apart from knowing
about The Navy Lark and Doctor Who, I went to school with his nephew and
consequently learned to to spell Jon, Roland, Michael and Bill fairly
early on in life.

John P is the son of the late Bill P (Air Raid Warden Hodges); the family
used to live just down the road from here.


Jesus! There's a claim to fame :-D:-D
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In article , Jim K
wrote:
charles Wrote in message:
In article , Nick Odell
wrote:
On 13/09/18 07:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
No it was not, and in any case you do not need plasticizer if you
get the mix right according to a now deceased friend. Most people
make it either runny or like treacle in one case it does not stay
where its put and in the other it clumps.

There was a show hosted by John Pertwee called can do no can do that
went through several iterations. In the start it was a gambling game
for the contestants where certain things could be done or not, but
later a different but similar show had tasks given to one family
member and everyone had to gamble on the outcome. Neither were
exactly riveting viewing. I think ITVwished they had had the
generation game but were trying to come up with ideas of a similar
nature.


Point of order, Mr Gaff. It's Jon Pertwee, not John. Apart from
knowing about The Navy Lark and Doctor Who, I went to school with his
nephew and consequently learned to to spell Jon, Roland, Michael and
Bill fairly early on in life.

John P is the son of the late Bill P (Air Raid Warden Hodges); the
family used to live just down the road from here.


Jesus! There's a claim to fame :-D:-D

Indeeed. Bill was a great friend, Once he had to appear on stage at the
Imperial War Museum and insisted that I was responsible for the stage
lighting. "Last time I was on that stage, there wss more light on the
audience than on the stage." And so began an interesting collaboration.
The IWM made me their Honorary Stage Lighting advisor. And some interesting
people appeared on that stage. Joanna Lumley, Joy Adamson & Freddy Trueman
to name but a few.

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

charles Wrote in message:
In article , Jim K
wrote:
charles Wrote in message:
In article , Nick Odell
wrote:
On 13/09/18 07:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
No it was not, and in any case you do not need plasticizer if you
get the mix right according to a now deceased friend. Most people
make it either runny or like treacle in one case it does not stay
where its put and in the other it clumps.

There was a show hosted by John Pertwee called can do no can do that
went through several iterations. In the start it was a gambling game
for the contestants where certain things could be done or not, but
later a different but similar show had tasks given to one family
member and everyone had to gamble on the outcome. Neither were
exactly riveting viewing. I think ITVwished they had had the
generation game but were trying to come up with ideas of a similar
nature.


Point of order, Mr Gaff. It's Jon Pertwee, not John. Apart from
knowing about The Navy Lark and Doctor Who, I went to school with his
nephew and consequently learned to to spell Jon, Roland, Michael and
Bill fairly early on in life.

John P is the son of the late Bill P (Air Raid Warden Hodges); the
family used to live just down the road from here.


Jesus! There's a claim to fame :-D:-D

Indeeed. Bill was a great friend, Once he had to appear on stage at the
Imperial War Museum and insisted that I was responsible for the stage
lighting. "Last time I was on that stage, there wss more light on the
audience than on the stage." And so began an interesting collaboration.
The IWM made me their Honorary Stage Lighting advisor. And some interesting
people appeared on that stage. Joanna Lumley, Joy Adamson & Freddy Trueman
to name but a few.


Ah so was that "luvvydom" or "the old boy network"? ;-)
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In article , Jim K
wrote:
charles Wrote in message:
In article , Jim K
wrote:
charles Wrote in message:
In article , Nick Odell
wrote:
On 13/09/18 07:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
No it was not, and in any case you do not need plasticizer if you
get the mix right according to a now deceased friend. Most people
make it either runny or like treacle in one case it does not
stay where its put and in the other it clumps.

There was a show hosted by John Pertwee called can do no can do
that went through several iterations. In the start it was a
gambling game for the contestants where certain things could be
done or not, but later a different but similar show had tasks
given to one family member and everyone had to gamble on the
outcome. Neither were exactly riveting viewing. I think ITVwished
they had had the generation game but were trying to come up with
ideas of a similar nature.


Point of order, Mr Gaff. It's Jon Pertwee, not John. Apart from
knowing about The Navy Lark and Doctor Who, I went to school with
his nephew and consequently learned to to spell Jon, Roland,
Michael and Bill fairly early on in life.

John P is the son of the late Bill P (Air Raid Warden Hodges); the
family used to live just down the road from here.


Jesus! There's a claim to fame :-D:-D

Indeeed. Bill was a great friend, Once he had to appear on stage at
the Imperial War Museum and insisted that I was responsible for the
stage lighting. "Last time I was on that stage, there wss more light on
the audience than on the stage." And so began an interesting
collaboration. The IWM made me their Honorary Stage Lighting advisor.
And some interesting people appeared on that stage. Joanna Lumley, Joy
Adamson & Freddy Trueman to name but a few.


Ah so was that "luvvydom" or "the old boy network"? ;-)

I'm a "techie", not a "luvvie". Bill & I were friends - that's all. I
respected his on-stage abilities. He obviously believed in my back-stahe
ones.

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"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

On 13/09/2018 18:24, charles wrote:

Indeeed. Bill was a great friend, Once he had to appear on stage at the
Imperial War Museum and insisted that I was responsible for the stage
lighting. "Last time I was on that stage, there wss more light on the
audience than on the stage." And so began an interesting collaboration.
The IWM made me their Honorary Stage Lighting advisor. And some interesting
people appeared on that stage. Joanna Lumley, Joy Adamson & Freddy Trueman
to name but a few.


An interesting account.

Bill

On 13/09/18 17:40, charles wrote:
In article , Nick Odell
wrote:
On 13/09/18 07:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
No it was not, and in any case you do not need plasticizer if you get
the mix right according to a now deceased friend. Most people make it
either runny or like treacle in one case it does not stay where its
put and in the other it clumps.

There was a show hosted by John Pertwee called can do no can do that
went through several iterations. In the start it was a gambling game
for the contestants where certain things could be done or not, but
later a different but similar show had tasks given to one family member
and everyone had to gamble on the outcome. Neither were exactly
riveting viewing. I think ITVwished they had had the generation game
but were trying to come up with ideas of a similar nature.


Point of order, Mr Gaff. It's Jon Pertwee, not John. Apart from knowing
about The Navy Lark and Doctor Who, I went to school with his nephew and
consequently learned to to spell Jon, Roland, Michael and Bill fairly
early on in life.

John P is the son of the late Bill P (Air Raid Warden Hodges); the family
used to live just down the road from here.

James P would be 68 or 69 if he's still around. Colin Rawley, James and
myself would walk home from Nursery Road Primary School down Green
Street, Sunbury on Thames. I think his home was down the end of
Croysdale Avenue. Anyway, James turned off around there and Colin and I
walked on.

Nick

On Thursday, 13 September 2018 19:27:02 UTC+1, charles wrote:
In article , Jim K
wrote:
charles Wrote in message:
In article , Jim K
wrote:
charles Wrote in message:
In article , Nick Odell
wrote:
On 13/09/18 07:38, Brian Gaff wrote:
No it was not, and in any case you do not need plasticizer if you
get the mix right according to a now deceased friend. Most people
make it either runny or like treacle in one case it does not
stay where its put and in the other it clumps.

There was a show hosted by John Pertwee called can do no can do
that went through several iterations. In the start it was a
gambling game for the contestants where certain things could be
done or not, but later a different but similar show had tasks
given to one family member and everyone had to gamble on the
outcome. Neither were exactly riveting viewing. I think ITVwished
they had had the generation game but were trying to come up with
ideas of a similar nature.


Point of order, Mr Gaff. It's Jon Pertwee, not John. Apart from
knowing about The Navy Lark and Doctor Who, I went to school with
his nephew and consequently learned to to spell Jon, Roland,
Michael and Bill fairly early on in life.

John P is the son of the late Bill P (Air Raid Warden Hodges); the
family used to live just down the road from here.


Jesus! There's a claim to fame :-D:-D

Indeeed. Bill was a great friend, Once he had to appear on stage at
the Imperial War Museum and insisted that I was responsible for the
stage lighting. "Last time I was on that stage, there wss more light on
the audience than on the stage." And so began an interesting
collaboration. The IWM made me their Honorary Stage Lighting advisor.
And some interesting people appeared on that stage. Joanna Lumley, Joy
Adamson & Freddy Trueman to name but a few.


Ah so was that "luvvydom" or "the old boy network"? ;-)

I'm a "techie", not a "luvvie". Bill & I were friends - that's all.

Yeah that's what they all say ;-)

I
respected his on-stage abilities. He obviously believed in my back-stahe
ones.

Oh yeah right your 'back stage activities' I'm sure we've all heard about those in the mail and sun on numrous occasions in the thearte world ;-)