No Footie Here...

[ethandron]

...just non football related subjects, not everyone likes footie. Me, I'm partial to a bit of rugby..just a bit. Mostly I prefer not watching telly at all.
What are you up to if you're not glued to the telly right now?

[bookbinder]

I'm glued to the AnswerBank, but in a minute or two I'm off to get a shower before tea. I'm not a football fan, but it's easy enough to avoid the footie news reports.

[Captain2]

Err I think I'm on TheAnswerBank? ;0))

[Mamyalynne]

AB, TV not on.

[viv41]

Hate, loathe, detest footie and it's messed up the Corrie schedule AGAIN!! I will watch rugby league if Widnes Vikings are playing - which was my lovely Dad's team. I always hope they'll win for him, but sadly, they rarely do !

[Luv_The_Doc]

Just battening down the hatches here at Chez Baldric, looks like a storm coming in, shame it was nice sitting out with a glass of wine.

[Eve]

I'm more of a rugby girl too. No football here, going to pop on something more girly to watch shortly.

It's been raining pretty much all day today and had some very heavy showers.

[ethandron]

Think I shall retire to my new summerhouse while the stuff in the oven cooks itself and I can drink some more gin, being as its world gin day.
Actually I'm rooting for Wales, probably, possibly...like I care..

[Maydup]

What about helping me with a bit of online shopping Eth? I need a new ipad cover but don't want a boring one. I need a new watch but my wrist is allergic to leather straps and I need new glasses, but they all look the same to me!

[ethandron]

Ooh maydup, my iPad cover is black with an orange border, rather smart I think. I got it from JL.

[ethandron]

and have you looked at Asda specs? Good value and a bit interesting..

[stuey]

No football here, but Mrs stuey is watching the Toronto Blue Jays baseball game. I just finished repairing a suspension spring on a 1912 octagonal "school clock" which tells the time and date. In a while, I think I'll slide across the field and cool off with a wobbly-pop or five...Cheers.

[ubasses]

Just come in from the garden after a couple of spritzers and listening to the Test Match. Got an awful feeling Mr U is about to put the football on.

[ethandron]

Stuey, I am guardian for a lovely clock which has come down through the family. It's in a wooden case, quite big and bongs every quarter hour, the dial is marked Morath Brothers, and when we had it restored a number of years ago the guy who did it offered to buy it at what I consider to be a knockdown price. It wouldn't have mattered how much he offered, it's never going to be sold.
I love clocks and think they all have their own personalities, this one of ours refused to bong in our first house. It tick tocks beautifully now.

[Tilly2]

I've been walking, reading, visiting Dad, gardening and cooking. I have just switched the laptop on, as Mr T is now watching the football.

[stuey]

Ethandron, does it chime on the hour, or just strike the number of hours?

[EcclesCake]

Did someone mention it was world gin day.....

Don't mind if I do. Lime not lemon is my preference.

As far as what I'm up to, trying to get started with the crossword.

[stuey]

You might find this interesting:
http://mb.nawcc.org/showthread.php?60866-Morath-Brothers-Clock-German-made

[ethandron]

Eccles, buy your own blooming gin...
Stuey, it bongs whatever the time is on the hour...four bongs for four o'clock, etc...and every quarter of an hour it ding dongs...ding dong for quarter past, ding dong ding dong for half past, etc. It's all inlaid, has copper tops on the four wooden pillars, and brass inlaid in the wood and brass feet. It's maybe eighteen inches high and about a foot wide and deep. The pendulum is brass, and the clock has red silk behind the side brass bits. The winding key is almost as beautiful as the clock. My grandad bought it for my grandma and I'm convinced it has a soul...
That's really interesting about Morath Brothers and ties in with what little I know about it.

[webbo3]

Footie on, nibbles, a few bottles of Cobra and some Laphroiag later.



Dave.

[marval]

Had cycling on earlier, F1 later this evening.