tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post4681516175260651699..comments2024-03-28T10:25:19.628+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Testing Artificial TeethA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-71193481126035749842015-02-08T17:16:55.420+00:002015-02-08T17:16:55.420+00:00Scrobs - Victorian Wedgwood isn't worth much u...Scrobs - Victorian Wedgwood isn't worth much unless rare or spectacular. We dispose of such things via an auction with no reserve or we just give it to a charity shop.<br /><br />We give a lot of stuff to charity, it avoids being disappointed when it fetches a low price at auction.<br /><br />Demetrius - I've never visited the loco works apart from a fairly recent visit to the Roundhouse which I suspect has changed a good deal since 1947!<br /><br />Graham - yes the gravy stain remover is a boon, but ours is showing its age. A number of pulleys and cogs are wearing out and the rope is seriously frayed where it attaches to the mangle.<br /><br />Good news about the patent though. Maybe I'll take a look at updating ours to steam power.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-37274550964824632132015-02-08T14:19:13.452+00:002015-02-08T14:19:13.452+00:00Heath Robinson. "A fine reminder of his deli...Heath Robinson. "A fine reminder of his delightfully inventive humour."<br /><br />But what an inventor!<br /> Like me, I expect you use daily his wonderful machine for removing gravy stains from garden paths.<br />I think the patent has run out now, so opportunity to re-jig this machine for the 21st century.graham woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104720099020515294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-24706158217714492362015-02-08T13:56:04.945+00:002015-02-08T13:56:04.945+00:00And another thing, I went round the Derby Loco Wor...And another thing, I went round the Derby Loco Works in 1947, has it changed much?Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-1876045949957558502015-02-08T13:54:19.867+00:002015-02-08T13:54:19.867+00:00The Heath Robinson's of age are sadly now all ...The Heath Robinson's of age are sadly now all in senior positions in the civil and overlapping financial services sectors.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-77906765737367542722015-02-08T10:55:40.751+00:002015-02-08T10:55:40.751+00:00We tried selling some blue Wedgewood a few years a...We tried selling some blue Wedgewood a few years ago, and despite the near perfect condition for its hundred and twenty or so years, it didn't get a tickle!<br /><br />Mrs Scroblene doesn't even like it, so what to do with it?<br /><br />(Sorry - off topic here..)Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.com