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old wives tales that work ??
alaric:
Vinegar is good for getting rid of rust - I tried it on some rusty roof rack u-bolts the other day. A few minutes in a pot with a bit of vinegar and they were like new.
Have to oil quickly though, or they just rust again.
clbarclay:
--- Quote from: "Lord Shagg-Pyle" ---I'm a firm believer in the Old Norfolk Way of weather forecasting.
You hang a bit of seaweed out of your window.
If the weed is wet, it means it's raining.
If the weed is dry, it means it's sunny.
If the weed is moving about, it means its windy.
Simplicity in itself! :wink:
--- End quote ---
If you can see the weed, it means it's foggy
If the weed is gone, it means there is a hurricane
The conkers does work, but no number of conker trees will keep the spiders out of the downstairs loo.
Lord Shagg-Pyle:
--- Quote from: "clbarclay" ---
--- Quote from: "Lord Shagg-Pyle" ---I'm a firm believer in the Old Norfolk Way of weather forecasting.
You hang a bit of seaweed out of your window.
If the weed is wet, it means it's raining.
If the weed is dry, it means it's sunny.
If the weed is moving about, it means its windy.
Simplicity in itself! :wink:
--- End quote ---
If you can see the weed, it means it's foggy
If the weed is gone, it means there is a hurricane
You're catchin' on, ol' boy!
The conkers does work, but no number of conker trees will keep the spiders out of the downstairs loo.
--- End quote ---
wizard:
Its not an old wives tale but an old zulu one.
Years ago when i was a nipper whe had a big walnut tree in our bak garden, evey year the walnut were small and not very nice tasting.
One day at work my dad mentioned it to an old zulu who used to work for him.
The old fella told my dad to take a big stick and early in the morning smack the tree while yelling at it !
Well the old boy went out next morning armed with a broom handle and gave the walnut tree a right good beating while swearing his head off. My brother,mother and I laughed our heads off at the old man, beating the tree.
Anyway the following year we had millions of huge walnuts, and i mean millions, the old boy was making walnut yogurt, walnut cakes walnut dye. He was giving bag and bags of them away.
Just goes to show !!those zulu's know a thing or two.
wizard :twisted:
thermidorthelobster:
Curious. I know plants tend to flower when they're stressed - because they're trying to reproduce before they kick the bucket. I wonder if this is the explanation.
I work a similar policy with the household electrical items. If one isn't pulling its weight, I punish it, in front of the others.
For example, my useless Bluetooth headset, which used to cut out in calls, sound quality was rubbish, kept dropping the connection, etc. After losing the connection several times in an important business call, I took it out into the garage, got a big lump hammer, and smashed it to pieces on the concrete floor.
Word gets around all the other white goods & electronic items and they start bucking their ideas up.
I did the same recently with a piece-of-crap Flymo garden vac which was about as useful as a chocolate teapot. It pays to keep them on their toes.
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